Stories from Thursday, December 16, 2010

Laurice Bentz, a local author, will have a book signing in the commons area of the Mountain Home Public Library this Thursday, Dec. 16, beginning at 5 p.m. Her book, "To Ride a Rainbow," a children's story book, is coauthored with Judy Martin and illustrated by Brenda Raub of Mountain Home...

At the time it opened in February 1955, Elmore Medical Center was situated well outside the city limits. Built on an empty, two-acre field at a cost of more than $126,000, the 10-bed facility had just one doctor and three nurses. Jump ahead 55 years...

Charity Frost and James Gentry from the First Student bus company wave to passing motorists as they encourage them to stop by and drop off donations of non-perishable food during the company's Stuff the Bus food drive Saturday morning. With buses staged at the local Albertson's and at the Grace Lutheran Food Pantry, drivers with First Student spent the day gathering cans and boxes of non-perishable items to refill the food pantry, which continues to see record numbers of families needing these emergency supplies as the county deals with unemployment figures approaching double digits.. ...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys basketball team broke into the win column in a big way last week at Wood River and followed that up with a come-from-behind win over Jerome the next night. Mountain Home 63, Wood River 29 The Mountain Home Tigers led all the way last Tuesday night at Wood River, running to a 63-29 win over the Wolverines...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers continued to struggle in girls basketball last week, dropping games to Emmett and Middleton. Emmett 64, Mountain Home 47 The Lady Tigers hosted Emmett last Tuesday night in conference play in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium. They fell behind early and were unable to rally back as the Lady Huskies won 64-47...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened their wrestling season Thursday night at Skyview with a conference dual win, then went 3-3 at the two-day Buck's Bag Wrestling Tournament at Capital High School in Boise on Friday and Saturday. Mountain Home 59, Skyview 19...

The Bureau of Land Management is urging visitors to the Ted Trueblood Wildlife Management Area to use caution after water test results showed levels of fecal coliform and E. coli bacteria that exceed standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

The city fire chief issued an advisory Wednesday afternoon to alert local businesses and residents of an unlicensed company conducting door-to-door sales in the Mountain Home area. Employees with Black Fire Protection didn't have required solicitors' licenses to do business in Mountain Home, said fire chief Phil Gridley...