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It’s been a while since we have thanked people for donations to the library, and the list is getting long! A hearty thanks to: Donna Clay, Bryan and Theresa Danley, John Pike Construction, Dwane Bigler, Brad Taylor, Barb Ranstrom, Patty Breipohl, Wilma Mellville, Donna Miller, Tyler and Kyli Kropf, Tanis Ross, Ann Davies, Chris Johstad, Marlane Wenzel, Cheryl Kaneshiro, Tanis Ross, Steve Edwards, and Betty Finley. Whether you made a monetary donation or donated books, we appreciate your generosity. We have a couple of non-fiction books a...
The library has a small display of books celebrating our freedom, mostly about the Revolutionary War, but please come take a browse through those while they’re up. The Friends of the Harlem Public Library will be hosting their Community Appreciation Event on Wednesday, July 22nd, from 4:00-6:00. They will be giving away traveling tacos and Rice Krispy treats. Everything is free! So please join us in celebrating YOU and how important of an asset you are to our community. Next week, Wednesday, July 22nd is the final day of Summer STEAM. There w...
On Friday, June 19th our wonderful Chinook Senior Center hosted our 2nd Annual Senior Swing Golf Thing, which was another huge success! We had the most beautiful weather, and our course was sprayed for no mosquitoes, thanks to our fabulous greenskeeper, Mike Seymour. Naturally, our friend and community supporter: Kevin Elias was on hand to auction our teams off, as well. We had a total of 10 teams in play this year and a great time was had by all. Our friend, Doug Mosser was on the beer cart...
We have a variety of new books ready to check out this week. Pack your bags for a summer journey shaped by family secrets, long-buried history, and charming men with Irish accents in Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews. Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth is an epic, romantic dystopian fantasy. The Anniversary by Alex Finlay is an addictive murder mystery and nail-biting thriller - but it’s also a tender, heartrending story about fate, innocence lost, and two people bound by a single day. Land by Maggie O’Farrell is a soaring historical novel...
The time capsule items will still be on display through the end of this week. After that, items will be kept in the reserves at the library. There are still a few weeks left of summer reading. If you’ve been tracking your time read, please turn those in for a free ice cream gift certificate from the Corner Hub. Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, July 22nd. The Friends of the Library will be hosting their community appreciation event. Keep an eye out for more information in the upcoming weeks. Some books featured this week include: ~ A M...
If you like thrillers, this is your lucky week! We have books 2 and 3 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl book series by Matt Dinniman. In the second book, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, you will join Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they fight fantastical creatures and deadly mobs to make it to the next level and build the kind of fan following the dungeon masters can’t ignore. In book three, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Carl and Princess Donut, must team up with other contestants not just to survive, but to solve a deadly puzzle....
It’s already July! The library will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of Independence Day. The new Book Challenge for the month is to read a memoir, autobiography, or biography. Today is the day the time capsule will be revealed for all to see! Come join us for a program at 3:00 and refreshments as we reminisce about the past 50 years. There will be no programming the rest of this week or next week because the capsule will be on display. I’ve tried to stay on theme by choosing newer, patriotic/Americana books to feature. ~ Ame...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday June 29, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. in the library meeting room. We are already almost halfway through our Summer Reading Program. We send a big thank you to the Blaine County Museum and Shores Floral for sharing their expertise with the kids participating in our summer program. We have plenty of activities scheduled this summer. We have Beat the Heat Movie on Mondays at 1:30p.m. Tuesday, we do Story Time at 10:30 a.m. and Crafternoon at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,...
Believe it or not, we are half way through summer reading! Please make sure you’ve been tracking your reading, as well as coming in to get little prizes along the way. Next week, the library will be hosting the time capsule reveal from fifty years ago on July 1st at 2:00. There will be presenters, time capsule contents, and refreshments served. The actual program begins at 3:00, and the time capsule contents will be up until July 10th for the public to enjoy. This is part of our attempt to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our country. The Har...
Jack Van Voast has read 1000 books before Kindergarten! 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a passive program at the Harlem Public Library for children and their parents, where they keep track of how many books they've read before entering Kindergarten. Help us in congratulating Jack!...
Get ready for summer reading! We’ll begin summer reading programming next week. Come sign up! Children ages 0-5 will be tracking how many books are read to them; children ages 6-12 will track every 20 minutes read; teens and tweens will track every book read; and adults will track every book read. Rewards include ice cream gift certificates for the kids, and $50 Visa gift cards for the tweens/teens and adults. Programming will be: Storytime, Tuesdays at 10:00 for children ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers; Summer STEAM for elementary s...
Book Club will meet this evening, Wednesday May 27th, at 6:00 p.m. to discuss Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. We will take a break for the summer and start again in the fall. The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program is “Unearth a Story”, and it involves dinosaurs, fossils, and history. Carsey has a lot of fun activities planned, including collaborations with the Blaine County Museum and Shores Floral. We thank our partners for taking time to be presenters for our program. Our Summer Reading Program will kick off Friday May 2...
The Harlem Public Library hosts Montana Conversation “Plains Indian Sign Language” with Lanny Real Bird on June 1st. The program is at the library, 37 1st Ave SE, at 6:00 pm. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the Historical Society/Montana 250 Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana’s Cultural Trust, and private donations. We are funded in part by coal severance taxes paid based upon coal mined in Monta...
