Stories from Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Mountain Home Tigers held off the Sandpoint Bulldogs, 10-7, last Friday night in the rain and the mud at Sandpoint to advance to the 4A State semi-finals this week. A wet, rainy and later muddy field pretty much washed out both teams' passing games, with the running games taking over...

Elmore County elections deputy Vivian Garcia knew from the turnout at the primary election there would be a high number of voters voting in the Nov. 4 general election. "My gut would tighten up thinking about all the potential problems," she said. "But because of good leadership and management, none of those things went wrong."...

Richard Martin Rethwill, 69, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 1, 2008, at a local care center. A wake was held on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Sunset Sports Bar in Mountain Home. A graveside inurnment with military honors will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Minneota, Minn. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Harley "Red" Eugene Crawshaw, 62, died Nov. 5, 2008, in a Salt Lake City Hospital. It was his wish to be cremated. Services will be held at a later date in Salmon, Idaho. Harley was born June 30, 1946, in Salmon, to Charles "Tex" Eugene and Louise Maxine Crawshaw. He was the youngest of four children. He graduated from Salmon High School in May 1964...

Earl L. Madison, 45, of Mountain Home, died near Bruneau on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. A viewing was held on Sunday, Nov.9, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, and again on Monday, Nov. l0. Funeral services took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mountain Home. A graveside service followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Jimmy D. Lacks, 74, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 7, 2008, at home. His family noted that he "left this world... after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, in a way that was uniquely his." A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Military honors will be by the American Legion Post #26. Jim's final resting place will be at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise...

Each year area groups hold a number of holiday bazaars to raise money for their charitable works. For many of the groups, it is the largest fundraiser of the year. A complete list of holiday bazaars submitted to the Mountain Home News includes: Elkettes -- Nov. 15...

Dear editor: I don't care who won, declaring the winner of a national election before all the polls are closed is wrong. The TV news announced the winner of the presidential election five minutes after the polls in California closed. There is no way they were able to count all the votes that fast...

Dear editor: Mountain Home High School recently wrapped up another exciting Homecoming Week. On behalf of the students and staff at Mountain Home High School, I would like to thank the community for all their support. Our students did a great job all week and they couldn't have done it without the following help:...

Dear editor: The Mighty Tigers strike again. Friday night in Sandpoint, Idaho, the Mountain Home Tigers showed what they were made of. The word around the sportswriters and pundits was that the Mountain Home team were fair-weather football players. The Tigers proved them wrong again...

The management at AIG just doesn't seem to get it. After being the major beneficiary of the "reverse Robin Hood" bailout, in which the nation's poor "commoners" were forced to pony up for the bad decisions of the nation's rich, AIG has continued to thumb its nose at the American public with yet another corporate spending spree at a luxurious hotel and spa...

The 366th Fighter Wing's annual Holiday Cookie Drive is now underway. Based on the initial response, and a re-evaluation of the number of wing troops deployed overseas (most in combat zones), organizers of the event have increased the number of cookies they hope to collect from 1,200 dozen to 1,600 dozen, and have changed both the pick-up times and the drop-off locations for the cookies...

A blown tire may have been the cause of a crash that killed three Mountain Home residents last week, Nov. 2, on I-84. A witness reported to Idaho State Police that he saw a tire blow out on the vehicle just before it swerved out of control and rolled. ISP crash reconstructionists are working to establish the validity of that report as they continue their investigation...

November 5 • 02:27 Animal• 06:17 Vehicle Stop• 07:04 Collision Property Damage• 07:20 Juvenile Probation• 07:46 Hazard• 07:57 Probable Subject Questioned• 10:05 Traffic• 10:32 Animal• 11:25 Animal• 11:27 Trespass• 12:07 Traffic• 12:53 Civil Matter• 13:26 Traffic• 14:01 Abandoned Vehicle• 14:27 Assist• 15:38 Vehicle Stop• 16:24 Vehicle Stop• 16:28 Vehicle Stop• 16:38 Motorist Assist• 17:08 Assist• 18:06 Vehicle Stop• 18:09 Juvenile Probation• 19:11 Assist• 21:19 Alarm Law• 21:53 Collision Personal Injury• 22:15 Traffic• 22:30 Vehicle Stop• 23:05 Motorist Assist• 23:41 Missing. ...

366th Fighter Wing commander Col. James Browne offered a history of Veteran's Day while serving as the featured speaker during a chilly Tuesday ceremony at Mountain View Cemetery. "In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Veteran's Day as Armistice Day, expressing pride in the heroism of those who had died during what they believed was the 'war to end all wars'...