Stories from Wednesday, September 8, 2004

The Red River Pow Wow Association will host its first annual "Harvest Celebration," a Native American cultural event, on Saturday, Sept. 18, from noon to 4 p.m. at Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry. Cost for the event will be $6 per car at the Three Island Crossing State Park entrance...

Wayne Lasuen did not expect to be running for the legislature this year. However, with Bob Stevenson accepting a job with the state and withdrawing last week as a candidate for the Idaho House of Representatives, opposing incumbent Republican Pete Nielsen, Lasuen, a Democrat, has stepped forward with only 60 days until the election to make the challenge...

What do your favorite fishing hole and the Elmore County Jail have in common? According to some pundits, the answer is that both are catch and release. When Elmore County voters go to the polls in November, they will not only be selecting the people who will lead the country for the next four years, they also will be asked to determine the fate of the Elmore County jail...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture confirmed the first horse death attributed to West Nile Virus has occurred near Mountain Home. "West Nile Virus (WNV) is a devastating threat to horses. This horse had no history of vaccination or booster shots which are essential to the prevention of this disease," said Dr. Clarence Siroky, Idaho State Veterinarian. "To date the state of Idaho has had a total of three cases of equine infected with WNV."...

Irene F. Smith, 74, formerly of Mountain Home, died Sept. 4, 2004, at her son's home in Gooding, surrounded by her children after a battle with illness. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Mountain Home. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Robert H. Pusey, 89, of Glenns Ferry died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at the Elmore Medical Center Nursing Home in Mountain Home. Services were arranged by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel of Mountain Home. A visitation was held on Friday evening in Mountain Home, with services on Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Glenns Ferry Methodist Church. Graveside services followed at Glenn Rest cemetery...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers lost twice last week in girls soccer action, getting shut out at home by both Caldwell and Payette. Caldwell 2 Mountain Home 0 The Mountain Home girls dropped their SIC 4A conference soccer opener 2-0 to Caldwell last Monday at Eastside Park...

The Mountain Home Tigers won two of three boys soccer contests last week. Mountain Home 3 Caldwell 0 The Mountain Home Tigers opened SIC 4A Conference boys soccer with a 3-0 win over the Caldwell Cougars last Monday at Caldwell. The Tigers got goals from Brady Rector, Brian Weiss and Romero Pedroza...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers lost two hard-fought volleyball matches last week, dropping their home opener to Kuna and losing on the road at Emmett. Kuna 25, 25, 25 Mountain Home 8, 20, 16 The Lady Tigers fell in three straight games to Kuna last Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

Turnovers can be big in deciding ball games. Such was the case Friday night for the Mountain Home Tigers, when they capitalized on two Nampa turnovers that led to scores as the Tigers downed the Bulldogs 17-7 in their SIC 4A conference opener. The game was a basic defensive struggle that saw neither team score in the first quarter...