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Boundary County Archives ~ April, 2016 |
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April 30 |
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Distinguished
Young Women Program is tonight: Tonight is the
night for this year's Bonners Ferry Distinguished Young Women,
2016. The event, with this year's theme of "Around the World in
80 Days," promises to be a scintillating and fun-filled event. |
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April 26 |
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Shaleyna
Higgins ends busy year as Distinguished Young Woman:
Shaleyna Higgins will take the stage at the Becker Auditorium
one final time on April 30 as the Distinguished Young Woman of
Bonners Ferry to welcome a new recipient of the title. |
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Bonners
Ferry Fire Department wins $52,000 in fire gear in nationwide
contest: Who knew they could they could also dance?
The City of Bonners Ferry Volunteer Fire Department just won a
nationwide contest, scooping up first prize of over $52,000 in
firefighting gear. The contest they won? A dance video contest. |
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Badger Girls Softball, Boys Baseball sweep all games vs
Timberlake on Saturday: The Bonners Ferry Badger
Boys' Baseball and Girls' Softball teams were in similar
positions on Saturday. Both were undefeated in league play,
both have had great seasons, and both were facing Timberlake,
the only other team undefeated in league play. |
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April 23 |
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Details on new
Bonners Ferry Shopko Hometown store announced at Chamber of
Commerce dinner meeting: One of the special guests
at last night's Big Ideas 2016 Dinner, sponsored by the Bonners
Ferry Chamber of Commerce, was Jason Brandow, a representative
of Shopko, who presented information on the new Shopko Hometown
store now being built on Bonners Ferry's South Hill. |
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New Boundary
County businesses discussed at Big Ideas Dinner:
Big Ideas were shared at last night's Bonners Ferry Chamber of
Commerce Big Ideas Dinner 2016. |
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April 22 |
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St. Ann's
Catholic Church building destroyed by fire, arson suspected:
Arson is suspected as the cause of a fire that completely
destroyed St. Ann's Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry. According
to reports, investigation shows the fire appears to have been
started in three separate locations in the basement of the
building. |
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Disappointed (again) in Mariners' baseball? Here's what you do:
Disappointed yet again in the Mariners? Starting another season
with high hopes for the Northwest's MLB franchise, only to find
them today at 7-8, sub .500 again, and lost in the middle of the
pack in the American League West? |
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April 21 |
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Comment
period is reopened for Caribou Critical Habitat in Boundary
County: Under orders of the U.S. District Court in
Idaho, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the
opportunity for public comment on its November 2012 Final Rule,
and its subsequent May 8, 2014 proposed rule regarding the
Southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou. |
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April 20 |
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Boundary
County’s 2016 “First Baby of Spring”: "In
observance of agriculture, spring, and new beginnings, Farm
Bureau is pleased to announce this year’s first baby of spring,"
said Farm Bureau Chairwoman René Riddle. Bryce Rose Marshall was
born March 14, 2016 to Caroline and Sean Marshall. |
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April 13 |
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Rotary Club of Bonners Ferry Annual Scholarship deadline is
coming up very soon: The Rotary Club of Bonners
Ferry is a non-profit organization open to all individuals
interested in expanding their sense of self and community. |
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Could some
of that Unclaimed Property be yours? Have you ever
reached into an old coat pocket and found some cash? Most of us
have and it’s a great surprise – and one that doesn’t happen
often enough. |
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April 6 |
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Mobile
