Stories from Thursday, August 27, 2009

Plans remain on schedule to open a medical clinic for military veterans in the Mountain Home area within the next 12 months. The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boise continues to review options to open a roughly 12-person clinic with either a VA medical team or contractors handling its day-to-day operations...

August 19 • 01:25 Noise• 01:55 Assist, MH• 09:02 Vehicle Fire, I-84 Exit 99• 10:18 Assist, Hammett• 10:51 Traffic, I-84 WB MM112• 10:53 Probable Subject, Elks Flat• 11:13 Assist, I-84 MM96• 13:24 Traffic, I-84 EB MM63• 13:38 Collision Property Damage, I-84 EB MM79• 13:40 Brush Fire, I-84 EB MM79• 13:49 Traffic, I-84 EB MM63• 14:14 Warrant, MAHFB Grand View Gate• 15:00 Motorist Assist, I-84 Wb MM119.5• 15:20 Assist• 15:24 Suspicious Circumstance, MH• 15:57 Collision Unknown, I-84 EB MM79• 17:18 Traffic, I-84 EB MM123• 17:58 Civil Matter• 18:29 Subject Stop, Fall Creek• 18:55 Extra• 19:50 Animal• 19:57 DUI• 20:35 Missing, Hammett• 21:11 Fight• 21:32 Traffic, MH• 21:45 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 23:14 Miscellaneous, MH• 23:15 Slide Off, Hwy 20 MM120-121. ...

Jeneva D. Ike and Howard Hazelbaker were united in marriage Aug. 22, 2009, during ceremonies held at Legacy Park in Mountain Home. The bride is the daughter of Anthony and Susan Antekeier of Mountain Home. The groom is the son of Dan and Martha Hazelbaker of Mountain Home. The couple are both 2006 graduates of Richard McKenna Charter High School...

John Filipovich and Bette Shanks, both of Mountain Home, will celebrate the beginning of their life together during special wedding ceremonies Sept. 19 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home.

Charlie Francisco recently competed in the Lean Horse 100 ultra-marathon held in Hot Springs, South Dakota on August 22nd and 23rd. His time of 27 hours 25 minutes and 24 seconds solidified his 3rd place age group finish. The grueling run saw temperatures exceed 100 degrees which undoubtedly was a factor in 41 of the 119 participants being unable to complete the race...

The Sand Hollow Fire continues to burn in rough terrain just outside Emmett, Idaho. At 10:30 AM the size of the fire is estimated at 800 acres. Aviation resources were able to get off the ground this morning and are attacking the blaze from the air while fire engines, hand crews and dozers continue to work on the ground. ...

Charlie Francisco recently competed in the Lean Horse 100 ultra-marathon held in Hot Springs, South Dakota on August 22nd and 23rd. His time of 27 hours 25 minutes and 24 seconds solidified his 3rd place age group finish. The grueling run saw temperatures exceed 100 degrees which undoubtedly was a factor in 41 of the 119 participants being unable to complete the race...

Having spent much of my life on the entertainment trail, I have spent most of it in the mountains, high desert, and plains. Making people laugh sharing and our cowboy life is a great way to make a living. ...

In the quest for personal identity, many of us followed our dream to be a cowboy. We soon found it to be long hours, lots of work, yet our work was our life's joy.We rode long many hours in the saddle, gathering cattle and fixing fence for miles. Working in the rain, hail, and snowstorms, still brings up memories with a smile...

While riding the backcountry of the Bob Marshall Wilderness hunting for elk, Harvey and Bob were enjoying the hunt far from the cattle ranch back home. As they crossed the slide are and followed the trail down to the creek bottom. There was a very small and frightened bear cub and hiding in a small pine tree...

We find it necessary to share our life's adventures and it is much easier to remember if we set it to rhyme. Bear in mind that all of my stories are true, . . . or they're gonna be! "I just never let the truth get in the way of a good story or poem!"...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers will open their 2009 volleyball season Thursday night at home against Bishop Kelly. Second-year head volleyball coach Rachele Asbury opened practice on Aug. 10 and had a good turnout for volleyball. "We did have a good turnout. We had 48 girls at our tryouts, so we have some options, and some younger girls really improved over the summer and were able to move up to some of the higher-level teams."...

The Mountain Home Tigers will kick off their 2009 football season at Jerome Friday night. The Tigers of Mountain Home are coming off a 9-2 season that saw them come up short against the Hillcrest Knights in the 4A state football playoff semi-finals last year. Hillcrest went on to beat Jerome for the state title the following week...

The Mountain Home Tigers cross country teams head to Firth on Saturday for the Firth Mud Run. The turnout for cross country this year has Mountain Home Tiger cross country coach Doug Root smiling. "We had an excellent turnout. Right now we're sitting at right about 30 kids, and they're about evenly mixed between boys and girls."...

Rachel Warila scored five goals to help lead the Mountain Home Lady Tigers to a 7-3 non-conference soccer win over Jerome Saturday at Eastside Park. Jerome took a 1-0 lead early on a penalty kick, and Mountain Home tied it a few minutes later on a Warila goal. Warila scored two more goals in the first half to give Mountain Home a 3-1 lead at halftime and added two more in the first three minutes of the second half to make it 5-1 Mountain Home...