Stories from Monday, November 16, 2009

Jazzi Cristobal and Daisy Malan, students at East Elementary School and Hacker Middle School, respectively, were recognized recently after their artwork had been chosen for the 2010 Highway Safety Kids Calendar. Cristobal and Malan were two of 14 entries chosen from the 884 total submissions the Idaho Department of Transpsortation received. ...

I remember quite a different life when I was a child, When I stop to think about it I can plainly see one thing that is wrong with the world today. We would wake up on that special day to the sound of the church bells ringing and the smell of bacon cooking...

Carrie Victoria Vanderpool, 48, of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Presentation by Martin Fewkes: "This year's Idaho Old Time Fiddlers Association (IOTFA) recipient of the Elray Woerman Award for Outstanding Service is Lyle Powell. Lyle was a member of the IOTFA from 1953 to 2009. Lyle was nominated in 2007, 2008, and again in 2009. Unfortunately, Lyle passed away in August this year...

Damon Robinson, 34, of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Alice Mary Beary Breslin died Nov. 10, 2009, at Elmore Medical Center Nursing Home in Mountain Home, Idaho. She was born April 11, 1914, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the sixth child of nine, to Thomas Beary of Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland, and Mary Allen Beary of Derk, County Limerick, Ireland...

Loretta S. Mason, 57, of Glenns Ferry was afflicted with cancer in August 2009 and went to be with our Lord and her parents when she passed away at home on Nov. 12, 2009. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date. Cremation under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...