Stories from Wednesday, May 9, 2012

April 26 • 00:52 Abandoned Vehicle, I-84 EB MM103.5• 01:11 Commercial Fire, Glenns Ferry• 05:22 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM95• 05:44 Domestic, NE Doris Dr• 09:16 Vehicle Stop, Bypass Rd• 10:05 Abandoned Vehicle, Pine-Featherville Rd• 10:28 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM111• 12:21 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM88• 12:43 Info, Pine-Featherville Rd• 14:07 Assist, I-84 WB MM72• 14:54 Traffic, I-84 EB MM99• 16:11 Vandalism, Glenns Ferry• 16:59 Utility, I-84 MM96-97• 17:00 Hazard, Lime Crk• 17:20 Theft, Glenns Ferry• 19:43 Animal, Old GV Hwy• 19:58 Vehicle Stop, hwy 51/Old GV Hwy• 20:11 Fire, Other, W12S• 21:05 Suspicious, Canyon Crk Rd• 21:16 Follow Up, Canyon Crk Rd• 21:27 Vehicle Stop, Reservoir Rd/Desert Way• 21:30 Abandoned Vehicle, I-84 EB MM103.3• 21:37 Vehicle Stop, MH• 21:51 Traffic, I-84 WB MM129• 22:29 Vehicle Stop, Old Hwy 30/W12• 22:37 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 22:50 Vehicle Stop, E8N. ...

Junice Iris (McCrae) Perkins, 52, of Mountain Home passed away from a very sudden unforeseen medical condition, on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at a Boise hospital. Junice was born on Feb. 3, 1960, in Springfield, Ore., to Clark and Vivian (Harvey) McCrae...

William Allen (Bill) Sheldrick Jr., 57, of Mountain Home, Idaho, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at a Meridian Care Facility after a long illness. Bill was born on Aug. 24, 1954, in Albany, N.Y. Bill grew up in Troy and Grafton, N.Y., as well as Scottsdale and Ray, Ariz. Bill was an American Patriot all his life...

Sammie L. Galluzzo, 76, of Mountain Home died May 3, 2012, at a local care center. A memorial service was held Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the First Southern Baptist Church in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots for their choice of local, state and federal representatives during this year's primary election. Six of the eight major races appearing on the county's partisan ballots here feature challenges from Democratic, Republican and Independent candidates...

George (Dord) Gordon Russell 96, of Nampa, Idaho, died peacefully Saturday, May 5, 2012, in his sleep at a Nampa care center. Truly, his passing was a surprise. George, known by family and close friends as Dord, lived a full life where he loved to explain, "When you've seen the world literally go from the horse and buggy to the moon and back you have seen a lot."...

Jessie Bell, 102, of Mountain Home died Thursday, May 3, 2012, in Boise of natural causes. Arrangements are under the direction of Cremation Society of Idaho.

A mobile home at 755 South 10th East Street bears the scars from a wind storm that tore through the Mountain Home area Friday afternoon. Packing sustained winds of 35 miles per hour, the late afternoon storm clocked maximum gusts of 45 miles per hour at the Mountain Home Municipal Airport with stronger gusts topping 52 miles per hour reported at Mountain Home Air Force Base...

Members of the Mountain Home community render honors as a hearse containing the remains of a soldier from Idaho passes beneath the North 18th Street bridge Friday morning. More than 130 people, including local military veterans and soldiers as well as airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base, lined the bridge in a show of solidarity in memory of Army Sgt. Chris J. Workman. He was one of four soldiers killed in a helicopter crash April 19 in Afghanistan...

A tractor stolen from the Elmore County Fairgrounds in March was recovered last week in Arizona. Detective Mike Barclay with the Elmore County Sheriff's Office said the investigation into the theft is ongoing with information on the case limited at this time...

Most of Tuesday's primary election is pretty much cut and dried with many candidates facing no opposition and automatically moving to the general election in November. However, there are a few contested races that hold significant importance at the local and state level that voters in this county should take note...

Dear editor, As a current Board Member of the Richard McKenna Charter High School, I wish to set the record straight with regard to disparaging remarks in the Mountain Home School District Board of Trustees meeting minutes of April 10, 2012. The students at Richard Mc-Kenna successfully passed Idaho's AYP tests last year. Our students are some of the hardest working youth in Mountain Home, and our teachers are outstanding...

Dear editor, The Emergency Preparedness Fair held last Saturday at the LDS Church on Haskett was so very well done. I was totally amazed at the displays -- Police, Firemen, helicopter, Air Force, Search and Rescue, communications, bicycle registration and many other booths, and nummy hot dogs sold by the Boy Scouts...