Stories from Monday, May 9, 2016

Mountain Home High School's Encore Company marks its last production of the season next week as it presents "SUPERHeROES: The Helios Affinity." Curtain call for the show is 7 p.m. May 12 to 14 in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium at the high school. Written by theater director Taunya Page, the time .....

With backyard gardeners continuing to spruce up their yards and gardens as the spring weather continues, the Elmore County Extension office outlined ways that people can keep things green while using less water. A typical household uses 260 gallons of water per day, but people in this state use almost 60 percent of that water to irrigate their landscapes, said Mir Seyedbagheri, University of Idaho extension educator...

Gregory Sterling, age 61 of Mountain Home, passed away at his home following an illness on Monday, May 9, 2016. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Two Treasure Valley residents that went missing on Sunday in the mountains northeast of Mountain Home were located Monday afternoon. The Elmore County Sheriff's Office received information that Gregory L. Pruett, 53, from Star, Idaho, and his mother Carolyn J. Brennan, 74, of Boise had made contact with their family around 3:15 p.m.

Donald Allen Bauer, age 81 of Mountain Home, passed away at St. Luke's Elmore Medical Center on Sunday, May 8, 2016, after a lengthy illness. Per Don's request, no services will be held. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Jacquelyn Delores Rentie, age 69 of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at St. Paul Baptist Church, 1320 West Bannock Street in Boise, followed by inurnment at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at 2 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.