Stories from Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Authorities have no motive, few clues and no solid suspects yet in the shooting death of Teresa Garcia, 17, who was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds outside her aunt and uncle's home just off Frontage Road north of Mountain Home last Tuesday, June 8...

Ceremonies, highlighted by Medal of Honor winner Bernie Fisher, begin at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, June 16, in Carl Miller Park, opening a week-long appearance of The Moving Wall in Mountain Home. The Moving Wall, a traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be on display in Mountain Home today through June 21...

Charles Russell Woolverton, 74, a former resident of Mountain Home, died June 4, 2004, at the VA hospital in Loma Linda, Calif., of natural causes. Services are being held in California. He was born Aug. 19, 1929, and was a welder at Rohr Industries in southern California for over 40 years. He served in the Navy and was in the Korean War...

Stephen Andrew Vitatoe, 56, died at home, "surrounded by those who loved him," on June 12, 2004, after a brief battle with cancer. Visitation will be held on Saturday, 19, from 1-3:30 p.m. with services to follow at 4 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Orpha Harris Hall, 93, of Mountain Home, died June 14, 2004, at Midland Care Center in Nampa after a long illness. Services will be held at the Mountain Home LDS Church in Mountain Home at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Ginger Bernklau, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bernklau, and Shawn Patterson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Huggins, were united in marriage on May 22, 2004, at Legacy Park in Mountain Home at 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Ginger's matron of honor was Mattie Castellaw, and Shawn's best man was Tom Huggins. Jack Wyngaard officiated the ceremony...

The Glenns Ferry Orioles managed a split of an American Legion baseball doubleheader at Caldwell last week, after losing earlier in the week at Emmett. Emmett 11 Glenns Ferry 2 The Glenns Ferry Orioles suffered their first loss of the young American Legion baseball season with their 11-2 loss at Emmett on June 7. The Orioles committed five errors on the night -- three in the sixth inning when the Huskies scored seven runs...