Stories from Monday, May 29, 2017

Police Lt. Humberto Fuentes joins Police Lt. Jesse Cobos as they present a shadow box containing various memorabilia to Police Cpl. Stan Winings, who was honored by local officials during a ceremony on Friday. Winings will retire from the Mountain Home Police Department following a total of 33 years of service to the Mountain Home community, which includes his time as a reserve officer...

Mayor Rich Sykes is joined by Miss Poppy Natalie Baublitz, American Legion Auxiliary 26 members Carmen Metzer and Tristian Baublitz, Department of Idaho Legion Auxiliary Chairwoman Linda Blanton and city councilman Matt Bundy as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring May 26 as Poppy Day in Mountain Home. ...

Roxanna Martinez from Denise Weis’ fourth grade classroom kneads flour, yeast and other basic ingredients into a small load of bread during a class May 17 at North Elementary School. Students representing three classrooms tried their hand at creating "bread in a bag" as part of a project hosted, in part, by the Idaho Wheat Commission...

Elia and Layton Cobos help pick up trash in the alleyway between North Main and North 2nd East streets as a team of volunteers spruced up the area in preparation for a large-scale art project. Local artists will transform the walls of additional businesses in the two block alleyway in the city's downtown area as the Community Canvas of Mountain Home effort resumes June 17...

Parent volunteers douse a group of runners in a cloud of powdered chalk as participants begin the first leg of a "Color Me Grad" fun run on Saturday. Hosted by Mountain Home High School's Senior Celebration, the run began on the walking path next to Legacy Park with proceeds helping benefit this year's post-graduation celebration, which begins shortly after Friday's commencement ceremony...

Title Work and Sweat to Honor Pioneer Family Gravesites The grandchildren and great-grandchildren of William Redmond and Nancy Davis Strickland, Edward Burton and Susie Strickland and Joe and Maggie Taylor and Iva Strickland Kelley Phipps worked all day Sunday, May 28 to clean, decorate and pay tribute to their early Pioneer families buried in the Bruneau and Hot Springs cemeteriess...