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Need a little Christmas cheer? Join “Christmas with Carly and Colleen” on Facebook Live each Thursday in December at 1:00 P.M. as we share holiday stories and craft ideas. Please like the Harlem Public Library Facebook page so you can watch. The library is hosting an exclusively online Winter Reading Program until the end of February 2021. You may track the books you read using the READsquared app or website. As you read you will earn online badges and unlock minigames. For each book read the library is adding a snowflake to the Winter Rea...
This beautiful Christmas Tree was decorated and donated by Ginger Hansen as a raffle to help the fundraising effort to benefit our local Golf and Country Club in Chinook. A very happy Carla Anderson purchased the lucky ticket and her name was drawn the day before Thanksgiving. The support of all who purchased tickets is greatly appreciated....
Christmas with Carly and Colleen is presented each Thursday at 1 P.M. on Facebook Live. We will be sharing holiday stories old and new and ideas for Christmas crafts. Please like the Harlem Public Library Facebook page to be able watch. The Book Challenge for December is to read a book on a library display. Check out the books on our Christmas Book Tree as well as in other parts of the library for a great selection of holiday reading. It is time to pay annual membership dues for Friends of the Harlem Public Library. Dues are $10 to renew or to...
The Montana Big Game regular season concluded the last weekend of November, but with local youth hunters having so much success we needed a few extra weeks to get all their stories told. This week we recognize the successful hunts of Jacob Metcalf, Mason Ramos and Erik Pula. Jacob Metcalf, 13, an eighth grader from Chinook, was hunting the final weekend of the 2020 Big Game season north of Harlem with Don and Heath Richman and his Dad Jason Metcalf. Jacob was hunting with a 6.5 Creedmore when...
The MSU-Northern Foundation has launched its first-ever Deck the Halls Competition and Fundraiser! Thirteen houses are competing for who has the best holiday light display. Jeff Finley, owner of Finley's Food Farm, willingly threw his hat in the competition and is the sole house representing Blaine County. Jeff is a proud supporter of MSU-Northern and was happy to participate in this competition. His house, located at 400 Illinois St, is decked out with custom dancing bells, music (tune in to...
Blaine County Library will be closed Thursday December 24th and Friday December 25th in observance of Christmas. In the spirit of Christmas, we would like to thank the many patrons who have generously donated to the library. A shout out to Bridget Briere, Kyli & Tyler Kropf, Nancy Diemert, Colleen Overcast, Dr. Chaffin, Dr. Pike, Patty & Ben Hall, Lois Butcher, Shirley MacKenzie, Nancy Birnell, Wilma Mellville, Kenny Finley, Steve Edwards, Neal Rigg, Theresa Danley, Laura Kellam and Lindsey Adair. We appreciate all your donations. Stop in and...
The Montana Big Game regular season concluded this past weekend and hunters found plenty of success filling their tags. There were many successful hunters over the final weekend and in the coming editions we hope to get them all in. It has been a great honor to highlight the many successes of our local youth hunters and we are proud to present this weeks tandem of Wylee Simenson and Rangler Skoyen. Wylee Simenson, 15, is a freshman at Chinook High School. Wylee used a 30-06 on his recent hunt...
The library hopes to spread some holiday cheer this month. Stop by to warm up and see the tree of Christmas books on display. Some new additions include “Christmas Cupcake Murder” by Joanne Fluke, “Happily this Christmas” by Susan Mallery, and “One Bright Christmas, “ another of Thomas Kinkades’ Cape Light novels by Katherine Spencer. Any books from the holiday display as well as other books on display this month will qualify for the December Book Challenge. Tune in to Facebook Live each Thursday in December at 1:00 P.M. for Christmas wit...
We are in the final week of the Montana Big Game season and hunters are still in on the go looking to fill their tags before the season ends this weekend. It has been a great honor to highlight the many successes of our local youth hunters and we are proud to present this weeks tandem of Brady Zellmer, Brody Henry and Sarah Gillett. Brady Zellmer, 11, is a sixth grader at Turner Elementary. Brady was hunting alongside Jordan and Caleb Zellmer when he successfully filled his Tag. Brady used a...
Blaine County Library will be closed Thursday November 26th in observance of Thanksgiving Day. We wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving! As we enter another week of the pandemic and continue to reach frightening new milestones, it occurs to me how important it is that we all work together. Everyone must do their part to help stop the spread of this virus. Many of you probably know that my husband and I had COVID last month. We had relatively mild cases compared to many, although I did lose my sense of taste and smell for 5 days and my...
The library will be closed Thanksgiving Day; but we will be open Friday, November 27, our regular hours from 9:00-2:00. The Book Challenge for November is to read a book about politics or government, either fiction or nonfiction. We have a selection of titles on display for you to choose from. The Book Challenge for December is to read a book on a library display. The library staff would like to remind you that we are doing everything we can to keep the library safe for our patrons at this time. Please be considerate: Masks are required, use...
The library board of trustees will hold their regular meeting today at 4:15 in the library meeting room. The Book Challenge for November is to read a book about politics or government, either fiction on nonfiction. We are excited to share a wonderful STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) resource for children and their families. Thanks to the American Society of Civil Engineers, STAR Net and its Project BUILD, we will be offering a free film screening of the documentary “Dream Big: Engineering Our World.” You can access the...
