Stories from Wednesday, April 16, 2008

The MHHS choirs left today, Wednesday, for the Heritage Festival Competition in Anaheim, Calif. In August, the choirs began fundraising for the trip. After eight months, nine fundraisers, three concerts, three competitions, and continuous practices in the classroom, they are now ready to compete...

The Mountain Home County Commissioners' special meeting on Wednesday at the Elmore County Jail was a final wrap up on what the public in attendance thought about the joint ambulance study. A study that Denny Neibaur, EMS Regional Consultant for the State Medical Emergency Services Bureau, said he was highly impressed with after reviewing the results. Neibaur plans on using the study for other counties as a model...

Magistrate Court Deborah J. Robinson, 57 was found guilty for an amended charge of driving without priviledges. (5/13/02 --failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license). Robinson was sentenced to nine days in jail (nine days credited) and ordered to pay $63.50 in court costs...

Arrests Faith Loraine Johnson, 34--DUI. Robert Maxwell Moss, 18--minor possession marijuana/paraphernalia; minor consumption of alcohol. Heidi Rose Fowble, 18--reckless driving. Benjamin Jaurez-Servin, 18--DWP. Julie Esther Cook, 29--FTA. Edward Louis Crane, 55--contempt (2X)...

The Olympic Torch is designed to be a symbol of unity. In ancient times, when the torch was lit, wars were supposed to end and animosities set aside during the games. In more recent Olympiads, as it traveled from Mount Olympus to the site of the games, the torch had become an open public event, designed to draw attention to the games, and make people all over the world who can't attend them feel like they have been part of the event...

Dear editor: When words are not enough. My wife and I moved up here three years ago in May. I graduated from here in 1959 so Mountain Home was not new to me. My stepfather was ill with a terminal disease and my two brothers and their families had been caring for Jim and we wanted to get involved because my mother was quite overwhelmed at times...

Dear editor: Ms. Meador answered my letter and I'm glad she did. She makes it clear where she stands. Her opinion of me doesn't matter. What matters is her opinion of gun control and gun use in this country; where she gets her statistics and how she utilizes them. Statistics are a game and can be made to show anything I want them to...

Dear editor: I don't suppose many local people have a need for a bus service, like Greyhound. But did you know there is no bus service available departing from or arriving in Mountain Home from other destinations? While in a doctor's office in Boise recently, this was brought to my attention by a former resident of Mountain Home. ...

Dear editor: Some of the money for the governor's highway funding could be raised simply by our county vehicle registration offices and local law enforcement doing their jobs more efficiently. I walk every day and in a 1 1/2-mile walk I have encountered vehicles with '07 and '08 outdated stickers. In one day I counted seven such vehicles in Mountain Home...

Dear editor: On Saturday, April 5, someone hauled off several downed power poles from Mystic Saddle Road. Those poles were given to me by the man in charge of taking them down. I made phone calls the very day they were taken down. Had I the strength to use a chainsaw they would be safely in my wood shed...

Dear editor: I am a senior citizen with no children attending school, and I am going to vote for the school bond. I have been a substitute teacher at the high school and I see a need for a bigger, more modern facility. But more importantly, as a patron of the arts, I see a need for a performing facility. ...

Dear editor: The headline you put on my last letter was misleading. I didn't say we can't afford more taxes; I said we need to think how we are going to pay for what we want. That means asking the hard questions. Let's quit that tired old formula we hear every bond election, that it's only $8 a month for a $100,000 house. ...

Dear editor: I fully support the upcoming school bond election for the completion of Mountain Home High School. Our children deserve to be taught in a functional building that meets the needs of the technological advances that were not even thought of when the current high school was built...

Dear editor: Well, I went to the 6 o'clock meeting yesterday (4/09) and came away sad because while the needs are very real, as we all knew they were, the $37 million dream school must be cut back, and I, for one, don't know how. I don't feel we need to host District 4A or state tournaments here so maybe the gym is a place to begin to cut back. ...

Dale and Mary Kaye Jenks of Mountain Home, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Tashelle, to Kendahl Jackson, son of Darin and Mona Jackson, also of Mountain Home. Tashelle is a 2004 graduate of Mountain Home High School and is employed at Walmart in Provo, Utah...

Lillian R. Humphreys, 101, of Caldwell, formerly of Mountain Home, died on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Nancy Jean Rushing, 67, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Mountain Home, died March 18, 2008, at a Phoenix care center. Cremation was held March 22. No local services are planned.

Beulah V. Leonard, 98, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at a local care center. Funeral services and burial will be held in Farming, Wash., on Tuesday, April 22. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, and Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa, Wash...

Patricia "Patte" L. Condon, 59, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at her home, following an illness. At her request, no services are planned at this time. Patte was born in Kingston, N.Y. She lived in Florida and retired in Idaho. Patte was known to the Mountain Home graduating class of 2000 for her compassion and kindness as a mentor, her family said. ...

