Stories from Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Stephen and Robin Murphy of Mountain Home have announced the wedding of their daughter, Shannon Leota Murphy, to Cory Alan Nelson, son of Lloyd and Janice Nelson, of Baker City, Ore. The couple wed May 11, 2013, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple in Idaho Falls, Idaho. A reception followed at the LDS 8th Street Chapel in Mountain Home...

The 2013 Elmore County Relay for Life was held at the Glenns Ferry School Sports Complex last weekend. More than 270 individuals representing 25 teams registered for the annual event. Of those teams, six were from Glenns Ferry. Touched by the support they received from the school and community at last year's Relay, the ECRFL team decided that Glenns Ferry should be a repeat venue...

Editor's note: As a former congressman representing Idaho, Butch Otter, the current governor, was one of the very few in Congress who had the courage to see the long-term implications of the Patriot Act and vote against it. It's been almost 12 years since I first debated against, voted against and warned against the potential dangers of the USA PATRIOT Act...

Dear editor: One of the best improvements in VA services in Elmore County has been the community-based clinic we now enjoy. I was shocked to learn there is a Congressional policy that will sabotage this VA program. I just finished a letter to our senators and our congressional representative asking them to use their influence in Congress to clarify or change this unfair and inequitable policy in such a way as to enable the VA program to get back on track...

Dear editor: After reading Mr.Walter F. Bilenski's article in your newspaper I felt I had to respond with words of praise for him. He expressed my feelings about liberal bashing exactly. He made it clear that country should come first before all the bias about political parties, religions, and races...

Dear editor: Benjamin Franklin, in 1759, said that "He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither and will lose both." I've always had the utmost respect for our founding fathers, and put more stock into what they said than I do for anyone living today. ...

Elaine R. McCalley of Mountain Home has been awarded the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award by the Federal Aviation Administration. The award recognizes individuals who have held a pilot certificate for more than 50 years and have an unblemished safety record...

John Gross applies a coat of black paint to the underside of the F-111 fighter on display at Carl Miller Park as work continued to beautify the city's military memorial June 12. Headed by the local Lion's Club, the all-volunteer project aimed at giving the vintage Air Force jet a needed facelift...

An arcing powerline, resulting from high winds that blew through the area Tuesday (June 18) evening, is being blamed for a fire that scorched an estimated 400 acres of grasslands northwest of Glenns Ferry. Bureau of Land Management fire crews and King Hill Rural Fire District responded to the Moon Fire after Elmore County Dispatch received a report of a fire near milemarker 112 at about 8:30 p.m...

St. Luke's Elmore Center for Community Health will host its yearly Children's Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday on the hospital lawn at 895 N. 6th East Street. A typographical error on the date had indicated the event would be held on Sunday, which was what was printed in the paper. However, the event will be held on the more traditional Saturday...