Stories from Friday, March 14, 2008

Dear editor: My mother, Phyllis Bate, was shopping at Wal-Mart on March 8 around 7 p.m. She paid for her groceries, put her things in a cart, and went to her car. Somewhere between the checkstand and her car, she "lost" her purse. I say "lost" because when she made her next stop, her purse was not with her...

Dear editor: I hope everyone will take time to fill out the city survey questionnaire enclosed in your water bill. There is a section inquiring about your leisure time activities. Did you notice that swimming was not included despite the fact that we have a city swimming pool and there are many people who participate in aquatic programs year-round in private pools and on the base?...

Dear editor: On July 20, 2007, the father of my four children passed away. My four children received very few of their father's material possessions. One item they did receive was a go-cart their father had purchased for them. They had many good memories of being out in the desert with their father and riding this go-cart...

Dear editor: I received a phone call from a concerned citizen informing me of a certain individual using cats to train their hunting hound dogs. These cats wind up getting tortured, maimed and killed by the dogs. This is a travesty, not only for the cats who get killed but for the dogs who learn to kill for the taste of blood. These individuals are dangerously sick. This cold, bloody act must get stopped...

Dear editor: After reviewing the report and comments of a 10-year old bringing a gun to school, I have really wondered what has happened to society? We are in a crucial time where children are killing children, and we still have the ability to teach them proper restrictions. Instead of using problem-solving techniques, the mob mentality takes over (for both sides) and fingers are then pointed. Where does liability lie, I ask? How do we solve this problem?...

Dear editor: The craziness and unpredictability of the times, along with social and political issues, and economy, compounded by world events, are making this troublesome times. Like most Americans I have lost faith in both political parties, and resent the prevailing side show...

Neil B. Boyce, 83 of Salem, Oregon, formerly of Glenns Ferry and Hagerman, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at a local care center. A graveside service was held on Friday, March 14, 2008 at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

The Glenns Ferry Lady Pilots went up against the defending 3A State softball champions at Kimberly in their season opener at Kimberly on March 11, and were 10-runned and no-hit in both ball games, losing the first game, 11-1,and the second game, 15-0...

Randi Ortega, of Hammett, became the first recipient of a $500 Elmore Medical Center Foundation Education Scholarship. Ortega is enrolled in the Registered Nursing Program at Apollo College. The Elmore Medical Center Foundation Education Scholarship Fund was established with an initial donation made by Lynda Vilanova, former Chief Nursing Officer at Elmore Medical Center. ...

The Glenns Ferry Pilots found the going tough at Kimberly on March, dropping two to the Bulldogs, 11-1, and 18-3, both games five inning affairs. The Pilots failed to get a hit in the first game off Bulldog pitcher Blake Lawson. In the second game, Cody Crawshaw hit a home run for the Pilots, who fell to 0-3 with the loss...