Stories from Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Catherine Mae Pruett, 57 of Glenns Ferry, passed away Dec. 11, 2015. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend. A Celebration of Cathy's Life will be held at the DeRail in Glenns Ferry at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Lajuan Lee, a Nampa man suspected of shooting an airman from Mountain Home Air Force Base more than a year ago, pled guilty to an amended charge during a hearing in district court Dec. 9. Lee was scheduled to stand trial that day on charges of attempted first-degree murder and using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony...

After 20 years of service to the people of Glenns Ferry and surrounding communities, the editor of the city's newspaper announced her plans to retire. Melanie Brown, who produced the Glenns Ferry Gazette each week over the past two decades, will publish her last newspaper Jan. 5...

A small group of people gathered at Mountain View Cemetery on Saturday to pay tribute to military service members across the United States as part of a coordinated, nationwide observance. At exactly 10 a.m. that day, veterans in the Mountain Home community took part in an event that simultaneously began at more than 900 of locations in all 50 states and 24 national cemeteries on foreign soil as part of year's Wreaths Across America Day observance...

Dear editor, My neighbor, who wishes to remain anonymous, this year she is crocheting hats and mitts for the children in Head Start. They are five and six years old. There are 23 boys and 16 girls. She crochets a long strip to connect the mitts so they can run them down their coat sleeves and not lose their mitts...

Dear editor, Recently, a sweet friend of mine became (yet another) victim of domestic abuse. This twisted devil (who committed the crime) now sits in the Elmore County jail where he should be! I won't reveal details but all the trauma she's endured breaks my heart. The great part is he will pay out the nose (once found guilty) and must attend numerous types of counseling!...

Dear editor, All the years I've written letters to the editor, various blogs, etc., I've been called a lot of things. I've heard it all. I've been called a "racist" for criticizing the most failed administration in history. I've been called "mean-spirited" for wanting sealed borders, and aliens who aren't supposed to be here, REMOVED...

Leta Fern Espinoza, age 81 of Glenns Ferry, passed away at her home, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.