Stories from Thursday, September 9, 2010

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Air Force Appreciation Day, the Mountain Home News has published a special free souvenir magazine of AFAD. The magazine is available at the Mountain Home News office, 195 S. 3rd East St., at selected businesses throughout the community, and will be distributed at the Chamber of Commerce raffle booth in the park on Saturday...

Jesse Cobos has spent the past 16 years participating in Air Force Appreciation Day festivities each September. He's just never had a chance to enjoy the yearly salute to the military. For Cobos and other officers with the Mountain Home Police Department, they're just too busy. Each year, the city police force calls on every available officer to keep each event safe...

Mountain Home Parks and Recreation and the Mountain Home Optimist Cheerleaders will sponsor this year's Air Force Appreciation Day Carnival Weekend from Friday to Sunday at the city airport. In addition to an assortment of rides and midway attractions throughout the weekend, Royal West Amusements will present the death-defying show "Globe of Death."...

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger volleyball team picked up its first conference win of the season last Tuesday night when they beat Nampa, before falling to Kuna in a tri-match in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. Mountain Home 3, Nampa 0 The Lady Tigers showed some spark in beating Nampa in three straight, 27-25, 25-12 and 25-23. The win was the first conference win for the Lady Tigers since 2008...

"If I hear another person whine one more time about this story, I think I'm going to lose my mind..." That pretty well sums it up. It's usually my default response each time I read some of the feedback on the Mountain Home News website. Actually, the words I want to say are ones I can't publish or use in polite company...

Dear editor: What the heck is going on in this town and county? City council wants to charge for yard/garage sales. Are you kidding me? First of all you would have to hire a special person to handle this ridiculous idea and if the signs are such a eye sore or nuisance why don't you just fine each address on the signs. Or better yet just have the people serving community service take signs down once a week?...