Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Dear editor: I would like to personally thank Sen. Tim Corder of Mountain Home for his professional assistance involving a problem with the State of Idaho. In the past, if I had a concern with the city, I would merely get a very good attorney. If a person looks into the multitude of listings for state offices, I'm sure the governor does not know what some of these people do. Just getting an attorney was not the solution here!...

Changes to Mountain Home High School's weekly class schedule earned a passing grade by students and faculty as the first quarter of the school year ended under the new plan. Modifications to the school's academic program were the latest in a series of cost-saving measures the school district launched last spring...

American Legion Post No. 26 will lead Veteran's Day ceremonies at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home this Friday, beginning at 11 a.m. Col. Ronald Buckley, 366th Fighter Wing commander, is expected to be the featured speaker at the event. If he is unavailable, Col. James McClellan, 366th Maintenance Group commander, will offer the featured remarks...

Mountain Home Air Force Base expects to transfer ownership of its military housing area to a civilian company in coming months as part of an ongoing Defense Department initiative. In a press release Monday, the Air Force selected Balfour Beatty Communities to assume control of military housing areas at six installations in four states, including the base here...

Mountain Home Air Force Base expects to cut its civilian workforce by roughly 8 percent as part of a Defense Department force reduction plan. While the local Air Force base expects to eliminate 34 civilian positions as part of the Air Force's mandate to cut 9,000 government jobs, it doesn't directly translate into people losing their jobs here...

The Visual Arts Guild of the Mountain Home Arts Council will host the 6th Annual Art at the Inn art show at the Hampton Inn and Suites of Mountain Home on Nov. 19. Extended hours this year will run from noon to 8 p.m., allowing more time to view the work of the 14 featured artists from across the region...

Security forces temporarily closed one of two gates at Mountain Home Air Force Base the morning of Nov. 9 to respond to a possible threat. A false positive response for explosive materials triggered the rapid response around 11:15 a.m. as base security forces performed their duties at the Grand View Gate on the base's west side...

Thomas Charles Thornsberry, 60, of Tipanuk, passed away Nov. 7, 2011, at a local hospital, from complications of lung cancer. A viewing will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Monday, Nov. 14, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial with military honors will be held at 2 p.m., at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery in Boise...