Stories from Wednesday, March 8, 2006

The Elmore County Commissioners and Sheriff Rick Layher put their shovels in the ground Monday and turned a spade of earth to mark the beginning of the construction phase for the new county jail. A $7.5 million bond was approved by the voters last May to construct a greatly expanded state-of-the-art jail facility for the county. ...

Police Chief Tom Berry pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was sentenced to the mandatory minimums for a first-time DUI offender on Friday at the Elmore County Courthouse. Judge David Epis handed down the disposition, which was entered as a withheld judgement, as requested by Berry's attorney, Rob S. Lewis...

Leonard and Margaret Vesey, formerly of Mountain Home, now living in Lake Oswego, Ore., celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Feb. 10. A dinner party was held in their honor that evening at the home of their daughter, Martha Parks, also of Lake Oswego. ...

Wilfred A. "Bill" Day and Patricia L. (Owens) Day are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They have lived in and around Mountain Home all of their lives. They will celebrate the occassion with a private family gathering, but all friends wishing to congratulate them are encouraged to send them a card or give them a call...

Doug and Judy Mayne have announced the engagement of their daughter, Melinda, to Tanner Wing, son of Sid and Kim Wing, all of Mountain Home. Melinda graduated from MHHS in 2001. Tanner graduated with the MHHS class of 2002. Melinda will graduate in May from the Lewis Clark State College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in nursing. She will be employed at St. Luke's in Meridian...

James M. Mills, 78, of Mountain Home, died Monday, February 27, 2006, at a local care center. Inurnment services will be held Saturday, March 11, at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise at 10:00 a.m. A memorial service also will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, at The Cottages of Mountain Home, l735 S. 5th West St. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Albin Bockelmann, 87, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, March 2, 2006. Memorial services will be held in July at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Charter Oak, Iowa. Albin was born on Feb. 2, 1919, in Ute, Iowa, to William and Emma Bockelmann. He married Ruth Irene Philo on August 18, 1940...

Alice M. Dinwiddie, 88, of Klamath Falls, Ore., formerly of Mountain Home, died Feb. 17, 2006 at the Crystal Terrace Retirement Center in Klamath Falls. Dinwiddie was born April 19, 1917, in Caldwell, Idaho, to Eric and Esther Carter. She grew up in Idaho where she attended high school and business college...

Doris E. Stabile, 84, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, in a local care center. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 7, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Alvin H. Dudley, 76, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, March 4, 2006, at a local hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 7, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers have a busy weekend of softball planned, and besides Eagle, Centennial and Wood River, the Lady Tigers may also have to battle the weather, as rain and snow is forecast during that time. Weather scrapped a jamboree they were supposed to go to last Saturday in Caldwell...

The Mountain Home Tigers open their 2006 baseball season at Skyview tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon against the Hawks. The Tigers are coming off a 9-17 season last year. Tiger baseball coach Travis DeVore is pleased with the talent on this year's squad...