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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...
The Turner School was elated to receive a $5,000.00 check from Northwest Farm Credit Services this past May. The money was presented to Superintendent, Mr. Tony Warren, who applied for the money. All the students and staff gathered to watch while Courtney Helmers of Havre presented the check. The money is being applied to the newly VoAg program in Turner for needed equipment. Thanks to Northwest for this donation!...
Fire season is definitely upon us here along the Hi-line. This past week a number of fires forced local volunteer fire departments and landowners, as well as State and Federal officials, to jump into action to extinguish a number of blazes in Blaine County. The majority of fires were in southern Blaine County with the biggest being the Snake Point Wildfire near the Missouri River Breaks burning 88 acres in all. There were six wildfires of note in southern Blaine County, the others being: Middle...
In the late spring I was walking along Stephens Road that borders the Kuper Memorial Cemetery northwest of Chinook. I noticed some construction equipment and workers around the water tower located on the highest part of the cemetery. I figured repair work was going on. A few days later I walked by the cemetery again and the water tank was partially flattened on the ground and the steel tower that held it was gone. I was curious about the history of the old tank and why it was taken down. A few...
Despite being the largest courtroom in the Seventeenth Judicial District the Blaine County courtroom was the only one without a sound system installed. Recently that changed, "This is something new, basically every other courtroom in Montana already has in place audio equipment," stated Seventeenth Judicial District Judge Yvonne Laird. "This includes my other two courtrooms in Glasgow and Malta, They have had audio speaker systems in place but Blaine County never did and it's the largest courtro...
Right now, blood donations are leaving the shelves faster than they’re coming in. That means patients are at risk for delayed surgeries or treatment. Please hurry to book your next appointment! The Chinook community will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Tuesday July 20th from 12 noon to 6PM at Wallner Hall 330 Ohio (behind the Methodist Church, the door is facing 4th street). The Red Cross highly recommends appointments, however walk in donors are welcome. There will be additional Red Cross staff available to a...
The Sweet Memorial Nursing Home Board of Directors is very pleased to announce that Sweet Memorial Nursing Home Administrator Rebecca Shackelford has recently passed her exam, met all the requirements and has received her Nursing Home Administrator License from the Montana Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Shackelford was hired in December of 2019, "The (COVID-19) pandemic reared its ugly head shortly after that, complicating what would already be a difficult first year for me," said...
On Saturday, July 17, everyone is invited to the Turner Car Show. This community event is sponsored by Big Flat Grocery. Cars, motorcycles, tractors, and airplanes are all welcome to fly or drive in for what event organizers are calling "a day of fun." Registration for all vehicles begins at 10:00 a.m. Although Turner has held car shows in the past, it has been a few years since the community has hosted such an event. Chet Fouts, who is on the Board of Directors for the Big Flat Grocery,...
June ended with a lot of heat and little moisture but that didn't stop many from putting up their first cutting of hay. For some the first cutting produced good yield but for many lack of moisture diminished yield. A second cutting will require cooler temperatures and more moisture. This picture taken near Chinook looking north....
Governor Greg Gianforte today ended the state of emergency in Montana he declared in January 2021 to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. “Months ago, the light at the end of the tunnel was distant and dim. As we’ve worked together to overcome this pandemic, the light has grown bigger and brighter. Today, we are out of the tunnel, and we are surrounded in light. Today, the conditions we face are nothing like what we faced 15 months ago, 12 months ago, or six months ago,” Gianforte said. “Today, the conditions we face no longer warrant...
