Stories from Wednesday, May 20, 2009

After stumbling early in the tournament they did it the hard way, but timely hits, good base running, solid defense and the arm of star pitcher Nickayla Skinner (with great relief help from Blas Lord) allowed the Mountain Home Lady Tigers softball team to accomplish something this weekend no team, boys or girls, had ever done in the history of Mountain Home High School -- win a state championship...

by Michael Nowotny Mountain Home News Mountain Home High School will hold commencement ceremonies for the 223 students of its 105th graduating class at Tiger Field on Friday, May 22, at 7 p.m. The students in the class of 2009 have earned a total of $314,466 in scholarships ($232,857 state/national and $81,609 local)...

The Mountain Home Public Library Board of Trustees has approved a policy to use a collection agency to help encourage patrons with long-overdue materials to return them to the library. Materials that have not been returned within 45 days from the due date are considered lost and the patron is charged replacements plus processing fees. If those costs have not been paid within 60 days, or the material returned by that time, the account is turned over to the collection agency...

by Michael Nowotny Mountain Home News The Senior Finale Rally at Mountain Home High School was not only a final goodbye for the senior class, but also a chance to recognize the students' achievements during the school year. During the Senior Finale Rally, the seniors gathered together at the center of the gym floor and formed a serpentine path for the juniors and sophomores to change seating sections. ...

by Michael Nowotny Mountain Home News This weekend's Cowboy Crazee Daze will provide entertainment in venues all over the city of Mountain Home. During the festival, several businesses in the downtown area will offer sidewalk sales. The Mountain Home Retail Merchants' Committee will host the Crazee Daze Carnival, featuring Royal West Amusements, starting Thursday, May 21, until Sunday, May 24, at Optimist Park...

Dear editor: The Boise Idaho Veterans Home has run out of beds and is turning away eligible veterans who need nursing home care, according to Phil Hawkins, Volunteer Coordinator at the home. The home has a capacity for 100 beds, but they only own 56 beds. These are specialized beds and cost $1,140 each. Management of the home falls under Idaho State government, and budget cuts eliminated any chance of buying the beds with state funding this year...

Dear editor: I am responding late to the May 6, 2009, paper. I agree with letter by Betty Ashcraft concerning Wind Power. Letter was titled' Wind Power should be focus" Sorry, that was not by Betty it was by Stephen James Speak (editor's note: we regret the error)...

Dear editor: Recognizing stars who aren't athletes is a thing a lot of people fail to do. Thank you. However, as the Mountain Home News Editor-in-Chief, the journalism/yearbook programs should be of particular interest to you. Students from Ms. Sue Martin's program have/will go on to do just as great of things as the speech and debate students will...

Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Hall of Mountain Home have announced the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Nicole Lynn Hall, to Justin Scott Casper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Casper of Mountain Home. The couple will be married June 2, 2009, in ceremonies at the Boise LDS Temple. A reception will follow in Mountain Home...

Mountain Home finished in second place in the 4A State Girls Track and Field Championships Friday, while the Tiger boys came in a close third in the boys meet. Rigby won the 4A state girls title with 123.11 points, Mountain Home was second with 75.11, Jerome was third with 64.11, Bishop Kelly had 62.11, and Skyview rounded out the top five with 49 points...

The Mountain Home Tigers saw their baseball season come to a close at the 4A State Baseball Tournament in two games. Hillcrest 2 Tigers 1 The Tigers faced the Hillcrest Knights in the first round of the state tourney at Bishop Kelly Thursday afternoon and lost a close one 2-1...

The Mountain Home Tigers girls and boys doubles team found the going tough at state, although the girls doubles team did pick up a win. First-year tennis players Amy Hymer and Chandler Cain had the dubious honor of opening against the number one seeded team and defending state champions Baker and Ball from Hillcrest. The Hillcrest team took it to Hymer and Cain, 6-1, 6-0. Baker and Ball went on to repeat as doubles champions...

The Mountain Home Tiger JV tennis team capped off a successful season with a good effort at the District III 4A JV Tennis Tournament last Monday in Nampa. The boys team finishing third, the girls fifth. Both boys doubles teams did well, with Drew Borgholthaus and Chris Hall advancing to the quarter-finals of the main draw, where they faced their teammates, Allan Nilles and Justin Rogow...

Shayla Streeter represented Mountain Home well at the State 4A Golf Tournament in Rigby last week. Streeter opened the tournament with an 81 on the first day, which put her in fifth place, just four shots out of first place, but shot a 99 on the second day to finish in ninth place...

The Mountain Home Boys Basketball program will be holding its annual fundamentals camp June 15-18. The camp is for boys entering grades 5-10 next year and will be held in two different sessions. Grades 8-10 will go from 8:30-11:30 a.m., while grades 5-7 will be from noon to 3 p.m...

Sign ups for the Fourth of July Coed Softball Tournament taking place in Glenns Ferry are now underway. The tournament will be held July 3-5. Registrations are due June 12. The entry fee for each team this year is $250. For official rules and regulations and roster entry forms, contact Karen Hall at 366-7779/366-2404/599-2404, or Kristie Ferry at 366-2627/599-4261. Entry forms will be mailed to team captains. There is a limit of 12 teams...

The Mountain Home School District has declared C.D. Houston to have been elected to the Zone 4 trustee position -- at least tentatively. In truth, they have absolutely no idea who actually won Tuesday night's election. The initial count Tuesday night showed C.D. Houston leading William Murray by a slim three-vote margin, 47-44...