Stories from Thursday, April 29, 2010

The upcoming temporary supplemental levy for the school district is a complicated issue. By state law, the authorization would be for two years, Each year's authorization would be $2.8 million and the district expects to use all of the first year's authorization, plus make more than $1 million in additional cuts. But, if the legislature restores funding, district officials say they would not levy that full amount the second year, only what would be needed, if any...

Incumbent Elmore County Clerk Marsa Plummer will seek re-election to a second term this year. She will face a challenge from one of her own staff members, Barbara Steele, in the May 25 primary election, which will probably decide who will be the next county clerk since no Democrats filed to challenge the winner in the fall election...

The 50 members of the Idaho National Guard's Company C, Special Troops Battalion, stationed at the Mountain Home Armory, will be among the 2,700 members of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team being called up to support ongoing operations in Iraq later this year...

Battling back from a tough opening round, students from Hacker Middle School and Mountain Home Junior High School moved through the ranks to finish fourth during an Academic Bowl competition April 20. Held at the city's middle school, the academic challenge was one in a series of tournaments scheduled throughout the year to test students from schools across the Treasure Valley...

The Mountain Home Tigers and Kuna Kavemen split their SIC 4A conference baseball series last week, each team winning on the road. Tigers 5, Kavemen 1 A three-run fifth inning helped the Tigers pull away from Kuna Thursday for a 5-1 conference win at Kuna...

Mountain Home High School students majoring in film production earned top honors along with hundreds of dollars in cash prizes during regional and local film festivals held this month. Five students won four first-place awards during the Idaho Falls Kiwanis Teen Film Festival on March 17 and joined four other teens that claimed honors at the 2010 Mountain Home Teen Film Festival on Saturday...

Dear editor: Well, do I feel like Sarah Palin dealing with Troopergate. My name is Marla Lawson and I guess it is now my job to let you know the other side of the story. I am a resident of Lowman and I am running for the senate seat for the 22nd legislative district. Before someone critiques my speaking ability, they should show up at least once to hear me speak...