Stories from Friday, July 1, 2011

The annual Summer Concert Series in Carl Miller Park will kick off next Thursday, July 7, with a 6 p.m. event featuring the Blues Brothers Rock 'n Soul Revue. Those attending the free event are being urged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. The event is sponsored by the city's Parks and Recreation Department and the Mountain Home Arts Council...

Mountain Home's model rocketry club will hold its first-ever Fourth of July launch event Monday morning. Scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. at the gravel parking lot north of Tiger Field off South 18th East Street, club members will demonstrate various types of rockets, including high-altitude sport flyers and exotic kits with non-traditional recovery systems...

A trio of elephants make their way to the show center during the Carson and Barnes Circus on Thursday evening. Hosted by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, the circus set up the big top at the city airport for a pair of performances last week. It took just a couple of hours to convert the empty gravel surface into a fully operational circus, complete with its own petting zoo featuring a variety of exotic animals. Photo by Brian S. Orban...

Constance "Connie" Lorene Haskins, 52, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on June 26, 2011, at her home. A graveside service was held at 10:30am, on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mtn Home...

Pil Soon Yang, 82, of Mountain Home, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011, at her home, of natural causes. Arrangements are under the direction of Cremation Society of Idaho.