Stories from Thursday, December 23, 2010

Standing in the front row, representatives with the Mountain Home Latter-day Saints Quilting Group join Lauri Erickson from the chamber of commerce and Randy Mendiola with Idaho Power to display quilts the group donated to the local Giving Tree relief agency...

During a 90-minute meeting Dec. 15, the county's planning and zoning commission approved plans for a second alternative energy complex in Elmore County while voting in favor of a new animal burial site north of Mountain Home. Following passage of a nearly identical generating facility proposal in March, the commission approved plans for a second solar energy farm southwest of town...

The Mountain Home Tigers were in all three games they played last week, but dropped all three in boys basketball action. Skyview 68, Mountain Home 61 The Mountain Home Tigers battled the Skyview Hawks tough, but fell short, 68-61, in their conference opener in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium last Tuesday...

It was a good week for Mountain Home Lady Tiger basketball last week. Not only did Dakota Barrie see her first action of the season after having knee surgery that kept her out of Mountain Home's first six games, but the Lady Tigers also broke into the win column, winning three straight games...

The Mountain Home Tiger wrestling squad had a productive week, splitting their home tri-match last Wednesday and winning five of nine matches at the Bonneville Duals wrestling tourney in Idaho Falls. Mountain Home 46 Timberline 30 Mountain Home picked up six pins in their Wednesday night home dual win over Timberline last week...

Diana "Dee Dee" M. Joseph, 64, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at a Boise hospital. A celebration of her life will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, at the Glenns Ferry Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 1446, located at 304 E. First St. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home,...

On Dec. 19, 2010, Ann Knudson passed away at home, surrounded by her loved ones. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 27, at the Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...