Stories from Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Significant changes in the trustee zones for the Mountain Home School District have been approved by the State Board of Education. Literally thousands of voters in the district will find themselves in new zones when the next school district election is held...

Elmore County Catholics are expected to show up in large numbers to pray for the soul of Pope John Paul II during services that will honor his memory this week. At Good Counsel Hall in Mountain Home, a prayer vigil with the full rosary will be held Thursday at 7 p.m., and on Friday the regular noon mass will serve as a memorial mass for the late pope, who will be buried that day, at roughly the same time, in the Vatican where he ruled for 26 years as the Vicar of Christ...

Jim and Loretta Jones have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple were married on March 1, 1945, in Portland, Ore. Loretta was originally from Portland, while Jim originally was from Birmingham, Ala. Jim served in the Navy in WWII and then switched to the U.S. Army for the rest of his 22-year military career...

Daniel Banes is announcing the engagement of his mother, Mary Banes, to Jerald Zilisch. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mistee and Daniel Kelly of Mountain Home. Jerald is the son of June Zilisch and Paul Brown of Mountain Home. A private ceremony will take place in the spring...

Arline and Fred Foster of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Debra Ray Foster, to David McLarnon of Helena, Mont. Debbie is a graduate of Mountain Home High School and in December 2004 completed her BA degree in Elementary Education from Carroll College in Helena. She is currently employed by the City of Helena and the Helena Lions Swim Team...

Lyman "Nick" F. Whiterock, 70, of Owyhee, Nev., died Saturday, April 2, 2005, in a Boise hospital. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, at the HDC Building in Owyhee. Burial will follow at Big Dick Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Elsa O. Bodenheimer, 94, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at a care center in Mountain Home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Joanna M. Drake, 73, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 4, 2005, at Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home after a long battle with cancer Graveside services will be held on Friday April 8, at 11 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home. Following the graveside service there will be a reception at the Elks Lodge in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home of Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys golf team finished 17th among 18 4A schools competing at the Dale Mowrer Jerome Invitational Golf Tournament at the Jerome Country Club last Friday. Nick Trueba led the Mountain Home golfers, shooting an 84 on the par 72 course, which tied him for 42nd. Joe Rebon carded a 92, Layne Short and Steven Bitrick both shot a 94, and Monte Rinebold shot a 105...

After dropping games to Skyview and Borah, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers came from behind to beat Bishop Kelly Friday at Bishop Kelly. Skyview 10 Mountain Home 0 The Lady Tigers were 10-runned by Skyview last Tuesday at Mountain Home in SIC 4A conference softball...

Home or away, it made no difference to the Mountain Home Tigers, as they beat the Skyview Hawks twice last week in SIC 4A baseball action. Mountain Home 9 Skyview 5 The Mountain Home Tigers took advantage of Skyview errors to down the Hawks 9-5 last Thursday in conference baseball in Mountain Home...

John Valen entered a "not guilty" plea during his formal arraignment Monday in Fourth District Court. A trial date was set for Aug. 3, and is expected to last three to four weeks. Pretrial motions will be heard on July 19. Valen is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife of two months, Vicki. The charge carries a penalty of ten years to life in prison and up to a $50,000 fine...