Stories from Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., the firm that hopes to build a nuclear power plant in the Bruneau/Grand View area, last week announced an agreement with Idaho landowner and businessman James C. Hilliard on his land for a proposed 1,600 megawatt energy complex in Owyhee County in Southwestern Idaho...

The community is invited to attend a public meeting to learn more about the May 22 hospital expansion project bond on Thursday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion's War Memorial Hall, 515 E. 2nd South St. Participants will learn about the expansion plan and have their questions answered. A 10-minute video tour of the hospital will be featured at the meeting. This video was created to educate voters about the daily challenges being faced in the current building...

White Knuckle Racing will be operating the Motocross at Optimist Park this year. The city council approved the final agreement with White Knuckle for the Motocross at Optimist Park and authorized Mayor Joe B. McNeal to sign the agreement. The agreement comes after many debated issues including sound levels, water usage and use of city equipment...

With calls to "Free the dinosaur!" and "Free the oppressed!" local patrons of the Sunset C convenience store and gas station (owned by Sinclair Oil) on Highway 30 in Mountain Home have been protesting in recent weeks, the incarceration of the green prehistoric creature named "Claire," who calls the front of the store home...

Kodi James Brewer, infant son of Tiffany N. Morris and Thomas W. Brewer, died Saturday, April 7, 2007 at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Kodi is survived by: his mother, Tiffany N. ...

Dave and Ramona Dopps have announced the engagement of their daughter, Shannon, to Trevor Beaver, son of Doug and Mae Beaver. Shannon and Trevor are both 1998 graduates of Mountain Home High School. Shannon is presently employed by Western Supply in Boise...

Paul and Jessie Miller of Bruneau have announced the engagement of their daughter, Anita Marie Miller, to J.T. White of Jordan Valley. The groom is the son of Jerry and Terry White of Jordan Valley. Anita is a graduate of Boise State University and is currently working at the Idaho Beef Council and Cabela's...

Preston and Linda Lord of Mountain Home and Bill and Linda Zumstein of Prairie have announced the engagement of their daughter, Emmy Zumstein, to Jake Corder, son of Tim and Lavonne Corder of Mountain Home. Emmy is a 2005 graduate of Mountain Home High School and attended the College of Southern Idaho. She is employed at Elmore Medical Center...

In a busy week of baseball, the Mountain Home Tigers picked up their first three wins of the season, their first coming at Columbia to earn a conference split with the Wildcats. Columbia 10 Mtn. Home 4 Errors left their mark at Mountain Home last Tuesday when the Mountain Home Tigers hosted the Columbia Wildcats in conference baseball. A total of 16 errors were committed in the ball game -- 10 by Mountain Home -- which led to six unearned runs in a 10-4 loss to Columbia...

Mountain Home Lady Tiger freshman pitcher Nickayla Skinner continued to impress last week, throwing shutouts against Emmett and Middleton. The Lady Tigers stepped out of conference play on Saturday, traveling down to Twin Falls where they lost to a good Lady Bruin team...

Three track meets and three wins so far for the Mountain Home Tiger boys track team. The latest was last Thursday at Nampa, when they won a quadrangular, picking up 95 points. Kuna was second with 61, with Nampa close behind at 59, and Skyview last with 51...