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Boundary County Archives ~ May, 2015 |
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May 31 |
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Your invitation to the Fry Healthcare Foundation
Golf Tournament:
Bring your clubs and join the 7th Annual Fry
Healthcare Foundation's Golf Tournament on
Friday, June 12, 2015 at Mirror Lake Golf
Course. |
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The Great Golf Ball Drop:
Five dollars secures an entry into the Great Golf Ball Drop game
for a chance to win a 55 inch SMART TV! |
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Antique aircraft air tour coming to Bonners
Ferry: The Pacific Northwest Air
Tour is coming to Bonners Ferry on Monday, July 13. Around
thirty antique and classic airplanes will be arriving during the
afternoon on Monday. |
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May 27 |
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Candidates for School Superintendent meet the
public: Two new candidates are
being considered for the superintendent of Boundary County
School District 101, and both spent their day last Friday in
interviews and meetings with District administration and
personnel. |
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Boundary
County Memorial Day, 2015: The day started off
cloudy and a little rainy, but by the time the Boundary County
Memorial Day Parade 2015 rolled down Main Street in Bonners
Ferry, the weather was holding for a great parade. |
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May 23 |
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Seasonal flow augmentation for Kootenai River
white sturgeon gets underway at Libby Dam:
Flow augmentation for Kootenai River white
sturgeon got underway last Friday, May 22, at
Libby Dam after U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
water managers, along with federal, tribal, and
state fishery biologists, have determined that
water temperatures and flows are sufficient for
the operations to begin. |
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Boundary Community Hospital Health Fair
a tremendous success:
Over 700 people attended this year’s popular
Health Fair hosted on Saturday, May 9, by
Boundary Community Hospital. |
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ITD, law enforcement partners rally against 100
Deadliest Days:
Last year, 40 percent of Idaho’s fatal
motor-vehicle crashes occurred during the 100
days between Memorial Day and Labor Day,
according to Idaho Transportation Department
(ITD) statistics. |
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May 19 |
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Data emerging on current water outlook:
Just a year ago, around this time, NewsBF was
putting up stories looking at the possibility of
flooding at Boundary County rivers. Readers were
posting photos of their pastures with standing
water in the fields. |
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Click It or Ticket: Enforcing the law
to save lives; Bonners Ferry PD joins in
effort: If there is one thing I
could urge all motorists—drivers, passengers, front seat, back
seat, all ages—to do every time you get in a vehicle, it’s
buckle up. |
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May 13 |
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Boundary County Museum opens their summer season
with special presentation:
The Boundary County Museum kicked off their
summer season (and their summer hours) with a
big event last Saturday, May 9. Special
presentations were made throughout the day. |
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May 12 |
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Enjoy an
evening with your family and friends at the downtown Bonners
Ferry Art Walk:
icture yourself on a leisurely evening in May,
strolling lazily around downtown Bonners Ferry, stopping by a
business here, or perhaps a restaurant there, enjoying original
creations of art prepared for this special day, and on display
in each business. |
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Museum kicks off summer season
with full day of great activities: Saturday, May 9 is the day for a full day of
great Boundary County activities at the Museum. |
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May 7 |
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Badger Softball: On to State!
Things were looking a little grim for the
Bonners Ferry softball team during Tuesday's
District Championship game. It was the middle of
the game, and the team was languishing at a
score of 4-1, where they trailed the league
champs and top seeded Timberlake Tigers. |
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Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony next week:
The Boundary County Chaplain Corps is honored to
announce it is holding a Law Enforcement Officer
Memorial Ceremony to celebrate and honor the
lives the those Idaho Law Enforcement Officers
who have been killed in the line of duty. |
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Road work will affect all traffic at Eastport
port of entry: U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Office
of Field Operations advises that a road
resurfacing project at the port of entry in
Eastport, Idaho, will impact traffic entering
the United States at Eastport through the summer
and into the fall, until October 1, 2015. |
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May 5 |
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ITD Crews cleaning, clearing U.S. 95 in Bonners
Ferry
through May 14:
Idaho Transportation Department maintenance
crews are brooming and flushing U.S. 95 of
left-over winter debris throughout Bonners Ferry. |
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May 2 |
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Bonners Ferry Badgers are champions
in remarkable baseball season:
Just in case you're not aware, we have a
championship team going on here.
