Stories from Monday, December 5, 2016

Mayor Rich Sykes is joined by Brandie Garlitz and Stacy Swan from Treasure Valley Hospice and Pastor Cheryl Stull as he signs a proclamation declaring National Hospice and Palliative Care Month in Mountain Home. The recent observance sought to help people in he local area understand the importance of planning for the care they would want if they were facing a serious or life-limiting illness. ...

After four years of service with the Elmore County Sheriff's Office, one of the department's canine partners is scheduled to retire from active service. Jackson, who joined the sheriff's department in 2012, was honored during a ceremony on Nov. 18. 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...

Elmore County Sheriff's Deputies are looking a bit scruffy these days as they use "No Shave November" to raise money for this year's Breakfast with Santa in Glenns Ferry. Held at Three Island Senior Center, the event is usually put on through personal donations and volunteers...

me area earned undergraduate degrees from Park University during a commencement ceremony held Nov. 18. The college campus on Mountain Home Air Force Base presented diplomas to 11 students that included nine that earned bachelors' degrees and two that earned both associates' and bachelors' degrees...

William Garner, age 70 of Mountain Home, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at St. Luke's Elmore in Mountain Home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, at Calvary Chapel in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Arthur Leland Pentico, age 79 of Mountain Home, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Naason Benjamin Duran, the one-month-old son of Kayla Marie Fernandez and Isaias Duran Romero, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at St. Luke's Elmore Hospital in Mountain Home. Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, with a viewing from 9 to 10:30 a.m., funeral services at 11 a.m., and burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery, in Mountain Home.

My precious husband, Kenneth E. Crandall III, of over 52 years, passed on to eternal life with Jesus at St. Alphonsus Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, of natural causes. He lived long past his massive heart attack in 1999, and many believed he was invincible as he continually survived many heart and lung problems through the next 17 years.