Stories from Wednesday, January 4, 2006

The Elmore Medical Center Board of Trustees is taking under consideration a proposed Facility Master Plan recommended by the Planning and Building Committee and Facility Master Plan Oversight Team that may eventually lead to an expansion of the hospital...

Paul and Nancy McAfee celebrated their 50 wedding anniversary with family and friends at a special dinner Dec. 11 at Desert Canyon Golf Course in Mountain Home. They are both retired. The couple has two daughters, Toni Reynolds (Mike) and Chiristy McCormick (Tim). They also eight grandchilden, Derek, Desirae, Nickolas, Tyler, Kelsey, Danielle and Natalee, and two great-grandsons, Kobe and Caden...

Merlin Ray "Mick" Mickelson, 52, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, at his home. Funeral Services were held Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Mick was born Oct. 31, 1953, one of identical twin sons of Bob and Judith Mickelson in Albert Lea, Minn. ...

Allie "Al" Mac Pennington, Jr., 82, of Grand View, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, at his home. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 30, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Al was born Aug. 25, 1923, to Allie and Demaris Pennington, Sr., in Johnson County, Kentucky...