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March 29 |
Secure Rural Schools program approved by U.S. House of
Representatives: In Washington, D.C., the U. S.
House of Representatives has passed legislation which authorizes
funding for Secure Rural Schools. The legislation still needs to
be passed by the Senate to become final. |
87 pies donated
and sold at hospital Pie Sale: Over $1,450 was
raised at the Hospital Auxiliary Pie Sale in February as, once
again, the community supported and enjoyed this traditional
annual event. The Hospital Auxiliary members expressed a deep
thank-you to the community for their support. |
Boundary County's icy Penguin Plunge 2015: The
Bonners Ferry Idaho 2015 Penguin Plunge is now in the history
books as a success. Money raised for Special Olympics in Idaho
was in excess of $4,400 with additional pledges still arriving. |
Residence fire
last week: Last Wednesday, March 25, Paradise
Valley Fire responded to a residence fire located at Lone Pony
Lane, with the original call into dispatch at 12:50 p.m. |
Boundary
County students participate and place in regional spelling bee:
Several students from Boundary County placed in the 12th annual
North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee, held March 21 at North Idaho
College. |
BoCo
Backpacks looking for community help: The school
year is drawing to a close, and the volunteers in the Boundary
County Backpacks are in the planning stages for the weekend
supplemental food program for school age children for the school
year 2015-16. |
March 18 |
Bonners
Ferry Police arrest suspect at gunpoint for alleged Grand Theft:
Last Thursday, March 12, the call went out to Boundary County
Law Enforcement: a man described as a tall, skinny male with a
dark goatee had allegedly stolen a check from a person at the
Kootenai River Inn. |
Introducing more of this year's participants in Distinguished
Young Women: As this year's Distinguished Young
Women event approaches, we will be publishing photos and brief
biographies of three program participants each week, using
information provided by our local Distinguished Young Women
officials. |
March 14 |
Regional
Spelling Bee competition set: Five students from
Boundary County Schools have earned their way into the North
Idaho Regional Spelling Bee, to be held Saturday, March 21 at
North Idaho College. |
Labrador
introduces bill permitting minor children to work in family
logging businesses: If your children are working
with you in a family-owned logging business, you may technically
be violating federal law. That situation may be remedied,
however, under legislation proposed by Idaho Congressman Raúl
Labrador. |
March 12 |
Locally-filmed movie The Fish Between the Falls to have Bonners
Ferry premier: Boundary County residents are well
aware of the ongoing effort over recent years to restore the
population of the Kootenai River's signature fish, the white
sturgeon. Now, a movie shot largely in Boundary County is
telling the story to the world. |
March 11 |
Introducing
this year's participants in Distinguished Young Women:
As this year's Distinguished Young Women event approaches, we
will be publishing photos and brief biographies of three program
participants each week, using information provided by our local
Distinguished Young Women officials. |
Local family establishes conservation easement on large forest
land parcel: Seven hundred forty-eight acres of
forestland in Boundary County will be conserved as working
forest and wildlife habitat in perpetuity after the Idaho
Department of Lands (IDL), in partnership with The Nature
Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service, purchased a
conservation easement from the Hubbard family in February. |
March 10 |
Preliminary Results for Supplemental Maintenance & Operations
Levy |
March 9 |
School levy
vote totals will be available here on our website:
Tomorrow is the vote for Boundary County School District 101
Supplemental Maintenance and Operations Levy. Polls will be open
from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. |
Idaho Day celebrated statewide and in Boundary County:
Idaho celebrated its first ever Idaho Day last Wednesday, March
4. Celebratory activities were held at the state capitol
building in Boise, around the state, and even here in Boundary
County. |
One
"Forest Funds" program has been authorized: County
likely to receive federal payment in June: |
March 6 |
Fire managers
ask public to use caution during spring burning:
With the lack of snow and the forecast for warm and dry weather,
landowners will likely continue debris, ditch and field burning.
