Stories from Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Col. Anthony "Tony" Rock says command of the 366th Fighter Wing is "a dream assignment" for him and his wife, Kim. Rock assumed command of the wing from Col. Charles Shugg two weeks ago, beginning an anticipated two-year tour of duty at Mountain Home AFB...

The site development company WRG Design, Inc., met with the Elmore Board of County Commissioners this week to discuss the possibility of developing a huge planned community near Mayfield. The proposed community would boast close to 5,000 units, and would be completely self-sustaining...

The Desert Mountain Visitor's Center is suffering from a serious funding shortfall that could close its doors. Recently, members of the Mountain Home Travel and Tourism Committee asked both the city council and the Elmore County Board of Commissioners for emergency funding on behalf of the center...

Fire Chief Phil Gridley is getting increasingly nervous as the summer fire season gets underway. And he's particularly nervous about the next few weeks as people shoot off illegal fireworks in a desert that is rapidly turning into a tinderbox. From the local firefighters to the Forest Service and the BLM, "everyone is expecting a much higher occurance" of fires this season he said...

Sylvia "Vickie" Ann Lloyd, 68, of Mountain Home, died June 18, 2006, in a Boise care center. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 23, at The First Southern Baptist Church, 1400 N. Third East St., in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Mary Alice Glasby, 88, of Mountain Home, died in Tuscon, Ariz., on June 11, 2006. Graveside services were held Tuesday, June 20, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Calmer Joseph Johnson, Jr., 84, of Mountain Home, died Friday, June 16, 2006, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 23, 2006, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment will follow, in the family plot, at Yerington, Nev., at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Albert and Kim Clement of Mountain Home have announced the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Trina Marie Clement, to Jett T. Fowers, son of Bart and Sharon Fowers of Grand View. Trina Marie, after completing her high school education, has been attending Boise State University. Trina currently is employed as a life guard and swim instructor at Mountain Home AFB...

Larry and Leann Oletski exchanged wedding vows on Sunday, June 11, 2006 in Legacy Park, Mountain Home. They were attended by their children, Aleaha, Kylee, Trey, Jade and Phoenyx, who also participated in the marriage ceremony of the two families. They celebrated with friends and family from Idaho, Colorado, Arizona and family friend, retired judge "Mother T" of Oregon, who also "sentenced" them to a minimum of 20 years of sharing and loving each other each day as part of their commitment to the new family, in addition to the traditional vows written by the couple that included their children.. ...

The varsity girls basketball team had a 4-3 record this past week. During league play the girls went 1-2 and in tournament play they went 3-1 in the Jesus Zeller Tournament in Weiser. On Monday, the girls played the Lady Tigers from Ontario. Ontario scored early and often enroute to a 48-18 victory...

Mountain Home High School will play host to the First Annual Idaho Desert Shootout this weekend, June 23 and 24. The seven-team boys varsity basketball tournament for area 4A schools will be held in a round robin format. Most of the games will be played at Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium at MHHS, but a few also will be played at Mountain Home Junior High...

Nearly 1,000 youth baseball players will descend on Mountain Home this weekend to take part in the Mountain Home Invitational, a major tournament involving all-star baseball teams from throughout southern Idaho. Including the players themselves, representing 50-60 teams, about 2,000 or more family members and friends also visit the community during the three-day tournament that begins Friday and concludes Sunday at the baseball diamonds in Eastside Park and adjacent to the high school...

In a busy week of baseball, the Mountain Home Royals came away with six wins in eight games, and finished second at the Maybelle Arthur Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament in Dillon, Mont. Mountain Home, 11, 11 Kuna Diamondbacks 1, 0 The only thing to date that could stop the Mountain Home Royals from winning was the weather, as the home opening doubleheader against the Kuna Diamondbacks on June 8 was halted originally by lightning, and then by rain when the onset of moisture made the infield a lake.. ...