Stories from Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Mountain Home High will kick off its annual Homecoming week, Monday, Oct. 2. On Monday, the sophomores will be dressed in costume under the theme "partners in crime", while the lunch-time activity will be a three-legged race. The night time activity, for Monday, will feature "Macho Man" volleyball between the senior and junior males starting at 7 p.m...

Local Elk's members and the community suffered a huge loss last week when a late night fire destroyed the Elk's Lodge facility in Mountain Home but plans are already underway to rebuild the community venue as quickly as possible. In the short term, Lodge Manager Marie Bollinger, who has been fielding many calls, said, "We are doing what we can to help groups that had events booked this fall to find a different facility."...

Edward Merl McFadden, 62, of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, at a Boise hospital. A private family service will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Tom and Celia Hall of Bruneau will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 29, 2007. Celia is originally from Mountain Home and Tom was born and raised in Bruneau. The met and married shortly after Tom was discharged from the Army, having served in the Pacific during WWII. The have been ranching in Bruneau since 1949. The first two years of their marriage were spent on the Petan Ranch in northern Nevada...

Mike and Sherilynn Buckner have announced the engagement of their daughter Michelle Lynn Buckner to Chad Tyler Wallace, the son of Dennis and Linda Wallace of Houston, Texas. Michelle, who is from Mountain Home, is a senior at Brigham Young University majoring in Political Science. Chad is a 2007 graduate of BYU and plans to obtain his masters degree in Public Administration...

Dear editor: I am writing this in support of Fr. Raul Covarrubias, for myself and several other members of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Parish who feel they cannot write a letter. (Not surprising) the account of Fr. Raul's recent suspension reported in the Idaho Statesman was worded toward a very negative bias, with innuendos rather than facts. Using the past tense, "was," they also misrepresented a statement given by the parish secretary...

Dear editor: These pictures give evidence to what happens when agencies or people with authority can't or won't work together. We're not talking about hundreds of fish, but thousands of fish, largemouth bass, blue gill and trout. The needless waste of a resource that coordination and a piece of paper (transport permit), could have prevented. ...

Dear editor: I would like to publicly thank our wonderful local fire department for their display of the American flag from their ladder truck on 9/11, along with all their fire trucks lined up in the old El Rancho lot. I was totally awestruck at the beauty of this site when I came up from under the underpass!...

Dear editor: I would like to take this opportunity to speak out for Mitch Prouty, candidate for city council. Mitch and I have worked together in his family business. It is there that I have come to appreciate Mitch's good sense of business. He understands the needs of a small business and in particular one located in downtown Mountain Home...

Dear editor: Mitch Prouty is a friend of mine. I have known him for the better part of ten years. Mitch is running for city council and I plan to vote for him. Here is why. Mitch is a good person. He doesn't have a sour bone in his body and isn't the type to fight over opinion just for the sake of fighting. He is the kind of person who will think things through before jumping out and making hasty decisions. Decisions that may not be in the best interests of our town...

Dear editor: In reference to Ms. Ash, and her "Shame on those who voted 'no'" letter to the editor. It's unfortunate that you feel your education was 'short-changed' due to a shortage of textbooks during your senior year. However, I highly doubt your struggle to "catch-up" was based solely on a shortage of textbooks...

Mountain Home Youth Soccer teams endured a tough week as they went down to defeat in all of their contests. The U14 Boys midweek game against Vallivue/Caldwell found the team down 3-1 at the whistle, with Mike Daniels scoring off a Brent Sexauer assist. Coach Rob Daniels said Saturday's match against Ida-Ore Xtreme "was the best team effort we have played yet this season and it was a tough one to lose"-- United came up short in the 4-3 loss...

There were some exciting football games last Saturday in Optimist Football, with a couple Mountain Home teams picking up wins. In the Freshman (9-year-olds) Division, C-2 Construction picked up its first win of the season, beating Angel's Bar, 32-0. Moxie Java-TCBY lost to Rhino Sports, 24-6...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers started off the week with a loss to Skyview, but finished the week with wins over Middleton and Jerome. Skyview 4 Mtn. Home 0 The Lady Tigers hosted Skyview last Monday at Eastside Park and were blanked by the Lady Hawks, 4-0...

John Deal kicked a 21-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Mountain Home Tigers to an 18-15 SIC 4A football win over the Columbia Wildcats last Friday night at Tiger Field in Mountain Home. The game proved to be a defensive struggle with scores early on resembling a baseball score...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team started off the week with a loss at Skyview, then battled to ties with Middleton and Jerome. Skyview 4 Tigers 1 The Tigers had their two-game win streak snapped at Skyview last Tuesday when they lost to the Hawks, 4-1, but showed a lot of improvement from early in the season when the Hawks beat them 11-1...