Stories from Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Relay For Life has announced a change in venue for the 5th Annual event which will be held Friday/Saturday, June 27-28. This year's event will take place at Eastside Park on South 14th East Street, utilizing the track at that location, rather than the Tiger Field track at the junior high...

The Mountain Home Youth Center will be moving to a new facility it hopes to build on South 5th West Street. See the Mountain Home News to find out more. http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/

A ceremony at Elk's parking lot on Flag Day, June 14, will show the proper way to dispose of an American Flag. See the Mountain Home News for more information. http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/

Grand View Days will be held June 21 this year with the theme of "Young at Heart." The tentative agenda is: Festivities in the park will begin immediately after the parade, including food, games, crafts for kids, and "the marketplace." In addition, the "story lady" will be present and a bike rodeo and softball tournament will be held. A dance will be held from 5-10 p.m. with the Sunset Riders providing the music...

Another "economic stimulus" package is being proposed by some members of Congress and Sen. Obama. Like the last one, which we just got, we're not going to turn down the government any time it wants to give us some of our money back (assuming they make cuts in programs to match the "return" so we're not going to just have to make it up with higher taxes next year). ...

To the citizens of Mountain Home: I am writing to let you know that Greg Berry, who is running for sherriff, is NOT related to Tom Berry the former Chief of Police for Mountain Home. So do not let that influence who you vote for. Greg is a former detective for Elmore County...

Dear editor: I love reading your editorials and notebook each week. You do a great job. I certainly agree with you about our great fire department. I know first hand how great they are. I had a fire in my garage, which is attached to the house. They came right away and got the fire out before it burned the house. I had smoke damage in the house but they saved it...

Dear editor: Something's afoot at the museum. It is my understanding that this spring the Friends of the Museum petitioned the Board of Directors of the Mountain Home Historical Society to have their volunteers, as a group, be recognized as an auxiliary of the organization. We all know what "auxiliary" members of any institution contribute: THEY DO ALL OF THE HARD WORK...

Dear editor: I would like to know who thought they could fix the giant potholes throughout town with 3/4 road mix. This would be a great idea if no one was to ever drive over them again or it was never to rain again. I understand this is supposed to be a temporary fix, but when this is the same fix year after year it makes me wonder why we even pay taxes...

Dear editor: We need to use every natural resource we have available to us to generate electric power. One way would be to save every bit of used oil we can and mix it with coal, which has been ground to the consistency of face powder, some wood alcohol, and a little water. This mixture would then be put in a pipeline and pumped wherever it was needed to heat water, making steam, which would generate electric power...

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cobb of Tonopah, Nev., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Clara Jane to Tell Sallee, son of Chuck Salle, of Wells, Nev., and Sheila Brierley of Indian Hills, Colo. Clara is a former resident of Pine and a 2003 Tonopah High School graduate. She attended Great Basin College in Elko and is currently in the nursing program at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls...

An Open Horse Show, sponsored by the University of Idaho Elmore County 4-H, will be held June 14 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Glenns Ferry Fairgrounds The class list and entry forms are available online at: http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/elmore.

The Mountain Home Volunteer Fire Department celebrated it's 100th birthday Saturday. See the Mountain Home News for more information and additional photos. http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/

Lorraine Mary Sizemore, 71, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at a local hospital. A memorial service was held Tuesday, June 10, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Lorraine was born on Oct.13, 1936, to Ana Clito and Katie Theresa (Silva) Reymondo and raised in Hawaii on the island of Oahu with two sisters, Julia Gonzalez and Barbara West...

Jodie Lee Strickland, 89, of Mountain Home, formerly of Bruneau, died Sunday, June 8, 2008, at a local care center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Richard D. Roseland, 58, of Mountain Home, died June 8, 2008, following a long, hard battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, June 11, at 10 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 2422 American Legion Blvd., in Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held in Harlowton, Mont., on June 16 at 2 p.m. at Perkins Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow in the Harlowton Cemetery...

Kimberly Marx and Patrick Starkey, both of Boise, have announced their upcoming wedding, Aug. 9, at the Idaho Botanical Gardens in Boise. Patrick, son of Dr. Richard Starkey and Deb Hofer and Tish Starkey, all of Mountain Home, is a teacher at Mountain Home Junior High School. Patrick graduated from Mountain Home High in 2001 and Boise State University in 2007...

Jason and Colleen Hebert have announced the celebration of their "encore wedding" on Sunday, June 22. Along with family members and friends, joining them in the special celebration is their daughter, Alexis Marie, born to the couple on Aug. 26, 2007...

The only one able to stop the Mountain Home Royals during the first week of the American Legion baseball season was Mother Nature, as rain and a wet field caused a postponement of their season opener in Glenns Ferry last Tuesday. But once the season started, the Royals came out with a bang, scoring 93 runs to just 24 in their first seven games of the season...

The 3rd Annual Daniel Dopps Memorial Dodge PRCA Rodeo will be on June 27-8 at Optimist Park in Mountain Home. Pre-rodeo events start at 7 p.m. The rodeo starts at 7:30 p.m. "With the price of fuel this year, we are hoping that attendance will be up from last year, as families are looking for entertainment close to home," said organizer Ramona Dobbs. The rodeo is named after her son, a local rodeo star who was killed four years ago in the arena...

City parks can be reserved at Mountain Home Parks and Recreation. See the Mountain Home News for more information. http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/

Lauriano "Larry" A. Uriona, 84, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Sunday, June 8, 2008. A celebration of Lauri's life will be held on Friday, June 13, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Those who wish are invited to share a short story or fond memory to honor Lauri. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Idaho Energy Complex representatives have begun a series of public information meetings meetings to inform the public about their plans to build a 1,600-megawatt nuclear reactor in Elmore county. A meeting was held Tuesday night in Mountain Home. Check www.mountainhomenews.com later today for coverage of that meeting...

Idaho Energy Complex, the company that seeks to build a nuclear power plant in Elmore County, held a public information meeting in Mountain Home Tuesday, June 10. Don Gillispie, Chairman and CEO of the company, made a brief presentation to the approximately 60 people in attendance before opening the floor for questions from Elmore County residents...

Work to repair the high school's gym got underway June 3. See the Mountain Home News for more information. http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/