Stories from Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Mountain Home Chief of Police Tom Berry offered to resign after his arrest last week on a DUI charge, but Mayor Joe B. McNeal rejected the resignation. Berry issued a written statement Thursday following his arrest for driving under the influence by the Idaho State Police in the early hours of the preceding Tuesday...

The Elmore Medical Center Board of Trustees has begun a process that could lead, eventually, to an $18 million expansion of the hospital, perhaps as early as 2007. Last week the trustees accepted a recommendation from the board's Planning and Building Committee to continue with the Facility Master Planning Process...

Lyle Dean Merrick, 50, of Bruneau, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005, of injuries sustained in a work-related accident. Services were held Saturday, Dec.10, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Grand View. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Letha (Slatter) Gingerich, 92, of Bruneau, died Dec. 5, 2005, at a local care center in Mountain Home. A memorial service was heldTuesday, Dec. 13, at the American Legion Hall in Bruneau. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Alice Elaine Fletcher Hicks, 100, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 11, 2005. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Alice was born July 29, 1905, in Mountain Home, the daughter of Elijah and Ethel Fletcher. ...

The Mountain Home Tigers had six champions in the annual Mountain Home Freshman-Sophomore Wrestling Tournament Saturday and the result was enough to help them win the tourney championship. The young Tigers ended the day with 146 points to best Skyview for the championship. ...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers came away with a split of their two games last week, losing at Kuna, but winning at home against Caldwell. Kuna 47 Mountain Home 36 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers experienced some cold shooting in the second half at Kuna last Tuesday night and as a result, fell behind and were never able to mount a sustained rally to come back, losing to the Lady Kavemen, 47-36...

Watch out SIC 4A coaches! The Mountain Home Tigers are on the loose. They may have been picked by conference coaches to finish seventh out of eight teams, but that means nothing to this year's group of Tigers who are gaining confidence with each game...

This holiday season, the Salvation Army is getting some much needed help for its annual Red Kettle Campaign. Several officers from Mountain Home Air Force Base have volunteered to stand outside of Wal-mart ringing bells and helping to spread some holiday cheer...