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Jim Billmayer and Helen Christiansen, who were married May 18, 1949 at the Lutheran Church in Hogeland, Montana, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends on May 26. For photos taken that day, Helen wore the seventy-year-old wedding dress made by her sister Irene. When asked for advice on how to stay married for so long, Helen replied: "I said 'yes' lots of times when I wanted to say 'no.'" Jim had no comment. Once Helen had put on her wedding dress, she just as easily...
Carrie Gilmore Mundlin, owner and manager of Massage Euphoria, a massage service in Chinook, promotes a healthy state of well-being by offering a variety of massage styles tailored to a client's specific needs. Those clients are about to expand into the equine realm, now that Mundlin has earned an endorsement as a Certified Equine Massage Practitioner (CEMP) from the Western Montana School of Horse Massage. After receiving requests from a variety of people on the Hi-Line seeking someone...
On June 7-8, Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) will be hosting a Renaissance-themed “faire,” Spring into the Past. The faire, a history-inspired festival of food, drink and entertainment, will be held at the MSU-Northern campus behind Pershing Hall where an “amphitheater” will be fashioned for the event. To add to what event organizers are describing as a “generally fun time for the entire family,” they invite all home brewers to enter their Home Brew Contest for a chance to win prizes and to be crowned Brewing Nobility. A Festival preview will...
To keep her English 10 students at Chinook High School engaged during the final days of the school year and to close learning gaps as students grow towards career, college, and community readiness, Mrs. Julie Terry presented a unit called "Fifty Things I Didn't Learn in High School." The students chose topics from a list of fifty options, and Terry invited guest speakers in to present on those topics. On Monday, May 20, to close that unit, Erin and Michael Garrity of Triple Dog Brewing Company...
The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) originated as an idea from the livestock committee of the Billings Chamber of Commerce in 1966. In 1967 the Public Auction Yards hosted an event to showcase the region’s vast livestock industry. By the fall of 1968, a full-fledged livestock show with 250 exhibitors and 600 entries was underway. The first NILE consisted of livestock shows, horse shows, and rodeo. Today, those traditions continue as the NILE Stock Show and ProRodeo has become one of the largest agricultural events of the N...
On May 22, the fourth graders at Meadowlark Elementary put their learning on display in a State Projects Fair. Each fourth grade student researched a state, and Wednesday's fair provided an opportunity for them to share their learning with parents and other community members, who walked around to look at the displays, and visit with the students about their states from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at the school's gymnasium. According to fourth grade teacher, Ms. Shandel Fouts, the fourth grade social studies...
Michelle Summers, a professional artist originally from Portland, Oregon, who currently serves as a resident artist with the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana, presented an art program to Meadowlark Elementary on Monday, May 13, as part of the Art Mobile Montana Program. Similar to a bookmobile that expands the reach of traditional libraries by transporting books to potential readers and providing library services to people in otherwise - under served locations, Art Mobile Montana (AMM)...
At the Meadowlark Elementary School's end of year assembly held on Friday, May 24, fourteen fortunate students wearing helmets donated by First Bank rode off on bicycles donated by American Garage. The winners of the bike drawing were Avie Alisch, Janna Snedigar, Sasha Anderson, Hayden Paulsen, Nevaeh Christensen, Bella Brown, Amina Shellman, Alexus Gallus, Kiley Huravitch, Jerod Briere, Griffen Crowley, Falyn Cecrle, Dylan Dunbar, and Brianna Boettcher. According to co-owner of American Garage...
The MBI student leadership team (SLT) at Meadowlark Elementary School (MES) conducted a Community Service Day where all the sixth graders set out to visit five sites in Chinook to volunteer on May 14. According to SLT member, Brianna Boettcher, the group adopted the idea after attending Inclusive Youth Days 2018 on December 2-3 at the Billings Convention Center. Sponsored by the Montana Office of Public Instruction and Special Olympics Montana, Inclusive Youth Days featured Service Projects on...
Under the direction of teacher adviser Mrs. Emily Scofield, the MBI student leadership team (SLT) at Meadowlark Elementary School hosted a talent showcase on Monday, May 20 at 2:00 in the school's gymnasium. This was a student led project featuring talent from students in grades 4-6. "The school I attended previously put on a talent show, and it was fun, so I shared the idea with our student leadership team," SLT member Brianna Boettcher said. Mrs. Jill Paulsen's fifth graders launched the...
After considerable deliberation and discussion, the Blaine County Commissioners decided to consolidate the Blaine County Weed Department and the Mosquito Control Department into one: Blaine County Weed and Mosquito Department (BCWMD). The Commissioners named economics, efficiency, and accountability as key factors in the decision to merge the two departments. The merger officially took place on March 1, 2019. Tim Conlan will be the supervisor of the newly formed Department and Shane Fox will...
Free People Reading Freely, the Blaine County Library’s Book Club, met on Monday evening, May 6, and discussed three banned and challenged books: Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Marlon Bundo with Jill Twiss, and Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford. Readers shared their responses to these books using the six-word story protocol. With Gossip Girl, readers recalled the American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage that originally ran on the CW network for s...
