Stories from Thursday, October 13, 2011

Mountain Home ran at the Gary Ward Invitational cross country meet at Lakeview Park in Nampa last Thursday, finishing seventh in the girls' competition and eighth in the boys' race. Eagle won the girls competition with 44 points. Vallivue was second with 63, Kuna third with 92, followed by Bishop Kelly at 142, Middleton with 147, Emmett with 162, Mountain Home at 178, New Plymouth at 179, Weiser with 202 and Nampa with 238...

Friday night's battle between the Mountain Home Tigers and Jerome Tigers had more in common than their nicknames. Both teams were also winless in five previous games. In the end, turnovers, which had been big in keeping Mountain Home winless, did them in again, as the Jerome Tigers beat Mountain Home 38-27 for their first win of the season...

Mountain Home High School's Encore Company will present George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" Oct. 27-29. Each performance, the first of the season for the thespian company, begins at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. 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...

The Elmore Medical Center's annual Health and Wellness Day is set for Saturday, Oct. 22, from 7--11 a.m. at the Elks Lodge. The lodge will be filled with health- and wellness-related vendor booths as well as a variety of clinical services. 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...

The Mountain Home School District will begin an annual survey next week that provides federal funds to help local area schools. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the district will send out its federal survey cards, which collects information on how many of its students are children of federal employees or wards of the U.S. government...

Three months after Elmore County's Board of Commissioners approved plans for a large-scale urban development on the county's western border, a hearing resumes next week on a similar project. A public hearing on the Mayfield Springs Planned Community begins at 7 p.m. on Oct. 19 at War Memorial Hall in Mountain Home...

A Mountain Home man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for drug possession during sentencing in U.S. District Court on Oct. 11. Eduardo Lopez-Rojo, 37, pled guilty on conspiracy charges related to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced...

Schools in the Mountain Home School District will be having Parent/Teacher Conferences on Oct. 20. All schools will be in session during the mornings of Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, however, no lunch will be served. Schools will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. "These conferences are extremely important and allow parents an opportunity to meet the teacher, exchange information about the student, and promote a better understanding of home and school," Supt. Tim McMurtrey said...