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The Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner was once again held at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building. A Great group of volunteers was on hand to serve 195 meals including a record 130 take-out and delivery orders. Bettie Billmayer and her husband Mark organize the annual event and have a wonderful group of volunteers that assist them. This year's crew helped provide support on Thanksgiving day as well as the Wednesday before with preparation. Volunteers include Jay Eslick, Jim...
Plan to attend the Hassle-Free Christmas this year! It will look a little different from years past. We are having an open house in the library and vendors in the meeting room on Saturday December 3rd from 2:00-5:00. The Bell Choir will be playing this year and we will have soups, breads, and desserts to eat, as well as punch and coffee. If you would like a vendor spot, please call the library at 406-357-2932. Santa will be at the library Tuesday, December 20th at 10:30 and 3:30. Santa will be reading “The Night Before Christmas” after whi...
The Friends of the Library Holiday Wine & Cheese Fundraiser will be December 7, 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Tickets are on sale at the library for $10 in advance and $15 at the door. This festive event features delicious refreshments, silent and live auctions, door prizes, 50/50 raffle and this year a wine and cheese pairing. All proceeds will go to support your local library. The library will be closed Dec. 7 for set up and preparation for the event. The library is hosting a “Ho-Ho-Ho-Holiday” Santa display during the month of December. If you have...
I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving and the Parade of Lights and I hope you took time to visit all the venders and see what they had to offer. We have respite funds available, to find out if you qualify contact Karyn at 406-357-2648 or come to the Senior Center to pick up a form. Are you a caretaker for your spouse? or a neighbor? or a friend? Do you drive them to doctor appointments out of town? If so, call Karyn about Respite. 406-357-2648 Winner of the fall quilt was Ken Schubert. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets. Cribbage is...
The Blaine County Journal is happy to present our next successful group of youth hunters. Sharing the successful hunts of our local youth through the years is something we look forward to sharing with our readers. Maisie Ford, Garrison Kirschenmann, Wylee Simenson and Wacee Simenson highlight this week's quartet. Maisie Ford has been hunting for four years now and recently successfully harvested her first Bull Elk. Maisie is fifteen years old and loves to hunt. She got this awesome Bull Elk...
The Sweet Home staff and residents have been busy over the course of the summer and into fall. Residents have had plenty of fun interacting with folks in the community while attending several events. The Blaine County Fair, Picnics in the park and special Sundays featuring BBQ, music and family highlighted a great summer. Fall quickly set in as the calendar turned to October and while it's technically not Winter yet, we have certainly experienced the conditions. Sweet Residents made their last...
Susan and Gene Billmayer attended the Thanks for the Harvest service on Thursday evening in Hogeland. Laura Sherwood left for home after spending Nov. 5-15th with Loretta Beck. Susan Billmayer enjoyed the birthday celebration with Jane Krass and girls Saturday afternoon after the junior high basketball games. Hannah and Hilary Richman, Diana Maloney, Linda Hauge, and Jane and Susan helped Anita Reed celebrate a belated birthday. Darwin Zellmer was out to visit Loretta Beck and was a lunch guest on Wednesday. Nancy Snider was also a visitor...
Despite seven degree mercury readings at dinnertime and the fact that it had snowed most of the day on November 9, a crowd of approximately fifty people gathered in the Turner Public School's multipurpose room in support of the Big Flat FFA Chapter. From 5:30-7:30 p.m., the organization held its Second Annual Chili Cook-off and Silent Auction to raise funds that will defray costs while members travel for FFA competitions. Once all of the chilis had been taste-tested, Anne Hance was declared the...
North Chinook Booster The first meeting of the North Chinook Boosters 4-H Club for the 2022-2023 4-H year was called to order by President Gracie Skoyen on Sunday, November 6th. The American and 4-H pledges were recited. Roll call was “What is your favorite pet’s name?” Secretary Lillie Skoyen read the minutes from the previous meeting. The 4-H leaders reported on the October 4-H Council meeting. Rainie Skoyen reported on the October Cloverbuds workshop. Julian Powell and Lynley Conrad reported on the National 4-H Week Window Display. Rangl...
A large crowd attended the funeral service for Wally Beck in Turner on Friday. A lunch at the Turner School and burial at Silverbow Cemetery in Hogeland followed. Terry and Brenda Mohar attended a birthday party for Dusty Mohar in Harlem on Thursday. Morgan and Jessica Klindworth and kids were guests at Duane and Carol Klindworth’s over the weekend. Matt and Annie and kids were visitors as well. Susan Billmayer visited Jane Krass and Anita Reed on Monday. Susan and Gene Billmayer attended the funeral service for Wally Beck on Friday. Hilary, H...
As the Thanksgiving season approaches, many families and children are giving thanks and giving back—to children in need around the world through Operation Christmas Child. Shoebox gifts prepared by generous donors and filled with toys, hygiene items, and school supplies may be dropped off now during National Collection Week, Nov. 14 - 21. More than 4,500 drop-off sites are now open. The Samaritan’s Purse project will collect its 200-millionth shoebox this year! Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts to chi...
The Harlem Library Board of Trustees meets today for its November meeting, 4:15 in the library meeting room. The Book Challenge for November is to read a book by a debut author. Please let the library staff know if you have completed the challenge so your name can be entered in the drawing to win a gift certificate from a local business. The Friends of the Library is once again hosting the Holiday Wine and Cheese event on December 7, 6 P.M. This is the major fundraising event for the year and includes delicious refreshments, silent and live...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Archery Program is getting ready to begin year number two of the program after a very successful inaugural season. Back for one more year to guide the Thunderbird program is Rod Benson. This unfortunately will be Rod's final year, but he is working diligently to ensure the program will be left in good hands after his departure. As they get ready to dive into year two. Rod spoke of some major changes to the program, both at the school and statewide. Benson is currently...
For decades the idea of mental health has simply been pushed to the back burner, left to include the just a few 'crazy' individuals hidden from society in mental hospitals. Mental Health was really never a focus of the public eye. In the last 10 years national organizations and groups of multitudes of charities have been working hard to help bring awareness to the huge Mental Health issue facing our country today. On a much larger scale a very determined and organized grassroots brigade has led...
November snow may come real soon, there’s still work to be done. Friends and neighbors have helped a lot, bit more ‘fore change of SUN[1]! Did you get snow, or is it gone? Winter is on its way! Some rain could fall, it’s needed here. Twould make a lovely day. It’s time to bring the cows back home – they ate the pasture clean. They sure do like their summer time – now brown where once was green. Harvest is done and hay hauled in, prepared for winter time. A rancher’s work is very hard. Yoo Hoo! It’s now lunchtime! The birds prepare for tra...
GREAT FALLS – At the end of the third full week of general rifle season, both the total harvest and hunter numbers continue to remain low at FWP’s check station in Augusta. Although numbers in both categories began to increase towards the end of the week, the increase was not enough to offset the slow start to the season. Just over 1,300 hunters have been checked this season, which is 33% below recent averages. The last time hunter numbers were this low was in 2001. The arrival of snow and cold weather has helped with hunter success how...
Bozeman, Mont. - Oct. 28, 2022- The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced appointees who will serve on the Montana USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee. Members of the FSA state committee are appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and are responsible for the oversight of farm programs and county committee operations, resolving program delivery appeals from the agriculture community, maintaining cooperative relations with industry stakeholders, keeping producers informed about FSA programs and operating in a manner...
Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) is offering workshops for youth ages 12-19 in both November and December. Although the workshops will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30—5:00 p.m. at the Havre High Theatre, youth need not be a Havre Public School student to participate. The topic scheduled for November is Movement, Voice, and Stage Presence. Workshop dates are November 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 21 and 22. Participants will learn that in the art of performance, the instrument is the actor’s or actress’ body. Interested individuals are inv...
Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 24 and hopefully the day can be celebrated with friends and family gathered around the dinner table enjoying a bountiful feast with all the trimmings. Concluding the day with great conversation, watching the football game or just hanging out would be fantastic as well. Maybe your thing is heading to the Community Dinner or spending time with friends uptown enjoying a buffet of delicious food at your favorite watering hole. Whatever your Thanksgiving may be,...
We have respite funds available, to find out if you qualify contact Karyn at 406-357-2648 or come to the Senior Center to pick up a form. Are you a caretaker for your spouse? or a neighbor? or a friend? Do you drive them to Dr. appointments out of town? If so, call Karyn about Respite. 406-357-2648 Thank you to the Hi-Line Tavern Association for their generous donation. Diamond Dots w/Barb Ranstrom, come in and sign up by Wednesday November 16th. The center has a quilt raffle going on for a beautiful fall colored quilt (can be seen at the...
Sympathy is extended to the family of Wally Beck who passed away on Saturday, Nov. 5th. Services will be held later this week. The Hogeland Lutheran Church held their annual turkey dinner and bazaar this past Sunday, Nov. 6th. Everyone who attended and got take-outs enjoyed a delicious meal. Sympathy is extended to the family of Dick Hamilton who passed away last Tuesday, Nov. 1st. A memorial service will be held in December. The Turner Junior High basketball teams played Chinook in Turner on Friday, then traveled to Box Elder on Saturday....
It's that time of year again, early morning wake up calls, convenience store coffee, sandwiches and hunters orange as your outer-wear. Blaine county is a destination spot for plenty of hunters coming from afar, but just the same it is home to the next generation of young hunters ready to fill their tag for the first time. For some it's a rite of passage, a means to taking the next step in becoming an adult. Montana is deeply rooted in hunting tradition and providing those experiences to our...
This past Halloween, Project Pumpkin was unveiled in Chinook at Brickcent$ on Indiana Street. Owner of Brickcent$, Brandon Nissen had hoped to also build something with a "Strange" theme, but he only had five Trick-or-Treaters, so the project didn't take off as he intended. Completed on October 27, Nissen constructed a Sugarbeeter mascot that measures approximately 15 inches wide by 24 inches tall. Made entirely with LEGO bricks, the figure is designed to be a wall hanging. Chinook High School...
Anyone who missed the Halloween weekend performance of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig, another opportunity exists on November 3-5 and again on November 10-12. Curtain rises at 8:00 p.m. at the MSUN/MAT Theatre in Cowan Hall on the campus of MSU-Northern. As the story goes, just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. Although the luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, by the morning it is one...
A piece of artwork by Avery Fox, an eighth grader at Turner Public Schools, has been chosen as a finalist for Artsonia's Artist of the Week. If he wins, the school will receive a $100 gift certificate for art supplies, and Fox will receive a $50 gift certificate provided by Blick Art Materials. Fox's artwork is a clay gargoyle, a mythological creature which he named Jerry. "He looks like something from the past, a little bit scary yet funny," Fox said. "In history, gargoyles stood at the front...
