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The Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce held their monthly meeting at the Chamber office on main street April 13th, 2017 at 6:00pm. Fundraising ideas have been discussed the last few months and we have decided to start the Farmer Rancher Appreciation night again. There will be a committee meeting on April 26th at 6:00 p.m. for anyone that is interested in helping with the planning of this event can contact any of the board members. We will be meeting at the Chamber office on Main Street. Sarah Pratt is putting together a power point to use for our...
Guests for Easter Dinner at Max and Kirsti Cederbergs were Dennis Cornell, Lenny Erickson, and Danny Kegel. Nellie Obrecht attended a bridal shower for Annie Van Voast on Saturday evening at Susan Billmayer’s home. Glenna Ammen was a dinner guest on Easter of Darci and BG Ammen’s. Miles and Linda Hutton traveled to Cut Bank on Thursday to take in a track meet that Reece competed in. After the meet, they went on to Missoula where they attended a U of M Mortar Board Senior Honor Society on Friday. They visited Adrienne Hutton in Great Falls and...
There will be a bridal shower for Annie Van Voast on Saturday, April 15th at 7:00 p.m. at Susan Billmayer’s home at 565 Bevolden Rd. Hogeland. Everyone is invited to attend. Please come wish the bride to be good wishes. Max and Kirsti Cederberg and Francis and Peggy Van Voast went to Billings to see Garrison Keillor this week. There is a track meet scheduled for this Thursday on April 13th in Whitewater beginning at 9:30 am. This is for grades 5-12. Family celebrated a belated birthday party for Linda Hauge on Sunday at the Harlan Krass h...
Condolences to the family of Marjorie Mohar. Services were Saturday at the Catholic Church. Thoughts and prayers to all the family. Kirsti Cederberg, Peggy Van Voast, and Amy Hutton travel to Kremlin to attend a WELCA convention on Saturday. Francis Van Voast and Max Cederberg were to Medicine Hat on Saturday to a Swap Meet. Congratulations to Sarah Billmayer for breaking the school record in the 300m Hurdles on Friday. She turned around and broke her own record on Saturday in Glasgow. Congratulations! It sounds as though all the tracks teams... Full story
In October, officers were elected. President- Reece Hutton, Vice President-Rennay Watkins, Secretary- Ashlea Schroder, Treasurer- Brooke Reed, Reporter- Hannah Richman, Historians- Jessa Schroder and Izzy Baker. Awards were handed out from Achievement day. Brooke Reed received the Super Sweepstakes award. Reece Hutton received a Steer of Merit and Swine of Excellence awards. Ashlea & Jessa Schroder received Certified lamb, with Ashlea placing first place in carcass evaluation and Jessa placing third. Parents were asked to represent family with...
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 H.S, boys and girls play in a five on five basketball tournament. Nellie and Sonny Obrecht attended Helen Hornung’s 90th birthday party in Harlem on Saturday. Peggy and Rose Van Voast were to Harlem on Saturday to attend Helen Hornung’s birthday party. Lenny Erickson and Kirsti Cederberg were to the...
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, Jennifer Hellman, and guest Clint Greytak. The minutes were read and approved by the board. New certificates for memberships have been finalized and will be sent out for our new members as they become available. The License plate fundraiser is on hold for the time being as there is a much higher...
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 writing and show encouragement to continue writing. She also presented the top winners of the contest a certificate and monetary prize. Second place winners received a certificate. She spoke about how difficult it was judging these papers as each one is so unique in its own content and the Auxiliary just...
Mark your calendars for the Big Flat Catholic Church Spring Dinner! Stop by the Catholic Church Fellowship Hall this coming Sunday, March 26th from 12:00-2:00 for a delicious dinner. You’ll be glad you did!! Linda Hauge was to Havre with Harlan and Jane Krass on Tuesday for medical appointments. Birthday supper was held this past Thursday for Bridget Reed at the Reed home. Beside, her immediate family were Jim Reed, Harlan and Jane Krass, Linda and Darel Hauge, and Randy and Diana Maloney. Glenna Ammen took in the Elementary basketball games i...