Ultrasound is newest tool in Emergency Department:
Thank you to the Fry Healthcare Foundation and their Festival of
Trees for raising the funds to add a Mobile Ultrasound Machine
to the Emergency Department at Boundary Community Hospital. |
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Distinguished Young Women Style Show coming up:
Being stylish is just one of the many attributes the 2016 -2017
Distinguished Young Women of Bonners Ferry participants possess,
and they will share this gift at the upcoming Style Show,
scheduled for Thursday, April 14. |
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April 5 |
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BFHS
Teacher Craig Anderson named EWU/KHQ Teacher of the Month:
Bonners Ferry High School teacher Craig Anderson was honored
last week as the Eastern Washington University / KHQ Television
Teacher of the Month for the month of March. |
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Won't be
around for May 17 election day? Consider voting an absentee
ballot: Not going to be around for the upcoming May
17 Idaho Statewide Primary Election? You might have a family
vacation, a business trip, or a hunting excursion to Alaska
coming up. |
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April 3 |
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Suspects
wanted in connection with murder, pursued in Bonner County,
appear to have traveled to Spokane area: The trail
of murder suspect James Mancuso and his female companion Ashley
Ford, recently pursued by police in the northern part of Bonner
County, has now led to the Spokane area. |
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Meet the
final group of Distinguished Young Women participants for this
year: With this year's Distinguished Young Women
program coming up in just a few weeks (April 30), we have been
presenting information on those participating in the program
this year. Here are the bios on the last group of four young
women. |
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Street
Department presents Cleanup Week for city residents, and it's
free: The Street Department of the City of Bonners
Ferry will be providing special pickup of yard and yardwork
waste during the week of April 11 through April 18. |
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April 2 |
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Shakespearience presents the play Hamlet at BFHS:
The Idaho Shakespeare Festival visited Bonners Ferry High School
on Monday. Wherever the cast goes they perform a Shakespeare
play in what is known as "Shakespearience." |
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lives lost , over 3,000 injuries in distracted driving:
Bonners Ferry police will be participating in Idaho's statewide
Idaho "Drive Aware" campaign. Yes, this means increased
enforcement activity, and hopefully will result in lives saved. |
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Fairgrounds
parking area to be paved soon: One aspect of
visiting the fairgrounds will soon become a lot simpler and
easier: parking. |
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Job Hiring
Fair features 60 companies looking for employees:
More than 60 employers will participate in the spring job fair
April 13 sponsored by the Idaho Department of Labor at their
Kootenai County office. |
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Idaho law
enforcement looking for distracted drivers: Idaho
law-enforcement personnel will combine traditional and
innovative strategies to crack down on motorists who choose to
drive distracted, April 1-11. |
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Fatal
Highway 95 collision at McArthur Reservoir area:
Naples resident John Hannigan, age 72, died in a fatal
automobile accident on Highway 95 at milepost 493 near McArthur
Reservoir yesterday. Also seriously injured in the accident was
29 year old Daniel Duke of Nine Mile Falls, Washington. |
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Obituaries |
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Dorothy
Jean Smith: July 3, 1926 ~ April 26, 2016 |
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William
Don Moore: November 28, 1948 ~ April 20, 2016 |
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Joseph
(Joe) Swanson: November 27, 1935 ~ April 15, 2016 |
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Sally
L. Reynolds, August 11, 1930 ~ April 12, 2016 |
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Iva Joyce
Mastre Dirks, November 3, 1925 ~ April 10, 2016 |
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Larry
Dean Dirks, July 19, 1939 ~ April 2, 2016 |
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H.C.
