Stories from Wednesday, August 27, 2008

By order of the Department of Fish and Game, fish bag, possession, and size limits at Mountain Home Reservoir have been suspended effective Aug. 25, through Dec. 31. Anglers with a valid fishing license are encouraged to catch as many fish from the reservoir as they can eat...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers open their 2008 volleyball season with a conference match at Emmett this Thursday night. Rachele Asbury takes over the Lady Tiger varsity program this year, moving up from the freshman squad, where she has coached the past four years...

The Mountain Home Tigers open their 2008 football season Friday night at home against the Jerome Tigers. Mountain Home is coming off a successful trip to the University of Oregon Football Camp in June where Tiger head football coach Brian Floyd says they competed against some "very good" competition...

Tom and Esther Futch and Babette Ellingson, all of Mountain Home, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Candace Georgette Futch, to Bradley Mark Harrison, son of Chuck and Tiffany Harrison of Mountain Home. The 2007 graduates of Mountain Home High School were married July 26, 2008 and will reside in Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, Texas, where Bradley works as a firefighter for the U.S. Air Force...

Makalya and Noah Schafer and half sister Natalya A. have announced the engagement of their parents Amber L. Hirschhorn and Joseph C. Schafer, both of Mountain Home. Schafer, a 2003 graduate of Mountain Home High School, works at KFC and is the son of Edward and Noel Schafer...

Wendell Leo "Scottie" Scott, 72, of Rupert, formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital in Twin Falls. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 22, at the Rupert LDS 2nd Ward with Bishop Max Garner officiating. Arrangements there were under the direction of Hansen Mortuary Rupert Chapel. Graveside services were held later that day at the Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home, with military rites by the American Legion...

George Allen, 81, of Buckner, Mo., formerly of King Hill, died Aug. 19, 2008. He was born in American Falls, Idaho, on Aug. 5, 1927, to William and Loretta Allen. He grew up in King Hill and spent several years of his young adult life participating in rodeo with his younger brother, BudAllen. Together they build a rodeo arena that still exists...

John Mark Conrad, 68, of Carey, formerly of King Hill and Glenns Ferry, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, of complications due to an extended illness at the Boise Veterans Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 25, at the Carey LDS Chapel. Interment and military rites were held at the Carey Cemetery. Arrangements were under the care of Wood River Chapel of Hailey...

Leona Jones, 95, of Glenns Ferry, died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Donald S. McAnulty, 87, of Glenns Ferry, died Aug. 25, 2008, at Poplar Grove Assisted Living Center after a short illness. Graveside services will be held at the Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 2 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Demaray Funeral Service, Gooding Chapel...

Robert "Bob" Delbert Jones, 87 of Mountain Home, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at a local hospital. The family has invited those who care to share their memories of Bob to attend a memorial potluck barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 6, at 3 p.m. at the Fields Trailer Park, #18, in Mountain Home, following the AFAD celebration...

James Prestage McIntyre, 90, of Mountain Home died at a Boise hospital on Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, 500 N. 18th East St., in Mountain Home, with Pastor Neil Evans officiating. Graveside services with military honors by American Legion Post No. 26, will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Evelyn Flamm, 87, of Bruneau, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. A graveside service will be held for the family at Taylor Cemetery on Aug. 31 in Alder, Mont. Evelyn was born on Jan. 2, 1921, to Gus Hanig and Mae Hanley in Taylor's Ridge, Ohio. Her father nicknamed her "Jimmy" and that stuck with her throughout her life. ...

Sharon Lee Mason Meredith, 65, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at a local care center. Funeral Services were held on Friday, Aug. 22, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Burial will follow in Needles Riverview Cemetery in Needles, Calif. She will be buried near her parents. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Michael G. Fink, 58, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at his home following an illness. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 1 p.m., at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses located at 1170 E. 9th South St. in Mountain Home. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Marie Mallion, 89, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, at a local care center. A graveside inurnment will be held on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 9:30 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Marie was born on Feb. 20, 1919, in Gordon Butler, Kan., the daughter of Melvin and Pauline Lott...

Debra "Debbie" Lynn Keas, 53, of Mountain Home, died Aug. 22, 2008, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the First Congregational Church. A private family inurnment will be held at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Dear editor: I want to compliment and thank Larry LaRocco for creating some much-needed new jobs for people in Idaho and I think he should stay right here and create more jobs instead of going to Washington, D.C. There are still people here that are in need of a job...

Dear editor: In reference to the article concerning the death of the mule at the Glenn's Ferry River Crossing 2008 of the Snake River. How many animal have to die at the selfish sacrifice of human priority in the name of "tradition?" Do the supporters of the crossing think spectators enjoy watching animals struggle and drown?...

Dear editor: I'm writing to express my hopes that the county commissioners do not rezone land for a nuclear power plant. Ultimately, it's preserving our precious Snake River and the problem of waste that makes me reluctant about nuclear energy in general. In addition, I have deep reservations about the particular company Mr. Gillaspie represents...

As we stood at the edge of the fire line Monday night watching local and BLM fire crews work efficiently to control the Knudsen fire, and watched later that night coverage of the disasterous fires in Boise, we were reminded just how dangerous fire can be...

The Idaho State Police has joined forces with the Elmore County Sheriff's Office to help search for a 48-year-old women last seen in the area of Falls Creek Lodge near Anderson Ranch Reservoir. Rachael A. Walsh was last seen on Saturday, Aug. 16, around 7 p.m. near the lodge. She works for the U.S. Postal Service in Boise and visits the area on the weekends, staying in a trailer she keeps in the area...

High winds that tore through Elmore County Monday night triggered the first major rangefire of the season in the area east of Hot Creek Road above Mountain Home, charring thousands of acres. The blaze, named the Knudsen Fire, was first reported at 7:43 p.m...

Mosquitoes collected in two traps in the Mountain Home area have tested positive for West Nile virus, according to results released Monday Aug. 25, by the Idaho State Bureau of Laboratories. The mosquitoes were trapped at two sites within the Elmore County Interim Mosquito Abatement District on Aug. 17...

Kelsey Kelly and Jolene Snapp of Nampa have announced the birth of their son, Damien Zyshone Kelly, on July 1, 2008, in Mountain Home. Damien weighed 10 pounds, 14.5 ounces and was 22.5 inches long.

Casey and Patti Ferrell of Mountain Home have announced the birth of a son, Trace Tyler Ferrell, on Aug. 6, 2008, at 7:26 a.m. at Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home Trace weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20.25 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Pat Lynch of Great Falls, Mont. Paternal grandparents are Dianne Ferrell and Gary Clampitt of Mountain Home and Mike Ferrell of Mountain Home...

Christopher L. and Crystal L. Farley have announced the birth of a son, Christopher "Devyn" Farley, on July 16, 2008, at 7:56 a.m. at the Mountain Home AFB hospital. Christopher weighed 8 lbs. 9.7 oz. and was 20 inches long. He joins a brother, Dylan Lee Farley...