Stories from Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Long-time Prairie resident Joe Acarregui, 56, died Monday from burns he received in a fire at his home on Saturday, Jan. 3. Sheriff's deputies investigating the death believe Acarregui was attempting to use diesel fuel, or a diesel/gas mixture, to help start a fire in the wood stove in his Prairie home, when the combination of heat and volatile fumes exploded...

April showers bring May flowers, so the adage goes. But one Hammett couple is hoping this April will produce a different kind of bouquet--one that is as pleasing to the palate as it is to the nose and eye. Bill and Bing Ringert are looking forward to the opening of their Cold Springs Winery this April. That opening is contingent on whether the Chardonnay, at present aging in an oak barrel, is ready for bottling, Bill explained...

Dr. Ambrose B . Van Handel, 91, of Boise, formerly of Hammett, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at a Boise Hospital of natural causes. Services were held Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Cloverdale Funeral Home in Boise. He was born May 26, 1912, in Green Bay, Wisc., to John and Nellie Van Handel...

Delmer Reese Boylan, 87, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at his home in Bruneau. A private cremation was held and a memorial service will be held in Bruneau this spring. Delmer was born in Republic, Kan., on March 21, 1916, to Clarence Earl Boylan and Margaret Mae Youngman. He had two younger brothers, Otto and Marvin. His father was a carpenter and building contractor, and moved from Kansas to Boulder, Colo., then to Sandpoint, Idaho, in 1926. The family moved to Harper, Ore., in 1928...

Joseph Terry Acarregui, 56, of Prairie, died Jan. 5, 2004, from complications of a burn injury. Rosary services will be held Friday, Jan. 9, at 6 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held Jan. 10, beginning at 1 p.m., also at Summers. A reception will be held at the American Legion hall following the services...

The Mountain Home Tigers went 5-1 at the Green River Dual Wrestling Tournament last Friday and Saturday at Green River, Wyo. Mountain Home's only loss in the tourney was in their opener against Vernal, Utah, when they lost 47-24. Vernal went on to win the tourney, going 6-0...

It was not exactly the way Mountain Home Tiger basketball coach Tony Kerfoot was wanting to start the new year Friday night, when the Tigers faced the Capital Eagles at Capital High School in Boise. Capital sophomore Kyle Efaw scored 18 points in the second half -- 11 in the fourth quarter -- as the Eagles broke open a close ball game second half and ran past Mountain Home 67-48 in non-conference boys basketball...