Young Eagle rally a huge success!
July 25, 2011
There was quite a crowd at the Boundary County all day Saturday for this year's Young Eagle Rally!
Saturday, July 23, was a perfect day for flying, and nine pilots took 121 kids into the beautiful blue skies of Boundary County.

Pilots Neven Miller took flight 18 times, Bill Snyder 20, Roger King six, Phil Beachy six, Carla Dedera nine, Jeff Pederson three, Chris Wheeler went up 26 times, Jim Fairchild 24 and Pete Kuckenberg took off and landed nine times.

"The day was beautiful with clear skies and hardly any turbulance," a beaming Dedera said. "Our ground crews were ready to work and we surely couldn't have done this without them."

Shane Cleave, 8, got to take his first airplane ride with pilot Roger King in a beautiful 1946 Aeronca.
Shane Sater, Jade Parker and Johannes Snyder worked the registration table to get all the kids signed in. Kristi Kline assigned the kids to the pilots and shared her much-needed expertise with the process. Barb Sargent and Colet Allen sorted all the paperwork and answered a ton of questions.

Jan Lee printed all the certificates that proudly proclaim the 121 kids Young Eagles, Leslie Gillett manned the T-shirt booth and helped out wherever needed. Jordan Parker sold more than 45 ice cream cones, and Adam, this year's Young Eagle scholarship winner, manned telephones and fielded five calls from residents irate with all the airplane noise, and did a great job by explaining what all the noise was about, and Airport manager Dave Parker personally helped kids into and out of a rare attraction ... a beautiful blue helicopter giving kids free rides!

There'll be activity at the airport again this Saturday, but a bit more quiet, as they've having another fantastic huckleberry pancake breakfast. Drive in or fly in, all are welcome! To find out more, call (208) 267-3711.
Sarah Michalsky and Cason Neal got their first flight in a helicopter! Dad gives Sydney Chouinard and her sister, Hailey, a close-up inspection of one of many planes at the airport ... their brother, Kadyn, was also there, just outside the picture.