Stories from Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Hundreds of people gathered in Glenns Ferry to mark the 100th anniversary of the nation's 4-H program as the Elmore County Fair officially began Sunday evening. People from across the county continued to enjoy plenty of "fun in the sun" this week with the county fair and rodeo moved into full gear today as the carnival midway and exhibit hall opened to the public...

A Jerome man died of an apparent heart attack following a boating incident on the South Fork of the Boise River Monday afternoon. Coral Holly, 71, was fishing with a friend on the river in the Pine area, on a pair of pontoon rafts, when they ran into a log jam on the river below Johnson Bridge...

Nearly 200 members of the 726th Air Control Squadron returned Monday after a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 726th ACS has a a wide-spread mission, including enemy surveillance and identification, weapons control, joint and combined data-link connectivity, theater air defense, and battle management of assigned air assets...

A measure approved by the Mountain Home City Council has imposed a ban on smoking in the city's public parks. During a meeting July 9, the council approved the measure based on recommendations forwarded by the city's parks and recreation board last month...

With crews finally able to contain the last of a series of range fires that burned tens of thousands of acres of range land in Elmore County early this week, officials with the Bureau of Land Management report that this year's fire season had already doubled yearly averages in this part of the state...

Dear editor: As I look back at the events of the last week and the Kinyon Road Fire, I can examine the statistics like acres lost, cost and duration. But I would rather focus on the human side of the equation -- the many men and woman who provided the outstanding local community assistance in containing a dangerous wildfire that in the matter of a couple of days grew to be Idaho's largest wildfire for 2012 and the number one priority wildfire in the nation...

Tiffanee Tilford and Keenan Galloway were united in matrimony on Saturday, July 7, 2012. A reception in honor of their marriage will run from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, July 22, at the Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene in the Jones' Center. The bride is the daughter of Stephen and Lorrille Tilford from Roseburg, Ore...

Jennifer (Gentry) Knight, daughter of Debra Gentry of Mountain Home, was united in Marriage July 6, 2012, to Caleb Windell of Boise, son of Susan and the late Joseph Windell of Sisters, Ore. The wedding was held at Table Rock, in Boise, with the couple's friend Shelly Bingham officiating...

Investigators with the Mountain Home Police Department are asking for the public's help as they search for leads into a vandalism case at Mountain View Cemetery. Ten headstones with a total value of more than $6,000 were damaged in the incident, which occurred around June 29...

A Mountain Home man will spend more than 17 years in prison after he was sentenced July 18 in U.S. District Court on child pornography charges. Joseph E. Ebenhoeh, 27, previously pled guilty to two counts of possessing sexually explicit images of minors. For more information, pick up a copy of the July 25 edition of the Mountain Home News...