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Boundary County Archives ~ December, 2015 |
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December 23 |
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Weather
Spotter training course a success:
Andy Brown from the Spokane office of the
National Weather Service provided a Weather
Spotter training course at South Boundary Fire
Station in Naples on Tuesday of last week,
December 15. |
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How are
river projects holding up in recent storms?
In recent weeks, we have had readers contact us
here at NewsBF, wondering about the effects of
the big November 17 windstorm that swept through the area, and
the heavy rains and ongoing snow we have had since then. |
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Precipitation and snowpack continue to look good for now:
As of today, December 23, Boundary County
continues to do well in its precipitation
profile for the water year, and in our area's
accumulated mountain snowpack. |
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Dangerous
highway conditions on Interstate 90 and State Highway 3:
Idaho State Police is advising that travel is very dangerous on
Interstate 90 and State Highway 3 in the 4th of July area. |
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Flooding results in temporary emergency road
closures: Increased rain and warmer
temperatures during the past week have resulted in flooding
causing significant road damage on the Bonners Ferry and
Sandpoint Ranger Districts. |
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Tis the season for bald eagles to flock to Lakes
Pend Oreille and Coeur d'Alene:
Each year around Christmas time, large groups of bald eagles
congregate at sites on Lake Pend Oreille and Lake Coeur d'Alene
in the Idaho panhandle, taking advantage of kokanee spawning
season. |
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Trees damaged in November's windstorm can lead
to threats to your remaining live trees:
Severe wind storms in northern Idaho and the
Spokane area on November 17 did more than cause
widespread damage to structures and power lines.
They also made forested areas more susceptible
to infestations of certain bark beetles next
spring. |
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Driver Safety Class scheduled for January:
A driver safety class will be offered on Thursday, January 14,
at the Senior Center at 6635 Lincoln on the South Hill. |
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It's "Payback" for school bus driver on "Lucky
Thursday": All
of School District Bus Driver Doug Reoch's
"Lucky Thursdays" finally caught up with him.
In a good way. |
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December 14 |
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Panhandle Health District reports first flu
death of the season:
Panhandle Health District is reporting the
state’s first influenza-related death for the
2015-2016 flu season. An adult woman from
northern Idaho died due to complications from an
influenza infection. |
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School Christmas concert on Tuesday:
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Soon the bells will
start, and the thing that will make them ring is the carol that
the “choirs” will sing! |
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BoCo Backpacks seeking help funding meals for
kids:
The BoCo Backpack weekend supplemental food
program is approaching the half way point for
the school year. Due to increased enrollment in
Boundary County Schools, the program is now
serving a total of 135 students at Naples, Mt.
Hall, Valley View and Headstart. |
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December 10 |
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Weather
Spotter Training coming up:
The National Weather Service in Spokane is
seeking volunteers who would like to become
official Weather Spotters. For those interested,
a class is coming up soon in Boundary County. |
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Commissioners consider refugee resolution:
Monday's meeting of the Boundary County Board of
Commissioners dealt with noxious weeds, the
Restorium, and even the big wind storm of
November 17. But the crowd of 150 people who
attended the meeting weren't really there to focus on those
agenda items. |
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December 8 |
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Heavy rains, potentially
damaging winds possible today and tomorrow:
The National Weather Service this morning issued
warnings for severe weather beginning later
today, with high, potentially damaging winds,
heavy rain, and potential flooding affecting
areas of eastern Washington and Northern Idaho,
including Boundary County. |
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Boundary County mountain snowpack and
precipitation so far this year:
Last winter, instead of enjoying winter snows and a growing
snowpack in the mountains, Boundary County and the region had
warmer temperatures, frequent rains, and a lack of snow. |
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Night of Nativities and Carols:
The Christmas season in Boundary County sparkled
brightly at last week's second annual Night of Nativities and
Carols. |
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Garbage pickup schedule for Christmas and New
Year's Day:
Frederickson's Bonners Ferry Garbage has
notified customers of their pickup schedule for
the holiday season. |
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Bald eagle migration now under way in northern
Idaho:
Bald eagles are now congregating at Wolf Lodge
Bay and Beauty Bay on Coeur d'Alene Lake, and in
the Bayview and Granite Creek areas of Lake Pend
Oreille. |
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December 4 |
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Mayor-elect David Sims resigns Director position
of Development Council:
Bonners Ferry mayor-elect David Sims, who was
elected mayor a month ago and will assume the
office in January, has resigned his position as
Director of the Boundary Economic Development
Council. |
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20 employers set for hiring event in Post Falls:
Twenty employers will be participating in the
December 9 hiring event sponsored by the Idaho
Department of Labor at its Kootenai County
office. |
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December 3 |
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Idaho
unemployment rate drops to 4%:
The newest October 2015 Seasonally-adjusted
rates released by the Idaho Department of Labor
show the unemployment rate for the state at 4%,
down from 4.2% the prior month and compared to
4.6% in October 2014, one year ago. |
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President orders flags to half-staff:
"As a mark of respect for the victims of gun
violence perpetrated on December 2, 2015, in San
Bernardino, California," President Barack Obama
has ordered flags be flown at half-staff through
Monday, December 7. |
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December 2 |
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Valley View full of activities during
