Stories from Wednesday, March 22, 2006

The staff and trustees of the Mountain Home Public Library are inviting the public to attend the formal dedication of the new $1.5 million expansion of the old facility this Saturday, beginning at 2 p.m. The library reopened its doors last Friday, after being closed during the three months it took to move from its former temporary location at the WECRD offices downtown, where the library had operated while construction of the expansion that doubled the size of the old library was underway...

John Watson has announced his candidacy, on the Democratic ticket, for the Elmore County Coroner position. Watson is a retired Air Force dental superintendent and the Veteran's Administration benefits counselor. He served in the Navy as a Seabee during WWII...

Jerry Rost, owner of Rost Funeral Home in Mountain Home, has announced his candidacy for county coroner on the Republican ticket. He will face incumbent Marla Spence in the May primary. Rost was born in Wendell in 1951, and attended grade school and high school there, graduating in 1971...

Elmore County emergency services and law enforcement agencies will be the lead groups in a four-county state-level disaster drill to be run June 25-29. As part of the drill, which will simulate a biohazard attack, Central District Health Department is seeking 800 local residents to sign up and take part in the drill...

Steve "Okie" Kenyon, 54, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died at his home Saturday March 11, 2006, after battling cancer. A memorial service was held March 18 at The Boise Train Depot. Steve was born April 24, 1951, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the third boy to Harlan and Dora Kenyon. In 1965 Steve's family moved to Idaho and "he knew he was home when he saw the mountains and the rivers," his family said...

Mark O. Boesl, 65, of Mountain Home, died March 15, 2006, at a local hospital, after a long battle with lung cancer. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 21, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Mark was born in Langdon, N.D., on Feb. 24, 1941, the son of Peter and Helen (Schulet) Boesl. He was raised in Mount Carmel, N.D...

Howard Lee Thomas, 77, of Caldwell, formerly of Mountain Home, died March 19, 2006, of lung cancer. Services will be held March 25 at 2 p.m. at Montana Avenue Baptist Church, 3120 S. Montana Ave., Caldwell. Thomas was born on Dec. 18, 1928, in Manchester, Ola., to Elmer and Mae Thomas...

Preston Lee Smith, 29, of Mountain Home, died March 15, 2006, at a Boise hospital. Services were held Monday, March 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. A memorial fund has been established at US Bank. Preston was born in Mountain Home on Jan. ...

Henry G."Willie" Wilcoxon, 74, died Friday, March 17, 2006, in Glenns Ferry. Services will be held Wednesday, March 22, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry at 2 p.m., under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. He was born July 24, 1931, in Atlanta, Ga...

Rudy and Colleen Gingerich of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Maureen Martin, to Bryce J. Bergey, son of Phil and Evon Bergey of Perkasie, Penn. The couple will be married June 16 in Boise. The couple will graduate from Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia in May. ...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team opened last week with losses to Nampa and Kuna. Nampa 11 Mountain Home 1 In the first match of the season on March 13 at Nampa, the Tigers lost, 11-1, to the Bulldogs. Mountain Home's lone win came in the number two girls singles match where Julie Remington downed Nampa's Monika Craciunescu, 6-1, 6-0...

Both the Mountain Home girls and boys golfers showed improvement last week while competing at the SIC 4A tourney at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell. The Tiger boys finished last at Purple Sage, but improved their team score to 184. Vallivue won the event, shooting a 157. Emmett was second with a 165, two shots better than Bishop Kelly. Caldwell was fourth with 171, two shots better than Skyview, and 10 shots better than Kuna and Nampa...

Mountain Home won the girls competition of Friday's season opening dual track meet with Bishop Kelly at Tiger Field in Mountain Home. Mountain Home scored 80 points to 65 for the Bishop Kelly girls. Emily Moranda, Kaleena Bluemer and Kacy Barrie were the big point-scorers for the Mountain Home girls...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers came away with a split of their SIC 4A conference softball games last week, winning at Nampa, but losing at Kuna. Mountain Home 10 Nampa 4 Mountain Home sent 13 batters to the plate in the first inning and scored eight runs on their way to a 10-4 win over the Nampa Lady Bulldogs in their SIC 4A conference softball opener at Nampa last Tuesday...

The Mountain Home Tigers bounced back from an 11-4 loss to Emmett at Mountain Home Thursday night to beat the Huskies, 3-0, at Emmett in SIC 4A conference baseball action last week. Emmett Huskies 11 Mountain Home 4 A five-run sixth inning for Emmett proved to be the Tigers' downfall last Thursday night in conference baseball at Mountain Home...

Les and Jacque Black have announced the birth of a son, Ira Ace Black, born March 16, 2006, at 3:30 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was 20 inches long. He joins a a brother, Gus, 2. Grandparents are Terry and Letha Black of Bruneau, and Ed and Debora Montrose of Mountain Home. Great-grandparents are Marilynn Black and Larry and Barbara Crane, all of Mountain Home.