Stories from Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The Mountain Home Jaycees will host a breakfast with Santa from 7 a.m. to noon Dec. 12 at the Senior Citizens Center, 1000 N. 3rd East St. The buffet-style breakfast features pancakes, ham, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, milk, juice and hash browns...

The Mountain Home Youth Center, 130 N. Main, will host an open house and food drive on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 1-4 p.m. Santa and Mrs. Clause will be available for pictures, done by Katie's Photo Express, for $5 a picture. The Youth Center staff will serve hot chocolate and snacks, provide information about the center and its future building plans and encourage people to walk through the facility...

James Phillips, 82, of King Hill, died Nov. 30, 2009, at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

The Christmas season will open with the first official appearance of Santa Claus during the Holiday Light Parade on Friday, Dec. 4, beginning at 8 p.m. The theme this year is "Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child." The parade will head down East Second Street, turn up American Legion Boulevard and conclude at Triangle Park across from Herb Hawley's service station on North 6th East Street with the lighting of the community Christmas tree...

The 7th annual Mountain Home High School Alumni Basketball game will be held Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the junior high gymnasium. All Mountain Home graduates are invited to participate in the game and donations will be given to the Scott Yagues Scholarship Fund...

Football fans got their money's worth Saturday at the El Korah Shrine District III East-West Senior All-Star football games at Eagle High School. The 11-man game went down to an exciting finish when the West's two-point conversion with no time on the clock was no good, allowing the East All-Stars to escape with a 28-27 win...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers JV basketball team remained winless, dropping a 41-32 conference contest to Middleton last Tuesday in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. Keesha Janis scored to give Mountain Home a 2-0 lead early in the first quarter but the Lady Vikings went on a 17-2 run to build up a 17-4 lead with 4:30 left in the quarter. The Lady Tigers battled back to within five, 17-12, at the quarter's end...

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger sophomores dropped their conference basketball opener to Middleton 28-20 last Tuesday in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. Mountain Home battled tough in the first quarter, grabbing a 4-3 lead midway through the first quarter, but trailed, 7-6, after a quarter...

For a half, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers had things much their way, but in the second half were outscored 33-15 to fall victim to Middleton, 50-41, in their conference basketball opener in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium last Tuesday night. Mountain Home shot out to a 7-0 lead in the first two minutes of the ballgame but Middleton fought back to tie the game at 7-7 with 3:33 left in the quarter...

Sometimes, what you inherit becomes yours. Increasingly, the War in Afghanistan is becoming President Obama's war and may wind up defining his presidency more than health care or economic recovery. The president is expected to announce today his military strategy for Afghanistan. ...

Dear editor: This letter is to the C.J. Strike supervisor in regards to a ridiculous situation due to the feeding of starving cats that has completely gotten out of hand. I have heard your crackpot reasoning why you choose to take a stand and not allow them to be fed...

Dear editor: Dare to be constitutionally correct. Dare to say no to the insurance cartel. Dare to expose the trilateral commission. Dare to say no to sodomy. Dare to say no to oligarchy. Dare to say no to plutocracy. Dare to keep from cherishing opinions...

Dear editor: The students and staff at Hacker Middle School are holding a "Feed the Need" food drive. Any person willing to donate food for the harsh winter months will be able to bring canned food to the school during school hours. We would like to have more people aware of our food drive to benefit El-Ada Food Bank. We feel that if you can add this information to your newspaper, the word will get out and our food drive will be as successful as has been in the past. Our goal is 1,000 cans...

Thursday Packers 34, Lions 12 GB: Aaron Rodgers 28-39, 348 yds, 3 TDs DET: Calvin Johnson 2 Rec, 10 yds, 1 TD Cowboys 24, Raiders 7 DAL: Tony Romo 18-29, 309 yds, 2 TDs OAK: Bruce Gradkowski 18-35, 200 yds, 1 TD Broncos 26, Giants 6 DEN: Knowshon Moreno 19 Rush, 88 yds, 1 TD...