Stories from Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Preliminary work for burnout operations in the Pine-Featherville corridor have begun and will take place when the fire is properly positioned for backfires to be most effective, something that could begin as early as today. Fire managers are planning a major backfire operation from Featherville to Pine, which could take several days, but the fire has to be in the right position to do that...

James and Annette McAlpin of Mountain Home will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary today, Aug. 22. The couple were married on this date in 1987. They have two children, Amanda and Matt Eresman, currently stationed in Portugal, and Shaun McAlpin of Mountain Home...

Dear editor: They won. The Left diluted American culture through their relentless drum beat of the "virtue" of diversity (cultural anarchy) so much so that we could no longer defend tradition without being branded intolerant racists. It took only five decades (two generations) for the Left to brainwash us and deliver a new majority; one with no frame of reference for what has been lost and no objection to replacing America with AmeriKa -- a Marxist tyranny run by Godless bureaucratic elites...

Dear editor: I enjoy your editorials very much. Especially the Aug. 8 one on NASA. I am retired U.S. Navy and I appreciate the military. I am glad you do, too. Also, I enjoy your editor's notebook. I usually read it as soon as I get the paper but this week I did not get to it until yesterday. It was entitled: "It's the season for mud."...

For her efforts to keep the community's largest yearly event running smoothly, a local financial planner will lead this year's parade during the 52nd Annual Air Force Appreciation Day celebration. Linda Ramsey was named parade grand marshal during a Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday afternoon...

At least six mailboxes have been blown up by crude, home-made bottle bombs in the last two weeks. The incidents have ranged from the Sewer Flats area on the west side of town to portions of the city near Canyon Creek Road on the north side of town. 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...