Stories from Wednesday, October 1, 2003

Clifford Carl Johnson, 86, a longtime resident and well-known businessman of Mountain Home, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center. Visitation will be held prior to the services on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 9-10:15 a.m. at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

A westbound bus containing the BSU debate team was struck by an unoccupied eastbound pickup on Saturday evening, instantly killing the bus driver, Steven, J. McNutt, 49 of Boise. The incident began at about 10:20 p.m. when a 2000 Dodge one-ton pickup driven by Tommy R. ...

A Mountain Home man died and his son was transported by helicopter to St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise after their pickup rolled approximately 600 feet down a steep embankment near the Anderson Dam power plant last week. The accident occurred Tuesday, Sept. 23, around 6 p.m., when Alan Marriage and his son Austin were traveling uphill on the dam road towards Highway 20...

The Mountain Home Tiger cross country team finished fifth at the Jack Rabbit Fun Run at Vale, Ore., last Friday. Vale won the meet, followed by LaGrande and Weiser. Ontario was fourth, with the Tigers just two points behind them. There were six teams competing...

Mountain Home experienced all facets of the game last week, experiencing a tie, a win and a loss in a busy week of boys soccer. Mountain Home 1 Caldwell 1 The Caldwell Cougars scored on a penalty kick in the last seven minutes to come away with a tie...

The Mountain Home girls soccer team started out the week with a win over Fruitland, but then were shut out by both Caldwell and Payette last week. Mountain Home 3 Fruitland 2 The Mountain Home girls fought back to beat Fruitland last Monday at Eastside Park in non-conference girls soccer action in Mountain Home...

Coming to a volleyball court near you: a Mountain Home Lady Tiger victory. Hopefully it came last (Tuesday) night, as the Lady Tigers hosted Kuna in front of the hometown crowd in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium. As well as Mountain Home is starting to play, it should come soon...

Football may not often be compared with a chess match, but it certainly is a case of taking advantage of what your opponent gives you. That certainly proved to be the case Friday night at Jerome, where the Mountain Home Tigers beat the Jerome Tigers 16-7...

Ida May Groefsema, 60, a former Mountain Home resident, died on Monday, Aug. 18, 2003. A celebration of her life was held Aug. 26, 2003, at Puyallup United Methodist Church in Puyallup, Wash. A private inurnment was held in Mountain Home at the Mountain View Cemetery...

Frederick "Whitey" Donald Helland, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003, in Boise. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Fred was born May 13, 1929, in Aberdeen, Wash., the son of Fred and Ruby (Pitman) Helland. He was the "lucky" brother of ten sisters...

Caroline (Vetter) Fraas Sakalowskas, 98, the matriarch of the Fraas-de la Motte family, died peacefully in her sleep on Sept. 27, 2003, in Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 1190 N. 6th East St., in Mountain Home. Internment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Lunch will be served at the War Memorial Hall, 515 E. 2nd South St., by the American Legion Auxiliary...

Brenda Rosa (Jones) Shelley, 46, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, after a seven-year battle with Scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon, which caused total kidney failure. Brenda had been awaiting a kidney transplant from her brother, James A. Jones, III, who moved to Mountain Home from Denver, Colo., only a week before his sister's death...

Angie Marie Laird, 23, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003. A viewing for Angie will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5-8 p.m. at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Lester "Dean" Munk, 89, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home. Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 25, at the LDS Stake Center in Mountain Home. Burial was in Boise, Idaho at Dry Creek Cemetery, Syringa Section. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Wilma McKay Genger, 96, died Aug. 8, 2003, in Littleton, Colo. Wilma was born May 29, 1907, in Mountain Home, and was raised in the mining camps of Idaho and Nevada. She attended colleges in Idaho and Oregon and was employed as the Secretary for the Idaho Fish and Game Department prior to her marriage to Elmer Genger...

Alan Adrian Marriage, 54, died unexpectedly in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Alan was born August 24, 1949, in Nampa, Idaho, to Ellen (Berriochoa) and Kenneth Marriage...

John Swenson, 49, of Mountain Home, died Sept. 23, 2003, at a Salt Lake City hospital. Funeral mass was held Friday, Sept. 26, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, followed by graveside services at Mountain View Cemetery. Fr. Raul Covarrubias officiated. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...