Stories from Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The crowning of Senior Allie Draper as this year's homecoming queen yielded a bit of optimism to an evening marked with frustration as the Tigers fell to the Nampa Bulldogs in a 41-8 loss. Not even the Polynesian Haka War Chant could protect the Mountain Home Tigers from a gridiron heartbreaker during the high school's annual homecoming celebration Friday evening...

Mr. and Mrs. Kent Kleffner of Mountain Home have announced the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Kayla Kleffner, to Joseph Stevenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stevenson of Albany, N.Y. The couple will exchange vows Nov. 5, 2011, at noon, followed by a reception, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 790 S. Haskett St,, in Mountain Home. Friends and family of the couple and their families are invited to celebrate the event...

Dear editor: The volunteers for the free burrito breakfast at the AFAD parade enjoyed another September morning serving hungry parade-goers. It all started nine years ago when Jovial Jerry's award-winning float builders greeted the Army Band from Gowen Field and discovered that the soldiers were sent to the parade without breakfast while the brass were filling up at War Memorial Hall...

Jaime Guerrero, 25, of Glenns Ferry was arrested and booked into the Elmore County Jail Sept. 15 on felony charges of drug trafficking in methamphetamine or amphetamine. Guerrero was arrested on Sept. 15 by Elmore County Deputy Chris Jessup for suspected possession of more than 400 grams of narcotics. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing and request for bond reduction before Magistrate Judge George G. Hicks on Sept. 30...

The Mountain Home News tracks the price of gas locally so readers can monitor these changes. All figures are those stated on the indicated service station's reader boards. Special discounts available at some individual stations are not included in these listed prices. Readers should note that local retailers usually make only a few cents per gallon of gas sold...

Flags waved and tears flowed as families reunited last Wednesday when airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base returned home following combat duty in Afghanistan.

Rich Sykes, 36, has announced his intention to seek one of the two positions up for election on the Mountain Home City Council in the Nov. 8 elections. Councilman Geoff Schroeder will not be seeking re-election, but incumbent Russ Anderson will ask the voters for another four-year term. Also running for the two open council seats are political newcomers James Schipani and Tim Bondy. The two candidates who receive the most votes will be elected...