Stories from Wednesday, December 29, 2004

An evening of joy turned into a holiday tragedy last week when a 19-year-old airman from Mountain Home AFB froze to death after leaving a friend's bachelor party drunk. A1C Thomas Allen Brannan, of Hayden, Colo., who served with the 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron on base, had attended a party at 512C Caribou Apartments the night of Dec. 19. At some point in the evening he left the party without his coat on, despite temperatures in the low teens and a biting wind that night...

Murders led the top ten stories of 2004 in Elmore County. Leading the list of top stories for the year was the death of Teresa Garcia, 17, who was shot to death in June by a serial killer passing through the area and who had apparently selected her at random...

The Board of Elmore County Commissioners last week unanimously approved a resolution to form a county-wide ambulance district following a public hearing on Dec. 22. Creating a district would establish a secure and dedicated funding source for the operation of ambulance services within the county...

Helen S. Johnson, 79, of Indian Cove, died Thursday Dec. 23, 2004, at her home with her family by her side. Memorial services were held Monday, Dec. 27, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mountain Home. Arrangements under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

David Burdett Adams, 48, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004, at a Boise hospital, due to complications from a stroke. Private family services will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Clarence E. (Bud) Boone, 86, of Hammett, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at the Boise VA Regional Medical Center. Services were held Monday Dec. 27, at Hammett Community Church. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Lloyd B. Satterfield, 86, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday Dec. 21, 2004 at a Boise care center. Lloyd was born May 25, 1918 in Ozark County, Missouri, the son of Samson and Nora (Baxter) Satterfield. Lloyd and his family moved to Idaho in 1964 where he has lived for the past 40 years. Idaho was home to Lloyd where he enjoyed fishing and "just being in the outdoors and meeting people." Lloyd enjoyed collecting history from his family, and being around his two cats, Suzie and Baxter...

Frances Irene Jones, 77, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, at the Life Care Center of Idaho. Funeral services were at held Monday, Dec. 27, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery...

Mary Aline Powell, 74, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in Mountain Home. The cause of death was attributed to the ravages of rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease. Aline was a direct descendent of the more than 6,000 Acadian people deported from their homeland by the British in the 1750s, some of whom settled in southern Louisiana. Acadia consisted of what are today the Maritime Provinces of Canada -- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island...

Victora Renee Pehlke, 14, died Dec. 23, 2004, after a courageous battle with cancer since June. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m. at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Thomas Allen Brannan, 19, of Mountain Home AFB, died Dec. 19, 2004. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Thursday at the base chapel, beginning at 1 p.m. A memorial service was held in his home town of Hayden, Colo., on Tuesday, Dec. 28, under the direction of Grant Mortuary of Craig, Colo...

Nelson H. Olds, Jr., 67, of Boise, the former mayor and police chief of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Extended Care Unit, of lung and brain cancer. At his family's request, a celebration of his life will be held in June at Chico Cemetery, Chico, Calif. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home, Boise...

Tom and Anna Hissong of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their son, Tommy, to Jennifer Rose Ann Carrier, the daughter of Sheila Ann Carrier. Tommy is a 2001 graduate of Mountain Home High School and currently is on active duty with the Coast Guard, stating in Ludington, Mich...

Brad and Brenda Rhoads of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Brandi, to Kenny Hissong, son of Tom and Anna Hissong of Mountain Home. Brandi is a 2003 graduate of Mountain Home High School and currently is attending Boise State University...

A 20-2 scoring edge for Vallivue in the third quarter proved to be too much to overcome for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers, who lost to the Lady Falcons 55-27 last Tuesday in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. Vallivue led 16-8 after a quarter, and 27-17 at halftime. After the bad third quarter effort, the Lady Tigers trailed 47-19 heading into the final quarter. Mountain Home could do no more than match baskets in the fourth, for a 55-27 final...

In a game that saw the lead change hands 17 times and had six ties, the Mountain Home Tigers came up on the short end with their counterparts from Jerome, losing to the Jerome Tigers 55-51 at Jerome last Tuesday. The first quarter saw the lead go back and forth, with Mountain Home up 15-13 at the quarter's end. ...