Stories from Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Mountain Home Arts Council will present the "Music the American Way Variety Show" on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at the MHHS Lloyd Schiller Gym. The one-night-only performance will feature a showcase of musicians, singers, and dancers. The music is American classics combined with contemporary songs from across the spectrum...

Passing motorists saved a woman injured in a single-vehicle accident at milepost 129 on I-84 Monday after her vehicle rolled on the interstate and caught fire. Both eastbound lanes of I-84 were closed for a short time Monday morning as emergency crews worked the accident just east of the King Hill exit...

Dear editor: As proud parents of the Mountain Home girls softball team, we would like to thank the anonymous person in our community that gave the girls their state championship rings. This is a great bunch of girls. Last season they worked as a team to move ahead in our district and took top honors to go to state. ...

President Barack Obama is having a hard time choosing what strategy to take in Afghanistan -- in part because all of the choices open to him are bad. One option would be to just pull out. That might be the smartest thing to do, at least in terms of casualties and the drain on our nation's finances, but the Taliban and al-Qaeda already control 80 percent of the countryside (and about half the population), and it would only be a matter of months before they roared back into power. ...

Samuel and Michele Dawson, of Mountain Home, and Lola White, of Meridian, have announced the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Lyndsey, to Josh Starbird, son of Jason and Susan Starbird of Andover, Kan. The bride is formerly of Mountain Home. She graduated from Mountain Home High School in 2008 and is currently living and working in Meridian...

Angelique Marquette Koethke and Tyler Broadie Watson were united in marriage Oct. 16, 2009, at the American Legion Hall in Mountain Home. The bride is the daughter of Marilyn Hauck and Fred Koethke, of Mountain Home and Anchorage, Alaska, The groom is the son of Anna Beberness and Mike Watson of Mountain Home and Magic Reservoir...

Joy Withrow of Garden City has announced the engagement of her daughter, Fallon Rudisill, of Mountain Home, to Cort Gates, son of Sharon and Marty Gates of Boise. The bride-to-be is currently attending school at Brown Mackie College in Boise where she is pursuing a criminal justice degree...

The Mountain Home Tiger JV football team closed out its season with a 34-28 win at Emmett last Thursday. After a scoreless first quarter, Emmett was first to get on the board, scoring on a 32-yard pass play. On the ensuing kickoff, John Payton set up the Tigers' first score with a 78-yard kickoff return. Alex Rodriguez passed to Tyler Knauth for a five-yard touchdown pass to get the Tigers on the scoreboard...

The Mountain Home Tigers girls cross country team finished fifth at the State 4A Cross Country Meet at Circling Raven Golf Course at Worley, Idaho, Saturday. Bishop Kelly ran away with the 4A girls race, finishing with 36 points. Hillcrest was second with 88, Twin Falls was third with 100, Jerome was fourth with 137 and Mountain Home came in fifth with 146 points. ...

City Planner Bonnie Harper was awarded last week with her championship golf trophy for her victory at the Ladies Club Championship held in August. During the tournament, Harper trailed by four strokes following the first day, but was able to achieve victory in the second day by making up her four-stroke deficit and defeating the field of 40 competitors by four strokes...

The Mountain Home Tigers snapped their five-game losing streak Friday night, closing out the season on Senior Night with a 36-0 win over Emmett. The Tigers had an early scare when Tommy Miller was injured in the first two minutes of the game. The Tigers' leading scorer and rusher broke his collarbone and was removed from the field by ambulance...

Ravens 30, Broncos 7 BAL: Ray Rice 23 Rush, 84 yds, 1 TD DEN: Knowshon Moreno 10 Rush, 39 yds, 1 TD Texans 31, Bills 10 HOU: Ryan Moats 23 Rush, 126 yds, 3 TDs BUF: Terrell Owens 1 Rush, 29 yds, 1 TD Bears 30, Browns 6 CHI: Matt Forte 26 Rush, 90 yds, 2 TDs...

In recognition of their championship season last year, the Mountain Home girls softball team was presented with championship rings in front of friends and family at Smokey Mountain Pizza last Tuesday night, Oct. 27. Last year, the girls team pulled off the biggest victory in Mountain Home High School history, bringing home the city's first high school state championship...

Another Mountain Home election will be decided by the flip of a coin, this time in the Mellen Sub Water District, where three candidates tied for the fifth position on the board.