Stories from Friday, July 22, 2011

The annual Summer Concert Series in Carl Miller Park will continue this Friday, July 22 at 6 p.m., with a second attempt for the public to see The Blues Brothers Revue. The group recreates the sound of the Jim Belushi/Dan Akroyd band. The original group was famously "on a mission from God," but an act of God canceled its July 7 concert when a storm went through the area that night...

This article is the first in a series prepared by Hiler that will focus on the background of several parks located in Mountain Home. Richard U. Aguirre was born in Boise on March 19, 1919. He was the oldest son of Domingo Aguirre and Juanita Urquidi, who both emigrated through Ellis Island to the United States from Spain and came to Mountain Home via the railroad...

Bernard "Red" Crayne, 81, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at a Las Vegas, Nev., hospital. Per his request, no services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Red was born on May 5, 1930, in Jerome, the son of Franklin and Ruth (Brown) Crayne...

After reading the polls for "What did you think of the Elmore County Fair?", I was disheartened. I know the Fair is a little early, I know it was hot, but there are fairs all summer long, in all kinds of weather. This is YOUR Fair Elmore County, take pride in it. ...