Stories from Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The basketball season for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers ended with the Lady Tigers losing two straight at the 4A State Tournament at Mountain View High School. Jerome 52 Mtn. Home 36 Mountain Home opened the state 4A tourney against a familiar foe in the Lady Tigers from Jerome. Mountain Home had dropped a 39-28 contest at home to Jerome and lost 41-24 at Jerome...

The city of Mountain Home will be putting in a bid for at least $750,000 in federal economic stimulus money. The money would be used primarily for street repair. At the recent Black History Banquet Lt. Gov. Brad Little told Mayor Tom Rist that cities and counties should move rapidly to put together packages requesting the stimulus money. ...

Pine School, a facility that has been open since the early 1900s, may be on the verge of closing due to a lack of students for the upcoming school year, but residents of the area have pleaded that it stay open despite district policy on attendance numbers...

The Mountain Home High School bands will be hosting a silent auction and dessert concert on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. in the high school gym foyer. The time has been moved up an hour from the previously announced 7 p.m. Dessert will cost $3 for singles, $5 for couples and $7 for families. Raffle tickets are $1 each or $5 for six...

Former mayor Joe B. McNeal and Mildred McNeal of the Mountain Home Community Black History Committee presented the library Tuesday with a limited edition copy of "Black American's In Congress: 1879-2007," on behalf of the Idaho Black History Museum. The book was prepared by the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, and presented to McNeal and the Idaho Black History Museum, by Sen. Mike Crapo, to be given to the Mountain Home Public Library...

Dear editor: WECRD meetings are open to the public and the Directors are encouraged to see the increase in attendance. The Board welcomes the opportunity to listen to concerns and to clarify comments. The WECRD writes this letter to inform residents of statements actually made at the WECRD meeting Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009...

Dear editor: Reference to Mike Bradbury's letter (Feb. 18 issue). Mike, I agree with you and for the reasons you stated. You stole my thunder as I was about to write the same thing. I am a member of the NRA and also the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). ...

Jeffrey Ray Martin, 28, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at his home. Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 24, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Jeffrey was born on March 26, 1980 in Everett, Wash., to Toni Martin. The family moved to Idaho in February of 1988. Jeffrey attended East Junior High in Boise, where Jeffrey played football for the Hornets. He moved to Mountain Home in July of 1996...

Earle J. Ruby, 91, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. A memorial service to honor and celebrate his life was held Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 at the Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel in Namp. Earle was born on Feb. 21, 1917, to Millicent Bell and Frank Raymond Ruby in Corral, Idaho. The sixth son of Idaho homesteaders, he grew up on the Camas Prairie...

The Mountain Home Tigers closed out their regular season schedule with a win over Emmett, then opened District III 4A tourney play with a loss to Kuna. Kuna 73 Tigers 50 The Tigers opened district tourney play as the number four seed, hosting fifth-seeded Kuna Saturday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Tigers finished fourth at the District III 4A Wrestling Tournament at Kuna Friday. Columbia won the District Tourney with 347 points. Nampa was second with 285, Kuna, third, with 273, Mountain Home fourth with 172, followed by Middleton 132.5, Emmett 120, Bishop Kelly 94 and Skyview 74...

Hello again. We don't yet have a good handle on the stimulus package. State agencies have until the 4th of March to report to the governor and then the information is going to a specially assigned committee to coordinate the information. That report is due March 19...

The Mountain Home Tiger JV boys basketball team opened the District III 4A JV Boys Basketball Tourney with a win Saturday. Tigers 68 Knights 58 (OT) The Tigers went in the District III 4A JVBoys Basketball Tournament as the number four seed and beat fifth-seeded Bishop Kelly 68-58 in overtime...

The Mountain Home Tigers sophomore boys basketball team closed out its regular season schedule with a win over Emmett at home, and then did it again Saturday to open the District III 4A Sophomore Boys Basketball Tournament. Tigers 61 Emmett 52 The Mountain Home Tiger sophomore boys basketball team closed out their regular season schedule with a 61-52 win over Emmett last Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...