Stories from Thursday, November 12, 2015

Four and five year old players from the Buck's Lock and Key soccer team pose for a photo with their coaches during a recognition ceremony Oct. 27. Soccer players and their parents gathered during the ceremony following the end of the youth soccer fall season, hosted each year by the Mountain Home Parks and Recreation Department. Approximately 100 children earned sportsmanship awards during last week's event...

During his military career, Mark Bryant took a struggling aircraft maintenance unit and turned it completely around within a year. He didn't let his lack of hands-on experience stand in the way of making that organization an exceptional team. As a newly elected member of the Mountain Home city council, Bryant wants to use that same energy and determination to make Mountain Home stronger...

Mountain Home has seen a lot of positive changes over the past four years, but a lot of work remains to strength its economic future, said city councilman Jimmy Schipani, who will start his second term in January. Looking to his next four years in office, Schipani said it was "humbling" to see voters in Mountain Home recognize the hard work he's invested during his time with the council and his desire to help the community grow...

Our mother, Jeanette Irene Young, passed away in her home on Nov. 10, 2015, at the age of 84. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at the First Congregational Church, located at 515 East 15th North St. in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...