Stories from Friday, April 24, 2009

The Elmore County Fair is trying to revive the "Mr and Miss Elmore County Fair" contest, according to fair manager Shae Burns. The event formerly was known as the Little Miss Elwyhee contest, but was dropped a couple years ago by the Elwyhee Business Association, which had been sponsoring it...

Relay for Life team Run Amuck has raised $315 as part of its ongoing fundraising effort benefitting the American Cancer Society. Team members gathered items and accepted donations from friends and neighbors for a yard sale held on Saturday, April 18. Bringing top dollar for the cause was a complete free weight set donated by Brian and Kallie Dean and an elliptical trainer donated by Adrion and William Bell...

The Mountain Home Junior High School auditorium was filled to capacity last Wednesday evening when the Elmore County Board of Commissioners conducted a public hearing on a rezone application submitted by Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., the company proposing to build a 1,600 megawatt nuclear energy plant near Hammett...

He isn't a cop, she isn't a waitress, but bartender Judy Lemieux's $300 winning lottery ticket given as a tip by friend and customer Larry Martin, is reminiscent of the movie "It Could Happen to You." In the 1995 movie, a cop gave a lottery ticket to a waitress as a tip and the ticket won a million dollars...