Archive - Jun 22, 2011
Walter Tschikof died on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Meridian at the well-seasoned age of 90.
We hope all those wishing to honor Walt’s life will attend a memorial celebration planned for 4 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.nalderfuneralhome.com.
Eva Parsons Cunningham passed away quietly Friday, June 17, 2011, at home with her family near her side.
She was born April 12, 1922, in Sterling to Ralph and Velma Parsons. The second of three children, Eva lived there for the first two years of her life until her father moved them to Butte, Mont.,, to work in the copper mines. Six years later, with the Depression in full swing and the mines closing, the family moved back to Sterling.
IDAHO FALLS — Cynthia Ann Cover, 63, passed away June 17, 2011, at Promontory Point Rehab Center in Ammon from respiratory failure.
IDAHO FALLS — Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center celebrated the grand opening of its Women and Infants Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Tuesday.
Called "Building Beautiful," the $20 million, 11-month construction project included a floor-to-ceiling renovation of the former Women's Center and the construction of a new 24,000 square-foot Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Guests received guided tours of the facility to get a first-hand look at the patient rooms and technology and expertise available in the NICU.
BLACKFOOT — The 11th fairway of the Blackfoot Golf Course briefly gained a new hazard as a cropdusting plane crashed onto the fairway at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.
The cropdusting plane is owned by Vector Disease Control International. It had just taken off from the Blackfoot Airport, heading north with the wind.
Golfer Brent Hill was on the tee box at the 11th hole.
"We watched it all," he said. "[The pilot is] lucky; I can't believe the plane is rightside up.
