Stories from Friday, June 22, 2012

"Skate, ride, fall, repeat..." For many of the younger people in the Mountain Home community, it's not just a mantra. It's a way of life -- a personal desire to overcome the seemingly impossible. In the end, they hope to soar. That chance returned Saturday as 25 amateur skateboard enthusiasts from Mountain Home and surrounding communities packed into Richard Aguirre Park for a chance to test their mettle during a yearly competition. ...

Rosella More, 76, of Mountain Home passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at a local care center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, and burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

William "Bill" U. Magee, 74, of Mountain Home passed away at home on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. A funeral service with military honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 25, 2012, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Bill was born in Marion County Miss., on May 12, 1938, the son of Bessie and Ulma Magee. As a young man growing up, family and friends called him "Sonny."...