Stories from Friday, April 23, 2010

The Rotary Club of Elmore County is working in partnership with the City of Mountain Home to place an M-1 Abrams tank, a "veteran" of the Gulf Wars, in a new city park being created off Highway 20 north of I-84 and just past the entrance to the National Guard Armory...

Local emergency and disaster response agencies will host a free Community Emergency Preparedness Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, April 24, at the Mormon Stake Center, 1150 N. 8th East St., in Mountain Home. The fair helps answer people's questions on how to prepare for natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and major storms and how to cope with an extended power or water outages...

Dear editor: Who is Marla Lawson? Everyone has an opinion on who she actually is, or who she claims to be. Marla and her husband, Fred Lawson, are residents of Lowman, Idaho. Marla is running for senate seat for District 22 on the Republican ticket...

The Mountain Home Tigers came away with three wins in four baseball games last week. Mountain Home 12, Kuna 3 Mountain Home continued its mastery of Kuna, downing the Kavemen 12-3 last Monday at Kuna in a non-conference game. The Tigers built up a 9-0 lead on their way to a 12-3 victory over the Kavemen, getting 12 hits in the win...

A former official with the Elmore County Department of Motor Vehicles office pled guilty to one count of embezzling public funds during a preliminary hearing in district court Friday morning. Mava Terhaar faces up to 14 years in prison and a $10,000 fine during sentencing the morning of June 10...