Stories from Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Sparkling eyes and grins stretching from ear to ear seemed to be the order of the day as more than 80 youngsters prepared to Shop With A Cop Saturday morning. The festivities began at 7 a.m. when youngsters and officers gathered at McDonald's on Airbase Road. As each child arrived, they were introduced to 'their' officer and the two had an opportunity to get to know one another during breakfast...

It is proving to be one of the busiest times of the year for the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee with projects focusing on making the season bright, and offering hope and the holiday spirit to area needy families. You can make the holidays a little brighter this year by participating in the Giving Tree project. ...

Calling her "our hero," Mountain Home Mayor Joe B. McNeal presented Sara Latona with "The Key to the City" along with gifts from local merchants, "with the gratitude of our community, our state and our country." Latona was injured Oct. 9, 2004, in a blast near the Baghdad airport as she drove a bus and served as a courier between Kuwait and Baghdad, where she had volunteered to serve as a civilian employee of the Army-Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)...

Daniel Lee Alexander, 33, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at his residence. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Henry DeGiorgio, 88, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 1, 2004, at the Life Care Center of Boise. Funeral mass was held Saturday, Dec. 4, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Internment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Jim and Marolyn Markham of Mountain Home have announced the engagement and upcoming nuptials of their daughter, Kimberly, to Ayorinde Adeosun, son of Emmanuel and Bola Adeosun. The couple will be married on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 5 p.m. at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Church, 3195 Airbase Road, in Mountain Home...

A planning meeting has been set for Dec. 15 for those interested in being a part of a renewed Mountain Home American Legion baseball program. That meeting is set for 6 p.m. on Dec. 15 in Room H at the Mountain Home High School Annex. Mountain Home Tiger baseball coach Travis DeVore has set up a meeting for players, parents and interested community members at 6:00 p.m. in Room H at the Mountain Home High School Annex...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers showed considerable improvement in narrow road losses at Jerome and Kuna last week. Jerome 43 Mountain Home 40 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers played their best ball game of the young season last Wednesday night at Jerome, but fell a little bit short, losing to the Jerome Lady Tigers 43-40...

The Mountain Home Tigers came away with a split of their first two games of the boys basketball season, beating Jerome, but losing to Boise. Mountain Home 50 Jerome 42 The Mountain Home Tigers withstood a frigid second half of shooting to down the Jerome Tigers, 50-42, in their season opening boys basketball game in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home Thursday night...

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Blaine Samuel Sellman, of Elmore County, and Erin Marie Collins, of Troy, Idaho, were married Oct. 2, 2004, at the United Methodist Church in Moscow. Blaine is the son of Steve and Maryl Sellman, long-time Elmore County residents and owners of a camping park adjacent to Little Camas Reservoir. He also is the grandson of Jack and Marge Sellman, also of Elmore County, as well as the late Col. Harlan E. Ball, USAF, and Betty Hall of Lewiston...