Stories from Friday, February 8, 2013

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers suffered two more losses last week, running their losing skid to seven straight. Middleton 59, Mountain Home 19 A slow start is usually bad news against any team one plays, but when it's the Middleton Lady Vikings, who have won three straight 4A state basketball titles and 68 straight games, it is asking for disaster...

William "Bill" J. Kline, 86, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the First Congregational Church, located at 515 E. 15th North St. in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

The Mountain Home Community Black History Committee will hold its 24th Annual Black History Banquet on Feb. 15 at the Elks Lodge 325 S. 3rd West St. The theme is "At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington."...

Our beloved father, husband and grandfather, Russell Ivan Sandstrom, 92, longtime resident of Glenns Ferry, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. A service will held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Grace Episcopal Church in Glenns Ferry. Inurnment will be held at a later date at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Don L. Gross, 59, last living in King Hill, passed away on Feb. 5, 2013, after suffering from ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Born in Nampa to Robert and Ella Gross, he lived in many other Idaho communities in his lifetime, from upper Idaho to Sun Valley to Mountain Home, never calling one place home...

On the morning of Feb. 5, 2013, Kenneth John Smith, formerly of Helena, Mont., was met at the gates of Heaven. He was 73. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., on Monday, Feb. 11, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...