Stories from Friday, March 19, 2010

A Mountain Home contracting business faces a $44,500 fine following the death of a worker last September. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Bowman's Inc., saying the company violated federal work safety rules that led to death of Kelly Smith when a trench collapsed on him...

Teachers at the Base Primary School brought together the love of mathematics and the recent Winter Olympic games during a recent series of competitions. During the school's Math Olympics, teachers posed problems for their students to solve each day...

On Tuesday, March 23, Mountain Home will become one of hundreds of communities nationwide to hold a town hall meeting to alert the community to new research on the risks of underage drinking and empower residents to take action to stop it. The meeting will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Mountain Home Public Library, 790 N. 10th East St. Parents, teachers, local officials and interested community members are invited to attend...

Saturday's Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet was described as "a great success in a tough year," according to banquet chairman Jeff Day. Day said he expects the final tally to show the banquet netted approximately $68,000 to help fund habitat improvement programs for elk and other wildlife...

The Mountain Home girls literally ran away from Kuna in their season opener dual meet at Kuna last Friday. The boys were a close second. Mountain Home had 12 first and 11 second-place efforts, racking up 95 points to Kuna's 47 in the girls' events...

Dear editor: I am writing about your recent editorial in the Mountain Home News regarding the WECRD. The words attributed to me may have been accurate, but the quote alone has painted an inaccurate picture of how I actually feel about the progress and accomplishments made by the WECRD Board...

T. Robert "Bob" Tindall, formerly of Bruneau, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at a Caldwell hospital from natural causes at the age of 89. A viewing will be held on Monday March 22, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel from 5-7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, March 23, at 2:30 p.m. at the Bruneau American Legion Hall followed by graveside services at the Bruneau Cemetery...

Ruby Geraldine "Jeri" Loening-Seifert, 73, of Arizona, formerly of Mountain Home, went home to her Heavenly Father and Mother on Monday, March 8, 2010. A viewing will be held on Saturday, March 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. ...