Stories from Monday, March 14, 2016

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Since last September, Mountain Home's economic development office has researched how a company specializing in analyzing business data could help local shops and stores better understand customers and possibly bring new retail stores and restaurants to the area...

Laurie L. Mondloch holds up $50 in chamber bucks presented to her by Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce director Randy Valley and chamber executive director Renae Green after she won this year's Air Force Appreciation Day theme contest. The winning phrase, "We Are One Nation -- United We Stand," will tie into the overall theme of this year's military appreciation event, which begins at 10 a.m. ...

Blas Lord hands a basket of cookies to Carl Rudeen from the Mountain Home Sage Grouse Working Group as the organization bid him a fond farewell during its monthly meeting on Thursday. Rudeen, a long-standing member of the organization, who also served as its technical expert, recently accepted a new job position in Japan. ...

Despite below-normal rain and snow last month, the state's water supply continues to hold steady with more precipitation expected in coming weeks, according to a report released last week by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. In its third water supply outlook report for the 2016 water year, the agency reported that Idaho's mountain snowpack ranges from 90 to 110 percent of normal for most of the state...

Gloria Ann Barnes passed away peacefully and in the company of family and friends on the morning of March 10, 2016, at the age of 72. Born to Fred and Margaret Roberts on Oct. 15, 1943, Gloria had an older brother and two younger sisters, Richard, Carol and Denise...

Whitney Kimball Little, age 90 of Mountain Home passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2016, at St. Luke's in Boise with his family by his side. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the Driggs Cemetery in Driggs, Idaho. Whitney was born Oct. 1, 1925, and married the love of his life, Wanda Cheney, in 1948. They have three children together, Kenneth Little, Glen Little and Joy Norstebon...

Gary L. Rhodes, age 77 of Mountain Home, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016, at St. Luke's Elmore Long Term Care. A celebration of Gary's life will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge. Cremation was under the direction of R

Robert Henry Timm, age 70 of Mountain Home, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.