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Boundary County Archives ~ January, 2015 |
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January 31 |
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Successful
Bonners Ferry High School FIRST Robotics Team 2130 Alpha+ enters
ninth year: Students, mentors, parents and alumni
from Bonners Ferry High School FIRST Robotics Team 2130 Alpha+
met on January 3 for the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff
Broadcast. |
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January 30 |
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Hospital
Auxiliary Pie Sale is coming up: Picture in your
mind tables full of pies side by side—lemon meringue pies with
towering browned meringue peaks; delicious double-crusted apple
pies, huckleberry pies, and cherry pies; tempting open-faced
pecan pies, and raisin-cream pies; and whipped-cream mounded
chocolate pies and banana cream pies—that, and more, is what you
will see at the Hospital Auxiliary Pie Sale. |
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Gear Up
program helps students prepare to further their education:
Sometimes in rural areas, there are obstacles that might
interfere with students attaining post high school
education--obstacles that aren't factors in larger, more
metropolitan areas. Gear Up is a program that offers targeted
early intervention services to students to improve academic
achievement and readiness for postsecondary education. |
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January 29 |
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New Arm Bike
speeds recovery at Boundary Community Hospital:
Come and ride the bicycle—the arm bicycle that is. Much like the
bicycle you grew up with powered by legs, the arm bicycle spins
by placing your hands on the pedals and pushing forward and
downward. |
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January 28 |
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ITD travel
website contains helpful winter travel information:
Got a winter driving trip coming up? You may be glad to know
that the Idaho Transportation Department maintains a website
with some great information on highways and mountain passes
throughout the state. It even has a Boundary County webcam! |
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Idaho State
Police announces 2015 National Missing Children Poster Contest:
Idaho's Missing Persons Clearinghouse and the Idaho State Police
Bureau of Criminal Identification invites entries from Idaho's
fifth graders for the 2015 National Missing Children Poster
Contest. |
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January 27 |
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ITD schedules informational open house in Bonners Ferry:
Changes in Highway 95 will impact all of us who live here in
some way. For now, the Idaho Transportation Department is
looking at modifications of Highway 95 through the South Hill
area of Bonners Ferry. |
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Boundary County celebrates 100 years: Wait a
minute. Was this 2015? Or was it, somehow ... 1915? It seemed
like it might be 1915, as organizers of Boundary County's
Centennial celebration faithfully recreated the original
celebration of 100 years ago, when residents of two-day-old
Boundary County, Idaho, lauded the newly minted northernmost
county in Idaho. |
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Chamber of
Commerce issues silver coin commemorating Boundary County
Centennial: Working with the Sunshine Mine, the
Bonners Ferry Chamber of Commerce commissioned a special silver
coin, commemorating the Centennial of Boundary County. The coins
are one troy ounce of .999 fine silver, and have a special
Boundary County design on front and back. |
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Photograph album of the Boundary County Centennial Celebration |
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January 26 |
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Manny Scott gives moving motivational presentations for students
and community: “I see you.” “I feel you.” “You are
not alone.” With these words, Manny Scott, a motivational
speaker, addressed the students at Bonners Ferry High School
last Thursday, January 22. |
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Moscow Renaissance Fair coming in spring, looking for artisan
vendors: Are you a Boundary County artisan? Looking
for a popular venue to sell some of your creations? The Moscow
Renaissance Fair - a Celebration of Spring - is looking for
artisans in the Northwest to sell their wares at this year’s
festival. |
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Human Rights
Task Force announces winners of essay contest: The
Boundary County Human Rights Task Force has announced the
winners of the Martin Luther King Day essay contest. |
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Boundary
County youth qualifies for North Idaho Regionals in Elks Hoop
Shoot competition: One of Idaho's premier
basketball free throw shooters lives right here in Boundary
County. Trey Bateman, nine year old son of Cal and Melissa
Bateman, and a student at Valley View Elementary School in
Bonners Ferry, has been competing in the Elks National Hoop
Shoot, a nationwide free throw program for youth ages 8 through
13. |
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January 23 |
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Unemployment numbers for December released; Boundary County
little changed: Boundary County December 2014
unemployment figures are up only slightly from the month before,
but are clearly improved over the December figures of a year
ago. |
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NAMI offering
free course on mental illness issues: Family to
Family, a twelve week course for family and friends of
individuals with mental illness, is being offered by the Far
North Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. |
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January 22 |
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Troy Mine
shutting down operations:
The company that owns the copper and silver mine
in Troy, Montana has announced a shutdown of
operations at the mine, which will lead to
layoffs of approximately 70 current employees.
