Stories from Monday, October 26, 2009

The 366th Component Maintenance Squadron and 366th Operations Support Squadron haunted house will be open from 7-11 p.m. Oct. 123, 24, 30 and 31 at 4819 Johnson Place in the Dunes housing on base. For the younger visitors, there is a children's hour between 7 and 8 p.m. that includes face painting and a bake sale...

The Mountain Home Public Library now has access to Career Information Systems, a collaborative effort between the Idaho Commission for Libraries and the Idaho Department of Labor. The site, available from the library's public computers, is a comprehensive, computerized information system for career exploration and planning. There are resources for choosing a training program, college major or school, as well as finding financial aid...

Detectives with the Mountain Home Police Department located runaway Kiersten LeAnne Vasconcellos, who was missing since Oct. 9. She is the daughter of Tina and Corey Tvinnerime. With the assistance of Elmore County Sheriffs Department, 366 Security Forces at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, Office of Special Investigations (OSI - Air Force), and leads that that were developed from various sources, Kiersten LeAnne Vasconcellos was located in the Mountain Home area...

Dora M. Winterbottom Tipton, 86 of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2009. Per her request, no services are planned. Dora was born on May 27, 1923, to Jess and Crystal Shelley of Mt Pleasant, Utah. Dora's early life was shaped by the hard work of a small family farm life, where she developed her very strong work ethic and dedication to excellence. ...

Edna Mae Collins Dickens, wife, loving mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away October 4th. She was born September 23, 1935 in North Carolina to Eunice Womack Collins and Andrew J. Collins. She met and later married Robert C. Dickens in Sanford, North Carolina on February 20, 1956. ...

Charles A. "Butch" Pickett Jr., 67, of Mountain Home, ended his final battle at home on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, surrounded by his family. A viewing will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial with military honors by American Legion Post #26 will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...