Stories from Wednesday, June 30, 2010

City officials and local business leaders continued putting the final touches on preparations for Sunday's Independence Day activities across Mountain Home. Honoring the nation's 234th anniversary this year, festivities begin at 10 a.m. in Carl Miller Park during the El-Wyhee Business Association's fourth annual "Flash and Shine Show."...

The Mountain Home Police Department continued this week to investigate a stabbing near American Legion Boulevard the morning of June 20. According to police spokesman Sgt. Rick Viola, two men attacked a 19-year-old man as he walked to the local Maverick service station around 3 a.m...

Army Specialist Alex Jamison and Terah Bargman were married June 2, 2010, at the Christian and Baptist Church in Mountain Home. The bride is the daughter of Paul and Lori Bargman and the groom is the son of Allen and Linda Jamison, all of Mountain Home...

Bill and Brenda Bamber of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their son, Kevin Lee Bamber, to Deana Marie McCallum, daughter of Deborah Bosworth of Powell Butte, Ore., and Dave McCallum of Mountain Home. The couple plan to marry on Saturday, July 24, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Legacy Park in Mountain Home, with a reception to follow at War Memorial Hall...

A Mountain Home woman will not stand trial for her role in the accidental shooting of a local youth earlier this year. A motion submitted by the Elmore County Prosecutor's Office on June 23 recommended dismissing the felony charge against Molly Harman...

Some of the nation's top cowboys earned more than $26,000 in cash prizes during the 5th Annual Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo last week. Held at Optimist Park on the city's west side, the annual event draws a growing competitors from the national Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association as well as amateur rodeo cowboys and cowgirls from across the Pacific northwest, according to event organizers...

The stepfather of the five-year-old child who accidentally shot and seriously wounded a Mountain Home high school student in February was convicted of reckless endangerment during a court-martial June 22. Staff Sgt. Nathanel Harman, from the 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was sentenced to six month's confinement and ordered to forfeit $500 pay per month for six months...

In the children's nursery rhyme about Mary the quite contrary, she made her garden grow with silver bells, cockle shells and pretty maids in a row. Dave and Teresa Hymer have a more unorthodox method to keep a garden and yard growing. They prefer using things like coffee grounds and compost...