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September 22 |
 Leah
Moellmer heading to Idaho DYW: High school senior
girls from across Idaho will gather in Idaho Falls for the
Distinguished Young Women of Idaho program to be held Friday and
Saturday, October 7-8 at the Civic Auditorium, including Bonners
Ferry's Leah Moellmer. Participants will compete for $35,000 in
college scholarships and the opportunity to represent the state as
the Distinguished Young Woman of Idaho for 2023. The program is
open to the public and preliminaries will begin at 7 p.m. Friday,
October 7 and 10 a.m. Saturday, October 8. Finals begin at 7 p.m.
on Saturday, October 8. Tickets will be available at the door for
$15. |
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August 1 |
 Family
of Mary Dirks expresses thanks: Mary Dirks’s family
would like to send a special thank you out to all of the people
who attended her memorial, to all of the people who helped
organize it, to all of the people who sent beautiful flowers,
cards and gifts, and to all of the people who called with words of
support. |
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July 27 |
 Nine
local students are U of I graduates: A total of 1,603
degrees were awarded to 1,467 students in the 2022 spring semester
commencement at the University of Idaho, including nine from
Boundary County. In-person ceremonies were held in May in Moscow,
Boise and Idaho Falls. |
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July 5 |
 Linda
Lederhos now Rotary president: Linda Lederhos took
over the role of president for the Rotary club of Bonners Ferry
last week, and this week she was guest speaker, talking about her
plans for the future of the club. The Rotary Club of Bonners Ferry
works to bring together business and professional community
leaders to provide humanitarian service to others within our
community and our world. |
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June 29 |
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Boundary County
students earn NIC dean's list honors: North Idaho
College recently announced its Dean’s List for the spring 2022
semester. 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. |
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June 13 |
 BCMS
announces second semester honor roll: Boundary County
Middle School has identified its top scholars for the second
semester. They are ... |
 Halls
welcome Charley Jade: Christine and Adam Hall
welcomed daughter Charley Jade June 1, and big brother Theo
couldn't be more proud. Born at Duke Regional Hospital, Durham,
North Carolina, she weighed seven pounds, seven ounces and was 19
inches long. |
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June 8 |
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County has 16
students on U of I Dean's List: A total of 2,479
students qualified for the University of Idaho's Dean’s List for
the Spring 2022 semester, which ended May 13, 16 of them from
Boundary County. To qualify for the Dean’s List, U of I students
must maintain at least a 3.5 GPA on a minimum of 12 graded credits
during the semester. |
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Years of dedicated service
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Crystal Denton (left), dispatcher Geneva Trumble and
dispatcher Scott Peterson received their years of service
badges June 7 from Sheriff David Kramer. Crystal has 20
years and Geneva and Scott both have 10 years of dedicated
service to Boundary County with the Sheriff's Office. |
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June 4 |
 Stone
earns masters degrees, set to launch career: Colin
Patrick Stone, who graduated Bonners Ferry High School in 2015 and
earned his Bachelor's from the University of Idaho in 2019,
recently earned his Masters in Business Administration and a
Masters in Science and Information Systems at Auburn University,
Auburn, Alabama. |
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June 3 |
 Bonners
Ferry has its own platinum jubilee: Not to be outdone
by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s National Celebration this week,
Bonners Ferry has it own Badger Royalty 75th Year High School
Graduation Jubilee! Pictured here recently at the Bonners Ferry
Chic-n-Chop reunion site are Marcella “Madson” Nelson, Edmund
“Gene” Lozier and Elaine “Lesmeister” Guthrie, each of them
graduates of the Bonners Ferry High School Class of 1947.
Courtesy Darrell Kerby |
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May 29 |
  Liermann,
Callison earn academic honors: Two Boundary County
students earned academic honors for the 2022 spring semester at
the University of Montana, Missoula. Tanner Liermann, Naples,
earned president's list honors with a 4.0 GPA and Edie Callison,
Bonners Ferry, was awarded dean's list honors with a GPA between
3.5 and 3.9. |
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May 23 |
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Nine local students
earn honors a LCSC: A total of 870 students at
Lewis-Clark State College earned honor roll distinction for the
spring 2022 semester, LC State administrators have announced.
