Stories from Thursday, October 21, 2010

City engineers expect to start repairs at one of the local sewage lagoons in coming weeks after the pond's protective covering started to bubble and tear. Located south of Mountain Home off South 5th West Street, problems at the lagoon were first reported in mid-August and continued to worsen, according to Public Works Director Wayne Shepherd...

One week after winning the Elmore County Soil and Water Conservation District Speech Contest in Mountain Home, Betsy Lynn captured the Regional Soil and Water Conservation District Speech Contest at Weiser last Tuesday. Lynn, a member of the award winning Mountain Home High School Talkin' Tigers Speech and Debate team, will now compete in the state final next month in Burley...

The state Republican campaign rally bus tour through southern Idaho kicked off last week with an early morning stop at the Mountain Home Senior Center. Gov. Butch Otter, Lt. Gov. Brad Little, Secretary of State Ben Ysursa and Second District Congressman Mike Simpson were all on hand to meet a small crowd of citizens that gathered at the center and answer questions...

The Elmore Medical Center annual Health and Wellness Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 7--11 a.m. at the Elks Lodge. The lodge will be filled with health- and wellness-related vendor booths as well as a variety of clinical services. "The annual Health and Wellness Day has grown to be a comprehensive community education event," organizers said. "Staff volunteers from Elmore Medical Center provide the manpower to make this event a success each year."...

The semi-annual Coffee House will honor local writers included in the new 2010 edition of The Whistle Pig: An Elmore County Literary Journal, Vol. 2. The free event is sponsored by the Mountain Home Arts Council and will be held in the commons area located in the Mountain Home Public Library on Friday, Oct. 22...

The Mountain Home, Jerome and Twin Falls girls will battle for places at state next week, and all three were at the Mountain Home Invitational cross country meet at Desert Canyon Golf Course last week, where one point separated the three teams. Jerome won the girls event with 43 points. ...

Devan Lesley led a Nampa running game that rushed for over 400 yards with 288 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulldogs crushed the Mountain Home Tigers 45-27 Friday night at Bulldog Bowl in Nampa. Lesley wasted little time getting the Bulldogs on the scoreboard, taking the handoff from quarterback Hayden Wright and getting through the Mountain Home defense into an open field, racing 60 yards for a touchdown on Nampa's first play from scrimmage in the game...

All of the employees at the local Mountain Home Albertsons grocery store have left it up to the citizens of Mountain Home to judge our pumpkin carving contest. Pumpkins range from traditional styles to comedic aspects as well as completely original ideas. All pumpkins to be judged include the following:...