Stories from Wednesday, August 15, 2007

It's officially a race. Russ Anderson has announced his candidacy for the Mountain Home City Council. Anderson becomes the third candidate to announce for the two city council positions up for election this November. Geoff Schroeder and Albert Clement had previously announced...

"I've never seen anything like it," exclaimed Stephanie Plummer after watching one wagon and five horseback riders cross the Snake River during the 22nd Annual Three Island Crossing last Saturday at Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry. "I think its one of the most exciting things I've seen in my lifetime," Plummer said smiling...

Citizen complaints and city staff comments had the city council members questioning Mayor Joe B. McNeal about his work hours, not for the first time, at the regular council meeting on Monday evening. The issue was raised by council President Alain Isaac, who remarked that she and other council members had received complaints from citizens that the mayor was not working regular hours at city hall, as required by City Code Section 1-5-3, Work Hours...

Dear editor: It is a sad reality that on Friday night, Aug. 3, some Mountain Home parents did not know what their children were doing. Maybe it even sadder that they have to hear about it from a stranger and still not realize that it is their children that triggered this letter...

Dear Editor: A carnival does not a county fair make: The Elmore City Fair was a success, and all seemed happy with the outcome. There are so many people to thank. I'm sure I'll miss a few but all the open class superintendents and judges cannot be replaced. Our gentleman janitor was never without a broom and dust pan. A special thank you to him for a clean building...

Dear editor: Thank you to the Elmore County Growth and Development Department and Mr. Garza for a job well done in our area. Mountain Home and through out the whole country has a multitude of unsightly properties and yards and there are laws to cover it all...

The city council ripped Mayor Joe B. McNeal the other night for his work hours. McNeal was clearly furious and contended he puts in a full day of work every day. He saw it as a political move in an election year. In part, the timing of the public condemnation of the mayor may have been due to the upcoming elections, certainly not a single member of the council will be voting for him and they all clearly hope he'll be defeated, but the private complaints of the council about his work habits have been longstanding and growing.. ...

Roswell A. Johnson, 90 ,of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007, at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise on Thursday, Aug.16. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Leonard Earl Lambeth, Jr., 49, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, peacefully at home with the love of his life, Joyce, by his side. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtery Chapel, in Mountain Home. Leo was born Aug. ...

Dr. Robert H. Borghalthaus, 78, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, at a Boise hospital, with his family at his side. A viewing will be held Friday, Aug. 17, from 9:30-10:45 a.m., at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mountain Home Stake Center, with funeral services to follow at the church at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

The Elmore Medical Center Foundation held its 6th Annual Golf Classic and Silent Saturday, raising more that $10,000 for a Zoll Defibrillator for the hospital and to support the growing endowment fund. The event was attended by 122 golfers playing at Desert Canyon Golf Course making it the best attended Foundation tournament to date...