Idaho Family Reading Week: Idaho
Family Reading Week was November 16-19, and Valley View
Elementary School had a full week of activities. |
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FFA sponsoring "Winter Movie Land":
Come join the Bonners Ferry FFA Chapter as we
spread our spirit by kicking off the season with some holiday
Christmas movies. |
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Obituaries |
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Reid
A. Greenwood, September 27, 1958 ~ December 25,
2015 |
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Roger
Orley Olmsted, January 23, 1928 ~ December 21, 2015 |
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Patricia May Breazile, December 13, 1932 ~ December
6, 2015 |
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Ethel
June Heinemann, July 10, 1935 ~ November 26, 2015 |
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Robert
(Bob) M. Taft, June 4, 1940 ~ November 25, 2015 |
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Merle
Dean Thompson, September 1, 1938 ~ November 28,
2015 |
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Social |
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20th Annual Bonners Ferry Community Christmas
Choir Concert: Twenty years ago
Vicki Blake Thompson took over conducting the Bonners Ferry
Community Choir from Barb Nelson, who was moving to Pendleton,
Oregon. |
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School District announces Employees of the Month:
A huge congrats goes to Roy Hale, the Boundary County School
District’s Classified Employee of the Month for November. |
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Sports |
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Opportunities coming up in North Idaho to have
big game trophies officially measured:
The major big game hunting seasons in northern Idaho are over
with the exception of some late archery deer hunts. |
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FFA doing its part for Moose Madness:
FFA members are ready to put the boot to
Sandpoint. They are working in coalition with the Leadership
Class, Staff, and the rest of the Student Body for Moose
Madness. |
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Comments sought on upland, turkey, furbearer and
falconry seasons:
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking
public comments on proposed changes to the
2016-2017 and 2017-2018 upland game, turkey,
furbearer, and falconry seasons. |
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Why you should keep fishing in winter, Part 2:
How does this sound? You and your buddies can go fishing and
bring all the tackle, food and beverages you want. |
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Winter big game aerial surveys underway:
As snow blankets much of Idaho, wildlife
biologists with Idaho Fish and Game are in the
sky conducting aerial surveys of big game across
the state. |
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Intermountain League All-League Teams announced
for fall sports:
The Intermountain League, the school sports
league in which Bonners Ferry High School
participates, released its list of All-League
recognition for fall sports whose seasons
recently concluded. |
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Hunters asked to report hunting results:
Most of the major big game hunting seasons are
now over. Successful or not, hunters are already
starting to think about next season. |
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Grizzly
Bear management and recovery meeting in Missoula:
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC),
the multi-agency committee responsible for grizzly bear recovery
in the contiguous United States and adjacent Canadian Provinces
will be holding their annual winter meeting in Missoula. |
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Here's why
you should keep fishing in winter (Part 1):
People may see hearty anglers wading streams or
staked out on banks during winter weather and
wonder "what are they doing?"
The short answer is "probably catching fish." |
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Letters |
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A Christmas miracle in Boundary County:
On a snowy Christmas Eve day, I had a young man
come to my door and very politely ask if I
needed any snow shoveled. |
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Refugees cost taxpayers:
Well, well, it is sure encouraging to see that
some people in Boundary County finally took an
interest in this matter. |
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Refugee resolution is not grandstanding:
I understand and respect these opinions about refugee issues.
One has to think about the overall picture. These people
(refugees) are being let in with out proper vetting. |
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Grandstanding on refugee issue wastes taxpayer
dollars: As no refugees were slated
to be resettled in Boundary County, the efforts by our
commissioners to refuse them services is nothing but political
grandstanding. |
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Agrees with commissioners:
I am a refugee. I grew up within the United States of America. I
grew up in the middle of the United States of America, in Iowa. |
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Have Boundary County citizens forgotten?
I thought the question at hand was supposed to
be about adequate vs inadequate vetting? |
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Disappointed in Commissioner's Refugee
Resolution:
I was disappointed in the Commissioners adoption
of the anti refugee statement. |
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A sad day for our community:
It was a sad day for our community and our state when our
Boundary County Commissioners caved in to an element of bigotry
and prejudice in our community by passing a resolution that was
directed toward the resettlement in Boundary County and Idaho of
Syrian refugees and, more precisely, toward people of the Muslim
culture and Islamic faith. |
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Questions for parents whose children are in
weekend supplemental food program:
Parents of these 135 kids...stop buying
cigarettes. How much did your cell phone and the
monthly data plan cost? Feed your kids first! |
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Should ITD have authority to
destroy private property? Recently I was informed by the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD) that the
billboard advertising the Dodge Peak Lodge on
Highway 95 across from the golf course was
"illegal." |
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Concerned about proposed new union among city
electrical workers:
I recently found out that our city is
considering bringing a union to our electrical
department. This is not a good idea, at least not now. |
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Creating a socialist state:
Saul Alinsky died approximately 43 years ago in
1972, but his writings influence those in political control of
our nation today. |
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