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We all may need to take a break this week after such an eventful Fourth of July, Chinook High School All Class Reunion and Blaine County Fair. The All-Class Reunion is held for graduates of Chinook High School every five years over the 4th of July weekend and welcomes everyone to join in the festivities. This year that happened to include those in town attending the Blaine County Fair. The two big time events worked seamlessly together and their schedules complimented each other very well, and...
Fort Belknap Agency has a new community garden, and Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) interns, Denise Stanley and Corbin Brockie are responsible for tending and promoting the site, which is adjacent to the Discover Fort Belknap RV Park/Don Addy Park on Fort Belknap. Stanley and Brockie were placed with the MSU-Extension program by ANC. Two days a week they spend at Hays/Lodge Pole, planting, transplanting, weeding, and tending the community garden there. Then, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, they garden...
Imagine being in a horrific situation such as a house fire or a vehicle accident where immediate help is required. In the event of such horror, someone typically calls 911 so that emergency personnel can be dispatched to render aid. In a small rural community like Chinook or Harlem, those emergency personnel are often volunteers, neighbors helping neighbors. Yet, departments across the country are finding it more and more difficult to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters and Emergency Medic...
In order to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements, all producers, including livestock producers, are encouraged to visit their local FSA office to file an accurate crop certification report by the applicable deadline. Producers are required to complete and submit their FSA maps as part of the crop certification process. The maps can be obtained at the local FSA office. The 2019 Acreage Reporting/Crop Certification Deadline is July 15, 2019 for Spring Seeded Alfalfa Seed, Forage Seeding, CRP, Perennial Forage not covered under NAP,...
This morning, I read an interesting op-ed written by a woman who is a lawyer and mom. She talks at length about the difficulty she has in that role and the hard truth that she often chooses her work life over her family because it fits her priorities. She laments the fact that she skipped birthdays and phoned in her participation in her kids’ school activities because her work was more important. I disagreed with the author on several points, but found myself identifying with her perspective because the same struggle often plagues folks in m...
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham Q: Are the stories true of people dying, going to Heaven, and then coming back to tell about their experiences? A: Best-selling books and blockbuster movies have been read and seen about people dying and coming back to life and telling about Heaven. There was much excitement, curiosity and confusion. Someone said, “No one has ever come back from the grave to speak of Heaven.” This is true with one exception. His name is Jesus Christ. He left His glorious home in Heaven with God the Father and came to...
The Blaine County Fair was held this week in Chinook. The weather was kind of unsettled, but the Fair went on as scheduled. Quite a few of the community attended. Congratulations to all the 4H members who worked so hard on their entries and did a good job there. MaryEllen and Wayne Deloach were to Harlem to visit Kay and Charlie Brekke one day this week. Susan Billmayer judged flowers at the Fair on Saturday morning. In the afternoon, she rode the float with the graduates of Chinook from the Big Flat. On the 4th of July, Wally and Loretta Beck...
The Summer Reading program continues through the month of July. Children should bring in their reading logs to earn prizes and chances to win the grand prizes. Teens and adults can also win a grand prize by contacting the library with every book read or listened to. The grand prizes this year are Kindle Fire tablets! The Read to Me program for infants through preschoolers and their parents/caregivers meets Tuesdays at 10 A.M. Grade school students are invited to The Readers Club which is held on Thursdays at 1 P.M. Lego Club for all ages meets...
Montana Actors Theater (MAT) invites Chinook youth, ages 5-15, to participate in KidsMAT, a unique theatre camp experience for younger children offered in Chinook from July 15-18 at Chinook High School’s Lloyd Sweet Auditorium located at 528 Ohio Street. This one-week theater camp offers young people the chance not only to develop their creativity but to learn essential teamwork and leadership skills by allowing them to create their own stories, sets, and costumes. Each day will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. with a culminating p...
Since we were closed last Thursday we did not play Bingo. I hope you all had a good time getting together with fellow classmates and took in some of the fair. The annual senior citizen’s board meeting will be on the 12th at 11:30, with the election taking place to fill 2 positions whose terms are ending. Then at 1:00 the regular board meeting will be held. If you are interested in being on the board please come to the meeting at 11:30 to make your desire known. Our activities start at 1 p.m. and include Pinochle on Monday, Shanghai Rummy on T...
The Quarterly Advisory Meeting will be held in Choteau on Friday, July 19th. Chuck Wasser will be honored as Harlem’s Senior of the Year. Let’s sign up and share rides and have a big showing in Choteau. Rose Noel was the winner of the June 50-50/Kitty. She walked away with $20.00. Our Meals This Week Wed., July 10 - Roast Beef Thur., July 11 - Polish Sausage Fri., July 12 - Crab Salad Mon., July 15 - Fire station Casserole Tues., July 16 - Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Sandwich Upcoming Birthdays June 22 - Phyllis Heilig Happy Bir...
Column No. 21 Columnist's note: My wife and I have been in Whitlash just over six months. After 20+ columns related to the Sweet Grass Hills I decided to write about a couple of interesting stops we've made in Montana outside the Hills during the same period. On my bucket list to visit for some time, we finally stopped in the town of Fort Shaw to see where the 1904 "world champion girls' basketball team" was launched. Since reading "Full-Court Quest...," a 2004 book about the school and the...
The Chinook Golf Course had a fantastic day on Saturday, July 6th as it was home to the 2019 Chinook High School All-Class Reunion Golf Tournament. 15 teams and 60 golfers hit the links in what turned out to be a fabulous fundraiser for the course. The weather was fantastic, the beer was cold and the atmosphere was relaxed and fun. It was great to see all those who played in either the nine hole of 18 hole tournament. Chrissy Downs and Blake Downs served the meal and the beer cart around the cou...