The Steve Hickel family attended the elementary basketball jamboree in Havre on Sunday. They had fun watching the young Tornadoes play. Brian and Lynette Sallee of Lewistown spent the night at the Ralph Snider home coming especially for the Seed Show and visiting family and friends. Don and Bonnie Harmon took in the finals of the EMR class on Sunday at the Lutheran Church. Afterwards, they attended a 50th birthday party for Jon Harmon at the bar. Happy 50th Jon!! Bill and Mary Hake took in the Quilt Show at the Montana Seed Show held in Harlem...
Bill and Mary Hake attended birthday supper for Carson Maloney on Monday night. Gerald and Shirley Keller were to Butte to watch the State A basketball tournament. They enjoyed watching their granddaughter, Kendall, who plays for the Blue Ponies. The Keller’s stayed with Juliann Solomon and family Wednesday through Saturday. It was fun to see all the family! Brooke Reed had her final physical therapy on Friday following her ankle injury from October. She has come a long way since that accident. Congratulations, Brooke, on your P/T g...
Taylor and Kayla Fouts were down to Mary and Bill Hake’s home for lunch on Sunday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to the Harlem Civic Association spaghetti dinner where EMS crews and their families were honored for their services throughout Blaine County. The Harmon’s enjoyed this very much. Darla Quinlan visited her mother, Rose Van Voast over the weekend. Anita Reed attended the County level spelling Bee in Chinook at the Chinook High School on Tuesday. Turner had a group of students attending and competing on the county level. Word has been rec...
Jessi and Alex Billmayer of Hogeland delivered fifty filled thermal Thirty One totes to Benefis NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) in Great Falls last weekend. This exceeded their goal from in the past. They had each bag filled with a variety of goodies including books, baby blankets, baby beanies, ice packs, hand sanitizers, notebooks and pens and pencils, and other handy items that one needs when staying overnight. Many of the donations came from people in the surrounding communities. Three of Billmayer’s four children spent time in the N...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank took in the District 9C basketball tournament games this weekend. Bill and Mary Hake were in Great Falls for a couple days this past week. Jack and Carla Van Voast had a dinner at their home on Saturday night. Those coming were Bill and Mary Hake, and Dick and Marge Hickel. They report having a wonderful meal filled with great fellowship. Don and Bonnie Harmon thoroughly enjoyed the District 9C tournament this weekend. They enjoyed cheering on the their hometown Turner Tornadoes. While in Havre, they stopped in to visit...
On February 8th, 2017 at 6:08 P.M. the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce had their regular monthly meeting at the Chamber office on Main Street. In attendance were: Robert Kelley, Heather DePriest, Frank Pehrson, Bonnie Weber, Sarah Pratt, Jennifer Hellman and guest Casey Overturff. After a committee meeting for the License plate fundraiser we are excited to say that we have come up with a design and are awaiting approval on them from the state. There has not been a Business After Hours event...
Linda and Darel were to Superior for the weekend and met up with Adam and Lauren Hauge and Caleb. They spent the weekend visiting while Adam was brewing. They were also able to get in a little spoiling of their grandson as well. They were guests of Jim and Roberta Ball. Tracer and Ethan Heilig were in Harlem on Sunday and spent the day visiting with Grandpa Kenny and Grandma Phyllis. Peggy and Francis Van Voast were traveling companions of Max and Kirsti Cederberg this weekend as they traveled to Lethbridge for a swap meet. This week marks the...
On February 21st, Blaine County MSU Extension and North Central Montana Stockgrowers Association will be hosting an informational meeting for land owners and cattle producers. Starting at 4 pm, Stephen Vantassel, Vertebrate Pest Specialist for the Montana Department of Agriculture, will share with participants methods to control prairie dogs and pocket gophers in Montana. Additionally, Dr. Tony Moravec, with Veterinary Services at Merial Animal Health will speak about why parasites are an issue in cattle and how spring deworming can benefit...
