Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 2004

There were tears in the eyes of some of the wives, and cries of "Daddy!" as small bundles of energy rushed into the arms of their fathers, and everywhere, there were smiles, hugs and the laughter that comes with the relief that a loved one was home safe...

King Hill resident Doug King has announced he is throwing his hat into the ring for a seat on the Board of Elmore County Commissioners. "I want to be able to help form the future of the county … to be a part of it," said King as he announced he will be running on the Republican ticket for District 2. ...

Mountain Home and Elmore County will be big winners thanks to last week's passage of House Bill 542. The legislation provides an incentive to cities to permit a power plant to locate within or near a city by providing that the property taxes from such a plant are "apportioned based on the physical location of the plant." For Mountain Home that could mean an approximate $177,000 in additional tax revenues, with Elmore County picking up approximately $78,000 in additional revenue and the local school district seeing approximately $64,000 the first year.. ...

A small group of Mountain Home High School students spent their weekend preparing for a disaster. The teenagers were the first youth group in the state to participate in the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program. Deputy Nick Schilz, head of Elmore County's disaster services, Chief Phil Gridley with the Mountain Home Fire Department, and Jim Nolan, with the county's search and rescue team, teamed up to serve as instructors during the two days of training...

The Mountain Home Tigers finished third in both the girls and boys competition at a triangular track meet at Timberline last Friday. Eagle won the girls competition with 99.5 points, Timberline was second with 53, and Mountain Home scored 32.5 points...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers softball team is still looking for its first win of the young season, after dropping three games last week. Meridian 11 Mountain Home 1 A five-run fourth inning broke open a close game last Thursday as the Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened their softball season at home against Meridian...

The Mountain Home Tigers had their problems with 5A power teams Meridian and Timberline last week, losing to both. Meridian 11 Mountain Home 0 The Mountain Home Tigers hosted Meridian in their season opening baseball game at home last Thursday, getting blanked 11-0...

Gerald and Beth Bernt of Glenns Ferry have announced the engagement of their daughter, KatherineDawn Bernt, to Lance Corporal Paul Andrew Kocian, son of Stephanie Kocian, formerly of Mountain Home. Bernt is a graduate of Glenns Ferry High School. She is currently attending Carroll College in Helena, Mont., where she is studying civil engineering...

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Baldwin of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Samantha Elayne Baldwin, to Victor Aaron Jones. The couple plans to marry on Nov. 6, 2004, at the Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene. The bride-to-be is a 1998 graduate of Mountain Home High School. She received her license in cosmetology from New Images Academy of Boise. Samantha is selfemployed at Curl-Up-N-Dye in Mountain Home...

Cecil "PaPa" L. Hampton, 87, of Glenns Ferry, died Sunday, March 7, 2004, at his residence, after many years battling cancer. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 13, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Glenns Ferry. Inurnment will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Judith Ann Annis, 54, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, March 13, 2004, in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes., McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Bobby Gene Whitlock, 64, of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Carlin, Nev., formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by his family. Funeral services were conducted Monday at White Mortuary, "Chapel by the Park." Entombment followed at Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum...

H. Lorene Parrett, 77, died Sunday, March 14, in Mountain Home, after a long illness. At her request there will be no services held. She was born Feb. 17, 1927, in Turpin, Okla., to Francis and Lela Young Burch. The family moved to Sherwood, Ore., in 1935...

Verna Jo McGuire, 80, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, March 14, 2004, at a care center in Mountain Home. No local services will be held. Funeral services will be held in Quanah, Texas, at a later date, with burial to follow in Goodlett, Texas. Local arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Orval Burton "Burt" Moore, 77, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at a Boise hospital. Memorial services were held Thursday, March 11, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Burt was born Dec. 2, 1926, in Perry, Okla., the son of David H. and Fanny M. (Chambers) Moore. Burt joined the U.S. Army from 1945 until 1946. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Infantry Mess Sergeant...