Stories from Wednesday, October 15, 2008

On Wednesday, four first-grade classes, (96 students in total) from North Elementary School went on a special field trip to the Boise Zoo. The purpose of the field trip was for students to be able to participate in connecting the information and events in their texts to real world applications and for the students to discover different facts about animals, homes, and habitats, through hands-on activities...

The Mountain Home Tigers freshman football team scored early and often on their way to a 66-0 blowout win over the Nampa freshmen last Thursday at Tiger Field. Austin Clark set the tone for the game by running back the opening kickoff 72 yards for a touchdown. Clark would score three more touchdowns in the game -- two on runs and one on a pass from Jake Hennessey -- and Juan Silva scored three touchdowns as the Tigers led 20-0 after a quarter, 41-0 at halftime, and 54-0 after three...

The Mountain Home High School JV team beat Nampa 1-0 in the second period of overtime to win the JV District Tournament Saturday without giving up a single point in the tournament. Mert Baysal scored the winning goal five minutes into the overtime period. Goalie Tomas Guillen had 16 saves during regulation to hold the Bulldogs scoreless...

The Mountain Home Tigers JV football team scored touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters and held off drives by Nampa to down the Bulldog JV 13-0 last Thursday night at Tiger Field in Mountain Home. The first half ended in a scoreless tie. The Tigers turned the ball over twice in the first half on fumbles. The second time was at the Nampa three-yard line to kill a drive...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers had another tough battle with Columbia last Thursday night at Columbia High School in Nampa, losing in three close games to the Lady Wildcats in conference volleyball. Mountain Home battled the Lady Wildcats tough in game one before losing 19-25. They lost the second game 17-25, and in a real battle, came up short in the third game 23-25...

The Mountain Home girls cross country team could have used a GPS system last Thursday at Jerome. Mountain Home's top three girls runners took a wrong turn and ended up running an extra 100 meters, which cost them a first-place finish in the tri-meet. The girls had to settle for second place, their 42 points nine behind Jerome's 33. Middleton was third with 48 points...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers had a rough week in girls soccer last week, losing one and tying one to close out the regular season and then dropping their opening round match at district. BK 3 MH 2 Bishop Kelly scored twice in the last two minutes to pull out a 3-2 girls soccer conference win over Mountain Home last Tuesday at Eastside Park...

After battling a tough Bishop Kelly squad to a 1-1 tie earlier in the week, the Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team closed out their regular season with a win over Emmett, and then opened the district tourney with an overtime win over Columbia. Tigers 1...

Mountain Home High School football coach Brian Floyd was frustrated after the team's 54-7 loss to Nampa. "The frustrating thing about that game, is it's one thing to get beat, but it's another thing to tie yourself to a pole and give them a bat," Floyd said...

Evelyn Kay Puder, 69, of Twin Falls, died Oct. 4, 2008. in Mountain Home, following a year-long battle with cancer. Memorial services were held Friday, Oct.10, at Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home in Twin Falls. Evelyn was born on Aug. 3, 1939, in Aurora, Iowa, to Harry and Dora (Butterfield) Fairchild...

John T. Davis, 84, of Hammett, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, at a Boise hospital. Graveside Services, with military honors by the American Legion, Post #26 from Mountain Home, were held Friday, Oct. 10, at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. John was born on Sept. 16, 1924, the youngest of five children to Homer and Della Davis in Williams Hollar, Mo. The family moved to Castleford, Idaho, when John was 13...

Florence D. Hampton, 91, of Bruneau died Oct. 7, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 13, at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Burial followed at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Victor "Chino" Manuel Sosa Gomez, 36, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at a Boise hospital. A viewing will begin at 4 p.m. and a rosary at 6 p.m. today, Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will be held at Aquiles Serdan in Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico, later this week...

William J. Esbensen, Jr., 72, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Oct. 7, 2008, after a battle with a long-term illness. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Bill was born April 11, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pa., during the Great Depression. He was raised in south Philadelpia, where he met his first wife, Norma. They married and had four boys, Richard, Ralph, Bill and Michael...

John Hobart Wilson, 83, formerly of Mountain Home, died in Odell, Ore., Sept. 18, 2008. Memorial services will be held at the Bruneau Legion Hall on Oct. 25, beginning at 11 a.m.

Patricia Elliott, 53, of Mountain Home, died June 28, 2008. Memorial services will be held at the Bruneau Legion Hall on Oct. 25, beginning at noon.

