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Stacey Klungland is our No Box champion at Hi-Line Dragstrip for 2023. In addition to that he was runner up in our Big Dollar Race losing to Cole Casteel from Minot, North Dakota. Stacey also ended up third in points in the Montana Drag Racers Association which is one race weekend at every track in Montana. Congratulations Stacey on an excellent year of racing!...
National Volunteer Week is traditionally celebrated the third week in April. It’s a week when the country’s 60 million volunteers who volunteer 4.18 billion hours of service are officially recognized. Senior Center Director Ginger Hansen, who joined the Center only a few months ago, decided to celebrate the Center’s volunteers a bit early this year. She planned and held a special event for the Center’s volunteers in early October. Hansen explained, “Volunteers assure the Center is able to contin...
Sweet Home is holding a benefit fundraiser for long time employee, Jeannie Madril, this Friday at the Eagles in Chinook. Jeannie has recently experienced some major health issue and the money raised will go to her to help with expenses. The benefit will get started at 5:30 pm at the Chinook Eagles. Dinner will be served featuring taco soup and cornbread or traveling tacos with all the fixings. The dinner will be a free-will donation. There will also be a 50/50, random drawings and a variety of...
Wanda Bushman of Malta, formerly of Harlem, has begun a battle with stage 1 lobular carcinoma, a form of breast cancer. Wanda worked at the Harlem Elementary School for many years and is the office manager of the Phillips County news in Malta. She is mother of six adults, and grandmother of six grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. Wanda had a mammogram in June of 2023 which was an abnormal mammogram, from there a biopsy had detected the cancer. Wanda will have a lumpectomy with partial...
Blaine County Library Blaine County Library Board meeting Monday October 30th 4:30 p.m. Trunk or Treat Tuesday October 31st 6:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday Homeschool Hour 1:00-2:00, Board Games/Drawing 4:00-5:00, and Teen Scene 6:00-7:00 (11/1,11/15, 11/29). Thursday LEGO Club 4:00-5:00. Friday Movie Day 2:00-3:30. Monday 4-8 grade Activity 4:00-5:00, Tuesday Story Time 10:30-11:00, 5-8 grade Hangout 4:00-5:00. Harlem Library Today, Oct. 25, the Harlem Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting at 4:30 in the library meeting room. The Book Chall...
Flu Season Flu season is here, which means if you haven’t gotten your flu shot yet it would be a good idea to go and get it. There are four different strands of the flu virus: A,B,C, and D. According to the Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) “Influenza A and B cause seasonal epidemics of disease in people (known as flu season) almost every winter in the United States”. Virus C infections don’t cause epidemics like A and B do but do generally cause mild illness, as for influen...
Hello From the Chinook Social Senior Center! Please remember that both Inez Halseth & I will be teaching a super fun card game, entitled Lambsey on Tues. Oct. 24th @ 1:00. The sign -up sheet is at the desk, or you can call & let us know @ 357-2648. We painted with Jack Brandon for his first instruction class, on Wed., Oct. 18th. Several people signed up for the first of 3 classes to be held from 1:00-3:00 on 3 consecutive Wednesdays. You are still able to join this class by calling us. Every day brings more wonderful people together, here at...
The Harlem Library Board of Trustees will meet today, October 25, at 4:30 P.M. in the library meeting room for their regular meeting. There will be no After School Squad today, October 25, and no Lego Club on October 26. The Friends of the Library are currently holding their annual membership drive. If you are interested in becoming a member and supporting your local library please stop by the library to complete a membership form. Annual dues are $10 and may be paid at the library. If you have been a member in the past you may pay your...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday October 30, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. The library will be participating in Trunk or Treat this year. The Blaine County Health Department is sponsoring the Trunk or Treat. It will be held on the 400 block of Indiana Street from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Plan to stop by and get a goodie bag from the library on Halloween! New fiction this week includes several from authors well-liked by our patrons and one from an author new to our library. In “Judgement Prey” by John San...
You know Lord, a couple cousins shared what their girls were looking for in boyfriends to make the boys super husbands. The cousins got a kick out of listening to that chatter - sensing that their girls had noticed several neighbors, some as super families, some just so-so. The cousins giggle, wondered if maybe they, as moms, should make a list to give to YOUNG mothers to encourage their little boys. C.Z. and M.C. took a look at their own husbands, making some comments. C.Z. mentioned: “My hubby’s honest, huggable, faithful, clean, sweet, sup...
The All-Class State Cross Country meet was held this past Saturday at Rebecca Farms in Kalispell. 22 athletes from Blaine County took part in the State Meet, 15 boys and seven girls. Chinook was represented well with seven boys and six girls making the trip. Harlem had seven boys and one girl while the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds had one boy. Chinook sophomore Neva Lowe finished seventh in the Class B girls race for the Sugarbeeters. Harlem freshman Branlin Foote was ninth in the Class B boys r...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters closed out their regular season in Whitewater this past Wednesday with a match against the North Country Mavericks. The 'Beeters will now turn their attention to the District 1B Tournament in Fairfield this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The 'Beeters were in Whitewater Wednesday looking to close out the season on a high note against the North Country Mavericks. A kill from junior Rilee Molyneaux evened the score at 7-7 in the opening set. North Country opened up a 12-9...
The Lady Cats closed out the regular season with a win on the road and a loss at home. On Monday the Lady Cats took down the Rocky Boy Stars on the road. On Saturday in front of the hometown crowd they fell to the Poplar Indians. The Lady Cats began the week on a high note, taking down the Rocky Boy Stars on the road in straight sets. The Lady Cats cruised to a first set win 35-14 to seize the momentum early. The Stars played much better in set number two, but the Lady Cats still prevailed 25-21...