Stories from Wednesday, February 2, 2005

A large crowd was on hand as Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission accepted testimony for the latest proposal for a confined animal feeding operation and dairy last week. The Rhead family's proposal is on Beet Dump Road and highway 51, five miles outside the area of city impact and at least three miles from any subdivision. The site is 3 ½ miles from Mountain Home Air Force Base and is zoned Ag A...

Wes and Jessica Macmillan, Mountain Home, announce the birth of a son. Wesley Mossimo Macmillan was born Dec. 27, 2004, at St. Luke's Hospital. He weighed 7 lbs and was 21 inches in length. Grandparents are Steve and Marsha Macmillan and Ed and Deborah Montrose, all of Mountain Home, and Karen and Randy Macgreagor of Cripple Creek, Colo...

Anna "Anita" Gonzalez Herrera, 74, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at her residence. Vigil services will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Visitation will be held prior to the vigil from 4-6 p.m. at the chapel...

Robert "Bob" E. Grove, 70, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2005, at his residence. At his request no local services will be held. An Easter Brunch Wake will be held in Reno, Nev.. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Terrel (Terry) Staton, 78, of Tucson, Ariz., formally of Mountain Home, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, after a long battle with cancer. Memorial services will be announced by Rost Funeral Home at a later date. Arrangements under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

James "Jim" Prano, 67, of San Bernardino, Calif., formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, in Murtaugh, Idaho. Funeral services were held Saturday Jan. 29, at the American Legion War Memorial Hall in Mountain Home, under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Donna Jean Hall, 76, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 4, at Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home. A gathering for family and friends will be held following the service at the family home, 520 N. 5th East St., in Mountain Home...

Harvey A. Sherman, 68, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center of complications from a stroke and diabetes. At his request, no services are planned. His body will be cremated and his ashes "scattered to winds somewhere in Idaho," his family said...

Eleanor M. Fischer, 91, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 29, 2005 at a local care center. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 7, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Local arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers wrestling team excited the hometown fans with dual match wins over Bishop Kelly and Boise last Thursday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium. Two nights earlier, the Tigers lost close matches to 5A squads Eagle and Meridian. Eagle 38...

With the start of the District III 4A Girls Basketball Tournament comes what has over the years been called the "brand new season," where one throws out the regular season records and starts over anew. Mountain Home Lady Tiger basketball coach Karen Kohring is certainly hoping for a new season as her Lady Tigers dropped games to Nampa and Vallivue last week to finish the regular season winless in 20 games...

The Mountain Home Tigers came up short in conference road games at Skyview and Caldwell last week. Skyview 82 Mountain Home 46 The Mountain Home Tigers stayed with the high flying Skyview Hawks for a quarter before the Hawks took it to another level and ran and shot their way to an 82-46 SIC 4A conference boys basketball win over the Tigers last Tuesday night at Skyview...