Stories from Wednesday, December 25, 2013

The Mountain Home School District is launching a "Read with Ruffy" program to help improve student reading skills -- and the district needs some help to get it going. "Most children just seem to naturally love animals, and especially dogs," said district curriculum director Sherri Ybarra. "Imagine the positive motivation this gives to a child as they sit by, read to, and pat a calm and gentle dog...

Dear editor: I attended the Mountain Home Choirs concert last Monday evening. I want to congratulate all the participants, students and choir directors, for a wonderful concert. The selection of music ranged from traditional to modern and was well performed...

The Mountain Home School District will ask voters this March to renew the supplemental levy it needs to maintain programs in the district. The district will seek approval of $2.7 million each year for two years, the same as the voters approved two years ago, "so there's no increase in taxes," Supt. Tim McMurtrey said...

Samantha Feekes gives her grandmother, Bonnie Lear, a hug as students from Mountain Home High School visited with residents of Cedar Crest Residential Care Center on Friday. Members of the high school's Health Occupation Students of America club met with the residents at Cedar Crest as well as those in the long-term care unit at the St. Luke's Elmore medical center as part of their yearly visit...