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Boundary County Archives ~ May, 2016 |
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May 30 |
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Question
answered: Why do the plants on the new Kootenai River Islands
look so brown? Here at NewsBF, we've had people ask
why the new plants placed on the newly-constructed islands just
last fall already appear to be brown and dead. We put that
question to the staff at the Kootenai Tribe's Fish and Wildlife
Department. Following is their answer to our question. |
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May 27 |
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Race for
Sheriff will continue as Schuman officially files as write-in
candidate: The race to be the next Sheriff of
Boundary County will continue through to the general election in
November. |
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May 26 |
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Locally-filmed vampire production showing this weekend:
Don’t miss the second showing of What We Do in the Shadows!
It is Saturday, May 28 at 6:00 p.m. in Becker Auditorium at
Bonners Ferry High School. |
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The full
story on Farm Tour 2016: The annual Farm Tour
organized by the Idaho Farm Bureau was fascinating! Friday, May
20 a large group of about 60 people traveled to various places
around Boundary County, and got a personal look at our local
habitats and farms. |
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May 24 |
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Hundreds
accept Kootenai Tribe's invitation to help release new sturgeon
into Kootenai River: Last Friday, hundreds of
Boundary County residents got to see, touch, and hold something
very rare nowadays—a Kootenai River sturgeon. |
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Pearl Theater
looking for community volunteers: The Fabulous
Pearl Theater on Ash Street in Bonners Ferry has been a
wonderful place for local emerging artists to perform and grow.
The Pearl a nonprofit organization since 2012, supported
primarily through membership and volunteers, has provided a
local facility for plays, music groups, concerts, and many other
modes of entertainment. |
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Boundary
Community Hospital Health Fair and Fun Run: A Tradition of
Caring for the Community: Boundary Community
Hospital has been celebrating National Hospital Week with its
annual Health Fair and Fun Run for decades, and this year was no
exception. |
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May 20 |
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BFHS Band's
final performance of the year is memorable: Last
Tuesday, May 17 was the final band concert of the school year.
It showcased the high school symphonic and jazz bands. All of
the songs were very enjoyable and upbeat. |
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May 19 |
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Kramer wins
Primary vote, but Boundary County Sheriff race may not be over
yet: The race to be the next Sheriff of Boundary
County may not be over just yet. |
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Series
of musical productions and performances coming up at high school
and middle school: There are so many musical
festivities going on at the schools this month. On May 21 at
7:00 p.m. in the Becker Auditorium, the BFHS drama department
will be putting on an original piece written by members of the
class about life in the theater from a backstage perspective. |
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Memorial
Day events outlined, all invited: The American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans
will be placing flags on Veterans' graves on Friday, May 27, at
Grandview Cemetery at 5:00 p.m. in preparation for Memorial Day.
The community is invited to help us as we honor those who have
served our country. |
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Information
meeting on Libby Dam, Kootenai River to be held in Bonners Ferry:
If you have questions about the operation of the Libby Dam and
its impact on our area, you may want to attend a meeting coming
up next week. |
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Hospital Auxiliary raffle a success, prizes won by many:
One of the fun events at last Saturday's Boundary Community
Hospital Health Fair was the raffle for exciting prizes. |
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From the
cascading golf balls, someone wins a TV as part of hospital Golf
Tournament: A Cascade of Golf Balls flowing towards
the green on the Ninth Hole of Mirror Lake Golf Course on June
10 at 6:30 p.m.. ... The ball that stops closest to the hole or
falls in first will mark the winner of a 50” Flat Screen LG LED
Smart TV donated by Life Flight Network. |
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Local FFA chapter
performs well at district competitions: FFA
district CDE's for the Dairy Foods and Ag. Mechanic competitions
were held at Bonners Ferry High School last week. |
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May 18 |
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Results for Boundary County and statewide Primary Election |
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May 17 |
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New
principal hired for Bonners Ferry High School:
Boundary County School District 101 has selected Kevin Dinning
to serve as the new principal of Bonners Ferry High School. |
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May 16 |
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List of
all candidates running in tomorrow's 2016 Primary:
Earlier this year, we had the Republican Presidential Primary,
followed later by the Democratic Party Caucuses, but Idaho is
not finished yet with sorting out which candidates will
ultimately be on the November general election ballot. |
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May 13 |
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Kootenai River
will be rising as Libby Dam increases river flows for sturgeon
spawning: Water managers at the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, along with federal, tribal, and state fishery
biologists, have determined that water temperature and reservoir
inflow are now sufficient to commence sturgeon flow augmentation
operations at Libby Dam, Montana, for endangered Kootenai River
white sturgeon downstream in Idaho. |
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Kids complete
Forest Service stewardship program with fun-filled day at the
Refuge: Employees from the Bonners Ferry Ranger
District and an engine crew from the Idaho Department of Lands
Kootenai Valley Forest Protective District hosted students on
May 5 at the picturesque Kootenai Wildlife Refuge. |
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Flags to fly
half-staff on Sunday: In honor of and out of
respect for law enforcement officers, President Obama has
proclaimed May 15, 2016 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and May
15 through May 21 as Police Week. |
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Two
railroad crossing closures next week: Union Pacific
Railroad will be working on the rail crossing on Sandy Ridge
Road next week. |
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May 12 |
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Law
