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Hello From the Chinook Social Senior Center! Wow! What a great week we have had! We had the Presentation/Book Signing with Mark Vitaris (Author) of the Book: Borderlands (5 years in the making). That was a wonderful presentation! Sam French, Blaine County Museum Director was instrumental in getting him here, as his very first stop in the U.S. Yay Sam! Great Job! Chinook even came ahead of the Charlie Russell Museum in Great Falls, thanks to Sam French. I am partnering with Sam to continue a 2023 Off-Season Speaker Series. The following dates &...
Hello From the Chinook Social Senior Center! We have had another great week, here, so if you weren’t here, you should have been! Our meals have been phenomenal! Our Pinochle Marathon will be starting soon and we will have a sign-up sheet here, so stop in and sign up! Somehow, our article didn’t make it into last week’s paper, so I am letting you all know that our meal prices have increased from $5 to $7, regardless of age. This is our suggested donation price of a meal. We had to do this, due to the ever rising cost of food & it is very impor...
Hello From the Chinook Social Senior Center! We have had another wonderful week, here. If you haven’t joined us, you should! We had a very full house this past Saturday, Sept. 2nd for the Celebration of Life for Mitzi Bruss. You could certainly tell that she was very well loved. How nice to see all of these fine people come in & share memories with her children. We have put out a Facebook challenge to all area ranchers who might consider donating 50 pounds of beef to our non-profit Senior Center. The rising cost of food has been somewhat of a c...
Hello from the Chinook Social Senior Center! We had a wonderful crowd here, yesterday for our German meal/presentation. How nice to see every single table full of community members as well as people from out of town to enjoy our meal & the presentation prepared by the Hall family. Thank you to the Hall’s for their presentation of their knowledge of Germany! We had a meal count larger than there has been in years! How exciting for us. Please call us the day before or even the week before so that we are certain to prepare enough for everyone who...
Susan Billmayer judged at the county fair in Glasgow on Tuesday. Annie, Matt, and Carol Klindworth were at the Blaine County Fair in Chinook and watched Isaac and Hannah show their pigs on Saturday. They did a good job! Crystal, Cassidy, Holly, Cooper and Lucy Grabofsky helped Grandma Loretta with outdoor chores on Monday. Susan Billmayer visited Jane Krass and Diana Maloney on Friday morning. On Tuesday afternoon, Merrilyn Billmayer, Nancy Snider, Patty Simons, and Loretta Beck were over to visit Shirley Keller. Susan Billmayer helped with the...
Greetings From the Senior Center! It has been a HOT week, around here, but we are staying cool, inside with activities that bring people together for food, fun, fellowship & laughter. We had the most wonderful turnout for our Pie Social! We had about 90 fabulous people here to enjoy all of the wonderful pies! It was so nice to have the support of our community! Thank you, to all! Just in case you missed this one, there will be another one, in the future. We are currently working on an Ice Cream Social day & will let you know in advance when...
Darwin and Betty Zellmer, Laura Sherwood, and Loretta Beck enjoyed a road trip to the Yaak to visit brother Wynn and Shirley Zellmer, July 28-30, stopping in Kalispell to visit Art and Gloria Schroeder, Jody Eichner and family, the Jenks family at Lakeside, cousin, John Nielsen and Randy Johnson, and cousin Harold and Carol Lietz. Loretta Beck went to Dodson on Saturday to watch Brandon participate in the Bronc Riding at the fair. Susan Billmayer was in Dodson Friday morning to judge at the Phillips County Fair. On the way home she stopped to v...
Greetings From the Senior Center! Did you know that anyone over the age of 62 is considered a Senior? Did you know that all of the wonderful meals prepared here are available for only $5.00 for people over 60 & $6.00 for people under 60? We had another fun week here at the Center. More new faces to enjoy with conversation, good food and fellowship! Randi & Stephen Vaile are back in Chinook, residing in the Villa & join us each day for lunch, as well. We are happy to welcome them back into our community. We have been working on this for awhile,...
