Archive - Mar 2011
March 23rd
BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot tennis team cruised by the Sugar-Salem Diggers on Wednesday with the boys squad winning 5.5 - .5 and the girls team pulling out a 3.5 - 2.5 victory.
"Over all it was a great win for us, we did very well on the day," Blackfoot head coach Brint Jefferis said. "Our freshman are playing really well and our doubles were real strong for us today."
BLACKFOOT — The traditional Blackfoot-Snake River rivalry was renewed on Wednesday afternoon as the Broncos and the Panthers squared off on the diamond for a good old fashioned baseball game at Blackfoot High School.
At the end of the day, Blackfoot emerged triumphant with a 11-5 victory as they begin the season by winning the debut for new head coach Kenny Dahle.
"We are just excited to be outside," coach Dahle said. "We were out here at 9 A.M. breaking up ice and frozen diamond dust down the third base line and we are just excited to get the season started."
“A.J.†Anthony Camp, 24, of Firth passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
Service arrangements are pending and will be announced by Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot.
Jonathan Maglio, 27, of Shelley passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at his home.
Service arrangements are pending and will be announced by Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot.
William David Edmo, 74, of Fort Hall passed away Monday, March 21, 2011, at Pocatello Care and Rehab.
A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 S. Shilling Ave., Blackfoot.
William’s body will then be taken out to East Truchot Road on Thursday morning until time of services on Friday.
Traditional burial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2011, at the Mission Cemetery in Fort Hall.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at condolences@hawkerfuneralhome.com.
Nellie E. “Elizabeth†Davis, Milton of Freewater, Ore., passed away March 20, 2011, at the Stateline Retirement Inn at the age of 104 years of age.
Funeral services will be Friday, March 25, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Eagle Seventh-day Adventist Church in Eagle, Idaho, with Pastor Michael Pearson and Pastor Dennis Parks officiating. Private interment will be in the Dry Creek Cemetery, Eagle. Memorial contributions may be made to the Adventist Frontier Mission or the Adventist Development and Relief Association through the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862.
Neal Kay Powell, 76, of Blackfoot died Friday, March 18, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family.
He was born March 3, 1935, in Moscow, the only son of George H. And Genevieve Budrow Powell.
 Stephen Carroll Holmes, 56, of Idaho Falls passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011, at his home.
He was born Dec. 22, 1954, in Pocatello to Richard Leroy Holmes and Pauline Marie Seidel.
He attended schools in Blackfoot and received his GED in the military. He served in the Army, stationed in Germany from 1972-1974.
He married Cherokee Bush, they were later divorced. He then married Lisa Ann Turnbow and they were later divorced. He then married Angela Visser and they were later divorced.
Stephen was a parishioner in the Catholic Church.
March 22nd
IDAHO FALLS — A Firth man was shot and killed in Idaho Falls early Tuesday morning. Police arrested one man in connection to the shooting and are still seeking a second man who may have been involved.
Anthony "A.J." Camp, 24, of Firth, was shot in the back while driving in the area of the 500 block of W. 20th Street in Idaho Falls approximately 3 a.m. His car, a white Honda Civic, struck a parked car, then a house on the next block, according to the Idaho Falls Police Department.
BLACKFOOT – Ridge Crest Elementary second-grader Enid McMahon was transported by ambulance to Bingham Memorial Hospital Tuesday after she was hit by a car near the school.
McMahon darted into traffic on Airport Road when walking home from school and hit the back end of a vehicle. According to her family, she sustained a compound fracture of the leg and was being prepared for surgery Tuesday evening.
"We encourage parents and everyone to slow down and be careful in school zones," said Ridge Crest Principal Colin Folsom.
