Stories from Wednesday, July 20, 2005

A $200,000 home in rural Elmore County burned to the ground last Wednesday and sparked a range fire that consumed over 600 acres and threatened several more home in the area. It was one of several fires in the area that left local firemen weary, and BLM crews were battling a fire south of Hammett that could go to over 200,000 acres by today...

Elaine Marie Mast, 34, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, July 14, 2005, due to an auto accident. Arrangements are pending under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home.

Florence S. Montgomery, 101, of Glenns Ferry, died Saturday, July 16, 2005, at a local care center in Mountain Home. Visitation will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, at Rost Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday July 22, at Hagerman Cemetery in Hagerman. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

James D."Doug" Herman, 70, of Mountain Home, died on Friday, July 15, 2005, at a local care center. Memorial services will be held on Thursday July 21, at the American Legion Hall Post No. 26, 515 E. 2nd South St., Mountain Home, at 10:30 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Raqueal A. Blair and Phillip J. Wilson were united in marriage by Fourth District Magistrate Judge David C. Epis on Monday, June 27, 2005. The bride's parents are Mark and Kenna McCall of Newport, N.C., and the groom's parents are Warren and Pat Todd of Mountain Home and Jeffery and Lisa Wilson of Salt Lake City, Utah...

Jerry Loosli of Mountain Home and Wanda Clagg of Payette have announced the engagement of their son, Jeffrey Scott Loosli, to Marcelita Jean DeMoura, the daughter of John and Beverly DeMoura of Moscow, Idaho. Jeffrey is a 2001 graduate of Mountain Home High School and is majoring in history at the University of Idaho...

For Zach Simons, life is fun and a learning experience. Simons, a 2003 graduate of Glenns Ferry High School, is a member of the Tri-City Dust Devils pitching staff, after being taken in the second round of the Major League Baseball Players' Draft last month...

The Mountain Home Royals saw a five-game losing skid come to a close Thursday when they swept an American Legion baseball doubleheader at home against Middleton. Kuna Diamondbacks 8 Mountain Home 7 The Royals battled back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game at 5-5 in the fifth, and scored twice in the top of the sixth to take a 7-5 lead, but Kuna managed to score three in the bottom of the sixth to regain the lead, 8-7 when the two teams played at Kuna on July 12...

A young Idaho National Guardsman from Mountain Home is in serious condition today after being severely wounded by a roadside bomb attack in Iraq last Thursday. James Donaldson, a 2003 graduate of Mountain Home High School and the son of Judy Curran of Mountain Home, lost both legs at the hip and part of his right hand when the bomb went off under the Humvee he was driving outside of Mosul in northern Iraq, while performing support operations for the 116th Brigade Combat Team. ...