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May 24 |
 Eight
county students earn LCSC honors: A total of 864
students at Lewis-Clark State College earned honor roll
distinction for the spring 2023 semester, LC State administrators
have announced. Among the honorees, 512 made the President’s List
while 352 were named to the Dean’s List. |
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May 5 |
 Mendenhall
honored with BCH Diamond Award: Boundary Community
Hospital is proud to award Kristie Mendenhall the bi-annual
Diamond Award, celebrating the exceptional compassion and care she
provides to patients and their families’ daily. Kristie has worked
at BCH for over 30 years; beyond her unwavering dedication to BCH,
her outstanding patient care truly sets her apart. She does
whatever it takes to ensure her patients receive the best possible
care, often going above and beyond the call of duty. |
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April 28 |
 Dinning
gets school in Pendleton: The Pendleton School
District School Board has selected Kevin Dinning, the son of Dan
and Mary Dinning, Bonners Ferry, as the new principal at
Washington Elementary School, Pendleton, Oregon. Dinning is
currently the Superintendent/Secondary Principal of Ione School
District. Prior to that, he served as Boundary County Middle
School principal in Bonners Ferry. |
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April 24 |
 No
Farm Bureau first baby of spring ... this year, it's babies:
Every year, in observance of agriculture, spring and new
beginnings, Boundary County Farm Bureau seeks the first baby of
spring, and this year is extraordinarily special. Promotion and
Education Chair Cassie Olson put out an announcement searching for
the first baby of spring and received a handful of names of
mothers expecting around March 20, the first day of spring. All
but two of the mothers had their babies before March 20. |
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April 8 |
 Curley
Qs, Roadrunners congratulate basket winners: The
Curley Q’s Homemakers Club and the Roadrunners 4-H Club had their
annual Easter Egg Hunt this morning and extend congratulations to
this year's basket winners. |
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March 25 |
 Bob
Johnson retires after 45 years in the mills: Idaho
Forest Group extends its wish that Robert "Bob" Johnson enjoys all
the best in his well earned retirement! Bob worked for 17 years at
Moyie Springs, mostly as a log yard utility operator. But his
career in the wood products industry dates back 45 years ago when
he took a job out of high school with the local mill in Bonners
Ferry. |
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March 24 |
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Caring at BCMS ... |
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| Congratulations to the Boundary County Middle
School Citizens of the Month for February! The character
trait for the month is Caring. Makenzie Beggerly (eighth),
Kasey Clemons (sixth), Penny McQueen (seventh) and Mrs.
Jenny Mackey are all wonderful examples of this. |
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March 23 |
 Thank
you, Tom Daniel: From the Bonners Ferry Agriculture
Education Department and FFA Chapter -- Tom Daniel is a third
generation farmer who raises hay and grain on the bench north of
Bonners Ferry. While Tom was born on a farm and has been farming
his whole life, he bought the farm he now lives on in 1980 and was
able to start farming full time in 1987. |
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March 3 |
 Elliston
wins Head Start alumni scholarship: A North Idaho
College Head Start employee and a Head Start alumna were awarded
scholarships from the Idaho Head Start Association on February 23
in Boise. Neveah Elliston, a Bonners Ferry High School senior, was
awarded the Idaho Head Start Association 2022 Head Start Alumni
Scholarship. |
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February 20 |
 70th
anniversary of John Alt's arrival in Bonners Ferry:
It was 70 years ago Wednesday, February 15, that John Alt and his
brother, the late Al Alt, got off the train at the depot in
Bonners Ferry, neither speaking a word of English, meeting two
people they didn't know except from pictures and letters; their
aunt Rosie Neumayer and her step-grandson, Arnold Fessler. |
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February 15 |
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Nine local
students on NIC Dean's List: North Idaho College
recently announced its Dean’s List for fall semester 2022.
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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February 14 |
 Four
Badgers graduate University of Idaho: A total of 567
degrees were awarded to 558 students in December in the University
of Idaho's fall 2022 commencement. Four were presented to students
from Bonners Ferry. |
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February 7 |
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BCMS honor roll
released: Boundary County Middle School's first
semester honor roll has been released, with 29 students earning
high honor for maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade point average. To
earn recognition, students had to maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better. |
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February 1 |
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12 local students
on U of I Dean's List: A total of 2,787 students
qualified for the Dean’s List for the University of Idaho's Fall
2022 semester, including 12 from Boundary County. The semester
ended December 16. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must
maintain at least a 3.5 GPA on a minimum of 12 graded credits
during the semester. |
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January 31 |
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Celebrating a Bonners Ferry gem
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| GROW! community gardeners feted Marciavee Cossette
at the annual GROW membership meeting and potluck
Thursday. As a long-time GROW! board member and all-around
volunteer at the community garden as well as so many other
organizations in town, Marciavee was presented with a
dozen red roses! She thanked GROW! and praised the town of
Bonners Ferry for being such a friendly, welcoming town in
which to volunteer. |
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January 23 |
 Weerts
earns scholastic honors at WSU: Allie Nicole Weerts,
a 2020 graduate of Bonners Ferry High School, was named to the
fall 2022 President's List at Washington State University for
maintaining a grade point average of 3.75 or above. |
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January 9 |
 NIC
literary magazine seeks submissions: The Trestle
Creek Review is looking for submissions for its upcoming issue.
Submissions are open to the public and may include essays, short
stories, poetry, black-and-white visual art and other literary
works. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 31. |
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January 6 |
 Two
county students earn University of Montana honors:
Edie Callison, Bonners Ferry, earned President's list honors at
the University of Montana with a 4.0 grade point average, and Mary
Pluid, Moyie Springs, earned Dean's list honors. |
 Nine
county students earn honors at LCSC: A total of 887
students made Lewis-Clark State College’s honor roll for the fall
2022 semester, eight of them from Boundary County. LC State had
484 students make the President’s List, which is slightly higher
than a year ago when 470 were honored. The college also reported
403 students made the Dean’s List. |
