Stories from Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Aaron Fredrick Thomas will be honored as the Person at the Year for 2006 during this Friday's Black History Banquet, sponsored by the Mountain Home Black History Committee. Former BSU Bronco and NFL Jets football star Cedric Minter will be the keynote speaker at the semi-formal banquet, one of the top social events of the year in Mountain Home...

Marsa Grimmett has announced her intention to run for the office of Elmore County Clerk/Auditor/Recorder, which is being vacating by Gail Best, who is retiring this year. Grimmett will run on the Republican ticket. Grimmett started working for Elmore County in 1987 in the Department of Motor Vehicles. ...

Col. Dallas Atwood Bird (USAF, ret.), 86, formerly of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, in Colville, Wash. Memorial services were held Friday, Feb. 3, at the First Congregational Church in Colville with Rev. Stephen Bird officiating. The Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory in Colville, Wash., was in charge of arrangements...

Elsie J. Hitchcock, 89, of Glenns Ferry, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. A memorial service will be held at noon on Friday, Feb. 17, at the Three Island Seniors Center in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Eva Marie Brice, 44, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 21, 2006. No services were announced. She was born Dec. 31, 1961, in Fayetteville, N.C. Eva grew up in Delta Junction, Alaska, and moved to Mountain Home several years ago. Mountain Home was her favorite place to live and she made several friends through the EI-Y-Hee quilter's guild, her family noted...

Annabel L. Jones, 77, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at her home. A memorial service was held Sunday, Feb. 12, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Jones was born June 4, 1928, in French Camp, Calif., to Harvey and Roseanna Isabelle Hiles. She was the youngest of 10 children...

Cayla L. Harley and Matthew R. Buckingham exchanged vows Jan. 31, 2006, during ceremonies in Mountain Home. The bride is the daughter of Ana M. H. Townsend of Boise and Fet A. Harley of Melba. The groom's parents are Robert L. Buckingham, Jr., and Keli J. Buckingham of Boise...

John and Audrey Herman are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary today. The couple were married Feb. 15, 1956, in Enid, Okla. They spent 20 years in the Air Force, finally settling in Mountain Home, which has been their home since 1971. They have four children, Pam, John, Cathy and JoEllyn, eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren...

The basketball season came to a close for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers last Wednesday night with their 50-41 loss to Emmett in the District III 4A girls basketball tounament at Skyview. Foul trouble and a bad second quarter helped lead to their downfall...

The Mountain Home Tiger wrestling team continued their winning way last week, picking up three more dual match wins. Mountain Home 35 Nampa 31 This conference dual came down to the last match, and A.J. Hutchison won by pin to give the Tigers the win last Tuesday night at Nampa...

The Mountain Home Tigers hope the post season will be better than the regular season, but they have their work cut out for them in their district tournament opener against top-seeded Skyview. The Tigers saw another two games slip away from them last week as they closed out their regular season with losses to Emmett and Vallivue...