Stories from Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Albert Ciccone was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole last week in connection with the death of his pregnant wife, Kathleen, in October of 2003. Ciccone had been convicted in January of this year of running his wife down with their car after she had gotten out of it on Ditto Road near Tipanuk following an argument between the estranged couple, who had been married only a few months before...

Saturday was Free Fishing Day in Idaho, and at Legacy Park in Mountain Home the Idaho Department of Fish and Game had stocked the pond with over 500 trout. Approximately 300 people showed up to try and snag the trout (which are the only fish in the pond that can be taken -- all others are catch and release). ...

It's official now. Former Glenns Ferry Pilot pitcher Zach Simons signed on the dotted line with the Colorado Rockies Sunday at his father's home in Eagle. Simons was drafted by the Rockies in the second round in the Major League Baseball First Year Players Draft on June 7. He was the 55th player to be picked on the first day of the two-day draft...

The Mountain Home Royals had their win streak hit three before seeing it snapped at Bishop Kelly against the Barons. Mountain Home 14 Nampa Braves 2 In a game that saw Nampa American Legion officials frantically calling around to find umpires when it became apparent that no umpires had been booked for their game with the Mountain Home Royals last Tuesday, in hindsight, they probably wished they had called it off and decided to count both games of a scheduled doubleheader in Mountain Home next month as conference games.. ...

Jerrica Y. Hissong has announced the birth of a boy, Thomas Andrew Hissong, on June 9, 2005, at Elmore Medical Center. Thomas weighed 6 lbs. 4 oz.

Ray and Bonnie Colyer will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 25, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Bruneau Legion Hall in Bruneau. The celebration for family and friends will feature cocktails, dinner and dancing. The couple request no gifts...

Del and Lois York of Mountain Home celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this week. The couple was married on June 10, 1955, in Mountain Home. They celebrated with their family in Sun Valley. The couple have three daughters, Vickie York-Lyter of Boise, Tammie Hedges of Bruneau and Julie Jennings of Katy, Texas, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

Jesse and Tracy Lee have announced the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Michelle Ann Lee, to Matthew Joseph Chandler, son of Daniel and Deborah Chandler. Michelle is a 2001 graduate of Mountain Home High School and a recent graduate from the College of Southern Idaho. She is employed at the Elmore Medical Center radiology department...

Justin and Connie Jetley of Mountain Home have announced the marriage of their daughter, Monica Jetley, to Jeremy Martin, the son of Joe and Rita Martin of Mountain Home. The couple was married June 4, 2005. Jeremy graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1999 and is employed by Micron...

Aron Garrard and Jessica Eddy were united in marriage on May 21, 2005. Aron is the son of Gary and Deanna Garrard of Hermiston, Ore., and Jessica is the daughter of Lee and Janice Eddy of Mountain Home. The couple will honeymoon in Hawaii.

Thomas Schaefer Gardunia was stillborn June 5, 2005, in Fort Campbell, Kent. His parents, Maj. Craig and Merri Thomas Gardunia, are former Mountain Home residents. He is survived by: his parents, his brother, Chad, his grandparents, Clinton and Emma Schaefer Gardunia of Mountain Home and LaVern and Dixie Thomas of Boise, and great-grandmother Doris Thomas of Weiser, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins...

Larry Munro, 56, of Grand View, died at his home on Monday, June 13, 2005. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home.

William H. (Bill) Knight, 90, of Portland, Ore., formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday June 13, 2005. Local arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home.

Wendell Cordon Later, 85, of Highland, Utah, formerly of Mountain Home, died June 13, 2005, at Utah Valley Hospital. Services will be held June 18. Anderson and Sons, Mortuary, in American Fork, Utah, is handling arrangements.

Randy Garcia, 27, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005, with his family by his side. A memorial service was held Saturday, June 11, at First Baptist Church in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Randy was born on July 15, 1977, in Gooding, to Ramon and Ruth Garcia. He resided in Glenns Ferry his entire life. Randy attended schools in Glenns Ferry and in Boise, graduating in 1995...

Garry D. Harnden, 69, of Nampa, formerly of Mountain Home, died Friday, June 10, 2005, at a Nampa Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 17, at Elks Lodge BPOE #2276 in Mountain Home. Garry was born June 26, 1935, in Corral, Idaho, to Delbert and Hattie (Bottcher) Hamden. He was schooled in Fairfield where his two aunts, Mary and Clair Bottcher, raised him...

Christine "Chris" Tiilikainen, 47, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday, June 6, 2005. Funeral mass was celebrated Tuesday, June 14, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Visitation was held Monday, June 13, followed by the Recitation of the Rosary, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

William "Bill" Hardiman, 75, formerly of Mountain Home, died June 7, 2005, at his home in Meridian, surrounded by his family, after a long struggle with asthma and COPD. Visitation was held Cloverdale Funeral Home June 9. Memorial services were held June 10 at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge with graveside services following at Meridian Cemetery...

Benjamin A. Swatzel, 22, of Mountain Home, died Monday, June 6, 2005, in a car accident in Wyoming. Services in celebration of his life were held Monday, June 13, at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. Local arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Asa "Ace" Black, 72, of Bruneau, died Thursday, June 9, 2005, at his home in Bruneau, surrounded by his family and the ranch that he loved. A vigil service was held Tuesday, June 14, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. ...