Stories from Friday, August 24, 2018

The WECRD began their special board meeting to discuss the terms of the lease agreement for Railroad Park. The agreement has been going back and forth between the recreation district and the city for the last few weeks fine tuning details and dates. The lease made it back to the recreation district where it could be read over one more time before signing...

The Mountain Home Rotary Club of District 5400 met on Aug. 14 to catch up, discuss current issues and to meet with a young man who recently received a scholarship from the club to attend a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Conference at the College of Southern Idaho. Seth Richardson was in attendance to meet with the club and talk about his experiences at the conference...

With Mountain Home's switch from the Southern Idaho Conference to the Great Basin Conference, Athletic Director John Clark hopes Mountain Home will become more competitive across the board in sports. Previously, Mountain Home applied to move from a 4A district to a 3A district. Mountain Home was granted to move to 3A, but when other teams in the district began to complain, the decision was overturned. Mountain Home then applied to move to a different conference to play schools of similar size...

September 8th is the 58th annual Air Force Appreciation Day parade and events. We will have copies of our full color annual AFAD magazine with some history of Mountain Home Air Force Base and the AFAD event itself available in the park. There is a coloring page for the kids. ...

Breanna Lynn Befort, age 16, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at the Elks Lodge. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Breanna was born on February 16, 2002, in Mountain Home to Robert Befort and Elaina Hoard...

Von R. “Chris” Christiansen was born September 6, 1934 in Downey, Idaho. He passed away peacefully at his home in Eagle, Idaho on August 22, 2018. The peace and calm associated with his passing were a blessing for our family, and in particular his wife, Janis Christiansen, to whom he was married 61 years...

Alice Ralene Hicks, age 91, of Mountain Home, passed away at a care center in Pocatello on Thursday, August 23, 2018. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Mountain View Cemetery, in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

James (Jim) K. Miller, 66, born in Rochester, Minnesota on July 28, 1952, to Kenneth & Phyllis Miller. He found peace on August 11, 2018. Jim was most proud of his family & his service in the Air Force. Jim was proceeded in death by his wife Judy & Sons, James & Jaime. ...