Among the honorees, 471 made the President’s List while 399 were
named to the Dean’s List. Nine students so honored are from
Boundary County. |
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May 19 |
 Morris
celebrates 96th on horseback: To celebrate her 96th
birthday, staff helped Community Restorium resident Fay Morris
fulfill her wish of horseback riding one more time. Fay has a long
history of riding horses and this experience was a dream come true
as you can see from the smile on her face. |
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May 18 |
 Mechelle
and Rocky say thank you: Mechelle Lech and her
service dog, Rocky, received their mobility support harness today,
helping to increase Mechelle's mobility and safety. She extends
her thanks to everyone in the community who helped make it
possible for her to get this piece of equipment. |
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May 12 |
 Cole
Fitch Boundary County's Ag Baby for 2022: In
observance of agriculture, spring and new beginnings, Farm Bureau
is pleased to announce this year’s first Boundary County baby of
spring! Cole Louis Fitch was born at 9:26 p.m. Wednesday, March
30, to Natasha and Cameron Fitch. This little guy came into the
world weighing 6.8 pounds and he was 21 3/4 inches long, and he is
well loved by a long list of agricultural families in Boundary
County. |
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April 30 |
 Teresa
Rae Beta Sigma Phi Woman of the Year: Teresa Rae has
been recognized with the “Woman of the Year” award at the Beta
Sigma Phi Founders Day Program today. Member Janis Tucker asked
Teresa to join them under false pretenses. On Thursday, she told
her that one of their presenters had dropped out and could she
come speak on behalf of Boundary Fuller Center for Housing, more
commonly known as Habitat for Humanity. In exchange for a three to
four minute presentation, Teresa was promised her delicious
breakfast and the chance to sit next to her favorite middle school
volleyball coach! |
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April 29 |
 Utah
State University's Alva Swanson on his thoughtful path to
graduation: When he thinks back, Alva Swanson recalls
three events that became pivotal in bringing him to where he is
now, at the threshold of graduation from the Utah State University
Quinney College of Natural Resources. The first is a big fish
story. Swanson’s home is in the far north of Idaho, a community
called Bonners Ferry. Carving down the center of town is the
Kootenai River, where you can sometimes glimpse a native monster.
By Lael Gilbert |
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April 27 |
 Dr.
Ulappa earns Golden Apple Award at BSU: The
Associated Students of Boise State University have announced the
winners of this year’s Golden Apple Awards, and among them is Dr.
Amy Ulappa, a professor of biology in the College of Arts and
Sciences and a 2000 graduate of Bonners Ferry High School. Amy is the daughter
of Tom Ulappa and Janis Kerby, both of Bonners Ferry. |
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April 26 |
 No
Ag Baby 2022 ... yet: For the first time in memory,
no one has stepped forward to proclaim their child Boundary
County's first baby of spring, and at present there is no Boundary
Soil Conservation District/Farm Bureau Ag Baby 2022. It's not too
late! |
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April 14 |
 Local
family needs community help: 9B Family Foundation, a
Bonners Ferry preschool, childcare and family resource center, has
a family facing challenging times and needing the community's
help. The mother gave birth to twins around 18 weeks early, with
one in the neonatal intensive care unit at Kootenai Health, the
other in a Spokane NICU. Mom is staying in Coeur d'Alene and
commuting between hospitals to be with her babies, who are trying
to grow big enough to come home, hopefully in 18 weeks around the
date they were expected in June. |
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April 7 |
 Naples
celebrates Students of the Month, Principals for a Day:
Naples Elementary recently celebrated its Students of the Month
for March. They are Stryder Olson 1st, Keah McKellips 2nd,
Mackenzie Issacharoff 2nd, Dakota Rinehart - Kindergarten, Josh
Pruitt - Kindergarten, Hank Robertson - Kindergarten, Emily Riek -
Kindergarten and Mason Mistelski 1st, Blake Nichols 4th, Dalton
Regher 4th, Kathryn Wietzke 5th, Treva Wietzke 5th, Lilliya Giles
3rd, Onyx Gahr 3rd, Maddux Bolton 3rd, Mark Elliston 5th, Levi
Jones 3rd. In addtion, two students, below; Ronald Calderone and
Aurora Havens-Boone, did admirably in March as Principal for a
Day! |
