Stories from Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Leaning on his cane, Art Isaac stood at attention and threw a crisp salute as the Mountain Home AFB honor guard presented the flags to open last Thursday's ceremonies in which Isaac would receive a Purple Heart 62 years overdue. At 85, his hands tremble a little, but his eyes still have the bright twinkle of the 22-year-old aircraft engineer who was forced to bail out his B-17 in July 1944 over enemy occupied Italy. Isaac was injured in the bail out and spent the next year in a German POW camp...

by Landon Johnston Mountain Home News State-funded mosquito spraying to help curb the growing West Nile Virus problem in Elmore County could begin as early as Friday, according to Elmore County Disaster Coordinator Nick Schilz. Last Thursday, Gov. Jim Risch signed Idaho's fifth disaster assistance proclamation for West Nile Virus when he granted a petition sent by the Board of Elmore County Commissioners...

State-funded mosquito spraying to help curb the growing West Nile Virus problem in Elmore County could begin as early as Friday, according to Elmore County Disaster Coordinator Nick Schilz. Last Thursday, Gov. Jim Risch signed Idaho's fifth disaster assistance proclamation for West Nile Virus when he granted a petition sent by the Board of Elmore County Commissioners...

Danny Kaye Young, 47, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2006. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, of Mountain Home. Danny was born Oct. 7, 1958, in Modesto, Calif., the son of Kenneth and Patricia Young. He was raised and schooled in the Modesto area and worked as a general laborer...

Matthew S. Adamson, 20, of Mountain Home, died from injuries received in an auto accident on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, near Bruneau. A Viewing was held Sunday, Sept. 3, and funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 4, 2006, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements werre under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tiger boys finished fourth and the girls fifth at Thursday's New Plymouth Invitational cross country meet.       Weiser won the boys meet with 39 points, Parma was second with 56, followed by Melba, 105, Mountain Home, 112, Homedale, 143, New Plymouth, 156, and Payette, 162.      ...

The Mountain Home Tigers played two tough games in boys soccer last week, coming up short against Kuna and Nampa.   Kuna Kavemen  2 Mountain Home 0 Another slow start by Mountain Home spotted the Kuna Kavemen two goals in the first half.  The Tigers  dominated in the second half, but could not score. ...

The Mountain Home girls came away with a split of their girls soccer games last week, losing a tough game at Kuna, but whipping Nampa at home.   Kuna  2 Mountain Home 1 The Lady Tigers battled Kuna tough, but came up on the short end of a 2-1 score at Kuna Monday.      ...

For a while it looked like the Mountain Home Lady Tigers were going to have wins over both Nampa and Emmett last week, but the Lady Huskies came back to down the Lady Tigers in five, so Mountain Home came out with a split of last week's conference volleyball matches.  ...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened their football season with a 26-13 win over the Boise Braves Friday night at Bronco Stadium in Boise.       The Tigers had been waiting for the season to get under way to make amends for last year's disappointing 1-8 showing, and wasted little time in taking control against Boise. ...