Stories from Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Motorists should expect to encounter a new Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) traffic signal Wednesday (Dec. 10) at the intersection of 3rd and American Legion Boulevard in Mountain Home, the Idaho Transportation Department announced. The flashing yellow arrow means "proceed with caution and yield to oncoming traffic."...

Two juveniles have been arrested and charged with arson in the Thanksgiving Day fire at Los Primos restaurant, and another seven have been interviewed by police and will be charged in connection with the case. All of those involved, both boys and girls, are between the ages of 13 and 17...

by Michael Nowotny Mountain Home News Current economic conditions have increased the number of families needing food assistance this year, and with the demise of the Cheer Basket project the efforts to provide holiday food supplies have fallen on El Ada and local church food banks...

Dear editor: Santa came to our town again this year, and I had the privilege to talk to him for a few minutes. Santa told me he always loves to come to Mountain Home and ride the fire truck. This year was especially fun as the Junior High Cheer Team cheered Santa and the truck along all the way to the park! So, thanks to the firemen and the cheer team for helping Santa have so much fun. The parade was fantastic with a lot of friendly faces!...

Dear editor: In the Nov. 26 edition, a spokesman from Cheer Basket lamented that The Idaho Foodbank was in competition with his organization for donations and that we require proof of income before food can be distributed. I would like to clear up that misunderstanding...

Dear editor: As Harter House Independent Television, we have been members of CAM-8 since the spring of 1999. We produced religious programming and civic events such as meetings of the city council, town meetings, election forums, AFAD parades, Three Island Crossings, Christmas Parades, news programs, etc...

Dear editor: I wonder why the big shopping day, the day after Thanksgiving, is called Black Friday. Let's get rid of "Black Friday." Let's call it Blue Friday or Green Friday -- anything but "Black" unless of course it would be "black" because of a highway accident I witnessed in Boise today near the Orchard exit to the freeway or because of the doorman who was trampled to death in a New York Wal-Mart store when he let eager shoppers in...

Ann and Al Taggart of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Taggart, to Mike Yoder, son of Jay and Ronda Yoder, of Mishawaka, Ind. The couple have set a June 6, 2009, wedding date in South Bend, Ind. The bride-to-be will graduate from Boise State University in May 2009. She has been working for Benton Community School Corporation in West Lafayette, Ind...

Perry Jewett and Deanene Theiss exchanged wedding vows in front of family and friends on Nov. 29, 2008. The groom works for Simplot Livestock Co. of Grand View, and the bride works for Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home. The couple will make their home in Grand View...

Margaret "Peg" Ruth Peterson, 76, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 2, 2008, at a local care center. A celebration of her life was held Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Peg was born July 24, 1932, to Lawrence and Pauline Alexander Fetty in Cainsville, Mo. At the age of four she moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from high school in 1949...

Clarence Dan Sather, 54, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 27, 2008, at a Boise hospital. Services were held Wednesday Dec. 3, at Liberty Christian Fellowship in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Dan was one of five children born to Elmer and Ruby Woods in Libby, Mont., on Sept. 22, 1954. He worked at Emerald Home Furnishing in Tacoma Washington...

Sarah "Sally" Chathams, 92, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at her home. A viewing, followed by her funeral service, were held Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Sally was born on May 23, 1916, in Wikalma, Ariz. She was married to her husband, Sheldon "Chick" Chathams, three times before she finally got her name on the marriage license to read Sarah instead of Sally...

December 3 • 07:42 Animal• 07:43 Vehicle Stop• 08:40 VIN Inspection• 09:27 Found Property• 10:43 Trespassing• 11:38 Motorist Assist• 13:48 Abandoned Vehicle• 15:43 Vehicle Stop• 16:25 Fraud• 16:53 Animal• 18:17 DUI• 18:43 Vehicle Stop• 18:58 Vehicle Stop• 19:08 Theft• 20:10 Traffic• 21:12 Vehicle Stop...

The Mountain Home Tigers let one get away from them against Mountain View and got taken to the woodshed by Timberline in losing their first two boys basketball games of the season last week. Mtn. View 55 Mtn. Home 51 The Mountain Home Tigers' fourth quarter fell a bit short as they lost to the Mountain View Mavericks 55-5, last Wednesday night in their season opening boys basketball game in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened their SIC 4A conference girls basketball schedule with losses to Bishop Kelly and Middleton last week, and also lost to top-ranked Jerome at Jerome. Bishop Kelly 51 Mtn. Home 39 The Lady Tigers were outscored, 25-9 in the middle two quarters as they dropped their SIC 4A conference opener to Bishop Kelly last Tuesday, 51-39, in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Tigers open their wrestling season this Friday and Saturday at the Buck's Bags Boise Duals. The Tigers are coming off a fifth-place finish at state last year, and lost a number of wrestlers to graduation. Tiger wrestling coach Lynn Knudson indicated the numbers are down a bit this year, but he remains optimistic...

A number of Mountain Home Tigers received All-Conference honors in football awards announced last week. Making First Team All-Conference on offense were Kyle Kerfoot at quarterback, Ricky Lee at wide receiver, Jake Lewis and James Bailey on the line, and Jesse Donez as return specialist...

Kyle Kerfoot earned the Most Valuable Player award in the 11-man game for helping lead the East All Stars to their 27-9 win over the West All Stars during the El Korah Shrine's 13th annual East-West All Star Football Game on Nov. 29 at Eagle. The honor earned him a $500 scholarship...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys JV basketball team came up short to Mountain View and Timberline last week. Mtn. View 52 Mtn. Home 51 (OT) The Mountain Home Tiger JV boys basketball team let one get away from them last week when they dropped their season opener to Mountain View, 52-51, in overtime...

The Mountains Home Lady Tigers JV basketball team picked up one win in three games last week. Bishop Kelly 43 Mtn. Home 30 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers JV squad rallied in the fourth quarter, but it was too little, too late, as Bishop Kelly prevailed 43-30 last Tuesday night in their conference opener in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers sophomore girls dropped three games last week. Bishop Kelly 36 Mtn. Home 24 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers sophomores battled Bishop Kelly tough, but came up short to the Lady Knights, losing their conference opener, 36-24, last Tuesday in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Tigers sophomore boys basketball teams dropped their first two games of the season last week with losses to Mountain View and Timberline. Mtn. View 48 Mtn. Home 44 The Mountain Home Tigers battled Mountain View tough all night, but came up short, 48-44, in their season opening boys basketball game at Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium last Wednesday night...

The 9th-grade boy's basketball team opened its 2008-2009 season last Wednesday by hosting the Nampa Bulldogs, falling to Nampa by 11 points. Cold shooting and a tough Bulldog defense held the Tigers to only nine points for the first half as the Bulldogs pulled out to a 22-9 lead...

"Have Fun and Learn Something," is the motto for the Mountain Home High School Speech and Debate, which team has earned high recognition by the National Forensic League. The team was placed in the top 5 percent of NFL chapters nationwide and qualified for the NFL "200 Club."...

The annual Shop With A Cop program Saturday provided a Merry Christmas to 95 area youths whose Christmas probably would have been fairly bleak. Volunteer chaperones met their charges early Saturday morning at the junior high school for breakfast, provided free by McDonald's, and a visit from Santa Claus. ...