Stories from Thursday, September 3, 2015

Following increased enrollment in local area schools over the past three years, the total number of students attending schools in the Mountain Home area remained mostly unchanged when the academic year began last month. "We're pretty flat enrollment wise, which is a good thing," said Mountain Home School District Superintendent James Gilbert. "I'll take that over declining enrollment any day."...

Air Force Appreciation Day representatives are continuing to register people for an event that will celebrate its 22nd anniversary Sept. 11. Since 1994, the AFAD Fun Run and Walk has served as an introduction to festivities held the following day. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

Two teams scored shutouts while others struggled on the field as this year's Optimist Football season began on Saturday. Inventive Products of Mountain Home trailed by six in the fourth quarter as they fell to Howell Orthodontics, 12-20, as 12 year olds in the senior division held their season debut...

Richard Henry Smith, age 79, devoted husband and father, died peacefully, in the company of his family, on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 in Boise. He had suffered from COPD for many years. The fourth of six children, Dick was born on Nov. 27, 1935, in Kansas City, Mo., to Claude Cecil and Gretchen Monica Smith. His mother said he was a Thanksgiving Day blessing the day he was born and every day after as well.