Stories from Monday, May 22, 2017

A youngster gets his kite to fly during this year's kite day event, held Saturday in Legacy Park. Hosted by the city parks and recreation department, the event drew people from across town to try their hand at getting their creations airborne.

Volunteers from El-Ada, Grace Lutheran Church and First Southern Baptist Church sort through bags of donated food before everything is loaded into trailers during the U.S. Post Office's 25th Annual Letter Carriers Food Drive across America on Saturday. Local postal workers collected nearly 5,900 pounds of canned goods and non-perishable food Saturday. Donations were collected as the postal workers in Mountain Home and nearby Mountain Home Air Force Base ran their normal routes earlier that day...

Carmen Metzer from American Legion Auxiliary Unit 26 poses for a photo with the winners of this year's Legion Auxiliary contests. Dominic Perkins and Allie Reed were honored for their award-winning entries during this year's Americanism essay contest while Amelia Buckner was recognized for her winning creation during this year's poppy poster contest...

Local Girl Scout group leaders Sabrina and Phil Bonn are joined by Bugambilia Tapia, Keva Jackson, Amanda Bonn, Jessica Taylor, Alexis Nakaishi, Alexis Saterfield, Maya McCray and Kassidy Owens as they present bags filled with personal hygiene items to West Elementary School Principal Nikki Cruser during a recent meeting. ...