Stories from Monday, October 17, 2016

Idaho's current writer in residence and a former poet laureate will speak during a gathering hosted by the Mountain Home Arts Council on Oct. 21. Diane Raptosh's presentation begins at 7 p.m. that evening at Cottonwood Collective, 230 North 2nd East St. with doors open to the public at 6:30 p.m...

Olga Gerarda Pedersen, age 81 of Mountain Home, passed away on Oct. 12, 2016, at Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry. Olga was born in Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 6, 1934, as Olga G. de la Fosse to David Emanuel de la Fosse and Jeane Gerarda Ernestine. They later moved to Holland...

Page Ann Liles, age 41, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at her home in Hammett following an illness. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.