Stories from Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Mountain Home dog owners now have a local facility where they can train their dogs for participation in the growing sport of dog agility. Agility is a sport in which the owner directs his/her dog through an obstacle course requiring speed and accuracy. The owner may not touch the dog or the obstacles and must control the dog, off leash, with only voice commands and body signals, requiring specific training and close communication between dog and owner...

March 18 • 01:08 Collision Unknown, I-84 WB MM123• 01:23 Unwanted Subject, MH• 02:05 Collision Unknown, I-84 WB MM123• 03:59 Harassment, MH• 10:29 Abandoned Vehicle, MH• 11:21 Abandoned Vehicle, MH• 11:26 Tow Sticker• 11:45 Probable Subject Questioned, MH• 12:01 Suspicious• 12:05 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB MM82• 12:27 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM82• 12:45 Suspicious Circumstance, MH• 13:35 Theft, Hwy 51• 15:59 VIN Inspection, MH• 16:55 Civil Matter, MH• 17:28 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM83• 17:32 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM112• 17:49 Vehicle Stop, Simco Rd MM5• 18:04 Vehicle Stop, Simco Rd MM6• 18:23 Vehicle Stop, Simco Rd MM18• 18:53 Assist, I-84 WB MM79.5• 19:02 Noise, Glenns Ferry• 20:01 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM130• 22:07 Vehicle Stop, Hammett• 22:40 Noise. ...

Dear editor: There are problems with the nuclear power plant job opportunities promised by AEHI. One major issue is when would these jobs be available? AEHI has reported the plant opening in 2012 and a job fair to be held at the county commissioner meeting would seem to indicate that employment is imminent. However, this is not the case...

Dear editor: We are writing concerning the Idaho Power Gateway West transmission line. We are particularly concerned with the effect this line will have on the communities of Murphy, Oreana, Grand View and Bruneau. This section of the transmission line crosses a considerable amount of private property, impacting several of our local farmers and ranchers. In light of our current economic situation this is offensive and insane...

Dear editor: As I walk through this fine community of ours I am amazed by how many people ignore the laws of our community. The other night I saw a couple walking their dogs. They had four of them. I thought we had laws in the city about how many dogs one household can have? Now there might be other explanations for this situation, but I don't think so since I know these people and I'm pretty sure they have four dogs. ...

Mr. and Mrs. Raines have announced the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Raines, to Jeff Wells, the son of Dan and Roberta Wells of Meridian and Tammy and Tom Palmer of Boise. Melissa is a 2006 graduate of Mountain Home High School and is current finishing her junior year at Boise State University majoring in psychology...

Joseph LaRose of Kuna and Carletta LaRose of Iraq have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jessica LaRose of Mountain Home, to Thomas DeJulia of Mountain Home, the son of Audrey Rust of Pennsylvania and Thomas DeJulia of Japan. The couple are planning a 2009 summer wedding...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers split their games at the Idaho Sporting Goods 2009 Softball Tournament over the weekend, beating Bonneville but losing to Idaho Falls on Friday, and losing to Rocky Mountain but beating Baker, Ore., on Saturday. Mtn. Home 13...

The Mountain Home Tigers let a few games get away from them before closing out the Bucks Bags Baseball Tournament with a win over Nampa, to go 1-3 in the tourney. Mtn. View 15 Mtn. Home 8 The Mountain View Mavericks exploded for eight runs in the fourth inning to down the Mountain Home Tigers 15-8 in the Tigers' opening-round game of the Bucks's Bags Baseball Tournament at Rodeo Park in Nampa...

Three members of the local Mountain Man wrestling club traveled to Nyssa, Ore., for the Mat Rat Tournament recently. Bantam Trevor Dockstader finished second and Intermediate Logan Strom brought home first place honors. Also wrestling but not placing was Tanner Keener...

The Idaho Statesman released its All-State basketball honors Sunday. Among the 4A girls basketball selections, Mountain Home senior Francesca Hale earned Second Team All-State honors. The 5' 8" senior averaged 13 points per ballgame and helped the Lady Tigers make the 4A State Baketball Tournament for the first time since 2002...

The Owyhee Initiative lands bill, signed into law Monday by President Obama, is a remarkable piece of legislation creating several wilderness areas. Designed to protect, among other things, some of the more rugged and inaccessible sections of the Bruneau and Jarbridge river systems and canyonlands, this legislation shows what can be accomplished when people are willing to compromise and use common sense. ...

Process will require more studies; decision not expected until late spring of next year

Jessica "Jessie" Lynn Young, 55, loving mother, devoted wife and caring grandmother, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at her home, in Mountain Home, following an illness. A rosary was held on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 6:00pm at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. A funeral mass was held at 10:00am on Friday, April 3, 2009 at Our Lady of Good Counsel...

Virginia Eileen Wood, 79, of Hagerman, passed away Tuesday, March 31st, at St. Lukešs Regional Medical Center in Boise. Eileen was born May 22, 1929, in Hagerman, Idaho. She was the middle child of Ernest and Kate Billiard. She attended school in Hagerman where she met Bob Wood and married July 4, 1947. They lived in Gooding, Wendell, and Twin Falls before settling in Mountain Home to raise a family...

On March 27, 2009, in Mountain Home, Idaho, Susan passed into the hands of her Lord. Susan was the beloved mother to the joys of her life, Matthew of Mountain Home and Michael of Arlington/Mukilteo; daughter of Charlie and Myke Hoag of Mukilteo; sister to Tom Hoag and his wife Jessy; and aunt to Kelsey, Kate, and Charlie of Arlington. She was preceded in death by her sister, Megan Hoag in July 2007...