Stories from Friday, April 1, 2011

Mountain Home's new model rocketry club will meet at noon April 9 at the Wondertrail hobby store at 705 Airbase Road. The Skies Not the Limit Rocketeers plan to hold a launch demonstration that afternoon at Bert Landon Field south of town. Members don't need to own their own rockets or launch systems to participate in the club's events...

A grant recently submitted by city officials seeks to literally pave the way for new bike trails across the Mountain Home community. The $60,000 funding request submitted to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation includes paving more than a mile of gravel trails north of the city golf course as well as a separate stretch south of Legacy Park...

The Mountain Home Tiger track teams finished second to Bishop Kelly in a dual track meet at Bishop Kelly last Thursday. Bishop Kelly edged Mountain Home 84.33 to 61.67 in the girls' meet. Mountain Home had eight first-place efforts on the day in the girls' competition...

The Mountain Home Tigers tennis team dropped conference matches to Bishop Kelly and Emmett last week. Bishop Kelly Girls 5 Mountain Home Girls 2 Bishop Kelly Boys 7 Mountain Home Boys 0 The Tigers dropped a conference tennis match at Bishop Kelly last Tuesday, losing the girls match 5-2 and the boys 7-0...