Articles from the April 20, 2016 edition
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Sheilah and Buddy Walsh honored as 2016 Montana "Good Neighbors"
Sheilah and Buddy Walsh, ranchers south of Dodson, were recently honored with a 2016 Good Neighbor Award in a ceremony with Governor Steve Bullock presenting. Six couples and individuals were honored...
Chinook High students 'blown away' by Chinook Winds Quintet
Chinook Junior and Senior High recently hosted a performance by the Chinook Winds Quintet, a Great Falls-based musical group. The five members of the quintet are all principal players with the Great...
Chinook School Board offers contracts to classified employees and extra-curricular coaches at April meeting
Information from unapproved board minutes. Chinook Schools board members approved tax levies for the 2016-2017 school year, approved contract offers to classified employees and contract offers for extra-curricular activities positions. It was...
Dawn Lovisa, Nurse Practitioner, joins Sweet Medical Center
Dawn Lovisa, FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner) joined the Sweet Medical Center on April 19. Lovisa will be working ‘locem tenens,’ meaning on a temporary basis until the end of October. Nicole Legere, NP, currently working part time at the clinic, wil...
New Assistant City Clerk
Chinook residents have seen a new face at the service counter in city hall. Cheryl Alm is the new Assistant City Clerk. She began her duties on March 21 when she replaced Carol Floren. Floren became...
Bear Paw Meanderings
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. The...
Treasures New & Old; Cement Mixer, Putty, Putty!
Here’s today’s riddle: “What’s the first thing a guy with a high IQ does when a cement mixer growls its way into his yard?” “He gets out of the way.” The beast has at least eight tires. These you can count; there may be more underneath, out of sight....
Eunice Mabel Ehlang Lott
CHINOOK, MT Eunice Mabel Ehlang Lott, 91, passed away Monday April 11, 2016 at Peace Hospice House in Great Falls, Montana, surrounded in love by her family. She was most faithful and gracefully...
Sid Boe
Lavina, MT Sid Boe of Lavina, MT passed away March 20, 2016. Sid was born January 27, 1941, in Big Timber, MT to Miller and Esther Boe. He spent his early years in the Snowy Mountains and Lavina. In...
Richard "Dick" Edgington
Chinook, MT Richard "Dick" Edgington, 88, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Peace Hospice on April 9, 2016 in Great Falls. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 a...
Arthur Anthony "Archie" Kaluza
Great Falls, MT Arthur Anthony "Archie" Kaluza, loyal husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, who loved his family, his country, and life-long learning, died of natural causes on...
Hugo Christiansen, Jr.
Chinook, MT On March 23, Hugo Christiansen, Jr., 86, died in his home at The Springs at Grand Park. He was surrounded by his family, only to join those beloved family members from his past. He had lived through a long progression of symptoms caused...
Austin Nivens
Austin Nivens, 91, passed away April 18, 2016 peacefully, surrounded by his family at his home in Havre. Memorial Services will be held, Saturday, April 23, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. followed by a reception at the Senior...
Chinook Music Students Find Success in Shelby
Every year in mid-April, Chinook students participate in the District 7 Music Festival along with many other High-Line Schools. This years Festival was held in Shelby on April 15th and 16th. At this event students are judged by experts in each field...
Hogeland Happenings
By Anita Reed Cassie and August Handran and Teresa Cornell spent the weekend in Great Falls visiting Evelyn Hedstrom and the Kris Hedstrom family. Brandon Beck and Daniella Schilling visited at the Wallace Beck home on Wednesday morning. Susan...
Turner Talk
Steve and Colleen Hickel and Landon Hickel attended the jamboree in Box Elder Saturday. They have enjoyed watching these kids grow from week to week and doing such a great job! Nellie Obrecht and Mary Hake attended the Block Builder’s Birthday p...
Blaine County and Harlem Public Libraries Receive Statewide Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (HELENA) --- On April 8th, at the 104th annual Montana Library Association conference held in Missoula, the Blaine County Library and Harlem Public Library received the 2016 Excellent Library Service Award (ELSA) from the...
Blaine County Library
Thank you to everyone who stopped in and helped us celebrate National Library Week. We would like to say thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out a survey, which will guide us in making improvements in our service. We appreciate every one of...
Harlem Library
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...
Chinook Lions' Club draws sizeable crowd for annual Old-Timers' Dinner
The Chinook Lions' Club hosted about 80 guests for their annual Old-Timers' Dinner. The annual event started several years ago when the club invited a few senior citizens to an evening dinner to share...
Harlem Civic Association to gather and publish local recipes in time for Christmas
The Harlem Civic Association, a group of local volunteers who take on all sorts of projects to improve their town, has launched a new undertaking to create a recipe book. Organizers have set a goal...
Rainy evening doesn't dampen Chinook Tire, Lube and Sporting Goods After Hours event
Intermittent rains didn't deter guests from attending the April Business Hours event hosted by Chinook Tire, Lube and Sporting Goods. Owner Chris Carpenter said, "Mid-afternoon I was afraid the...
'Beeters rolling, win 21 of 23 matches in Great Falls
The Chinook Sugarbeeter tennis team is already performing at a high level and was hoping for two great days in Great Falls to continue improving their game. It turns out that one thing that can slow t...
Chinook collects another boys tournament win, 'Beeters place four at Whitewater meet
The high school golf season has reached its midway point and the Chinook Sugarbeeters are playing better and better each time out. The boys led by senior Ian McIntosh claimed another team title winnin...
District 2B and 9C Track & Field meets right around the corner as season reaches midpoint
Local track and field teams got a bit of break this past weekend as the season reaches the mid-point on the schedule. The District 2B and 9C meets are less than a month away. Teams are figuring out where each athlete can help the team the best and...
