Stories from Tuesday, April 21, 2009

A group of local counselors who recognize the need for someone to listen are offering their services free of charge for anyone at least 18 years old. The program is called SHARE (Support, Help, and Resources for Encouragement). "It's important to offer assistance because so many people cannot afford counseling, and so many people who need help, don't know where to turn," says Colleen Gingerich, a local licensed counselor...

The annual Mountain Home Art Camp will be held June 2-5 this year. Designed to help children develop a life-long love for art, the camp will be taught by Brenda Raub, artist and art teacher at Mountain Home High School. Camp activities each day will run from 9 a.m. until noon for 5-, 6-, and 7-year-old children...

The Mountain Home High School Class of '99 will hold its ten-year reunion this summer, June 26-27. Activities are tentatively scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. at the golf course the evening of June 26, with a casual social gathering featuring appetizers, a no-host bar, and door prizes. No one under 21 will be allowed...

Lillian F. Johnson, 93 of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at a local hospital. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, April 27, 2009 at 12:00 noon at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.