Category: Social

On behalf of the Friends of the Restorium, the Restorium Residents Council recognized Ray Olsen Employee of the Month “We Care” Award recipients Connie Gentry, September, and Shelley McPherson, October. […]

The Bonners Ferry Eagles Auxiliary was proud to present The Friends of the Restorium a check for $538 raised from last month’s Eagle’s Breakfast. Presenting check to Friends president Jeannie […]

Foundations School is looking for warm, gently used coveralls, basic tools and safety gear for their skills day students. The weather is getting cooler and skills days are often in […]

The first Super Star Citizens of the Bonners Ferry High School Class of 2037 have been identified by Valley View teachers Susie Alvarez and Lauren Bartoe … they are kindergarteners […]

… And so in the year of 2024, the Cornman had brought to the Restorium a batch of pumpkins, and hiding amongst them must have been the Great Pumpkin, for […]

Jim Cadnum, also known as “Bird” or “The Cornman,” 78, is one of those good people who’ve given much to this community we call home, both as a long-time forester […]

Clarice McKenney heard laughter from around the visitors center while meandering about the Farmers Market Saturday that sounded as something fun or funny were afoot, so she set out to […]

Richard Harris, a 2024 graduate of Troy High School, the son of Mike and Brooke Harris, Troy, and big brother to Salix Harris, graduated Coast Guard boot camp at Cape […]

A total of 226 degrees were awarded to 222 University of Idaho students in graduation ceremonies for summer, 2024. The sole Boundary County graduate is Benjamin M. Tompkins, Bonners Ferry, […]

Bonners Ferry teens Raven Rory, 13, and Camille Jones, 12, got up early Saturday, dressed up like their favorite super heroines and walk over to Saturday Farmers Market just to […]

This story originally appeared March 1, 2003, seemingly just yesterday but 21 years ago. It’s now 71 years since two teenage boys left their parents and eight siblings on the […]

On behalf of the Friends of the Restorium, the Restorium Residents Council recognized night supervisor Tabitha Heirston as the August 2024 recipient of the Ray Olson Employee of the Month […]

Topping the billboard charts coming into the new year of 1974 was Jim Croce’s “Time in a Bottle,” and Barbara Streisand would have the top song of the year with  […]

After four years of college and ROTC, Ben Tompkins was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army this week. “This is a huge accomplishment and we are […]

Colleen won the Senior Center raffle drawing Monday for this beautiful recliner donated by Beck’s Furniture. So why is center chef Amy Leach sitting in it (besides getting a little […]

John Alt will celebrate his 90th birthday at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 5, with a feast cooked up by the cousins at Rotary Park, 2043 Lions Den Road, Bonners Ferry. […]

Kitty Kalen’s “Little Things Mean a Lot” was the #1 song in the nation 70 years ago and folks flocked to the movie theaters to make “White Christmas” the top […]

By Clarice McKenney I was loading my trunk for a huckleberry picking morning when I saw a for-sale sign at the house of my deceased neighbor and dear friend, Barb […]

When Eli Pine started working at the Boundary Community Restorium in 2017, taking care of others was a prospect that filled him with trepidation. The road that brought him here […]

A good part of the old courthouse contingent gathered today with an even larger “old team” of family, friends and neighbors to fill the Bonners Ferry Eagles in remembering Tom […]

A total of 1,773 University of Idaho degrees were awarded to 1,729 students, which includes 273 associate degrees, 1,016 bachelor’s degrees, 326 master’s degrees and 158 doctoral degrees. Seven degrees, […]

North Idaho College recently announced its Dean’s List for Spring Semester 2024. Students eligible for the NIC Dean’s List must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits and obtain […]

Lumin Oberholtzer has been named the June recipient of the Community Restorium Ray Olson “We Care” Employee of the Month award. She was selected for the award by the residents […]

  A total of 2,922 students qualified for the University of Idaho Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester, which ended May 10. To qualify for the Dean’s List, U […]

Residents at the Boundary Community Restorium expressed their thanks to two members of a truly amazing staff, presenting a certificate of appreciation to maintenance supervisor Kevin Schnuerle, who will retire […]

By Mike Weland President Linda Lederhos led a sizable contingent of Bonners Ferry Rotarians to the Boundary County Community Restorium this afternoon laden with various flavors of ice cream, sprinkles, […]

Hired in August, 1997, today was the last day of a wild and wonderful tenure spanning just over a quarter of a century of service to both Boundary County School […]

Roger and Kandy Naylor, Bonners Ferry, are doubly proud this graduation season as they celebrate two Liberty University graduations! Their son, Shane, received a bachelor’s degree in accounting, while their […]

