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The Chinook Chapter of the FFA held its Annual Recruitment Barbecue and Trap Shoot on Sunday, September 7. The event was hosted at the Chinook Rod and Gun Club's trap shooting range southwest of town on Clear Creek Road. According to the local FFA Chapter's Reporter, Zoe Scofield, following a meeting of officers, the club's First Vice President Carter Rayburn and Sentinel Wacee Simonson grilled hamburgers. Everyone else in attendance contributed to a potluck-style dinner. After the meal, the...
The Chinook Public Schools District 10 Board Meeting was held on September 9th at 7 PM. Two board members were absent and only one member of the general public attended the meeting. The meeting started with Student Council President, Carson Kelly announcing upcoming events. These events are also posted on the Chinook public schools website as well as the app. If you are interested in purchasing a Sugarbeeters stencil for your sidewalk, please contact the high school for more information. This is homecoming week for Chinook High School. Friday t...
For the 2025-2026 school year, Turner Public School (TPS) shares their out- of-the-gate status report. That report includes new staff, unique challenges, enrollment numbers, and goals for the year ahead. When school began on the Big Flat on August 18, TPS students welcomed two new teachers and one new teacher of residence. Aaron Wolters will be teaching grades two and three, Saige Koetter joined the teaching staff as the Social Studies Instructor, and Britton Paulson, as a Teacher of Residency, will teach grades five and six. While those empty...
You may have a lead pipe supplying city water to your residence or business. Lead solder and pipes were banned in 1988 by the state of Montana. Prior to 1988, lead pipes were in wide use in older homes from the early 1900s. There is a large percentage of homes in Chinook that meet the pre-1988 parameter. Chinook City Water Superintendent, Gabe Harry, is aware of at least two homes in Chinook that have lead pipes supplying city water to their residence. The City just doesn’t know how many homes have lead pipes because there are no documents for...
Private applicators within PAT District 3 require six private applicator credits prior to the license expiration date of December 31, 2025, to renew their licenses. Applicators can also contact their MSU County Extension office for license information or review their credits on the Montana Department of Ag Pesticide website. Those that still need credits will need to earn those before December 31, 2025 in order to renew their license for the next 5-year cycle. The Montana State University (MSU) Extension Pesticide Education Program (PEP) is...
Harlem Food Bank Harlem is looking for someone to manage the Food Bank. Call Jack Siemens at 406-945-1127. Senior Center Chinook Senior Center is in need of community volunteers who are willing to become a part of our wonderful team of people who help in our kitchen and dining room, perhaps one day a week, for a few hours. Please call us @ 357-2648 or stop in and see Ginger for more information. Blaine County Library Monday: Home School Hour 1:00-2:00, Middle School Meet-up 3:45—4:45. Tuesday: Story Time 10:30-11:00, Kidz Zone 3:45-4:45. W...
Hello From the Chinook Senior Center We had the most wonderful time, this past Saturday, carpooling out to Beaver Creek for a Pic-Nic. Many people contributed to this delightful day. We were able to take the new YAV (Young Adult Volunteers) with us as well. We enjoyed great food, fellowship, Cornhole, Conversation, Frisbee and Pinochle, too. The weather was perfect and we could see slight hints of autumn colors coming into the trees. Nice work, Betty Finley, Vanda Montgomery, Rose Noel, Jeff Finley and of course, Howard Juneau. We should do...
HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) confirmed rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) in recent weeks at several sites outside its historic invaded range in the state. These include two plants in the I-90 median west of Three Forks, a few plants at two locations south of Dillon on I-15, and individual plants located where recent forest fires occurred near Wise River and Wisdom. Rush skeletonweed, a Montana Priority 1B Noxious Weed, has limited presence in Montana and if found requires eradication or containment and e...
A few things the library will be doing in the next couple of weeks: Next week, on Wednesday, September 24th, at 4:30 pm, the board of trustees will hold their monthly meeting. Please see the attached agenda. The Montana Library Network Virtual Programming, along with the library, will host Montana Native Plant Conservation Strategy by Andrea Pipp, Thursday, September 25th, from 6:30-8:00 on Zoom. To register for that program, go to: http://tinyurl.com/MTNativePlants The Book Club will read The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes. The books...
Anyone travelling in North Central Montana has likely seen one of the signs declaring: "Save the Cowboy; Stop the American Prairie Reserve." They are taped to windows, staked in lawns or fields, and affixed to fences-like the one on the Highway 2 corridor near Zurich. This banner speaks out in the conflict between the American Prairie Reserve and the Save the Cowboy (STC) movement. According to their website, the American Prairie Reserve (renamed American Prairie in 2021), is an environmental...
One of the new teachers at Turner Public School, Saige Koetter is currently teaching under an emergency certificate. Given that status, she does not yet hold a degree. However, she is attending the University of Montana to earn credentials in Secondary Education, specializing in Broadfield Social Studies and Broadfield Science (5-12). Although her job in Turner is her first teaching position, Ms. Koetter has worked as a paraprofessional and has been working with youth since she graduated from...
SOUTH BLAINE COUNTY, Mont. – Access will be limited on a portion of Cow Island Road just west of Cow Creek in south Blaine County, Montana, beginning Sept. 29 as contractors work to replace a damaged 3-foot-diameter culvert running under the road. Contractors anticipate the road, also known as Cow Island Trail, will be temporarily closed for up to 30 days, depending on weather and if any complications occur with the culvert replacement work. The culvert repair site is located just west of w...
