Stories from Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The 2009 portion of the ninth-grade boys basketball season started off the same as 2008 ended with a slow start and great finish but again a loss in the score column as the team lost to the Nampa Bulldogs on Friday, 35-28. The Bulldogs jumped out early as five players scored in the first quarter to help the Dawgs jump to an 11-2 first-quarter lead...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers sophomore girls basketball team dropped conference games to Emmett and Middleton last week. Emmett 26 Mtn. Home 19 Mountain Home had trouble getting going in the first and third quarters at Emmett last Thursday night, as the Lady Huskies outscored them 17-7 in those two quarters. The result was a 26-19 conference loss...

The Mountain Home Tigers sophomore basketball team came up short at Kuna Friday night, so it had to settle for a split in the week's games. Tigers 58 Nampa 27 The Mountain Home Tigers scored early and often on their way to a 58-27 boys basketball conference win over Nampa last Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers junior varsity girls basketball team came up empty last week, dropping games to Emmett and Middleton. Emmett 37 Mtn. Home 36 Mountain Home was outscored 19-11 in the fourth quarter as they came up short at Emmett last Thursday night, losing 37-36...

The Mountain Home Tigers junior varsity boys basketball team picked up a couple conference wins last week, beating Nampa and Kuna. Tigers 58 Nampa 31 The Tigers evened their conference record at 1-1 with a 58-31 rout of the Nampa Bulldogs last Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Tigers wrestling team finished sixth at the Buhl Invitational Wrestling Tournament over the weekend in Buhl. Challis won the team title with 133 points, edging Jerome by one point. Minico was third with 127, Snake River fourth with 114.5, North Fremont fifth with 108, and Mountain Home in sixth place with 105.5 points. There were 24 teams competing in the two-day tournament...

Last week saw the Mountain Home Lady Tigers win one, lose one, and have one game snowed out in girls basketball. Mtn. Home 48 Emmett 39 Mountain Home used a big second-quarter advantage to down the Emmett Lady Huskies 48-39 Thursday night at Emmett in conference girls basketball...

The Mountain Home Tigers picked up a couple conference wins in boys basketball last week, beating Nampa and Kuna. Tigers 50 Nampa 40 The Mountain Home Tigers evened their conference record at 1-1 with a 50-40 conference win over the Nampa Bulldogs last Tuesday in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

Outstanding music students from the six Northwest states (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming) have received top honors by being selected to participate in the 41st biennial MENC All-Northwest Band, Orchestra, Treble Choir, Mixed Choir, Jazz Band and/ or Jazz Choir...

Kim and Judy Kirkland of McCall, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Hailey, to Ryan McMurtrey, the son of Tim and Cheryl McMurtrey of Mountain Home. Hailey, a 2001 graduate of McCall High School, is a member of Delta Gamma sorority and graduated in May 2006 from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Elementary Education...

Dale Duane Irving, 40, died at his home in Glenns Ferry on Dec. 30, 2008. A gathering in remembrance will be held at the Moose Hall in Glenns Ferry on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at 1 p.m. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Mervin Lee Bush, 71, died with his family at hand on Jan. 8, 2009, in Mountain Home. Funeral services, with military honors by Mountain Home Air Force Base, will be held on Saturday, Jan.17, at noon at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Viewing will be held one hour prior, beginning at 11 a.m...

John C. Kidd, 80, of Hammett, died Jan. 10, 2009, at a Boise hospital. A memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by Boise Funeral Home, Aclesa Chapel.

Gerald "Jerry" Kardas, 76, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, after a battle with cancer. Graveside memorial services were held Friday, Jan. 9, at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel...

Rex Jeffery Chafin, 53, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at University of Utah Hospital with his mother, wife and children by his side. Services and viewing were held Dec. 30 at Summers Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel. Services were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel...

Dale Edward Grosse, 78, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at a Twin Falls hospital. A viewing will be held today, Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Burial, with military honors by American Legion Post No. 26, will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Raymond and Lillian Lindberg of Vancouver, Wash., have announced the wedding of their daughter, Mary Doris Anca, to Marke Ralph Weeks, son of Ralph and Hazel Weeks of Mountain Home, on Dec. 31, 2008. The ceremony was held at the couple's home in Mountain Home...

Dear editor: Now I have heard and read it all! The group of folks that want to dissolve the WECRD have not attended the numerous monthly meetings that we have had every year since 2000. None of them, as far as I know, have ever volunteered their time, money or efforts to assist the WECRD or this community in establishing the goals of the WECRD...

Dear editor: This letter is written today regarding the Western Elmore County Recreation District and their "dream," or so it has been stated. First of all, this group proposes to build a 20,000-square-foot facility for $75 per square foot. Are we building this facility using child labor for that cost and what materials will be used for $75 per square foot? That cost, based on materials costs now, is simply not realistic...

Dear editor: Your little editorial on Gaza retribution distorts facts. After 60 years, there will be no simple answers. But to excuse killing children at school as a "product of war Hamas brought upon itself' only worsens the situation. If Israeli "retribution" is to kill 700 civilians in response to a dozen rocket attack casualties, this is the same sort of "retribution" the Nazis carried out in Europe...

Six days from today the United States of America will swear into office its 44th president. That, in itself, is a remarkable achievement. Few nations on this planet can claim such a long history of peaceful transitions of power. Much will be made of this particular, unique history-making presidency, the first black to become president. ...

The Air Force has selected the 366th Fighter Wing's commander, Col. James S. Browne, for a new assignment at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., as the director for Air Force colonel management at the Pentagon. To replace him, the Air Force has selected Col. John D. Bird II to take command of the 366th FW...

Elmore County is on the verge of a massive overhaul of its zoning ordinances, designed primarily to deal with the growing problems of urban sprawl in the county. The revisions are so extensive that the new set of codes is being considered a virtual replacement for the old ordinances, county officials said...

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Two men forced their way into a home on Highway 51 and robbed the occupants at gunpoint Tuesday night. Elmore County deputies first received the report of the home invasion at 8:45 p.m. and responded immediately to the home rented by Daniel Widner at 5087 Highway 51, just past the Hamilton Road turnoff...

The City of Mountain Home began preliminary testing at Richard Aguirre Park on a new city well, Well #15 today. As a result of the testing, water will be continuously run for more than 24 hours and is expected to cause some flooding in the area. The city's Public Works Department will work to contain as much as water as possible in the park and then divert the overflow into the city street network using East 8th North Street as a primary corridor and North 6th, North 10th and North 14th East as partial diversions leading into the city storm drain system.. ...