Stories from Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Tips for avoiding clutter in the home office: _ Pay bills online when possible. _ Develop a system for tackling mail as soon as it arrives. Shred unnecessary papers. Immediately sort the rest of the mail into items that will need attention, such as bills to pay or invitations to respond to, and items that need to be filed, like bank statements or paperwork related to a health insurance claim...

A return to self-reliance is the key to surviving the current hard economic times, Gov. Butch Otter told a crowd of Republican faithful at last Thursday's annual Lincoln Day luncheon, sponsored by the Elmore County Republican Part. Otter told the gathering of Republicans that "I see our problems as opportunities," a chance to restore the primacy of the individual, adding that "I can't think of a better group of people than our party to be in charge" in Idaho at this time...

The revitalization of downtown Mountain Home served as the focal point for the first of four public workshops that began last Tuesday night. The workshop, held at the Bengoechea Hotel, marks the first step in the development of an "action plan" to implement the city's current downtown redevelopment plan...

Brad Little, lieutenant governor for the State of Idaho, served as the keynote speaker for the 20th annual Mountain Home Community Black History Committee Banquet held at the American Legion Hall last Friday night. During this year's banquet Darleen Watson was named the Person of the Year, C.D. Houston won the Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement and Barb Bogard won the Thurgood Marshall Community Service award...

A public hearing was held the afternoon of Feb. 9 at the Elmore County Courthouse to discuss the petition to dissolve the Tipanuk Fire Protection District. As the hearing got underway, the county commissioners' legal adviser explained that only taxpayers, or creditors of the Fire Protection District, would be allowed to present their testimony in the hearing...

A Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, open to the public, will be held Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. in the parish hall at St. James Episcopal Church. In addition to pancakes, bacon, sausages, eggs, juice and coffee will be served. Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, is the first day of the Lenten Season, with Holy Eucharist Rite One and the Imposition of Ashes by the Rev. Larry Harrelson at 7 p.m. in the large church...

A 90th birthday party for Lucile Pearce will be held Feb. 21 at the Congregational Church, 515 E. 15th North St., from 3-5 p.m. Friends and family who are sponsoring the event invite Pearce's friends to share their anecdote's about her at the event. Organizers request no gifts. See the mountainhomenews for the complete story...

Wayne Gray Harmon, 81, of Mountain Home, died Feb. 14, 2009, at a local hospital. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 4 p.m. at Adrian's Club. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post #26. Harmon was born on Oct. 14, 1927, in Abingdon, Va., to Robert Dewey and Edith Mae Harmon...

Heather L. Isenhauer, 27, of Mountain Home died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are with Boise Funeral Home, Aclesa Chapel. Contact Home Federal Bank in Mountain Home for the memorial fund.

Greg Coriell, 52, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Feb. 2, 2009, of natural causes at a local hospital. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 21, at 450 E. 2nd North St. in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home...

Karen Leah Grinnell Meredith, 53, of Arizona, formerly of Mountain Home, died Feb. 11, 2009, surrounded by her loved ones, following a two-year battle against breast cancer. Services were held Feb. 14 at Adair Funeral Homes in Tucson, Ariz. Her ashes will be scattered per her wishes at a later date...

Ida F. Tingstrom, 96, of King Hill, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at a Nampa care center. Per her request, no services are planned. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

For the first time since 2002 the Mountain Home Lady Tigers are state tourney bound! The Lady Tigers ended Skyview's season last Wednesday night, and then, after Emmett had shocked Bishop Kelly, 35-33, eliminating the regular season conference champs, held off the Lady Huskies on Friday night to take third place and the final state berth from the District III tournament...

The Mountain Home Tigers returned to the win column Saturday night at Wood River after dropping two conference games earlier in the week. Knights 73 Tigers 61 The Mountain Home Tigers had trouble keeping with the hot-shooting Knights at Bishop Kelly last Tuesday, falling 73-61 in conference boys basketball...

Elmore County Youth Baseball is now taking registration for the 2009 baseball season. The program is designed for youth ages 6 to 15. Registration dates are Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Moxie Java, Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at McDonald's on Airbase Road, or at Farmers Insurance Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m...

Kaeo Doronio, a senior at MHHS, broke the school record for wrestling victories with his 7-0 performance during the Dick Fleischman Invitational Tournament held in Pocatello last Thursday night. Doronio, broke the mark of 143 wins, set by Johnny Nunez from 2000-2003 (overall record 143-23). Nunez remarkably had scored 100 of his 143 wins by pins...

The Mountain Home Tigers picked up a win and a loss last week in dual wrestling matches. Tigers 68 Knights 18 The Mountain Home Tigers dominated the Bishop Kelly Knights on the mats of Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium last Wednesday night, beating the Knights, 68-18...

February 11 • 05:56 Collision Personal Injury, MH• 07:21 Slide Off, Hwy 51• 07:27 Vehicle Stop, MH• 08:12 Slide Off, Hwy 51• 08:47 Slide Off, I-84 EB• 08:53 Slide Off, I-84 EB• 09:00 Slide Off, I-84• 09:08 Slide Off, I-84 EB• 09:45 Collision Personal Injury, Grandview Hwy• 09:52 Collision Unknown, I-84 WB• 10:04 Collision Property Damage, I-84 WB• 10:14 Slide Off, I-84 WB• 12:10 Traffic, I-84 WB• 12:24 Vehicle Stop, I-84• 12:39 VIN Inspection, Prairie• 13:13 Assist, Glenns Ferry• 14:24 Assist, MH• 15:34 Suspicious, Glenns Ferry• 15:43 Traffic, MH• 17:10 Vehicle Stop, MH. ...

Dear editor: Imagine if you can, reporting to the sheriff's office to register yourself with him and paying a fee to do so. You will also provide his office with a passport-sized photo, and submit to being thumbprinted, and furthermore, you will notify his office immediately if you change your place of residence...

__We'll never be able to pay off the national debt now__ Hello again. As I suggested in last week's editorial, the issue of education will be our topic this week. What a furor Education Chairman Nonini's bills have caused! They were created to help reduce the education budget to be in line with present revenue projections. We were scheduled to have an Education Committee meeting this Monday morning. At the close of the day Friday, news of the passage of the stimulus package caused a cancellation of our Education Committee for Monday morning...