Kent Edward Krotzer, 45, of Mountain Home, died Friday, April 11, 2008, at his home, surrounded by family and friends. A memorial service with full military honors was held Monday, April 14, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Kent was born on Oct. 12, 1962, in Watertown, Minn., to Victor and Jeanne Krotzer. He graduated from Mound-Westonka High School in Mound, Minn., in 1981...

West Elementary students recently participated in the annual Jump Rope for Heart event sponsored by the American Heart Association. Students at West were able to raise $3,775 to donate to the American Heart Association. The donations will be used by the American Heart Association to do research and provide education to help fight heart disease and stroke, and to provide medicine and CPR training...

Jalen Gibbons will organize a free Bike Safety Fair at North Elementary on May 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of his Eagle Scout community project. The fair is for children in Mountain Home from kindergarten to fourth grade, and their families. The fair will consist of several stations, including a bike safety workshop/rodeo put on by the Mountain Home Police Department, a bike helmet giveaway (quantities are limited), basic bike maintenance lessons (not free tune-ups), helmet checks, bike registration, and a child safety kit station.. ...

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger junior varsity softball team came away with two lopsided conference wins last week. Mtn. Home 23 Middleton 4 Mountain Home pounded out 17 hits in a 23-4 five-inning JV conference softball win at Middleton last Tuesday...

The Junior and Cadet Division wrestlers for the Mountain Man Wrestling Club of Mountain Home competed at Capital High School inthe State Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling Tournament last week. Cadet Jon Ryan finished with the bronze and automatically qualified for the National Freestyle Championships in Fargo, N.D., in July...

Mountain Home Youth Soccer's U11 Girls improved its record to 4-1-1 with a 7-3 win over Middleton Gold on Saturday at City Park in Glenn's Ferry. Kylee Carpenter provided the edge as she powered home four shots for the Co-Pilots. Teammates Aima Orr, Melissa Garza and Cassie Villavicencio added insurance goals to secure the victory...

Students from Children's House Montessori School will be participating in the St. Jude's Trike-A-Thon to help raise funds for the internationally recognized hospital. The event, scheduled for this week, will help St. Jude in its ongoing fight against childhood catastrophic diseases...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys and girls both finished fourth at a four-team golf tourney at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell on April 8. Middleton won the girls competition, shooting a 193 total. Columbia finished second at 208, Skyview was third at 211, and Mountain Home came in with a 225...

The U.S. Forest Service Mountain Home Ranger District has extended indefinitely the closure for motorized access on all trails in the Danskin Mountains ORV Area to minimize trail damage and protect resources due to lingering snow and continued rainfall that have led to very wet trail conditions...

The Mountain Home Tigers competed at the Bandana Invitational Track and Field meet at Mountain View last Friday and Saturday. With all ten 5A SIC schools competing, six of the 4A SIC schools along with, Vale, Ore., the Mountain Home girls finished fifth while the Tiger boys came in 10th...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team closed out their busiest week of the season with two wins for the boys and one win for the girls, their first of the season. Tiger Boys 7 Nampa 0 Tiger Girls 4 Nampa 3 The Tiger boys swept all of their matches with the Bulldogs last Monday at the base...

The Mountain Home Tigers managed two wins in three baseball games played last week, winning one of two conference games with Columbia, and edging Jerome at home. Tigers 10 Columbia 9 (10 innings) For the second time in two games the Mountain Home Tigers handed a conference foe its first loss, as the Tigers won a wild one with Columbia Thursday night at home, 10-9, in 10 innings. Mountain Home beat Bishop Kelly last week to hand the Knights their first conference loss...

Sportsmen hunting in this area will see several new opportunities and a few minor adjustments in this year's hunting regulations. Many of those changes were discussed during last Thursday morning's sportsman's breakfast at AJ's, sponsored by the Department of Fish and Game. The breakfast gave hunters and fisherman a chance to meet one-on-one with area F&G officials and commissioners...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers extended their win streak in softball to ten straight, with wins over Middleton and Nampa last week. Mtn. Home 10 Middleton 1 The Lady Tigers went to Middleton last Tuesday to finish out the first time around against their SIC 4A conference opponents and came away with a 10-1 win over the Lady Vikings...

Nancy Fincher, wife of the Exalted Ruler of the Mountain Home Elks Lodge, is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Celebration of Fiber & Textiles. There will be a fashion show at 1PM showcasing the designs of the Mountain Home High School Fashion Design class...

Problems with jury selection last week led to a four-month delay in the trial of Mike Martin, who had been charged with two counts of second-degree murder following an accident in May 2007 in which he allegedly ran a car off the road after a party, killing two of his friends in the other vehicle...

Head Start celebrated its fourth annual Day of the Child Art Show on Friday. In total, 175 children along with their families joined in the various activities and marveled at the opportunity to show their artistic creations...

Voters will go to the polls in just under two weeks, on April 29, to decide the fate of a $37 million bond issue to complete Phase II of the high school project. The building is currently being used as the junior high school. If a bond for completion of the high school is approved by voters, the current high school would then be used as a junior high school...