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On February 24, Region II of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD), in partnership with Havre Public Schools, will offer free training to schools that are not only new to the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) process but to Montana Behavioral Initiative (MBI) schools who are making the transition to MTSS. Interested participants should register by February 20. Retired school psychologist, Carla Heintz and retired special educator, Sandy Elmore will present Making the Transition: MBI to MTSS at the Best Western Plus Havre...
Although the International Morse Code of …---… was chosen as the international distress signal by the nations who met at a maritime conference in the early 1900s, the sequence of three dots and three dashes followed by three more dots really isn’t supposed to stand for the three letters SOS. The code string was simply a unique signal that would transmit clearly and quickly via telegraph and wouldn’t be confused for other communications. Today, it is the universal signal to attract attention, signal distress, and ask for help. In contemp...
Fifty-one spellers from across the county qualified for the Blaine County Spelling Bee on February 5. The event was held in Chinook High School's Lloyd Sweet Auditorium and was directed by Blaine County Superintendent of Schools, Valerie White. After twelve rounds, Mekayla Brown, who is a seventh grader at Chinook Junior High School, was declared the winner. Hadessa Hofer, an eighth grader at North Harlem Colony Elementary School captured second place, and Gracie Honey, an eighth grader from...
Mrs. Courtney Bell, the physical education teacher at Meadowlark Elementary School is leading students in the Kids Heart Challenge, a program of the American Heart Association. Once the pledges are counted and winners determined, school officials will hold a Slime Assembly to celebrate on Monday, February 17 at 2:30 p.m. The heart health program was introduced on February 3 and will end on February 14. The Kids Heart Challenge offers several physical activities to get students’ hearts pumping. Bell has integrated three of these into her PE clas...
In celebration of its Tenth Anniversary, the Plant a Seed . . . READ Program is hosting a Crunch for a Cause promotion in partnership with Taco John’s to raise the importance of reading aloud to preschool children. The event will take place from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 13 at the Taco John’s location at 505 First Street West in Havre. The organization is also inviting people to join the March 21-Day Challenge to help build a universal read aloud habit. When a patron brings in a copy of the organization’s Crunch for a Cause flyer fro...
In honor of I Love to Read Month, Meadowlark Elementary will be celebrating the entire month of February with prizes for 80% or higher on Accelerated Reader tests as well as with a grand prize drawing at the end of the month. To further promote reading, students will be participating in other various activities. The Accelerated Reader (AR) program is a computerized program that tests reading comprehension. Students select books at their reading level, read independently, and take an independent, computer-delivered comprehension test. Every...
Competitors from across the state faced off in a showcase of imagination, creativity, quick thinking, oratory skill, and acting talent in seventeen different events during the State Class B-C Speech and Drama Tournament, hosted by Bigfork High School on January 31-February 1. When all the frayed nerves were once again settled, winners were announced and awards presented. Chinook High School brought home two titles and a fourth place in Drama Sweepstakes while the Dodson and Hays-Lodge Pole Co-op...
As one of the 2020 Mid-Winter Fair events, the Montana State University Extension Office sponsored a program called Ranchers’ Round-Up on February 6-7. The program was held in Room 213 of the Returning Buffalo Building on the Aaniiih Nakoda College campus. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., coffee and donuts were served. Following a welcome and introductions at 9:30, the Nakoda Aaniiih Credit Agency (NACA) not only provided Youth Finance Training but shared some details about Youth Akiptan Loans. Stationed in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, Akiptan is a N...
Saturday night at 9:49, Fire Chief Kraig Hansen received a page that a house was on fire in the 900 block of Ohio Street. When fire crews arrived, they went to work to extinguish the blaze. The Chinook Police and the Blaine County Sheriff's Office also responded to the scene. Although the fire was put out before midnight, Kody Farmer, who was in the house at the time of the fire, sustained injury and was transported to the hospital. "The cause of the fire is still under investigation," Kraig...
Tonight, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hays/Lodge Pole High School, there will be a screening of the award-winning film Looking Forward From Yesterday: Fighting for Our Culture produced by Harlem High School students with generous support from Harlem High School, Montana Gear Up, MAPS Media Institute, and the Greater Montana Foundation. The documentary film will be shown at the Mid-Winter Fair Banquet. Later this month, the film will screen at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (BSDFF), which will be h...
Mid-Winter Fair events are in full swing this week, and the Fort Belknap Mid-Winter Fair Committee invites area residents to take part in the fun. The theme for this year’s fair is “Envisioning the Future, Embracing the Past.” Today, February 5, the Fort Belknap Child Support Program will host a Family Strengthening presentation from 10:00 until 1:00 at the Child Support Office, located at 781 Agency Main Street in the Old Diabetes Trailer. The community is invited to come listen to elder stories and to enjoy a warm meal. Door prizes will...
The Emperor, his friends and subjects, and a bunch of busy Silkworms entertained audiences on Saturday, January 25 in two afternoon performances at the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium at Chinook High School when the Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) and 36 local students presented an original musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, The Emperor's New Clothes. Chinook Junior High School eighth grader, Listat Pope played the leading role of the Emperor. Other featured performers included...
