Stories from Friday, May 28, 2010

Approximately $130,000 in damage was caused when spontaneous combustion in a grass pile triggered a fire that destroyed an 1,800-square-foot garage and fitness room on Princess Place off McMurtrey Road last Friday, May 21. Fire crews were called out at 3 a.m. Friday but the building was fully involved in flame when they arrived. The grass pile where the fire started was adjacent to the building...

Honoring traditions of citizenship, leadership, character, service and scholarship, the local chapter of the National Junior Honor Society welcomed 140 students into the organization during a ceremony May 17. Hundreds of parents packed into the Mountain Home Junior High School commons area to witness the annual event...

Dear editor: What the residents of Elmore County need to be made aware of is that this situation affects them, whether or not they are patients at Trinity Mountain, use the local hospital, or seek all their medical care in Boise. If you are a taxpayer, your taxes were used to recruit these two doctors in 2007 (approximately $80,000+ was the recruitment budget -- $40,000 per physician) and additional taxpayer money will be used to recruit their replacements in the hospital-owned Trinity Mountain Clinic.. ...

Dear editor: Here in Mountain Home people are really struggling to feed their pets. This economy is so hard on them. I'm not promoting a place to shop, but some of the local discount stores have good prices on pet foot. If anyone can help, please take a bag to El-Ada for either the dogs or cat...

Ivan L. Longmore, 1925-2010, passed away May 26, 2010, at the home of his daughter in Northridge, Calif. He was born and raised in California. He served four years in the Navy. He is survived by his two daughters, Kathynn Jones and Doyeen Spears, and his wife, Doris, a brother, Don, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren...

Chris Santos, 53, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, May 25, 2010, in a California hospital. A funeral service will be held on Friday, June 4, at 10 a.m., at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Boise. Graveside services will follow at 1 p.m. at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise...

Isaac Echeverria left our world on May 25, 2010, after teaching us how to battle cancer with inspirational courage and grace. He lived to the fullest to the very end, thankful for the beauty and love around him. Ike was born to Basque immigrant parents, Zoilo and Maria Dolores Echeverria, in Bruneau, Idaho, on March 10, 1924. He attended school in Mountain Home, Idaho, and after graduating from high school went to work as a surveyor for the Bureau of Reclamation...