Stories from Thursday, May 23, 2013

The competition was fierce for the Mountain Home girls and boys at the State 4A Track & Field Championships at Eagle High School over the weekend. The Mountain Home girls scored just 11 points and came in 18th in the 4A team standings. Jhorie Kelly placed in two of the three events she competed in. She made the finals in the 100-meter dash and finished third. She made the finals in the 100-meter high hurdles and finished eighth. She just missed placing in the high jump, finishing ninth...

Coaches and players with Mountain Home High School's varsity football team continued a new tradition Saturday afternoon as they begin to push the team's "Tiger Bug" down Airbase Road as part of a fundraiser. The second annual car push fundraiser started at De Meyer Furniture with athletes pushing the vehicle to the Mountain Home Auto Ranch on the city's north side with the city police and fire departments leading the way...

Violet Zaike, 4, tries to launch her kite during the city's third annual kite day Saturday morning at Legacy Park. Hosted by the city's parks and recreation department, dozens of youngsters -- and the young at heart -- turned out in force to test their flying skills against the morning's stiff and unpredictable breeze...

The effects of the Congressional sequester of federal funds have begun to trickle down to the local level, with funds for the Meals on Wheels program drying up until July 1. That won't stop the Mountain Home Senior Center from delivering meals, however, said center president Ruthada Powell. "We have some money in reserve, and we are not going to let anyone go hungry," she said...

Finishing its fourth full year at its new campus, Richard McKenna Charter High School will celebrate the graduation of seven students during a ceremony Saturday morning. The commencement begins at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 950 North 7th East Street...