The Hill County Early Childhood Investment Team invites area community members to a free workshop, Poverty 101, presented by Dr. Donna M. Beegle. The workshop will take place at Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites at 1425 Highway 2 Northwest on Friday, February 7, from 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Dr. Beegle is a poverty expert, inspirational speaker, and recognized author from Portland, Oregon, who will share realistic strategies for individuals, organizations, and communities that want to make a m...
Eighteen Northern Division Class B and C schools packed the house in Coyote Country this past Saturday, January 25, when Shelby High School hosted the Northern B/C Divisional Speech, Drama, and Debate Tournament. Speech events were held at the elementary school while drama and debate events were conducted at the high school. After each round of competition, anxious competitors milled in the hallways waiting for results about who would advance. Those anxiety levels reached a peak during finals....
In an effort to raise awareness and to remove some of the stigma associated with mental illness, especially depression, Tony Warren, Superintendent of Schools in Turner, Montana, applied for and received a School Safety Grant from the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI). In fulfilling the terms of the grant, Dr. Curtis Smeby and Dr. Darlene Sellers from MSU-Northern will teach the first session of a Youth Mental Health First Aid class on Thursday, January 30, and will return again on Thursday, February 6 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Turner...
Although the Chinook FFA Chapter mechanics team was slated to travel to Fergus High School in Lewistown for the Fergus Mechanics Contest and FFA Winter Meeting on January 25, the group decided to privilege work over that event on their Career and Leadership Development pathway. The Fergus of Lewistown FFA Alumni Mechanics Competition featured contest categories that are comparable to the state mechanics contest and included tests in welding, construction, electricity, equipment, small engines,...
The Fort Belknap Indian Community invites everyone to its 52nd Annual Mid-Winter Fair (MWF), which is slated for February 5-8. For this year's MWF, the theme is "Envisioning the Future, Embracing the Past," and event organizers promise four fun-filled days. Although most activities will take place at the Fort Belknap Bingo Hall, others will be held on the Aaniiih Nakoda College campus. Booth set-up will begin on Monday, February 3, when various college and community groups and organizations...
Blaine County has a new Extension Agent. Friday, January 10 was Sarah Johnson's sixth day on the job. Johnson comes to Chinook from a small town in Minnesota with a population of approximately 2,043, so she's no stranger to small town life or to a life where the railroad, crops, and cattle contributed to the early economy. Although Johnson enjoyed her time in Minnesota, she was ready for a change and expressed excitement about her new position with the MSU Extension Service in Blaine County and...
Sara Davidson, the K-12 music teacher and speech and drama coach for Simms School District, welcomed competitors to the Simms/Power-Dutton-Brady speech and drama tournament on January 18. Although temperatures were below zero across the Hi-Line as well as in Simms on Saturday, the hospitability was warm for the sixteen schools that competed in the Pre-Divisional Challenge. The Harlem and Chinook teams were among those in attendance, although the Dodson and Hays-Lodge Pole Co-op team travelled to Livingston to participate at the Paradise Valley...
After graduating from Chinook High School in 1996, Bobbi Jo Buck attended MSU-Bozeman from 1996-2000, eventually graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology. She then attended Walla Walla University's satellite campus in Missoula, where the focus of the program was advanced clinical practice. She graduated with a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) in 2002. Her path to that degree wasn't a straightforward one, however. Before settling on sociology and counseling, she had several...
Save the date! On Saturday, February 1 from 4:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., the Blaine County Fair Foundation will play host to the Second Annual Blaine County Brew Fest, which will be held in the Commercial Building at the fairgrounds located at 300 Cleveland Road West in Chinook. Sax Cadillac will provide musical entertainment at the event. According to event organizer, Blaine County Fair Board member Loren Skoyen, seven breweries have committed to attending and will have representatives pouring...
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Blaine County Conservation District invite area cattle producers and any other interested individuals to a Know Your Manure NUTBAL Workshop on January 21 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Wallner Hall in Chinook. Great Falls Area Range Specialist for the NRCS, Rick Caquelin will present the workshop. A leader in the field of rangeland management, Caquelin is a longtime Society for Range Management member. As...
As it has for the past several summers, Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) in Havre, Montana, is again offering paid internships for college students and recent college graduates. These young adults manage and direct the KidsMAT touring children’s camps and the Youth Production, which this summer will be The Wizard of Oz. Applications for this opportunity are now open and will be due by April 10, 2019. The interns hired will oversee two established MAT youth programs: the touring KidsMAT Summer Children’s Theatre camp and the annual MAT Youth Produ...
Auditions for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of The Emperor’s New Clothes will be held at Monday, January 20, at 3:30 p.m. in the Meadowlark Gym. There are roles for students in Kindergarten through grade 12, plus a need for additional Assistant Directors who will aid in rehearsals throughout the week and take on essential backstage responsibilities. Because these will be group auditions, no advance preparation is necessary. However, local school officials offer this advice to potential youth actors and actresses: listen to th...
Until recently, Montana was one of several states with no dyslexia laws on the books. All that changed when Senate Bill 140 (SB 140), the Montana Dyslexia Screening and Intervention Act, was signed by Governor Steve Bullock on May 1, 2019 and passed into law during the 66th Regular Session of the Montana Legislature. The Act, which requires screening and assistance for students with dyslexia. applies to school years beginning on or after July 1, 2019, the Act’s effective date. Furthermore, no later than September 15, 2020, the Office of P...