The Bonners Ferry High School Badger Baseball
team muscled their way through their
Intermountain League schedule with only one
loss, winning the League Championship. |
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Obituaries |
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Jerry A.
Snyder, March 27, 1959 ~ May 21, 2015 |
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Ina
Loueen Pluid, December 11, 1937 ~ May 24, 2015 |
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Darlene K. Pinkerton, November 17, 1947 ~ May 21,
2015 |
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Evelyn
R. Holmes, December 3, 1923 ~ May 23, 2015 |
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Bernard (Bernie) Ewald Heinemann, May 26, 1926 ~
May 22, 2015 |
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Roderick
D. McNair, April 3, 1937 ~ April 29, 2015 |
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Kermit
Lawrence Drake, August 4, 1943 ~ April 30, 2015 |
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Social |
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Davis graduates from Air Force basic training:
Air Force Airman Parker Davis graduated from
basic military training at Joint Base San
Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. |
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Original Broadway Revue coming to Pearl Theater: The
vocal octet Boundless brings Broadway
to Bonners Ferry's own Pearl Theater May 9-10,
and May 16, 17. |
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Sports |
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Free Fishing Day in Idaho is June 13:
Saturday, June 13 is Free Fishing Day in Idaho,
and Idaho Fish and Game invites veteran and
novice anglers of all ages--residents and
nonresidents alike--to celebrate the day by
fishing anywhere in Idaho without a license. |
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BFHS Baseball eliminated at state competition:
With the hopes of bringing home a State trophy this year, the
Bonners Ferry Badger Baseball team traveled to Ontario, Oregon
to compete for the first time in three seasons in the 3A Idaho
State Baseball Championship. |
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Badger Track: District Meet, many Badgers
qualify for State: One last time
the Badger track team made the journey to the Timberlake track
for the Idaho District 1 3A Championship. |
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Badger Boys punch ticket to State Baseball
Tournament: The Badger baseball
team had to get to the State Baseball Tournament the hard way
after a 3-1 loss to the Timberlake Tigers last Tuesday in the
District 1-2 3A District Championship game. |
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Day 2 of Track District Tournament:
More BFHS athletes headed to the State
Tournament |
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Badgers
performing well at District Tournament,
first day results available:
In yesterday's High School Track District I
Tournament, the Bonners Ferry Badgers had a good
showing on the first day of competition. |
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Bonners
Ferry Baseball takes second in Districts: After a
difficult and close loss in the District Championship game on
Monday, the Bonners Ferry Badger Baseball team bounced back with
a 10-0 shutout of Kellogg the following day to capture the
District second place. |
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Bonners Ferry Track performs well at
North Idaho Meet of Champions:
North Idaho’s best track athletes met at Post Falls High School
for the annual District I Meet of Champions. |
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Badger Boys lose close District Championship
game:
The Badger baseball team lost a heartbreaker to
the Timberlake Tigers in the District 1-2 3A
baseball championship by a score of 3-1 on
Tuesday. |
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Badgers win, move into District Championship game:
Sophomore Jesse Dunham pitched his 2nd no hitter
in as many starts and also went 2 for 4 with 4
RBI at the plate as the Badger baseball team
advanced to the 3A District Title game today at
4:00 p.m. |
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Steamrolling Badgers knock off 5A Post Falls
in tune-up for District Tournament:
In their final regular season game before hosting the District
1-2 3A baseball tournament, the Bonners Ferry Badgers faced the
5A Post Falls Trojan varsity squad and came away with a 10-6
win. |
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Letters |
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Thanks to police for parade safety:
Kudos to Bonners Ferry Police Officer Stolley
(hope I spelled that right). |
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All are subject to the laws:
Laws need to be changed to make everyone obey the laws and let
law enforcement enforce them, instead of protecting the
criminals. |
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Will
miss Huckleberry Variety:
Sorry to see Dolly’s doors closing. I can’t see
how a “high end” clothing store is ever going to
replace or serve our community as well as Huckleberry
Variety has over the past years. |
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Remembering and honoring our law enforcement
officers: The week of May 10
through May 16 is National Police Officer Memorial Week, to
honor those that serve and that have made the ultimate
sacrifice. |
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Recommendation for School Board voting:
On Tuesday, May 19, there will be an election
for Zone 3 Boundary County School District
trustee. Please consider voting for current
trustee and board chairman David Brinkman. |
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