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Boundary County Archives ~ November, 2015 |
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November 27 |
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Turkey Trot 2015 |
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November 24 |
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Annual
holiday "Festival of Trees " coming up:
The Fry Healthcare Foundation is bringing "Joy
to the World" with this year's 20th Annual
Festival of Trees
Event, held at the Boundary County Fairgrounds
in Bonners Ferry on Friday, December 11 and
Saturday, December 12, 2015. |
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Champion Big Trees of Idaho;
some are located in Boundary County:
You don't have to travel very far to see the
largest Western Hemlock in Idaho. It's located
right here in Boundary County. |
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November 22 |
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Senators encourage providing full funding
for rural county program: Idaho
Senator Mike Crapo has teamed with Colorado Democrat Michael
Bennett to spearhead a coalition of senators who sent a letter
to senate leadership recommending full funding for the Payment
in Lieu of Taxes program in
any end-of-year legislation. |
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November 20 |
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In the
aftermath of Tuesday's storm:
Power continues to be out for approximately 50
households in Boundary County in the wake of
Tuesday's high velocity winds and driving rain
storm that swept through the Pacific Northwest,
including northern Idaho and Boundary County. |
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Dazzling Night of Nativities and Carols coming
in two weeks:
Last year, at the first-ever Night of Nativities
and Carols in Boundary County, over 130
Christmas nativity scenes were on display in a
beautifully-decorated Christmas atmosphere.
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Mayor Anderson honored for work with KVRI:
Last Monday's meeting of the Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative had the usual business and
discussions on best uses of resources in
Boundary County, but also one other important
item on the agenda: recognizing Bonners Ferry
Mayor David Anderson for his work with the
group. |
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November 18 |
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$4 million proposed upgrades to Riverside Road
would improve access to Refuge and other federal
lands:
Boundary County's Riverside Road would become a
bigger, safer, and more widely-accessible road
if Congress approves nearly $4 million in
funding, under a recent proposal to make major
upgrades to that route. |
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November 17 |
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Severe storm
blows through Boundary County:
Severe, high speed winds along with heavy rain
pounded the Northwest today, with wind gusts
measured as high as 119 mph in Western
Washington. Over 500,000 power company customers
were without power across the Northwest area of
the United States. |
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November 16 |
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To honor victims of Paris attacks, President
requests flags
be flown at half staff:
President Barack Obama on Sunday issued a
proclamation that the flag of the United States
be flown at half staff throughout the nation
this Thursday, November 19, through the day
until sunset "as a mark of respect for the
victims of the senseless acts of violence
perpetrated on November 13, 2015, in Paris,
France." |
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Bonners Ferry Distinguished Young Women Program
seeking volunteers:
The Committee of the Bonners Ferry Distinguished
Young Women Program is looking for individuals
interested in joining the committee to help with
the upcoming year's program. Distinguished Young
Women (formerly America's Junior Miss) is the
oldest and largest scholarship program for high
school girls in the nation; the Bonners Ferry
program has been in existence for over fifty
years. |
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November 14 |
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Naples Christmas Holiday Festival is set:
A big, busy, fun day of great activities have
been set for the Naples Holiday Festival, Saturday, December 5. |
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Governor announces new Idaho Medal of
Achievement:
Idaho Governor Butch Otter recently announced
the creation of a new award whose intent is to
honor those who have rendered notable service to
Idaho and its people. |
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November 10 |
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Program this
evening to help high school students continue their education:
In an effort to encourage high school students
in Idaho to continue their education, beyond
high school, the University of Idaho and the
Extension Offices are sponsoring a special
program to provide information and help students
to overcome barriers that might prevent them
from enrolling in higher education. |
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November 9 |
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Free 2015 Christmas tree permits for fourth
graders through "Every Kid in a Park" Initiative:
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests is announcing that all
fourth graders are eligible for a free Christmas tree permit
through the new White House initiative "Every Kid in a Park." |
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22 employers set for November 10 hiring event in
Post Falls:
Twenty-two employers will participate in the
November 10 hiring event sponsored by the Idaho
Department of Labor at its Kootenai County
office. |
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A couple of new buildings going up at area
businesses |
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Know someone who has given amazing volunteer
service to Idaho? Nominate them for award:
The nomination deadline for Idaho’s Brightest Star Awards is
quickly approaching. All nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m.
