Stories from Wednesday, March 28, 2007

The suspect in the murder of a Meridian man in Elmore County died only a few hours later in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers in Canyon County last week. Six different law enforcement agencies were directly involved in the investigation of the homicide. The Ada County Sheriff's Office was the lead agency since, under state law, any homicide anywhere in the state where the exact location of the murder is not known, devolves on that office to investigate...

Many racing enthusiasts offered their support to White Knuckle Racing as the City Council struggled with contract details related to operation of the Optimist Park Motocross Track this year at the regular Council meeting Monday evening. A final draft agreement detailed requirements and conditions set forth by the city for operation of the track and addressed several historically contentious issues concerning noise, use of city equipment for maintenance of the track and water consumption...

As part of the automation project that will close the Mountain Home Public Library from April 2 to May 12, all library patrons will be issued new library cards when the library reopens. The new cards, as explained in last week's issue, will give local library patrons access to 11 regional libraries with a total of more than 1.5 million books. ...

Irman J. Oliveaira, 78, of Mountain Home, died Monday, March 26, 2007, in a Boise hospital. Funeral services and burial are being planned in Manteca, Calif. Idaho arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Logan Jayden Rodriguez, infant son of Delia Arevalo and Rene Rodriguez, died Friday, March 16, 2007, in a Boise hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

The Rev. Dr. John Schaefer, Jr., 71, formerly of Mountain Home, died March 20, 2007, in Omaha, Neb. Schaefer was a former priest at St. James Episcopal Church in Mountain Home. Services were held Saturday, March 14, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Omaha, Neb. Burial will take place Saturday, March 31, at 11 a.m. in Foxburg, Penn. Arrangements are by Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler West Center Chapel, Omaha, Neb...

James "Jim" Bennett Hampton, III, 66 of Bruneau, died Saturday, March 24, 2007, in Bruneau. A viewing will be held from noon until the funeral service at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Burial will follow at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers girls golf team came in fifth at an SIC conference golf match at Falcon Crest. Bishop Kelly again ran away with the match, with 161 points. Columbia was a distant second with 226. Skyview and Middleton tied for third with 241, and Mountain Home was just six shots back of them...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team picked up their second win of the season when they beat Columbia at Columbia. They ended up with a split for the week, as they lost to Skyview at home. Mtn. Home 7 Columbia 4 Darkness ended the final match of the day in the #3 girls singles match for Cristen Hoover, who had split sets with her opponent, but it was a good outing for the Tigers, who won the match 7-4 last Monday at Columbia High School in Nampa...

The Mountain Home Tigers dropped two SIC 4A conference baseball games to Bishop Kelly last week. Bishop Kelly 4 Mtn. Home 1 The Tigers battled Bishop Kelly tough in Mountain Home last Wednesday, falling to the Knights 4-1. Bishop Kelly scored single runs in the first and second innings, and added two more in the fourth against Chris Rau, who struck out six and limited the Knights to just four hits...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers picked up wins over Skyview and Vallivue last week before dropping their first conference game of the season to Bishop Kelly. Mtn. Home 14 Skyview 4 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers hit the ball well last Tuesday as they returned to the win column with a 14-4 six inning conference softball win over Skyview at Eastside Park in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys track team won for the second time in two weeks, beating Emmett, Skyview and Bishop Kelly last Thursday at Bishop Kelly. The Tigers, who had seven first place efforts, five seconds, five third, eight fourths and eight fifth place efforts, ran away with the boys competition...