Stories from Wednesday, June 28, 2006

At 9 a.m. Monday local emergency service crews were called out to the K-Mart parking lot after a report had been received that customers in the "store" there had been exposed to a possible biological threat. Over the next four hours crews decontaminated the exposed customers and staff and sent a sample of the biological agent to Boise where it was confirmed to be anthrax powder, setting off a statewide alert...

Congressman Butch Otter spent an hour reading stories to children Saturday at the Mountain Home Public Library, helping kick off the library's summer reading program. The summer reading program, "Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales," is now in full swing at the library...

A 45-year-old Nampa woman was severely injured in a boating accident on the Snake River near King Hill this weekend. Connie Ohlhauser and her husband, Clifford Kennell, were traveling in a jet boat accompanied by a couple in another boat, and were heading downstream to the King Hill boat ramp when they struck some rocks. Ohlhauser was thrown into the dashboard and windshield, suffering a broken hip, facial contusions and other injuries...

The sirens of fire trucks are being heard often in the Mountain Home area these days as local and state fire crews have begun battling a rash of wildfires that have broken out. Monday night and Tuesday the Mountain Home volunteer fire department battled several small grass fires near Mountain Home, but last week fire crews from the BLM were engaged in several major fires in the area, even as Wildfire Prevention Week was being celebrated...

MiSun Benedict, 40, of Boise, died June 20, 2006. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, June 28, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. MiSun was born on July 15, 1965, at #357 Kumsan-ri, Nakan-myon, Sungju-kun Republic of South Korea...

Octavio Martinez, infant son of Mariela Martinez and Octavio Martinez of Mountain Home, died Thursday, June 22, 2006 in a Boise hospital. A viewing was held at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, on Tuesday, June 27, and graveside services followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Sylvia Ann "Vickie" Lloyd, 68, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, June 18, 2006. Memorial services were held Friday, June 23, at the First Southern Baptist Church. Pastor Rick Brodie presided. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Allene T. Jones, 88, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at a local care center. At her request, no services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Allene was born March 20, 1918, in Chewelah, Wash., the daughter of George and Emma Turk...

Lt. Col. Matthew and Mrs. Colette Bundy of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Nicole Bundy, to Matthew D. Wiser, son of Thayne and Kay Wiser of Richland, Wash., The bride to be is a 2001 graduate of Mountain Home High School and a graduate of Utah State University. She currently is employed in the Cache County Health Department in Logan, Utah...

Feeling tired and playing short-handed, the Lady Tiger Basketball team stumbled to a 1-7 record this past week. The girls started the week hosting Emmett. The Lady Huskies poured it on in the second half, pulling away for a 39-21 victory. Hannah Zamora led the Tigers with 6 points. Emily Moranda had 4 points. Brandie Riggs chipped in 3 points and Jessica Egusquiza, Sammy Dawson, Ashley Kipp and Chantell Crane each added 2 points to help the team...

The Mountain Home Royals had another busy week of American Legion baseball, winning six of seven games. Mountain Home 13, 19 Boise Capitals 3, 1 The Royals returned home and to their league American Legion baseball schedule last Tuesday and took two run-ruled games from the Boise Capitals...

Two persons are dead after a head-on crash on Interstate 84 a mile from The Pilot exit at Mountain Home. Ethel Borders, 84, of Mountain Home, reportedly entered the freeway going the wrong way at the exit 95 ramp and was headed westbound in the eastbound lane, when her Cadillac collided head on with an eastbound Pontiac Vibe, killing both her and the man driving the other car, according to the Idaho State Police...