Studer, November 4, 1940 ~ March 9, 2016 |
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Tammy
Lynn Southwick, November 23, 1957 ~ March 19, 2016 |
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Jo Ann
Roman, June 4, 1951 ~ March 20, 2016 |
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Veryl
Gloria Lindsay, November 15, 1931 ~ March 23, 2016 |
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Gertrude
Evlyn Baker, October 21, 1921 ~ March 24, 2016 |
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Social |
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Kathy
Riebli BCSD April Employee of the Month: Kathy
Riebli is Boundary County School District’s April Classified
Employee of the Month. Kathy is a paraprofessional at Mount Hall
Elementary. |
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School District Classified Employee of the Month: BCMS
would like to recognize Jerry Jimenez as the
Boundary County Classified Employee of the
Month. |
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School
District Employee of the Month for March: Molly
Cochell is Boundary County School District’s March Certified
Employee of the Month. Mrs. Cochell, also referred to as Miss
Molly by her beloved students, teaches kindergarten at Naples
Elementary. Although Miss Molly is new to the school district,
she is not new to teaching. |
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Sports |
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Boundary
County Fishing Secret revealed here: We've got a
fishing secret for you.Hint: It has something to do with when
and where beautiful 10 - 12 inch rainbow trout will be stocked
in Boundary County. Some of the stocking, according to this
schedule, could be underway right now. |
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With
injured players out, Badgers still win in IML game:
The Badger baseball team improved their IML record to 6-0 and
16-2 overall with a 9-1 win over the Priest River Spartans
yesterday. |
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Badger
Boys sweep Tigers for sole possession of First Place:
The Badger baseball team took control of first place in the
Intermountain League by sweeping the rival Timberlake Tigers on
Senior Day in Bonners Ferry. The Badgers pushed their overall
record to 15-2 (5-0 league) with just four regular season games
left. |
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Spring
Chinook season opens this Saturday: The spring
Chinook salmon fishing season will open Saturday, April 23, on
parts of the mainstem Clearwater, Middle Fork Clearwater, South
Fork Clearwater, Lochsa, Snake Lower Salmon and Little Salmon
rivers. |
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Badger
Seniors Baseball Trading Cards: Badger Baseball
Senior Day is this Saturday, as the team takes on Timberlake at
home in a battle of titans to determine who moves into sole
possession of first place in the Intermountain League. |
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Badgers
pound Wildcats in IML baseball—invoke mercy rule yet again:
The Badger baseball team beat the Kellogg Wildcats 19-6 in
Intermountain League play on a sun-soaked Tuesday afternoon
yesterday. The win improves their overall record to 13-2 and 3-0
in league. |
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Badgers pound Rams in doubleheader: The Badger
baseball team traveled to Spokane on Thursday, April 7, and
swept the Riverside Rams behind Jesse Dunham’s first no hitter
of the season and 37 total hits in the two games. |
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Badgers win Colville Invitational: The Badger
baseball team traveled to Colville, Washington this past
Saturday, April 9, and came away with a sweep of the Colville
Indians and the Trail Hawks. |
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Badger
Baseball keeps on winning: Senior Caleb Gering
blasted a two out, two-run home run in the top of the first
inning, and Vince Bennett pitched a complete game two-hit
shutout while striking out 12 opposing batters in a 3 – 0 win
over Lake City JV Tuesday night. |
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Youth
Turkey Hunt begins soon: Youth turkey hunters get
an early shot as Idaho's general season youth turkey hunt runs
Friday, April 8 through Thursday, April 14. |
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Thousands
of trout coming to Boundary County: Over 6,000
trout are coming to Boundary County. They will be escorted to
county lakes courtesy of Idaho Fish and Game, and are scheduled
to arrive during the month of April. |
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BFHS
Cheer and Dance Teams at State Competition; Track Team at
Lewiston Invitational: Things have been busy for
several BFHS teams in recent weeks. The dance and cheer teams
got an early morning start on Thursday morning, March 17 and
headed for state competition in Nampa, returning on Sunday
evening.. It was a long weekend for the Lady Badgers, having a
long bus ride to state, along with participating in back-to-back
competitions. |
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Badger
Baseball continues on a hot streak: The Bonners
Ferry Badgers continued to improve on their overall record this
past Friday and Saturday as they beat the higher division 4A
Sandpoint Bulldogs 2 out of 3 games in baseball. The wins
improve the Badgers record to 5-2 in the early season. |
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Letters |
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Fire at St.
Ann's: Whence such anger against houses of
Christian worship? I remember the pain we experienced when
Trinity Lutheran Church burned in the early ‘80s, and that fire
was not arson-caused. |
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Boundary
County Museum reports on updates and programs: Even
though we had a newsletter sent to our membership late last
year, there have been numerous inquiries since as to what's
going on at the museum. We hope the following information will
bring everyone up to date. |
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