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District to open new alternative school
(Local News ~ 12/27/12)
The Mountain Home School District will start its second semester next month with a new school aimed at helping at-risk students here. Geared for those in grades 9 to 12, Bennett Mountain High School will open Jan. 7 in the Hacker Middle School annex building... -
City plans increase in water, sewer rates
(Local News ~ 12/27/12)
Water and sewer rates in Mountain Home are due to increase early next year following initial passage of the revised fees. In a unanimous vote Dec. 10, the Mountain Home City Council approved a roughly 3 percent hike for both rates outlined in changes in local ordinances... -
Prehistoric prank becomes parks and rec's symbol
(Features ~ 12/27/12)
Who is that purple dinosaur on the roof of the parks and recreation, and where did it come from? Well, it was supposed to be a prank, but now it seems the Mountain Home Parks and Recreation Department has adopted a new mascot of sorts. But the crew is taking it all in stride... -
It's because we've lost God
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/27/12)
Dear editor: With all the mass killings and shootings over the past several years and all the debate over weapons ban, there is something more, something missing, much more. First, one has to understand that all weapons, no matter what kind, are amoral, neither good nor bad, what makes a weapon is the person behind that weapon; are they moral or non-moral...
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It wasn't all a bed of roses
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/27/12)
Dear editor and Mike Bradbury: The 1950s I remember: 1) Racism and segregation were accepted as traditional. 2) Chauvinism kept women in their place. 3) Hysterical fear of communism inspired an arms race. 4) Tonto was white America's only image of the "Noble Savage."...
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Meyers to celebrate 50th anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 12/27/12)
Cecil and Ila Meyers of Grand View will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, with a reception and potluck dinner from 2-4 p.m. at the Grand View American Legion Hall. The couple was originally married on Jan. 9, 1963... -
Baumgardners plan 50th
(Anniversary ~ 12/27/12)
Longtime Mountain Home residents Wade and Sue Baumgardner celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 8, 2012. They were married in the base chapel at Portland Air Base, Ore. The couple started their association with Mountain Home in 1961 when Wade was assigned to the Mountain Home AFB Fire Department, where he served until 1964 when he shipped out to Vietnam. They returned to Mountain Home and have resided in their home here since 1972...
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