Stories from Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Police report that the tires of five cars belonging to four different homeowners were slashed early last Friday morning, May30. The incidents were clustered in the area of Coleen Drive and Dawn Drive. One homeowner reported hearing juveniles making noise outside his home at about 3 a.m. There have been no further incidents...

The annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Elmore County, will begin at 6:57 p.m. this Friday, June 6, and continue all night until 7 a.m. on Saturday, June 7. The event at Eastside Park is a celebration of cancer survivorship and "a fun way to raise the vital funds needed to help find a cure for cancer," according to spokesperson Jan Ladon...

Dear editor: Followers of the left cheer the forced transfer of wealth underway. At the same time they embrace the corresponding transformation of our culture and institutions as an era of enlightenment. They do not realize that the paradigm of the ruler can turn on a dime...

Dear editor: I find it interesting that the graduating Class of 2014 from Mountain Home High School had the class motto: "Keeping it Classy." Apparently, their families, friends and neighbors didn't get the meaning of that. I have never in my life experienced a ruder, more self centered audience than I did at MHHS graduation night this past Friday...

The engagement of Nicole Carmen Lema of Mountain Home to Kenneth Michael Unger of White Pine, Tenn., has been announced. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Janet Chriske of Mountain Home and Fred Cadena of Plainfield, Ill. She graduated from Richard McKenna Charter High School and went on to graduate from Oliver Finley academy of cosmetology. She is now working at All About You Salon as an esthetician...

Edith M. Olsen, 96, of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at a Mountain Home care center. Final arrangements for a memorial service and inurnment in Kansas will be announced at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Marilyn Carrico passed away June 4, 2014, in Boise. Marilyn was born in Malad, Idaho, on July 7, 1938, to George P. Jones and Rose Hill. She was the oldest of five children. Marilyn married Jerry R. Carrico in 1958 at her parents' home in Malad. They were blessed with three sons, Terry (Conny) of Prairie, Mickey (Debbie) of Mountain Home, and Greg (Florence) of Las Vegas, Nev...

It's taken some time, but Chuck Scott and Bob Foss have made considerable progress renovating the house on E. 11th North Street. Recently repainted to give it a fresh look, it tends to blend in with the other homes in the established neighborhood with nothing to really make it stand out...