Stories from Wednesday, September 26, 2001

After only eight months since being out of public office, Fred Prouty has picked up a petition for a city council seat and will once again throw his name into the mix. "People have asked me many times how I am enjoying retirement. My answer is simple. I enjoy receiving a hard-earned retirement check, but I am hardly retired, nor do I have any intention of doing so. As George Burns said, "Retire! And do what?'...

Alain Isaac, a lifetime resident and business professional, has announced her intent to run for one of two available city council seats. Born and raised in Mountain Home, the daughter of Art and Pauline Isaac decided to enter the race after considerable encouragement from friends and local business owners...

Homecoming week is underway at Mountain Home High School, with week-long events culminating Friday in the Homecoming Assembly, parade, game, and crowning of the homecoming queen at halftime. Throughout the week Tiger teams are competing (see the sports pages for details), but there are two "special" sports events in the homecoming tradition -- Macho Man Volleyball and Powder Puff Football...

Crews and B-1B aircraft from the 366th Wing's 34th Bomb Squadron received deployment orders for the war against terrorism last week. Col. Irving L. Halter, the wing commander at Mountain Home AFB, confirmed last week that the bomber squadron had been given deployment orders, but for operational security reasons declined to state how many planes, how many air and ground support crews would be leaving, or when they were actually taking off, although it is believed all that were being deployed were gone by the weekend.. ...