Stories from Wednesday, April 26, 2006

John Shrum, who served Elmore County as a county commissioner from Glenns Ferry for 34 years, died Friday, April 21, 2006, at the age of 72. At the time of his retirement from serving as a county commissioner in 1996, he was the longest serving public official in Idaho...

Mountain Home High School Principal Barry Cahill will retire at the end of this school year, after serving all 37 years of his career in education in the Mountain Home School District. In fact, that career goes back even further, having done his student teaching in the district as well...

Fireworks exploded at this week's city council meeting when council president Mark Russell said he didn't trust one of the city's department heads. That comment came after discussion arose surrounding the repealing of Section 3-3-1 of the Mountain Home City Code...

City council members voted unanimously Monday to have the city attorney draw up an agreement to bring motocross racing back to Optimist Park The decision, however, did not come without much discussion and deliberation. The proposed agreement was first introduced by council president Mark Russell after he was contacted last week by the owners of Pleasant Valley Cycle Park, LLC, in Kuna, about the possibility of promoting several motocross races at Optimist Park this summer...

Lonny and Becky Wright of Marsing and Linda Bauer of Portland, Ore., have announced the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Kristin Dawn Shelley, to James Davis, son of Ted and Helen Davis of Nampa. The couple plan to wed June 3, 2006, in Nampa...

Julie Mienk of Mountain Home and Larry Meink of Oregon have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer, to Jeffery Garvey, son of Ted and Deborah Schonstrom of Mountain Home and Russ Garvey of Canyon Lake, Texas. Jennifer graduated from Mountain Home high school in 2005 and will graduate from BSU in May...

Alberta "Bobbi" C. Eaton, 70, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, at the New Hope Christian Fellowship, 670 N. 4th East St., in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Ingrid J.W. Kuecker, 70, died April 19, 2006, at her home in Mountain Home. A Memorial Service was held Monday, April 24, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Kenneth "Ken" Brendon Talbert, 70, died Thursday, April 20, 2006, in Mountain Home, after a battle with cancer. Funeral Services were held Tuesday, April 25, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery...

The competition was stiff but Mountain Home had a number of athletes that continued to show improvement in their performances. Kacy Barrie came in third in the 300 meter hurdles.  Emily Moranda was eighth.  Mountain Home finished fifth in the girls 4 by 100 meter relay.  That team was made up of Kacy Barrie, Sherica Holman, Alyssa Saltzgaber and Emily Moranda. ...

The Mountain Home Tiger golfers found the going tough last week in their golf matches. The Tiger boys golf team golfed against the rest of the SIC 4A teams on April 17 at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell. Vallivue came in first, shooting a 162 team score, a shot ahead of Emmett. Skyview was two back of Emmett, at 165, Bishop Kelly next at 168, a shot better than Nampa. Kuna came in at 173, Caldwell, 176, and Mountain Home, 178...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team came close to winning against Kuna last week, and lost to the Cougars at Caldwell. Kuna Kavemen 7 Mountain Home 5 The Mountain Home Tigers battled Kuna tough on the tennis courts at Mountain Home Air Force Base last Monday, but come up short, 5-7, to the Kavemen in conference tennis...

The Mountain Home Tiger baseball team won one and lost two last week after splitting a conference series with the Kuna Kavemen. Borah Lions 13 Mountain Home 3 The Tigers finished off their non-conference schedule against 5A schools, Tuesday, losing to the Borah Lions, 13-3, last Tuesday night at Borah. Six errors hurt the Tigers immensely in that game, which ended early by the 10-run rule...

After seeing their losing skid reach four against Kuna, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers bounced back into the win column with impressive wins over Caldwell and Nampa last week. Kuna 6 Mountain Home 2 The Lady Tigers dropped their fourth straight ball game last Tuesday, losing to Kuna, 6-2, at Mountain Home...