Stories from Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Mountain Home AFB will receive an additional squadron of F-15E aircraft in 2009, and then lose two squadrons, the F-16CJ and F-15C units, in 2011, under the Air Force's proposed schedule to implement Friday's base realignment and closure recommendations made by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld...

John Paul (JP) Whitted, 87, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home May 15, 2005, with his wife, Milly, at his side. Memorial services will be held today, Wednesday, May 18, at 5 p.m. in the field in front of the house on The Whispering Hills Ranch in Grand View, with a potluck supper following the services...

David Larios and Bethmarie Rollins of Mountain Home announce the birth of a son. Corey Alan Larios was born May 5, 2005, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital. He weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flick will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary May 26. Mrs. Flick, the former Carol Shaw, married Robert Flick of Belfast, Pa., on May 26, 1955, at Salem Lutheran Church in Spokane, Wash. They have three sons, Robert, George and David. Three daughters died at birth...

Kacy Barrie and Troi White will return to the State Track and Field Championships at BSU this week after the two qualified for this week's state meet at last week's district meet at Caldwell. Mountain Home had four girls in the 100-meter hurdles finals at district, as Barrie, White, Lauren Kisner and Piper Coffin all made the finals...

The home course proved to have no advantage for Mountain Home last Thursday at Desert Canyon Golf Course in Mountain Home, as the high school girls and boys golf teams both finished seventh, missing the qualifying cut for the State Golf Tournament. Bishop Kelly won the girls District III title, shooting a 337. Vallivue was second, coming in at 346. Caldwell was third at 361, Nampa, fourth, with 390, Skyview fifth, with 394, Kuna, sixth, with 417, and Mountain Home, seventh, at 488...

What has been an up and down baseball season for the Mountain Home Tigers ended on a down note with a 7-5 loss to Skyview last Tuesday in the District III 4A Baseball Tournament at Mountain Home. The Hawks got to Tiger starter Brian Fields for three runs in the first and two more in the second, as they built up a 5-0 lead...