Stories from Thursday, August 8, 2013

A federally funded grant awarded by the state last month will pave the way for developing a new industrial center in Mountain Home. The city received the $344,000 Idaho Community Development Block Grant to improve public infrastructure next to a new animal feed processing plant that started full operations in July...

People from Mountain Home and surrounding communities will relive the traditions, culture and language of the Basque people during its annual festival here Saturday. The 53rd Annual Basque Picnic will begin that afternoon at the pelota, or outdoor racquetball court, in the city's Basque Park next to the Bengeochea Hotel...

Keyboardist Paul Tillotson and guitarist Bill Liles from the jazz group Thomas Hutchings and Anomaly perform before more than 750 people during a free concert Friday evening in Carl Miller Park. The performance concluded this year's summer Concert in the Park series, which is hosted by the Mountain Home Arts Council and the city parks and recreation department...

Loran Hatch, 68, of Mountain Home passed away at his home on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Julie Rae Meyers Lindquist, loving wife, mother and friend, of Grand View, passed away Aug. 5, 2013. She was the youngest child born to Ray and Cherry Meyers in Nampa on Nov. 30, 1974. She attended Rimrock Jr. Sr. High School and graduated in 1993. After graduation, she met and married Robert "Bobby" Lindquist on May 20, 1995, settling in Grand View to start their new life together...