Stories from Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers had a good first half against a cold-shooting Eagle team Saturday night, but when the Lady Mustangs' shots began to fall in the second half, Eagle battled back to win 60-47 in a non-conference game in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

Two Mountain Home Tigers have been named to the East squad for the 16th annual District III High School Shrine all-star football game, sponsored by El Korah Shrine of Boise. The contest will begin at 2 p.m. Nov. 25 at Eagle High School's Thunder Stadium...

The Visual Arts Guild of the Mountain Home Arts Council will host the 6th Annual Art at the Inn art show at the Hampton Inn and Suites of Mountain Home on Saturday. Extended hours this year will be noon to 8 p.m., allowing more time to view the work of 14 regional artists who will be featured...

The Mountain Home Youth Center, 130 N. Main, will hold an open house, featuring area crafters and home-based businesses from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Door prizes will be handed out and a silent auction will be held. All proceeds will go toward helping keep the youth center open...

The Mountain Home High School Speech and Debate Team won more than a dozen awards at the recent Whitman College High School Speech and Debate Tournament in Walla Walla, Wash. The Talkin' Tigers finished eighth out of 51 schools in the sweepstakes category against schools from throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Canada...

Marking the second year in their larger church facility in Mountain Home, coordinators outlined plans for this year's holiday creche exhibit. A non-denominational event sponsored by the local Latter-day Saints community, the three-day Christmas celebration runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 1 and 2 and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Mormon stake center off Airbase Road at 790 S. Haskett Street...

James Gentry from the First Student Bus Company in Mountain Home and students from Richard McKenna Charter High School wave at passing motorists on American Legion Boulevard during a "Stuff the Bus" effort Saturday morning. The bus company and charter school are joining forces to collect non-perishable food and other donations for local area food banks in time for the holidays...

The city could pay off its remaining debt on the local golf course and police department building several years ahead of schedule due to an initiative approved by the city council Monday evening. Mountain Home is one of nine communities across the state expected to take advantage of lower interest rates to refinance their bonds or certificates of participation this year in order to cover expenses associated with large-scale construction or improvement projects...

The annual Fireman's Ball will be held Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Elk's Lodge, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Jeff Palmer Band will provide music for the informal-dress event, which helps raise money for the local volunteer fire department's burnout fund, aid to injured firemen fund and several scholarships they give to local students each year...

Teresa Ann (Mouser) Rainbow passed away at her home in Twin Falls, on Sunday, November 13, 2011, following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 18, 2011, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel and burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery...