Stories from Wednesday, November 26, 2014

David and Emily Griggs of Mountain Home have announced the birth of a daughter, Arlene Finley Griggs, on Oct. 16, 2014, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. At birth, Arlene weighted 7 lbs. 1.6 oz. and was 19 inches long. She joins three brothers in the family, Skylar, Porter and Emmett...

Dear editor: Police are taught that there are three categories of people: "Yes people," "No people," and "Maybe people." These distinctions suggest the obvious -- that officers cannot talk everyone into handcuffs. "Yes people" are compliant to a uniformed police presence. "No people" are fighters, runners or both. "Maybe people" can go either way. It is the last category where there are the most variables effecting the direction of a police contact...

Dear editor: Where is Dr. Scott Baldridge? What a complete shock it was to get a letter in the mail a month a go saying the clinic had closed! No notice was given, All Seasons Mental Health ,who own the Family Care Clinic, just shut the door and left all Dr. ...

Dear editor: John Wayne once said, "I like cranky old codgers, I hope to live long enough to BE one." A blog troll recently said something about my arguments being "old and tired." In a way, he was right because I MYSELF am gettin' old and definitely tired of the steady decay in this country (and people who endorse it)...

Originally facing cancellation, the city's annual Christmas parade gained a last-minute reprieve as individuals in the community came together to organize the event. Scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 next to the Fire Station 1, the parade will mark the first "official" appearance of Santa Claus in Mountain Home...

The Western Elmore County Recreation District formally launched its capital campaign last week to raise at least $850,000 for its proposed 23,000-square-foot community center that will become the site of a YMCA in Mountain Home. The project, to be located east of the junior high, is estimated to cost just over $5.3 million for a facility that will include a a full-size gymnasium, child watch and youth centers, a multipurpose exercise studio, state-of-the-art fitness equipment, and game area for youth. ...

It has become a tradition at the Mountain Home News every Thanksgiving to ask second- and third-grade students in local schools to write stories about how to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner. The recipes on "How to Cook a Turkey" are provided below, for our readers' enjoyment, just as they were turned in to us -- complete with the students' current expertise in spelling and grammar. ...