Stories from Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Bob McNamar, owner of McNamar Racing of Mountain Home, is hoping to restart a local Jaycees chapter in Mountain Home. A meeting to explore the possibility will be held Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at Smokey Mountain Pizza. See the Mountain Home News for the complete story...

Donald N "Newt" Wright, long-time horse trainer and farrier, passed away Sept. 21, 2009, in Bozeman, Mont., of a sudden illness. Newt was active right up until the end, in fact he had been working horses the day before he was stricken with a virulent bacterial infection...

Clarence Kay McCune Jan. 29, 1919 ­ Oct. 3, 2009. Itıs a time of sadness; itıs a time of celebration. Clarence "Mac" McCune completed the circle of life on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. He arrived on this planet much the same way that he left it ­ in an unassuming and quiet manner. He was born at home and he departed this life at home...

The Mountain Home girls JV soccer team travelled to Middleton last week to attempt to avenge the 3-0 loss to Middleton earlier in the season, this time winning 1-0. On a bumpy field with vocal home support, the Tigers worked hard to contain the hosts in the first half. Tiger's chances on goal were few and far between with only a couple attacking runs from Sarah Richins and Alondra Rodriguez...

The Mountain Home Tigers overcame less than desirable weather at Twin Falls last Wednesday, running well at the Kleinkopf Invitational cross country meet. Mountain Home finished fourth out of 17 varsity girls teams that competed. Hillcrest won the girls race with 57 points, Twin Falls was second with 62, Highland of Pocatello was next with 85 points and Mountain Home was fourth with 127...

The Mountain Home Tigers JV football team ran up against a tough Columbia JV football team last Wednesday at Columbia High School and lost 18-0. Columbia scored and got a two-point conversion in the second quarter to go up 8-0 at halftime. They added a field goal and another score in the fourth quarter to make it an 18-0 final...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team bounced back from a loss to Middleton earlier in the week to down Kuna in conference boys soccer. Middleton 2, Tigers 1 The Mountain Home Tigers battled Middleton tough last Tuesday, but came up short in a 2-1 loss to the Vikings at Eastside Park in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger girls soccer team closes out its regular season schedule this week at home. The Lady Tigers suffered a tie and a loss in games last week. Mountain Home 2, Middleton 2 Middleton scored in the final six minutes to tie the SIC 4A conference girls soccer game at 2-2, which is how the game ended...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers fought back from a slow start, but it was too-little, too-late, as they dropped a 3-0 conference volleyball match to the Columbia Lady Wildcats in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home last Tuesday. Mountain Home started slow against the taller Lady Wildcats, falling behind 2-13, and never really got any type of a comeback going, dropping the first game 13-25. ...

For the second week in a row, the Mountain Home Tigers lost a one-point ball game, this time to the Columbia Wildcats, 21-20. The week before, the Tigers lost 7-6 to the Middleton Vikings when Mountain Home scored late in the game and went for two and failed...

For most people, watching their career go "downhill" usually means bad news. But for people like Cierah "C.J." Bish, downhill is a good thing -- a term of endearment for those who embrace the sport of motocross. Since joining the Idaho racing scene eight years ago, C.J.'s life on the downhill circuit meant cruising through hairpin corners at 45 miles per hour and flying 80 feet over dirt-packed hills to lead the competition...

Some time in the next few weeks the Obama administration is going to make some hard decisions on the war in Afghanistan. The president is being advised by his top military advisors that: 1) More troops are needed to prevent an outright defeat of U.S and allied forces...

Dear editor: I am outraged over this matter! Mountain Home School Board Trustees should be shame of what you have done to Mr. Houston and his family. First, you hired incompetent people to conduct the election. The three so called illegal voters did nothing illegal. Most citizens here in Mountain Home do not know the school zone they reside in...

Dear editor: To the "great outdoor" persons: You slobs! This letter of protest is directed to you ­-- the ones who left a trail of fishing line, plastic worm containers, fish egg jars, beer cans, pop cans and bottles along with wine bottles, fish hook wrappers, potato chip bags, cigarette butts, matches, Styrofoam cups and plates, stoves, mattresses, clothes, batteries, tires and even disposable diapers...

Steve and Starrla Walters have announced the wedding of their daughter, Jill, to Todd Vitale of Sturgis, S.D., son of Hilton and Cindy Biero of Sturgis. The bride is formerly of Mountain Home. She graduated from Mountain Home High School in 2003. The couple were married Sept. 26, 2009, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lead, S.D., with the bride's uncle, Pastor Gary Walters, officiating...

Cooler temperatures, cloudy skies and a threat of rain didn't dampen people's spirits as they flocked to the downtown area to celebrate this year's fall harvest festival. Sponsored by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, the day gave local residents a chance to celebrate this year's harvest while organizers also highlighted the history of sheepherding that helped the city grow in its earlier days...

The Mountain Home Fire Department will hold its annual Open House on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 5:30-8:15 p.m. at Fire Station #1 behind Paul's Market. The event not only teaches the local children who attend the event about fire safety, but also gives them a chance to ride the fire trucks...