Stories from Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Nearly four months after accepting testimony on an appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission's approval for a conditional use permit for the Bernie Brown Dairy, the Board of Elmore County Commissioners unanimously voted to overturn the decision. Elmore County ordinance directs that each proposed conditional use must meet nine standards. But the commissioners found the applicant could only meet three of the nine standards...

As jail standards have changed over the years, the number of prisoners the Elmore County Jail can house has continued to decline. Originally designed for 32 prisoners, today, the jail can hold an absolute maximum of 27. But that's under the best of circumstances, which rarely occur. ...

While the Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit continue their exploration of the Red Planet, students in the Mountain Home School District's Gifted and Talent program are gearing up to be the next generation of engineers designing rovers. Students in the fifth- and sixth-grade GT program in the district are getting ready to compete in NASA's Mars Rover contest, sponsored in Idaho by the University of Idaho...

Capt. David Olen Dernier, 42, of the United States Air Force, formerly of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005. No service date was announced. Arrangements were with Schertz Funeral Home of Schertz, Texas. Dernier was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on Sept. 9, 1963...

John L. Maledy, 79, Mountain Home, died after a long battle with cancer on Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at his home, with his daughter by his side. Per John's request no services will be held. A celebration of John's life will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at 1775 E. 23rd North St., Mountain Home...

Gladys Hislop Minnerly, 92, formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 11, 2005, at a Meridian Care Center. She previously lived in Mountain Home and Parma, Nu Acres, Idaho. Funeral services were held Friday, April 15, at the Summer Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel, Meridian. Inurnment followed at the Meridian Cemetery...

Anna May (Sword) McWilliams, 86, a long-time Mountain Home resident, died March 1, 2005, in Camas, Wash. A memorial service will be held for Anna at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 22, with a luncheon following at The Elks Lodge...

Faye C. Dench-Richards, 72, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, April 14, 2005, at her home, with her family by her side. Memorial services will be held today, Wednesday, April 20, at 11 a.m. at St. James Episcopal Church. Committal will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Sandra Mae Cochran, 63, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 11, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Graveside services were held Friday, April 15, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Delores Eddie Gray Hightower, 69, of Mountain Home, died Friday, April 14, 2005, in Bruneau, at her daughter's home, surrounded by her family. A viewing will be held today, Wednesday, April 20, from 4-7 p.m. at Summers' Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. ...

Raymond L. (Ray) Betty, 73, of Glenns Ferry, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005, with his family close by. Services were held Monday, April 18, at First Baptist Church of Glenns Ferry. A committal service followed at Glenns Rest Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Evelyn A. Baun, 87, of Mountain Home, died in her sleep on April 16, 2005. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Friday April 22, at Rost Funeral Home, 240 N. 4th East St., Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. Committal will be at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Diana M. Ongay Lebron, 52, of Mountain Home, died peacefully on April 17, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Visitation will held from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday April 21, at Rost Funeral Home, 240 N. 4th East St., Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 22, at Iglesia Bautista Emanuel Church, Mountain Home...

Leo and Reatha Lange, formerly of Mountain Home, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last week. The couple were married April 15, 1945, in Vona, Colo. Leo served in the Air Force for 26 years, retiring in 1968. Reatha worked in the lab at Denver's Children's Hospital and later taught kindergarten for 14 years at Mountain Home AFB...

Wayne and Dorothy Marx were honored with a family wedding reception on Easter Sunday at the home of her parents, Harris and Joyce Allgood. Dorothy Barnes Marx is formerly of Mountain Home. The groom's parents are Charlie Paul and Vilina Rose Marx of Weimar, Texas...

Darrel and Linda Green have announced the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Danielle Louise, to Joel Marion Groat, son of Jeffrey and Kristine Groat. Groat is a graduate of Mountain Home High School. The couple will be married on April 22 at the Boise LDS Temple. A reception will follow at the Hampton Inn in Nampa...

All of the Southern Idaho Conference schools, both 4A and 5A competed at the Treasure Valley Invitational Track and Field Meet at Mountain View last Thursday and Friday. The Mountain Home girls, led by Kacy Barrie, finished 11th out of the 16 teams competing. ...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team dropped a 12-0 SIC 4A conference tennis match at Nampa last Thursday. In girls singles, Jessica Hoover lost to Tara Tuttle, 1-6, 0-6, Mary Booth lost to Madison Gingerich, 2-6, 0-6, and Daryl Enriquez lost to Ashley Torrano, 1-6, 1-6...

The good news was the Tiger boys were just 18 strokes behind Bishop Kelly, who won last week's boys 4A SIC golf match at Falcon Crest Golf Course in Kuna. The bad news was they tied Emmett for seventh. Bishop Kelly won the event, shooting a 163 team score. Vallivue was second, shooting a 167, a stroke better than host Kuna, 168. Nampa was another shot back at 189, followed by Caldwell at 170. Next came Skyview's 180, a stroke ahead of Mountain Home and Emmett...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers, who put together a string of five straight wins, then dropped three in a row before coming back to gain a weekend split with Jerome. Nampa 4 Mountain Home 1 The Lady Tigers crushed a number of balls but most of them found their way into the gloves of the Lady Bulldogs from Nampa in a 4-1 loss at Nampa...

The Mountain Home Tigers lost their SIC 4A conference baseball series to Bishop Kelly last week, as the Knights swept both games. Bishop Kelly 14 Mountain Home 2 Mountain Home was hoping to make up some ground on league-leading Bishop Kelly last Thursday, but the Knights pounded out 14 hits in rolling to a 14-2 win over the Tigers in Mountain Home...