Only two students showed up for the NPW Poster Contest photo, and since the picture looked a little bare, the two got to have their picture taken with the amazing […]

Mt. Hall Elementary School’s certified employee of the the third quarter is third grade teacher Rachel Mertzweiller. This is her second year at Mt. Hall and her students and our […]

Grace Villelli, a 2020 graduate of Bonners Ferry High School and the daughter of Matt and Libbi Maggi and Joey and Angie Villelli, graduated from Lewis-Clark State College Friday, May […]

The Bonners Ferry Seniors Center was all bustle and ado Friday in preparation for very special lunch in celebration of some of Boundary County’s most beautiful moms. Before staff could […]

Lance Freeze, a 2020 graduate of Bonners Ferry High School and the son of Joe and Tracy Freeze, Bonners Ferry, will graduate from University of Idaho on Saturday, May 11, […]

Michael Youngwirth, a 2020 graduate of Bonners Ferry High School and the son of John and Deborah Youngwirth, will graduate from the University of Idaho in a commencement ceremony scheduled […]

By Jennifer Peconga It’s been a little over a month and this is the update I have for my dad, Jessie Schmitz, who was in a terrible head-on car crash […]

She came one day later than expected, missing her due date and grandpa Jesse Schmitz’s 49th birthday Thursday by just under 24 hours, but nobody is complaining! Lorelai Avril Peconga […]

The weather was about perfect and the turnout excellent for the Curley Q’s, in conjunction with the Road Runners  4-H club, to put together an excellent Easter Hunt at Curley […]

Bonner’s Ferry Chapter AP of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) will be sponsoring a number of $1,000 college scholarships for female graduates of Bonners Ferry High School again this year. Last […]

North Idaho College recently announced its Dean’s List for fall semester 2023. Students eligible for the NIC Dean’s List must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits and obtain a grade point average of 3.75 or above.

By Clarice McKenney My first acquaintance when I moved to far-north Boundary County, Idaho was Barb Brown, and through the quarter of a century as next-door neighbors, we became the […]

A total of 574 degrees were awarded to 562 students at the University of Idaho. In-person ceremonies were December 9 in Moscow. The University of Idaho, home of the Vandals, […]

The residents at the Boundary Community Restorium were treated warmly last week when activities director Joy Liljestam brought in boxes of beautiful quilts sewn by the gracious and wonderful 9B […]

A near miracle occurred in Bonners Ferry as staff and patrons at the Bonners Ferry Senior Center managed to surprise the inimitable and irrepressible gem of Boundary County, Marciavee Cossette, […]

On March 1, Lance Gidley was doing what he loved, exploring the mountains of the Upper Pack when he was caught in an avalanche and lost his life. Lance had […]

Jack and Amy Bliss’s daughter, Abby, turned 18 in July and they’ve spent the last year working on all of the requirements necessary to become a Medicaid Certified Family Home […]

On Saturday, Salisia “Sally” Olson, the daughter of Heather and Troy Olson and an eighth grader at Boundary County Middle School, competed for the second time at the Regional Spelling […]

During this year’s Fiber Fest, more than a dozen local crafters working in a variety of natural fibers demonstrated and taught their skills to a sizeable group of visitors at our museum Saturday, February 10. Marsha Semar is a frequent, longtime exhibitor at the Saturday Market.

Ana Chase, born in Hawaii and soon to be a Bonners Ferry High School graduate, has been nominated by two U.S. Senators to not one but two of the nation’s the U.S. Military Academies, with Senator Mike Crapo nominating her for the U.S. Naval Academy and Senator Jim Risch nominating her for appointments to both the Naval Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Thomas Hubbell Zachary Callos Xavier Naranjo Victoria Rae Sky Reinhardt Rose Owens Macy McIntyre Katelyn Hutchinson Falisha Elliston Eika Willis Cory Clairmont Colton Hubbell Brooklynn Jolley Ambur Robbins Alex Stella […]

Joy Liljestam is a true believer in the power of activity. She was activities director at a Colorado assisted living facility for eight years before retirement. She and her husband, […]

Ashley Zigler’s first pregnancy was difficult throughout, and her daughter, Leah Sage, was born early at 34 weeks, but for both ladies the hardest hurdles are behind and they are […]

I came to the Boundary County Restorium on a rainy Wednesday, November 15, nervous. Scared. Trying to put on the air of Cool Hand Luke as the Restorium bus pulled up and I rode my chair to the side, waiting for the door to open. Not where I pictured I’d be when I grew up, but here I was … make the best of it. Be smart, capable. Look cool as is possible and make the best of it. I allowed a damp mist to converge and mingle with my tears as I waited to board the conveyance that would carry me away to “The Home.” I’d seen “Happy Gilmore.” Above all else, boy … be cool