Stories from Thursday, October 7, 2010

Services were held Wednesday for Samantha K. Leonard, 23, of Mountain Home Air Force Base, who died Saturday from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident Sept. 26 on Highway 93 between Twin Falls and Jackpot. Leonard had been flown to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center following the accident, in which she suffered severe head trauma...

A revised city ordinance will increase parking ticket fines and impose new restrictions on parking trailers and recreational vehicles on city streets when it takes effect Oct. 7. Receiving final approval by the Mountain Home City Council during a public meeting Sept. 27, the new law increases parking tickets to $40 on average while allowing people to park trailers and RVs on city streets for no more than 72 hours...

Elmore County Sheriff's Detective Robert "Bob" Chaney announced his retirement from the sheriff's office on Sept. 23. Chaney served with the Elmore County Sheriff's Office for 32 years. Elmore County Sheriff Rich Layher has scheduled a retirement party and potluck for the public to share and enjoy memories of Chaney's long career in law enforcement. ...

Bobbie Joe's Hangout in Stardust Plaza will host a fundraiser Friday for a new skateboard park in Mountain Home. The Mountain Home Parks and Recreation Department has indicated its willingness to donate approximately 40,000 square feet of ground at Legacy Park "to build a park that can attract attention from the skate culture from neighboring cities," organizers said...

A Mountain Home landmark may soon disappear. The Sagebrush Shuffler Hall, located on McMurtrey Road and visible from Highway 30, will soon be torn down, unless a small committee dedicated to saving the structure receives significant and immediate help...

Dear editor: I am hoping that my "SHOUT" out to Mountain Home's First Student school bus drivers, managers and office help gets printed. 7:04 a.m. ... looking out through the window from inside my warm home, still in pajamas, I watch my kids board the big yellow bus. I sigh and realize what a relief it is that that bus arrives every morning. I wondered, "what do the driver's do before they get to our stop?"...

The Mountain Home Tigers scored 21 unanswered points Friday night to battle back to defeat the Columbia Wildcats, 21-14, in conference football at Columbia High School in Nampa. In the first six minutes of the first quarter it was the Jacob Garcia show, as the Columbia senior scored on runs of 59 and 19 yards to help the Wildcats shoot out to a 14-0 lead. The Wildcats then kicked a field goal early in the second quarter to extend their lead to 17-0...