For the children...

Mayor Rich Sykes is joined by Mountain Home Elks Lodge representatives Exalted Ruler Loren Ford, Esquire Christina Ford, William Lamb, Hoop Shoot Chairman Larry Fincher, Lecturing Knight Stacey Swenson and Mark Wetherell as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring May 1 to 7 as Youth Week in Mountain Home. Sponsored each year by the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the observance pays tribute to the community's junior citizens and the need to provide guidance, inspiration and encouragement to them to become tomorrow's leaders.