Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Robert Ray Korb, 67, a former Elmore County resident, died Oct. 20, 2003, at the home of his sister in Torrington, Wyo. Services were held Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Lingle Presbyterian Church with Rev. Don Chanslor officiating. Burial followed in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Lingle, Wyo. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home...

William F. Baker, 64, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, at his residence. Per his request no services will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Thomas "Tom" R. Mack, 63, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at a hospital in Boise. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Tom was born on Dec. 8, 1939, in Altoona, Pa. He left Altoona in February 1957 and spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. Tom met and married his wife, Nelly, in Germany. He retired in June of 1977...

Jeromey J. O'Brien, 28, of Mountain Home, died following an automobile accident Oct. 21, 2003. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home, from 4-8 p.m. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Hanger 201 on Mountain Home AFB. Chaplain Maj.Thomas G. Westall, USAF (ret.) will be officiating the memorial service...

Kathleen P. Terry, 22, of Tipanuk, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003. Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 24, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Kathleen Phyllis Terry was born in Long Island, N.Y., on April 23, 1981, the daughter of Kathleen Phyllis Russell and William Sherman Terry. She was the youngest child of five, which included William Terry II, Matthew Terry, Christopher Terry and Jessica Terry...

Mathew Zakrzewski and Chantel Healy have announced their engagment and approaching marriage. Mathew is the son of Diana and Frank Zakrzewski of Mountain Home, and Chantel is the daughter of Trucy Spickelmier of Mountain Home and Terry Healy of Meridian...

Mike and Diane Jeli, of Canby, Ore., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer, to Luke Otter of Molalla, Ore., the son of Wayne and Froi Otter. Otter lived in the Glenns Ferry/Bruneau area from 1982-1997. The wedding will take place on Feb. 21, 2004, at St. James Catholic Church in Molalla...

Jennifer Hitchings, Glenns Ferry, announces the birth of a son. Jace Alan Hitchings was born Oct. 10, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital. He weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz.

It wasn't Friday the 13th, but it almost seemed like it to Mountain Home cross country coach James Gilbert. It started out last Thursday, when Tiger cross-country runner Daniel Kaiser injured his ankle in a PE class. Then, Friday, while warming up, Tiger runner Lee Pierce injured himself. Pierce ran in the race, but finished 37th, and the Tigers, who were hoping to make the top three teams to qualify for state, came in with 139 points...

Mountain Home's girls and boys soccer teams were both eliminated from their District III 4A soccer tournaments last week. Mountain Home's girls soccer team lost to Vallivue, 5-0 in their District opener, and then were put out of the tourney with a 5-0 loss to Emmett...

In sports, the post-season is labeled a, "brand new season," where you throw out the regular season records and strive for the best. One team definitely wanting to throw out the regular season marks and dreaming of a district championship was the Mountain Home Lady Tigers. Suffering through a frustrating regular season that saw just one win in 17 decisions, the Lady Tigers were hoping for the consistency they needed to enjoy some success...

A Mountain Home man died and another was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident the evening of Oct. 21 on Highway 51, when the two Idaho Air National Guardsmen attempted to avoid hitting a cow on the road and rolled their car into Rattlesnake Gorge...