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In a week-long residency from December 8 through December 13, the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) Red Truck Tour will be in Chinook to stage a performance of The Jungle Book. Auditions will be held on Monday, December 8 beginning at 4:00 p.m. in Chinook High School’s Lloyd Sweet Auditorium. Those auditioning should plan to stay for approximately two hours. Some of the cast members may also be asked to remain for a rehearsal immediately following auditions. With approximately 50-60 roles available for local students, youth in grades K-12 are...
Happy December, all! Tonight is the night of the Wine & Cheese Event, hosted by the Friends of the Library. No more tickets will be sold, but you may purchase them at the door tonight at 6:00 for $15. Next week, we have the Jubilee coming up on Thursday, December 11th, from 4:30-7:00. Stop in the library to warm up and possibly visit a special guest. The Book Challenge for December is to read a book that involves some kind of game. When you’ve read a book in that category, let us know, and we’ll put you in the drawing for a $10 gift cer...
Happy Thanksgiving week! We have tons of good things for you to gobble up at the library. We will be closed tomorrow, 11/27, and Friday, 11/28. But there are ways to access our resources straight from home. First, check out our website at www.harlempubliclibrary.org. You’ll find all of our programming information, our services provided, and other beneficial resources at your fingertips. Download and read/listen to ebooks/audiobooks from the Libby app. You simply need your library card number, and 1000s of books are ready to be consumed. For fre...
We’d like to thank everyone who attended the Chris La Tray program last week, as well as the Blaine County Museum and MAPS Media Institute, and Chris himself. We’re happy to bring intelligent, relevant speakers to our area. Mark your calendars! The Friends of the Library’s Wine & Cheese Event will take place Wednesday, December 3rd, from 6:00-8:00 pm. Adults ages 21 and older can pick up their tickets for $10 at the library beforehand. Otherwise, they will be $15 at the door. The theme for this year is “Believe.” Join us for a fun evening o...
The Blaine County Library is collaborating with the Blaine County Museum and the Chinook Senior Center to bring author Chris La Tray, to Chinook on Tuesday November 18th. Chris La Tray is an Anishinaabe/Métis storyteller and citizen of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, as well as Montana’s 11th poet laureate (2023–2025). A descendent of the Pembina Band of the Red River, he is the author of the multi-award-winning One-Sentence Journal, Descended from a Travel-worn Satchel, and his latest book, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indi...
Remember to stop by MAPS Media Institute on Tuesday, November 18, at 5:30 PM for a community feed, reading, Q & A, session, with Mtis Storyteller and 11th Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray. This event is free, and everyone is welcome! A super exciting platform now available to our patrons is Kanopy, a streaming service using your library card. It's similar to Libby (if you use Libby), you type in your library and your card number, and you can access 1000s of movies and tv shows for free. And...
Thanks to everyone who came to our Halloween Party. We had a spooktacular time! November is Native American Heritage Month. The book display for November features books about Native American history, culture, and stories. We are specifically focusing on the 12 tribes in Montana. Meadowlark School Library will have their annual Scholastic Book Fair Monday November 10th and Tuesday November 11th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. This will be a great opportunity to do some early Christmas shopping. It’s also a great way to support the school library as this...
Blaine County Library would like to welcome all the kids to join us Friday October 31st from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Creep on over for a costume fashion show, spooky games, and delicious delights! We will open the doors between the Library and the Senior Center, so the members at the Senior Center can enjoy the festivities in the meeting room. Following our party the Senior Center will be handing out goodies for the kids from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Kids can travel down the 400 block of Indiana from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for Trick or Trunk festivities. We have two...
Today at 4:30, the library board of trustees will hold their monthly meeting. Public is welcome to attend. Because of the meeting, there will not be any After School Squad, and there will be no Lego Club tomorrow. Ireland will be at the Harlem Elementary School’s Trunk or Treat. Stop by her vehicle and see what goodies we’re giving out! The library will also be the place to be for the civic association’s pumpkin decorating contest tomorrow evening. Stop by and cast your vote for your favorite pumpkin! A little further in your calendar, save...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday October 27th at 4:30 p.m. in the library meeting room. Blaine County Library would like to welcome all the kids to join us Friday October 31st from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Creep on over for a costume fashion show, spooky games, and delicious delights! We will open the doors between the Library and the Senior Center, so the members at the Senior Center can enjoy the festivities in the meeting room. Following our party the Senior Center will be handing out...
Tonight is our Friends of the Library general membership meeting soup supper! Free to all, new members needed and welcome. Please join us! Remember to let us know about any book you read in October that takes place during your favorite season. We’ll put your name in the drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from a local business. Next week is the monthly board of trustees meeting at 4:30 on Wednesday, October 29th. The public is welcome to attend. See attached agenda. New (to us!) books featured this week include: -Mission Driven by Mike H...
Sponsored by the Big Flat Teacher's Association, Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) personnel arrived in Turner on September 29 to spend a week-long residency. Under the supervision of MCT staff members Madison McNair and Alaynie Franklin, Turner Public School (TPS) students immersed themselves in theatre education. After engaging with workshops during the week on such topics as improvisation, the group presented an original musical adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland on O...
