Stories from Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger JV softball team opened its season with a 13-0 non-conference win over Timberline last Thursday in Mountain Home. Shelby Doerr pitched a one-hitter during the five inning affair, striking out seven batters. Lindsay Sessions had a double and a triple and drove in a run, and Blas Lord had two hits, one of them a double and drove in two runs. Jennica Quintal had a hit and three RBIs, and Carly McMullen also had a hit...

The Mountain Home Tigers will be hosting their fifth annual Tiger Baseball Camp this Saturday at Eastside Park. All youth, ages 8-15 years of age are invited to the camp, which is designed to give young baseball players the proper instruction in the offensive and defensive aspects of the game...

The Men's Golf Association will hold its annual meeting on March 19 at the club house beginning at 6 p.m. The new format and schedule, which includes a split season, will be presented. All male golfers in the area are being invited to attend.

The Mountain Home Tigers finished fourth in both the girls and boys competition in a four-way golf match at Desert Canyon Golf Course in Mountain Home on March 3. Bishop Kelly won the girls competition, shooting a 203 team total. Columbia came in second with 217, Nampa was third with 239, and Mountain Home was fourth with 247...

Awards and letters were handed out by the coaches at the Mountain Home Lady Tiger basketball awards banquet last Friday night. Brent Keener handed out awards for the Lady Tiger varsity. Voted by her teammates as the Offensive Player of the Year was Francesca Hale. Angie Rios earned the Defensive Player of the Year award...

The Mountain Man Wrestling Club took part in the Kuna Classic Invitational wrestling tournament over the weekend. Finishing with a silver medal in the Greco-Roman competition and second place for Mountain Man were Ryan Goldsby and Ty Kleffner. Third-place medals went to Cory Pinque and Nicholas Shoemaker...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers bounced back from a season opening softball loss to Timberline to take two games from Wood River. Timberline 1 Mtn. Home 0 (8 innings) Mountain Home's Nickayla Skinner and Timberline's Erin Keen put on a pitching exhibition last Thursday afternoon in Mountain Home, with the visiting Lady Wolves pushing across a run in the eighth to win the non-conference contest 1-0...

Robert "Bob" W. Bucey, 68, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at a Boise hospital. Graveside inurnment was held at Mountain View Cemetery on Friday, March 7. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Bob was born on April 5, 1939, in Smithfield, Ohio, the son of Wendell and Alice (Truex) Bucey. Bob was schooled in Ohio and worked as a Produce Manager in a grocery store in Smithfield...

Esmerejildo Vasquez Castillo, Jr,, 63, of Mountain Home, died Friday, March 7, 2008, at a local hospital. A viewing and rosary were held on Monday, March 10, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral mass was held on Tuesday, March 11, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Hazel McAnulty Steen, 88, of Glenns Ferry, died March 4, 2008, with her daughter and granddaughter at her side. Memorial Services were held Monday, March 10, at the Glenns Ferry United Methodist Church. Inurnment followed at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Steve and Debbie Black of Syracuse, Utah, formerly of Mountain Home, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Mallory, to Johnathan Elder, son of Ted and Christy Elder, also of Syracuse. Mallory is a 2004 graduate of Mountain Home High School and is employed at Treasury Credit Union in Ogden, Utah...

The 7th Annual Tiger Open Golf Tournament will be held June 14. The entry fee is $45 a person or $180 per team before May 16 and $50 or $200 after May 16. Mountain Home High School is looking for sponsors for the event. The sponsor fee is $60 and for an additional $25, sponsors can sponsor the "Closest to the pin," and "Longest Drive" competitions...

Justin Jarvis of Mountain Home has been named to the Wrangler High School All Star Rodeo Team for his leadership qualities, academic eligibility and athletic achievements. The team is fashioned after Wrangler's Champion Pro Rodeo Team. Members of the team receive official competition apparel from Wrangler and a signed certificate from Wrangler Jeans and Shirts president Phil McAdams...

The competitive youth soccer players of Mountain Home began their spring season with five of the seven teams seeing action on Saturday. The U12 Boys lost their home opener at Aguirre Park to the Idaho Raptors 4-2, with goals scored by Brandon Bodily and newcomer Garrett McKenzie...

When Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld saw their long-held dream come true and they invaded Iraq, they estimated the total cost of the war would be about $60 billion. It should come as no surprise to those who have watched the veracity of the Bush administration that they were wrong...

The Lincoln exhibit at the Mountain Home Public Library kicked off its three-week stay with a gala ceremony last Thursday featuring state and local dignitaries, an appearance by "Honest Abe" himself, and participation by the Idaho Civil War Volunteers, a re-enactor group dressed and outfitted in period costume...

Friends, family, faculty and fellow students gathered at the high school gymnasium, last week for "Carnage on the Court," a battle between the wizards of the hardwood and the masters of the mat. The event was a fundraiser to support the senior celebration, a supervised alcohol-free all-night party for graduating seniors on May 30...

Word spread throughout Mountain Home Feb. 20 that a gun had been found at West Elementary. Although the gun was found without any ammunition and was brought to the school by a 10-year-old student with no ill intentions, some parents felt panic and fear until more details were known. That panic and fear can't compare to the horror that spread through Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, as the town watched helplessly while two students killed 12 fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives.

Arrests David Castro Pacheco, 22--urinate in public. Paul Francis Carpentier III, 19--violation of a no contact order and minor consume. Daniel Raymond Acosta, 22--resist and obstruct. James Dean Grimmett, 25--contempt (two counts). Michael Damon Maksem, 18--rape...

Magistrate Court Robert Lynch, 27 was found guilty for an amended charge of battery-domestic violence (3/24/07 case--amended to disturbing the peace). Lynch was sentenced to 60 days (57 days suspended, 3 days credited), placed on 1 year probation and fined $150 plus $199.50 in court costs. Lynch was found guilty for contempt of court, sentenced to 5 days in jail (4 days suspended, 1 day credited) and fined $50. Fred Gene Sevier, Jr., 18, was found guilty for failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license (6/23/07 case). Sevier was fined $68.50 plus $72.50 in court costs.