Stories from Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Amos Beaida's eyesight has been impaired due to the shattering of his optic nerve, but his meticulous drawings created with felt-tip markers give little indication of the disability. The self-taught artist's work was selected as one of the winning entries of the Share Your Vision national art competition and displayed in a New York City gallery Oct. 22-Nov. 1...

A new fire truck and substation, an expansion of the library, even a water slide for the city pool, are all part of the long-range Capital Improvements Plan the city has put together, projecting growth needs out to Fiscal Year 2008. A public hearing will be held Nov. 24, just prior to the regular city council meeting, to seek public input on the city's plan...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers open their 2003-2004 girls basketball season with home games this Friday and Saturday. The Lady Tigers go to Rimrock tonight for a Y.E.A. Jamboree with Rimrock and Glenns Ferry. Mountain Home went 1-21 last year in Karen Kohring's first year as head coach, but ended the season on a positive note at district...

Milo Carpenter, 80, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 7, 2003. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Milo was born Dec. 21, 1922, in Exeter, Calif., the eldest son of William Fred and Iva Pauline Carpenter...

Cindy and Jenny Steelsmith, daughters of Jim and Carol Steelsmith, have announced the celebration and achievement of their parents' 25th wedding anniversary. Cindy and Jenny threw an anniversary party at Carmela Winery on Nov. 8. Their daughters invited their family and friends and whoever had shared in the last 25 years of their happiness, sadness, and ups and downs, to celebrate with them. ...