Stories from Wednesday, March 6, 2013

WASHINGTON (AFPS) -- Defense Department civilian employees will "particularly" feel the pain sequester will bring to the entire defense workforce, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last Friday. Those cuts could have a significant effect on Mountain Home and the Treasure Valley...

The former quarterback for Mountain Home High School's football team took home $500 in scholarship money while earning the title of Mr. MHHS during an award presentation Friday evening. The high school's Business Professionals of America presented its 8th Annual Mr. MHHS Pageant title to Ben Ceccarelli -- one of nine students vying for the honor. Nate Groggett went on to earn first runner up while John Kenison finished as the second runner up...

Dear editor: About 18 months ago, I wrote in to tell everyone about expansion of the VA Agent Orange rules. Now, it has happened again. The VA now presumes exposure for veterans serving between April 1, 1968 and Aug. 31, 1971, if a vet served in a unit determined by VA and DoD to have operated in an area of the DMZ where Agent Orange or other herbicides were applied...

Dear editor: I am writing this letter in hopes that it will strike a nerve in the social conscience of the Mountain Home population. "There is nothing for the kids to do." I have heard this since I was a kid. I was born and raised in Mountain Home and I was fortunate enough to take advantage of what sports were offered here. ...

A celebration of life was held on March 2, 2013, at the Fresno, California, Moose Lodge. He was born April 12, 1930, to Fred and Irene Stevenson in Brule, Nebraska. The family moved to Mountain Home, Idaho, where Fred graduated from high school in 1949. Fred's driving career began at the early age of 14 when he drove a lumber truck for his father. It continued as he drove for various companies in Idaho and California...