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Old paddle wheel boat beginning a new lifecycle
BCJ News Late July my wife Sherry and I stopped in Fort Benton on our way home from Great Falls. After walking along the river downtown we drove north along the highway (MT 387) that passes by...
Picnic in the Park" draws a crowd of seniors
About 45 local seniors enjoyed a picnic in the park last Tuesday hosted by the Chinook Senior Center. A first of its kind event held away from the Center was well received and attended by about 45...
The 2023 Blaine County Fair is a wrap!
By Steve Edwards BCJ News The 2023 edition of the Blaine County Fair is completed. Major fair activity began on Wednesday when participants brought fair entries for 4-H competitions and hobbyists and...
Senior Center "celebrated Germany" last week
Anticipating a visit by German guests Stefan and Millie (Hall) Walter and their son, Lukas, from Nuremburg, Germany, the Chinook Senior Center's Director and "guest chef for the week" Ginger Hansen...
Fort Benton's keelboat getting new "old" look
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Early last June I stopped in Fort Benton for a walk along the Missouri River. From the Visitors' Center I was driving northeast on Front Street to look at the "Mandan," the o...
Jim Teel retires after 37 years with City of Chinook
In an era when over half the employees in the U.S. stay in one job for only 4.3 years Jim Teel's 37 years with the City of Chinook is a serious statistical abnormality. Jim started with the city as a...
Milk River Churches hold joint worship at Zurich Park
Each first Sunday of the month the four churches that joined to form the Milk River Churches hold a joint worship, typically rotating among the three churches in Chinook (Methodist, American Lutheran...
Brad Taylor selected as Chinook's "Senior Citizen of the Year"
Brad Taylor was recently selected as "Senior Citizen of the Year" by the members of the Chinook Senior Center. The annual award recognizes a volunteer who made significant contributions toward the...
Japanese American travelers visited local sites and Museum
About 30 Japanese Americans recently stopped for a visit to the Blaine County Museum. The multi-generational group had traveled to this area for a reunion of the Sasaki, Yoshida and Arakawa families....
Chinook Lions 'replay' historic tree planting at Kuper Cemetery
In 1927, two years after the Chinook Lions club was formed, its members purchased, planted and kept watered 180 Green Ash trees along the boundary of the then new Kuper Cemetery. This past week the...
What happened...Did Dick Edgington's RagWing 4 plane ever fly?
The recent story I wrote about approaching my tenth anniversary as a writer for the "Journal" set me to thinking about some published stories that are still incomplete. I decided to revisit some of...
Chinook Senior Center hosted presentation about Evelyn Cole's life and art
About 40 guests met last week at the Chinook Senior Center to hear Blaine County Museum Director Sam French and "Journal" correspondent Steve Edwards do presentations about Chinook's own Western...
Another "Big Flat Fun Day" is in the books
Organizers of the third annual Big Flat Fun Day held on Saturday July 22 said the event was a success with a good turnout. The car show had a large number of entries and a BBQ at lunch was hosted by...
From an orphanage in PA to the Grande Villa in MT, John and Dona Clay are still together
John and Dona Clay moved to Chinook from Woodstock, Georgia in March, 2022 to be near their son John and his wife Kim and family. My wife and I first met John and Dona when they visited the Chinook Se...
Pie Social Held at the Chinook Senior Center
About 75 guests attended the Pie Social hosted by Chinook Senior Center's staff and board of directors. It was an enjoyable social afternoon visiting with friends and making new friends. And with 40+...
Approaching ten years as a "Journal" reporter/correspondent
Soon it will be ten years since my wife, Sherry, and I moved to Chinook. She came as interim minister at the Presbyterian Church. I quickly realized I needed a way to get connected to a new...
Nancy and Kelcey Diemert receive the "Spirit of Montana Award"
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte was in Blaine County last week as he continued his annual "56 County Tour," the third such tour since becoming governor. On the tour the governor will make stops in all 56...
First international meal well received at Chinook Center
Ginger Hansen recently became Director of the Chinook Senior Center. Last week she helped facilitate the first "international meal" at the Center. She explained, "I wanted to shake things up a bit wit...
I visited the Devil's Chimney in the Sweet Grass Hills, finally
Alert readers may recall my wife, Sherry, and I lived in Whitlash (north of Chester in the Sweet Grass Hills) while she served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church there. We lived in Whitlash from...
Shelby's "fight that won't stay dead" celebrated July 4
The ill-fated Dempsey-Gibbons World's Heavyweight Championship boxing match held a century ago was celebrated last weekend in Shelby. The event is likely Montana's most illustrious sporting event...
Kody Farmer: recovering and reporting from an intensive care unit
Many readers are aware that Kody Farmer, a long time writer for the "Blaine County Journal," has been hospitalized for a couple of months. Readers were surprised to learn that despite being in...
Angie Billmayer new owner of Chinook Pharmacy effective July 1, 2023
By Steve Edwards BCJ News On July 1, 2023 Registered Pharmacist Angie Billmayer became the new owner/operator of the Chinook Pharmacy. She graduated from the Skaggs Pharmacy School at the University...
Memorial service for "Grandpa Pumpkin" held at his pumpkin patch
Ken Finley's family and friends gathered to remember Ken last Saturday at his pumpkin patch down by the water plant in Chinook. In some ways the gathering for Ken's memorial service was a sad time....
New enhancements at the Blaine County Fairgrounds
There's just under six weeks until the opening of the 2023 edition of the Blaine County Fair. Debbie Ramberg, Fair Manager, shared some recent changes this year that will make for a more secure...
New faces at the Chinook Senior Center
Three new staffers are now on board at the Chinook Senior Center. Candice Dunbar, Head Cook, joined the Center on May 28. The new Center Director, Ginger Hansen, and new Assistant Cook Karla...
