Stories from Wednesday, June 20, 2012

More than 300 people representing 31 teams shattered a record last week during an annual effort aimed at helping find a cure for cancer. According to initial figures, the Elmore County Relay for Life chapter raised more than $39,000 during the all-night event that started Friday evening at the Glenns Ferry High School track...

William P. and Alma R. Eastman of Mountain Home celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, June 17. An evening celebration with family and friends was held at the Mountain Home Church of Christ fellowship hall. The former Alma R. Kilgore married William Eastman on June 17, 1962, at the Church of Christ in Trinidad, Colo., with the service conducted by Minister Evard E. Hamilton...

Samuel and Michele Dawson of Mountain Home and Lola White of Meridian are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Samantha Lee Dawson to Kevin Brady Reisch, the son of Kevin and Kira Reisch of Las Vegas and David and Lori Diehl of Nampa...

Terry and Judy Lehto of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Brandy L. Lehto, to Lorenzo S. Gomez, the won of Lorenzo and Susan Gomez of Mountain Home. The couple will marry Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the Y-Stop cabins in Prairie, Idaho...

Rodeo action returns to Mountain Home this week as the city welcomes the seventh annual Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo. The Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association PRCA event is presented by the Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo Association and Mountain Home Auto Ranch and Ram Rodeo...

More than a dozen homes and outlying structures were destroyed after a range fire erupted on the city's south side Monday evening. According to initial reports, the fire started off Airbase Road near Equine and Contrail roads around 7:30 p.m. with high winds pushing the flames toward the southeast...

It was supposed to represent an eye-opening experience for some of our local students. But what they got in return was something we don't think they expected. It involved a lesson during driver's education classes at Mountain Home High School. To graduate from the course, each student is required to conduct a traffic study at two key intersections in Mountain Home...

Karl E. Koch Sr., 94, of Mountain Home, passed away at his home on June 17, 2012. A memorial and celebration of his life will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 22, 2012, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. An inurnment will follow with military honors at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

A report of a potential kidnapping at the local Wal-Mart over the weekend was unfounded based on the results of a police investigation. On Saturday around 2 p.m., police responded to the local retailer following a report of a possible kidnapping attempt in the Wal-Mart parking lot...

The Mountain Home community will pause to honor the memory of a former state representative from Mountain Home who passed away this week. A memorial and celebration of the life of Karl E. Koch Sr. will start at 11 a.m. Friday at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. An inurnment will follow with military honors at Mountain View Cemetery...

Answers to the sudoku answers in the June 20 edition of the Mountain Home News were accidentally omitted from the issue. The solutions are included here.

As local residents continue to assess the damage from Monday's range fire, efforts continue locally to provide relief to those hit hardest by the blaze. The fire started near Airbase Road along Equine and Contrail roads Monday evening with high winds pushing the flames toward the southeast. Between 12 to 15 buildings were reportedly destroyed with others sustaining damage during the fire, which was contained near Smith Road...