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For the second week of March, Harlem Elementary School officials have named five young Wildcats to the list of ROARing Students. This week's in- school ROARing winners are second grader Chacyn Johnson, fourth grader NiKayla Dillon, and sixth grader Talen Werk. Selected as winners from the remote student group are second grader Sunny Yellow-Stone and kindergartener Haven Hogan. About these students, Janice Gilham, a spokesperson for the school, said: "These sensational Lil' Wildcats are the...
Montana oilseed growers will soon receive a ballot in the mail proposing a 0.5% checkoff for canola, camelina, flaxseed, mustard, safflower, soybeans, and sunflower crops. If passed, the Montana Oilseed Advisory Committee will advise the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) on how to invest the funds for research, market development, and education. “Checkoff programs have a long history of improving and expanding markets for growers,” said MDA Director Mike Foster. “Montana’s oilseed production has grown significantly in recent years, and I...
National Ag Week – a time to celebrate agriculture – is March 21-27 with National Ag Day March 23. Agriculture remains the number-one industry for Montana, outpacing mining, tourism and forestry products, along with oil and gas. Montana agriculture is diverse and known throughout the world for its wheat, beef, pulse crops, and barley, plus the state’s farmers and ranchers produce plenty of other agricultural products including bees/honey, cherries, sugar beets, corn, canola, seed potatoes, dairy products, hogs, chickens/eggs, and more. “America...
Invasive zebra mussels found another avenue for potential infestation of Montana waters. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks was notified Wednesday that zebra mus-sels were detected in aquarium moss balls sold at a pet store in Washington state. FWP immediately checked pet stores around Montana and found invasive mussels in moss balls at multiple locations. It appears these moss balls were imported from Ukraine to a distributor in California and were shipped to pet stores nationwide. The facility that imports the moss balls has been quarantined and...
What Is Ag Day? It's a day to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. Every year, producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across America join together to recognize the contributions of agriculture. When Is Ag Day? Ag Day is celebrated on March 23, 2021. National Ag Day falls during National Ag Week. Who Hosts Ag Day? The Agriculture Council of America hosts the campaign on a national level. However, the awareness efforts in communities across America are...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline from March 5 to April 9 for agricultural producers to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program because of recent winter storms and some clarifications to program rules. This program assists producers who suffered crop quality losses due to qualifying 2018 and 2019 natural disasters. “Because of recent winter storms and some program updates, we want to provide five additional weeks for producers to apply for the program,” said Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General Signup period, which had previously been announced as ending on Feb. 12, 2021. USDA will continue to accept offers as it takes this opportunity for the incoming Administration to evaluate ways to increase enrollment. Under the previous Administration, incentives and rental payment rates were reduced resulting in an enrollment shortfall of over 4 million acres. The program, administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provides annual r...
The Chinook Alliance Church will be hosting a 'May Day Garden Party', May 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Lori Miller Takawira will be the guest speaker during the program. A meal will also be served to all in attendance. Tickets will be available at the door with proceeds going to a Mission Group of Lori's choice. Who is Lori Takawira? Well she was born in Havre, MT and is the daughter of Perry and Pauly Miller. Lori calls both Pennsylvania and Montana home and traveled back and forth between the two...
The Chinook Senior Center "reopened" last Thursday, March 11. State health mandates forced the Center to close several months ago over concerns of spreading COVID-19 to seniors, a group considered most vulnerable during the pandemic. After the lifting of some state-wide directives the regional Area Agency on Aging, an advisory group to regional senior centers, issued guidelines that if followed would allow reopening of senior centers in north central Montana. The Center's board of Directors...
Over the past several months I've read several commentaries about how the COVID-19 pandemic (covid) affected businesses nationally. Recreational vehicle sales were up as folks sought ways to vacation and still maintain social distancing. People forced to stay home to avoid exposure to covid were doing more home fix-up, learning new languages and drinking more alcohol as bars and clubs were closed or scaled back capacity and hours. Toilet paper was in short supply for a time. In late March my...
Anyone visiting the Richman Insurance Agency building in Harlem will likely notice a quilt hanging on the west wall. Beside the quilt is a plaque and a story explaining that on July 17, 2017, Donald Wayne Richman, a member of the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict, was honored by the Quilts of Valor Foundation. The quilt was created by Elissa Zellmer from Hogeland. The presentation was accompanied by a certificate from the Foundation that reads: "The Quilts of Valor Foundation wishes...
Paulette Cronk of Chinook has been selected as one of the MSU-Northern Foundation's Founders Excellence Award recipients for 2021. Paulette Cronk, a Northern graduate of the class of '63, has been active with Northern for over 30 years which included time served on the Alumni Board and the Foundation Board as well as various committees. She currently is active with the F.A.N (Friends and Alumni of Northern) Committee that puts on area events and fundraisers. The committee and the board...
President of the Montana Federation of Public Employees (MFPE), Amanda Curtis announced last week that the National Education Association (NEA) has released its application materials and deadline for the NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. The application deadline is April 1, and the Montana Professional Teaching Foundation will honor MFPE's awardee at the annual Celebration of Teaching Dinner, which will be held on October 21, 2021 during the MFPE Educators’ Conference in Great Falls. The purpose of the NEA Foundation Awards for Teac...
For the 15th year in a row Alexander (Zander) Blewett, III, a trial lawyer from the personal injury law firm of Hoyt & Blewett PLLC in Great Falls, Montana, has offered three $1,000 scholarships to the top student/wrestlers around the state of Montana for Classes “AA”, “A”, and “B/C”. The scholarships are awarded to the top wrestler from each school classification who has displayed the best combined qualities of wrestling and academic achievement. The award will go to one senior high school wrestler in each class around Montana who best qualif...
Great turnout Chinook!!! At our recent blood drive on Tuesday March 2nd we had 54 presenting donors with 52 units collected. Because of your generosity 156 lives will be saved. These numbers are really something to celebrate and we are grateful for each and every one of you who made our drive a success. Our walk in slots were limited but I am happy to say we did not have to turn anybody away. Many of our donors chose to preschedule for the May 11th drive and for those of you who didn't and...
It’s scholarship season, and the Counselor at Chinook High School, Fay Friede announced that several scholarships are available to graduates of Blaine County high schools. Because each scholarship has its own requirements and application deadline, potential applicants are advised to read carefully so as not to miss any important funding opportunities. While encouraging graduating seniors to get those applications in, Friede reminds all Blaine County students that they may not win every scholarship they apply for, but they most certainly c...
With the onset of more frequent sunshine, Chinook FFA Chapter Advisor, Karyn Billmayer shared some brilliant news. Chinook High School Senior, Austin Swanson has reached the final round in his efforts to earn the title of State Star Farmer. Because Swanson is among the top three finalists, he is scheduled to be in Billings on April 7 for a candidate's interview at the State FFA Convention. He will learn of his results on Friday, April 9. The State Star Farmer is a prestigious award issued for...
Harlem, MT – Warmer weather means construction crews are back out on Montana roads, upgrading your route! The Chinook to Harlem Culverts project will repair or replace over 20 deteriorating culverts along a 24 mile stretch of US 2 between Chinook and Harlem. Culvert work will build a strong foundation for the complete reconstruction of the corridor planned within the next five years. Future projects will be more time and cost-efficient, as they will not need to repair or replace culverts during construction. Crews began work on replacing c...
Aaniiih Nakoda College, Fort Belknap Agency-Congratulations to Xavier Hawley. He has been selected for Aaniiih Nakoda College Student of the Year 2021. Xavier is a junior at ANC and enrolled in the new Bachelor of Science, Aaniiih Nakoda Ecology Program. He graduated with his Associate Degree in Environmental Science in 2020 and he was on the ANC honors list with a cumulative grade point average of 4.00. In 2019 he received the President's Award for ANC. He is a school mentor at the ANC White...
The students at Meadowlark Elementary School are celebrating books during the entire month of March. The celebration began with dress-up days to commemorate Dr. Seuss' birthday, and it continues with various ways to win books and other prizes. According to Chinook School District's Librarian, Kelsey Harry, "The dress up week was fun." A standout during the week which commemorated Theodor Seuss Geisel, Hailee Niederegger dressed as Cindy Lou Who from Dr. Seuss' storybook How the Grinch Stole...
Harlem Elementary School officials have chosen four young Wildcats as the ROARing Students for the last week of February. They also named four additional winners in the first week of March. Second grader Kendell Lamebull, third grader Caleb Stiffarm, and sixth grader Mikaela Doney were selected in late February as the in-school ROARing students of the week, while fourth grader Christopher Plumage was chosen as the remote ROARing student. Each of these young Wildcats earned their place on the...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is investing $42.3 million to help rural residents gain access to health care and educational opportunities (PDF, 255 KB). Rural areas are seeing higher infection and death rates related to COVID-19 due to several factors, including a much higher percentage of underlying conditions, difficulty accessing medical care, and lack of health insurance. The $42.3 million in awards includes $24 million provided through the CARES Act. In total, these investments will benefit 5...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline from March 5 to April 9 for agricultural producers to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program because of recent winter storms and some clarifications to program rules. This program assists producers who suffered crop quality losses due to qualifying 2018 and 2019 natural disasters. The QLA program assists producers whose eligible crops suffered quality losses due to qualifying drought, excessive moisture, flooding, hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic...
Anyone recently making a phone call to the Sweet Medical Center has probably been greeted with a "Hello, this is One Health; how may I assist you?" No, the caller hasn't dialed the wrong number. As of December 1, 2020, the health centers from seven communities have been operating under the new name of One Health. Those communities include Chinook and Harlem. Bighorn Valley Health Center (BVHC) in Hardin and Ashland, One Health in Miles City and Glendive, Central Montana Community Health Center...
A new, unintentional hazard for local golfers has been added to the Chinook Golf Course northwest of town. A wind event north of Chinook in early February equated to a Category I Hurricane with 75 mile per hour winds. Those winds left drifts of dirt, some more than three feet high on the west edge of the course along the number #3 fairway, and left problem deposits on other greens as well. I first noticed the drifts during some early spring walks I made out along Stephens Road. Jim Gallus, who...
