Stories from Saturday, January 30, 2010

Dear editor: At the last city council meeting, the council took up the proposed Catholic parish consolidation project. Present at the meeting were representatives from the Boise Catholic diocese as well as the project engineer and architect. The contractor of the project presented the council with a very detailed and comprehensive presentation. Included in the presentation was a parking survey which was conducted over a six-month period...

Mountain Home's newly reformed Jaycees organization will host a Valentines Day prom for local senior citizens ages 55 and up the evening of Feb. 13. The prom begins at 5 p.m. at the Mountain Home Senior Center and features a spaghetti dinner furnished by Smoky Mountain Pizza and Pasta along with a salad and desert...

Ada and Elmore County authorities are looking for a man, believed to be elderly, who allegedly kidnapped a 24-year-old man at gunpoint on Highway 21 in Ada County Friday afternoon around 3:15 p.m., then drove him to King Hill, where he tied the victim up with duct tape, took pictures of him, and then drove away...