Stories from Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Perfect weather drew near-record crowds to the 44th Annual Air Force Appreciation Day celebration of the area's military Saturday. Estimates of the crowd along the parade route ranged from 5,000 to 7,000 people, and at least 10,000 people spent time in Carl Miller Park where well over 100 booths were set up for the crowd to enjoy...

A bloody Sunday on Elmore County roads left three people dead in two separate accidents, one on Highway 20 west of Little Camas and the other on I-84 at milepost 128. The first fatal accident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Highway 20 when Remirgio Caloca, 52, of Greenleaf, driving a 93 Bonneville, sideswiped an empty horse trailer being pulled by a pickup driven by David Ray Ostolasa, 59, of Bruneau...

An Elmore County man has tested positive for West Nile Virus and is now recovering without hospitalization. This is the first case of human West Nile Virus in public health District 4, which is served by Central District Health Department, said Dieuwke Spencer, R.N., epidemiologist for CDHD...

Elecia Nicole Bowers and Eric Edward Bowers, Mountain Home, announce the birth of a daughter. Isis Erica Bowers was born Aug. 12, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital. She weighed 6 lbs. 3.7 oz. Isis joins a big sister, Ariel. Grandparents are: Mark and Judy Bowers of Saratoga, Ariz., Willie Bea Icenhower of Nashville, Ariz., Paul and Bobbi Baker of Greeley, Colo., and Willie Baker of Houston, Texas...

James Harold Ivie, 60, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Sept. 4, 2004, at Mercy Medical Center in Nampa, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. Memorial services were held at Crossroads Assembly of God in Wilder, on Friday Sept. 10. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Zeyer Funeral Chapel, Nampa...

Otis D. Vandagriff, 75, died Sept. 8, 2004, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Visitation was held at Rost Funeral Home, 240 N. 4th East St. in Mountain Home, on Sept. 12. Funeral services were held at the First Southern Baptist Church on Monday, Sept. 13, with burial at Mountain Home Cemetery...

Donald T. Merrill, 73, of Mountain Home, died Thursday Sept. 9, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home. Memorial services were held Saturday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. at Grace Fellowship, 3730 S. 132nd West Airbase Road, in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home and Cremation Service...

Brandon Sloan and Scott Riley paced the Mountain Home Tigers boys cross country team to a sixth-place finish at a cross country meet at Homedale Thursday. Sloan finished seventh, and Scott Riley eighth, both with a time of 18:43. Tim Whitmarsh finished 23rd with a time of 19:46. Jim Hoffman and Keith Bonny finished 61 and 62...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers won one, lost one and tied one in a busy week of girls soccer last week. Mountain Home 2 Vallivue 2 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers played Vallivue to a 2-2 tie last Tuesday at Vallivue. Angelina Garcia and Jessica Hendershot scored goals for Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team remained unbeaten in SIC 4A conference soccer last week, picking up wins over Vallivue and Kuna. Mountain Home 4 Vallivue 1 The Tigers scored three second-half goals to pull away from the Vallivue Falcons for a 4-1 win last Tuesday at Eastside Park in Mountain Home...

by Alvin Powers Mountain Home News They may be winless in four league volleyball matches, but not for long. In fact, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers could very well have picked up their first win by the time you read this. But unlike last year, it will NOT be their final win of the season...

The Mountain Home Tigers improved to 3-0 on the season with a 31-12 SIC 4A football conference win over the Vallivue Falcons Thursday night at Tiger Field in their home opener. For the first time this season, Mountain Home found themselves behind, as Kyle Christofferson intercepted a Keith Yagues pass and ran it in from 25 yards out to give Vallivue a 6-0 lead. The PAT was no good, but the Falcons led 6-0 with 6:24 left in the first quarter...