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On August 17 and again on August 18, Region II of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) will be offering free training for parents, general and special educators, paraprofessionals, agency personnel, and others who work with children and students. The training, offered in partnership with Havre Public Schools, will feature Dr. Jay H. Berk at the Havre High School Auditorium. The topic for Tuesday’s session is Electronic Addiction. A pioneer in electronic addiction in youth, Dr. Berk, is a licensed psychologist in two U.S. s...
Three Havre-based officers with the Customs and Border Patrol CBP) recently visited with children at Blaine County Library's summer program for kids. The officers did two presentations to educate children about the agency's job of protecting the nation's borders. The Customs and Border Patrol was created in 2002 when the Homeland Security Act combined the functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Customs Service into one agency. CBP is now the largest uniformed law...
The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation is making progress, not only with donations but with their two projects. However, progress has been somewhat slow recently. According to Foundation Treasurer Jessica Aberg, the group is continuing to market its efforts so as to ensure their plans reach fruition. Although they have applied for grants and have various "balls rolling," no actual construction has begun. "Engineering documents are done, a plan is in play, and we have a viable budget for a...
After 33 years in business as the owner of Shores Floral & Gift, Bonnie Weber has sold the shop to Tomi Simenson, although Weber will continue to own the greenhouse portion of the business. Simenson officially took over the business on July 28. Describing her path to business ownership, Simenson said, "Ten years ago I walked into Shores looking for a job. I was just hoping to help some with the retail side of things, and Bonnie informed me that I would be arranging flowers instead. In my head I...
As severe drought conditions and wildfires persist across the state, the Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding agricultural producers of the availability of the Hay Hotline, an online tool that connects those interested in buying, selling, or donating hay or pasture. The Hay Hotline allows producers to enter new listings with descriptions of the forage they have available to sell or donate. It also provides users with an option to search for available hay or pasture. The online tool is maintained by the Montana Department of...
The Chinook Volunteer Fire Department was again called out to a fire on July 31, joining forces with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to contain the 'Cow Fire'. The fire burned approximately 100 acres down a steep coulee. A BLM Helicopter was on scene and at one point the CVFD and local landowners had a Type 6 Engine, a Type 5 Wildland Truck and a 20 man crew on scene. So far rapid response from volunteer fire departments as well as landowners and state agencies have kept fires contained,...
After being postponed from June 23 and rescheduled due to impossibly busy schedules, Blaine County 4-H held its annual Project Day on July 21. Twenty-nine 4-H members from six of the clubs in Blaine County attended. Sign-in for members of Bear Paw Buddies, Big Flat, Harlem Variety, North Chinook Boosters, Valley Clovers, and White Pine clubs began on Wednesday morning at 8:30 at the 4-H Building on the Blaine County Fairgrounds. Those in attendance selected from a series of morning workshops. Am...
on the Students' Choice Award at Harlem High School's Spring Art Exhibition, will be honored yet again. She will be a featured artist at the Artitudes Gallery in the Havre Atrium on Wednesday, August 11 from 6:00-8:00 in the evening. Under the guidance of her English teacher, Mr. Matthew Hodgson, King has curated a small art show. Selecting from among her best pieces, she chose those that would match her theme. Thematically speaking, she will be focusing on flowers and gardening as a metaphor...
Both pleasure and pain accompany halibut fishing. When the fish are biting, little can match the excitement of hooking one since an angler never knows what's on the other end of the line-dinner or something less desirable like a skate or an Irish Lord, a member of the sculpin family. However, jigging in 200 feet of water with a two-pound lead weight while fighting the tides requires stamina and strength. On July 9, we met at Captain Daniel Donich's boat, Optimist, in the Homer, Alaska, harbor...
Last week, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) completed their treatment of around 40,000 acres of rangeland southeast of Big Sandy. Their objective was to control grasshopper populations which are projected to reach critical levels in the coming weeks. The weather over the past few years has presented the perfect storm of conditions to produce massive rangeland grasshopper populations. This is particularly the case for the Big Sandy area, which has a high density grasshopper population. “Some of the grasshoppers are b...
The Milk River Indian Days (MRID) Pow Wow has featured some of the most beautiful pageantry, dancing and drumming around the country for more than 50 years. The MRID Pow Wow has attracted folks from all over the United States and Canada and has been a highlight of the Pow Wow Calender for years. Unfortunately the Pow Wow was forced to cancel a year ago due to the worldwide Covid-19 Pandemic. This year the MRID Pow Wow makes its return, albeit in a limited form. Festivities will be limited to...
This Chinook Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD) Fire Truck is parked with an extinguished burnt field behind it after firefighters successfully contained and extinguished the largest fire of the year to date in Blaine County. This fire encompassed more than 250 acres approximately 15 miles south of Chinook late last week. Quick response from the CVFD, Local Rural volunteer fire departments and local landowners allowed for fire crews to be able to get in front of and contain this fire before it...
Warmshowers is a global network of individuals building a community to connect touring cyclist. Tammy Bergman of Chinook has joined the ranks and recently began hosting cyclists as they criss cross the country. What is Warmshowers? Their mission statement reads: "Our Mission is to facilitate and promote safe, free reciprocal hospitality for the world-wide touring bicycling community." Their vision, "We envision a future where everyone, everywhere views Warmshowers as THE community for...
