Stories from Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Dear editor: Qualifications do matter. Why on earth would well educated, dedicated professionals come out in such opposition to the Luna Laws? The demonizing of teachers is such a pitiful attack on those who strive to improve their profession and produce outstanding individuals...

A Glenns Ferry woman convicted of embezzling money from a local business was ordered to pay $409,000 in restitution during a hearing on Friday. Susan R. Black also had her 10-year prison sentence reduced to 14 year's probation during her appearance in District Court...

A partnership between the city youth center and Mountain Home School District is helping ensure children don't go home hungry after school. For the past two months, the Mountain Home Youth Center has served entrees weekday afternoons using meal items left over from each of the local school cafeterias...

Elmore County may become the home of a tire recycling center after the project gained initial approval by the county planning and zoning commission earlier this month. During a public hearing Oct. 3, the seven-person board voted in favor of a conditional use permit submitted by Alternative Environmental Systems LLC to build the facility off Simco Road...

Schools in the Mountain Home School District will be having Parent-Teacher Conferences on Oct. 25. All schools will be in session during the mornings of Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, however, no lunch will be served. Schools will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. 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...

The Third Annual Danni Gilbert/Joy Memmelaar "Give Cancer the Boot" Fun Run, Jog, Walk or Crawl will begin at 9 a.m. Nov. 3 at Legacy Park. The event is named after two Mountain Home High School teachers who died of cancer. This year, the fundraiser will be used to help two cancer victims associated with the school district -- MHHS senior Kadie Summer and MHJHS parent volunteers the Dean family...

Aug. 11, 2002, two Mountain Home Air Force Base airmen reported to Elmore County law enforcement officers that they had seen two sets of remains in a burned-out vehicle just off the Bruneau Highway near the Snake River in southern Elmore County. Responders, in an attempt to reach the remains, removed the roof and doors from the automobile. As the two bodies were extricated from the vehicle, another set of remains was discovered...