Stories from Wednesday, September 7, 2011

A wheel bearing thrown from a passing car was the likely cause of a range fire that burned nearly 1,200 acres of land along Highway 51 last week. The fire started east of the intersection of Bypass and Airbase roads west of town with dry vegetation and 20 mile per hour wind gusts fueling the blaze, said Mallory Eils, a spokesperson with the Bureau of Land Management.

A Boise man that went missing during a kayaking trip on the Boise River was rescued Friday. Herbert Gunderson, 61, was declared missing after he went on a trip down the North Fork of the Boise River last Tuesday. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

A 25-year-old Texas man was injured when he rear-ended a semi on the Hammett hill on I-84 Saturday. According to Idaho State Police, Ernesto Madrigal, 49 of Paul, was traveling westbound in a 2007 Mack semi and was traveling uphill at a slow speed with his emergency lights on, when for unknown reasons, Quentin Schmieding, of Denton, Texas, driving a 2007 Volkswagon Jetta and who also was traveling westbound, struck Madrigal's vehicle in the rear...

The 51st annual Air Force Appreciation Day in Mountain Home kicks off this weekend -- the community's largest celebration designed to honor the men and women at Mountain Home Air Force Base and all others in the uniformed services of the United States...

Oct. 28, 1983, 9:06 a.m... In an instant, the earth nearly 10 miles beneath Borah Peak in northern Idaho suddenly shifted. It triggered a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that rocked the communities of Challis and Mackay, Idaho. When it hit, it created a gash in the earth stretching more than 21 miles along the Lost River Range. It shattered sections of the ground into random blocks of earth, each measuring several feet wide...

Dear editor: Jobs in this country are hard to find because most unskilled work has gone overseas. Many people, especially the younger, lack the skills or resources to acquire an education required for the more advanced technical jobs. Large multinational corps should not receive any incentives for creating jobs overseas...

August 31 • 00:19 Motorist Assist, Airbase Rd• 04:27 Motorist Assist, Bypass Rd• 05:48 Vehicle Stop, N18E• 06:09 Animal, Beet Dump Rd• 06:11 Vehicle Stop, Sunset Strip• 07:03 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM83• 09:13 Fraud, High Desert Dr• 09:47 Vehicle Stop, North of Pine• 11:39 Civil Matter, Pioneer Cir• 11:54 Brush Fire, Bypass/Airbase Rd• 14:39 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 51/Graham Dr• 14:40 VIN Inspection, Pintail St• 16:10 Citizen Assist, Lark/Old GV Hwy• 19:42 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM106• 19:43 Motorist Assist, I-84 Exit 90• 21:04 Shots Heard, Three Island State Park• 21:31 Domestic, Cedar• 23:25 Vehicle Stop, Jackson• 23:38 Brush Fire, Hwy 20 MM97. ...

Security measures at Mountain Home Air Force Base increased earlier today as part of a precautionary step affecting military installations around the world. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta issued the order as a prudent step four days before the nation commemorates the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States...

Two Washington state men remain in custody in the Elmore County Jail after a routine traffic stop Tuesday afternoon turned into a drug bust. Michael Blair Jr. and Derek J. Eatherton of Lynnwood, Wash., were arraigned Wednesday afternoon at the county courthouse on charges of heroin trafficking and methamphetamine possession...

Brett Guy Turner, 49, was born June 7, 1962. Brett passed away peacefully at home, with his loving wife by his side and family members nearby, on Sept. 3, 2011. He was born in Glasgow, Mont., to Keith and Lila Turner, the eighth of ten children. In 1968, his family moved to Mountain Home, Idaho, where they enjoyed picnicking, fishing, camping and playing together in the outdoors. He graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1981...

Beverly Davis and Chris Corbus have announced the birth of a son, Kellen Lee Corbus, on July 22, 2011, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. Kellen weight 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 20 inches long at birth. He joins a sister, Kynlee, 2. Paternal grandparents are Bud and Edie Corbus of Mountain Home. Maternal grandparents are Jr. Davis, Karla and Bill Burris of Joplin, Mo...

Kathryn Fennel-Carpentier has announced the birth of a son, Rhyan James Ray Carpentier, on July 19, 2011, at Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home. Rhyan weighed 6 pounds, 13.9 oounces, and was 19.5 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Tawnya and Aaron Fennel of Mountain Home. Great-grandparents are Mary and Jim Jewell and Donald and Allonna Fennel...

Elizabeth Bratlie, 63, formerly of Mountain Home, died on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, in Mountain Home. Services will be held on Monday, Sept. 12, with dedication of the grave at 10AM at Mountain View Cemetery, followed by a memorial service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stake center off Haskett Street. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...