Stories from Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Motocross racing and events are expected to resume at Optimist Park this year after the city council approved awarding a contract to operate the track to White Knuckle Racing at the regular council meeting Monday evening. The city only received two bids for the contract at the track and a selection committee chose White Knuckle Racing over Pleasant Valley Promotions because of their 10 years of prior experience and "positive track record" at Optimist Park...

The hospital board has decided to try again to get the public to approve a bond issue for a major expansion of Elmore Medical Center. The Hospital District Board of Trustees, at its March 7 meeting, approved a resolution that set a May 22, special election to seek voter approval of a bond to finance the hospital expansion plan. The $23.5 million general obligation bond will be used to build a new patient care facility at Elmore Medical Center...

George M. Lucich, 79, formerly of Glenns Ferry and King Hill, died Feb. 2, 2007 at the VA Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. Cremation has taken place and the family is planning a memorial service later in the summer months. Arrangements are under the guidance of Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home of Spokane Valley, Wash...

Beatrice Alice Reed, 91, formerly of Mountain Home, died March 7, 2007, in Bellevue, Wash. Funeral services were held Saturday at Greenwood Funeral Home in Renton, Wash. A viewing was held at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel on Tuesday, March 13, followed by burial at Mountain View Cemetery...

Martin D. Waters, 49, of Crescent City Calif., formerly of Mountain Home, died of cancer on Saturday, March 10, 2007. He was cremated in California and his ashes will be scattered in a special place in Idaho. Martin (Marty) was born in Mountain Home, on Aug. 16, 1957...

David L. Humpherys 49, of Sunnyside, Wash., formerly of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at home, surrounded by his family. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Monday, March 12, at Resurrection Catholic Church with burial in the Zillah City Cemetery...

The Mountain Home golf teams all had golf dates at Emmett last week. The Tiger boys varsity finished sixth, the JV boys were third, and the girls did not have a full team at the match. The varsity boys match was last Tuesday. The host Huskies from Emmett won the match, shooting a 164. Bishop Kelly was second at 171, followed by Nampa and Skyview at 173, Middleton was next at 175, followed by Mountain Home at 179, Kuna at 186 and Columbia at 227...

The Mountain Home Tigers host a quadrangular track meet Friday at Tiger Field. Tiger head track coach Rich Urquidi indicated the turnout for track this year has been another good one. "We've been having between 80 and 85 at every practice, so we're all excited about that. We've got a lot of kids out and we've got some new faces and we've got pretty much everybody we were expecting back, so we're looking forward to the season."...

The Mountain Home Tigers open their 2007 baseball season this week with games against Timberline and Emmett. Tiger head baseball coach Travis DeVore indicated he is pleased with the turnout for baseball this year. "Actually it was about the exact amount of kids you need to put a couple teams together. ...

Mountain Home came away with wins over Timberline and Wood River last week as the Lady Tigers opened its softball season. Lady Tigers 1 Timberline 0 (8 innings) Sammy Dodge drove in the winning run in the top of the eighth inning at Timberline Thursday, and freshman pitcher Nickayla Skinner struck out nine and scattered four hits to pick up the 1-0 win...