Stories from Friday, November 16, 2012

Runners from Mountain Home joined forces this month to raise money for cancer research during an event named in honor of two local women who battled the disease. Nearly 90 people participated in the Third Annual Danni Gilbert and Joy Memmelaar Give Cancer the Boot Fun Run, Jog, Walk or Crawl on Nov. 3...

Becky Young, a student attending Mountain Home High School, was announced as the Idaho winner for the 2012 Young American Patriotic Art Contest promoted by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Young was sponsored by the Glenns Ferry Auxiliary 3646...

Marking the third year in their larger church facility in Mountain Home, coordinators outlined plans for this year's holiday creche exhibit. A non-denominational event sponsored by the local Latter-day Saints community, the three-day Christmas celebration runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 29 and 30 and from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Mormon stake off Airbase Road at 790 South Haskett Street...

A military motorcycle club in Mountain Home is joining forces with the Marine Corps Reserve in Boise to help needy children in time for the holiday season. During a kickoff event Nov. 4, the Green Knights Military Motorcycle Club chapter here began collecting toys and cash donations as part of the annual Toys for Tots campaign...

Lawrence (Larry) Allen Blackburne went to join his mom, Marie Blackburne, and brother Les Blackburne, in heaven. After 8 years of fighting ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease), on Monday Nov. 12, 2012, his heart quit while receiving care at John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, Mich...

Sara Margaret (Watkins) Clinton, 42, of New Plymouth, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 19, at the Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Private interment will be at Glenn Rest Cemetery, Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Services and arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Condolences may be made to Sara's family at www.shaffer-jensenchapel.com...

On Nov. 3, 2012, Theron passed away at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 26, 1926, the son of John and Esther Wegmn, at Grand View, where he was raised and attended school before graduating high school. He joined the U.S. Navy, where he served during WWII...