Articles from the June 8, 2016 edition
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Kelly Mills named Blaine County Superintendent of Schools
Kelly Mills began his new duties as Blaine County Superintendent of Schools on June 1. Last school year the Arkansas native was the teacher at North Harlem Colony and the head coach for the...
Meet and greet held for local county fire, law enforcement and EMS crews
New York Street in Chinook was lined with emergency vehicles, the Sweet Park was packed with firemen, EMT's, law enforcement officers and a few 'gawkers.' Normally the only time that many emergency...
Blaine County Courthouse third floor remodel to begin June 13, contract signed
The Blaine County Commissioners approved the construction contract that will launch the third floor remodel project at the courthouse. After the bidding process was completed on April 20, the commissioners asked the architect to make some...
Bill Keller named Executive Vice President
Independence Bank is pleased to announce that Bill Keller has been promoted to Executive Vice President. In his new position, Keller will assist in leading, supporting and coordinating the Bank...
Independence Bank Scholarship Winners Announced
Independence Bank is pleased to announce the recipients of the Independence Bank New Student Scholarship the 2016-2017 academic year. All of the students will be attending Montana State University-Northern and will receive a $1000 scholarship during...
Bike safety workshop set for Harlem on June 16
The City of Harlem and the Harlem Public Library's Summer Reading Program are sponsoring a bike safety workshop to be held the afternoon of Thursday, June 16. The Blaine County Sheriff's Department...
Treasures New & Old; "Hog Today, Pork Tomorrow"
The West, Wild or not, is generally a beef place but not much of a pork place. Well, I heard once that Irv has some pigs, but I’ve never caught a whiff of them or seen them or heard their squeal. In areas where the whiff from the barn is called ...
Bear Paw Meanderings
If you are a Presbyterian the minister’s house is a manse. If you are an Episcopalian, the residence is the Rectory. If you are a Methodist like me, your minister’s house is called the Parsonage. It was in discussing our parsonage that I found tha...
Vacation Bible School set for Chinook, weekend of June 20-23
Chinook’s JUMP, a Christian youth group, will be offering a vacation Bible school program in conjunction with this year’s Loaves and Fishes summer feeding program. The four-day Bible school will meet at Sweet Park, next to the city swimming pool, on...
'Signs' of a special friendship
Sara Chaffin and Koleman Anderson are both second graders at Meadowlark Elementary in Chinook. The two have formed a relationship that is quite unique. Koleman is a special needs student but spends pa...
Hogeland Happenings
There will be a baby shower for Ellie Grace Guzman, newborn daughter of Shari (Goodrich) and Mike Guzman, to be held on Saturday, June 11, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hogeland Lutheran Church basement. Everyone welcome! Susan Billmayer visited and had...
Turner Talk
On Wednesday(the 25th), Lyndsay and Linda Hutton traveled to Malta to spend the afternoon visiting Dorothy Johnson. They celebrated Dorothy’s birthday. Susan Fox enjoyed going to Buffalo, WY to visit Bob and Lynette Fox last week. Denise and A.J. W...
Alert readers respond: story of Cowboy Mitchell shooting revisited
Reporter's note: Well, the story I wrote about the shooting of Frank Mitchell, a camp cook, certainly brought responses from alert readers. The story ran in the April 13 issue of the "Journal" and by...
Harlem F1 team returns from Nationals, gives elementary students demonstration
After returning from a successful Nationals competition in Michigan, the Harlem High United Formula 1 team took time out of their busy end of the school year schedules to present a demonstration at...
Chinook Music Students Receive Top Honors at State Solo and Ensemble Festival in Helena
After a very successful District Solo and Ensemble Festival in Shelby, music students from Chinook High School moved onto State Solo and Ensemble Festival in Helena. Out of twelve songs presented,...
