Stories from Wednesday, January 7, 2009

by Kelton Hatch Idaho Department of Fish & Game Have you ever wanted to see something from the past that has lived for thousands of years and gets huge? Well you can fish for them in the Snake River, especially at C.J. Strike Reservoir. White sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America, can weigh over 1,500 pounds, be 20 feet in length and live for over 100 years...

The ninth-grade boy's basketball team stayed busy over the holidays by playing two games against the Glenns Ferry Pilots "C" team. Glenns Ferry won both contests, 40-33 and 44-40. In the first game, it was the outside shooting of Adrian Martinez and the inside game of Josh Carpenter that did the young Tigers in. That twosome allowed the Pilots to jump to a 23-15 halftime lead and allowed the Pilots to extend their lead to 32-17 heading into the fourth quarter...

Partridge hunters: Hold your fire. The 2008-2009 chukar and gray partridge hunting seasons will close statewide effective January 10 -- three weeks early. Population surveys indicate two consecutive record low years of partridge populations. Recent adverse weather conditions have concentrated birds and may lead to further local reductions in populations...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will host a Sportsman's Breakfast in Mountain Home at AJ's Restaurant on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 7-9 a.m. Fish and Game staff will buy coffee for all attendees. "It's really an opportunity for folks from the Mountain Home area to interact with Fish and Game staff," Fish and Game regional supervisor Scott Reinecker said. "We want to invite everyone to attend the event, have some coffee and visit with us."...

If Friday night's game with Wood River is any indication, 2009 will be a good year for the Mountain Home Tigers. The Tigers opened the new year Friday night picking up their first win of the season, downing the visiting Wood River Wolverines 58-34 in non-conference boys basketball. The first quarter was a close one, with the lead going back and forth and five ties, the last at 11-11.

Martha Mary Robertson, 83, of Glenns Ferry, died Jan. 1, 2009, of natural causes, surrounded by her family. Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 10, 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 417 S. Oneida St., in Glenns Ferry. Dinner will follow at 12:30 p.m. at the Three Island Senior Center, 502 E. Cleveland Ave., in Glenns Ferry...

Charles Jordan Printz, 88, of Glenns Ferry, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at a Gooding hospital. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Howard G. Harrison, 72, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, after a battle with esophageal cancer. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 3 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment will be held at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery in Boise at a later date...

Virginia Black Miller, 77, of Bruneau, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, with her family by her side. A rosary was held Tuesday, Jan. 6. Funeral mass will be held today, Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

James Emory Jackson, 25, of Mountain Home, died in Tucson, Ariz., on Dec. 31, 2008. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m, at the River of Life Family Worship, 350 N. 11th East St., in Mountain Home. Burial with military honors by the Mountain Home Air Force Base Honor Guard will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Dear editor: This letter is in reference to the "not a legacy to be proud of' published in the Dec. 24 issue of the Mountain Home News. First, let me assure you that I am not a die-hard supporter of anyone and I am certainly not blind. Then I would say to you:...

The focus in the Mideast suddenly has shifted away from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the small seven-mile-wide by 20-mile-long strip of desert along the Mediterranean known as the Gaza Strip. Captured by Israel during the 1967 war (along with the West Bank), the Gaza strip is the heart of the Hamas movement, whose stated goal is the destruction of Israel and the extinction of the Jews who live there...

Mountain Home city officials know they simply can't plow every street in Mountain Home, so they don't even try. Instead, the city makes plowing certain streets and intersections a priority, Mayor Tom Rist said. "The idea is if you can get out of your subdivision, you can get on a road that is plowed and sanded," he said, while adding public buildings such as schools, the fire and police departments and the hospital are also priorities...

A group of citizens met Saturday to begin work to dissolve the Western Elmore County Recreation District. The group, which calls itself the Citizens for the Dissolution of the WECRD, consisted of six Elmore County residents but members claim to have the support of an additional 10-15 people...