Stories from Wednesday, September 19, 2001

Teachers in the Mountain Home School District managed their classes with calm professionalism throughout the national crises of the last week. Superintendent, Dr. Jerrie LeFevre requested all staff in the district to provide students and parents with the peace of mind of a routine school day and commended the staff for the manner in which they provided, "emotional and physical security to the children..."...

Like most of the nation, Mountain Home reacted to Tuesday's unprecedented terrorist attack on the United States with shock, anger, and disbelief -- and a huge outpouring of patriotism and support for the victims. The Mountain Home News was flooded with calls Tuesday and Wednesday from citizens asking where they could give blood, but no local facilities were made available by the Red Cross to accept those offers...

Mountain Home AFB remained on a high state of alert Friday, prepared to respond if called upon by the National Command Authority. Following Tuesday's terrorist attack the base immediately went to Force Protection Condition (FPcon) Delta, the old Threatcon Delta status, which was the highest state of alert. Wednesday afternoon that status was lowered slightly to FPcon Charlie, although for anyone trying to get on the base the difference was totally transparent...