Articles from the July 5, 2017 edition
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"Blaine County Journal" now in 'new, old location'
In late June the oldest operating business in Chinook moved to a 'new, old location.' The "Journal," which published its first edition in May of 1890, moved south on Indiana Street to the set of...
Dry weather conditions result in official actions affecting Blaine County
An especially dry spring and warming temperatures are resulting in several official actions that will affect commerce and life in Blaine County. Montana Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive...
Montana Republican Party held State Convention in Billings
Fresh from a success in the recent special election to fill Montana’s sole Congressional seat, Montana’s Republican Party held its annual state convention in Billings on June 9 and 10. Delegates selected a new state chairman, heard from Rep...
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Ordered
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Ordered for Blaine, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley Counties (Lewistown, Mont.) – The long, hot days of summer are drying out the vegetation in north central Montana. The resulting increased fire danger has prompted a...
Any snow planes still around the area?
For some time I've been wanting to do a story about snow planes...those exotic looking forerunners of the modern snowmobile. Snow planes were popular on the upper plains of the Midwest, first as a...
Bear Paw Meanderings
I have written before that I am not a big fan of potato salad. That is strange because I like everything that goes into potato salad. The other day I found a very old recipe in a Betty Crocker cookbook and thought I would try that. The biggest differ...
Elvin "Ellie" Kermit Johnson
Elvin "Ellie" Kermit Johnson, 94, of Lemmon, SD passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon on Sunday, September 4, 2016. A celebration of Elvin's life was held on...
Red Cross Blood Drive set for Tuesday, July 11
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE is Tuesday, July 11 in Chinook at Wallner Hall. The Red Cross will be accepting walk-ins only from 12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Appointments and walk-ins will be accepted between 1:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. Appointments are highly...
Class of 2021 graduates from Turner Junior High
The Junior High Graduates of Turner School were brightly dressed in a coral attire. They are L-R: Austin Welsh, Shane Kimmel, Alaynee Hawley, Brooke Reed, Shyan Krass, Ethan Heilig, Connor Van...
Hogeland Happenings
Susan Billmayer hosted a Baby Shower for Katie and Maya Billmayer on Friday evening. A nice crowd of ladies attended and many lovely and useful gifts were received. Elissa and Jordan Zellmer and family returned home from Belle Fouche, SD where they a...
Turner students earn perfect attendance
These two students were the only two who had perfect attendance during the 2016-2017 school year. They were recognized for their dedicated achievement the last day of school. Superintendent, Mr. Russ...
Harlem Library
Beat the heat and cool off at the library! Relax in the reading room while reading a newspaper or magazine. Bring in the family to play in the children’s area. Check out a new book. The Harlem Library is now part of MontanaLibrary2Go. This service al...
Blaine County Library
We'd like to say a big thank you to the Stonebroke String Band for coming to our Summer Library Program last week. They gave demonstrations of their instruments and then played a silly kid's song...
Harlem Senior Center
Thank You to Dale Klungland for fixing the lawnmower wheel. Thank You to Linda Tangen for the radishes. Thank You to Barb McDonald for the cheese brick, beans, milk, spaghetti and tuna. Thank You to...
Chinook Senior Center
Just a quick note this week... I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July weekend! The Hearing Clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, July 5 starting at 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning is our Strong People...
Turner Talk
Susan Fox was to Buffalo, WY to help her granddaughter, Lyvee Fox, celebrate her birthday. She will spend a little extra time with them over this next week as well. The Turner Boys basketball team...
Park Board says farewell to Thom MacLean
The Park Board would like to thank Thom Maclean for his service on the Parkboard. Thom was appointed in 2002 to represent the city on the Park Board. In 2005 when Mike Harding resigned as president, Thom agreed to accept the position of president....
Girls A-League Softball Season ends
Chinook Youth Softball's A-League team finished off their season on June 26th in Havre. They are left to right back row: Allison Powell,Alyssa Schoen, Kinley Hamilton. Middle row: Sarah Gillett,...
Better boys win Malta Hoops tournament
The Chinook High School boys basketball team completed a highly productive June this past weekend in Malta. The Boys won the Annual Swishfest Tournament defeating Hays/Lodge Pole in the championship...
Chinook Lions win Relay, Team titles at Malta swim meet
The Chinook Lions Swim team started the second half of their season on a high note winning the Malta Invitational team and relay championships. Chinook's Daniel Tilleman and Katie Tilleman each share...
What 'Cher Point?
The University of Montana football team is getting a new and better schedule as the years roll on. Most know that when the Grizzlies started playing the University of North Dakota, that brought a whole new level of football to the Big Sky much as it...
4H Teen Leader Raynee Hasler organizes Youth Bike Ride
Valley Clover 4H Teen Leader Raynee Hasler first came up with the idea for a bike ride at the beginning of the year when she had to write her goals as Teen Leaders for the upcoming year. "I wanted to...