Stories from Friday, April 30, 2010

Community Emergency Preparedness Fair, held Saturday at the Mormon Stake Center, was a "huge success" according to organizer JoAnn Henrick. "I think people were surprised at how big it was," she said. The fair was designed to help 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 outage, as well as providing basic safety information...

Local residents will have an opportunity to dispose of their expired or unwanted prescriptions and over-the-counter medications during the first RX/OTC Med Take Back event to be held in Mountain Home. Residents may bring their expired or unwanted medications, syringes and pet medicines to Trinity Mountain Medical Clinic, 465 McKenna Dr., from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 8...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers picked up two more conference softball wins last week, blanking Middleton and Nampa. Mtn. Home 15, Middleton 0 Mountain Home scored six runs in both the third and fifth innings Tuesday to pull away for a 15-0 five-inning win over the Lady Vikings at Middleton...

Dear editor: At the candidate forum in Centerville on 4/1/2010, Marla Lawson said she is in favor of abolishing the state income tax. With the current state budget deficits, we are already cutting many services. Loss of income tax revenue would only shift the burden to other taxes, such as the property tax. The funding must come from somewhere...