Boundary County fire departments, the Idaho Department of Lands
(IDL) and the U.S. Forest Service ask landowners to think twice
before lighting the match. |
March 5 |
Forest
Funds: Often mentioned in county and school district
budgets--what exactly are they? Forest funds. Those
are the words that always make their way into any conversation
about money and budgets for Boundary County. Any Boundary County
School District discussion about funding our local schools, or
about the District budget--you'll hear those words spoken. |
March 4 |
Idaho
Department of Labor sponsors hiring event in Post Falls:
Nineteen employers will be participating in the March 11 hiring
event sponsored by the Idaho Department of Labor at its Kootenai
County office in Post Falls. |
March 3 |
Icy Penguin
Plunge coming up: For the fifth year, various local
teams, Law Enforcement Officers, and individuals will be “Taking
the Plunge” by jumping into the Kootenai River to raise funds
for Idaho Special Olympics. |
ITD
broadcast to inform contractors on requirements for federal
projects: Construction contractors and local
agencies from throughout Idaho can learn about labor regulations
and requirements for federal projects at a free workshop March
16 in Boise that also will be broadcast statewide. |
Did you know
tomorrow is Idaho Day? Idaho's first ever Idaho Day
celebration is tomorrow, March 4. It will be a day to celebrate
“Idaho, her culture, her history, her diversity, her resources,
her beauty, and her greatness,” according to Idaho
Representative Linden Bateman. |
School District presents levy information meeting this Friday:
This Friday, March 6, the Boundary County School
District will present an information meeting on their request
for $2.4 million for the Supplemental Maintenance and Operations
Levy, the vote for which is set for this coming Tuesday, March
10. |
Idaho
legislative bill recognizes Boundary County Centennial:
So far, six weeks into the current Idaho legislative session,
454 bills have been introduced. Although many of those bills
deal with budgeting, fish and game rules, tax issues and more,
one bill before the legislature is of a more personal nature for
Boundary County. |
Obituaries |
Terrall Joseph (Terry) Jeppesen, November 29, 1935
~ March 12, 2015 |
Barbara
Rae Brazier, August 7, 1915 ~ March 11, 2015 |
Laura A.
Solt, January 15, 1967 ~ March 9, 2015 |
Shari L.
Hirsh, October 11, 1960 ~ March 5, 2015 |
Helen M.
Simon, December 4, 1919 ~ March 2, 2015 |
Florence Carol Burkhart, March 1, 1918 ~ February
12, 2015 |
Sports |
Turkey
hunting season opens soon: Turkey hunting is a
sport rich in tradition that began long before Europeans arrived
in North America. Native Americans hunted the wild turkey for
food for more than 4,000 years. |
Fish
and Game releases rainbow stocking schedule for area lakes:
Idaho Fish and Game has released their planned schedule for
stocking Idaho Panhandle area lakes with rainbow trout. |
Fish and
Game Commission approves Chinook salmon season for this spring:
The Fish and Game Commission has approved seasons and rules for
the earliest of Idaho's Chinook salmon fishing. |
Badger
baseball splits home opener with Lake City JV: The
Badger baseball team split its home opener doubleheader last
Thursday with Lake City JV, the Badgers losing the first game
12-4, but then coming back to earn the split with an 11-3 win. |
Trapper Education Course scheduled in Coeur d'Alene:
Idaho Fish and Game is now offering voluntary trapper education
courses to help educate both new and experienced trappers. |
Track meet
this weekend looking for volunteers: Bonners Ferry
High School Track Coach George Hays is asking for volunteers to
help with this weekends' BFHS track meet. |
Fish and
Game Annual Fur Auction set: You don’t have to be a
taxidermist to find a treasure at Idaho Fish and Game’s annual
fur auction. This year’s auction of furs, hides, antlers,
fishing poles, and other items is set for Saturday, April 11 at
Fish and Game’s Salmon Region office in Salmon. |
Idaho
Fish and Game offers new bowhunter online course:
Idaho bowhunters in need of bowhunter education certification
now have the option of being certified online. The course is
designed to help Idaho bowhunters sharpen their skills and learn
safe in-the-field practices. |
Fish and
Game seeks public input on Big Game rules: Wildlife
managers with Idaho Fish and Game are in the process of crafting
seasons and rules for the 2015 big game hunting season, and they
want to hear from those interested in providing input. |
Black bear or Grizzly? Idaho Fish and Game offers online bear
identification course: Black bears and grizzly
bears have some distinct differences, but sometimes they are not
crystal clear. That is why Fish and Game offers an online
instructional course. |
Letters |
Fish
and Game process should be protected: There appears
to be a misperception among some Idaho lawmakers that the Fish
and Game Commission has ignored prior legislative directives to
raise revenue and improve habitat and access. |
Commenting
on Forest Funds article: I want to thank you for
explaining Forest Funds so well. Your article is very accurate,
to the point and extremely informative to those that are not
familiar with this issue. |
Top 10
reasons to vote Yes for the levy: Top 10 Reasons to
Vote YES for the BCSD Levy on March 10th ... |
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