Stories from Monday, June 19, 2017

Carlos Boada uses a power washer to blast away peeling paint off the wall of a local area business as volunteers prepared a section of the downtown area for the second phase of a public art project. Celebrating its second year, the Community Canvas of Mountain Home will transform the alley walls of several downtown businesses with an assortment of original artwork. ...

Looking to beat the heat, children and their parents take the plunge in the city’s outdoor pool in Richard Aguirre Park as they enjoy a day of swimming June 7. People of all ages packed into the pool complex as temperatures in the Mountain Home area reached 103 degrees that day before cooler weather seeped into southern Idaho...

Field Day 2017

Todd Farrington, second from left, is joined by Dave Healea, Dara Malone and Kelly Thibodeau as he marks the grand opening of First Command Financial Services in Mountain Home during a ceremony June 2. Located at the corner of American Legion Boulevard and North Main Street, the company specializes on "coaching those who serve in their pursuit of financial security" while focusing on the needs of military service members and federal employees. ...

Kay Lynn Irwin, 70, beloved mother, sister and friend, passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2016, in Boise with her daughter at her side. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at Good Sheppard Lutheran Church, 5009 Cassia St., in Boise. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Rita May Aguirre, 92, of Boise and formerly of Mountain Home, passed away at Plantation Assisted Living in Boise on June 15, 2017. The daughter of two Irish immigrants, Rita May Aguirre (Carroll) was born in New York City on May 19, 1925. She was raised by a Catholic family in an Irish neighborhood located in the heart of the Bronx...

Veva Mae Ferguson passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the Country Living Retirement Home in Mountain Home. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the First Congregational Church UCC with Reverend Drew Terry officiating. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.