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Last October, outgoing Montana Art Education Association (MAEA) Teacher of the Year, Cortni Harant, crowned April Fox the Montana Art Teacher of the Year at a reception held at the Yellowstone Art Museum on October 17. Fox recently learned that she has also been selected as the 2019 Pacific Region Art Educator of the Year, an award that will be conferred at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) National Convention to be held in Boston at the John B. Hynes Veteran's Memorial Convention Ce...
Forty-seven spellers from across Blaine County gathered in the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium at Chinook High School on February 12 to determine who would emerge as Blaine County's Spelling Bee champion. After fifteen rounds, J.J. Jendro, a seventh grader who attends Zurich Elementary School, was declared the winner. Jacoby Ball, a seventh grader representing Hays/Lodge Pole, captured second place. Blaine County Superintendent of Schools, Valerie White presented Jendro and Ball with plaques honoring...
Last year, Kristi Jensen's supervisor nominated her for the 2018 Governor's Award for Excellence, and based on her performance, Jensen won this prestigious award. Although the award was presented to Jensen in September, she received her picture with the Governor just last month. Jensen is a Business Analyst for the Department of Labor and Industry in Helena where she has worked for the past ten years and is considered a vital member of the Division. She is also the daughter of Dave Jensen and Ka...
Patti Hellman, daughter of Bonnie Hellman and a 2008 graduate of Chinook High School, recently earned certification as a Product Owner/Product Manager with Scaled Agile. This certification will allow her to be more effective in her job. Hellman currently works at a title insurance closing software company in Billings, called SoftPro, where she serves on a team that is developing a web application for creating a new culture and process for the company. When Hellman realized that she needed to increase her skill set, she decided to take a...
Malcom Birnell, who graduated from Chinook High School in 1990 and whom many will likely remember as Willie Birnell, is poised to earn his doctoral degree. When the process is finalized, which he hopes will happen by April of this year, he will be Dr. Birnell, with a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with a specialization in Curriculum and Instruction. Birnell updated his chair and committee members in January, and one of them conducted a review of his dissertation and edited his...
For three weeks now, several students at Chinook High School have been trading the leisure of a lunch hour for ACT test preparation. After noticing a trend in declining test scores and unsuccessful retake attempts to raise a low score, Chinook's Improvement Plan for Schools (ChIPS) Team decided an intervention was in order. From their brainstorming with the administration, ACT-uesdays Lunch and Learn was born. "Although the core subject teachers (math, English, and science) are all performing...
Spectators who attend athletic contests at Chinook High School's Floyd Bowen Gymnasium have likely visited the concessions stand and been greeted by the smiling face of Pam Darrah. Darrah has managed the concessions stand for Sugarbeeter athletic events for the past nineteen years. Darrah began working in the position with Billie Haugen, who had to quit after two years so that she could join the fire department and ambulance crews. Since then, Darrah has been the face and the force behind the...
Created by English Language Arts students enrolled in courses taught by Mrs. Julie Terry, art decorates the walls in the junior high wing at Chinook High School. This art represents literary responses to students' reading. Mrs. Terry's students are required to read one outside novel a quarter and to complete a project/report. The one-pagers on display are book reports, some reflect a more traditional approach while others lean more towards the nontraditional. According to Terry, considerable res...
If making a profit can define success, then the inaugural Blaine County Brew Fest held in the Commercial Building at the fairgrounds on January 26 was a success. According to Fair Board member Loren Skoyen, plans are already in the works to make this an annual affair. Although the Fair Foundation contacted 53 breweries, only seven Montana breweries were represented at the Brew Fest: Busted Knuckle from Glasgow, Jeremiah Johnson from Great Falls, Draught Works from Missoula, Bitterroot Brewing...
The word beacon has its origin in Old English when its meaning referred to a signal or lighthouse. Beacons were used not only by ships and later by airfields as a warning or guidance system but as a means for carrying news. A fire or light set up in a high or prominent position could also provide a sign of celebration. Since the 1600s, the word beacon has figuratively referred to a person or thing that illuminates or inspires. Drawing from these historical meanings, once a month, the Journal wil...
With the new year, the Blaine County Fair Foundation (BCFF) shifted into full fundraiser mode for the 2019 Blaine County Fair and fairgrounds. The Foundation’s first annual Brewfest held on January 26 netted approximately $1500. More than 250 people attended the event organized under the leadership of Loren Skoyen and James DesRosier. Ongoing fundraising continues for the Indoor Event Center with the opportunity to purchase a custom brick memorializing a loved one, family ranch, individual, or business. According to BCFF Secretary, Laura K...
A week of intensive practice sessions with the Missoula Children's Theater (MCT) Tour Actor/Directors culminated for area youth on Saturday, February 2, at 1:00 p.m. and again at 3:30 p.m. at the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium at Chinook High School with a full stage musical production of The Frog Prince. Conceived and written by Michael McGill with music and lyrics also by McGill, the story is set in the royal swamp and features a lonely frog and a selfish princess in starring roles. Hoping to perform...
The Fort Belknap Indian Community invites everyone to join them for the 51st Annual Fort Belknap Mid-Winter Fair which is being celebrated this week, February 5–9. The events of this year's fair not only align with its theme, Celebrating Our Talents, but promise to showcase talent. Concessions opened at the Bingo Hall/Community Center, the site of most events, at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, followed by booth set-up from 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Set-up continued again all day on Tuesday, and a...
In addition to conducting rehearsals for "The Frog Prince," the Missoula Children's Theater (MCT) production team hosted educational workshops for area students. January 28-February 1 became a week steeped in theater as each grade at Meadowlark Elementary School was treated to a theater workshop. Zurich Elementary students also received a school visit on January 29. During the week, Meadowlark third and fifth graders engaged with MCT residents Ali Thompson and Kayla McSorley, in an acting...
On January 30, Region II of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development, in partnership with Havre Public Schools, offered free training for schools who utilize the Quaglia Student Voice or any of the other Quaglia surveys. Janelle Deanon and Jordan Heilig, two educators from Meadowlark Elementary, attended this training to fully utilize the results of the data collected from students. The workshop, entitled Vision and Voice, was presented by Steve and Kim York at the Havre Inn & Suites. Steve York, who is a Montana native raised in the...
The Iota Chapter of the Montana State Organization of The Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) Society International held its first meeting of 2019 on Monday, January 28, with a 5:30 p.m. dinner meeting at the Chinook Grille. Their special guest for the evening was Tracey Warburton, co-owner of Magic Carpet Travel located in Havre, Montana. As part of her presidential platform, Celebrating Stars of Our Community, Iota Chapter President for the 2018-2020 biennium, Paulette Cronk invited Warburton, who has...
Free People Reading Freely, the Blaine County Library Book Club, invites readers to experience the satisfaction of a book discussion by joining them at their next meeting, scheduled for Monday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Blaine County Library. To participate in the discussion, a reader needs simply to select and read a book from the list of Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books. Free People Reading Freely discussed the final two books on 2017’s Top Ten Most Challenged Books at their fifth meeting on January 14. And the readers present d...
During the Middle Ages, people in England and France held a belief that birds started to look for their mates beginning February 14. For this reason, February 14 was called the "Birds' Wedding Day" in parts of Sussex. This historical note helped to link Valentine's Day with love and romance and likely explains why today, one of the most popular customs of Valentine's Day observed worldwide is to go on a date with a sweetheart. The community of Harlem will be honoring these ancient traditions...
When visitors reflect on their time spent at the Blaine County Museum, they often recall the museum's insightful and moving multimedia presentation, "Forty Miles from Freedom," on the history of the Battle of the Bear Paw and the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) of 1877, which took place 16 miles south of Chinook. Combining video, sound, and lighting effects and centered around artist Lorenzo Ghiglieri's spectacular paintings, the twenty-minute presentation recounts the events leading up to the battle and...
The Road and Bridge Department is responsible for maintaining over 1200 miles of County roads and 62 bridges within Blaine County. That kind of responsibility is something that Jess Murphy took seriously for the past fourteen years. "I wanted to do the job right for the taxpayers," Murphy said. "They were paying my wages, and I wanted to be a good steward of the taxpayers' money." At the end of 2018, Murphy decided to retire. He was a blade operator for the last four years of his career with...
Four members of the Chinook High School Speech and Drama Team competed at State Competition this past weekend, January 25 and 26 in Three Forks. Jase Pursley placed second in pantomime, and freshmen Shay Hauer and Liam Edwards placed seventh in humorous duo with their piece about lies. The drama team was fourth overall for Class C, just one point away from third and two points from second, proving how tight state competition can be. Jase Pursley, Grace Ymzon, Shay Hauer and Liam Edwards advanced...
A team of ten Meadowlark Elementary School students from grades three through six and two of their coaches travelled from Chinook to Bozeman this past weekend to compete in the 2019 Montana State FIRST Lego League (FLL) Tournament, which was held on January 26, 2019 in Shroyer Gymnasium on the campus of Montana State University (MSU). Out of 78 teams, Chinook finished somewhere in the middle of the pack after three rounds of competition. Every year, FLL releases a Challenge, which is based on a...
In a collaborative effort, MSU Blaine County Extension, Chinook Veterinary Clinic, and Merck Animal Health are pleased to be bringing Dr. Rick Funston, a Beef Reproductive Physiologist Specialist, to North Central Montana. Area cattle producers are invited to the Chinook Eagles Club from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. on January 31 for an evening that will include supper and a series of informational presentations. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Registration is necessary by January...
The annual Montana Farmers Union (MFU) Producer Conference is once again coming to Havre. This year the Conference will be held January 25-26 at the Northern Ag Research Center (NARC). The MFU and the MSU-Northern (MSUN) Collegiate Stockgrowers invite area producers to join them for what promises to be relevant information on topics like cattle markets and cattle handling, Ag risk coverage, Ag advocacy, as well as a Beef N Brews celebration. The Conference will open at 12:30 on Friday, January...
How has access to high speed internet improved the local community? Any high school student having the answer to that question and interested in using video production skills to provide that answer might win a grand prize of $1500. Those are the basic details for Triangle Communications’ Best of the West Video Contest. They invite Youtubers, budding cinematographers, those with an interest in creating commercials, or simply youth who find fascination while learning about the video production process to enter their video contest by the March 1...
