Stories from Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Three people haved died in two separate accidents within a week in Elmore County. A horrific head-on collision Friday afternoon near Glenns Ferry killed two Mountain Home men, Homer E. Williams, 57, and his brother, Carl W. Williams, 54. The accident occured just after 1:30 p.m. on the old US 30 Highway east of Glenns Ferry when the 2002 Jeep Wrangler driven by Homer Williams collided head-on with a fully loaded beet truck driven by Daniel J. Garza, 25, of Caldwell...

The United States Air Force is seeking comment on a proposal to bed down a training squadron of the Royal Singapore Air Force at Mountain Home AFB. A formal notice of environmental assessment has been released, although officially the Air Force is not commenting on the proposal until final negotiations with the government of Singapore are concluded. ...

Joseph "Les" Lester Leeper, 84, of Glenns Ferry, died on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Arthur D. Spencer, 92, of Boise, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died on Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, at an Ontario hospital. Arrangements were through Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel.

Teddy "Ted" N. Thompson, 83, of Grand View, died Oct. 30, 2006 at a Boise care center. Per his request, no services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Jimmy Allen Vines, 60, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. Funeral Services were held on Monday, Oct. 30, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Jimmy was born Nov. 23, 1945, in Birmingham, Ala., to R.D. And Cecil Vines. He was raised in Pumkin Center and graduated from high school in Dora, Ala...

Tony Jolley, 84, of Bruneau, died Oct. 23, 2006, at a care center in Nampa. Funeral services were held Oct. 28 at the Grand View LDS Church, with burial following at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Homer Earl Williams, 57, of Mountain Home, was killed in an auto accident with his brother, Carl, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, near King Hill. No funeral services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Carl Wayne Williams, 54, of Mountain Home, was killed in an auto accident with his brother, Homer, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, near King Hill. No funeral services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Mountain Home runner Jessica Furst capped off a successful freshman year of cross country, finishing ninth at the State 4A girls cross country meet at Hells Gate State Park in Lewiston Saturday. Furst ran a 20:45, and Tiger cross country coach Doug Root was pleased with her effort...

The Mountain Home Tigers defense recorded eight sacks Friday night at Bishop Kelly, but turnovers killed key drives for the Tigers and the BK Knights prevailed on the scoreboard, 31-9. Bishop Kelly scored on their opening drive, going 82 yards in nine plays, scoring on a 35-yard pass from Kyle Cefalo to his favorite receiver on the night, Ryan Bokan. With Cefalo's PAT, it was 7-0, Knights, with 7:06 left in the first quarter...