Stories from Friday, June 23, 2017

Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo vice president Stephanie Bergh and her granddaughter, Avery, are joined by rodeo committee representative Desiree Shannon as Mayor Rich Sykes prepares to sign a proclamation declaring June 18 to 24 as Mountain Home Rodeo Days. ...

Heather Ward starts work on a mural on the back wall of the former Hub building in the city's downtown area as she joined a team of volunteers that continued work to transform the area into an outdoor art venue on Saturday. Artists celebrated the start of the Community Canvas of Mountain Home's second anniversary that day as they continued to turn the alley walls of selected downtown businesses into individual works of art. ...

Georgiana and Rosie Hissong join musician Lance Wells as they perform at the Mountain Home Public Library during this year's Career Nite event Thursday. Representatives from different companies and private businesses joined those from various local, county and state agencies as they highlighted various aspects of their jobs and chosen careers to children and their families...

Beatrice F. "Bea" (Milliken-Buco) Harris, a long-time resident of Boise, Idaho, passed away from natural causes June 19, 2017, at the age of 82. Bea was born Aug. 11, 1934, in Winchendon, Mass., to Ruth Farwell Milliken and George W. Milliken. Bea was the second of two children. Her older sister, Marilyn Ruth Fornier, passed away at age 52...

Our beloved Twila M. Jenkins passed away May 29, 2017, happy and free of pain. She is now in Heaven with Our Holy Father and all our angels. Twila asked that we not weep for her, because she will now be "one of our angels" watching over us. A Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. ...

In Loving Memory May 27, 1921 – June 21, 2017 Kay Heath, 96, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2017 at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center in Walla Walla, Wash. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 1, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. at Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 The Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Light refreshments will follow the service.