Stories from Friday, May 20, 2011

A dozen local high school students earned opportunities to see first-hand how local, state and federal governments function during a yearly mock government exercise. Students selected for the 2011 American Legion Boys State include five students from Mountain Home High School and one from Richard McKenna Charter High School...

A Mountain Home High School graduate who went on to play professional basketball wants to invite girls here to attend an international leadership program. Angela Taylor is currently working with high schools here and across the United States to identify female students interested in joining the eight-day excursion through Spain this October...

Mountain Home Elks Lodge #2276 held its annual Youth Banquet May 2, awarding a number of honors and scholarships to local youth. "This year we had over 225 attending due to all the participants and their families and the amount of awards for our area youth," said Exalted Ruler Tony Schiro. "We are proud of the amount of young, bright young boys and girls that are our future. We are proud to be able to honor them and their families in this awards banquet."...

Mountain Home had two district champions at the District II 4A Track and Field meet at Bishop Kelly last week, and 13 Tiger athletes qualified for state in 16 events. Dakota Barrie won the 100-meter high hurdles. She also qualified for state in the 300-meter hurdles, where she finished second, and the high jump, where she finished third. She was also a member of the 4x100-meter relay team (along with Heather Williams, Marissa Streeter and Jessica Tindall) that finished second...

The Mountain Home Tiger boys golf team finished fourth at the District III 4A Golf Tournament at Hunter's Point Golf Course in Nampa last Monday. High school golf squads qualifying for state include Middleton (337 team score), Bishop Kelly (345) and Columbia (365)...

Former Mountain Home Lady Tiger softball star and two-team Idaho Gatorade Softball Player of the Year Nickayla Skinner recently completed her freshman year of softball at the College of Idaho in Caldwell, where she helped lead the Lady 'Yotes to a 24-16 overall record and a tie for fourth place in the Cascade Conference standings...

Mountain Home senior Carolyn Bailey has qualified for the state tennis competition. Mountain Home had 18 players compete at the District III 4A tennis tournament in Nampa over the weekend. The district tennis competition consists of tournaments in girls' and boys' singles, girls' and boys' doubles and mixed doubles, with the top five finishers in each category qualifying for state. Bailey qualified for state in girls' singles, finishing fifth...

Nearly two dozen girls boosted their self confidence, learned to deal with peer pressure and improved their athletic abilities during a new after-school program. Hosted by the city's parks and recreation department, the Girls on the Run program used the power of physical activity, life lessons and positive mentoring to prepare these youngsters "for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living," said program director Melissa Bixby...

Students from Hacker Middle School broke three goals then shattered a previous year's record during a scrap metal drive that ended April 27. Organized by the school's team building classes, the project took in an assortment of recyclable material, including tin and aluminum cans...

Arden Thomas, 84, died on Nov. 29, 2010, in Boulder City, Nev. after heart surgery and a stroke. She was born Arden Marie Randall on Jan. 5, 1926, in Bruneau, Idaho, to Ruth E. and George W. Randall. She grew up there with her older brother, Darrell, younger sister, Mildred, younger brother, Owen, and many cousins...