Stories from Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Magistrate Court Richard L. McElveen, 34, was found guilty for driving without privileges (4/23/04). McElveen was sentenced to 90 days in jail (80 days suspended), placed on one year probation, had his drivers license suspended for 180 days and fined $500 plus $302.50 in court costs...

Arrests Heidi Renee Dean, 27--reckless driving; invalid drivers license. Jose Becerra Morales, 46--DWP; DUI. Thomas Jacob O' Brien, 28--DWP. Richard Charles Hoover II, 18--drug paraphernalia-use or possess; obstruct or resist officer; providing false information...

The MHHS Design and Production team from the high school drama department will present "Treasure Island" May 7-10. Performances begin at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, the high seas adventure finds Jim and the villainous pirate Long John Silver traveling across the ocean to find Captain Flint's legendary fortune. ...

As gas prices skyrocket a number of "quick fixes" have been proposed by politicians lining up at the self-serving pump. Foremost among them is a "gas tax holiday," proposed in various forms by Sen. John McCain and Sen. Hillary Clinton. As much as we would love to see the price of gas drop -- it is literally killing this country -- these proposals are purely politically cosmetic approaches to the problem, and they're not likely to be approved, either by Congress or the president...

Dear editor: The recent school bond proposal is history. Now people of good will can get together to do something really positive for the community and the schools. Indeed, I'm aware of several citizens coming forward to do just that, to work with both the school board and the school district for a bond proposal which will do everything it needs to do, without the frills...

Dear editor: How come the school district needs $37 million to complete a gymnasium that property owners are still paying for every month? Heck, the Elks club burned down and they only need $1.4 million to rebuild a facility that gets expanded to 14,000 square feet. It will seat 450, with additional toilets and an enlarged kitchen. Plus, the Elks came in $200,000 under budget...

Dear editor: Please don't allow the people who train their hunting dogs using the cats to get away with it. Make people aware of it by talking about it to everyone. The cold, nasty people have done this criminal act against the cats and they think they are untouchable. You will get what's coming to you, eventually. We're watching and talking. Mountain Home knows who you are and what you've done and probably still are. So never relax...

Dear editor: I liked your editorial in April 30 paper. I also liked your notebook article about 20 second sound bites. I was glad to hear that you as a reporter get all the news and help us understand more than our 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. news give us. I always watch the news on TV but as you say, it does not give us the whole story as it has only a limited time. ...

Dear editor: The school bond is behind us, thank goodness. Perhaps the community can come together on the issues that plague our local educational system. I have seen some of the problems, such as well-read books with taped pages or printing so faint it is almost illegible. Someone said their school would be unable to purchase new books if the bond did not pass. Truth or rumor?...

Donald and Tina Mespelt and Dave and Wendy Holmes have announced the engagement of their children, Dawn and David. Dawn Mespelt and David Holmes are seniors at Mountain Home High School. They will get married June 7 at the gazebo at Mountain Home Air Force Base with a reception to follow at the Gunfighter Club...

Jerry Michael Gyllenskog, 52, of Mountain Home died peacefully at home in the arms of his wife after a battle with cancer. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, May 7, from 4-7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 8, at 1 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A reception will follow at the LDS Church...

David Walter Sherman, 69, of Mountain Home, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at his home. Friends and family are invited to attend the memorial service at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home on Friday, May 9, at 10:30 a.m. Dave will be placed to rest at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise...

Billy "Bill" D. James, 71, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at a local care center. He had fought a six-month-long battle after having a stroke in October 2007. A graveside inurnment will be held on Saturday, May 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Dick L. Groefsema, 83, formerly of Mountain Home, died suddenly yet peacefully at his home in Gustine, Calif., on Friday, May 2, 2008. Memorial services will be held today, Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. at the Hillview Funeral Chapel, 515 1st Street in Gustine...

Harry Max Hannig, 93, of Mountain Home, died May 2, 2008, with his family by his side, at the home of his daughter, Erika, and son-in-law, Edger Junger. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 12, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Wendell (Scotty) and Mary Lou Scott will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house at the Carl Miller Park Gazebo in Mountain Home from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 17. Friends are invited to a pot luck style luncheon. The event is being hosted by the families of their children, Doris and Steve Roberts of Mountain Home and Bill and Nina Scott of Heyburn. The children are planning on sending them on a second honeymoon to the Oregon coast...

