Stories from Wednesday, June 24, 2009

It's Saturday night at the old Historic Opera Theatre in Glenns Ferry. As you walk through the door, your senses spiral into yesteryear. Closing your eyes, the cheerful sounds invade your mind, pushing all worry and cares away. Breathing in deeply, the air is filled with aromatic memories of days gone by. ...

The new Elmore County Pest Abatement District is up and running and encouraging area residents to battle mosquitoes by being vigilant about standing water on their property. "Basically, it only takes an inch of water and three days of 80-degree temperature for them to hatch," said Marsha Sellers, one of the five new board members of the district...

Elmore County Premium Books and carnival pre-sale tickets are now available. "Are you interested in participating in the biggest contest in Elmore County," Fair Director Shea Burns asked. "Not only could you win cash and ribbons but most of all, you get bragging rights."...

Optimist Park Arena will host the Daniel Dopps Memorial Dodge PRCA Rodeo beginning this Friday, June 26, and continuing Saturday, June 27, starting at 7:30 p.m. both nights. Issues of seating and traffic flow being resolved, the rodeo is set to kick off its fourth annual event in memory of 19-year-old Daniel Dopps, who died from injuries sustained at a PRCA rodeo in August 2005...

Naudia Moorehead, a third-grade teacher at East Elementary School, will represent the Mountain Home School District at the state level for the 2010 Teacher of the Year award. Moorehead was selected from the top ten teachers, chosen by their peers, from throughout the district...

The Mountain Home Royals found the going tough last week, playing six games in four days and winning just two of the six. Cannons 8 Royals 6 Errors did the Royals in when they hosted the Centennial Cannons in a single game at Eastside Park, losing 8-6 last Tuesday night. All eight of the runs scored by the Cannons were unearned...

A total of 29 youths, ranging in age from six to 14 years of age, participated in this year's annual Mountain Home Tiger Summer Tennis Camp held June 1-16 at the tennis courts in Richard Aguirre Park. "It was a huge success," said Tiger tennis coach Tamzy House...

A Tiger Track and Field Summer Clinic will be held July 7-9 from 9 a.m. to noon at Tiger Field for youths entering grades 6-9 this fall. The camp will teach the fundamentals of track and field, from warm-ups to drills to sprints, hurdle and running techniques, and well as all field events except for pole vault...

Dear editor: Monday, June 15, was the last County commissioners meeting to decide whether to rezone approximately 1,200 acres of Ag A to heavy industrial M2 in rural Hammett. All they asked for from the previous meeting was some clarification and different interpretations of the Elmore County Comprehensive Plan. The plan was sent back to planning and zoning for a possible rewrite of the Comprehensive Plan, if they changed their previous four to two ruling against the zoning change...

Dear editor: After several months of hearings it was finally time to answer the question of whether or not to rezone a Hammett Valley farm to N2 Industrial. To say that we were disappointed that Commissioners Rose and Cruser could not make a determination, is an understatement. ...

Dear editor: On Saturday, June 13, the WECRD hosted their fourth annual Kid's Fun Run/Walk at Richard Aguirre Park in conjunction with the Elmore Medical Center's Health Fair. Because of poor weather with thunderstorms forecasted, Elmore Medical Center decided to cancel their Health Fair...

Dear editor: Our Mountain Home Animal Shelter will be starting a raffle this week. We are hoping with the raffle money and donations we will be able to put fencing in an area so the people who are looking for a dog, friend to adopt, will now be able to socialize with dogs...

Alison Clare Williams of Mountain Home and Brandon William Fletcher of Shreveport, La., were united in marriage May 1, 2009 at the Bountiful, Utah, LDS Temple. The bride is the daughter of Steven and Lani Williams of Mountain Home. The groom is the son of Pat and Melanie Connor of Shreveport, La...

Kenneth M. and Tammie Robins of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany Marie Robins, to Skyler James Murray, son of Robert and Angela Murray of Charlotte, N.C. Tiffany is a 2004 graduate of Mountain Home High School and a 2008 graduate of BYU-Idaho with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Nursing. She is employed by Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in the Mother/Baby, Pediatric, and Newborn Intensive Care Unit as a Registered Nurse...

Despite a cool and cloudy day, the beauty of spring was on display Saturday during the annual Mountain Home Garden Tour. This year the tour, featuring the gardens and landscaping of seven area homes, was run by the newly created Mountain Home Garden Club, with assisting sponsorship from the Zeta Beta Civic Club of Mountain Home...

Purple Week in Mountain Home concluded Friday night and Saturday morning with the annual Relay for Life raising money for cancer research and victim assistance. Despite cold rainy conditions, the event still drew well over a hundred participants. Events began Friday night starting with registration, a Survivors dinner, followed by the Survivors walk on the track at Eastside Park and an evening full of other events...

June 18 • 00:20 Collision Property Damage, MH• 01:55 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB MM107-108• 02:52 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM89• 03:30 Alarm Law, MH• 06:21 Vehicle Stop, MH• 09:00 Vehicle Stop, Old Grandview Hwy• 09:43 Collision Property Damage, I-84 WB MM126• 10:19 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20• 11:39 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 51• 11:43 Vehicle Stop, MH• 12:43 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM75-76• 13:21 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30• 13:50 Collision Property Damage, AB Rd• 13:53 Animal, MH• 15:21 Traffic, Simco Rd• 15:45 Traffic, I-84 EB MM77• 16:24 Traffic, AB Rd MM5• 17:28 Traffic, AB Rd MM5• 17:37 Civil, MH• 17:40 Traffic, I-84 EB• 17:44 911 Hang-up, MH• 18:40 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20• 19:34 Runaway• 20:13 Theft, Glenns Ferry• 22:16 Unwanted Subject, MH• 22:22 Hazard, MH. ...