The first graders at Meadowlark Elementary School have been studying life cycles, and to make the experience more memorable and indelible, their teacher Mrs. Tammy Edwards decided to give them a visual. So, a month ago, she contacted René Brown and secured eighteen chicken eggs for incubation. Carmen Van Voast also donated eggs to the project. After twenty-one days of monitoring incubator conditions, observing embryo development, reading stories, drawing life-cycle diagrams, writing about the...
On Wednesday, May 15, the fourth graders at Meadowlark Elementary School (MES) will be touring the Phillips County Museum, the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum, and the Robinson House in Malta. According to Ms. Shandel Fouts, one of the two fourth grade teachers at MES, these locations will not only fulfill criteria for place-based education but will be relevant and interesting to the students. Throughout the museum, students will see artifacts that interpret how pioneers, cowboys, and Native Americans lived, worked, and played. The tools, toys, in...
When Hilary Krass graduated from Turner High School in 1997, she knew she wanted a career in a health related field, so she declared a major in biology when she registered at MSU-Northern that fall. In 2001, she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. Because she always remembered the words of Frank Orlando-her pharmacist growing up-who told her that pharmacy was a promising field for young women, Krass enrolled in North Dakota State University's pharmacy...
The votes are in and the winners have been contacted! Cord Schneider's business plan for Mega Fab won the judge's notice, so Schneider will be participating in the Youth Entrepreneur's (YE) Start-Up Challenge Final Presentation at the Entrepreneurship Expo at US Nationals in Dearborn, Michigan, on May 31. When Schneider heard that he had qualified for the Start-Up Challenge Final, he was excited but quick to add, "It's not over. I can still do more to improve my pitch. I don't want to lose!" Sch...
A traditional saying claims that "April showers bring May flowers," but as the ground thaws and spring rolls into full swing, construction projects are also beginning to bloom. The Blaine County Fair Foundation (BCFF) has been busily making plans for construction of the Indoor Event Center, and the Bear Paw Roundup has been building chutes. According to Dale Williams, President of the BCFF, the Foundation is eager to get construction underway since one of the grants they applied for is holding...
Blaine County Library’s Book Club, Free People Reading Freely will meet on Monday, May 6 in the Blaine County Library at 7:00 p.m. They invite any interested book enthusiasts to join them in discussion of whatever they are currently reading. To discuss their April book experiences, Free People Reading Freely used the six-word story protocol as an entry point. Librarian Valerie Frank shared her reading of My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. To describe how this young adult historical fiction novel r...
Last November, Bob Nelson, Walleye Youth Day Coordinator of the Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited, reached out to school administrators surveying their interest in attending the Fresno Chapter Walleyes Unlimited Youth Education Day. Their invitation was met with enthusiasm, as several school groups will attend the Education Day on Friday, May 10 at the Walleye Pavilion Campground at Fresno Reservoir, fourteen miles west of Havre. Buses from Big Sandy, Box Elder, CJI, Rocky Boy, North Star,...
The Blaine County Fair Foundation will be holding a Community Garage Sale on Saturday, June 1, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Commercial Building on the Blaine County Fairgrounds at 300 Cleveland Road West in Chinook. According to Fair Board Manager, Debbie Ramberg, the Community Garage Sale is a fundraiser for the Fair Foundation and a great incentive to declutter or to finalize a person’s spring cleaning. Anyone interested in displaying goods can purchase a table for $20, although individuals will be held to a three table total. T...
On May 2, the Meadowlark Gymnasium transformed into a castle room from medieval times, and a Medieval Feast began at 6:00 p.m. Students dressed in period costumes and served a meal that might have been consumed during the medieval period-the 5th through the 15th centuries. Sixth graders began to arrive around 5:30 on Thursday evening to put on costumes and to show parents their models of castles and other projects. Following this show-and-tell session, everyone gathered for the meal. Lord...
As part of the junior high shop curriculum at Chinook Junior High School, Vocational/Agriculture Education Instructor, Robin Allen seeks out methods beyond textbooks and worksheets to capture the students' interest. Sometimes she achieves that goal by putting the students to work in the school's greenhouse; other times the classroom moves to a business setting where students acquire hands-on experience and knowledge. On May 2 and 3, wearing their shop coats and safety glasses, seventh and...
When Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) holds its 31st Commencement Ceremony on May 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the gymnasium at Harlem High School, Jason Smith, Montana State Indian Coordinator to Governor Steve Bullock, will deliver the Commencement Address. Thirty-one graduates are slated to receive their diplomas at the graduation event. Although Governor Steve Bullock appointed Smith to serve on his cabinet as State Director of Indian Affairs effective January 7, 2013, this young man's career actually...
The Hi-Line Wool Pool will be collecting wool on May 11 from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Malta City Shop, located south of Malta at 735 South First Avenue East. All new producers and current wool pool members are welcome. With approximately 35 producers, the Hi-Line Wool Pool is one of twelve wool pools currently active in Montana, according to records maintained by the American Sheep Industry Association. Wool pools enable ranchers to combine their product to get better prices in a...
Triangle Communications (TC) is sponsoring its annual photo contest to collect photographs for their publications. The 2019 Photo Contest is open to members and member dependents of all ages who subscribe to Triangle landline or Internet only service. One grand prize of $200.00 and five runner-up prizes of $50.00 will be awarded. Each TC customer is limited to two entries. These entries must be submitted via the electronic form on www.itsTriangle.com by July 8, the contest deadline. To be considered valid and eligible, contest photographs must...