The library is closed today in observance of Veterans Day. We will also be closed November 17 and 18 for staff training. Besides the five hotspots the library has to loan out we now have two iPads ready to be checked out. You must be a patron in good standing for at least one month, be at least eighteen years old, and complete a lending agreement prior to check out. These devices may be checked out for fourteen days. The Book Challenge for November is to read a book about politics or government. We have a display with some selections for you...
Blaine County Library will be closed today, Wednesday November 11th in observance of Veteran’s Day. We thank all Veterans who served to protect our freedoms! Youth Programs have resumed with safety procedures in place to keep staff and students safe. After School Hangout for 7th and 8th grade is Mondays from 3:30 to 4:30. Tuesdays will be Story Time for ages 6 and under at 10:30. After School Hangout for grades 5 and 6 is Tuesdays at 3:30. Thursdays is LEGO Club for grades Kindergarten and up. Masks will be required for anyone age 5 and over d...
We're a couple weeks into the 2020 Big Game Hunting season and local youth are continuing to bring home the big Bucks. In the past week, Chinook High School freshman Mya Berreth tagged a huge Mule Buck and Turner High School freshman Trent Billmayer turned the trick as well. Berreth was hunting on her Grandfathers place on Saturday, November 7, when she completed her successful hunt. Joining Mya on the hunt was her Dad Brian and little brother Hayden. "I have been hunting out there for four...
A few weeks ago I did a story about marbles, a kids' game once mainly played by boys. To keep a gender balance in my writing, I decided to take a look at the game of jacks, a game I best recall as dominated by girls back in my school days. I had no sisters so have very little first hand experience about the game of jacks. But, I recall playing jacks with our daughter, now fifty years old, when she was just a tyke. Like marbles, the game of jacks seems to have slipped in to obscurity, not likely...
My wife and I live in the Grande Villa in Chinook and there is a tradition there among residents to put their unwanted items "on the bench." Each floor has a bench by the elevator, the place to leave items no longer wanted or to pick up something that catches the eye. I call the benches "the Mall of America." Recently I found a paperback titled "Cut to the Bone" by Jefferson Bass. I'd never heard of the author but from the title assumed it was a book about crime. Turns out the book was authored...
In an anything but normal 2020, Halloween and its traditional night of Trick-or-Treating by the kids of the community was toned down a bit by the Covid-19 pandemic, but Chinook resident Jeff Finley got a bit creative with his candy delivery system. With social distancing and safety being the topic of many conversations, Finley looked to the local Ace Hardware store for help into turning an idea he had saw on Facebook into reality. After getting all the parts he needed, PVC Pipe, he constructed...
My wife recently came home from a yard sale with a bag of marbles. I had not thought about marbles in years. When I was in grade school (the early 1950's) marbles were a major deal among boys. With dirt school yards it was easy to draw a big circle and start a game of marbles easily. It was mostly "boys only" though a few girls did like to shoot marbles. For readers not familiar with how to shoot a marble, see attached photo. When a shooter hits another player's marble or knocks a target marble...
The library board of trustees will meet today at 4:15 in the library meeting room for its monthly meeting. Check out the library website at www.harlempubliclibrary.org. There you will find links for our online catalog, resources to assist with virtual learning, MTLibrary2Go ebooks and audio books, World Book Online, the links for The Book Club and Virtual Story Time and so much more! If you have completed the October Book Challenge to read a book with a body part in the title contact the library to be entered into the drawing to win a gift...
Hunting season is in full swing and hunters young and old are searching for that memorable hunt. This past weekend Emma Klingaman, Ethan Klingaman and Beau Henry were among those hunters returning home with a story to tell. These young hunters have taken full advantage of the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Apprentice program. This program allows young hunters to get in the field and harvest a animal under the watchful eye of an approved guardian. Beau Henry, age 10, of Havre is the Grandson of...
Someone mysteriously decorated both guard rails of the bridge that crosses the Main Canal on Stephens Road just south of Kuper Cemetery. The use of the fall garden produce added a bit of color and a festive note for travelers....
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” ~Jane Smiley Take in the sight of new books available for check out this week at the library. If you are in the mood to be scared pick up “The Only Good Indians” by Stephen Graham Jones. This novel blends classic horror with sharp social commentary. The story follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Susan Wiggs is the author of “The Lost and Found Bookshop.” Natalie Harper’s li...
Homecoming festivities took place recently in Turner on Main Street. Although it looked different this year, the weather and the fun was never better! The students were good about wearing their masks while doing the activities and the adults enjoyed seeing the kids again. A parade of floats were held after the crowning of coronation with each class being represented. Homecoming candidates were announced as Shyan Krass and Shane Kimmel as the 2020-2021 King and Queen, Brandy Calvert and Austin...
Fort Belknap’s Jordan Shortman was back on the set of the hit television show Yellowstone last week and looks forward to more opportunity in the future. Shortman is pictured above with Moses Brings Plenty, ‘Mo’ a integral character of the show. Shortman stated that filming for season four wraps up November 14 in Missoula, “They’re going home on November 14th wrapping up with season 4. It was more fun this time.” Shortman added that the show expects to conclude after season six, but that a spin-off may be in the works, “Talk of a movie called...
