Stories from Wednesday, May 4, 2005

The first weekend in May has served as the Boy Scouts spring camp out at Camp Wilson for more than 58 years and the Camp Wilson Barbecue Committee has provided the Scouts with a final meal before they head back to their homes for the same length of time...

An oval race track in Optimist Park has stirred up controversy for residents and city leaders alike. Now citizens will have an opportunity to offer comment during the next city council meeting, May 9, beginning at 6 p.m. The dirt track for 'hornet class' automobiles is just the latest to be developed for motorized sports. It joins the motorcross track and the mud bog area to bring yet another opportunity to racers...

In less than three weeks, on May 24, voters will go to the polls to decide the fate of a $7.5 million bond that would build a new jail for Elmore County. The sheriff and county commissioners believe the county no longer has any choice. The old jail, rated as the worst in the state, must be replaced, they say, and it won't get cheaper...

The Board of Elmore County Commissioners have declared an emergency moratorium concerning the establishment and expansion of confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). On April 25, the commissioners resolved the county will not, for 182 days, accept for processing any applications for new or expanded confined animal feeding operations that exceed 500 animal units in total. ...

Ruth E. Dunn 89, of Mountain Home, died April 26, 2005. Per her request no local services will be held. A memorial will be held in Kansas at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home. Ruth was born Aug. 7, 1915, in Americus, Kan., to Edgar and Frances (Wright) Tomlinson...

Bill R. Howry, 70, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at his home. Bill was born June 24, 1934, in Kerville, Texas, the son of Dorris and Leona Gayer Howry. Per his request no services will be held. Inurnment will be held at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Isabelle Angela Northrop, 90, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, May 1, 2005, at the Elmore Long Term Care Unit, after a battle with lung cancer. Visitation and rosary were held Tuesday. Funeral mass will be celebrated today, Wednesday, May 4, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Nina Jean (Koenig) Bruce, 71, formerly of Mountain Home, died April 13, 2005. Memorial services were held April 30 at the First Presbyterian Church in Walnut, Iowa. An additional service will be held in Mountain Home at a date to be determined. A 1951 graduate of Walnut High School, she went on to briefly join the United States Air Force, where she met and married her husband of 32 years. ...

Iona D. Hiddleston, 86, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Elmore Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday April 30, at the Christian and Baptist Church in Mountain Home. Arrangements were handled by Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

The scores were exceptionally low at the SIC 4A golf tourney at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell last Wednesday, which meant Mountain Home, which had their third lowest score of the season, still came in last of the eight boys conference teams. Bishop Kelly and Caldwell both came in with 153 totals, with Emmett third, at 156. Skyview and Vallivue both shot 161, with Kuna, 167, Nampa, 170, and Mountain Home 177...

The Mountain Home Tigers came up short in conference tennis matches with Kuna, Skyview and Bishop Kelly. Kuna Kavemen 9 Mountain Home 3 The Mountain Home Tigers picked up wins in girls and boys singles and boys doubles at Kuna. Justin Brummitt won the number one boys singles match, 6-2, 6-3...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers managed a split in last week's SIC 4A conference softball games, winning at home against Bishop Kelly, and losing on the road at Emmett. Mountain Home 3 Bishop Kelly 2 Ashley Kipp capped off a three-run fifth inning for Mountain Home last Tuesday, knocking in the tying and go ahead runs in a 3-2 win over the Lady Knights at Mountain Home...

The losing skid ended last Thursday at Tiger Field, when the Mountain Home Tigers downed the Vallivue Falcons 6-2 in SIC 4A conference baseball. The Tigers made it two straight Friday, coming from behind at Vallivue to down the Falcons, 5-4. Mountain Home 6...

Kacy Barrie, Troi White, Lauren Kisner and Lee Pierce all placed at the Outback Invitational Track & Field Meet at BSU last weekend. Barrie finished third in the 300 meter hurdles and was fourth in the 100 meter high hurdles. White finished third in the 100 meter high hurdles, and Kisner was seventh in the 300 meter hurdles...