Stories from Friday, October 14, 2011

The soccer season came to a close last week for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers with their losses to Middleton and Emmett. Middleton 3, Mountain Home 0 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers played hard against Middleton, but came up short against the Lady Vikings, 3-0, during Senior Night at Eastside Park...

The Mountain Home Tigers closed out their regular season boys soccer schedule with a win over Emmett, but dropped their district tourney opener to Caldwell on Saturday. Middleton 3, Tigers 0 The Tigers played at Middleton last Monday and came up short to the Vikings, 3-0, in a hard-fought game. Mountain Home could not get any shots to fall for them. Tomas Guillen had six saves on goal and Jack Richelieu 13, as they split the goalkeeper duties...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers showed the effects of not having played in a week, dropping conference volleyball matches to Emmett and Bishop Kelly at a tri-match at Bishop Kelly last Tuesday. Emmett 25, 25, 25 Mountain Home 13, 15, 21 Mountain Home started slow against Emmett, dropping the first two games 13-25 and 15-25. They finally got into their rhythm in the third game, but lost 21-25 to lose the match three games to none...

For the third time in two years, a teacher from Mountain Home High School has earned an opportunity to participate in an international fellowship program. Matthew Bundy, who teaches social studies at the high school, was one of 65 teachers from 45 states -- and the only one from Idaho -- selected to attend the Teachers for Global Classrooms program...

Marine Lance Cpl. Taylor D. Moody of Mountain Home has received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with combat distinguishing device for "heroic actions" performed June 27. The automatic rifleman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, was a member of a fire team that was ambushed by enemy gunfire while patrolling through waist-high waters in a canal. ...

Lt. Col. Don Wayne Hemperley, (USAF ret.), 62, of Mountain Home, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date at the Hill Crest Cemetery in Haughton, La. Don was born on Aug. 7, 1949, to Janis Hemperley Franklin and Don Carlos Hemperley. Don attended grade school in Hosston, La., and graduated from North Caddo High School in Vivian, La...