Stories from Thursday, April 19, 2012

Five bridges in Elmore County are scheduled for repairs in coming weeks as part of large-scale project funded by Idaho Transportation Department. Scheduled take six months to complete, the $1.72 million project will involve a total of seven bridges in Elmore and Ada counties...

Boy Scouts from across southern Idaho will gather north of Mountain Home next month to hone their outdoor skills during a yearly camping experience. Celebrating its 65th anniversary, the Camp Wilson weekend camp includes Scouts representing 15 troops along with a team of adult volunteers...

With two months to go before the relay begins, representatives with the annual Relay for Life event will host a tea social Saturday afternoon. Held at the Mountain Home Historical Society from 2 to 4 p.m., the cancer awareness event features refreshments and door prizes...

The losing streak reached six for the Mountain Home Tigers last week with their doubleheader loss to Jerome and two conference losses to Bishop Kelly. Jerome 10, Mountain Home 4 Jerome 8, Mountain Home 7 The Jerome Tigers took two games from Mountain Home last Tuesday in a non-conference doubleheader in Mountain Home. The games were a makeup of a doubleheader scheduled on March 17 that was rained out...

Mountain Home came away with a split of their two conference games last week, winning on the road at Middleton but coming up short at home against Emmett. Mountain Home 5, Middleton 3 Lady Tigers pitcher Heather Adams helped herself out at the plate Tuesday with a three-run double that gave Mountain Home the lead for good as the Lady Tigers beat Middleton 5-3 on the road...

Audrey Lou (McMillan) Sherman went to be with the Lord on April 17, 2012. Audrey was born on Feb. 24, 1931, to Russell and Florence McMillan in Wendell. The family moved to King Hill when she was five years old. Audrey graduated from school in King Hill and went to college in Albion. She went on to teach in Oreana, Bliss, Hammett and Glenns Ferry...

Timothy Loomis, 58, of Mountain Home passed away on April 17, 2012, at a Boise hospital. A viewing will be held on Sunday, April 22, 2012, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 23, 2012, at Faith Lutheran Church, 1190 North 6th East Street, and burial with military honors will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry...