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Just so you know… The Harlem Senior Center served 4430 meals in the building and delivered 899 meals for the fiscal year just ending (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016). I’m not even going to tell you how many plates and bowls that added up to that got scraped and washed! The Meal Program is one big undertaking for the Harlem Senior Center. Thanks to everyone who helps in any way possible to make all this happen smoothly week after week! Notice!!! Please watch for the young kids out playing, riding bikes and skateboards, running, heading to the...
Well, it is fair week for Blaine County, but we still have a lot going on at the center. Our Thursday morning senior exercise class has been cancelled this week but we still have Bingo at 1 p.m. Last week, Karyn Higgins was our blackout winner. The Kitchen Band will be playing at 11 a.m. on Friday. Come down for lunch and play cards afterwards. The Public Card Party was Sunday with High Pinochle- Elva VanDessel and Low Pinochle- Cassie Morgan. Double Pinochle winners were Connie Stanley and Elisabeth O’Brien. Pool will be played on Monday, J...
Sara Chaffin and Koleman Anderson are both second graders at Meadowlark Elementary in Chinook. The two have formed a relationship that is quite unique. Koleman is a special needs student but spends part of his school day in a general education classroom. Sara, in the same general classroom, has taken on the role as a friend and helper to Koleman, and that pairing has taken them all the way to the Olympics-the Special Olympics. The Special Olympics are held each year to give special needs student...
Reporter's note: Since I wrote a story about the Hi-Line Fur Auction, in February, 2015, I've wanted to learn the rest of the story...how trappers work. I met John Holmes, a local trapper, while doing a story at a reunion involving several long-time families in the valley. Holmes said he would take me with him to run his traps in the spring. We finally connected when he was headed out to check and set beaver traps in mid-March. This is what I learned about one part of the trapping work John...
Department of Public Health and Human Services - www.dphhs.mt.gov Cold weather means more indoor time for many Montanans. Close contact indoors often helps spread illnesses, such as norovirus, anywhere people gather together. Holiday gatherings, schools and settings such as long-term care and assisted living facilities are especially vulnerable to outbreaks. “Norovirus can spread very quickly and can make some people very ill,” Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Richard Opper said. “To protect yourself and other...
Reporter's note: Twenty plus years ago my family and I were living in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Some new people moved next door to us and at Christmas we noticed they left their Christmas tree up until mid-January. Our daughter went to school with one of the neighbor's kids and learned the new family was Russian Orthodox. They celebrated 'Old Christmas,' which is a couple of weeks after December 25, more specifically January 6 or 7. I hadn't thought much about this until my wife went to seminary...
Most make a list of resolutions at the beginning of the year. They make promises to themselves to change different things in their life. Most resolutions are made to try and better their lives. A lot of people don’t know the origin or how making resolutions started so I did some research and found some different information. Maybe the new information will give you guidance and a new view on how you make your goals. The Babylonians were the first to make resolutions history says. They made their resolutions in mid March and resolutions were m...
Reporter's note: Paula Reynolds, who handles advertising at the "Journal," recently laid a copy of an upcoming ad on my desk. The ad was for "Singing Canaries" and listed only a name and phone number. Paula said, "This lady has canaries for sale, there might be a story there." I called the number on the ad and got Debbie Stout, who lives on a farm in the Savoy area. I figured maybe she was selling a couple of canaries and a cage to go with them. Turns out Stout doesn't have just a couple of...
Christmas Day is past, yet the glow may still be lighting certain corners of our lives. The thought struck me a couple of days ago, “Candles are an important part of Christmas, from cultural tradition even if not part of the original story.” Wise sayings cluster around the use of candles: “Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness”; “How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” When Shakespeare said this, naughty meant worthless. Many churches have discovered that the lighting of Advent c...
Theresa Danley, aided by daughters Abby, left, and Laura, center, light the Christ candle on the advent wreath at the Chinook Presbyterian Church. Bryan Danley, not in the photo, was at the podium reading the advent liturgy while his wife and daughters lit the candles. Many churches in the area hold late afternoon Christmas Eve services, with an advent lighting, as part of the traditional celebration of Christ's birth....
Carla Jenewein has been coordinating Chinook's Red Cross blood drive every other month for a long time. For the upcoming January 5 blood drive, Jenewein is temporarily taking a mentor's role to help Elizabeth Hodgson, a Chinook High School senior and student body president, who will be leading the drive. Hodgson will be assisted by members of the National Honor Society and the Student Council. The student-led drive is a part of the Red Cross' Leaders Save Lives program that seeks to get...
Montana State University and the University of Montana collaborate in a program called the Montana Space Grant Consortium. The consortium member schools, researchers and educators do a number of activities to learn more about space and share what they learn with Montana's school children. Jon Martin, principal at Meadowlark Elementary in Chinook, learned of the presentations offered to schools and scheduled "Pluto and Beyond" at Meadowlark. The presentation occurred last week. Pluto and Beyond...
