Stories from Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Pioneer Federal Credit Union held a special presentation for the children of Migrant Head Start last Tuesday morning. Regional Branch Manager Mary Morin and members of her staff, assistant manager Carla Hawk and marketing director Elizabeth Thomas, presented the children with over $300 in donations that the stuff of Pioneer Federal had recently collected, to aid the students, 15 in total, toward their transition into kindergarten...

Prior to the upcoming Basque Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 8, the Basque Club of Mountain Home organized a special meet and greet reception for three dignitaries from the Basque government. The event was held at Basque Park last Wednesday afternoon. The dignitaries, who are currently visiting various Basque clubs across the country, were Benan Oregi Inurrieta (staffer for the office of the Secretary), Julian Celaya Loyola (Director of Relations with the Basque Collective) and Andoni Martin (staffer for the office of the Secretary).. ...

The Community Development Leadership Committee (CLDC) held its first organization meeting last week. The CLDC has been formed by the Treasure Valley YMCA as part of its partnership agreement with the Western Elmore County Recreation District (WECRD) to evaluate the WECRD's proposals for a community center in Mountain Home...

School registration for the Mountain Home School District will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 12, Registration at Base Primary, East Elementary, North Elementary and West Elementary schools will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain Home Junior High School (grades 7 and 8), and Hacker Middle School (grades 5 and 6) will register students on Aug. 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m...

Alvin Lee Powers was awarded a Distinguished Service Award from the 3rd District Coaches Association at the Idaho State Coaches Association annual luncheon held in Caldwell in July. The award is given to individuals who have contributed to high school sports over a period of time...

Mountain Home High School Cross Country program will start practice on Aug. 14 at 7:30 a.m. at the track located at Tiger Field. Until school starts, the team will practice twice a day, at 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. To kick off the season there will be a family picnic and parent meeting at Coach Root's house at 1460 Christy Ct. on Monday, Aug. 10. All runners, their parents and families are encouraged to attend. Burgers and dogs will be provided...

The Community Leadership Development Committee is working to develop a plan that the Western Elmore County Recreation District can use to develop programs that the community wants. The WECRD has been under heavy fire to do something. Originally formed with the intention of building a community facility that included an indoor swimming pool, progress on that goal has been, to be charitable, slow. ...

Dear editor: Nuclear energy sounds like the answer to this country's energy problems, but it isn't. For decades, nuclear power has been peddled as being an efficient and inexpensive energy. In the '50s, nuclear advocates loudly promised the world that atomic power would provide electricity "too cheap to meter." That promise dissolved with the reality of reactor construction costs in the 1970s and 1980s...

Dear editor: Picture this: A man in a suit strolls into the county commissioners' office and announces: I've located a piece of prime agricultural property on the Snake River that I would like you to rezone so that I can do with it what I please regardless of the effect on the surrounding land or neighbors...

Mountain Home ColorTyme Store Manager Dave Ross and his running team won the "Mount Rainier to the Pacific Relay" -- a 154-mile foot race that starts in Ashford, Wash., and ends in Ocean Shores, Wash. His team crossed the finish line in just under 19 hours...

Dear editor: AEHI recently published statements in the Mountain Home News that either are misleading or need a "fact check." Consider the following: Will AEHI build and then run the power plant? AEHI in Mountain Home News: "We have always made it clear our intentions to... construct the reactor and put it into service."...

Dear editor: If you take a look at the AEHI website you will get all of the facts that you need to make a logical decision whether a nuclear power plant or jobs will ever materialize through AEHI. The facts: As of Dec. 31, 2008, AEHI has assets of $161,677. ...

Dear editor: AEHI wants to build a "merchant" plant which sells power to the highest bidders. Unless Idaho out-pays California (not likely) all this power can be sold out of state while our citizens pay the price. This price includes not only storage of poisonous nuclear waste on-site, but the emission of low-dose radioactivity which occurs in all nuclear power plant operation. ...

Dear editor: AEHI wants the nuclear plant discussion to be about jobs and benefits, but what they don't say is there's a strong likelihood it may not even be built. New plant construction all over the US is being questioned because of phenomenal costs...

Dear editor: Mountain Home is overlooking a great revenue source. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association's U.S. pet ownership calculator Mountain Home has an estimated 3,100 dogs. (Based on my neighborhood this would be a low number)...

Dear editor: Regarding the recent opinions of the 2009 Elmore County Fair, I would think that fostering a work ethic -- paid or volunteer -- should include correct spelling of words, i.e. signs posted on or around the fairgrounds property. How many years has the following sign stood at the fairgrounds and gone "unnoticed?" It clearly reads:...

Braulio Martinez, Jr., and Debra Hawkins of Mountain Home have announced the birth of a girl, Analiha Mya Louise Hawkins-Martinez, on July 23, 2009, at Elmore Medical Center. Analiha weighed 6 lbs. 9.7 oz. land was 19 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Jack Hawkins and Kimberly Hawkins of Mountain Home. Paternal grandparents are Flor Martinez and Braulio Martinez of Mountain Home. Great-grandparents are Darlene Copp and John Copp...

Jack and Diane Murphy of Mountain Home have announced the wedding of their son, Benjamin Murphy, to Nichole Olson, daughter of Wayne and Annette Olson of Campbell, Minn. Benjamin is a 2003 graduate of Mountain Home High School. He graduated from Boise State University with a degree in mechanical engineering and currently is employed by the city of Mountain Home...

Martin Beach beat out three other competitors in the Tuesday, Aug. 4, election, to become the next commissioner for the Mountain Home Highway District's Subdistrict 2. By a more than two-to-one margin, Beach bypassed Kenny Davison, Luther Cook and Gregory Nitz for the commissioner seat currently held by Bill Davison, who retires from the subdistrict Oct. 1. Davison served as the city's subdistrict commissioner the past 12 years...

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