Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Sheriff Rick Layher is tired of bandaids, tired of having to constantly "patch" his jail to meet ever evolving standards. So for the fourth time in 11 years the county will ask the voters to approve a $7.5 million new jail facility on May 24. It won't house the entire Sheriff's Department, like the first proposal in 1994 could have done. ...

A 48-year-old Boise man was killed in an ATV accident Friday night when the vehicle he was riding went off a forest service road about 12 miles north of Long Gulch Road and plunged into the Boise River. Elmore County Search and Rescue workers found his body the next morning about half a mile downstream from the site of the accident...

James H. Robertson, 95, of Mountain Home, died Monday, March 28, of natural causes. Graveside services were held April 2 at Morris Hill Cemetery. He was born on May 19, 1910, in Boise to James Gordon and Addie L. Robertson. He attended school in Boise, Twin Falls, Coos Bay, Ore., and graduated from Boise High School, later attending the University of Idaho...

Marjorie A. (Marge) Campbell (Vandegrift), 87, died peacefully with her family at her side on April 6, 2005. A brief "Celebration of Life" ceremony was held at her most recent residence, Plantation Place Assisted Living in Boise on Saturday, April 9. She was interred with her late husband at Cloverdale Memorial Park in a private family ceremony. Arrangements were under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home...

Ronald Wayne Jones, 64, of Mountain Home, died April 6, 2005, at a Boise hospital, surrounded by his family. Memorial services were held Saturday April 9, at the American Legion Hall in Mountain Home. Military Honors were presented by American Legion Post 26, Mountain Home. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Hazel Lorna Rogers, 84, died peacefully at Boise hospital on Wednesday, April 6, 2005. Memorial services were held Tuesday, April 12, at Our Lady of Limerick Catholic Church in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home of Mountain Home...

Emma Oleah True, 97, died Thursday, April 7, 2005, at the Elmore County Long Term Treatment Center in Mountain Home. Funeral services were held at Tuesday, April 12, at the Mountain Home LDS Church. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team dropped conference matches to Bishop Kelly, Skyview and Emmett last week Bishop Kelly 12 Mountain Home 0 The defending 4A State tennis champion Bishop Kelly Knights appear to be reloaded. That was evident in their 12-0 win over the Mountain Home Tigers on April 4 at Bishop Kelly...

The Mountain Home Tiger golf team showed improvement in both the girls and boys competition in SIC 4A conference action at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell last Monday. Mountain Home moved up a place to finish seventh, ahead of Emmett. Bishop Kelly won the competition, shooting a 173 total to beat Vallivue by seven shots. Caldwell was third with a 192, two strokes better than Nampa. Skyview finished fifth with 213, Kuna was next with 222...

The Mountain Home Tiger track squad hosted a seven team track and field meet last Friday at Tiger Field. Mountain Home's girls finished fourth, while the boys came in sixth. Twin Falls won the girls competition, scoring 154.5 points. Bishop Kelly was second with 127,...

The week started with a shutout win at Nampa and ended with a slugfest against Jerome, with the Mountain Home Tigers winning two of the four baseball games they played last week. Mountain Home 7 Nampa Bulldogs 0 Michael Hobgood throw a five-hit shutout and Mountain Home got timely hits to go along with some Nampa errors to down the Bulldogs 7-0 last Tuesday at Rodeo Park in Nampa...

What began with a win over Bishop Kelly has now reached five, as the Mountain Home Lady Tigers picked up wins over Emmett, Vallivue and Burley last week. Mountain Home 3 Emmett 1 The Lady Tigers made it two straight conference wins when they knocked off conference favorite Emmett, 3-1 last Tuesday in Mountain Home...