Stories from Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Library Traveling Exhibit will appear at the Mountain Home Public Library July 14-Aug. 27. Mountain Home is one of only 40 cities in the nation where the exhibit celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin will appear. ...

Bingo has returned to the Mountain Home Elk's Lodge as the lodge begins returning to full operations. Games will be played on Wednesday nights beginning at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The activity is open to the general public. No outside food or drinks are allowed...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened the new year with conference losses to Middleton and Nampa last week. Middleton 78, Mountain Home 75 (3 OT) The fans certainly got their money's worth Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium as the Tigers and Middleton Vikings battled it out in three overtime periods before the Vikings came out on top, 78-75...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers bounced back from a loss at Bishop Kelly with a win over Emmett at home last week in conference girls basketball. Bishop Kelly 50, Mountain Home 43 Bishop Kelly sophomore Randi McReynolds scored 14 of her game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter Thursday night as the Lady Knights held off Mountain Home 50-43 in conference girls basketball at Bishop Kelly...

The Mountain Home Tigers finished in a tie for seventh place at the Buhl Invitational Wrestling Tournament this past weekend. Jerome won the tourney with 163.5 points. Twin Falls was second with 115, Spring Creek, Nev., was third with 114.5, Minico was fourth with 114, North Fremont finished fifth with 97, South Fremont was sixth with 94. Mountain Home and New Plymouth tied for seventh with 85 points. There were 23 teams competing at the two-day tournament...