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Articles from the March 6, 2024 edition


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  • Local quilters made "cot quilts" for use by local funeral home

    Steve Edwards|Mar 6, 2024

    A chance reading of a "Facebook" post launched a project back in October that was finally completed in early February. Bonnie Hellman, with the Community Quilters at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook, saw the random post by a quilter who was making "cot quilts." Bonnie learned a cot quilt is a special covering for a corpse being removed on a funeral cot from the site of a death. The cot is a gurney-like piece of equipment that evolved over the years for removing a body from where a death...

  • Blaine County's Oral History Project is underway!

    Steve Edwards|Mar 6, 2024

    A Blaine County Museum Director Sam French's goal to begin an oral history collection involving local seniors has started. French said at a meeting last month that conducting an oral history collection has been one of her goals since she came to the museum five years ago. The first interview was conducted last week and more interviews are soon to follow. Last month, at a monthly meeting of the Chinook Lions Club, Sam French laid out her plan to attract volunteer interviewers and interviewees. Sh...

  • Triangle Communications to Hold Second Trades Event

    Donna Miller|Mar 6, 2024

    On March 11 from 9:45 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., students from across the Hi-Line will converge on the Hill County Electric/Triangle Telephone properties in Havre for Opportunities in Trades Day. In 2023, Hill County Electric and Triangle Communications hosted their inaugural event, and considering it a success—with over 150 high school students in attendance—they decided to hold it again this year. According to Bethany Chinadle, COO for Triangle Communications, the goal of this event is to expose area high school students to opportunities ava...

  • Dinner Theatre Returns to Chinook and Launches in Turner

    Donna Miller|Mar 6, 2024

    Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) will once again be holding a Dinner Theatre production at the Chinook Eagles on March 15 and 16 at 5:30 p.m. The Queen of Blaine County is a new script written by Jay Pyette, Executive Artistic Director for MAT, and personalized to Blaine County. The troupe will also be performing on April 6 in Turner. In this show, directed by Anjanett Hawk and featuring the talent of Mark Cichosz, Andi Daniel, Bonnie Ortner, and TJ Schwartzkopf, the annual Blaine County Fair kicks off and the Queen of Blaine County will be c...

  • ChinookSeniorCenter

    Mar 6, 2024

    Hello From the Chinook Social Senior Center March is upon us and it looks like our weather will be up and down! Having spent nearly my entire life in Montana, that is exactly what we would expect. We will be hosting the Blaine County Extension office, here at the Senior Center on Tues., March 5th @ 3:00 with their presentation of Feral Swine. The Foot Clinic is rescheduled for Thurs., March 7th. If you don’t already have an appointment, please call us at 357-2648. The schedule is nearly full. Friday, March 8th is the 90th Birthday Party for T...

  • HarlemLibrary

    Mar 6, 2024

    It’s time to Buy a Bag O’Books! During the month of March you may fill a grocery sack full of used books from the Reading Room for only one dollar! The Book Challenge for March is to read a book about siblings. We have a selection on display for you to choose from. Come to “Friends & Fun!” each Wednesday from 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. in the library meeting room. Get together for great conversation, games and refreshments. All adults are welcome. The Book Club is currently reading “Ordinary Grace” by William Kent Krueger. The next discussion wi...

  • BlaineCountyLibrary

    Mar 6, 2024

    The 2023 Montana Book Award winner is The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling. In The Lost Journals of Sacajewea, Author Debra Magpie Earling challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea. She brings to life a mythologized figure, while casting an unsparing light on the men who brutalized her and re-centering Sacajewea as the arbiter of her own history. Written in lyrical, dreamlike prose, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea is an astonishing work of art and a powerful tale of perseverance—the Indigenous woman’s story that...

  • Big Flat 4-H Club Meeting

    Isabella Van Voast|Mar 6, 2024

    The February meeting of the Big Flat 4-H Club was held on February 18, 2024 at 2:00 at Richman Insurance in Harlem. Members present include: Modesty, Alaina, Mason, Hannah K., Isaac, Hannah R., Natalie, Even, Jessa, Mary, Hannah V and Isabella. Leaders present were Hilary Richman and Shannon Van Voast. The American pledge was led by Isaac and the 4-H pledge was led by Hannah Van Voast. The treasurer’s report showed $2,954.71. Old Business: Jessa gave a report on the steer weigh-in. Isaac and Hannah Klindworth gave a report on the skating p...

  • Helen E. Soper

    Mar 6, 2024

    Helen E. Soper, 79, passed away on Saturday February 17th, 2024 surrounded by family. Helen was cremated at Wilderness Funeral Home & Cremation Services. A celebration of life will be held in March and a date will be set soon. Please call the family for more information about the celebration of life at 406-262-7392. Helen was born on August 17th, 1944 in Whitefish, MT to Frank and Doris Neufeld. When Helen was young the family moved to Chinook, MT where her and her sister Myrla were raised. She...

  • Three Locals participate in Bowling Championship

    Mar 6, 2024

    Three Blaine County residents participated in the 2024 Special Olympics Bowling Championships. Glasgow hosted the event with a theme Middle of Nowhere. Justin Konesky, Darianne Mitchell and Anne Jo Reed participated with the Havre Blue Pony team. Kassie Johnson is their coach. Anne earned a gold medal; Darianne a silver and Justin earned a bronze medal....