Stories from Wednesday, October 22, 2003

An NCO from Mountain Home AFB was charged with two counts of first-degree murder last week after he allegedly ran down and killed his pregnant wife on a rural road northeast of Tipanuk. SSgt. Albert A. Ciccone, 27, of Mountain Home, was being held without bail at the Elmore County jail following the incident Thursday involving his estranged wife, Kathleen, 22, to whom he had been married for less than two months...

Members of the DIG-IT (Develop, Improve, Grow - It's Time) committee are looking for new ways to encourage people to take the time and visit the downtown businesses. Over the course of recent years the committee has focused its efforts on developing highly visible physical improvements to serve as a catalyst for the downtown's future success and hopes of building an ever stronger business community...

Mayor Dave Jett and challenger Joe McNeal squared off in a candidate forum last Thursday sponsored by the Elmore County Democratic Party. Mayoral candidate Carol Dalton was unable to attend because her diabetes had flared up and she was away attending diabetes management classes...

The Mountain Home Tigers came in 10th out of 12 teams competing in the boys competition of the Mountain Home Invitational cross country meet at Desert Canyon Golf Course in Mountain Home last Friday. Centennial won the boys competition. Mountain Home finished 10th with 321 points. Middleton was ninth with 304, right behind Kuna's 303. Caldwell was seventh with 287...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened District III 4A Boys Soccer Tournament play yesterday (Tuesday) at Vallivue. Mountain Home, which went 4-3-1 in conference play to earn the number two seed, opened against number three seed Emmett, which beat Mountain Home 3-0 last week at Emmett. The Tigers had beaten Emmett 2-0 earlier in the season at Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home girls soccer team opened District III 4A Tournament play Monday in Caldwell. The Lady Tigers closed out their regular season last week with losses to Caldwell and Kuna. The Mountain Home girls lost to the Lady Cougars at Caldwell last Monday, 2-0, a team that beat the Lady Tigers, 6-0 early in the season at Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers hope to put their ups and downs of the regular season aside as they host the District III 4A Volleyball Tourney this week. The Lady Tigers closed out their regular season schedule with losses last week. Vallivue 25, 25, 25...

Turnovers can kill drives and give your opponent a short field to work with. Such was the case Friday night at Tiger Field, as Mountain Home turned the ball over four times, with the Knights from Bishop Kelly cashing in for a 40-7 SIC 4A conference win...

Jeffrey R. Gilliam, 48, a former resident of Mountain Home and the owner/operator of Wheels of idaho car sales in Mountain Home, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, in Sumner, Wash., of complications from Hepatitis C, a liver disease. A celebration of his life will be held locally at Jovial Jerry's in Mountain Home on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m...

Jason and Robin Lekvold, Mountain Home, announce the birth of a son. Caleb Austin Lekvold was born Oct. 1, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital, weighing 6 lbs. 8 oz.

Michael and Veronica Fry of Mountain Home, announce the birth of a son. Patrick David Fry was born Oct. 8, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital. He weighed 6 lbs. 10 oz.