Stories from Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Community Leadership Development Committee and the Treasure Vallewy YMCA will hold a town hall meeting on April 20 at 7 p.m. in the high school gymnasium to share the results of its recent community recreation surveys and interviews. The public is being encouraged to attend...

A group of teens from outside the Mountain Home area remain the prime suspects in a case of vandalism at Richard Aguirre Park over the weekend. According to Mountain Home Police Chief John Walter, the individuals spray painted gang-like graffiti on the fence surrounding the pool as well as other structures in the park central area...

A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a series of arson fires at port-a-potties in the city parks. Five of the city's port-a-potties have been torched since Feb. 3, when the first incident was reported at Richard Aguirre Park...

The Bruneau-Grand View School District is expected to receive approximately $546,435 less funding for the 2010-2011 school year. One possibility to offset the budget cuts would be to convert to a four-day week calendar. The school district has a committee that has been investigating a four-day school week and it has presented that information at evening community meetings at each of the district schools during the past week...

The Mountain Home Tigers won two and lost two last week in baseball action, sweeping a doubleheader at Canyon Ridge High School in Twin Falls and losing the conference series with Bishop Kelly. Tigers 16, 16, River Hawks 0, 3 The Tigers traveled to Twin Falls on April 6 for a non-conference doubleheader against the Canyon Ridge River Hawks, pounding out 37 hits and scoring 32 runs in a doubleheader sweep...

Betty Margaret Winters Pearce Wise, a long-time Glenns Ferry resident, passed away at her home on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Betty was born Oct. 20, 1928, in Gooding, Idaho, to Jesse and Blanche Winters. She spent her early childhood in King Hill, Idaho, and then moved to Glenns Ferry...