Stories from Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Beverly Jean McNeil, 77 of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012, at a local care center. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Following weeks of putting his precision basketball skills to the test, a student from Mountain Home Junior High School will face the nation's best after he won regional-level honors over the weekend. Facing competitors from across Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska, Marcus Egusquiza sank 24 of his 25 free throw attempts to win top honors in his division during the Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot Competition in Portland, Ore...

Members of the Elmore County Extrication team prepare to move an injured motorist to a waiting ambulance following a single-vehicle rollover Monday afternoon on the interstate. According to eyewitness accounts at the scene, the driver was traveling westbound on the interstate when a semi truck suddenly decelerated in front of him...

People in Mountain Home and surrounding communities will set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday morning to mark the start of Daylight Saving Time. While the observance normally starts at 2 a.m. that morning, most people prefer to adjust their clocks before they go to bed Saturday evening...

Honoring traditions of citizenship, leadership, character, service and scholarship, the local chapter of the National Junior Honor Society welcomed more than 130 students into the organization during a ceremony Feb. 28. Hundreds of parents packed into the Mountain Home Junior High School gym to witness the annual event, which added 48 eighth grade students and 83 seventh graders into the national organization...

Tickets are still available for the 20th Annual Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet, scheduled for Saturday at the Elk's Lodge in Mountain Home. Doors open at 5 p.m. that evening with the prime rib dinner set to begin around 6:30 p.m., followed by the live auction, general raffle and silent auction beginning at approximately 8 p.m...

Representatives with the Bruneau and Grand View School District will host a series of informational meetings regarding a proposed supplemental levy. The parents and teachers organization at Bruneau Elementary School host the first at 7 p.m. today, March 7, in the school gymnasium...

Main Streets are the heart of our communities. Families and friends gather for parades and other local celebrations along Main Streets. Children trick-or-treat in Main Street businesses, and folks come together in Main Street establishments for buying, selling, entertainment and local charitable events...

By the time the Mountain Home News hits the streets Wednesday morning, stories regarding the outcome of the Super Tuesday races should already dominate the headlines of major networks. At stake in Idaho were the state's 32 delegates, who will go on to submit their votes for the Republican presidential candidate. On the other side of the political arena, the Democratic Party is expected to fully endorse President Barack Obama in his quest for his second term of office...

Doug and Bonnie Huffman of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Huffman, to Jordan Cisna of Denver. The ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. June 23 at the Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Metcaff serving as the officiating minister...

Following three rounds of voting Tuesday evening, presidential candidate Mitt Romney earned a majority of votes during the county's Republican caucus. With a higher-than-expected turnout at the polls, voters cast 281 votes for Romney with Ron Paul finishing second with 158, said Barry Peterson, central committee chairman with the Elmore County Republicans...

Lillian "Babe" Turvey, 67, died at her home in Bruneau on March 1, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. A service for family and friends will be held at a later date. Babe was born in Ontario, Ore., on Nov. 24, 1944. She lived all over the Pacific Northwest, including Baker City, Ore.; Estacada, Ore.; and Bruneau. Babe was a true renaissance woman and among her occupations was semi-truck driver, beautician, health care professional and business owner...