Stories from Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and Vietnam Medal of Honor winner Col. Bernie Fisher (USAF ret.), will highlight the list of dignitaries expected to speak at the opening ceremonies of The Moving Wall when in comes to Mountain Home in mid-June. The Moving Wall is a half-scale replica of the national Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, containing the names of all those lost in action during the conflict in southeast Asia. ...

Sheriff Rick Layher will be seeking his fifth term as the top law enforcement officer in Elmore County this year. He is being challenged in the Republican primary this May by former deputy Greg Berry. Layher, who became sheriff in 1986 when when he was appointed to the post after the sheriff at the time retired, was first elected to office in 1988. He wasn't challenged for office until 2000 when former city detective Rick Checketts ran against him...

Larry Rose, current District 2 representative on the Elmore County Board of Commissioners, will run for his fourth term during this year's election. Rose became commissioner January 13, 1997 after the retirement of John Shrum. Rose will run on the Republican ticket...

Granville "Hank" Edward Mouser, 75, formerly of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at a Caldwell care center. Graveside services were held on Monday, April 5, at Dry Creek Cemetery. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel...

Ed Dawson, 79, formerly of Mountain Home, died Wednesday March 31, 2004, at the Idaho Veterans Home in Boise. Edgar Hughes Dawson was born Aug. 31, 1924, to William and Pearl Dawson of Kuna. He was one of 10 children. Ed attended school in Kuna and was a member of the football team. He held a paper route and took odd jobs whenever possible...

Herbert M. Edwards, 86, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at his residence. Memorial services were held Tuesday, April 13, at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Velma Grace Clampett Knosp, 92, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at the Elmore Medical Center Nursing Home in Mountain Home. Graveside service were held Saturday, April 10, at Terrance Lawn in Boise. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Lois Irene Collins, 75, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at her residence. Funeral services were held Monday, April 12, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Lois was born May 26, 1928, in New Castle, Wyo., the daughter of Oliver and Garnet (Smith) Lindberg...

Ronald E. Dodge, 63, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 5, 2004. Funeral services were held Friday, April 9, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Clifford W. Barker, 90, died April 5, 2004, at his home in Mountain Home. A viewing was held on Saturday, April 10, at Cloverdale Funeral Home. Graveside services followed at at Terrace Lawns Memorial Gardens, Boise, under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home, Boise...

Dr. Michael and Mary Lou Koelsch have announced the engagement of their daughter, Angela Elizabeth, to Scott Fish, son of Robert and Susan Fish. The wedding is set for June 19, 2004, in Mountain Home at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church.

The Mountain Home Tigers tennis team dropped its season-opening tennis match at Jerome last Tuesday, losing to the Jerome Tigers 11-1. Kevin Lee and Chris Ouellette picked up Mountain Home's lone win on the day, beating Chance Craig and Keith Blanc in boys doubles in three sets, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4...

The Mountain Home Tiger golfers finished in the middle of the pack at the Mountain Home Invitational golf tournament at Desert Canyon Municipal Golf Course last Thursday. The Mountain Home Tigers finished last in both the girls and boys competition at the SI. 4A golf match earlier in the week at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell on April 5...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened their SIC 4A conference softball schedule last week losing to Kuna and Caldwell. Kuna 4 Mtn Home 3 The Lady Tigers played Kuna tough at home last Tuesday, and got to Kuna's Amanda Boschma for three runs in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 lead, as Christa Stanton plated two of them with a triple. but the Lady Kavemen scored twice more in the fifth, for the margin of victory...

Mountain Home finished third in both the girls and boys competition at a tri-meet at Vallivue last Thursday. Bishop Kelly won the girls competition with 85 points, Vallivue was second with 71, and Mountain Home finished the day with 30 points. Mykel Barrie once again won the 100 meter hurdles...

The Mountain Home Tigers came away with two wins in four games last week, splitting a pair of conference games, and splitting a doubleheader with Jerome. Kuna 5 Mtn Home 2 The Tigers opened conference play at home against Kuna last Tuesday, dropping a 5-2 contest...

The Mauraders, the proposed semi-pro football team for Mountain Home, didn't make it into the Rocky Mountain Football League, But a second try to form a team, this time the Mountain Home Bengals, did succeed, and the new squad will play its first game this Saturday, April 17, against the Boise Roughriders beginning at 3 p.m. at Eastside Park...