Stories from Thursday, December 9, 2010

For more than 10 years, the support from organizations throughout the Mountain Home community has made it possible for the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce Giving Tree Program to provide holiday gifts to needy families in the community. In 2009, more than 220 families -- almost 550 children and disabled adults -- received gifts of clothing, personal items and toys through the program...

"Why can't we get another big name restaurant?" "Why don't we have a large shoe store here?" They're arguments that Paula Riggs hears all too often. As the head of Mountain Home's economic development office, she knows the answer to these and similar questions...

Demolition crews finish dismantling the former Western Elmore County Recreation District headquarters on North 3rd East Street on Nov. 30. The building was the first facility at the East Jackson Street intersection to come down to make way for a new fellowship hall for the local Catholic community...

A solid turnout of several hundred people braved the bitter cold last Friday evening to enjoy the Chamber of Commerce's annual Christmas of Lights Parade. For the little ones in the crowd, it was a chance to get their first look at Santa Claus in Mountain Home. Mr. and Mrs. Claus, who rode in on the city fire department's antique fire truck, met with the children after the parade and heard their wish lists for Christmas...

The Dusty Rose Inn's annual Warm Your Hearts Live Nativity for 2010 is joining with the Church of the Nazarene to present an evening of a live nativity this Christmas season. The event will be held on Sunday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 950 N. ...

The Mountain View Mavericks shot out to a 21-2 first quarter lead on their way to a 61-25 boys basketball win over the Mountain Home Tigers last Tuesday night at Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. Mountain Home's only points in the first quarter were a basket by Aaron Hobbs with 4:30 left in the quarter. The Mavericks went on a 19-0 run after Hobbs' basket to increase their lead to 26-2 before Mountain Home scored again on Anthony Barboza's basket with 4:06 left in the first half...

After building up a 10-point lead in the third quarter, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers managed just two fourth-quarter points as Bishop Kelly rallied for a 36-29 conference girls basketball win Saturday night at Bishop Kelly. The lead went back and forth early in the first quarter before Jacci Cristobal's basket put Mountain Home up 9-8 with 3:15 left in the first quarter. The Lady Tigers led 11-8 after a quarter, and were up 18-12 at halftime...