Stories from Friday, October 8, 2010

Owners of a local computer store hope to renew the gift of learning in a child struggling with disabilities through an initiative aimed at fueling academic success. On the evening of Dec. 24, Chris and Lori Albright from Mountain Home Computers will present a new computer system to a school-age child as part of their "Connecting Kids to Computers" program...

Dear editor: We recently concluded our second annual charity golf tournament, "GOLF for a CAUSE," in Mountain Home at Desert Canyon Golf Course with all proceeds going directly to the Luekemia/Lymphoma Society. For the past two years this drive has been supported by Mountain Home businesses, city council, and local residents...

The Mountain Home girls soccer team enjoyed a good week last week, winning two games and tying one. Mountain Home 4, Columbia 3 Rachel Warila scored in the closing minutes to help the Mountain Home girls down Columbia 4-3 last Sept. 27 at Eastside Park in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team played hard last week, but came up short against their three opponents. Columbia 3, Mountain Home 1 The Tigers battled Columbia tough before losing Tuesday, 3-1, at Columbia in conference boys soccer. Jalen Gibbons scored Mountain Home's goal off an assist by Tyson Gibbons. Tomas Guillen had six saves on goal for Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers girls and boys cross country teams both came in fourth place at the Meridian Warrior Mountain Classic cross country run near Smith's Ferry Saturday. Rocky Mountain won the girls race with 35 points, edging Centennial, which had 38. Meridian was third with 82, a point ahead of Mountain Home's 83. Nampa finished with 139 points and Columbia did not have a complete team...