By Anita Reed Wayne Deloach’s sister left Monday for Minnesota and Wayne and Mary Ellen endured the heat by staying close to fans and the window air conditioner. Tuesday, Mary Ellen and Wayne went to Fred and Sylvia Mohar’s for a visit with them and the family. Fun Time. Wednesday, Mary Ellen visited with Jane Krass and Anita Reed. Wonderful visit and fantastic rhubarb meringue pie. On Friday Mary Ellen and Ralph and Nancy Snider went to Shawna’s and visited with her and Ella, Bobbi, Harley, and Isley. Oh boy, that was a great visit. On Satur...
Loretta Beck visited with Darwin, Betty, and Keith Zellmer in Harlem on Tuesday afternoon, and Darwin was a visitor at Loretta’s on Thursday. Susan Billmayer visited with Marna Strzelczyk in Harlem on Wednesday morning. Anita Reed took Jane Krass to Chinook on Thursday for medical appointments. A few Hogeland ladies and classmates enjoyed pie and coffee on Friday afternoon with Helen Billmayer and Sandy Beck at Timber Creek in Havre. Loretta Beck attended the Fun Day in Turner on Saturday and enjoyed watching the softball games and visiting wit...
Ashley and Cody Houle and John Wing, from Missoula, arrived to visit Wayne and Mary Ellen DeLoach at the farm last Saturday. They did a tour of the countryside around Hogeland and Turner. They had dinner at the Border Bar with Nancy and Ralph Snider. John left for Missoula on Monday, and the Deloach’s friend, Rusty from Wisconsin, arrived Tuesday. He had never been to Montana before, and was suitably impressed! They spent a day giving him a tour of the area, had lunch at the Border Bar, and coffee and a visit with Nancy and Ralph Snider. They m...
Greetings From the Senior Center! We had a great week here, at the center, with lots of new people participating in our activities and wonderful lunches, which our cooks, Candice & Karla are making each day. We are still in the early stages of forming a CORNHOLE league, as well as a BILLIARDS league. We are also talking about forming a card group & teaching a new game, called Lambsey. This is a new game to many, but is somewhat along the lines of Rummy. Please call and let us know your interests. 357-2648 We are so very grateful to Jim & Judy...
Terry and Brenda Mohar, Dusty Mohar and boys, and Ashley and Chris Burke went to Sidney, MT on Friday for a Carda reunion held over the weekend. Loretta Beck spent a fun day in Chinook with Crystal and crew having pizza and watching the kids swim on Thursday. Harley and Lucy spent Thursday night and Friday at Grandma Loretta’s. Susan Billmayer visited Jane Krass on Wednesday and Saturday. Hilary and girls visited Sunday as well as Diana, Linda, and Anita and girls who helped mom throughout the week. Anita took Jane to Chinook to a doctor a...
Greetings From the Senior Center! Our annual meeting was held this past Friday, and was very well attended. We were delighted to welcome Roxanne Townsend to our board of Directors. We had a wonderful turnout for our June birthday lunch celebration. We were all treated to a wonderful Roast Beef dinner. We were thrilled to see so many familiar faces join us for this occasion. We had 7 birthdays to celebrate! We wish these friends many more years of continued good health and happiness! Brad Taylor performed a wonderful concert on Thursday, June...
Ken Finley's family and friends gathered to remember Ken last Saturday at his pumpkin patch down by the water plant in Chinook. In some ways the gathering for Ken's memorial service was a sad time. But, as Ken's son Jeff noted, "We decided to have the memorial service for dad at the pumpkin patch. It's the thing most people remember him by and it was a place he loved." A reception was held following the memorial service at the Chinook Senior Center. Jeff Finely told me earlier that he and his...
Senior Center Greetings! Lots of fun things coming up this month at the Senior Center! We are in the preliminary stages of forming a CORNHOLE league. We would also like to form a BILLIARDS league. We are open to suggestions, so please do share your thoughts with us. Once we have the details worked out, we will contact any interested parties, so call and ask for Ginger. We are also talking about a Pie Social to be held, potentially on Monday, July 24th!! Stay tuned. We are having our Foot Clinic on July 10th, due to the holiday, so please call u...
