Stories from Monday, June 12, 2017

Officer Kyle Holloway, school resource officer with the Mountain Home Police Department watches as freshman Danny Kissik tackles an obstacle course at the Idaho State Police headquarters during an impaired driving demonstration on Friday. Kissik drove a golf cart while wearing "beer goggles," which simulate a person driving impaired with a blood-alcohol content level of .12 to .15 percent. ...

Elijah Nixon hands out lunches to Kyler Lavallee and Hawk Lohmeier as children and their parents gathered at Carl Miller Park during the "Picnic in the Park" lunch program on Friday. Children from the Mountain Home community gather at the local park as well as Skyview Terrace Apartments each day to enjoy a free lunch hosted by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. A similar program is offered Monday to Thursday at the city park in Glenns Ferry, which offers children breakfast as well as lunch...

Visitors pause to take in the view of the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness as officials with the Bureau of Land Management marked the completion of a project to improve the Bruneau Canyon Overlook. During a ceremony on Thursday, nearly 100 people attended a ribbon cutting event to celebrate the improvements made to the overlook, which provides a paved pathway and increased safety measures along the canyon rim along with a restroom facility...

Team captain Julius Cabanas joins team mates Rob Woodland, Glen Janoushek, Peggy Watson, Steve Colthor and Matthew Marshal as they pose with the championship trophy they earned during this year's Mountain Home City Pool League season, which wrapped up this month. This marked the first time that a team representing the Sunset Bar in Mountain Home has earned a championship title since it first opened 27 years ago, according to members of the award-winning team...

Bryan Wilson applies a fresh coat of paint to the exterior walls of the Amazing Grace Church as worked continued May 31 to renovate the worship center on Airbase Road. Wilson was one of 15 people that traveled from Peerless Road Church in Cleveland, Tenn., last week to make a number of improvements to the church. ...

Ronald J. Bayliss, 79, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at St. Alphonsus Hospital, in Boise. Ron's ashes will be scattered on his family's farm in Upstate New York. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Edward Lambert, 82, of Mountain Home, passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Aspen Rehab in Meridian, Idaho. No services will be held at Ed’s request. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Ed was born May 19, 1935, in Chicago, Ill., to Edward M. and Marie Babe (Sass). He grew up at Fort Collins, Colo., up Rist Canyon. At the age of 10, Ed acquired Polio and was told he would never walk again but was determined to prove them wrong...

Wayne Edward Stoll Jr., 76, of Mountain Home, died June 11, 2017, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, located at 500 North 18th East St. in Mountain Home.