Stories from Wednesday, May 12, 2004

A female member of the Air Force assigned to Mountain Home AFB was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle roll-over at milepost 44 on Highway 51 near Riddle. The accident occured shortly before 3:45 p.m., when authorities were notified and began responding...

The Idaho National Guard was officially notified Friday that some of its units, including those assigned to the armory in Mountain Home, would be called up for active duty next month and sent to Iraq. Their tour of duty is expected to last about 18 months, roughly one year of which will be spent in Iraq...

Darlene L. Wehrs, 68, of Mountain Home, died Friday, April 30, 2004, at a local assisted living facility. Graveside services were held on Thursday, May 6, 2004, at Mountain View Cemetery, with a memorial service afterward at Faith Lutheran Church. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bassett will be honored on their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house sponsored by their children on May 22 from 6-8 p.m. at 1785 Windmere Dr., in Mountain Home. All family and friends are invited.

Melvin and Pearl Spence will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 10, from 1-4 p.m. at Richard Aguirre Park in Mountain Home. The potluck event is being sponsored by their children, who request no gifts. Melvin Tex Spence and Pearl Maxine Love were married Sept. 3, 1954, in Mountain Home...

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Logston of Mountain Home have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Tirre Logston, to Eric Raber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Raber of Mountain Home. The wedding will be held June 12 at 3 p.m. at the First Southern Baptist Church in Mountain Home. A reception will follow at the Gunfighter Club on base...

Mountain Home dropped home conference tennis matches to Emmett and Vallivue last week. Emmett 10 Mountain Home 2 The Tigers hosted the Huskies last Monday, and took two of three boys singles matches, but could not pull off any other wins on the day...

Mountain Home's Mallory Rhead continues to keep pace with the best of the district girls golfers. The senior golfer finished a stroke behind Andrea Haney of Caldwell at an SIC 4A golf tournament at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell on May 3. Haney was medalist, shooting a 37. Rhead tied for second with a 38...

Mountain Home finished fourth in the boys competition, and fifth in the girls at the Magic Valley Invitational track and field meet in Twin Falls last Thursday. The host Bruins from Twin Falls won the boys competition, rolling up 189 points to far outdistance second place Kuna's 85. Jerome was third with 80, just ahead of Mountain Home's 77. Burley had 59 points, and Minico, 47...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers closed out their regular season schedule with a win at Vallivue, snapping a losing skid that reached five earlier in the week. Emmett 6 Mountain Home 1 It was another great pitching duel last Tuesday, this time between Mountain Home's Ali Hillman, and Emmett's Jodie Zillner...

There is no better time to be playing their best ball of the season than right now for the Mountain Home Tigers, who won three straight games last week, extending their win streak to four. Mountain Home 9 Glenns Ferry 6 The Tigers jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings in Glenns Ferry last Monday, only to see Glenns Ferry come back within two, at 8-6 after five. The Tigers got a good relief effort from Michael DesPres to pull out the win...