Stories from Wednesday, May 7, 2003

Wayne Blossom, 89, of Owyhee, Nev., died Thursday, May 1, 2003, at his residence. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 6, at the Human Development Center (MST) in Owyhee. Burial followed at the New Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Dwight Dudley Southwick, 70, of King Hill, died Monday, April 28, 2003, at the VA Hospital in Boise. Memorial services were held Tuesday, May 6, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry. Inurnment followed at the Glenn Rest Cemetery. Cremation was under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Nayland Olsen of Glenns Ferry High School, Jennifer Meink of Mountain Home High School and Ryan Payne and Erica Stanton of Mountain Home Junior High School have been named the Students of the Year by Mountain Home Elks Lodge #2276. The students were honored Monday night at the Annual Youth Awards Banquet. Each student will receive a scholarship from the Elks Lodge, said Bill Trueba, chairman of the Student of the Month/Year Program...

The first weekend in May has served as the Boy Scouts spring camp out at Camp Wilson for more than 56 years and has traditionally marked the 'opening' of the hills for summer recreation. But Mother Nature seemed to be playing a practical joke during this year's event when after an exceptionally dry winter, she dumped buckets of rain and even spit out a light dusting of snow...

Astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, who has flown on five Shuttle missions and coordinates many of the shuttle science experiments, visited Mountain Home last week, talking to students and keynoting the annual Air Force Association banquet on base. It was a busy trip for the wo-man who has traveled around the world literally hundreds of times...