Stories from Saturday, September 11, 2010

There were "lots of hugs and kisses" and plenty of photos taken during the Kite family reunion in Mountain Home Aug. 15, as Dilbert "D.R." Kite was reunited with his son, Rex, whom he hadn't seen in 24 years. D.R. and Rex's mother had been married many years ago, but when the couple separated, she left with Rex and disappeared. D.R. never knew what happened to his son...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team dropped their first two games of season last week with losses to Skyview and Columbia. Skyview 4, Mountain Home 1 The Tigers gave Skyview a battle but had trouble getting the ball in the net last Monday as they dropped their first boys soccer game of the season, 4-1, to Skyview at Eastside Park in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home girls soccer team dropped a couple of conference soccer games on the road last week. Skyview 7, Mountain Home 0 The Mountain Home girls were shut out at Skyview on Tuesday, losing, 7-0 to the Lady Hawks in conference soccer. Mountain Home was shut out for the second time of the season. Becky Vogl had nine saves on goal as goalkeeper...

Dear editor: I wrote a letter two weeks ago about being considerate towards bicyclists. Last week, someone wrote in response that bicycles shouldn't be allowed on the streets. At first, I wasn't going to respond, but then I realized this was an opportunity to make more people aware...