Stories from Thursday, August 5, 2010

The unique music associated with Benjamin Franklin's invention, the Armonica, can be heard Friday evening, Aug. 6, in Mountain Home. The concert by William Zeitler begins at 7 p.m. at the LDS church in Mountain Home 1150 N. 8th East St. Admission is free...

The Mountain Home School District has failed to meet the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards each of the seven years the program to measure student performance has been in place. And it's not likely it will ever pass, according to Supt. Tim McMurtrey, who noted that it's not just Mountain Home -- no school in the state the size of the Mountain Home School District or larger has ever passed the AYP standard...

Fire crews from Mountain Home responded to two fires during the last week, while forest service and BLM crews put out several small blazes touched off by lightning last week. Sunday, the Mountain Home Fire Department responded to a report of a small grass fire at milepost 92 along I-84. Assistant Fire Chief Bud Corbus said gusting winds quickly drove the fire to five acres before it could be contained...

Dear editor: As reported in the April 28, 2010, edition of the Mountain Home News, at a public meeting held on April 20, 2010, the Community Leadership Development Committee (CLDC) revealed the results of a recreation survey conducted in March. This survey gathered information from the general public regarding needs which the PUBLIC identified as priority programs for a new recreation/community center. ...

Tryout dates for fall sports at Mountain Home High School have been announced. The first practice for football will start at 5 p.m. Monday at Greenacres Field (the old football field) at the high school. The first day of tryouts for boys soccer will start at 6 p.m. Monday at Eastside Park. Tryouts will continued through Aug. 11...

Elmore Medical Center Foundation will host the 2010 Annual Golf Classic and Silent Auction on Saturday. The event will raise money for new refrigeration equipment for the hospital lab and to support the medical center's Endowment Fund. The 2010 Annual Golf Classic will begin with a continental breakfast and golfer registration starting at 7:30 a.m. at Desert Canyon Golf Course. Participants will tee off at 9 a.m. in a shotgun start...

My wife was in Albertsons on the evening of July 30th. She went to use the restroom and took off her wedding band and mother's day ring to wash her hands and forgot them on the sink. She was about to walk out the store without them when remembered that she left her rings on the sink. ...

Pocatello, Idaho --Keth Galloway of Mountain Home earned a place on the Idaho State University 2010 spring semester dean's list for the College of Technology, announced Dr. Marilyn Davis, dean of the college. To qualify for the dean's list, students must complete at least 12 semester credits and receive a grade point average of 3.90 or higher...