Linda Hauge was to Havre with Harlan and Jane Krass for medical appointments. Max and Kirsti Cederberg were to Bozeman over the weekend for the annual Montana Street Rod Association meeting. Anita Reed and kids were to Havre on Friday for Brooke’s Doctor appointment. Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed basketball action over the weekend. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Hays for the Tornado basketball game on Friday. Virginia McCracken spent Tuesday night in Chinook and then went on to Great Falls with Doug on Wednesday for her medical appointments. T...
The Senior Class of 2017 were honored at the last home basketball game for the 2016-2017 ball season. Four seniors were recognized for their years at Turner School. They met their family parents at half court and the crowd wished them well. Above left, Rennay Watkins is the daughter of A.J. and Denise Watkins. In High School she has been involved in basketball, track, student council, National Honor Society, and Pep Club. She has also been involved in 4-H and Youth Group. Rennay's future plans...
Terry and Tammy Jones were to Shelby one day this past week where Britney was a presentor at an AG conference. Senior night will be held this Tuesday at the Turner School. The presentation will take place prior to the game. It will be held at 3:45 p.m. with both girls and boys varsity games to follow. Gerald and Shirley Keller spent a week in Las Vegas with Cheryl and Deldre Carr and family. Virginia McCracken was to Tim and Cindy Cowan’s on Sunday for dinner. Nellie and Sonny Obrecht were on the road this weekend taking in several basketball g...
On January 11th, 2017 at 6:34 P.M. the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce had their regular monthly meeting at the Chamber office on Main Street. In attendance were: Heather DePriest, Frank Pehrson, Jayne Morrow, Bonnie Weber, Robert Kelley, Hayley Yost, Sarah Pratt and Jennifer Hellman. We have been discussing on doing fundraising for the Chamber. License plates have been one of the ideas we have been talking about. We have a final committee meeting that will take place in the next few weeks to finalize this. There is one new business to...
Glenna Ammen has returned from Castle Rock, CO where she went to spend the Christmas holidays with her daughter and son in law. She attended basketball games in Turner since her return. Bill and Mary Hake were to Brenda Maloney’s belated birthday celebration on Saturday at the Turner Old Gym. They also enjoyed watching the Tornadoes play basketball games on Turner’s home court this weekend. Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed basketball action this weekend at Turner. Don Harmon was to the basketball games in Turner this weekend. Bonnie was home wit...
The students at Turner Public School had a blast last week during recess prior to the warmer temps and winds that melted a good share of the snow. But, prior to that, the kiddos had a blast digging and rolling snow across the playground. You can bet, where there's snow to be sculpted, there's kids. That's just a given. The many snowbanks that were pushed across the playground, was a sign of tunneling later on. Shown here is Preston Egbert, Olivia Keller, and Holly Grabofsky....
The 2016-2017 Homecoming was held this past weekend at the Tornado gymnasium. Festivities were held all week long with activities ranging from Pajama Day, Retro Day, Hawaiian Day and Green and White Day. Floats were constructed during the week to partake in the Homecoming Parade prior to Homecoming between games on Friday. Preschool and Kindergarten students were asked to pull the floats at the game and first, second, and third prizes were awarded to the winning classes after being...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed a weekend of basketball. They attended all of Turner’s games and then on Saturday they traveled to Havre and took in Northern’s games. Kirsti and Max Cederberg were to Havre for their annual Christmas Car Club Christmas party on Saturday. They enjoyed the company of Peggy and Francis Van Voast. Don and Bonnie Harmon enjoyed a weekend of spectacular Tornado basketball Gerald and Shirley Keller enjoyed basketball games in Turner and then on to Rocky Boy to watch their granddaughter, Kendall, play. After that gam...
