Articles from the April 6, 2016 edition
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Gilbert Horn, Sr., passes away peacefully at the age of 92
Gilbert Horn, Sr., former longtime chief of the Fort Belknap Assinniboine Tribe died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 92 on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016. Horn joined the United States Army...
2016: Year of Pulses (crops) and Montana is number one producer
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Danny Pratt, District Conservationist with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Chinook, gave a presentation to the monthly breakfast meeting of the Chinook Christian Men’s Group recently. The presentation wa...
Poets and Pickers set to gather in Chinook April 8-9
By Steve Edwards BCJ News The 22nd annual gathering of the Montana Country Poets and Pickers will begin Friday night, this coming weekend, and run through Sunday noon. According to Dale Mailand, long-...
Chinook Chamber After Hours to be held at Chinook Tire & Lube
By Steve Edwards BCJ News The Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring an April Business After Hours at Chinook Tire, Lube and Sporting Goods, on the evening of April 14. After recently upd...
Bear Paw Meanderings
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...
Treasures New & Old; Chewing, Chomping, and Grinding
The wooded lot needed sprucing (joke) up after several years’ neglect of the fallen trees and a record-breaking snowstorm the previous winter. Karl and Hubert are neighbors on a wooded mountainside. Over time, their respective tracts had become l...
Gilbert Horn Sr. "Returns with Prisoner Horse 'Shank Ta Oba Kni"
Gilbert Horn Sr. "Returns with Prisoner Horse 'Shank Ta Oba Kni" Fort Belknap, MT Gilbert Horn Sr. "Returns With Prisoner Horse "Shunk Ta Oba Kni", 92, of Fort Belknap, MT passed away March 27, 2016... Full story
Shirley Sargent Wisch
Chinook, MT Shirley Sargent Wisch, 81, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Shirley was born on December 30, 1934 in Chinook, MT. After graduating... Full story
JUMP mystery meal had "Flintstones" theme
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Diners at JUMP's mystery meal, in late February, enjoyed a throwback to the old "Flintstones" TV series. The winter mystery meal has become a favorite with locals who enjoy a...
Turner Junior High Choir sings
The Turner Junior High School Choir traveled to Havre recently for music to join six other schools for the annual music festival at the Havre Middle School. The students split off and practice the...
Turner Talk
Kirsti Cederberg, Amy Hutton, Peggy Van Voast, and Glenna Ammen were to Joplin for a Lutheran Church Cluster meeting on Saturday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Glasgow for a track meet on Saturday. They were lucky enough to see their grandson,...
Hogeland Happenings
April is Autism Awareness Month and the Big Flat Catholic Church will be hosting a free will offering breakfast in honor of Connor VanValkenburg. Please join us at the church on Sunday, April 10th, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon. Thank you and feel...
Harlem Library
“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 det...
Blaine County Library
Next week, Blaine County Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating the dynamic changes that are happening in today’s libraries. April 10-16 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the changing r...
Chinook Senior Center
We have had wonderful weather this week, so take a walk and come see us. We have a lot of activities going on this month you won’t want to miss out on. “The Man From Snowy River” will be playing at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6 in the library meeti...
Howie Miller: combat service honored with sculpture in National Museum of the Marine Corps
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Reporter's note: Doug Hayes, the Chinook High teacher who guides trips to Washington, DC, was telling me about a visit he made to the National Museum of the Marine Corps....
'Beeters, Thunderbirds, Wildcats and Tornadoes perform well at Glasgow Invitational
Track and Field athletes from Chinook, Hays/Lodge Pole, Harlem and Turner met in Glasgow for the season opening Scottie Invitational as the 2016 Track and Field season gets underway. Several local...
'Beeter boys start fast win in Shelby, Fort Benton, girls second in Shelby
The Chinook Sugarbeeter golf team got their season off to a fast start this past weekend as the boys team won championships in Shelby and Fort Benton over the weekend and the girls recorded a team...
Harlem FFA in Bozeman for state convention
Last week, the Harlem FFA Chapter traveled to Bozeman and joined nearly 2,000 FFA members and guests for the 86th annual State Conference. The chapter attended the general sessions, delegate...
Chinook Junior Prom is magical as 'Alice In Wonderland' provides the theme
Chinook High School held its Junior Prom Saturday with the theme being 'Alice In Wonderland'. The gymnasium was filled with color and presented guests to a true Wonderland experience. The prom began...
2016 Youth Serve Montana Scholarships Deadline Approaching Students can earn $1,000 for college in Montana by giving 100 volunteer hours
HELENA, MT- The Governor’s Office of Community Service, Montana Campus Compact, and Student Assistance Foundation are seeking applicants for the 2016 Youth Serve Montana Scholarships. The deadline to apply is on April 15, 2016. The Youth Serve M...
Big Flat 4H March report
The March meeting of the Big Flat 4H Club was called to order by President Reece Hutton on March 20th, 2016 at 5:00pm at the Turner Legion Hall. Rennay Watkins led the American pledge and Reece Hutton led the 4H pledge. Roll call was held and there...