The Mountain Home Tigers squared off against the rest of the 4A SIC golf teams at Falcon Crest Golf Course on April 28. Mountain Home came in fifth in the girls competition and sixth in the boys. Bishop Kelly ran away with the girls competition, shooting a sizzling 124 to best second place Emmett (163) by 39 strokes. Skyview was next with 166, Columbia came in with a 179, three shots better than Mountain Home's 182, Kuna shot a 189, and Nampa came in at 191...

Five members of the Mountain Home High School Rodeo Team placed in the top five at its rodeo in Homedale over the weekend. Justin Jarvis placed fourth in tie-down roping and third in team roping with his partner Kristan Ducharme. Jarvis also placed fifth in Sunday's tie-down event...

Home runs and great hitting were the highlights in wins last Friday and Saturday as the 14U girls defeated Kuna and Homedale in youth girls softball action. On Friday against Kuna it was Sarah Osborn's hot bat that gave her a home run in the 5th and a two-RBI game-winning single in the bottom of the 6th. The team combined for a batting average of .490...

A newly remodeled Danskin Boat Launch facility or the South Fork Boise River, made possible in-part by a $13,000 donation from the Boise Valley Fly Fisherman, was recently dedicated by its members, guests and the Mountain Home Ranger District personnel...

Mountain Home senior Matt Ward has received a prestigious national football honor. The Tiger senior who was voted Southern Idaho Conference 4A Defensive Player of the year and First Team All-State defense, has received an award from the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame...

The Mountain Home Tigers junior varsity baseball team closed out its regular season schedule with a sweep of Nampa last week. Tigers 14 Nampa 7 An eight-run fifth inning put the game away for Mountain Home last Tuesday in Nampa, as the JV Tigers beat Nampa's JV Bulldogs 14-7...

Mountain Home Youth Soccer teams wrapped up their league games on Saturday with two teams finishing with a tally in the win column. The Glenns Ferry U11 Girls beat Middleton Blue 2-1 on scores from Kylee Carpenter and Sam Tveidt. Coach Patty Villavicencio praised her whole team's improvement in their ball-handling skills and passing during the season and credited Assistant Coach Janae Gennette with helping train the girls this spring...

The Mountain Home girls track team won the quadrangular track meet at Columbia last Friday, while the Tiger boys finished in third place. Mountain Home had 10 first place finishes in racking up 93 points in the girls competition. Middleton was second with 70, Bishop Kelly had 61, and Columbia, 43...

Mountain Home's Lady Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Nampa 4-3 and avoid an upset in the first round of the District III 4A Softball Tourney at Bishop Kelly. The win put them in the semi-finals against Bishop Kelly on Tuesday. See next week's paper for a full wrap up of the district tourney...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team closed out its regular season play on a high note last week with three wins for the Tiger boys and a strong showing by the girls. Tiger Boys 5 Minico 2 Tiger Girls 2 Minico 5 The Tiger boys picked up another win over Minico in a match played last Monday at the airbase...

The Mountain Home Tigers bounced back from a home loss against Nampa to beat the Bulldogs at Nampa and gain a split with the Bulldogs last week to close out the regular season. Nampa 12 Tigers 9 The Nampa Bulldogs scored three runs in the top of the seventh on just one hit to complete a comeback as they downed Mountain Home, 12-9, snapping the Tigers six-game win streak...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers closed out their regular season softball schedule with wins over Emmett and Middleton to win the SIC 4A conference title and earn the number one seed heading into this week's District III 4A Softball Tournament. Mtn. Home 4...

The $37 million Mountain Home School District bond issue went down to defeat in heavy voting last Tuesday, a decision that will leave the district scambling to find solutions to the problems the bond might have solved. Only 1,465 voters cast ballots to approve the bond, with 952 of the 2,417 total ballots cast marked "no." Although the bond received a 60.6 percent approval rate it required 67 percent to pass...

The 61st annual Camp Wilson Boy Scout rendezvous and barbecue enjoyed great weather as hundreds of scouts and members of the public turned out for the three days of events in the mountains between Pine and Featherville. "It was shirtsleeve weather," with no wind or snow on the ground said Joni Vann, one of the barbecue volunteers...

Earlier this afternoon, a red Silverado truck towing another vehicle was driving down I-84 near mile marker 99. Due to increasing winds, the truck lost control and the vehicle that was being hauled, rolled over and ended up on it's top in the right side of the roadway. No lanes blockage or injuries were reported...

On Saturday, May 17, Mountain Home will hold its 42nd annual downtownCrazee Daze event, sponsored by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee. The event will feature 50 booths, mostly consisting of food and crafts, lined up along the sidewalks in the downtown area...