Stories from Monday, May 23, 2011

On Friday, May 20th, Discovery Preschool held its annual end of year celebration and graduation at West Elementary. Over 40 preschoolers participated in the ceremony with their families proudly looking on in the audience. Photo description: Some of the Discovery Preschool children on stage...

Barbara A. Crowley Jackovich, 80, a retired aerospace secretary, died of cardiopulmonary arrest in Mountain Home, May 19, 2011, at the residence of her daughter, Linda L. Davis. She will be interred at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif., with her husband of 54 years, Roy M. Jackovich...

Samuel Dean Pope, Jr., 48, of Boise and Pine, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011, following a massive heart attack. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, June 4, at the South Fork Senior Center, located in Pine. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Jimmie Duane Inama, 78, of Atlanta, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the Boise Veterans Hospital. Jim was born May 10, 1933, in Atlanta, to Leo and Louise (Schaeffer) Inama. In his formative years he was known as the "Huck Finn" of Atlanta...

Graveside inurnment for Helen Wageman James, who passed away on Feb. 28, 2011, will be held at the Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home on Friday, May 27, at noon. A celebration of life potluck dinner will be held at First Baptist Church, 504 Washington St,, in Gooding, from 3-6 p.m...

The Other Bunch Press calls for ghost stories for anthology Have a ghost story to tell? The Other Bunch Press is seeking ghost stories for its new anthology, Hauntings From the Snake River Plain. All submissions must deal with hauntings or ghost stories that take or took place in Idaho. The book will be released in the fall of 2012...

Barbara Ann Crane, 76, of Mountain Home, died peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, May 18, 2011.