Stories from Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Mountain Home Library Director Luise House has been named the 2006 Librarian of the Year for the state of Idaho. She was presented with the prestigious award during the annual convention of the Idaho Library Association in Moscow, Friday. House received a standing ovation from the audience "which I didn't deserve," she contended...

Dale Burton Seesee, 78, of San Francisco, Calif., formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Oct. 5, 2006, in San Francisco. Graveside services will be Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Services are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel...

Marian (Montrose) Valdez-Lindholm, 84, of Grand View, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006, at a local hospital. Services will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Marian Maxine was born Jan. 27, 1922, in Mountain Home, to Arthur and Tina Montrose. She was raised and schooled in Mountain Home. She lived a number of years in Elko, Nev., and then moved to Utah and lived there the last 40 years. She moved to Grand View six months ago...

Cecilia R. Ducharme, 93, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, at a local care center. Funeral Mass was held Saturday, Oct. 7, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial was held at St. Patricks Cemetery III, in Harrisville, R.I., on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Deanna Kelly, 69, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, at local hospital. Per her request, no services are planned. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Deanna is survived by: a daughter, Sandy, and her husband, Butch Boardwine, of Mountain Home; a daughter, Deborah Braun, of Mountain Home; a son, Dan Alderman of Twin Falls; a sister, Pam Roundy of Salt Lake City, Utah, and ten grandchildren...

Alfred "Big Al" E. Varady, 74, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006. Graveside Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Niche Wall in Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers closed out their regular season schedule with wins, and opened district play Saturday with a win. Mtn. Home 3 Emmett 0 Lindsay Horgan, Angelina Garcia and Jessica Hendershot all scored goals as Mountain Home shut out Emmett, 3-0, last Monday at home. Samantha Morrison and Char Kaufman had assists...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened the District III 4A Boys Soccer Tournament Saturday with a win over Emmett, a team they had lost to earlier in the week. The week also saw them fight to a tie with Columbia. Emmett 4 Mtn. Home 1 The Tigers had trouble getting the ball in the net last Monday at Emmett, losing to the Huskies, 4-1. Danny Snelgrow scored the Tigers lone goal, that off an assist by Bryan Walsh. Josh Lindsay had 10 saves on goal, Jaime Rios had three, and Lucas Marsh had two...

A first for Furst. Jessica Furst won the second annual Rusty Fender Invitational Cross Country Meet at Strike Dam Thursday. Her time of 22:22 set a new course record. The course has a change of altitude of over 780 feet. Teammate Jessi Cameron's time of 26:58 was good for the number 12 spot, just ahead of Ali Howe, who came in at 27:07. Jennica Quintal ran a 27:44 (17), Cindy Blacklock ran a 33:14 (35), and Courtney Ashford, Piper Coffin and Sarah Hyde were in a group of 38-40...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers celebrated Senior Night with a 3-1 win over the Lady Knights from Bishop Kelly last Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium. Mountain Home has six seniors on their squad this season, and they all started in the first game, which the Lady Tigers won, 26-24...

The Mountain Home Tigers made it three straight wins, downing the Nampa Bulldogs, 51-14 Friday night at Nampa. The Tigers blew a scoring opportunity in the first quarter, after Tyson Sessions blocked a Nampa punt, the Tigers taking over first and goal at the Bulldog nine-yard line. ...