Stories from Thursday, June 23, 2016

Molly Carruthers applies a coat of paint to the back wall of the Mia Casa restaurant as she and Cindy Taverne begin work on an abstract floral design as the Community Canvas project officially began Saturday morning. Located in the alleyway between North Main and North 2nd East streets, the project will transform the back walls of selected businesses in the downtown area into individual pieces of art...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News A public hearing regarding plans to build a large scale alternative energy complex on the bluffs above Anderson Ranch Reservoir in the an area commonly referred to as Little Camas Prairie was held June 15. More than 100 people attended the meeting with some providing testimony about the project, which is expected to include solar, wind and hydro-electric power generating capabilities...

Law enforcement and emergency response teams representing multiple counties conducted an active shooter exercise Thursday morning. The exercise began around a.m. at the old Good Counsel Hall building near Richard Aguirre Park.

Harvey B. "Chris" Christensen, age 82 of Mountain Home, passed away after a short battle with brain cancer. He was born Sept. 11, 1933, in Bronxville, N.Y., to Bernhard and June Christensen. After schooling in New York, Chris joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base...

Dixie Lee Cornell died on the morning of Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Ashley Manor in Mountain Home. She was 78 years of age. Dixie was born to Monty Harold Emery and Reva Paulene Fine Emery on July 19, 1937, in Camas, Wash. She was raised on Long Beach Peninsula in Washington where she attended grade school and junior high school. She graduated from Toutle High School...

Virginia "Ginger" de la Motte, 87, a longtime resident of Mountain Home, passed away on June 21, 2016, at St. Alphonsus Hospital with her family by her side. She was born in Lincoln, Neb., on Aug. 23, 1928, to Harold Fraas and Caroline Vetter Fraas. Her family moved to LaConner, Wash., where she graduated from Everett High School in 1945...