Stories from Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Former Glenns Ferry and Boise State football star Korey Hall was picked by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the NFL draft Sunday. Hall, who was the WAC Defensive Player of the year the past two seasons for his play at linebacker for the Broncos, was happy to be picked in the draft...

Elsiemae Browning Cunningham, 92, of Glenns Ferry, died April 21, 2007. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 28, at the Glenns Ferry LDS Church. Burial services will take place at a later date in Phoenix, Ariz. Arrangements are under the direction of Demaray Funeral Service -- Gooding Chapel...

Karen "Blue" D. Hale, 44, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at a Boise hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, April 30, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Karen was born on Jan. 16, 1963, in Shawnee, Okla., the daughter of Jack and Joan Frair. She attended schools in Del City and Midwest City in Oklahoma and graduated from Carl Albert High School...

Jim and Gayle Scheff of Mountain Home have announced the wedding of their daughter, Melissa, to Cory Bernaiche, son of Don and Stacy Bernaiche of Mountain Home. The couple were married May 2, 2007, in Columbus, Ga. where Cory is stationed with the U.S. Army. He is a 2005 graduate of Mountain Home High School...

Dareld and Dian Seaquist of Prineville, Ore., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Lucinda J. Seaquist, to Ronald E. Loyd, son of Harold and Maxine Loyd of Athol, Idaho. Lucinda is a graduate of Crook County High School in Prineville and currently is employed at Taco John's in Mountain Home...

Joseph W, Miller, the son of Richard and Lisa Miller of Mountain Home, and Cynthia M. Rodriguez of Mountain Home, the daughter of Homero F, Rodriguez and Maria T. Fuentes of Tex., have announced their engagement. The wedding is planned for July at Legacy Park with a reception to follow...

Neal and Connie Cleveland of Mountain Home, and Bill and Joyce Rackley of Goldsboro N.C., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Donna Marie Rackley, to Justin Robert Humber, the son of Lyndon and Kimberly Humber of Nova Scotia, Canada. Donna is a 2004 graduate of the Mountain Home High School and currently enrolled at Boise State University...

The competition was very strong Friday and Saturday at the YMCA Invitational Track and Field Meet at Bronco Stadium in Boise. In the girls competition, Mountain home's 4x100 meter relay team finished third. Francesca Hale, Sherica Holmon, Alyssa Saltzgaber and Emily Moranda made up that relay team...

Last week saw the Mountain Home Lady Tigers split their conference games and lose a non-conference game to Twin Falls. Lady Tigers 2 Bishop Kelly 5 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped a 5-2 conference softball game to Bishop Kelly last Tuesday at Bishop Kelly...

The Mountain Home Tigers continued their season climb, sweeping two conference games from Nampa last week. Tigers 14 Nampa 8 The Mountain Home Tigers battled back from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Nampa Bulldogs, 14-8, last Thursday in Nampa. Nampa's Trevor Morris limited the Tigers to just one hit in four innings of work as the Bulldogs built up a 4-0 lead...

Mountain Home Tigers U13 Girls finally savored the taste of victory on Saturday after defeating Caldwell 2-0. "The whole team played hard," said Coach Lori Kush. "Our goalie and defense built a wall that Caldwell could not penetrate, while offensively our midfielders and forwards provided pressure that put through our two scores."...

Students who far exceeded expectations in arts were honored at the 3rd Annual Creative Art Awards that were held Wednesday. April 18 at 7p.m. at Mountain Home High School. Master of Ceremonies, Vice Principal James Gilbert, recognized the hard work and accomplishments of the creative art students. He spoke of the importance of art, and bragged about the five choirs all earning superior standings, and about bringing live theater to elementary students...

Euskal Lagunak, the local Basque Association, held a memorial commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Gernika, Spain on Friday, April 27 at the Mountain Home Basque Park. The event commemorated the aerial attack on April 26, 1937, when planes of the German Condor Legion, an adjunct of the Luftwaffe, bombed the city of Gernika, Spain, killing 1,600 civilians and wounding 800 more...

For the first time in ages, both trustee positions for the Mountain Home School District that are up for election on May 15 have competition, with two challengers facing off against two incumbents. In Zone 1, incumbent Toni Reynolds is being challenged by Sandra Pitts. In Zone 3, incumbent Tom Rodney is facing a challenge by Rick Checketts...

District Court Timothy Allen Paglia, 23, pleaded guilty to a felony for probation violation. The court will retain jurisdiction. Paglia was ordered to pay restitution of $200. Alan F. Rohr, 29, had two felony charges for lewd conduct with a child under 16 that were dismissed by the prosecutor in December 2003. More recently, Rohr had seven misdemeanor charges for dispensing alcoholic beverages to minors that were also dismissed by the prosecutor...

Adult arrests Chet Keith Rust, 35 -- DUI; open container. Michael Thomas Anderson, 35 -- DUI; leaving accident scene. J. Rosario Corona, 18 -- failure to purchase drivers license; minor in possession of alcohol; reckless driving. Jose Juarez-Gil, 23, -- driving without privileges...

Passersby and parents were alarmed when several city police officers converged on East Elementary school last Thursday in response to several threats made by a non-custodial parent, for the second time in a week, who apparently was intent on removing a child from the school...