Category: Power County Press

Advertising panhandlers

It was refreshing the other day when a friend of mine who is heavy into the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation came in to discuss an ad in our newspapers for their upcoming banquet. Steve Johnson was once a businessman in…

Mikel David Pierce

Mikel David Pierce, 78, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in American Falls. He was born on Jan. 20 1936, in Geneva, MN, to Manford and Edna Franklin Pierce. He was the youngest of nine children. Mikel graduated from Pine…

Doris (Dee) Egan

Doris (Dee) Elaine Egan, 85, of American Falls passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Dee was born on Dec. 11, 1928, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Bernice and Glenn Cornelison. Dee spent her childhood in Rock Springs, WY.…

Good for the goose, good for the gander

I found it ironic earlier this month when Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, accused the CIA of secretly removing classified documents from her staff’s computers in the middle of an oversight investigation. Feinstein has long been…

Jesse (Bud) M. Phelps

1920-2014 Jesse (Bud) M. Phelps was born May 24, 1920 in Arbon, ID, to Frank and Rose Phelps and he passed away March 7, 2014 at the Power County Nursing Home in American Falls, ID. Frank and Rose had five…

Margo Crowder Plumb

Margo Crowder Plumb, born and raised in American Falls, ID, died Wednesday morning, March 19, 2014, in Corpus Christi, TX. She was born in American Falls on Oct. 28, 1934. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Crowder…

Arnold Fehringer

After 87 years of a life well lived, Arnold Bernard Fehringer passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Arnold was born in Peetz, CO, on October 3, 1926 to Leo and Angela (Zach) Fehringer. In 1944, he graduated from…

Hilda Serrano

Hilda Serrano, 79, of American Falls, ID, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014. She was born April 25, 1934, in Edinburg, TX, the second child of Faustino and Ramona Rodriguez. She grew up in Texas and married Felix De La…

Celebrating milestones

And they said it wouldn’t last. Debbie and I celebrated our 30th anniversary on St. Patrick’s Day this past Monday. It’s one of several milestones we’ll celebrate this year. The second will be on Debbie’s birthday, May 19, when she…