Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Cristobal Construction of Mountain Home was awarded the contract for the new library expansion project, during action taken by the city council Monday night. Cristobal's base bid of $1,221,264 was the lowest of the four general contractors who submitted bids last Friday...

Instructor Art Smith of Mountain Home has been selected as the 2004 Southwest Region's Hunter Education Program, Instructor of the Year. Art is one of seven instructor nominees to be recognized, statewide, at the region level. The names of all seven Regional instructors will be submitted to Idaho Fish & Game's Headquarters staff in Boise. ...

The annual Camp Wilson Boy Scout rendevous and barbecue gets underway this weekend. Scouts from different parts of Idaho begin arriving Friday to set up camp and compete with each other over the weekend about their knowledge of Scouting lore. The Civil War re-enactors will stage a Blue-and-Gray battle for the entertainment of the Scouts and the visiting public during the weekend, but the exact time has not been announced...

Blanche E. Woodall, 89, formerly of Grand View, died Saturday April 16, 2005, at a Boise Care Center. Services were held Monday April 25, at Knight Community Church with committal at Riverside Cemetery in Grand View. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

John L. (Jack) Noble, 75, of Mountain Home, died April 21, 2005, at his home. Graveside service were held Tuesday April 26, at Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home. Jack was born the second of five children to John E. and Lora Lemon Noble on Aug. 1, 1929. He attended Bruneau Elementary and High School...

Doreen I. Greb, 86, formerly of Mountain Home, died early Sunday morning on her birthday, April 24, 2005, at Westminster Nursing and Convalescent Center in Westminster, Md. Services and burial were private. Arrangements were handled by Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, Westminster, Md...

Marie B. Wallace, 94, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 4, 2005, in Bountiful, Utah. She will be buried, along with the ashes of her late husband, David, in a joint memorial service on Saturday, April 30, at 11 a.m. at MountainView Cemetery. Both sets of ashes will be inurned together...

Gretchen M. Smith, 95, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at a care center in Meridian. Funeral mass was held Saturday, April 23, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Patricia Ann Herron, 82, of Mountain Home, died April 18, 2005, at the Elmore Long Term Care Unit. Memorial services were held Saturday, April 23, at the Church of the Nazarene. Inurnment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Lee and Janice Eddy of Mountain Home have announced the upcoming marraige of their daughter, Jessica, to Aron Garrard, son of Gary and Deanna Garrard of Hermiston, Ore. Aron is currently serving at MHAFB. The couple will be married on May 21 at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. A reception will follow at the Elk's Lodge...

Kacy Barrie continues to lead the Mountain Home Tiger track squad. Last week the Mountain Home junior competed with the Tiger track squad at the Husky Relays in Emmett, where she won the pole vault, with not only a season best 8' 7", but also a new school record in the event...

The 5A schools dominated this year's Mountain Home Invitational Golf Tournament, finishing in six of the top nine positions. Timberline came in first, shooting a 316 team total, five shots better than Eagle. Borah was third, with a 323, three shots better than Mountain View...

The Mountain Home Tigers continued their struggle at the plate last week, collecting only 15 hits in four games as their losing skid reached seven. Borah Lions 13 Mountain Home 2 Six Mountain Home errors, five walks and four hit batters along with eight hits helped the Borah Lions down the Mountain Home Tigers 13-2 in a game called after five innings by the 10-run rule last Tuesday in Mountain Home...

After nearly knocking off Caldwell earlier in the week, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers returned to the win column with a win at Skyview. Caldwell 8 Mountain Home 6 A seventh inning rally fell short for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers last Tuesday at home, as they lost to the Lady Cougars from Caldwell, 8-6, at Mountain Home...