Stories from Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Elmore Medical Center will officially assume control of the county ambulance service when the clock strikes midnight on March 31. A few details remain, but with less than a month to go Hospital Administrator Greg Mauer is confident the hospital will be ready to launch the new service, which will be known as Elmore Ambulance Service (EAS)...

At this year's Women History Banquet the Mountain Home Historical Society will recognize three local women for serving as "Stewards of the Land." This year, West Elementary teacher Rita Olson and ranchers Elsie Mae Riggs and Faye Davison Russell are being honored for their work in the conservation of soil and water, improving the land and sharing their knowledge with children and who tend the land for future generations. ...

Having spent several hours the other day going over details of the new ambulance service for Elmore County, we left feeling confident that the citizens of this county are going to get improved ambulance care. It's not that NPA was bad, but simply that Elmore County wasn't its primary focus...

Dear editor: Last week I attended my first meeting for the Western Elmore County Recreation District (WECRD). I would like to share what I discovered about the future plans of our "recreation." From this meeting, reading the WECRD website and reading articles and letters from the Mountain Home News I learned:...

Dear editor: My friend attended the WECRD meeting, Thursday evening, Feb. 25. I was unable to attend. My friend called me when the WECRD board adjourned the public portion of the meeting to meet in closed session, to let me know that Carol Curtis, who had also attended the meeting, was telling everyone in attendance that I was lying to people to get them to sign the "Petition For Dissolution of the (Western) Elmore County Recreation District" (WECRD)...

Dear editor: I am writing to encourage voters within the Western Elmore County Recreation District (WECRD) boundaries to check out the facts before signing the petition going around to dissolve the district. One of the individuals that is spearheading this campaign does not have her facts straight. ...

Improvements to the intersection of Idaho 67 (Airbase Road) and Idaho 51 (Bruneau Highway) in Mountain Home are expected to get underway the second week of March, the Idaho Transportation Department has announced. See the {http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/mountainhomenews} for the complete story...

Crystal Merrill and Dustin Grice, both of Mountain Home, were united in marriage on Feb. 14, 2009, at the LDS Church in Mountain Home. Crystal is the daughter of Jessica and Ira Young of Mountain Home. Dustin is the son of Tonya Madison of Fruitland...

The Mountain Home Tiger sophomores captured the District III 4A Sophomore Boys basketball Tournament last week. Tigers 44 Knights 41 The Mountain Home Tiger sophomores held Bishop Kelly to just two first-quarter points on their way to a 44-41 win over the Knights in the semi-finals of the District III 4A Sophomore Boys Basketball Tournament in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium on Feb. 23...

Things looked sort of bleak after last week's upset loss to Kuna in the first round of the District III 4A Boys Basketball Tournament, but the Mountain Home Tigers regrouped, knowing they would have to win three straight games to make state, and they got the job done, beating Nampa, Middleton and Columbia...

The Mountain Home Tigers lost to top-seeded Middleton 66-54 in the semi-finals of the District III 4A JV Boys Basketball Tournament at Emmett on Feb. 23. The Tigers fell behind 17-5 after a quarter and trailed 35-16 at the half. It was 50-35, Middleton, after three quarters...

by Michael Nowotny Mountain Home News Larry Slade, founder of the Richard McKenna Charter High School, welcomed several Mountain Home residents and dignitaries to the official ribbon cutting ceremony for their new school building on Thursday afternoon...

The Mountain Home Arts Council will sponsor the award-winning Asian American drumming group Portland Taiko Ensemble in a performance at 7 p.m. on March 12 at Mountain Home High School's Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium. Tickets are $9 for adults and $7 for senior citizens and students. Tickets can be purchased at Phoenix Storybook Co., Moxie Java, the Senior Center and at the door...

February 25 • 00:14 Suspicious, I-84 EB• 01:59 Hazard, I-84 EB• 05:57 Parking Violation, MH• 07:17 Vehicle Stop, I-84• 08:10 Animal, I-84 EB• 10:03 Animal, MH• 11:53 Animal, MH• 11:55 K9, MH• 12:21 Civil Matter, Tipanuk• 13:02 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20• 13:07 Hazard, I-84 WB• 13:25 Motorist Assist, MH• 13:33 Hazard, MH• 14:17 VIN Inspection• 15:28 Welfare, Glenns Ferry• 17:26 Animal, Hwy 30• 17:49 K9 Training• 18:12 Residence Fire, Glenns Ferry• 19:25 Stolen Vehicle• 19:33 Animal, King Hill• 19:50 Animal, MH• 22:02 Suspicious• 22:29 Suspicious• 23:36 Domestic, MH• 23:47 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30. ...

February 18 • 00:25 Suspicious, I-84 EB• 00:45 Vehicle Stop• 08:04 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB• 08:32 Warrant• 10:27 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20• 10:51 Abandoned Vehicle, MH• 11:00 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30• 11:05 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30• 11:24 VIN Inspection, MH• 11:53 Traffic, I-84 EB• 12:26 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB• 12:34 Traffic, I-84 WB• 12:36 Hazard, I-84 WB• 12:49 Civil Matter, MH• 13:14 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB• 13:26 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB• 14:16 Vehicle Stop, MH• 14:29 Vehicle Stop, MH• 14:36 Child Abuse, Tipanuk• 14:49 Assist• 16:59 Citizen Assist, MH• 18:06 Civil Matter• 19:16 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB• 19:16 Vehicle Stop• 19:23 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB• 19:36 Abandoned Vehicle, Glenns Ferry• 20:49 Warrant, MH• 21:12 Medical, MH. ...