Stories from Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Chris and Tamzy Christensen of Mountain Home (and Arizona) will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on July 3. The couple were married in Caldwell in 1954. Chris was a sergeant in the Air Force stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base when he met his future bride at a skating party in Nampa...

People in the local community were greeted with a patchwork of plants and flowers as they visited homes across Mountain Home during this year's garden tour. Celebrating its 18th anniversary in Mountain Home, the event featured an assortment of gardening how-tos along with personal advice on what works best for growing flowers and vegetables in southern Idaho's harsh desert climate...

Dear editor. The Wild Fire 2 Fish Fry was held June 22 at Featherville Resort. Thanks to all who attended and brought pot luck. Guests included Forest Service and BLM fire fighters. Seen in the serving line were crews from guard stations at Lester Creek, Shake Creek and Big Smoky Creek, along with Ranger Stephanie Church...

Dear editor: I rode my motorcycle from Belgrade, Mont., and was on my way to Boise. I stopped to check on the possibility of motel rooms by the Jack-in-the-Box just out of town and put my gloves on top of my bag and didn't put them back on before driving off and a car who was behind me saw this happen. I realized it pretty quickly and turned around and went back...

Dear editor: Apparently, no Democrats have ever been under siege by the IRS, because this is yet another "phony scandal" to discredit Obama. "I don't know what happened to my records and receipts." YOU try that during an audit. And folks, NOBODY pleads the 5th (twice), without having something to hide. We weren't all born yesterday...

Top-ranked competitors from across the western United States earned nearly $30,000 in cash prizes during the 9th Annual Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo. Held at Optimist Park on June 20-21, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event included two days of saddle bronc riding, bull riding, bareback riding, steer wrestling, calf roping and team roping...