Friday, November 13. |
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November 5 |
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Photos from the 2015 White House Tribal Nations
Conference |
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Kootenai Tribal Chairman Gary Aitken, Jr. at
Washington, D.C. Tribal Nations Conference today:
Gary Aitken, Jr., Chairman of the Kootenai Tribe
of Idaho, is today attending the 2015 White
House Tribal Nations Conference in Washington,
D.C., where he and other tribal leaders will
meet and confer with cabinet secretaries of the
federal government, members of the White House
Council on Native American Affairs, other
high-level federal government officials, and
also with President Barack Obama. |
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November 3 |
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Tennis Association invitation: "Come join
your
neighbors for Pickleball!"
Search the web for "fastest growing sport" and
you'll find that Pickleball is definitely up and
coming. |
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Fire safety burn permits no longer required this
year:
Effective Monday, November 2, State of Idaho
fire managers no longer are requiring fire
safety burn permits for burning operations
outside city limits until next year. |
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November 2 |
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Idaho National Guard proposal would close
Bonners Ferry Armory: Boundary
County's Idaho Army National Guard Armory in Bonners Ferry (also
known as a "Readiness Center") would close in a proposal the
Idaho Army National Guard has submitted to the U.S. Congress. |
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Obituaries |
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Diana
J. Watters, October 1, 1949 ~ November 20, 2015 |
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Sheila
Marie Peterson, December 6, 1940 ~ November 18,
2015 |
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Martha
Susan Plew, April 19, 1944 ~ November 18, 2015 |
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Larry
Gene Cruthers, April 28, 1940 ~ November 18, 2015 |
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Rev.
Lowell O. Carlson, July 3, 1929 ~ November 12, 2015 |
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Dan Dean
Wilson, October 10, 1927 ~ November 13, 2015 |
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Velda
Fern North, July 13, 1931 ~ November 10, 2015 |
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Evelyn
Lorriene Eby, June 16, 1929 ~ November 5, 2015 |
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Darold
Ray Bryan, February 14, 1931 ~ November 1, 2015 |
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Sports |
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Fish
and Game conservation officer frees tangled buck:
It wasn’t an average day at the office for Idaho
Fish and Game Conservation Officer John McLain
when he encountered a white-tailed buck tangled
in baling twine, but his average days don’t go
viral on the Internet, either. |
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2015
Cross Country awards announced:
Bonners Ferry High School Cross Country held their end-of-season
awards banquet last Thursday, November 5. |
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Interested in wolf trapping? Required course
available in Coeur d'Alene:
Idaho rules require a Wolf Trapper Certification
course be completed and passed before a person
can purchase wolf trapping tags. |
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Badger Cross Country competes at Idaho State
Championships: Badger cross country
season came to an end on October 31 at Farragut State Park at
the Idaho State Championships. |
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Hunters can take survey about
controlled hunts and auction tags:
Fish and Game is getting opinions from hunters
about possibly changing controlled hunt drawing
odds and increasing the number of big game tags
offered through auction. |
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Idaho Fish and Game encourages hunters
to complete big game reports soon:
Idaho Fish and Game encourages hunters who
purchased a deer, elk, or pronghorn tag to
report the results of their 2015 big game hunts
as soon as possible. |
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Letters |
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Says government entities should be reporting
financial information:
Why are the financial quarterly statements
required by Idaho Code 50-1011 not being
posted by Boundary County Entities? |
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Concerns regarding Muslim immigration:
I wish to express my concerns with the influx of
Muslims coming into the U.S.
Possibly not all are bad people, but I feel that
it is wrong to have open borders which allow bad
people into our country and communities to do
bad things to good people. |
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Nomination for Idaho Medal of Achievement:
I submitted a nomination for the newly-created
Idaho Medal of Achievement for the late Dr.
Forrest Bird of Sagle, Idaho. |
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Opposes proposed closure of
Bonners Ferry National Guard Armory:
Regarding the NewsBF article on the proposed
eventual closure of the Bonners Ferry National Guard Armory. |
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