Wallace "Wally" James Pedrazzini, 82, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, at his home. No services are planned. He was born in Payette, Idaho, and spent his childhood in Petaluma, Calif., until in 1943, at the age of 17, he enlisted in the Navy. He ended his 20 years of service as a Chief Petty Officer (SKC USA, Ret.)...

Rick and Penny Zamora will celebrate 25 years of marriage Oct. 15 with a celebration at their home. The couple was married Oct. 15, 1983, in Pocatello, and have four children.

Dear editor: Subject: The end of a way of life, the fruits of our collective action. Not from foreign enemies, nor from want of substance, but from all consuming greed and stupidity to bring an end to our free market. Freedom, democracy, demands moral rational and responsible participants, the immune system that protects us...

Dear editor: World War III is inevitable and will start in the near future, no matter who becomes our next president. We cannot prevent it. However, I believe John McCain is the man who knows how to handle this crisis. He will use whatever means is necessary to win this war...

Dear editor: One of my close friends berates me occasionally for talking too much in public forums. So, I will be short and to the point. Fact: I voted in favor of creating the Western Elmore Recreation District back 2000. Fact: I am a strong proponent of recreation...

Dear editor: Back in the early 90s, we were stationed here with the Air Force. When we retired, we, like so many other families, moved to Boise. Now we are back in Mountain Home again, having tired of all the crowds, traffic and pollution in Boise. We think Mountain Home is a much nicer town this time around with a lot of potential. However, it lacks some of the amenities that would make living here a lot more enjoyable...

Dear editor: There isn't enough fertilizer to keep the ROSE from wilting. It's time to crown the KING (Doug) for Elmore County Commissioner as write-in candidate for District Two commissioner's seat, November 4th, 2008! "Let us dare to read, think, speak and write." -- John Adams, 1765...

Dear editor: I wrote to you a few years ago regarding the importance of having a community indoor recreational center. My needs nor the needs of the community have not changed as implied by a recent announcement from Leanna Whitney, challenging Molly Marsh's position as director of WERCD...

Dear editor: Mollie Marsh has been a friend of mine for nearly 10 years. We worked together to develop and coordinate many youth programs while we both worked at Mountain Home Air Force Base in the 1990s. I trusted Mollie and her decisions. That is why a few years later when Mollie worked to form the Western Elmore County Recreation District, and I was a member of the Mountain Home City Council, I gave her my cautious support. ...

Dear editer: I read your editorial in the Oct. 1 paper. You pointed out McCain's mistakes. I know he is not perfect, none of us are, but he sure is better than Barack Obama. McCain is a good Christian. He has served his country well. He loves the USA. You need to build people up not tear them down. My mother taught me if you cannot say something nice, not to say anything...

Dear editor: Last week I attended the first hearing about the proposed county zoning change. I was astounded by the amount of city and county law enforcement cars and personnel there! I joined the line of people going inside the building, was told very nicely by a couple of folks they would have to look inside everything, so I put my bag (with water and medications) and oxygen on the table...

The county has come up with a fairly good plan for dealing with the nuclear power plant rezone application, splitting up hearings in such a manner that the chance of inappropriate confrontations between proponents and opponents of the plan will occur...

On Wednesday, hundreds of local children and their parents made their way to Fire Station #1 for the annual Fire Prevention Open House. The event featured each lucky child in attendance riding around the block on top and in the cab of a fire truck, as well as appearances by Sparky the Fire Dog, Smokey the Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog...

The first of four Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission public hearings regarding Alternative Energy Holdings, Inc.'s request to rezone approximately 1,345 acres of Agricultural A zoned property to Heavy Industrial to build a nuclear power plant on the land got underway last Wednesday...

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Associated Press and the Mountain Home News-- The Air Force says Mountain Home Air Force Base is one of six bases under consideration for its newest aircraft, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The decision sets in motion a process of environmental studies at each location, but the timing on when those studies will begin, and the associated hearings that will be held in conjunction with them, has not been announced, nor has the timing of when a decision will be made...

Alycia Milner and Ernie Fuentes of Mountain Home have announced the birth of a girl, Aaliyah Madison Fuentes, on Sept. 19 at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center. Aaliyah weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. and was 20 inches long. Grandparents are Robbie and Rebecca Milner and Ernest and Sue Fuentes, all of Sacramento, CA...

LaDawn Wade and Jose' Hernandez of Mountain Home have announced the birth of their daughter, AnaLis Kemmen Wade-Hernandez, on Sept. 10, 2008, at Elmore Medical Center. AnaLis weighted seven pounds, 10 ounces and was 20.5 inches long at birth. Grandmothers are Nakeia Tucker and Rosa Guarderama, both of Mountain Home...