enforcement focusing on seat belt use over next couple of weeks:
Protecting lives and reducing serious injury from motor vehicle
crashes may be as simple as clicking a seat belt, so the Idaho
Transportation Department is supporting efforts to increase
Idahoans’ safety restraint use May 16-30. |
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Peace
Officers' Memorial Day event set for this Sunday:
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which
designated May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week
in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of
thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world
converge on Washington, D.C. to participate in a number of
planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate
sacrifice. |
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May 11 |
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Bonners
Ferry High School looking for new principal for next year:
Bonners Ferry High School will be looking for a new principal to
serve next school year. Principal Tim Gering, who has held the
position for the past three years, has resigned as principal,
effective at the end of this school year. He and his family plan
to move to the Lewiston area to be closer to family. |
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Visit with live
birds of prey this Saturday at Libby Dam: The Libby
Dam Visitor Center is hosting a biologist from Birds of Prey
Northwest along with several diverse birds to celebrate
International Migratory Bird Day and National Kids to Parks Day
on Saturday, May 14. |
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Badger Boys win District Tournament, advance to state; Badger
Girls lose one-run heartbreaker: In exciting
baseball and softball action yesterday, the Bonners Ferry
Badgers Baseball team walked through the District Tournament
undefeated, winning the Championship game defeating Timberlake
9-2. The Badgers now move on to the Idaho State Tournament. |
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May 9 |
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Boundary
County Commissioner Pinkerton testifies before Congressional
subcommittee: In a recent afternoon, a Washington,
D.C. congressional hearing turned its attention to Boundary
County in seeking information about how federal land management
policies impact rural communities along the border, and the
effects of these policies on enforcement of border integrity and
safety. |
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Farm Tour
coming up; learn about area agriculture and more:
The Boundary Soil Conservation District and Farm Bureau are once
again offering their free community farm tour. This year’s event
will start with a video to learn about the Kootenai Tribe’s Fish
Hatchery, followed by releasing baby sturgeon into the Kootenai
River. |
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May 7 |
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BFHS
Robotics Team in Western Canada Regional competition with teams
from four other nations: Bonners Ferry High School
FIRST Robotics Team 2130 Alpha+ recently returned from Calgary,
Alberta after competing in the Western Canada Regional. |
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Conservation
Service sets aside fund for fuels reduction on private lands:
Idaho state Conservationist Curtis Elke, who is with the Natural
Resource Conservation Service, has set aside $100,000 under the
agency’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program for the first
year of a special project to help private landowners implement
practices to reduce excessive fuels and the risk of wildfire on
their property. |
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May 5 |
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Suspect
pursued in March in northern Bonner County as accessory to
murder is arrested in Las Vegas: One of the two
suspects involved in a Nampa, Idaho murder, who had been pursued
by police in northern Bonner County in March, has been arrested
in Las Vegas. |
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May 4 |
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Slight change
in location for Mt. Hall / Copeland voting site:
With the statewide primary election coming up on May 17,
Boundary County Clerk Glenda Poston wishes to advise voters in
the northern reaches of the county that there is a slight change
in location for the Mt. Hall / Copeland area voting site. |
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All invited
to upcoming Kootenai Tribe public sturgeon release:
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho would like to extend an invitation
to the community to participate in the release of
hatchery-reared juvenile white sturgeon into the Kootenai River. |
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Idaho
Commission on Aging seeks your comments on Senior Services State
Plan: Comments from the public are being requested
on Idaho’s Senior Services State Plan for Fiscal Year 2016 -
2020. The comment period is open May 4 – 18, 2016. |
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Burn permits
required beginning May 10: Starting May 10,
Idahoans must obtain a burn permit from the Idaho Department of
Lands (IDL) before starting certain controlled burn activities. |
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29 employers
looking to hire at event in Post Falls: Twenty-nine
employers will be participating in the May 11 spring hiring
event sponsored by the Idaho Department of Labor Kootenai County
office. |
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Local FFA chapter
attends Idaho State Leadership Conference: The
annual State Leadership Conference (SLC) for Idaho FFA had a
theme this year of "Break Away." The Bonners Ferry FFA Chapter
has attended SLC every year because it is always a great
experience for the new and old FFA members. |
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May 2 |
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Brittany Spangler
new Bonners Ferry Distinguished Young Woman: The
Bonners Ferry Distinguished Young Women program, staged on
Saturday, fulfilled its promise to dazzle all those in
attendance with its performances, stage decorations, costumes
and dresses, and eleven remarkable and talented young women
participating in the event. |
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Obituaries |
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Vonnie
Marva Maas, May 5, 1933 ~ May 13, 2016 |
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Randy Linn
Fort, May 13, 1953 ~ April 30, 2016 |
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Paulina Ciocazan, November 1, 1939 ~ May 3, 2016 |
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Ethel
"Pat" Black, March 22, 1920 ~ December 22, 2015 |
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Social |
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School
District’s April Certified Employee of the Month:
Mrs. Amber Weymer has taught in Boundary School District for
four years as a fifth grade teacher at Valley View Elementary
School. |
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'STARDUST!' original performance at the Pearl Theater:
Explore the universe in which we earthlings live and love, in
song, story, science, and stunning photography. |
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Celebrate Spring with a Contra Dance: Celebrate
Spring! Bonners Ferry Contra Dance May 20, 2016 from 7:00 p.m.
