Stories from Friday, December 19, 2014

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers are hoping some time off can help them heal. The Lady Tigers, who lost last year's leading scorer and rebounder in the third game of the season with a broken nose and concussion, and also lost a six-foot post to club volleyball, had two more girls go down with injuries in the conference opener against Skyview, as they lost three games last week...

The Mountain Home Tigers got their wrestling season off to a great start last Wednesday night with a 46-36 conference dual win over the defending 4A state champion Kuna Kavemen at Kuna. The Tigers started slow, and trailed 20-0 after the first four matches, but won eight of the remaining 11 matches -- seven of them by pins -- to register the win over the Kavemen...

A plan approved by the city council last week will give local golfers an incentive to regularly enjoy the sport at courses in Mountain Home as well as Mountain Home Air Force Base. During a meeting Dec. 8, the council approved a proposal to extend half-price green fees to season pass holders at the base for use at the Desert Canyon Golf Course...

Members of the local American Legion organizations, as well as a small crowd of citizens, gathered last weekend for the Wreaths Across American observance at Mountain View Cemetery. The featured speaker for the day was former mayor Dave Jett, who also is a veteran...

Bernd Ronald "Ron" Ramspeck, 54, of Kuna, was called home to our Lord and Savior on Dec. 10, 2014. Bernd was born on Aug. 21, 1960, the third oldest of six children. He was born and raised in Nurnberg, Germany, but grew up in California where he met the love of his life, Ann. They were married for 35 years and had one daughter, Amy LaRae, who was the apple of his eye...