Stories from Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Joe McNeal outpolled incumbent Mayor Dave Jett by 51 votes in unofficial returns late Tuesday night, but it wasn't enough to avoid a runoff election, which will be held Tuesday, Dec. 2. McNeal received 760 votes to Jett's 709. But Carol Dalton, in her first try for public office, polled a respectably 422 votes, guaranteeing that neither McNeal nor Jett would have the simple majority needed to avoid a runoff election. ...

The preliminary hearing for Albert Ciccone, charged in the hit and run death of his pregnant wife, was continued until Nov. 19 at 10:30 a.m., after just two witnesses were called to the stand last Thursday. Ciccone is being represented by public defender Ed Fraschier with Terry Ratliff serving as co-counsel in the case, in which county prosecutor Aaron Bazzoli is expected to seek the death penalty. ...

Members of the Chamber's Military Affairs Committee were urged last Wednesday to begin organizing for the next round of base closures, expected to begin within the next 18 months. Mayor Dave Jett, who along with Alan Bermensolo had just returned from a trip to Air Combat Command headquarters in Langley, Va., said the next round of base closures "is going to be a different animal" than the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRACC) closures of the early 1990s. ...

With the end of the fall sports seasons, come the announcement of All-Conference and other awards. Several Mountain Home athletes earned All-Conference recognition in their sports. In boys soccer, Mountain Home Tiger boys soccer coach Hugo Hurtado was voted 4A SIC Coach of the Year...

The Mountain Home Tigers ended their football season on a winning note last Friday night, scoring in -- the final 30 seconds -- for a 20-14 win over the Vallivue Neither team was able to make it in the end zone in the first quarter, although Mountain Home looked like they were, as a 13-play 62-yard drive had them with a fourth and goal from the Falcon four-yard line. But Keith Yagues was tackled inches from the goal-line...

Relva Mae Hunt, 85, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 30, 2003, at the Elmore Medical Center Long-term Care Unit. A memorial service was held Sunday, Nov. 2, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Relva was born Nov. 26, 1917, in Midway, Utah, the second of Lynn and Ruby Bronson's five daughters. ...

James "Jim" McDaniel Sims, 85, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, in an automobile accident. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Jim was born Dec. 10, 1917, in Wetumka, Okla., the son of James A. and Mary V. (Ditzler) Sims. He was schooled in Hanna, Okla...

Edith L. Hatch, 94, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, at a long-term care center in Mountain Home. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Services will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Johanna Berta Guertin, 77, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003, at the Cottages Care Facility in Mountain Home. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Johanna, or Hanna as she preferred to be called, was born Feb. 9, 1926, in Eltville am Rhein, Germany, to Francis Paul Damm and Antonia Lorenz Damm...

Barbara Louise (Willis) Egusquiza, 60, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, in Mountain Home, after a battle with cancer. A celebration of Barbara's life was held Monday, Nov. 3, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Barbara was born Dec. 11, 1942, in Glenns Ferry, to Harold and Lois Willis. She was one of five children and was fondly called "Buggs" by her siblings, a nickname she kept all through her life...

Sarah Martin and Louie Rosales of Mountain Home, announce the birth of a son. Luis A. Rosales III was born Oct. 19, 2003 at Elmore Medical Center Hospital. He weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz.