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If you are a Presbyterian the minister’s house is a manse. If you are an Episcopalian, the residence is the Rectory. If you are a Methodist like me, your minister’s house is called the Parsonage. It was in discussing our parsonage that I found that most of my church is not marching to the same drummer as I am. First, with an elderly and shrinking congregation, the large question that looms on my mind is whether we can afford to provide a residence for our minister. Would we be better off to provide him or her more money and let him or her fin...
There is a very important meeting at the Senior Citizen's Center June 8 at 3 p.m. The Big Sandy Conservation District officials will be there to discuss their proposed new ordinance to keep grazing bison from destroying conservation lands. Dana Darlington is the head of the Big Sandy Conservation District. He stated, "This meeting is about the Big Sandy Conservation Ordinance. It is to inform the public about protecting the soil and water if wild or domesticated bison are grazing in the Big...
The summer reading program kicks off tonight, June 1, with Family Fun Night from 6:30-8:00. Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Join us for an evening filled with stories, games, crafts, prizes and snacks. Children may sign up for the summer reading program during the event. Two weekly programs will be held during the months of June and July as part of the “On Your Mark, Get Set...READ!” summer reading program. Read to Me meets Tuesdays, 10 A.M. for children ages 0-preschool who must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. The Ext...
This weekend is Memorial Day. What memories that brings back. First, my family would all visit the graveyard and I noticed that the amount of graves we decorated on what used to be called Decoration Day gets larger each year. What started out as putting flowers on Grandpa Lucke’s grave and mother’s little brother Bobby has now grown into around ten graves to decorate with something or other. It used to be a simple matter. I used to put geraniums on the graves, then go and get them after Memorial Day and plant them in a planter right next to...
“On Your Mark, Get Set...READ!” is the theme of the Summer Reading program at the library. Registration opens May 31 for children from preschool through grade 6. You may sign up at the library, on Facebook, or email us at harlemlib@live.com. Family Fun Night will be June 1 from 6:30-8:00. This evening kicks off summer reading with stories, games, prizes, and snacks! Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Summer Reading runs through the end of July with weekly programs for infants and preschoolers on Tuesdays at 10:00 and ele...
There are schools in Montana that haven't won three state titles, and even more that haven't won three state titles in the same sport. However to win three state titles in the same sport for three straight years is exactly what the Chinook Sugarbeeter tennis team has done. The 'Beeters took to the court this past weekend in Missoula for the Class B/C State Tennis Tournament and won the title for a third straight year. This year Chinook not only won but they set a new state record in points...
The regular meeting of the library board will be Monday, May 23, 9 A.M. in the library meeting room. The library will be closed May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. The Summer Reading program “On You Mark, Get Set...READ!” registration opens May 31. Parents are encouraged bring their children ages preschool through grade six to sign up. You may also register on our Facebook page or email the library at harlemlib@live.com. Family Fun Night will be June 1, 6:30-8:00. This evening kicks off the summer reading program with stories, games, pri...
The Chinook tennis team competed in Havre this past weekend at the Northeast B/C Divisional tennis tournament. The Sugarbeeters finished the weekend at the top of the leader board in both Singles and Doubles competition. Brooke Nicholson kept up her winning ways as she took the singles championship. "Brook is a coach's dream player. I don't have to worry about her at meets. If she makes a mistake, she has recognized it and corrected it before I can form the words to tell her. She always has...
Mother’s Day has just passed us by. I remember Mother’s Day of my childhood very well. When we went to church on Mother’s Day, and we did go to church, most of the congregation wore carnations on them somewhere. Red if your mother was living and white if your mother was dead. That tradition died out, like so many more, for some reason unknown to me. I was blessed with having two mothers and two grandmothers and for a time even a great grandmother, Augusta Behrends. Although great grandmother Behrends did much to make me frightened to this...
By Colleen Brommer Don’t miss May’s Book Challenge which is to read a book you can finish in one day! You have a chance to win a gift certificate from a local business. The Community Input Questionnaires are due back to the library by May 15. If you haven’t picked up your copy you may get one at the library or download it from our website at http://harlempubliclibrary.org. This information will assist the library board and staff in developing the new long-range plan. Your name will be entered to win a door prize! With the school year quick...
Almost as I am writing these words on a May Saturday afternoon, the Kentucky Derby is being run. It has attracted the rich, the poor, Royalty and most everyone else through the years. It is the reason I started writing this sports column. Many of you remember the writings of Doris Johnson (aka FlazT) did in “The Journal” Well, FlazT loved horses and she loved writing about them. Once in a column I wrote I referred to a horse as a nag. That really offended FlazT and she wrote a column in retaliation. As I got to know FlazT better, I found out...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Tennis team was back on the court this past week to finish out their regular season as they played two duals, one at home and one in Chester. They then traveled to Choteau for their annual invitational tournament to wrap up the regular season. Last Tuesday, May 3rd the Chinook netters hosted Harlem. The 'Beeters won 13 of the 14 matches played against the Wildcats. Then on the 6th of May the Chinook tennis team traveled to Chester to take on CJI in a dual. The...
I had a mess of shrimp in my freezer that needed to be cooked. So, I got out my recipe for Alfredo Sauce with Shrimp. I must say that this recipe that I found several years ago on the internet is so very simple and probably one of the best Alfredo sauces you will ever eat. First you need about two pound of U 15 shrimp. That will give you 30 shrimp to peel, devein and butterfly. To butterfly, simply make the line where you deveined the shrimp a tad deeper and split the body up about 2 inches from the end. That makes the shrimp appear larger and...
Nurses Week begins this year on May 8th and ends on May 14th. May 8th was designated as National Student Nurse Day, which is celebrated annually now. National School Nurse day is the Wednesday that falls during Nurse Week. In 1953 Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to the president, Eisenhower, to proclaim “Nurse Day” in October of the following year. The proclamation however was never made. A bill for a National Nurse week was introduced to Congress in 1955 but nothing became of it. The...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters tennis team traveled to Townsend and Helena this past weekend to play in the DAWG BITE Duals hosted by Broadwater High School. Chinook dueled Wolf Point, Whitehall, Choteau and a combined team of Boulder and Conrad on Friday, and then returned to action on Saturday squaring off against Anaconda, Townsend, Lone Peak, and a combined team from Harlem and Poplar. The team scores were as follows: vs. Wolf Point, 6-0; vs. Whitehall, 6-0; vs. Choteau, 6-0; vs. Boulder/Conrad, 5-1; vs. Harlem/Poplar, 6-0; vs. Anaconda, 4-0; vs....
The regular meeting of the library board is today, Wednesday, April 27, 4:15 P.M. in the library meeting room. Please stop by the library and pick up a community questionnaire. The library board and staff need your input as we develop a new long-range plan. Questionnaires should be returned to the library by May 15. You may also download a copy from our website http://harlempubliclibrary.org. Summer Reading is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for May 31 when registration opens. This year’s theme is “On Your Mark, Get Set....READ!” A...
This is going to sound like a whine column but I can see why people no longer answer their telephones. It used to be that when the phone rang you answered it. Now days I call someone and I get an answering machine 90 percent of the time. I asked a good friend why he didn’t answer the phone and he said there were too many crazy people calling him. I answer my phone and he is right. I think I get a scam call at least once EVERY day! Of late it has been a man with a far Eastern accent who tells me that there is something wrong with my Windows o...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter tennis team had another successful outing as they competed in Havre last Tuesday against the Blue Ponies. Chinook went 27-1 on the day. "Havre has a couple of hard hitting singles players in Paige Nelson and Meggan Smith. Both Brooke and Meggan got to play each of them and were very successful," said 'Beeters head coach Tom MacLean. McLean also said that Havre has several good doubles teams and he said it was nice test for his doubles players and they responded...
I grew up in a wonderful town at a wonderful time. Born in 1941, Havre was my stomping ground in the late 1940.s and early 1950’s. Things did not start to change until the 1960’s. Havre was a town unto itself. Its business district was glorious. There was our store, the Lou Lucke Company, a store that little boys dream about. There was Clacks Hardware, the F. A. Buttrey Department Store, many small stores, many restaurants, three Oriental restaurants, bars for all occasions, three downtown hotels, a flower shop, three jewelry stores and whe...
Thanks to everyone who attended the open house for National Library Week and to view the completed remodeling project. Please stop by the library and pick up a community input questionnaire. Your views will assist the library board to develop the new long-range plan. Questionnaires are due back to the library by May 15. The regular meeting of the library board of trustees will be held Wednesday, April 27, 4:15 P.M. in the library meeting room. “The Steel Kiss” is the latest novel from Jeffery Deaver. Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme and Ame...
A couple of weeks ago Keith Hanson, Duke Pursley and I were having a conversation in “The Mountaineer” office in Big Sandy about fish. Duke had said that he hoped it warmed up soon because he wanted to catch some of the fish in his privately stocked pond. I asked him if the fish were rainbow. He scoffed at the idea and said it was only brookies for him. He loves them about ten inches long and all the bones come out when the back bone is removed. That led me to dream about our Clear Creek cabins of my youth. My Grandpa Lucke used a cabin cal...
Please stop by the library tomorrow, Thursday, April 14 between 3-7 P.M. for an open house we are hosting in observance of National Library Week. This will give you an opportunity to see the completed remodeling project and to enjoy refreshments. This week we are asking patrons to fill out questionnaires that will give input as the library board devises the new long-range strategic plan. When you complete the questionnaire your name will be entered into a drawing for a door prize. The Book Challenge for April is to read a book your friend...
Like much of the time I do not know the outcome of the Masters tournament at Augusta, Georgia. I love the Masters for several reasons. First, it is held when spring is in full bloom in Georgia. The course is beautiful with camellias and azaleas blooming all over and birds singing their hearts out in the trees about the course. The lawns are green with the first blush of spring and commentators like Jim Nance make it even better with their lavish descriptions of the settings and golfers. President Eisenhower had a summer home right next to the...
It is recipe time once again. Here are three ways to make steamed cabbage. All three turn the cabbage into a very different food than the others. One or more just may be hits around your house. First, my mother’s recipe. It is very simple. She was a simple but good cook. This recipe makes for a very traditional and might I say pure steamed cabbage. Core out a medium cabbage and cut it into very fine shreds. Take a medium onion and dice it using a medium to large dice. Put a quarter of a cup of butter or margarine in a heavy frying pan. S...
“Save Those Seeds” is the next Learn at the Library program on Monday, April 11, 7 P.M. in the meeting room. Hillary Maxwell will share information on reading a seed catalogue for zone, fertility, and other factors. We will also learn how to determine the difference between hybrid, non-hybrid, and GMO seeds. Hillary will also tell how to save your most viable seeds and how to become involved in a community garden club. If you are a beginning or experienced gardener you won’t want to miss this event. This is a family friendly program appro...