Greetings From the Senior Center! We have big news to share. We would like to welcome our new Director Ginger Hansen and our new assistant cook Karla Zarn to the center. Stop by and say hi to them! We are having our Foot Clinic on July 10 due to the holiday, so please call us or stop by and sign up. There are a few openings left. You can also call A-Plus Healthcare in Havre at 265-4776 and have you add them to the list. Jackpot Bingo will be played at 1 p.m. this Thursday. Cards are a dime and only one card for each player wins per round. Come...
Susan Billmayer attended the State Garden Club Convention in Billings this past week. Loretta Beck was a guest at Shawn and Bobbi Beck’s home on Saturday evening along with other friends and family to help Ty celebrate his 14th birthday. Jane Krass’s girls visited and helped mom throughout the week. Hilary visited Sunday and made goodies for mom. Crops are really growing, and the canola is in full bloom now with a brilliant yellow color. The Turner Class of 1976 held a reunion in Turner over the weekend. The Lions Club hosted a poker run and...
On June 11, the Harlem Airmen Memorial Committee was awarded with a medal and certificate from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) for Excellence in Historic Preservation. Four members of the NSDAR Black Eagle–Assinniboine Chapter were on hand on Sunday to present the award to Harlem's Acting Mayor Rod Donahue and to Co-Committee Chairs Rod Becker and Darwin Zellmer. At the Award Ceremony, attended by approximately 45 people, a letter honoring the group was a...
Cheryl Upshaw Barber succumbed to cancer in late 2021. Cheryl was a long time active member of the Chinook Presbyterian Church and known for her regular calls to folks wishing them to "Have a nice day." Cheryl's family asked if some of the memorials given to the church in her honor could be used to plant pink flowers at the church in her honor. It was common knowledge that pink was Cheryl's favorite color. About a year later in September, 2022 Betty Lou Barber Stender, Cheryl's mother-in-law, di...
Greetings from the Senior Center! There are a lot of new things going on here, so be sure to stop by and check them out. We still have Bingo every Thursday at 1 p.m. Anyone can play. Each card is a dime, only one card for each player wins per round. Jackpot Bingo is the last Thursday of the month. We also have live music with the Kitchen Band on Fridays starting at 10 a.m. Cribbage is played every Tuesday at 1 p.m. Players are wanted. We will teach anyone who would like to learn to play. Our Annual Meeting is June 30 at 1 p.m. You won’t want t...
Alert "Journal" readers will recall my wife Sherry and I have been involved in dog sitting a Standard Poodle in Woodinville, Washington for the last couple of Novembers. This year we got a call from the folks who own Fiona (the poodle) that they would like for us to come dog sit in mid-May so they could go to a son's college graduation in Boston. "And," they added, "since we will be halfway to Europe when we get to Boston we decided to go on to Portugal for another week." That meant two weeks...
Susan Billmayer visited with Jane Krass and Diana Maloney on Friday morning. Lucy Grabofsky visited with Grandma Loretta Beck on Monday afternoon, and then met Crystal in Turner and Loretta attended the store shareholder meeting at the Legion Hall. Susan Billmayer attended a 4-H Foundation meeting in Chinook Thursday afternoon. Loretta Beck went to Great Falls on Tuesday, and while there she enjoyed lunch with Dale and Laura Sherwood at Boston’s. Susan Billmayer had a dentist appointment Wednesday morning in Havre, and then went to lunch at D...
Aaniiih Nakoda College Student Support Service Project Aaniiih Nakoda College HiSET program assists students in preparation of their HiSET testing. Students can meet with the Success Center Coordinator on a daily basis to go over the five testing areas: Language Arts-Writing, Language Arts-Reading, Science, Social Studies and Mathematics. Jack Jones was working as a radio announcer and was referred to Aaniiih Nakoda College's Adult Education Program to get his HiSet Certificate formerly known as...
The PAWS Animal Shelter in Chinook is set to host its second ever adoption event on Saturday, June 17, 2023 at North 40 in Havre, MT. The theme for this event is 'Adopt Your Next Adventure' and looks to build upon the success of the first event. The idea of holding an adoption event came about in December, 2022 and quickly became a reality with North 40 jumping on board ready to help in any way possible. The first event, held on January 28, 2023 and featured six dogs directly from the Shelter...
