Stories from Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Central District Health Department is working to improve influenza vaccination rates among Elmore County children by offering a series of school-based flu clinics in Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry beginning Thursday, Nov. 18. Parents of students in the two school districts have been sent flu vaccination information packets, along with forms to fill out if they would like to protect their children against seasonal flu...

While most people bring home photographs of sandy beaches and waterfalls from their vacations, Maryl Sellman's trip included shots of tugboats, aircraft carriers and military helicopters. The co-owner of a recreational vehicle park near the Little Camas Reservoir, she had spent the past two years saving up money to take a trip with her high school classmates during a "girls only" reunion...

A Mountain Home man convicted in March for his role in a fatal car accident will spend the next 10 years under supervised probation following a jurisdictional review hearing in District Court on Nov. 10. Initially, Michael Martin faced a maximum of 19 years in confinement after he was found guilty of felony drunken driving and a second felony of leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries or fatalities...

Thanksgiving provides a fitting time to express thankfulness for our nation's great heritage in the face of difficulty. Despite considerable challenges, we can get our nation on the right track. Making our economy stronger and more competitive, and creating the lasting, high-quality jobs that our people and our families depend on, remain necessary steps in charting a productive course for our nation...

November 9 • 08:07 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM105• 08:30 Vehicle Stop, Old Oregon Trail Rd• 08:45 Abandoned Vehicle, I-84 MM125• 08:52 Animal, I-84 WB MM121• 08:59 Vehicle Stop, I-84 MM121• 09:57 Animal, Pine Bridge• 10:01 Vehicle Stop, Beaman/N18E• 10:32 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM82• 10:58 Traffic, I-84 WB MM80• 11:06 Animal, Jarvis Dr• 11:24 Animal, Jarvis Dr• 11:48 Misc, Birch Ave• 12:34 Assist• 13:19 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM82• 13:39 VIN Inspection, Merlotte Dr• 16:25 Damaged Property, Huse Wy• 17:13 Welfare, Hoagland Dr• 17:42 Vandalism, Glenns Ferry• 18:06 Juvenile Probation• 18:58 Reckless, I-84 EB MM74• 20:01 Traffic, Beaman Rd• 20:46 Collision Personal Injury, Canyon Crk Rd• 23:49 Noise, W17N. ...

The small team of volunteers finished the project just five minutes before Terry Martinez came home. Although they cut the timing close, the team wanted everything to be perfect -- to give the ailing teen a welcome he wouldn't soon forget. A quiet, reserved individual of few words, the teen's smile seemed to speak volumes as he walked into his bedroom for the first time in three days. ...