Week of July 9, 2025
Week of July 9, 2025
Turner and Hogeland celebrated their All-School Reunion this past weekend. Though small in size, these rural towns are rich in community spirit and heart. Be sure to check out more photos from the reunion on page... Full story
Blaine County Library Monday Beat the Heat Movies at 1:30 p.m., Teen Scene (grade 7-12) at 5:30-6:30. Tuesday Story Time at 10:30. Wednesday Summer Reading Program at 1:30. LEGO Club Thursday at 1:30 Harlem Library The challenge for July is to read a book with fireworks or stars on the cover. Summer Reading weekly programs include Storytime for ages 0-5 on Tuesdays at 10 A.M., Summer STEAM for elementary students on Wednesdays at 1 P.M. and Lego Club for all ages on Thursdays at 4 P.M. The library will be closed July 4 in observance of...
Hello From the Chinook Senior Center We trust that you had a wonderful Independence Day celebration with family & friends. It is such a wonderous thing to think of how this independence was gained. Please remember to thank all veterans who have served to make our independence possible. Gene Allen & friends will be here again, on Tuesday, July 15th @ 10:00 for your listening pleasure. We would love to see many of you here to enjoy this nice music. Our Center will be closed early on Friday, July 11th to attend the 1st annual “Senior Swing...
My wife, Sherry, and I planned a 3000-mile trip on Amtrak to attend a grandson's high school graduation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, see some of Pennsylvania Dutch country while out there, then backtrack, via train, to a reunion of Sherry's siblings near Peoria, Illinois. All the while celebrating our sixtieth wedding anniversary, which occurred during the trip. It was a lot to cram in to a two-week period but we were determined to do it. We made it and here are a few highlights of the trip....
On July 1, from a safe house in the Annafeld subdivision in Billings, Montana, Britney Higgs and her pet goat, Freedom, began a 580-mile walk across three states to raise money to support women who have been trafficked. Her trip will end in Denver, Colorado, at the HER Campaign’s newest safe house. Higgs, the founder and CEO of HER Campaign, hopes to raise $580,000 in the month-long journey being called the Walk for HER challenge. The 35-year-old mother of four, stated, “If you can train a...
We will have a special program Monday July 14th. Curtis Mork, the LEGO Guy will be here at 10:30 with fun and interactive exhibits, presentations and creative workshops for children to get involved with. Mark your calendars and send your kids to the library. The library will no longer be able to check out hot spots to our patrons. This was a wonderful service that we were able to provide. The hot spots were provided by the Montana State Library, as was the funding for the data. Sadly, the...
Helen Cornelius "Connie" Green, 95, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2025. Cremation has taken place, and a service is not scheduled at this time. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Connie was born April 3, 1930, in Helena, Montana, the eldest of three children born to Clifford John and Louise Kessler McNamara. She attended schools in Big Sandy, Montana and San Rafael, California graduating in 1948. She went on to attend Scripps College in Claremont,... Full story
