Stories from Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Claire Wetherell, described as an "honest, unselfish, public servant," and as the "grand lady" of Mountain Home, had a park dedicated in her honor Monday evening. With more than 150 people attending the hour-long ceremonies, the city council and mayor unveiled a large stone plaque honoring Wetherell in the quarter-acre park at Jerome and Pintail streets in the Patriot subdivision that features a large gazebo and will soon have playground equipment for children to enjoy...

The weather was chilly but a solid crowd of about 300 people turned out Saturday for the community's Mexican Independence Day celebration. The event is a celebration of Hispanic culture and Saturday's event featured cultural dance performances, was well as a dozen food and vendor booths, was well as games for children...

Rez Price and Ray Cotton, were united in marriage, June 24, 2006, at Liberty Christian Fellowship church in Mountain Home. Cotton is a retired USAF master sergeant. His bride, Rez, is currently serving as an active duty Air Force nurse. The couple are making their home in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers found the competition stiff at last Friday's Payette River Invitational Cross Country meet at Cobblestone Park, hosted by Emmett. Borah won the meet, with all five runners placing in the top 11. They had 29 points. Caldwell was a distant second with 89, followed by Centennial, 93, Nampa with 105, Timberline, 140, Emmett, 203, Greenleaf, 209, Idaho City, 234, and Mountain Home, 250...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers came away with a split of their conference girls soccer games last week, winning one and losing one. Mountain Home 5 Columbia 0 The Lady Tigers enjoyed a hat trick from Shalamar Enrique as they jump out to an early lead and increased it throughout the game...

The Mountain Home Tigers were involved in a couple one-run boys soccer games last week, winning one and losing one. Mountain Home 2 Columbia 1 The Mountain Home Tigers won their second straight soccer match when they downed the Columbia Wildcats, 2-1, on Sept. 11 at Columbia High School in Nampa...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers returned to the win column Thursday night, sweeping the Lady Wildcats from Columbia in three games at Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. The Lady Tigers started slow in game one, playing catch-up ball until a 6-0 run pushed them to a 13-10 lead. They increased their lead to 19-12, but Columbia fought back to within three, at 23-20...

Big plays and turnovers helped Skyview get past the Mountain Home Tigers, 25-12, Friday night at Tiger Field in Mountain Home. Two 65-yard touchdown passes and one for 45 yards by Skyview's Matt Ballenger accounted for three big scores for the Hawks, and crucial turnovers by Mountain Home killed scoring drives...