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Blaine County Beacon: A Family Gathering Place is Their Goal
Turner, Montana, and the surrounding communities, are about to see the Border Bar & Grill back in business. In March of this year, Crystal and Dan Friedrich decided that bar ownership sounded...
Hogeland Happening
Susan Billmayer visited with Jane Krass on Saturday morning. Anita and Bridget Reed and Diana Maloney also dropped in to visit. Gene and Susan Billmayer were in Billings on Friday bringing Jim and Helen Billmayer to Timber Creek in Havre. They would...
Hogeland Happenings
Susan Billmayer visited Jane Krass on Tuesday morning, and Sharon Goodrich visited Jane that afternoon. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the junior high basketball games on Tuesday vs Hays in Turner. Jane Krass went to Chinook with Anita Reed on...
Blaine County Beacon: Painting Runs in His Blood
Born in Missoula, Montana, in 1976 to Margaret (Flying) and Algie Piapot, and currently living in Harlem, MT,Duane Piapot only recently took up painting in December of 2018. Regardless of the time...
Hogeland Happenings
Loretta Beck attended the Auxiliary meeting in Turner on Wednesday evening. Terry and Brenda Mohar and Dusty Mohar and boys went to Billings for the calf sale Friday. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the Junior High Basketball games in Hays on... Full story
Blaine County Beacon: Getting Real with His Writing
From 1995-1999, author Jack G. Young served in the US Army as a crewmember of an M1A1 Abrams tank. During those years, he forged a bond with many other soldiers with whom he is still in contact...
Hogeland Happenings
Happy Halloween to everyone! Wally and Loretta Beck attended the Junior High Basketball Jamboree in Turner on Friday and in Box Elder on Saturday. Duke Reich of Idaho is visiting at Terry and Brenda Mohar’s this weekend. Susan Billmayer attended a...
Chinook Senior Center
There was a wonderful party on Saturday the 9th at the Senior Center for Virginia Olson who celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday the 10th. Lots of people to share the occasion with Virginia, good food, and so many pictures were taken. Virginia...
Hogeland Happenings
Wally and Loretta Beck went to Great Falls on Tuesday for doctor appointments, and also enjoyed lunch with Laura and Dale Sherwood. Susan Billmayer visited Marna Strzelczyk Wednesday afternoon in Harlem at her home. Anita Reed took Jane Krass to Havr...
Hogeland Happenings
Susan and Gene Billmayer were in Great Falls Tuesday and Wednesday for medical appointments. Anita Reed took Jane Krass to Havre on Wednesday for doctor appointments. Brandon Beck and Danielle Gard were lunch guests at Grandma and Grandpa Beck’s...
Ole Brown Retires From Bear Paw Apiaries After 47 Years
After 47 years of putting in a 'Hard Days Work' with the Bees at the Bears Paw Apiaries, Leonard 'Ole' Brown decided it was time to stow away his Bee Suit for good. On Friday October 1, Ole humbly...
Hogeland Happenings
Brenda and Terry, Dusty, Colter, Corbin, and Steven Mohar and Aislin Jones went to Big Sandy to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday. Darwin Zellmer and Rich and Elden Gerke stopped by the Wallace Beck home for a brief long-distance visit on Wednesday. Susa...
Pass the grits and no chitlins, please
My wife, Sherry, and I just returned from a driving trip to Georgia. The trip was to visit a very dear friend from years back and also, well, about nostalgia. We lived for 20 years over two time...
Hogeland Happenings
Susan and Gene Billmayer went to Chinook on Thursday, and stopped to visit Marna Strzelcyk in Harlem on the way home. They picked crab apples with Marna as well. Carol Klindworth visited her mom, Betty Hay, in Havre and helped her with a few things....
GARDENING A HUGE SUCCESS
This year was a bit of a challenge for gardening on the Big Flat due to the shortage of rain showers. But, persistence wins the whoppers award for a few gardeners in the area. Loretta Beck of...
Hogeland Happenings
Dave and Jan Kuehl left for their homes in Wisconsin after spending Sunday through Thursday morning with the Zellmer cousins and Sandy Beck, who is also a cousin. They were houseguests at Wally and Loretta Becks while here. On Sunday evening, Wally,...
Hays/Lodge Pole Schools Celebrate Native American Week in Traditional Fashion
Native American Week was celebrated at local schools September 20-24. Native American Day in Montana and Texas was celebrated on Friday, September 24. Known also as American Indian Heritage Day or Nat...
Blaine County Beacon: Make Time for Your Dreams
From the first time that she held a camera, Bree Swanson confesses that she instantly fell in love with photography. She credits her motivation for this creative pursuit with having grown up around...
Chinook Senior Center
Brad Reynolds from Lifestyles Magazine stopped in Monday for an interview with Karyn Higgins and Mary Pyette about the Senior Center. Mary showed him around and we answered questions about what the center does here for the community. Bingo is played...
Hogeland Happenings
Susan Billmayer visited with Marna Strzelczyk in Harlem on Tuesday afternoon. Sharon Goodrich visited with Jane Krass on Wednesday. Susan Billmayer, Linda Hauge, and Anita Reed visited Jane on Monday. Susan Billmayer visited with Jane Krass on...
Hogeland Happenings
Helen and Susan Billmayer had lunch with Carla Van Voast on Thursday. Beatrice Kane left for her home in the Bear Paws after spending Sunday-Thursday afternoon at the Wallace Beck home. Hilary and Natalie Richman visited Jane Krass on Sunday. Diana...
Chinook Senior Center
Bingo is played every Thursday at 1:00 p.m. till 3:00 p.m. anyone is welcome to join us during that time to play. Bingo winners for September 9th were Irene Gauthier and Ray Reid. Nicely Played. We need to know before 10 a.m. how many meals we need...
Hogeland Happenings
Gene and Susan Billmayer attended the Big Flat Electric meeting on Thursday evening in Malta. Morgan and Jessica Klindworth and kids were visitors at Duane and Carol Klindworth’s home for the weekend. Matt and Annie Klindworth and kids visited as...
Blaine County Beacon: Putting Trust in Drive and Passion
Montana Maid Simply is a house cleaning service based in Chinook that provides "quality, reliable, and trustworthy cleaning services at affordable rates" along the Hi-Line. Its owner is Rebecca...
Hogeland Happening
Jordan, Elissa, Caleb, Brady, and Gracie Zellmer attended the wedding of their niece/cousin Melissa Hiniker and Garrett Lee this past weekend in Hogeland. Congratulations to the newlyweds! Sympathy is extended from the Big Flat community to the...
