Stories from Thursday, August 2, 2012

The baseball season came to an untimely end for the Mountain Home Royals last week as they were eliminated from the Area B Class A American Legion District Tourney at Bishop Kelly last Tuesday. Capitals 7, Royals 6 After opening the tourney Sunday with their 11-8 win over the Boise Seminoles, Mountain Home faced the Boise Capitals Monday afternoon in the quarter-finals and lost 7-6...

A Mountain Home woman convicted of first-degree arson was sentenced to 20 years in prison but is expected to spend less than a year in confinement following her sentencing in district court July 20 at the Elmore County Courthouse. Sherry Sue Scott was recently convicted of setting fire to the apartment complex at 415 Northwest Bradford Street in September 2011 where she once lived...

The Sweetback Sisters kick up the beat as they perform in Carl Miller Park on Friday evening. Hailing from the "Great Northeast" corner of the United States, the band made a stop in Mountain Home as part of this year's summer concert series. Sponsored by the Mountain Home Arts Council and the city's parks and recreation department, the concert features a blend of country, swing and honky tonk music. ...

The summer concert in the park series concludes this Friday with a performance of The Callenders. The concert, sponsored by Parks and Recreation and the Mountain Home Arts Council, will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. that day in Carl Miller Park. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

Patricia Marie Kibe, was welcomed into the loving arms of her Savior on Saturday, July 28, 2012. Services will be held on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Patricia was born in Snohomish, Wash., on July 6, 1947 to Thomas and Louise Mashburn...

Anna L. Williams, 86, born to Philip and Emelia Seibel on Feb. 25, 1926, in Rosebud, S.D., passed away on Friday, July 13, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. She had three sisters, Helen, Mary and Viola, and a brother, Adolph. She grew up in the Treasure Valley area, going to school at Happy Valley in Nampa, Idaho...

Vence and Karen Gordon recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with family and enjoyed a reminiscence retreat on Pensacola Beach, Fla. The couple married July 18, 1987, in Milton, Fla. They have two children, Travis, 22, and Tracey, 16. The Gordons have been residents of Mountain Home for eight years...