Stories from Friday, October 22, 2010

The Mountain Home Senior Citizen Center will host a "meet the candidates" forum next Monday, Oct. 25, beginning at 7 p.m. All local and state candidates have been invited to attend to offer their positions to the public and answer questions. Most local candidates are expected to be present, and either state and federal candidates or their representatives should be on hand as well. ...

The annual Super Safe Halloween, sponsored by the city recreation department, will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, at Hacker Middle School. The free carnival, which includes games and activities, also features some changes from previous celebrations...

Mountain Home's LDS community is inviting the public to visit their new stake facility during an open house Saturday afternoon. The main festivities will run from 1-5 p.m. at the church complex, located on South Haskett Street near the city's theater complex...

The summer of 2010 saw 57 students, ages 4-14, on the Richard Aguirre Park tennis courts learning to play tennis. The kids participated in Quickstart Tennis Camps, conducted by Mountain Home Tiger head tennis coach Tamzy House, with members of the Tiger tennis team, in association with the Mountain Home High School and the City's Parks and Recreation Department...

The losing streak reached six for the Lady Tigers as they dropped road volleyball matches at Emmett and Columbia to close out the regular season last week. Emmett 3, Mountain Home 0 Mountain Home stayed fairly close, but dropped a conference volleyball match to Emmett in three straight games at Emmett Tuesday night. Mountain Home lost the first game 16-25, dropped the second 15-25, and dropped the third and final game 19-25...

What remained a frustrating season with lots of close losses finally came to an end last Wednesday when the Mountain Home Tigers boys soccer team lost to Nampa in the District III 4A boys soccer tournament at Kuna. The Tigers lost their district opener to top-seeded Middleton 1-0 last Saturday, then bounced back Monday with a 2-1 win over Kuna before losing to Nampa, 2-1, to be eliminated from the tournament...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers girls soccer team fell short making it to state, losing the third-place game to Skyview during this year's district tournament held last week. Bishop Kelly 6, Mountain Home 0 The Lady Tigers lost to top-seeded and unbeaten Bishop Kelly 6-0 in the semi-finals of the District III 4A girls soccer tourney at Bishop Kelly on Oct. 12. The loss put Mountain Home in the consolation bracket of the tournament...

Mary Francis Borg, 71, of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, at a Boise hospital. A graveside service was held on Thursday, Oct. 21, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Marolyn Lemmon Markham of Grand View passed away at home, surrounded by her family, on Monday, Oct.18, 2010, after a courageous battle with cancer. A viewing was held on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services were held Thursday, Oct. 21, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, with burial at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Burl J. Cook, 91, of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, at a local hospital. Graveside services were held Friday, Oct. 22, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Military honors were by American Legion Post #26. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...