Stories from Friday, August 27, 2010

Randy Miller wants to create a tourist attraction for Mountain Home by creating a wall of pennies and nickels on the alley side of Kurly's. Miller, of Think-Q Painting, is setting up small buckets at a number of local merchants asking people to donate their pennies and nickels to the project. He plans on gluing the coins to the 45x16-foot wall in the hopes that it will draw tourists and locals into the downtown area...

It involves hundreds of volunteers, thousands of dollars in donations and the unwavering support of the local community to bring Air Force Appreciation Day together each September. Impossible to organize? Nope. It's a piece of cake. Just ask people like Randy Valley...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers tip off their 2010 volleyball season on the road at Bishop Kelly Thursday night. Mountain Home Lady Tiger varsity volleyball coach Rachele Asbury was pleased with the turnout for volleyball this year. "We had 38 girls at try-outs, and ended up keeping 10 girls for each of the teams, sophomore, JV and varsity. ...

The Mountain Home Tigers cross country team will travel to Firth on Saturday to open its cross country season. Tiger cross country coach Doug Root is pleased with the turnout he has for cross country this year. "We've got 33 kids right now -- the best ever. We've got 14 girls and the rest are boys, so that gives us a full girls varsity and JV this year and a full boys varsity and JV this year, with some extras."...

Dear editor: Some of the family was taking a trip to the Oregon Coast, staying one night with our daughter and son-in-law in Mountain Home. My grandson was driving, and upon reaching my son-in-law and daughter's place, he called and said there was a "bad noise" in the front driver side wheel area...

Dear editor: There was a small article in the G.F. (Glenns Ferry) Gazette two weeks ago about a surprise party for George Wither's 80th birthday and Earl Lischendorf's 90th birthday. We were at this event when they came in and were totally surprised...

The city police chief issued a warning to parents and legal guardians of local school students this week regarding a potentially dangerous substance surfacing in the Mountain Home community. Mountain Home Police Chief John Walter wrote the letter following increased use locally of a substance commonly known as Spice...

The Hot Tea Fire burning 10 miles northeast of Mountain Home on the south side of Bennet Mountain near Teapot Dome is now the top priority for Boise District BLM Fire Managers. The fire has grown to 10,000 acres