Stories from Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Residents driving past the new parking lot on East Jackson between North Main (Highway 30) and North 2nd East on March 18, may have noticed the new "El Rancho Public Parking" sign being installed on the western corner of the lot. The sign's old El Rancho Restaurant logo connects the lot to the history of Mountain Home...

Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., the group proposing a nuclear power plant southwest of Hammett, will begin a major push for community support beginning next week when it intends to mail DVDs to every resident of the county explaining its position. "It will be mainly educational," said AEHI President Don Gillispie. ...

Dianne Moffet and Don Holloway have been selected as Grand Marshals for the 2009 Elmore County Fair and Rodeo. The announcement was made Monday at the Three Island Senior Citizens Center in Glenns Ferry. Both Moffet and Holloway reside in Glenns Ferry...

Area food banks are struggling to provide services for the growing demand of local residents who need food. As a result, the Alpha Omicron Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) will launch a major food donation drive beginning March 30 and continuing through April 3...

Police are in the unusual position of having recently recovered a number of pieces of property believed to have been taken in a series of car burglaries in the north end of town, but they don't know who all of it belongs to. Two juveniles were arrested over the weekend in connection with the series of car burglaries. A number of items were recovered that police believe were taken during the burglaries, not all of which had been reported to police...

Dear editor: In their promotion of a nuclear power plant in Hammett, Idaho AEHI chief Don Gillespie has portrayed a seamless and quick time table for construction and operation generating numerous high paying jobs, increasing the wealth, real estate values, and tax base of our communities. ...

Dear editor: Recent talk and opposition to the WECRD has led me to write this letter. I feel obligated to provide a different view and the other side of the facts to readers. First, as a high school student, a recreation center without a pool would be pointless. The city pool provides great fun for young kids all summer long. During open swim, it seems like standing room only with all of the younger kids...

Dear editor: I am a student at Hacker Middle School and I would like to voice my opinion on going green. We should be trying to conserve fossil fuels for future generations. I think that we should be using solar energy or wind to power our school. This would be more beneficial than some of the other alternatives. ...

Dear editor: I personally think that we should depend on natural resources like Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal, Nuclear and Wind energy to heat our homes and give us electricity. I think this because fossil fuels can pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink but solar energy and the other sources do not pollute our air. Some advantages are listed below:...

Dear editor: At Hacker Middle School, we learned about renewable and nonrenewable resources. I think we should rely on solar energy and wind energy rather than geothermal energy and biomass. I think geothermal and biomass resources are not good resources because they pollute, take up space, they are not renewable resources, and can destroy wildlife. ...

Dear editor: Gov. Butch Otter has instructed the budget writers to reduce personnel budgets by 5 percent. This will more than likely reduce payroll of state employees up to 5 percent. State employees are not over paid as some people believe, to include Butch Otter it seems...

Dear editor: Where are we in regard to one of our venues in our city? Over great debate, it was decided to expand the golf course from nine to eighteen holes. As an avid golfer, I was pleased that the expansion took place. The result has been a vast improvement and a unique layout...

Courtney McNicol, daughter of Kathie Golightly and the late Phil McNicol will marry William (Billy) Ireland, son of Mary and Gary Gill and the late David W. Ireland, on Saturday, April 18. The wedding will be held at 1p.m. at 7780 Canyon Creek Road, Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers stayed unbeaten in SIC 4A conference softball last week with wins over Kuna and Columbia. Saturday the Lady Tigers swept a non-conference doubleheader from Minico at home. Mtn. Home 10 Kuna 0 (6 innings) In a rematch of the 2008 State 4A Championship game, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers prevailed, beating the visiting Lady Kavemen 10-0 at Memmelaar Field in Mountain Home last Tuesday...

The Mountain Home Tigers won both the girls and boys competition in a dual track meet at Bishop Kelly on March 13. Mountain Home won the girls competition 73-72, picking up 10 first-place finishes. Jasmyn Jewett was a triple winner, winning the long jump, triple jump and high jump events...

The Mountain Home Tigers continue to struggle at the plate as they managed just two hits in two conference losses to Bishop Kelly last week. Bishop Kelly 11 Mtn. Home 1 The Tigers lost to Bishop Kelly 11-1, Thursday night at Mountain Home in a game stopped after five innings by the 10-run rule...

The Mountain Home girls golf team continued its great start to the golf season, tying Skyview for first at last Monday's conference golf match at Broadmore Country club in Nampa. The Tiger boys and JV boys both finished second. Alicen Wendall led the Mountain Home effort, shooting a 53...

Mountain Home Lady Tiger varsity basketball coach Brent Keener is inviting girls from third through sixth grade to sign up for the Spring Youth Tiger Basketball program. Keener indicated two leagues will be formed with third- and fourth-grade students and fifth- and sixth-grade girls. Practices will be held twice a week in the evenings, with games played on Saturdays...

Awards and letters were handed out at last Wednesday's Lady Tigers Basketball awards banquet. Francesca Hale earned the Offensive Player of the Year award. Coach Brent Keener also announced Hale was tabbed the Player of the year among the Southern Idaho Conference 4A schools...

The Mountain Home Tigers JV baseball team stands at 2-2 on the season, splitting with both Emmett and Bishop Kelly. Mtn. Home 10, 17 Emmett 0, 18 The Mountain Home Tigers JV baseball team came away with a split of their conference baseball games with Emmett, winning 10-0 at home and losing 18-17 at Emmett...

The Mountain Home Tiger tennis team lost to Columbia and Skyview last week in conference tennis. Columbia Boys 5 Tiger Boys 2 Columbia Girls 7 Tiger Girls 0 The Tigers faced the Columbia Wildcats on the tennis courts at Columbia on March 16, and came up short to the Wildcats, 5-2, in the boys match, and 7-0 in the girls match...