Articles from the January 27, 2016 edition
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17 tons through the side of a building at Chinook water plant
The crew of Jackson Contracting Group began the process of replacing two lines of huge open-topped tanks that remove sediment from water at the Chinook water treatment plant Last week. The large...
By Blaine County Sheriff's Office cooperates with Healthy Choices
Teenagers have joined forces with other teens and scientists across the United States as part of “National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week” (NDAFW). The week-long health observance, organized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Nat...
St. Mary / Milk River Rehabilitation Working Group hears updates on infrastructure repairs
The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group met on January 12, 2016 in Havre to discuss the their upcoming meeting with their water firm, Water Strategies, and hear updates on maintenance work being performed by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The...
Do you know what your kids are doing on the internet?
Blaine County Undersheriff Frank Billmayer presented "internet safety for parents," a program to help parents be aware of dangers to kids using the internet, to about 40 people last week in Chinook. T...
Aladdin cast and crew gave two magical performances!
The 2016 cast of “Aladdin” poses for a photo call after their second and final performance on Saturday in Chinook. There were 64 actors, three technical assistants, a pianist, two Missoula Chi...
A Visit from the Little Ones
How little is little? In this case, little means age two but not yet two and a half, and four, but not yet four and a half. The girl is older. Parents were not on the scene; this was an overnight with Grandma. Grandpa was out of town, but Grandma is...
BEAR PAW Meanderings
Let’s get one thing out in the open right away. There is no such thing as wind chill numbers unless you are going to school, work or the grocery store buck naked. For wind chill is the measurement of the wind on bare skin. If it was any good it w...
Blaine County Library
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting today at 2:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. Story Time is Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All kids are welcome to join whatever fun things Kelsey has planned....
"I Know the Plans"
At the end of the annual meeting, just before the prayer of dismissal, the pastor turned to Jeremiah 29 and read to the congregation: “Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future w...
The Journey
I’ve always been fascinated with the Old Testament, and how the experiences of God’s people in those ancient pages grant us insight and direction into our own life’s spiritual journey. The New Testament writer Paul declares in 1 Corinthians 10:11-12...
St. Gabriel's nativity set - vintage art and a longstanding tradition
Reporter's note: Nita Jergeson called asking if I'd like to do a story about an old nativity set on display at St. Gabriel's Church in Chinook. I was interested and went the Sunday after New Years to...
Browns win KAMUT honors for second year in a row
Johannas, Shannon, J.R. and Jake Brown went to Swift Current, Sask. over the weekend to attend a Kamut International annual dinner. It was there that they were honored for their Organic KAMUT grains....
TurnerTalk
Glenna Ammen has returned from a three week visit to Colorado to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Sheena and Robert Binder. Bill and Mary Hake enjoyed watching the basketball game on Friday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to both sets of basketball...
Hogelandhappenings
Hogeland Lutheran Church will meet at 9:50 am the next few months. Susan Billmayer attended knitting class on Monday. Hilary Richman, Anita Reed and Linda Hauge were out to see Dad and Mom Krass on Tuesday. Hilary made dinner for them. Matt and...
Tornadoes celebrate Homecoming week, announce Royalty
The Turner Tornadoes are celebrating Homecoming this week. Activities are planned for each day of the week and will culminate with the Coronation during halftime of the boys game Thursday against...
Young Wildcats ROAR
The ROARing students for the third week in January are both students in Ms. Brown's fifth grade class, Maciah Talks Different, and Sequoia Beaumont. Maciah and Sequoia have demonstrated they are...
Turner students enter poetry contest
Turner Students recently had a poetry contest in their English classes. They competed to earn a spot in the "school" competition that was held this past Thursday in the Turner Art Room of the school....
Harlem Library
February is Library Lovers Month! When you stop by the library fill out a heart with the name of your Literary Valentine ( a book character you love!). Your name will be entered into a drawing and you may win a basket of fabulous prizes! Did you...
'Beeters Speech and Drama divisional winners head to state
Six members of the Chinook High School Speech and Drama team placed at the Class C Divisional Tournament held last weekend in Cut Bank. Three will move on to the Class C State Tournament in Ennis this coming weekend. Tyler Ortner was the Divisional...
Chinook Senior Center
February is soon upon us and we have a very busy schedule planned for the month at the center. We have our new menu out, so stop by and get one or pick one up when you come in for a delicious cinnamon roll on Thursday mornings. If you want more than...
Harlem Senior Center
What Happened in history on January 16th? On 3-23-1977, The Mini-Series "Roots"... debuted on ABC TV... it became the single most-watched program in American history This Week's Dining Pleasures Jan....
Aaniiih Nakoda College has been very busy, a look at what's happening on campus
It has been a very busy time at the Aaniiih Nakoda College. Spring semester has started with 131 students attending classes. This is a significant semester for many who will be graduating in May. “ANC continually improves its efforts to promote p...
Chris Maloney speaks to local Cancer Group in Chinook
Chris Maloney farms and ranches east of Turner. The Maloney's have two children still at home. Last week Maloney spoke at the monthly meeting of the Cancer Group. He's a cancer survivor and told his...
Thunderbirds edge 'Beeters in 9C showdown as teams split season series
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds have played some classic down to the wire, momentum changing basketball games the past few seasons and last Thursday nights contest was no...
'Beeters bounce back, thump Big Sandy 73-32
The 'Beeters came out firing on all cylinders Saturday in Big Sandy Saturday taking control early in a dominate effort and rolling to a 75-23 District 9C conference win to improve to 6-3 in...