Did you know you can use your Harlem Public Library card to check out items at The Blaine County Library in Chinook & The Havre-Hill County Library in Havre? As long as you are in good standing, go browse their collections! Also, have you thanked your county commissioners or library board members lately? A lot of their job goes unrecognized and unappreciated, so I’d just like to take the time to mention Shane Fox, Miles Hutton, Delores Plumage, Jackie Blackbird, Teresa Cornell, Libby Kuntz, Sandy Miller, and Lori Owens. And if you see them a...
Alert Journal readers will recall that after each significant venture away from home I write about some of the points of interest once we arrive back in Chinook. Recently Sherry and I visited Woodinville, Washington, dog sitting for Fiona, our favorite standard poodle. Here are a few of the memorable experiences that helped make the two weeks a lot of fun. We walked to Bassetti's Crooked Arbor Garden to see the flowers, plants and outdoor art Bassetti's garden is about a ten-minute walk from whe...
Most people have likely heard of the television drama Yellowstone, which focuses on the John Dutton (played by Kevin Costner) family who own and manage the largest cattle ranch in Montana. However, have they heard of The Real Yellowstone? This film, directed by Tom Opre, unveils some of the complications surrounding stewardship and conservation, about what it means to protect wildlife from differing perspectives: the American Prairie Reserve and the American farmer. Given the popularity of the...
October's Book Challenge is to read a book that takes place during your favorite season. Let us know when you've done that, and we'll get your name into a drawing to a $10 gift certificate to a local business. This week is Banned Books Week. The point of this week is to celebrate the freedom to read! From the Banned Books Page on the American Library Association's website: "Books are still being banned and challenged today. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon...
Chinook High School celebrated homecoming with a week of activities from September 15-20. The festivities began with hall decorations and culminated with sporting events. Winners were announced and royalty crowned. According to Pep Club Advisor, Faith Hofman, each class chose a theme for hallway decorations from a list of more than thirty musicals. Based on that list, the freshmen selected Mean Girls, the sophomores chose Grease, the juniors decided upon Shrek, while the seniors preferred The...
With the theme "Game on, Tornadoes," Turner Public School held their homecoming festivities on Friday, September 26. A parade, carnival, and coronations were all part of the celebratory agenda. Using the chosen theme, each class designed a float around the idea of a board or video game. The Class of 2026 won the float competition with a Mario Kart-themed float and the motto "Tornadoes Always Win the Race." The seniors threw banana peels (just like in Mario Kart) off the trailer in the judges'...
Nestled in the business district in Chinook, the Blaine County Wildlife Museum has become a local treasure dedicated to celebrating and preserving the region's rich natural history. Founded in 1991 by a board of directors spearheaded by Scott MacKenzie, this nonprofit organization has become a cornerstone of the community. Among the earliest and still-active member is Roger Jergeson, one of the most senior board members. Former board member, Deb Davies, did a lot of work to get it going. From...
I jumped the gun last week with my article about Banned Books Week! Banned Books Week is next week October 5-11. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. Typically (but not always) held during the last week of September, the annual event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all types — in shared sup...
s still not too late to let us know! You'll get your name in a drawing for a $10 gift certificate at a local business. October's Book Challenge will be to read a book that takes place during your favorite season. Contact us when you've finished that one, and we'll put your name in the October drawing. We will also begin our new Library of Things program. We already have hotspots and other "things" people can check out, but our board has developed and approved a policy and agreement to begin this...
Censorship Is So 1984. Read For Your Rights! The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2025: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Banned Books Week will take place next week October 5 – 11, 2025. Current efforts to ban books and information held in schools, libraries, archives, and bookstores are a truth close to fiction – namely, the depiction of extreme censorship by an oppressive regime in George Orwell’s cautionary tale 1984. The Banned Books Week 2025...
The Harlem Public Library Board of Trustees will meet today, September 24th, at 4:30. The agenda was posted in last week’s paper, and can be found at the Post Office or on our website at www.harlempubliclibrary.org. This is also a reminder that there is no After School Squad this day. Tomorrow evening from 6:30-8:00, Thursday, September 25th, in partnership with the Montana Library Network, the library will be presenting a virtual program titled “Montana Native Plant Conservation Strategy” by Andrea Pipp. Please register at: http:...
Two female candidates on the Big Flat celebrated the rite of confirmation on September 14, one in Hogeland and one in Turner. Serving as lay pastor, Kirsti Cederberg led both services. Gracie Zellmer, the daughter of Elissa and Jordan Zellmer of the Hogeland Lutheran Church, was confirmed on Sunday. She expressed excitement in declaring her faith in the presence of her church and family. Zellmer's sponsors were Leslie and Robert Jaramillo. The Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...
Each September 17, a symphony of bells rings out “from sea to shining sea” at 2:00 p.m. MST. The students at Turner Public Schools joined in with the ringing of their school bell in the annual celebration of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. These Bells Across America, as they have come to be called, are not just a musical observance but a powerful symbol of America’s heritage. Participants gather to ring bells, much as the church bells of Philadelphia rang out when the U.S. Constitution was first signed at 4 p.m. EST on Septe...
