Stories from Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The 7th annual Mountain Home High School Alumni Basketball game will be held Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the junior high gymnasium, beginning at 6 p.m. All Mountain Home graduates are invited to participate in the game. Donations will be given to the Scott Yagues Scholarship Fund...

Students from local area schools broke several long-standing records by collecting thousands of food items during this year's "feed the need" campaign. Over a two-week period, students at area schools brought in an assortment of boxed, bagged or canned non-perishable food to benefit low-income families in Mountain Home and surrounding communities...

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." -- Luke 1:14 So spoke the angels more than 2,000 years ago, a time of terrible strife. Today, conditions haven't changed much, but the desire to meet that standard of peace on earth is still strong in the hearts of most of mankind...

Dear editor: Every year I always read the letters to Santa. I find them amusing and on occasion I feel a tug at my heart. This year I read one that maybe I can help with. I am referring to a letter on page 8 of section A, signed by a young man named Joseph...

Dear editor: The Mountain Home Jaycees would like to thank our local community. Due to the many generous donations received, our "Breakfast with Santa" event was a huge success. We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season. Heather Fisher

Dear editor: Hacker Middle School was successful in our Feed the Need food drive. We collected past our first goal of 1,000 items. We even collected past our second goal of 1,300 items. We collected 1,680 items for our food drive. We thank everyone, from the staff, parents, students and the community in cooperating in our Feed the Need program. Now all the people in need will have a wonderful Christmas...

Dear editor: Hacker Middle School would like to thank the community, parents, teachers and students for supporting our food drive. We collected 1,680 items and earned a game day and a crazy dress-up day. Thank you. Robert Steckelberg, Hacker Middle School student...

Dear editor: Hacker Middle School has collected 1,680 items for our food drive. Our original goal was 1,000 items. We reached that and set a new goal of 1,300 items. Our reward for reaching both goals is a game day and crazy dress-up day. I would like to thank all the people who gave food to the cause. We could not have helped the El-Ada Food Bank without them...

Dear editor: I'm a student at Hacker Middle School, and I would like to thank all the people that helped the food drive. We have gathered 1,680 items which passed our original goal of 1,000 items. Thank you. Abrahan Salas, Hacker Middle School student...

Dear editor: We cling to our guns and religion. You bet! As long as there is one commie, one Nazi, one Marxist, one socialist, one Muslim Islamic fundamentalist terrorist, political leftist, one dictator, one autocrat or any other wanna be world ruler, with a Hitler or a Stalin, or a Mussolini, or a Herod, or a Genghis Khan, or other murderous dictator-type mentality we will cling to our weapons...

Ken and Betty Parks will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 27, 2009. They were married in Presho, S.D., on Dec. 27, 1959, at the United Methodist Church. Shortly afterwards they moved to Mountain Home, where they both had teaching positions. ...

Perry and Sheri Finco of Meridian have announced the engagement of their daughter, Bobbi Jo Phillips, to Ryan South, son of Mr. and Mrs. Randal and Debra South of Mountain Home. The couple will exchange wedding vows on Jan. 16, 2010, at Sandals Negril Resort in Jamaica...

Kendahl Steele and Matteo P. Fontanini, both of Salem, Ore., were united in marriage Sept. 12, 2009, during ceremonies held in Lincoln City, Ore. Kendahl is the daughter of Mark and Barb Steele of Mountain Home. Matteo is the son of Paul and Judith Fontanini of Stayton, Ore., and Seal Rock, Ore...

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger sophomores managed a split of their conference basketball games last week, losing at Columbia but winning at home against Skyview. Columbia 28, Mountain Home 21 Columbia made a 10-0 run in the first half, and a 16-0 run in the second half, to pull away for a 38-21 conference win over the Lady Tiger sophomores Thursday night at Columbia...

The Mountain Home Tiger sophomores came away with a split of their games last week, losing at Jerome and winning at Emmett. Jerome 42, Mountain Home 38 A fourth quarter Mountain Home rally fell short as the Tiger sophomores boys lost 42-38 Tuesday night at Jerome. Mountain Home went over half the first quarter before scoring and trailed 13-5 after a quarter. They trailed 23-14 at the half and were down 35-24 heading into the fourth quarter...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers came away with a split in JV girls' basketball last week. Lady Wildcats 43, Lady Tigers 27 Mountain Home struggled scoring points Thursday night at Columbia and fell to the Lady Wildcats 43-27 in conference girls JV basketball...

After its recent food drive, Mountain Home Junior High School organized an exhibition dodgeball match last Friday afternoon. The event was made possible by the students collecting 2,333 cans of food during the drive. The match featured a two-out-of-three game between the seventh-grade intramural champions, Team DOC (Defeat Over Competition) and the eighth-grade intramural champions, the Lakers...

The Mountain Home Youth Soccer Association, or MHYSA, is now registering players, ages 10-18, for its spring soccer season. Players should register and pay on-line at www.MountainHomeSoccer.com. Players may also register at an organizational meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5 at the Hampton Inn in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tiger JV boys basketball team held off the Emmett Huskies for a win Friday night at Emmett. Earlier in the week, the junior varsity squad lost at Jerome. Jerome 57, Mountain Home 41 Jerome outscored Mountain Home 33-20 in the second half to win 57-41 in JV boys basketball at Jerome last Tuesday night...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened their conference dual wrestling match season with a win Thursday night, then headed to Idaho Falls where they finished eighth in the High Country Duals at Bonneville High School over the weekend. Mountain Home 48, Emmett 30...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers looked in fine form last week in picking up wins over Columbia and Skyview. Mountain Home 67, Columbia 14 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers shot a torrid 62 percent from the field in the first half and 53 percent for the game as they mauled the Columbia Lady Wildcats 67-14 Thursday night at Columbia...

The steadily improving Mountain Home Tigers picked up their first two wins of the season last week with road wins at Jerome and Emmett. Mountain Home 52, Jerome 44 After getting beaten 71-38 by the Jerome Tigers a week earlier at Mountain Home, the Mountain Home Tigers turned the tables on Jerome, downing them 52-44 at Jerome last Tuesday...