Stories from Friday, May 18, 2012

A Mountain Home tradition resumes June 7 as the community celebrates this year's Crazee Daze festival. Sponsored by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, the four-day event seeks to bring back the "old days like it used to be," said Brenda Franks, who is helping organize the downtown celebration...

Hundreds of motorcycles are expected to roll through Mountain Home on June 3 during a yearly observance aimed at showing appreciation for those who serve their nation. Patriot Thunder represents the state's premier military family charity motorcycle event that directly helps service members, veterans and their families, said Bruce Wong, a spokesman with the yearly event...

In an announcement last week, Elmore County officials selected eight organizations to receive thousands of dollars in grant funding. The grants were tied, in part, to a cash carryover from Idaho Waste Systems, which provides funding to the county under a mitigation agreement...

Nine girls from the Mountain Home area tested their level of physical fitness during a recent competition that wrapped up a local self confidence program for these youngsters. The students were among more than 450 girls participating in the Hornet Run in Boise...

With their police escort in tow, students and parents leave the Desert Canyon Golf Course on their way to East Elementary School during a local bike-to-school day observance May 9. Students from the Mountain Home School District joined others across the United States to ride their bikes to school that morning as part of a nationwide student safety awareness campaign...

Patricia R. Rasmussen (Phillips), 75, formally of Mountain Home, Idaho, died Monday, April 30, 2012. She peacefully died in her home in Phoenix, Ariz. She was born to the late Hugh and Loretta Mcwaters on Sept. 17, 1936, in Baker City, Ore. Patricia graduated from Boise High School in 1954...

Nov. 1, 1924 - May 12, 2012 Gladys "Berklee" Cudmore, 87, of Boise went to be with her Lord on May 12, 2012, after an extended illness. A Memorial Service will be held in her honor on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. at the New Hope Nazarene Church, 8585 West Overland Road, Boise, of which she was a member...

Jack E. Grinnell, of Mountain Home, passed away May 15, 2012, in his home. Jack was born and raised in Camden, Maine. He was the youngest of three sons. Two days after graduation from high school, he entered the U.S. Air Force and saw service in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. He retired May 31, 1971...