Stories from Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Elmore County Fair Board has selected Dale and Vicki Smith of Glenns Ferry to be the Grand Marshals for this year's Elmore County Fair and Rodeo, scheduled for the week of July 23-29 at the Elmore County Fairgrounds in Glenns Ferry. "This year's theme is 'Honoring our Military-Past, Present and Future."...

The Air Warfare Battlelab (AWB) at Mountain Home AFB will soon close its doors, the result of budget cuts. All seven of the AF Battlelabs will be closing this year. The MHAFB Battlelab will cease to exist on Aug. 1, 2007. A team of 25 Air Force experts from different strategic career fields comprise the AWB...

James "Rod" Scott, 67, of Boise, formerly of Elmore County, died Monday, April 23, 2007, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Frances Burton, 82, of Mountain Home, died April 17, 2007, in Mountain Home. No services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burton was born Oct. 8, 1924, in Elliott, Iowa. She married Robert Burton in 1942 and dedicated her life to following "her soldier" around the world until he preceded her in death in 1990...

Bennett Brown, 72, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, April 21, 2007, at a local hospital. Inurnment will be held that the Idaho Veterans Cemetery in Boise at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Frank Sherman Worthington, 72, of Grand View, died Monday, April 23, 2007, at the home of his daughter, Fay, where he was being cared for. At his request, private family services will be held in Kamiah at a later date. His wish was to be put near his favorite fishing hole, where he enjoyed many hours of fishing. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Delmer Wilbert Prest, 86, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 16, 2007 at a Boise hospital. At his request, no services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Delmer was born May 1, 1920, in Grangeville, Idaho, the son of Delbert and Stella Prest...

Raymond E. Ashby, 83, of Bruneau, died Monday, April 23, 2007, at a Nampa care center. At his request, no services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. "This is a tribute to my husband who has held my heart and my trust for 56 years. Our time together was full of events; work and play, adventure and travels, traumas and blessings, tears and laughter, sickness and health and always partners," his wife said...

Maxine M. Allen, 71, of Mountain Home died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at her home, with loved ones by her side. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Cremation will be under the direction of Rost Funeral Home. Maxine was born Aug. 13, 1935, in Eudora, Ark., to William George and Minnie Lee Rhodes. She had 12 siblings...

Dominick Anthony Payne, 4 month-old son of Patricia and Jeremy Payne, died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at a local hospital. A memorial service was held Tuesday, April 24, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Dominick on Jan. 1, 2007, 3 ½ months premature, weighing only 1 lb. 9 oz...

John William Allen, 73, of King Hill, died April 14, 2007, at his home. There will be no services at John's request. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Demaray Funeral Service -- Gooding Chapel. John was born on June 16, 1933, in Gooding, Idaho, to Henry E. and Willa "Billie" Allen...

Erica Salvagno and Chris Lente were united in marriage March 17, 2007, at St. James Church in Mountain Home. Salvagno is a 1993 graduate of Battle Ground High School and is currently employed with the Mountain Home School District. Lente is a 1988 graduate of Mountain Home High School is is employed by the Idaho Army National Guard in Boise...

Mark and Lisa Russell of Mountain Home, John and Wanda Hale of Montana, and John and Marci Hutchinson of Detroit Lakes, Minn., have announced the engagement of their children, Jennifer Kay Hutchinson and Michael Steven Russell. Jennifer is a graduate of Detroit Lakes High School and a 2007 graduate of the University of North Dakota in Visual Arts and K-12 education...

The Mountain Home Tigers had some good efforts at last Friday's Boise Relays at Boise State University. In the boys' competition, Mountain Home won the 4x100-meter throwers relay. That team was made up of Jerrod Sell, Josh McCoy, Tanner Carpenter and Jacob Viola...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers had hoped to keep pace with Bishop Kelly in SIC 4A conference softball, setting the stage for this week's meeting at Bishop Kelly, but Skyview had other ideas, as the Lady Tigers beat Nampa, but lost to Skyview last week...

The Mountain Home Tigers saw their four-game win streak snapped by Vallivue Tuesday, but extended their conference win streak to five with a sweep of Middleton last week. Vallivue 15 Mtn. Home 5 The Vallivue Falcons snapped Mountain Home's four game win streak Tuesday, downing the Tigers, 15-5, in a non-conference baseball game in Mountain Home...

Vicki Lynn Jacobs, 56, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 16, 2007, at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Vicki was born on Jan. 2, 1950, in Wyandotte, Mich., the daughter of Bruce and June Jacobs. She grew up and was schooled in Wyandotte. She lived in California for a time...

Easter morning did not include baskets and colored eggs for one soldier. Instead he fought off insurgents and lost a comrade while serving in Iraq. Pfc. Steven James Cornford, 18, of Mountain Home is stationed out of Fort Hood, Texas, with Alpha 38 1st Cavalry Division and he was recently deployed to Iraq...

Magistrate's Court Cesar Martinez-Botello, 20, pleaded guilty to an amended misdemeanor for frequenting a place used for a controlled substance. He was sentenced to 90 days jail time with 85 days suspended and he was credited with one day. Martinez-Botello was placed on probation for one year. He had fines of $300 with $150 suspended and he had court costs of $117.50...

Adult arrests Julio Rojas-Morales, 54 -- driving without a valid drivers license. Jose Martinez-Salas, 23 -- failure to appear warrant; two contempt/failure to pay warrants. Armando Torres-Saucedo, 23 -- failure to obey citation warrant; failure to purchase drivers license; false information to an officer...