Stories from Monday, July 11, 2016

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News The Elmore County Fair is scheduled to run from July 20 to 23 at the fairgrounds off the interstate in Glenns Ferry. This year, fair goers can expect to see a full-fledged carnival and a revamped line-up of family entertainment, organizers said...

After two of Mountain Home's largest drinking water producing wells went down on Sunday, Mayor Rich Sykes asked residents to curtail their water usage for the next 10 to 14 days while repairs are made to the system. It was discovered that a pump on Well 11 near the city airport burned up on Sunday...

Rey Samano, age 33 of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise. A viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., and a Rosary will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 15, 2016, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, 500 North 18th East St., in Mountain Home. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Our Lady of Limerick Catholic Church, 21 West Arthur Ave., in Glenns Ferry, and burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry...

Leo Erwin Miller, 88 of Mountain Home passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016, at his home. Inurnment with military honors will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, in Boise. A Memorial Service will follow at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Faith Lutheran Church in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Master Sergeant Katherine A. Carrott, age 68 of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, July 11, 2016, at St. Luke's Elmore Hospital. On Friday, July 15, 2016, a viewing was held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and a funeral service with full military honors began at 1 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.