Stories from Friday, December 13, 2013

The Mountain Home Tigers opened their 2013-14 wrestling season with a 38-33 conference dual win over the Nampa Bulldogs Thursday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. The Tigers picked up eight wins on the night, three by pins, as Tyler Heath (132 pounds), Jordan Pendleton (138) and Solomon Chung-Hee (285) pinned their Nampa opponents...

There were plenty of smiles Saturday morning as the children entered the store. At least one of them could barely contain her excitement as she jumped up and down while she waited for the event to begin. To a point, the excitement among these 130 children was a sign of hope -- a chance to make a difference in the lives of their families...

The season of giving became the season of generosity Saturday evening as local businesses and organizations joined forces during the Fourth Annual Festival of Trees. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Elmore County, the event raised $2,000 to benefit local students...

Funeral director Jerry Rost is urging area residents to think twice before placing some silk or other artificial flowers or wreaths on headstones at this time of year. The owner of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home, said that the dyes used in many artificial flowers, in particular the reds often found in silk poinsettias, have a tendency to run when they become wet...

Oracio (Rash) Isaac Iglesias, 93, of Boise, Idaho, passed away on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, from natural causes. He was surrounded by his wife and children. Rash was born on Aug. 26, 1920, in Mountain Home, Idaho, to Basque immigrant parents, Rufina Nachiondo from Ispaster, Spain, and Saturnino Aguirre Iglesias from Ea, Spain. ...