Stories from Wednesday, May 22, 2013

When it opened in the early 1950s, the El Rancho coffee shop and restaurant became one of the city's busiest social gathering places. It was built in an area of Mountain Home that served as a hub of sorts for those traveling on U.S. Highway 30, which at one point stretched from Oregon to Ohio before the interstates were built...

Honoring traditions of citizenship, leadership, character, service and scholarship, the local chapter of the National Junior Honor Society welcomed nearly 30 students into the organization during a ceremony last week. Hundreds of parents packed into the Mountain Home Junior High School gym May 14 to witness the annual event, which added seventh and eighth grade students into the national organization...

Mountain Home High School's graduating class will cross the stage Friday evening to receive their diplomas as it starts its journey into the real world. Graduation ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Tiger Field to recognize the 196 students representing the Class of 2013...

A Mountain Home tradition resumes as the community celebrates this year's Crazee Daze festival on Saturday. Sponsored by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, the event represents "a celebration of spring and summer" while fostering the spirit of community involvement, said Jessica Smith, chairperson for the downtown festival...

Dear editor: A local interest of respect to your neighbor's property. Many of us have pets which are considered one of the family. Taking care of and cleaning up after them are responsibilities of every pet owner. I am fairly new to the area and have several piles of dog feces in my front yard near the sidewalk. I sprayed something on that part of the yard to deter the dogs from doing their business on my front lawn and then found feces on the sidewalk...

Shane Michael Foster, 44, of Mountain Home, died May 21, 2013, of injuries from an automobile crash near Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

A Mountain Home man was killed late Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 20. According to an initial report from the Idaho State Police, Shane Michael Foster, 44, was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe on the highway when it went off the roadway near milepost 96, in the vicinity of the Mountain Home Reservoir and Reservoir Road...

Ruth L. Bailey passed away at the age of 93 on May 16, 2013, at St. Luke's Elmore Hospital in Mountain Home. A graveside inurnment service will be held Monday, June 3, at noon at Mountain View Cemetery, in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...