Falling prices for copper and silver are forcing
the closure, according to the company that owns
the mine. |
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Special TV
program aims to improve after-high-school education in Idaho:
Idahoans who end their education in high school can expect to
earn only half as much as those with a four-year degree, yet
fewer than 47 percent of the state’s 2013 high school graduates
went on to enroll in a two- or four-year degree program. |
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January 15 |
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Driver safety
course: A driver safety course will be taught on
Thursday, January 29, at the Senior Center at 6635 Lincoln on
the South Hill in Bonners Ferry. The class is open to anyone,
but the course targets people 50 years and older. |
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Change in
voting site for Valley View Precinct: Chris
Peterson, Deputy Recorder at the Courthouse, has advised of a
change in election polling sites for the Valley View Precinct. |
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Free
community dinner and motivational presentation sponsored by
School District: For a great (and free) dinner and
a chance for a great motivational experience, consider attending
a special evening sponsored by Boundary County School District
101. |
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Idaho
inaugural events celebrated: On Friday, January 9,
Governor Butch Otter was sworn in on the steps of the Idaho
Capitol Building, in a public ceremony that also included the
swearing in of the lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state controller, attorney general and superintendent of public
instruction. |
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Hospital Extended Care Facility visitation restriction lifted:
Boundary Community Hospital announced today that the visitation
restriction that was put in place last week has been lifted. |
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Certified
Nursing Assistant class begins next week: Boundary
Community Hospital provides classes to earn certification as a
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) four times a year. These
classes are a great way to be eligible for steady work. A new
class will begin Tuesday, January 20. |
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Patriot Awards
given to School District administrators: Earlier
today, personnel of Boundary County School District 101 were
recognized with the Patriot Award, given by the U.S. Department
of Defense office of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. |
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AMBER Alerts
now to appear on your Facebook account: On January
13, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
announced a partnership with Facebook to send AMBER Alerts to
the social network's community to help find missing children. |
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January 9 |
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Hospital's Extended Care Facility temporarily closed to visitors
due to influenza outbreak: Currently, Boundary
Community Hospital’s Extended Care Facility is under visitation
restriction to protect the facility residents and the general
public from influenza. |
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January 8 |
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Boundary
County Treasurer Fessler retiring, shares her story:
Boundary County Treasurer Jenny Fessler will retire tomorrow and
turn over her ledger books to new incoming Treasurer Sue Larson. |
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Get ready to celebrate: Boundary County Centennial blast coming
up: One hundred years ago, late on a Saturday night
in 1915, Moses Alexander, who had been Idaho's governor for only
19 days, signed Idaho House Bill No. 1. With that signature, on
January 23, 1915, Boundary County was officially created. |
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January 7 |
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Highway
95 construction and improvements coming: Changes
are coming to Highway 95 in its course through Boundary County,
and the Idaho Transportation Department wants input from
Boundary County citizens to help plan those changes. |
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Hiring event
next week in Post Falls: Fifteen employers will be
participating in the January 14 hiring event sponsored by the
Idaho Department of Labor at its Post Falls office. |
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National Geographic Bee champion Ethan Hubbard has opportunity
to advance to state competition: Valley View
Elementary held its 4th Annual National Geographic Bee,
sponsored by National Geographic, on December 18, right before
Christmas Break. All 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade students at the
school attended this intellectually stimulating event. |
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Icy roads
lead to wreck with semi and pickup: A two vehicle
collision involving a semi and a pick up shut down Highway 95 at
milepost 515 for several hours this morning and sent one man
first to Boundary Community Hospital and then to Sacred Heart in
Spokane. |
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January 6 |
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Heavy snows hit
the area; Next up: freezing rain: Well, that was a
wallop. Snow blanketed the area, closing Boundary County schools
and causing havoc on roadways. |
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January 5 |
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Candidates declaring for Boundary County Sheriff, 2016:
With a little over a year until the process of electing the next
Boundary County Sheriff officially begins with the Primary
Election in 2016, a couple of candidates have already announced
their intentions to seek the office. |
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January 4 |
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Winter storm
warning today: The National Weather Service is
continuing its Winter Storm Warning, in effect this morning from
7:00 a.m., until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, Monday, January 5. |
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January 2 |
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Counties
working on plans for response to hazardous rail spills:
The three northern Idaho Counties, Boundary, Bonner and
Kootenai, have joined forces by way of a Federal Grant from the
Idaho Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to establish or update
their Geographic Response Plans. |
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January 1 |
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Latest
Boundary County snowpack and water supply: The
early read on our water supply for next spring and summer is in.
Boundary County area snowpacks for the current water year are
currently running only a little below average, with the biggest
part of the snow-accumulation months still ahead. |
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Obituaries |
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Elaine
M. Murray, August 24, 1933 ~ January 09, 2015 |
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Charles
(Chuck) Huff, November 6, 1935 ~ January 24, 2015 |
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Christopher John Matyi, November 5, 1968 ~ January
7, 2015 |
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Henry
Raymond (Ray) Spalding, January 7, 1936 ~ December
27, 2014 |
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Cindy Lee
Large, November 29, 1954 ~ December 31, 2014 |
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Donald Ellery Besanceney, September 5, 1929 ~
December 27, 2014 |
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Jerald
(Jerry) Leroy Sarff, November 26, 1952 ~ December
21, 2014 |
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Social |
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School District announces Employees of the Month:
Boundary County School District 101 is proud to announce Barb
Lecrenski as the classified employee of the month for December. |
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Task Force
on Human Rights sponsors art show: The Boundary
County Task Force on Human Rights is sponsoring an art show and
sale in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams. |
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Letters |
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There's
also another webcam in Boundary County: Thank you
for the article on the highway webcam in Boundary County. I also
wanted to draw your attention to the public webcam available at
the Boundary County Airport. |
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Opinion
on Treasurer story: I really enjoyed reading this
article. Jenny's personality and humor came through! |
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