Idaho
BYU-Idaho Spirit Week activities to start Monday
REXBURG— BYU-Idaho students and faculty might find blue pancakes and brownies on campus next week due to an abundance of school spirit.
Casey Cruz, a student on the Spirit Events Council at BYU-Idaho is helping to organize Spirit Week, which runs from October 7 thru 12.
Spirit Week includes several activities, with each day having a theme. Blue treats will be distributed on campus starting Monday. The theme for Monday is Service Day, Tuesday is Legacy Day, Wednesday is True Blue Day, Thursday is Mighty Oaks Day, Friday is Founders Day and Saturday is Spirit Day.
“What’s great about Spirit Week is that most of it is free, and the things that are ticketed are very affordable for students and families here in the area,” Cruz said in an interview with BYU-Idaho Radio.
Some highlights include a “Helping Hands Service Night”, a rodeo at the Madison County Fairgrounds, a torch lighting ceremony, a parade and a color fun run.
The school is also introducing a student-led film festival this year, where students, school employees and alumni can enter films into the festival. The festival will be on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Paramount 5 theater. While the film submission deadline has passed, people can still reserve a seat at the theater here.
Cruz, who started out getting involved on campus as a volunteer, said the Spirit Week activities still need volunteers. She said volunteering helped her realize how much she loved event planning.
“There’s so many volunteer opportunities. We can’t do this without volunteers. It’s a great opportunity if you’re interested in event planning or just wanting to get out of your comfort zone and try something new on campus,” Cruz said in the interview.
She said the best way to sign up to be a volunteer is to email spiritweek@byui.edu. You can also sign up to be on the Blue Crew through the school’s volunteer form.
To find a schedule of Spirit Week activities and register for them, visit the BYU-Idaho website here.
BLACKFOOT — A large contingent of Blackfoot Police officers has cordoned off an area near the Taco Bell on Parkway Drive in Blackfoot.
Police responded around 5 p.m., according to multiple witnesses who contacted EastIdahoNews.com.
EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to Blackfoot Police for details.
We will update this story as we learn more.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
Pride Month looks different this June along Boise’s Harrison Boulevard, where a long-standing tradition of hanging Pride flags on lamp posts has been put on hold after a new state law restricted which flags can be flown on government property.
For several years, Pride flags lined lamp posts along Harrison Boulevard in Boise’s North End neighborhood. But Idaho House Bill 561, signed by Gov. Brad Little in March, restricts which flags can be flown on government property, including the City of Boise’s Harrison lamp posts.
In response, a group of neighbors formed Pride North End and launched a distribution effort to help residents show support from their own front yards. The group has been making Pride flags and yard signs available to people who want to display them at home.
“I thought that I would…be a personal example of ‘yes, this is what I do.’ This is what I believe in,” said Edna Schochat, a North End resident.
Pride North End has already distributed more than 900-yard signs and 250 flags. The group’s original donation goal was around $2,000 to order 100 flags and 200 yard signs, but it has exceeded that GoFundMe goal, reaching $10,000 worth of donations.
The group plans to continue holding public flag and sign distributions through the end of the month.
“We cannot just say something without doing something that proves that we mean what we say,” Schochat said.
Pride North End said any leftover funds after materials are distributed will go to local LGBTQ+ nonprofits. A link to the group’s GoFundMe can be found here.
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