Stories from Wednesday, November 11, 2015

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Just one day after two of its members were voted out of office, the Western Elmore County Recreation District suspended plans to proceed with a contentious recreation building contract. During a special public hearing Nov. 4, the board unanimously voted to hold off on the construction project until the district's two new board members take office in January...

Marcus Egusquiza picked up his first golf club when he was just six years old and played his first round by the time he was 10. His passion for the sport yielded even greater rewards last month after he won the Desert Canyon Golf Course's annual championship tournament. He achieved the feat before he celebrated his 17th birthday...

Dear editor, I would like to congratulate all of the candidates for mayor and express my gratitude that they were willing to put in the time to seek office. As a teacher at Mountain Home High School, I invited the candidates for Mayor to attend class on October 26th...

Dear editor, The community of Mountain Home and the residents of Western Elmore County have made a clear statement. With an overwhelming majority electing Judy Mayne and Art Nelson for the WECRD Board, the people are saying they do not want the proposed Rec Center to proceed according to current plans. That is pretty obvious...

Dear editor: The recent Western Elmore County Recreation District (WECRD) board member elections resulted in Jana Borgolthaus and Rachelle Ruffing being defeated by over 60 percent of the voters. Both of them ran on a platform of "Building Your YMCA," and both of them have spent the last year ignoring the public opposition to their YMCA "dream." They rushed the contract through to start the ground breaking on the YMCA when it became clear that a petition to eliminate the WERCD would have enough signatures to make the ballot, and they clearly made this election a referendum on "their" dream YMCA.. ...

Fresh perspectives, new ideas and the energy to make things happen... It's the traits that will help Mountain Home grow into a stronger, more vibrant community, according to the city's mayor elect. In his first interview following last week's election, Rich Sykes sat down to share his vision when he takes office in January...