Stories from Thursday, June 6, 2013

The Mountain Home Royals American Legion baseball team opened its 2013 season with a doubleheader sweep of the Boise Barons Saturday at Bishop Kelly, winning the first game 6-3 in nine innings and rolling to a 20-4 five-inning win in the second game...

Idaho's Free Fishing Day is this Saturday. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game invites veteran and novice anglers of all ages, residents and nonresidents alike, to celebrate the day by fishing anywhere in Idaho without a license. Though fishing license requirements are suspended for this special day, all other rules, such as limits or tackle restrictions, remain in effect...

John Mark Shenk, 63, of Fairfield, Idaho, passed away on June 1, 2013, in Dunnigan, Calif. A viewing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, June 10, 2013, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Mark was born in Indian Cove, Idaho, to Amos and Veola Shenk on May 24, 1950. He graduated from Glenns Ferry High School in 1968. Mark married Debbie Houfburg on Jan. 5, 1973. They were a loving, lifetime couple for 40 years...

Glenn St. Germaine, age 74, of Mountain Home died on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at a Mountain Home hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home, 587-0612.

Karen Long, 53, of Mountain Home died on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at a Mountain Home hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home, 587-0612.