Stories from Wednesday, April 3, 2013

They got excited. They got sad. They stomped their feet as they marched in rhythm. In some cases, they strayed from their cues and improvised. For many of the nearly 75 children and teens that gathered at Mountain Home High School on Monday, it was their first step into the limelight. It was a chance to shine as they took their first steps into the world of theater...

Children make a dash across Carl Miller Park during the annual Community Easter Egg Hunt Sunday afternoon. Sponsored each year by Sabre Lodge No. 7, Free and Accepted Prince Hall Masons, hundreds of older children packed into the city park in hopes of collecting their share of eggs with a separate area set aside next to East Elementary School for toddlers and younger children...

Dr. David C. Pate, president and CEO of St. Luke's Health System, stressed to the hospital employees and the press Monday that St. Luke's intends to continue and enhance the community focus on health care. His remarks came as Elmore Medical Center officially became a member Monday of the growing St. Luke's Health Service, a collection of hospitals across southern Idaho. The hospital will now be known as St. Luke's Elmore. New signs were already going up this week to reflect that change...

Dear editor: It seemed like a good idea at the time. The city was reluctant to cough up the bucks for an indoor swimming facility, so the citizens voted for a local taxing district to fund it. But after ten years, there isn't even a hole in the ground to make fun of...

Dear editor: I can't help but immediately become distracted when somebody talks or writes about "disabled people" or "the handicapped." I always stop listening in mid-conversation, or stop reading, as I am taken back about just how many do not realize what is coming out of their mouth...