Blaine County Library will be closed Monday May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. Book Club will meet on Wednesday May 27th to discuss Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. We will take a break for the summer and start again in the fall. The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program is “Unearth a Story”, and it involves dinosaurs, fossils, and history. Carsey has a lot of fun activities planned, including collaborations with other groups in the community. Our Summer Reading Program will kick off Friday May 29th 1:30-2:30 p.m. We will...
With a golf theme, Turner High School held their prom on Saturday, April 25 in the Turner Public School Gym. Following dinner at six and pictures at seven, the Grand March took place with a parade of gowns and glam. After the Grand March, a coronation ceremony transpired at approximately 8:10 when Bridget Reed was crowned Prom Queen and Joseph Trautmann was crowned King. In the royal court, Avery Fox and MJ Beaman took positions as Prince and Princess. With music played by deejays Mrs. Kayleigh...
We don’t have a lot of new library news at the moment, so please allow me to share some of the services we provide that you may not know about. MontanaLibrary2Go is the Montana State Library’s platform to access ebooks and audiobooks on your device for free using your library card. Simply download the app called “Libby,” enter your library card number, and start reading/listening! If you need your library card number, please don’t hesitate to call us, 353-2712. We also have notary services available for free. We have a printer/c...
Blaine County Library Adds Life-Saving AED May 20, 2026 Chinook, MT Blaine County Library is the beating heart of our community. We want everyone to know that they are welcome and safe when visiting their library. It’s for this reason that Blaine County Library is excited to announce that it is adding an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to its meeting room. Additionally, because medical emergencies often combine several problems, the AED comes with a Stop-the Bleed Kit and nasally administered naloxone, or Narcan, (to counteract opioid o...
On May 14-16 and again from May 21-23, Tom and Caroline Patrick will present the Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. These shows will open at 7:30 p.m. in the Havre High School Auditorium. Matinee performances will see the curtain rise at 2:00 p.m. on May 16 and 23. Based on the Victor Hugo novel and the Disney film originally developed by Disney Theatrical Productions, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical with a score by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Peter Parnell. Presented thr...
This past Monday, Book Club began their last discussion until the fall with the book Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by author Jesse Q. Sutanto. If you’d still like to join, pick up your copy at the library today! May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the book challenge for May is to read a book about disease, addiction, or mental health. The library will be showing short films every Friday at noon this month. This week, we will be showing “My Depression,” a short film about depression with a 30 minute run time. All the mov...
The Harlem Board of Trustees will meet today at 4:30 pm. See attached agenda. A reminder to get your books turned in for the April Book Challenge, which was to read a book the librarians like. See some of our recommendations on our Facebook page, or stop by for a visit, and we’ll recommend a few. Next month’s challenge is to read a book about disease, addiction, or mental health. We have summer reading coming right around the corner. Keep an eye out for more information in the coming weeks. Some featured titles this week are: ~ Judge Sto...
We will show the movie The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Monday May 4th at 5:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. We have a nice variety of books available for checkout this week. If you like non-fiction we have How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson. Jenny shares more than one hundred humorous, heartfelt, and genuine tools and tricks that she relies on to keep her going even when her brain isn’t working properly due to depression, anxiety, and ADHD. She also offers tips to stay...
For anyone who missed opening night on April 16, Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) will have three more showings of The Government Inspector by Nikoli Gogol, translated by Mattius Rischard. The script unveils a “sharp, fast-paced satire that thrives on excess, including larger-than-life personalities and absurd misunderstandings.” Presented by Bear Paw Mountain Outfitters, evening shows will resume at 7:30 on April 23-25. In this locally translated adaptation, the spirit of Gogol’s original Russian text is preserved while the language, lighting, co...
National Library Week 2026 What brings you joy? Whether it’s cozying up with a new story, learning a new skill, gathering with community or something else, you can find your joy at the Blaine County Library. National Library Week, April 19–25, 2026, is a time to celebrate the many ways libraries bring people together, spark imagination, and support lifelong learning. From books and digital resources to job assistance and creative programming, libraries are essential to thriving communities. At Blaine County Library, we invite everyone to joi...
Happy Earth Day! How will you be celebrating? Did you know Montanans borrowed over 5 MILLION items in 2023?! That is a lot of saved trees.* We don’t have a lot of new things coming up, but remember our current weekly programs: Monday, Book Club for adults at 4:00 pm; Tuesdays, Storytime for children ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers at 10:00; Wednesdays, After School Squad for elementary age children, 4:00; Thursdays, Lego Club for all ages at 4:00. New books featured this week are: ~ Death at a Firefly Tea, a cozy mystery by Laura C...
This week, April 14-17 is the annual Montana Library Association conference, and we will have reduced hours and no after school programs, so staff can attend conference for valuable training. Monday April 13th we will open be regular hours and have regular programs. Tuesday April 15th the library will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We will have Story Time, but no Kidz Zone. Wednesday the library will be open 1:00 -5:00 p.m. Thursday we will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. “Mrs. Everything” by...
