Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Our beloved daughter and sister, Linda Lee Marshall, went home to Jesus on March 28, 2013, a breast cancer survivor, lost her battle to ovarian cancer. She was born on Jan. 2, 1951, to John S. Marshall and Gladys Bashline. Linda spent most of her youth in Escalon, California, where she graduated from Escalon High School in 1969. ...

It seemed that a legendary kingdom located "somewhere over the rainbow" had landed in Mountain Home last week. Stepping onto the stage, a group of children from Mountain Home told the tale of how an ordinary group of individuals defeated a sinister villain to save the day. During their perilous journey, they discovered their own greatness and realized that there's no better place than home...

Monday's wind storm caused a tree to come crashing down onto the roof of Randy Miller's home on South 4th East Street, causing minor damage to the roof. Sustained winds averaging 35 miles per hour packed gusts clocked at 48 miles per hour, which continued to hammer the city throughout the day...

An airman from Mountain Home Air Force Base who was out walking his dog in an area on the Snake River known as Hole 13 on Saturday, discovered what he knew from his military training was an artillery round that was over the cliff near the Snake River...

Dear editor: I was walking to work this morning and the crossing guard at American Legion and 10th (Maverick corner) was terribly shaken up. She shared with me that she had been nearly hit, yet again, by a car that had nearly hit her a while back. The driver mouthed "sorry" but that did little to soothe the crossing guard's nerves...

Dear Editor: Thank you volunteers! The area between I-84 and the Mountain Home Golf Course is an authorized Community Scout Camp for use by any scout group. Also, The city has obtained an easement across private property and built an extension of the Community Walk Path from 18th Street across Abbotts Canyon to the existing golf course sign. We hope to soon find grant funds to pave this portion...

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS) -- Air Force officials began Tuesday to stand down active-duty combat units in order to ensure the remaining units supporting worldwide operations can maintain sufficient readiness through the remainder of the fiscal year...