Articles from the August 10, 2016 edition
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Harvest season in full swing across Blaine County
The days are getting a little shorter, summer youth activities are winding down and junior and senior high school student athletes are gearing up for the fall sports season. As the community...
Is it "Chinook" or "Sweet" Medical Center? It depends, but yes.
Reporter's note: In June, 2016, Sweet Medical Center hosted the monthly Business After Hours event in Chinook. While writing a short history of the medical center before the After Hours, I was...
Chinook police officer launches "Blaine County Lost and Found Animals" Facebook site
Chinook Police Officer Jon Klobofski admits he has a soft spot for lost animals. In his job he sees lost or abandoned animals that are not claimed, even when it appears they've had good care and are...
Chinook City Council approves new four-way stop on Ohio
Final payments were made for the completion of the downtown sidewalk improvement project and the city will bill participating businesses for their portion of the costs. Four-way stop signs were approved to be installed at the corner of Ohio and 4th...
Bear Paw Meanderings
If during August you want to walk on the wild side, why not visit our giant neighbor to the north, Canada and explore the Cypress Hills? These days you will need a passport to get across the border and back into Montana as well. You can get an...
Judicial Nomination Commission Solicits Applications for Seventeenth Judicial District Judgeship
Chief Justice Mike McGarth has notified the Judicial Nomination Commission that the Hon. John McKeon, district judge for the Seventeenth Judicial District (Blaine, Phillips, and Valley counties), will resign his position effective November 30, 2016....
Local youth JUMP "destination" mission trip completed
JUMP, the interdenominational youth group in Chinook, just completed a week of mission service in what was described as a "destination" mission trip. Rather than joining other youth groups on large...
Loaves and Fishes cancels Wednesday evening event
The “Journal” has been informed that the public event scheduled by Loaves and Fishes for the evening of Wednesday, August 10, has been canceled. Events set for Thursday noon and evening are still scheduled. Thursday, at lunch time, will be the ‘an...
Turner Talk
Steve and Anita Reed and family enjoyed the Sawyer Brown concert Saturday night at the Phillips County fair in Dodson. Denise and AJ Watkins and girls recently enjoyed a family vacation to visit Aunt Kate Norman at Raton, New Mexico. Sonny and...
Hogeland Happenings
Susan and Emily Billmayer attended the HHH club picnic on Thursday evening at the Turner Park. This past week, from Tuesday-Saturday, Grandma Loretta and Grandpa Wally Beck were busy with all the grandkids while their parents were harvesting. On...
Harlem Library
The Book Challenge for August is to read a book set in the future or the distant past. There will be no Story Hour or Books and Babies the rest of the month. They will resume the first week of September. Lego Cub will not meet August 11 and 18, but...
Blaine County Library
We would like to send a shout out to Kourtney Hanson, who volunteered this summer and helped with our Tuesday programs. Many of our hectic programs went so much smoother with Kourtney’s help. We appreciate you! The final day to turn reading logs i...
Davies family celebrate a journey and a wedding
It was one hundred and one years ago when William Arthur Davies first came to Blaine County and this weekend the family got together to celebrate. Relatives and friends came from all over to partake...
The Cromley family makes a return visit to Blaine County
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Reporter's note: Through the various Homestead Acts, some 1.6 million homesteaders settled nearly 10% of the total area of the U.S., mostly in the western states. The familie...
Hays Powwow set to take place in beautiful Mission Canyon
This weekend the 60th Annual Hays Powwow will take place at the Mission Canyon Powwow Arena on The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Visitors by the thousands will converge on the Powwow grounds where...
High school sports begin practice this week
The time is finally here for the fall high school sports season to get underway. For the seniors their final season is upon them and each and everyone of them will look to help their team make it memorable. For the juniors and sophomores, they bring...
What 'Cher Point
By the time you have read these words there will have been a Hall of Fame game played in the NFL and broadcast on ESPN. It was on last Sunday and even though our print deadline won’t let us tell you the score, it was Green Bay vs. Indianapolis. I i...
Chinook Golf & Country Club crowns Men's and Women's champions
This past Sunday new Men’s and Women’s champions were crowned as the Chinook Golf and Country Club held its annual club tournament. Troy Azure won the men’s championship flight with a round of 38-37 75. Azure earned a par on the 18th hole to take...
A 'long North Dakota goodbye' from Chinook
When my wife, Sherry, graduated from seminary, she was called to be the minister of three yoked churches in the eastern part of North Dakota. We flew to the interview and when we stepped off the...
