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Koleman, Fletcher, Paxton and Sasha Anderson set up a lemonade stand outside of the Chinook Pharmacy on Wednesday, August 15. The young entrepreneurs were offering lemonade, rice krispie treats and a smile. This photo will be entered into out front page photo contest. Be sure to send your photo to bcjads@mtintouch for a chance to be entered into our $100 prize giveaway....
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Region 6 With our region of northeast Montana beginning to dry out and with the increasing threat of wildfires, hunters and other recreationists taking to the field must be aware of local fire restrictions and take precautions. Montana archery antelope hunters are already hunting with their 900-20 hunting licenses. Montana’s upland game bird season (and mourning doves) open Sept. 1, along with the archery-only hunting season for deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, black bear, wolf and mountain lion. Hunters a...
Sweet Medical Center (SMC) kicked off 2018 National Health Center Week with the Sweet Swim! at the Chinook Pool on the Saturday before the special week long celebration. SMC organizers finished the week with a first ever Sweet Market on the parking lot of the clinic in Chinook on Thursday night. National Health Center Week recognizes the five decades that community health centers have been serving special populations across the country. Nationwide health centers like Sweet Medical Center serve...
In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, under the recommendations of county officials, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) are now under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Phillips co. and on Brush Lake State Park in Sheridan co. Both counties will enter Stage 1 restrictions beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 17. These Stage 1 restrictions join both Hill and Blaine counties, who went into restrictions last week. County officials in...
Sixteen seniors from Blaine County recently spent a day in Fort Benton, the town known as the "Birthplace of Montana™." The day-long bus trip was organized through the Chinook Senior Center and was open to any adult in the county. Based on the positive response to the trip, organizers are hopeful future outings to places of interest in the region can be arranged. The charge for the trip included the cost of the bus trip, lunch at Fort Benton's Golden (Senior) Center and admission to two m...
Helena, Mont., July 30, 2018 – The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) announces the opening of a grant cycle to benefit the communities and residents of Blaine County. Grants will be made from the Blaine County Community Foundation Fund, established at MCF by Warren Ross in 1997. Financial support for this grant program also comes from the Ross 87 Ranch Endowment Fund, established by Warren Ross as well. Applicants must be either a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or an exempt governmental unit. Grants will range in size from $500 to $2,000. While g...
Who doesn't like recess? If you were to ask these little ones, they would all agree that recess on a hot day of school is just what the "students" ordered! These littles are from grades one through three at Turner School. They take a moment from their play to pose for a quick photo near a new piece of playground equipment on their playground. They are as follows. Back row: Harley Beck and Amos Billmayer. Middle Row: Olivia Keller, Willie Krass, Lex Wolery, Quin Billmayer, Alaina Egbert, Gracie...
With a week under their belt, the Turner School has resumed classes with bells ringing on Wednesday for grades 1-12. Kindergarten will begin this Monday. The staff attended two PIR days prior to the students return. Pictured are a portion of teachers and staff that were available for a picture. Back row L-R are: Mr. Zach Holland, K-12 PE and 7-12 History, Mrs. Shelly Harmon, Kindergarten, and Library, Mrs. April Fox, Welding, K-12 Art, Mrs. Michelle Keller, Math, Superintendent, Mr. Russ...
Havre Elks Lodge #1201 and the Elks National Foundation announce that the 2018-2019 Most Valuable Student Scholarship program is now underway. All high school seniors who are U.S. citizens are welcome to apply. The entire MVS application process is handled on-line with applicants being judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need. According to local Elks Scholarship Chairman Bob Nieuwenhuyse, applicants will be judged at three levels with the opportunity to earn scholarships at the local, state and national level. Six scholarship...
Kirsti and Max Cederberg visited Bill and Edith Bilger on Sunday. They had pizza with them before returning back home. Linda Hauge accompanied Jane and Harlan Krass to Havre for appointments on Thursday. Sonny and Nellie Obrecht were to Cascade for the weekend where they attended Sonny’s 57th Class reunion. He reported having a great time with 15 of his classmates. Linda Hutton was to West Yellowstone on Wednesday where she went to help Lyndsay get moved back to Missoula to begin grad school. She returned home on Friday. Reece Hutton left S...
Linda Hauge took Harlan and Jane Krass to Havre for medical appointments on Thursday. Lucas and Anita Reed visited them at their home that morning as well. Last weekend, Cassie and Evelyn Handran met Teresa Cornell in Harlem and they traveled to Great Falls to attend the bridal shower for Annah Hedstrom. Loretta Beck went to Havre for a dental appointment and met Crystal and Lucy Grabofsky for lunch. Lucy came home with Grandma to have a sleepover. On Saturday, Harley Jo Beck went over to Grandma and Grandpa’s to play with Lucy and then those t...
