Stories from Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The basketball season came to a close for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers last Wednesday night at Emmett with their 52-45 loss to Emmett. In a game that had 12 lead changes and seven ties, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers fought hard to the end. The Lady Tigers battled back from a 4-0 deficit early to take an 8-7 lead. It was 11-10, Emmett after a quarter...

The Mountain Home Tigers are optimistic heading to this week's District III 4A Wrestling Tournament at Skyview this Thursday and Friday. The Tigers have 14 wrestlers seeded in the top six of their weight categories, including six number one seeds: Kaeo Doronio (119 pounds), Calvin Vivier (140), Kamron Spaulding (145), Chris Knudson (171), Matt Ward (189), and Tyson Sessions (215)...

Norma Jean Charbonneau, 68, of Glenns Ferry, formerly of Mountain Home, died at her home on Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, after a long battle with cancer. At this time no services are planned. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Rosella (Diamond) More will be honored Friday as the Person of the Year by the Mountain Home Black History Committee, one of the highlights of the annual semi-formal Black History Banquet. The annual banquet celebrating Black History Month will be held Friday, Feb. 16, at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 3175 Foothills Road, in Mountain Home...

Elmore County Commissioners admit that it will be a challenge to bring the Glenns Ferry landfill into compliance with State and Federal regulations and correct deficiencies found at the landfill (during a recent inspection), by the April deadline. Commissioner Larry Rose said that they (the commissioners) were pleased with the progress so far by the current operators to clean up the landfill and operate it properly...

This week, 11-year old Benjamin Ceccarelli of Mountain Home, traveled to New York City with his mother, Laurie, and his dog, Ace, to compete in the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Ceccarelli, who has been showing dogs competitively for the past couple of years, had to gain 13 wins in the last year to qualify for the NYC show...

Hoping for a miracle, the Western Elmore County Recreation District (WECRD) will submit a funding appropriations package to Congress this week seeking one to two million dollars to help fund construction of the long-awaited community center in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers came away with a split of their boys basketball games last week, winning on the road at Middleton and losing at home to Nampa. Mtn. Home 46 Middleton 43 Tough defense and a never-say-die attitude helped the Mountain Home Tigers get past the Middleton Vikings 46-43 last Wednesday night at Middleton in SIC 4A conference basketball...