How many young Montanans get to celebrate their thirteenth birthdays at the Grand Ole Opry where the crowd sings 'happy birthday'? Such was the case for Kenneth Gruszie who travelled to Kentucky and Tennessee from July 13-18 to attend the 2021 Junior Red Angus Association Round-Up with his sister, Madilyn, and his mother, Trisha Gordon-Gruszie. While there, Kenneth competed on the Champion Team. The theme for this year's tour was Red Cows, White Lights, and Bluegrass. Because the Junior Red Angu...
Pets Are Worth Saving, Incorporated, also known as PAWS of Chinook, has again collaborated with Spay Montana to offer a Spay/Neuter Clinic for low income households from August 21-22 at Harlem City Hall. Because clinics like this can fill up fast, anyone interested in getting a pet spayed or neutered is encouraged to call the clinic line at 407-357-7172 to make an appointment or to sign-up. Spay/neuter slots will start at 8:00 a.m. each day and continue until both days are spent. According to Alissa Hewitt, PAWS of Chinook President, signups ar...
Attention, Hi-Line musicians! The signup sheet for KNMC Rock Lotto is live! Deadline to sign up for the event is noon on Friday, August 6, followed by the band drawing and song draft at 6:00 p.m. at the Tip-It Bar. On Saturday, September 18, KNMC-the radio station broadcasting from MSU-Northern in Havre and dialed in at 90.1 FM on the airwaves-will be celebrating 20 years back on the air by hosting an event during Havre Festival Days that brings together musicians from all around the Hi-Line....
As Summer is drawing to a close, School is rounding the corner. With thoughts of school shopping, which classes to take, and sports about to start, last year's elementary students and teachers take a quick glimpse at the last day of school for the 2020-2021 school year. They had a short award ceremony and some fun activities. Here are the children at school on the last day that celebrated closing the 2020-2021 year. They are now gearing up to begin a new year in less than a m...
Most of us have a passion, something in which we find great satisfaction, pleasure, or fulfillment. For Chinook native M. Jeffrey Harshman, a retired school psychologist in Colorado Springs, that is the art of samurai sword guards, or tsuba. His passion runs so deeply that he has authored a book on the subject. Published by Sweetgrass Books in Helena, Montana, The Art of Tsuba: The Montgomery Collection came out in paperback on June 18, 2021. About a sizeable collection of Japanese Samurai...
The election for council members and mayor in the City of Harlem will be voting by mail ballot. This type of election allows the voter the convenience of voting at home and simply returning the ballot by mail or delivering it to the Blaine County Clerk and Recorder’s office at the courthouse. No precinct polling place will be open on Election Day, September 14, 2021. Ballots must be voted and received by the Blaine County Clerk & Recorder’s office not later than 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 14 2021. The Blaine County Clerk and Rec...
Bidders, businesses, and the public are invited to the Fort Belknap 2021 4-H Fair. The event will take place from August 12-13 in Lodge Pole, Montana, at the Wasay Wakpa Arena and Powwow Grounds. The Market Animal Weigh-in and Horsemanship Showing are scheduled for Thursday, August 12. This will be a working ranch horse showing, with roping, sorting, and other exhibitions by the horses and their riders. Then, on Friday, August 13, the fair will feature 4-H Exhibits, Market Livestock Showmanship...
Montana Senators John Tester and Steve Daines released press statements regarding the Bi-partisan Bill designed to provide as much as 100 Million Dollars to repair the Milk River Irrigation Project/St. Mary's Diversion Dam has made it out of the Senates Natural Resource Committee. The G20 Group passed the bi-partisan legislation by a 13-7 vote. In his press release Senator Tester stated, ""Today is a historic step forward in making long-overdue and critically needed investments in the Milk...
On July 15 and 16, crews were hard at work setting 85-foot utility poles for new arena lights at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. The project is a collaborative effort of several organizations and volunteers and will take approximately three weeks to complete. According to Fair Board Vice President, Loren Skoyen, the workers were all volunteers. "Between the Fair Board members and the Red Rock and Outback boys, we had a pretty good crew," he stated. The Blaine County Fair Foundation and the Bear...
Motorists coming in to Chinook from the west on US 2 can enjoy a brief "no construction zone" between these two signs on the west edge of town. They are signs of the times as road repairs carried on in both directions along US 2. A wag once said, "Montana: nine months of winter and three months of road repairs." On the other hand, both projects are and will be major improvements along the popular Hi-Line route....
Launched in 2010, GoFundMe is the world’s largest social fundraising platform and considered a leader in online fundraising. So, it’s no surprise that when two individuals were seeking to help a local homeless girl, they created a GoFundMe page. Mary Ellen Earnhardt, a Career Lab Supervisor with the Department of Labor, and Matthew Hodgson, a Harlem High School English Educator, are the organizers of this fundraiser. According to information provided on her the GoFundMe page, Kiahna Cochran is a young Native American woman from the Fort Bel...
So few people have the honor of representing the United States on the world stage. Even fewer have the opportunity to do so on the grandest stage of them all, the Olympics. Butte, Montana native Staff Sergent Nickolaus Mowrer will do just that at the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled for July 23 through August 8. Mowrer isn't just representing Butte, Montana or the United States. The seven time National Record holder has strong ties to the community of Harlem. Yolanda Johnson, Kay Schmitt and Gary...