The first Lutheran service ever held in Chinook occurred in June, 1904 and was held in the Methodist church building. Ten years later the current Zion Lutheran Church building, at the corner of Illinois and 8th Street, was dedicated. Last Saturday Zion congregants and guests celebrated a Service of Thanksgiving for the Finished Revitalization of the church building. The service capped a year-long major renovation involving a new roof, an expanded narthex, a reconfigured access to the basement...
Rosalie M. Robinson, 93, of Billings, passed away Thursday August 16 at St. John’s Garden Court, where she had resided since April of 2012. Rosalie enjoyed over 6 years of excellent care that the staff of St. John’s Lutheran Ministries had provided her. She was born October 30, 1924, to Max and Iola Blatt in Chinook, MT. Her father died in a mining accident in 1932, leaving behind her mother and six siblings. She was raised and schooled in Chinook until she married John A. Robinson in 1941 at the age of 16. She worked many jobs – ran a café, wo... Full story
Virginia Alice Fuhrman “Rusty” 98, passed away on August 9th 2018a at Hi- Line Retirement Center in Malta MT. At Rusty’s request she has been cremated and buried with her Father in Hays, MT. There will be no services at this time. Rusty is survived by her son Robert Campbell, and two grandsons Brian Miller and Jeffery Miller. She is proceeded in death by her daughter Settla Miller, son Pat Phares, grandson Little Joe Phares, sisters Violet Wing, Cristine Main, Cora Crabtree, Caroling Sullivan, Leona Messerly, Angelia Shaw, and brothers Charl... Full story
Are you keeping up with the 2018 Reading Challenge? We challenge you to read 52 (or more) books this year. At the end of the year if you have met this goal your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift basket, including a $25 gift card. The Book Challenge for August is to read a true crime book. Contact the library with the title you have read and you may win a $10 gift certificate from a local business. Heather Graham’s latest Krewe of Hunters book is “Fade to Black.” Marnie Davante is hoping her former fame as a star in a cult TV show...
Changes are happening at the library! Next week we will welcome our new Assistant Librarian, Kelsey Buhmann Brown and the following week our new Clerk, Kadie Dahl. Stop in and say hello! The lucky winners of the Summer Reading prizes were: Riley Ingersoll- LEGO Kit, Abby Danley- Adventure Kit, Jameson Nordboe-3-D Pen, and Charley Nissen- Gravity Maze and IQ Builder. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated. We had a total of 508 hours of reading reported. Thank you to all...
This week we have had a problem with some power loss that caused the air conditioning, the convection oven, dishwasher and hot water heater to not work correctly. Finally, after Brett Zarn, Schine Electric and NorthWestern Energy co-examined the problem it was found that we will need to have meters replaced on the outside of the building. They have temporarily fixed the problems so everything is working as it should. The date for this is undetermined, but we will be open as usual as we will have our gas stove working and will serve up soup and...
Thank you: Kay Schmitt for pulling weeds in the back; Barb McDonald for double-bagging sacks for the Food Bank; Jan Egeland for the beet pickles; Sandy Miller for the tomatoes, cucumbers and beets. Wise Words: Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. ~ William Blake Did you know that Tuesday 21st is National Senior Citizens Day? Here is my personal “Hats Off” to all the wonderful seniors who enhance all my days here at the Harlem Senior Center! Seniors Rock! Our Strong Persons exercise class meets on Mon...
The 2018 general election is set for Tuesday, November 6. According to the Blaine County Clerk and Recorder, ballots for military personnel and citizen's living overseas will be mailed September 21. Regular mailed ballots will be sent to voters on October 12. Readers have already seen yard signs, billboards, TV ads and likely received information via email or social media. With the Election Day fast approaching, candidates all over the country are beginning to move their campaigns into high...
With our region of northeast Montana beginning to dry out and with the increasing threat of wildfires, hunters and other recreationists taking to the field must be aware of local fire restrictions and take precautions. Montana archery antelope hunters are already hunting with their 900-20 hunting licenses. Montana’s upland game bird season (and mourning doves) open Sept. 1, along with the archery-only hunting season for deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, black bear, wolf and mountain lion. Hunters and other recreationists should: Drive only on...
The Chinook Golf Course held the 23rd Annual Fireball Tournament this past Saturday with 20 four person teams competing. Plenty of Hole Prizes were available including a Trip to Hawaii, $5,000 Hole in one Prize and even a $10,000 three putt challenge. The team of Harley Paugh, Tom Schwab, Lane Seymour and Mike Seymour took top honors with a score of 59 and also won the Calcutta with a 29. Eddie Moore, Neil Rosette, Pete Stiffarm and Pat Whitcomb were the first net winners overall (52.03) and...