Reporter's note: Several days ago Chuck Hewitt, a retired teacher who lives in Chinook, asked if I'd seen the barn he made. He said it was on display in the lobby of the First Bank of Montana. He added, "You should check it out." I'd seen some other projects Chuck had built so figured this might be interesting. I stopped in to see it and later asked him about the barn. Here's the story behind the barn currently on display in the bank lobby. Asked, "Why did you build the barn?" Chuck's first resp...
Reporter's note: As regular readers know, I've been trying to educate myself about the cattle industry, having attended a couple bull sales, traveled with veterinarians doing "cattle things" and spent a day with a cattle buyer. My friends Rita and Larry Surber were catering the sale lunch for the Shipwheel Cattle Company's annual bull sale. Larry invited me to come along as a helper to serve the lunch. It gave me a chance to actually participate in a sale, well, to an extent. Here's what I...
The American Lutheran Church W.E.L.C.A. hosted a Women's and Girls Tea this past Sunday at the Church in Turner. The fellowship hall was beautifully decorated by members of the church. Kirsti Cederberg read a couple readings/stories while another group of ladies prepared a humorous holiday skit. A group of high school students sang a couple Christmas selections and a delicious lunch was served. This tea has been an annual event for the past few years and is looked forward to by ladies and girls...
Most people now days get to have Christmas off. They sleep in or get up early to open presents. Breakfast is made, everybody sits and eats together and stays in the warm house with their family. If some are lucky, they will get to spend a little time outside sledding. Most of the time when you are in town you don’t get the opportunity to do such activities. Ranchers get to wake up before the sun to go take care of the animals that provide them with what they own. Without the animals, ranchers wouldn’t have the open skies above them, and the...
Harlem Elementary's ROARing students for the second week of December are Darryl Doney and Angelique Oats. These talented fourth graders have the behaviors and citizenship skills necessary to be chosen for the Little Wildcat ROARing Roster. Way to go, Darryl and Angelique!...
Cancer Awareness has recently been shown at the Turner Public School when one of their teachers was diagnosed with cancer. The business teacher, Mr. James Bowers, decided he'd take it upon himself and fellow friends and neighbors to help his co-worker out. He offered a chance to snip his hair for a dollar and/or a prayer. He told people even if they didn't drop a buck into the bag, to please offer a prayer for his fellow teacher. He sat in the hallway at the last home game and allowed people...
Reporter's note: Robin Allen returned this year to Chinook High School as the agriculture education teacher and Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter advisor, having formerly held that position from 2006 to 2013. She invited me to visit with her and some Future Farmer of America chapter members. I went to a rural high school but was never in FFA, I lived in town. About all I knew of FFA was that members got to wear very cool blue jackets with the FFA insignia on it. The invitation seemed like...
The students and staff at Turner Public School observed Diabetes Awareness Month on Wednesday of last week. Those who wished to participate wore a t-shirt in honor of seventh grade student, Brooke Reed, who has diabetes. The support shown was overwhelming. She wishes to thank everyone who remembered her with either wearing the t-shirts or perhaps even a prayer...for a cure! Shown are back row, L-R: Mrs. April Fox - Art instructor, Lacey Hickel, Sarah Billmayer, Brooke Reed (diagnosed with...
Libraries do more than loan reading material. The Blaine County Library, in Chinook, and the Harlem Library both offered learning programs to help attendees prepare for a successful Christmas holiday season. While the programs were not technically "information services" in the typical library sense, there was a lot of information sharing to help deal with some of the challenges of the holiday season. Blaine County Library The Blaine County Library hosted its 24th Annual Hassle-Free Christmas pro...
A kick off to Red Ribbon Week was held Monday morning at the flag pole at Turner Public School. The National Honor Society led a short ceremony including raising the flag, Mrs. Michelle Keller singing the National Anthem with students joining in, a short description of Red Ribbon Week and a short time of reflection. Red Ribbons were distributed to all the students and staff by the National Honor Society and their adviser, Mrs. Shelly Harmon. The students were asked to wear bright shirts and...
On November 15 the Big Flat Catholic youth traveled the Big Flat collecting food for the Harlem Food Bank. With monetary donations received from some community members they were able to shop for nonperishable food items and turkeys before they delivered to the food bank. The day was a success as they delivered 1395 pounds of food, including 12 turkeys. They would like to thank the Big Flat Community for their generous support, along with Jack Siemens, Dale Klungland, and Chuck Wasser for all...
Ray Cichosz, Program Coordinator of Language Preservation, is responsible for organizing and promoting various activities and programs that work to preserve the native languages of the Gros Ventre (White Clay) and Assiniboine tribes at Fort Belknap. Native language classes are being offered at various locations in both languages. Classes recently began at three locations around Fort Belknap (see locations and times at end of this story). Cichosz has been the Program Coordinator since May, 2014....
Chinook-area veterans were honored in a program held at the high school on Veterans Day. The program was hosted by Post 4620, Chinook's Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. Post Commander Ray Reid was the master of ceremonies for the annual event attended by junior and senior high students as well as the public. Perry Miller, also with Post 4620, assisted with the program. The program honored veterans through a number of presentations. After presentation of the colors by the Chinook Police...
