Stories from Wednesday, January 21, 2015

It was craft time for Amiah Aldape as the two year old dipped her finger in the paint. Her mother, Cortney, watched as the youngster dabbed the paint on a blue piece of paper, each dot representing a tiny snowflake. Just a few steps away, Kalee Hill sat in a rocking chair as she entertained her two-month-old daughter, Aurora. It was the first time in hours the two had a chance for some personal time that day...

Jordan Gantt, a man accused of shooting at another individual outside a downtown bar last July, pled guilty to three charges in connection with the case. During a hearing Thursday afternoon, Gantt pled guilty to felony charges of discharging a weapon at an occupied building and disposing of stolen property as well as a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest...

The legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his call for Americans to serve others lived on during a yearly event held in his memory. People gathered the Elk's Lodge in Mountain Home on Saturday during this year's prayer breakfast...

Timothy Anthony Vedder, 93, passed away Jan. 13, 2015, in Mountain Home. He was born on the Camas prairie to Joseph and Millie Vedder, the fourth of six children. He grew up on a wheat farm outside of Ferdinand, Idaho and attended Oliver School (walking uphill both ways) and Ferdinand High School, where he met his bride of 60 years, Bette Robinson...

Donna Jean Griffiths, age 60 of Mountain Home, passed away on Jan. 8, 2015, at a Mountain Home care center. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at the Cornerstone Apostolic Church, located at 4940 Airbase Road in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...