Stories from Friday, August 6, 2010

With the once-every-five-years international Jailadi event concluding in Boise last week, local Basques are now turning their attention to the annual Basque Picnic in Mountain Home on Aug. 14. This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the local celebration of Basque culture...

Glenns Ferry will celebrate its pioneer heritage with the Three Island Celebration Aug.13-15. For more than 25 years, Glenns Ferry hosted the annual Three Island Crossing, an event that commemorated the crossing of the Snake River by Oregon Trail Pioneers. ...

Mountain Home Junior High fall sports programs will begin Aug. 16. Coach Prouty will be the eighth-grade football coach. Practice will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Eastside Park. Coach Young will hold cross country practice from 3:15-5:15 p.m. at Eastside Park. Coach Jewett will hold seventh-grade volleyball tryouts at Hacker Middle School from 3:30-5:30 p.m...

The Mountain Home Soccer Association will host a two-day soccer clinic from Aug. 13 to 14 at Legacy Park. Led by the Soccer Xpress group based in Kuna, the camps teach the fundamentals of the sport, sharpen existing skills and help youngsters meet new friends, said local soccer association representative John Jackson...

A GMC Safari drove through the new front doors of the Big Smoke, 305 American Legion Blvd., Friday morning. The driver was a little under age. Jamie Byrd. 25, had stopped at the store and left her vehicle running while she ran in to pick up some items at the business...

Lightning from afternoon thunderstorms Wednesday sparked two large wildfires south of Bruneau, but winds and rugged terrain have hampered suppression efforts. Meanwhile, a fire broke out overnight near Glenns Ferry.

Sponsored by Center for Community Health of Elmore Medical Center Date(s) of Event: 8/2/2010 Time(s) of Event:6:00pm Place of Event: Mountain Home Library multipurpose room This FREE, 6-week workshop will take place every Monday night to help you manage your own chronic health conditions. ...

Two people were injured following a two-car collision on Airbase Road near the railroad track crossing Friday morning just after 11 a.m.

All the reptiles and other critters at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science will assemble in the Herrett's Rick Allen Community Room the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 7 for 'Creepy Crawly Day.' Herrett reptile specialist Nick Peterson and assistants will coordinate the free event from 1 to 5 p.m. ...

Scores of law enforcement and search and rescue personnel in Owyhee and Elmore counties spent much of Friday searching for a man who allegedly was holding two 13-year-old girls hostage in the Bruneau desert and threatening to do them harm. But authorities now believe the phone call that launched the search was probably a hoax, although Owyhee County Sheriff Daryl Crandall is continued to check out back roads in the desert area of eastern Owyhee County.