Stories from Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Registration in the Mountain Home School District begins Friday, when students in all elementary schools-- through fourth grade -- begin to sign up for classes. Other grades register next week. Kindergarten students also will register at their schools on that date. A child is eligible to attend kindergarten if they are five years of age on or before Sept. 1...

City officials expect no major changes in spending during the next fiscal year as they unveiled their expected $18.2 million budget last week. Scheduled to take effect Oct. 1, the overall spending plan reflects a $252,000 increase in expected expenditures compared to the current fiscal year but still falls nearly $1 million short of the current Fiscal Year 2010 budget...

The Elmore County commissioners have rejected revisions to a governing document outlining industrial development in the county. The 3-0 vote Monday morning leaves the fate of the county's comprehensive plan undecided until the commissioners readdress the issue at a public hearing at 5 p.m. Aug. 30...

The Mountain Home School District has received a number of complaints this summer about the condition of its grass on the playgrounds and other areas. Specifically -- a lot of it is brown. One parent who called the Mountain Home News complained that "my children are going to be playing in dust" at the elementary school they'll attend...

July 28 • 02:54 Assist, MH• 07:22 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM83-84• 08:27 Collision Personal Injury, I-84 MM74• 09:13 Civil, MH• 10:27 Animal, Date Ave• 10:41 Brush Fire, Simco Rd• 11:04 Boat Crash Personal Injury, Anderson Dam Res• 12:41 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30/Sugar Bowl Rd• 13:15 Brush Fire, Hwy 78, Hammett• 13:48 Traffic, I-84 MM137• 13:51 Brush Fire, Glenns Ferry• 14:01 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM105• 14:14 Suspicious, Anderson Ranch Dam• 14:22 Vehicle Stop, Medberry Hill/Hwy 30• 14:55 Vehicle Stop, Clover Hollow/Hwy 30• 15:27 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30/Schoolhouse Rd• 16:40 Residence Fire, Glenns Ferry• 16:53 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM113• 17:30 Vehicle Stop, I-84 Exit 112• 17:32 Vehicle Stop, I-84 Exit 112• 17:52 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30• 18:06 Paper Service, S10E• 19:09 Abandoned Vehicle, Simco Rd/GV Hwy• 19:59 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM116• 20:21 Shots Heard, Riley Ln• 21:18 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20• 21:34 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 21:35 Shots Heard, Riley Ln• 22:56 Assist, Legacy Park• 23:28 Suspicious, Hammett. ...

Ronnie and Martha Ralphs of Mountain Home and Kathryn and Richard Paul of Provo, Utah, have announced the engagement of their children, River Clarissa Ralphs to Derek Everett Collins. The couple plan to be married on Aug. 14, 2010, at the Twin Falls LDS Temple. A reception that afternoon will be held at the Reinier residence. All friends are invited to attend...

Area students needing a sports physical for the 2010-2011 school year may receive one for free. Sport physicals will be performed by Dr. Scott Baldridge at the junior high during school registration Aug. 11-12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at Trinity Mountain Medical Clinic on Aug. 13 from 8:30 a.m. to noon...

Nearly 25 years after their unit left Mountain Home Air Force Base, veterans of a former air rescue unit return here Friday to rekindle old ties as part of a reunion celebration. The three-day event reunites members of Detachment 22 with the Air Force's former Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron organization...

Derek Schultz checks out the engine block of a 1971 Chevy Camaro owned by his mother, Lisa Schultz, during Sunday's Rumble and Roar car show in Carl Miller Park. More than 100 vintage and current model cars and an additional 20 motorcycles packed the park during the local Lions Club's annual charity fund-raiser...