until 10:00 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 6416 Kootenai St,
Bonners Ferry. |
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Sports |
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Badger
Track has a great meet at State: The Bonners Ferry
Badgers Track Team was off to Middleton, Idaho, for the State
Track Meet a week ago, on May 20-21. They returned with some
notable achievements, several personal best marks, individual
medals, and a State Champion. |
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Badger Golf
has great spring, both teams place at Districts, Boys' team
competing at State: The Bonners Ferry Badgers Golf
Team has had a great spring, doing well at the Intermountain
League District Tournament, and competing in the Idaho State
Tournament. |
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Badger Boys take 3rd Place at Idaho State Baseball Tournament:
The Badger baseball team ended a phenomenal season by taking
third place in the 2016 3A Idaho State Baseball Tournament in
Fruitland, Idaho. |
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Time to
gear up for Kokanee fishing: The warm weather may
finally be here to stay, and for many anglers across the state,
warm spring weather means kokanee fishing. |
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Free
Fishing Day aims to hook new anglers: Saturday,
June 11, has been designated as Free Fishing Day in Idaho. On
that day, anyone can fish without having to possess a valid
fishing license. |
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Free summer baseball / softball program offered: A
free program providing instruction and both baseball and
fastpitch softball games is being offered this summer for
Boundary County boys and girls ages 9-12. |
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Badger Baseball wins District Championship, now On to State!
The Bonners Ferry Badger baseball program claimed its
fifth District Championship and are headed back to the Idaho 3A
State tournament next week in Ontario, Oregon. |
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BFHS Baseball, Softball District Tournament Notes:
Baseball and Softball District Tournament games are coming up in
just a few days, and both the Badger Baseball and the Badger
Softball teams are shooting for berths in the Idaho State
Championship Tournaments. |
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Badgers defeat Timberlake Tigers to finish perfect in IML
Baseball: The Badger baseball team completed their
first ever perfect season in Intermountain League history by
beating the Timberlake Tigers 9-5 last Tuesday. The win improves
their overall record to 19-2 with a 9-0 league record going into
the District tournament next Monday. |
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Badgers sweep Kellogg Wildcats in IML Baseball, locking up
second straight league title: The Badger baseball
team swept the Kellogg Wildcats on Saturday to claim their
second consecutive Intermountain League Title, the first back to
back baseball titles in Badger history. |
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Letters |
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Election
Reflection: While this year's election cycle seems
to have brought out the worst in us, I chose to disarm today's
tension with humor. I walked up to the Election Clerk and
presented my I.D. with a smile. |
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Says Moyie
City Council meeting an eye opener: I haven’t been
to a City of Moyie Springs council meeting in several years. A
neighbor asked for support about road conditions, so I attended
the May 4, 2016 meeting. |
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Says
Sheriff election comes down to two candidates: Some
of you may remember my run for Sheriff in 2012. I had no law
enforcement experience, I had only been here for 2 years, and I
ran as an independent, pretty much three strikes. |
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Not filing
quarterly report violates state law, again: Where
is the quarterly financial report for Moyie Springs? It is the
law that this report be submitted and published! |
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Just the
facts: Examine the facts. Senator Shawn Keough has
served Bonner and Boundary Counties well. She has supported the
Timber industry, and Agriculture industry, and the Education
System, Highway improvements, Sportsmen, your recreation
interests, your rights and freedoms as Idahoans. |
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