Articles from the March 29, 2017 edition
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Cancer Support Group hears 2017 Relay for Life update
By Steve Edwards BCJ News At its March meeting the Chinook-based Cancer Support Group heard an update on the upcoming Relay for Life event. Colleen Mulonet, one of three co-chairs for the new 2017 North Central Montana Relay, explained how Blaine...
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Community Garden completion should be ready for this gardening season
If plans by the Chinook High Future Farmers chapter (FFA) work out, a community garden should be ready for this year's gardening season. CHS Vo-ag teacher Robin Allen said the garden spot, across Illi...
Gifts to Blaine County Fair Foundation will support infrastructure projects
The Blaine County Fair Foundation was incorporated the end of November, 2016. The Fair Board created the organization to accept gifts that could go directly to help with improvements to the...
New Rules Approved for Boats at Tiber and Canyon Ferry Reservoirs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 23, 2017 Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission, in a special teleconference meeting this week, approved new rules for boaters at Canyon Ferry and Tiber reservoirs. The rules are part of Montana’s response to the disco...
Attention Tax Payers: Tips from the local Post Office
The Chinook Post Office Staff would like to offer two very important suggestions to help guarantee the timely delivery of your tax returns. 1. Be sure you have adequate postage. Sate and Federal offices Do Not pay postage due! If you do not have the...
Beverly "Betty" Ann McGuire Phelps
Beverly "Betty" Ann McGuire Phelps, 81, of Miles City, Montana - On March 18th, 2017 the Lord took Betty home after a courageous battle with cancer. Betty passed away at St. Vincent's Hospital in...
Helen Elaine Brekke Thompson
Beverly "Betty" Ann Helen Elaine Brekke Thompson was born in Havre, MT on March 18, 1930 to Olaf and Pearl Brekke. She passed away on March 12th, 2017 in Kalispell, MT. She is survived by her...
My Answer
Q: I’ve finally had to face the fact that my main goal in life is to get other people to like me. I guess most people are like this, but sometimes I’ll go overboard trying to win someone’s favor, even if it means doing something that’s wrong. How can...
How to Tell if You Have Flu, Cold or Stomach Flu, and What to Know
(StatePoint) While each year millions in the U.S. are sickened during flu season, many can’t distinguish between symptoms of the seasonal strain of the flu, a cold and the “stomach flu.” Knowing the difference, and how to properly treat each virus...
Hogeland Happenings
The Elementary Basketball Jamboree will be in Turner this week! Come out and support our little Turner Tornadoes! The games are on Saturday, April 1 starting at 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. vs. St. Judes, then Turner plays again vs. Box Elder later in the...
Turner Talk
The Blaine Co. II Ambulance will be having a ham dinner at the Turner Jamboree Saturday, April 1st. from 11:30-3:00 as a fundraiser. All proceeds from Concessions will also go to the ambulance fund. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Havre to watch the...
Blaine County Library
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting today at 11:00 a.m. in the library meeting room. “The Magic of Belle Island” will be the movie at 1:00 p.m. today. Morgan Freeman plays Monte Wildhorn, a famous Wes...
Harlem Library
Have you read your four books for March as part of the 2017 Reading Challenge? Let the library know so we may enter your name into a drawing to win a gift certificate from a local business. Keep reading! Join us for the next Learn at the Library...
FWP Open Fields enrollment is now open
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2017 Contact: Greg Lemon, 406-444-3051, glemon@mt.gov It’s time for landowners to enroll in the state-sponsored “Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters.” The voluntary program, offered through Montana Fish, Wildlife & Par...
Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce holds monthly meeting, seeks input
Submitted by Jennifer Hellman The Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce held their monthly meeting at the Chamber office on main street March 9th, 2017 at 6:00pm. In attendance was Bonnie Weber, Mitzi Cecrle, Hayley Yost, Heather DePriest, Robert Kelley,...
Watch Out for Wildlife on the Roads
FWP would like to remind folks to watch for deer (and other animals) on the road, especially during the early morning and early evening hours when both visibility is difficult and animals are sometimes more active. With the recent hour time change,...
What 'Cher Point
Well, gentle readers, I am still in the middle of March Madness and can make a prediction about a final winner although I have never gotten those predictions right yet. I kicked myself because I dropped Oregon out of the Sweet Sixteen and then I...
Turner students in grades 3-12 write Americanism Essays for American Legion Auxiliary
Students in grades 3-12 were recently invited to write Americanism essays for the American Legion Auxiliary, Post #109. Mrs. Brenda Mohar represented the Auxiliary recently to acknowledge their...
Blaine County Museum, Montana Historical Society Co-sponsor Workshops
Interested in meeting Common Core ELA and Math standards and engaging your students in active learning while helping them understand the world around them? This workshop is for you. The workshop will take place at the Blaine County Museum, 501...
USDA on Tainted Brazilian Meat: None Has Entered U.S., 100 Percent Re-Inspection Instituted
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, March 22, 2017 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced additional steps to keep the food supply safe for American families in light of the recent inv...
US Honey Producers total 162 Million Pounds in 2016, up 3%
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2017 Contact: Bill Meyer (800) 392-3202USDA United States honey production in 2016 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 162 million pounds, up 3 percent from 2015. There were 2.78 million colonies from...
