Stories from Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Elmore County Assessor's office is reminding all persons who might qualify for the 2011 property tax reduction program that the final date for filing the appropriate form is April 15. Some of the requirements are: to be widowed; disabled, or 65 years of age or older...

Hoping to harness the creative talents of additional students across the county, a local school teacher has announced plans to expand the city's yearly film competition. Celebrating its third anniversary, the Mountain Home Film Festival now allows any student in Elmore County between 5 to 18 years old to enter their homemade movies...

The county's search and rescue team's commander urges people to take precautions and remain vigilant as they venture into the mountains, because responses for medical care in the back country can take a long time. Steve Raber, who took command of the Elmore County Search and Rescue team last year, noted as an example the number of missions his team conducted just last fall after hunting season began, which saw two men die of heart attacks while hunting before help could arrive...

All of us in life make mistakes. I made mine in the year 1995. It was with great fortune and divine intervention that myself and my family ended up in Mountain Home Idaho at the steps of Jack Streeter's building. Yes that was the tallest building in town at the time. ...