Stories from Wednesday, July 18, 2018

After seven years at the helm Mountain Home Police Chief Nick Schilz has decided to retire. With eleven grandchildren spread over four western states it is time for Chief Schilz and his wife to focus on being grandparents and do some traveling. When you work in law enforcement you do not get to spend a lot of time doing the family thing and with the grandchildren getting to the age where they have become very active and involved in sports and other extracurricular activities Chief Schilz was not able to watch or cheer them on as much as he would have liked to previously. ...

The Western Elmore County Recreation District held a public hearing to discuss tentative offers and options for Railroad Park on July 11. Jim Carrie was the first to offer his opinion on the matter as well as make an offer at the meeting. Carrie is a Mountain Home local and a property developer. According to Carrie he was born and raised here. 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...

Dear Editor, I am opposed to the Cat Creek Energy, LLC (CCE) alternate energy project. I have talked to many local residents and land owners of Elmore County and a few things have become clear to me. # 1. The planned wind farm and solar project off Highway 20 that CCE wants to construct on Camas Prairie near the Cat Creek Summit scenic viewpoint will adversely affect all land owners, future tourism and land values in Elmore County, the Camas Prairie, the Little Camas Prairie, the Anderson Ranch Reservoir area towns of Pine and Featherville.. ...

Justin Abel cuts the ribbon in front of the Academy of Arts and Apprenticeship with the help of Adam Shane. In addition to art and tatoo classes the school will offer a wide variety of classes including certification in first aid and CPR, website design and business management...

Brendan Negri was a 2016 graduate of Mountain Home High School where he participated in football and wrestling. He earned his Eagle Scout at 16 and has been a Hunter's Education Instructor since the age of 12. He has continued his education at the University of Idaho where he is projected to graduate in December of 2019 with a degree in Natural Resources Conservation...

Linda Sue Sielaff (Ford), was born on April 27, 1950 in Mountain Home, to the late Harold & Ray Ford. She went home to be with Jesus at the young age of 68 on Monday, July 16, 2018 of natural causes. Linda graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1968. She participated in drill team and was active in school, even though they moved eleven times in six years to follow her father’s career...

Heriberto “Eddie” Maldonado, age 38, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, passed away at his home on Saturday, July 14, 2018. A graveside inurnment will be held at 10:00 AM, on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Mountain View Cemetery, in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...