Stories from Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers girls soccer win streak reached three last week before it was snapped by Bishop Kelly. Mtn. Home 7 Nampa 1 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers made it three straight wins last Monday when they pounded Nampa 7-1 at Nampa...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team won one and lost one in SIC 4A boys soccer last week. Tigers 3 Nampa 2 Danny Snelgrow put a ball off a Nampa defender into the net to score with two minutes left to help the Tigers edge Nampa, 3-2 Tuesday in the home opener for the Tiger boys, who played their first four games on the road...

The Mountain Home High School JV soccer team has started the season 5-0. "Soccer is a team sport and the team has potential," first year coach Jay Lockett said before the season started. "We have a lot of returning players and we will see if they will come together to work as a team."...

The Mountain Home Tigers freshman football team improved to 3-0 on the season with last week's 40-6 win at Kuna. Tigers 60 Jerome 8 The Mountain Home Tigers freshmen opened their season at Jerome on Aug. 28, and appeared in midseason form as they routed Jerome 60-8...

The packed crowd at the Mountain Home Junior High gym got their money's worth last Thursday night as the Mountain Home Lady Tigers battled Columbia to five games before losing their home opener, three games to two. After three early ties in game one, the Lady Tigers fell behind Columbia by five, 4-9, but battled back to tie it at 10-10. A 13-3 run by the Lady Wildcats gave them a commanding lead, and they won the first game, 25-16...

Jan McNamer, 68, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died at her home on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Funeral services were held Monday, Sept 15, at the Wright Congregational United Church of Christ in Boise, with Rev Michael Black, a longtime friend from the Senate, officiating. Services were under the direction of Bowman Funeral Home...

Mollie H. Glidden, 89, of Bruneau, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 at her home. Services were held Friday, Sept. 12, at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Burial followed at the Bruneau Cemetery. Mollie was born in Salmon, Idaho, on Nov. 15, 1918. She was the youngest of four children. She attended grade school at the Iron Creek School on the Salmon River and went to Salmon High School...

Dear editor: There seems to be a lot of controversy over the values on issues of Senator Barack Hussein Obama. He says that he is fairly middle of the road on important issues. I am not going to give tit-for-tat here... it would take a book to do that. This man talks with very lofty rhetoric and does alter or change those opinions depending on who he is talking to. I have seen it throughout various quotes by him...

Dear editor: This one isn't especially easy to write, because I'm gonna catch a lot of flak, but that's OK because it's for a good cause. I've been strongly opposed to John McCain, and still am. And I've been very public about it. Even though the media has effectively buried the BEST candidate we had, I had still intended to write-in Ron Paul no matter WHO it took away a vote from. I'm that infuriated about this fiasco, but Rush, Sean, Jack and others, I am now going to SUPPORT your ticket...

Dear editor: I cannot understand why Sarah Palin has won over undecided voters. I think they should learn some of the facts about her. She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town of about 9,000 people (outside of Anchorage), which has less population than Mountain Home...

Dear editor: School is in session and fall is in the air! This is my favorite time of year. I felt like I needed to write this letter as a reminder for all of us, adults and students alike, because of the time of year that it is. Today, my 3rd-grade son was nearly hit by an SUV while on a crosswalk by MHHS on South 10th East. ...

Dear editor: The WECRD has pursued federal appropriations since 2006, working very closely with Rep. Mike Simpson. The Mountain Home Community Center Complex (MHCCC) has had the full support of Idaho's congressional delegation in Washington D.C. "I am convinced that this (WECRD) project has tremendous merit and would be a welcome addition to the Mountain Home region. ...

Dear editor: My name is Charles Strauch. I am 20 years of age, born and raised in Mountain Home. There really has not been a suitable facility for the youth to go to to have fun. The youth center was run down and there really hasn't been any funding for the building or its activities...

Our congratulations to the men and women of Mountain Home Air Force Base and the private Silver Wings organization for putting on an outstanding airshow this weekend. A true tip of the hat goes to all the base personnel who volunteered and did such a great job showing off the value of U.S. ...

9/11, a day that has lived in infamy, is seen as a day of both tragedy and remembrance. The children of North Elementary School, approximately 500 in total, gathered together for a special freedom walk in remembrance of the lives that were lost on 9/11...

The City of Mountain Home has been awarded a $30,000 technical assistance planning grant from the Economic Development Administration. The city will use the grant to create a downtown revitalization master plan that includes implementation, said Ron Swearingen, the director of economic development for the city...

The city will hold a public hearing meeting to amend the city's capital improvement plan component of the city comprehensive plan and the city's impact fees as presented in the revised CIP plan, at 6 p.m. on Sept. 22. It's expected to be a contentious hearing as developers object to the significant hikes in impact fees being proposed...

An estimated 60,000 people attended this weekend's Gunfighter Skies 2008 airshow at Mountain Home AFB, base officials said. The show was highlighted by the appearance of the USAF Thunderbirds, who arrived Saturday afternoon and thrilled the crowds Sunday afternoon with their display of precision flying...

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The Elmore County Fair and Rodeo Board has announced they have hired a new fair manager, Shae Burns. Burns will taking over the duties as fair manager from Kate Ackerson, effective Oct. 1. Burns has been working as the assistant fair manager for the past 12 months, "which has helped her gain an extensive knowledge about how to coordinate the annual county fair," the fair board said in a prepared statement...