Stories from Friday, November 22, 2013

For years, West Elementary had been the school always failing the state's Annual Yearly Progress standards. It was the school parents tried to avoid sending their children to if they could. Not anymore. Hard work by teachers, administrators and parents working together, as well as some new teaching techniques and technology, have transformed the school into one of the state's best -- an achievement recognized recently by being named a four-star school...

A yearly holiday season returns to Mountain Home next month as the local the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosts this year's Christmas creche exhibit. A non-denominational event, the three-day celebration runs from 6-9 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6 and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the Mormon stake center off Airbase Road at 790 S. Haskett Street...

Lydia "Lil" Jausoro, 93, of Boise, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in a Murray, Utah, hospital. Her funeral was held last Friday, Nov. 22, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Boise. Burial followed at Morris Hill Cemetery. Lydia was born March 28, 1920, in Mountain Home, to Julia Chacartegui from Lekeitio and Pablo Sillonis from nearby Ispaster in the Basque Country. The only daughter, she was raised with older brothers Julio "Juke," John "Chuck," Richie, Alphonso and younger brother Robert...