Stories from Friday, October 21, 2011

The Mountain Home Tigers and Bishop Kelly Knights battled to 1-0 contests during the regular season with Mountain Home winning both of them. It seemed only fitting that the third time they met, the game would end in a 1-0 decision. But this time it was Bishop Kelly earning that one goal as they thwarted the Tigers during the district finals...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers closed out their regular season volleyball schedule last week with conference wins over Middleton and Caldwell. Mountain Home 25, 26, 24, 19, 15 Middleton 10, 24, 26, 25, 13 The Lady Tigers snapped a five-match losing skid last Tuesday night, holding off Middleton to win in five games over the Lady Vikings...

Students and parents join East Elementary School Principal Anita Straw as they walk along North 10th East Street during a "walk to school with the principal" event Friday morning. The event is part of the elementary school's ongoing Safe Routes to School initiative...

The Idaho Human Rights Commission will meet in Mountain Home Wednesday, Oct. 26, to get public comment about the "human rights work being done in the city and Elmore County and the most important human rights issues facing the community." Mayor Tom Rist will welcome the commissioners (which include former Mayor Joe B. McNeal), commission staff and the public for the portion of the meeting open to the public from 2-4 p.m. at the city council chambers in city hall...

Joseph Eugene Podrabsky went into God's loving arms on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, surrounded by his family. He will be truly missed by his sweet bride of 59 years, Laurel Louise Dunn Podrabsky of Mountain Home; his son and his wife and family, Joseph and Leanne Podrabsky of Lewiston, Idaho, granddaughter Jody and Andy Koontz, of Ft. ...