Stories from Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Jessica Plummer was crowned queen of Mountain Home High School's 2003 homecoming celebration Friday night during halftime of the football game against Emmett. Plummer, the daughter of Donald and Lorna Plummer, gasped in surprise and then earned a large hug from her father...

Elmore Medical Center has been reviewing options and developing plans for the relocation of its air ambulance-landing site, currently located in the middle of McKenna Drive behind the hospital. Hospital Administrator Greg Maurer noted that "earlier this year the FAA closed a number of landing sites in nine rural communities, including Mountain Home, citing safety concerns. ...

Russell Mayes, Jr., 74, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2003. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Faith Lutheran Church in Mountain Home. Pastor Craig Kellerman officiated with burial following in Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Phyllis (Gale) Ashley, 77, of Mountain Home, diagnosed with cancer on Oct. 4, died Oct. 11, 2003, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, with her family by her side. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Lower Boise Valley Cemetery in Parma. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Emma Jean Chilson, of Mountain Home, infant daughter of Mark and Tina Chilson, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003, at the Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Scott Robert Yagues, 23, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2003, in Wales, Utah, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tiger cross country team continues to show improvement from week to week. Last Tuesday, the Tiger harriers ran at the Crosby Invitational at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Ore., and came in sixth out of 11 teams. Alvaro Salas was the first Tiger runner across the finish line, coming in 12th, just ahead of teammate Brandon Sloan, who was 13th. Tim Whitmarsh came in 36th. Daniel Kaiser finished 43rd, and Lee Pierce was 50th...

The Mountain Home girls soccer team dropped a conference match to Vallivue, but won on the road at Fruitland last week. Vallivue 3 Mountain Home 0 Mountain Home had eked out a 2-1 victory over Vallivue earlier in the girls soccer season at Vallivue, and was hoping to get a sweep, but the Lady Falcons had other thoughts, downing the Lady Tigers 3-0 at Eastside Park on Oct. 1...

Mountain Home came away with a split of its SIC 4A boys soccer matches last week, losing a close match against Vallivue, but downing Caldwell on the road. Vallivue 3 Mountain Home 2 The Tigers almost pulled off an upset at home last Tuesday against the Falcons, who had shut out the Tigers 7-0 earlier in the season at Vallivue.Stephen Reinschmidt and Brian Weiss scored goals for Mountain Home. Jorge Dominguez had an assist, and Mitch Thomas had 12 saves on goal...

The win streak ended last week for the girls volleyball team, as Mountain Home played the top two teams in the conference. Bishop Kelly 25, 25, 25 Mountain Home 22, 5, 18 The Lady Tigers came ready to play last Tuesday night at Bishop Kelly, hoping to make it two straight wins, but fell short in a close, 22-25, first game...

The Mountain Home Tigers capped off homecoming with a 23-20 overtime win over the Emmett Huskies last Friday night at Tiger Field. Mountain Home received the opening kickoff and moved the ball down the field from their own 30-yard line to the Husky nine, before settling for a Stephen Reinschmidt 27-yard field goal that put the Tigers up 3-0 with 7:34 left in the first quarter...

An Elmore County Sheriff's Deputy shot and seriously wounded a local man, Bobby J. Slaughter, 39, who came at him with a firearm Tuesday morning. At approximately 9:10 a.m. Deputy Bob Peace was dispatched to a trailer residence toward the end of Lott Road, just off Beamon Road north of Mountain Home, to check on Sslaughter, who had been reported to be possibly suicidal...

Gerrell Duty and Amber Berbes, Mountain Home, announce the birth of a son. Izaiha Lenhard Berbes-Duty was born Oct. 10, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital. He weighed 7 lbs. 6 ½ oz.