Stories from Wednesday, October 20, 2004

As the second week of the Larry Severson murder trail got underway last week, the prosecution continued to lay the foundation for its belief that Severson killed his wife, Mary, on Feb. 15, 2002, by overdosing her on sleeping pills and suffocating her...

Jack Norman Fiddler, 73, of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Elmore County, died peacefully at the home of his son, Jason Fiddler, in Meridian, on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, after a long fight with cancer. At his request no services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Accent Funeral Home, Meridian...

Dr. Timothy J. Downs, formerly of Mountain Home, died at his home in Grand Haven, Mich, Oct. 16, 2004, of melanoma. His wife, the Rev. Denise Downs, and his daughters, Kristen and Lauren Downs, surrounded him at his death. His sisters and mother were with him as well...

Chester Arnold Cairns, 84, a former resident of Mountain Home, died at the SunBridge Nursing Home in Meridian on Oct. 15, 2004. A private service will be held for family members. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel, Meridian. He was born Feb. 1, 1920, in Meridian, and a long-time resident of Meridian and Mountain Home...

Ruby Fay Fowler, 79, of Glenns Ferry died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004, at the Elmore Long Term Care Unit in Moutain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home Moutain Home.

Donald L. Bell (The Skipper), 69, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center. No services were held. Cremation was under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Donald was born March 31, 1935, in San Francisco, Calif., the son of Donald and Mildred Bell...

The Mountain Home Tigers finished seventh in last Friday's Mountain Home Invitational Cross Country Meet at Desert Canyon Golf Course. Nampa narrowly edged Vallivue for first, 54-56. Centennial was third, with 59. Emmett was a distant fourth, with 159 points. Middleton next, with 164, followed by Meridian, with 170, a point ahead of Mountain Home. Kuna was eighth, with 205, followed by McCall-Donnelly, 211, and Ontario, 244...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped their final two regular season girls soccer matches last week on the road. Skyview 2 Mountain Home 0 Mountain Home dropped a 2-0 SIC 4A conference match at Skyview last Monday. The Lady Tigers had seven shots on goal, but failed to connect on any of them...

The Mountain Home Tigers closed out their regular season boys soccer schedule with a tie and a loss last week. Mountain Home 2 Skyview 2 The Tigers battled to a 2-2 tie with Skyview last Monday at Eastside Park. Ramiro Pedroza and Brian Weiss both had goals for Mountain Home. Weiss had an assist on Pedroza's goal...

It's time to let bygones be bygones, and look to the future. The case in point for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers is the District III 4A Volleyball Tournament. The Lady Tigers closed out their regular season schedule last week with losses to Vallivue and Nampa...

The phrase, "winning ugly," comes to mind when thinkiing about the Mountain Home Tigers' 18-16 win over Kuna Friday night at Tiger Field in Mountain Home. On the night, 25 penalties were assessed by the officials for 233 yards, 14 of them against Mountain Home, for 136 yards...

Shelly R. Miller of Mountain Home, announces the birth of a son. Allen Thomas Miller was born Sept. 14, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital. He weighed 6 lbs. 15.3 oz. Grandparents are Donna Barbour and Pete Barbour, both of Mountain Home.