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With Halloween creeping up on us, Jeff Puryear, the Manager of Montana Young Writers, announced the most recent task in a line-up of writing contests for students in Montana: Tales from Halloween. Writers are invited to compose a piece of micro-fiction with Halloween or Halloween night as the backdrop. Submissions are being accepted from October 5 through October 30. Puryear, who is an Assistant Professor of Gifted Education in the University of Montana's (UM) Department of Teaching and...
Student applications for the Western Aerospace Scholars (WAS) program are available now, and the junior level program application is due by October 30, 2020. Presented in two phases, WAS is an online distance learning course and a summer experience specifically designed for high school students interested in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pathways through the exploration of space and space travel. Phase One involves a four-month online course designed by NASA and the University of Washington (UW). Scheduled for the...
nd Western Heritage Center (WHC) announced the thirteenth class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. Those announcements included Turner resident Lzetta Martha (Combes) Halingstad and Duane Daniel Werk of Chinook. Both will be honored in an induction ceremony in conjunction with the annual MCHF event gathering in Great Falls the second weekend in February 2021. "Due to COVID restrictions, we are still in the tentative planning phase for our celebration," stated Christy Stensland,...
As part of the Montana Beef to School Project, two schools in Blaine County will be the recipients of local beef, which their cooks will use in meal preparation and serve in their school cafeterias. This practice provides economic support for local ranchers, meat processors, and agricultural communities while also potentially increasing students’ awareness of Montana’s ranching heritage and about the origin of their food. Since its inception in 2015, the Montana Beef to School (B2S) Project personnel have made it their goal to assist sch...
Humanities Montana is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Governor’s Humanities Awards. These awards recognize individuals and organizations that demonstrate excellence in the public humanities. Leaders in the public humanities engage their communities in reflecting on diverse cultures, traditions, histories, and their relevance to current conditions of life. Past awards have recognized historians, novelists, tribal elders, philosophers, librarians, teachers, and other cultural leaders whose contributions have transformed lives and s...
For the first time since May 19 water is running through Drop 5 of the St. Mary's Diversion. Project Manager Jennifer Patrick stated, "At about 3:15 (Saturday, August 10) the Drop 5 structure ran water for the first time. This has been such an unbelievable and at times overwhelming project to be a part of. The teamwork, partnerships and honestly friendships that have been forged in 22 short weeks are incredible." Water will be soon flowing back into Fresno Reservoir, providing a huge sigh of...
In conjunction with several sponsors, the Blaine County Extension Service hosted the second session of the Re-imagining Rural Virtual Gathering. The meeting was held on September 29 at the Triple E Meeting Room in Chinook. The session proctor and MSU-Extension Agent Juli Snedigar reported that the crowd at Tuesday night’s presentation was “small but mighty.” In order to prepare for the session, Snedigar had asked attendees to do a little “homework.” In a conversation with a newcomer to the area, Snedigar suggested asking three questions...
Shelby Johnsen, a Public Affairs Specialist who works in Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), shared information on October 9 that six rural communities in Montana will receive allocations totaling 19.3 million dollars in funding through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. USDA’s investments in rural Montana leveraged an additional $24.48 million in state, local and other funds to build critical infrastructure. Harlem is one of those communities that received grant funding under the p...
The Montana Arts Council (MAC) recently announced the availability of COVID-19 emergency funding to offset losses and to encourage continued creative efforts of artists in Montana. Grants awarded through the Montana CARES Individuals program will present up to $2,500 to professional artists impacted by COVID-19. The CARES Individuals grant application deadline is November 10. With funds coming through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, MAC has awarded...
Latex paint and an assortment of makeup and brushes filled the end of a large table in a breakroom at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit (NMRTU) Everett. The room usually functions as a location for the occasional meeting, training exercise, or a place for staff members to dine during the day. Instead of lunching at the table, Hospitalman Tonii Farmer, assigned to NMRTU Everett, is using the breakroom as a space to share her creative ability in the decidedly untraditional art form of...
The third and final session in the Re-imagining Rural series was held on October 13 at 6:00 p.m. in the Triple E Room. The evening’s special guest, Sarah Calhoun, founder of Red Ants Pants, shared a Montana perspective. Following Calhoun’s presentation, Ben Winchester, Becky McCray, and Deb Brown—speakers who presented in previous sessions—returned to answer questions. According to Blaine County MSU-Extension Agent Juli Snedigar, “This last night of Reimagining Rural was probably our best. We had quite a line-up on Tuesday.” In addition to the...
Chinook Chamber President Daniel Dahl said he was pleased with the turnout for the Fall into Festival, the 2020 version of the Sugarbeet Festival. With concerns from COVID-19 there was some hesitancy to host even a smaller festival this year. "But," Dahl explained, "our chamber leadership wanted to have a festival and with the other activities in town, it turned out to be part of a good draw for visitors." He was especially pleased with the number of vendors who came to sell their wares. Dahl...
On September 28, Harlem School District received notification that a staff member had tested positive for COVID-19. Upon receiving the news, school officials acted quickly, and “out of an abundance of caution,” Superintendent Doreen Warren decided to close the school immediately. Buses began picking up students at Harlem Elementary at 11:30 a.m. on Monday when school was dismissed. Harlem School District will be teaching remotely until at least October 9. A special board meeting was also held last night, October 6. “We were advised of a posit...
Saturday, August 10, was supposed to be the day of the Sarah Finley/Rylin Collins Benefit, but that has been postponed due to the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Blaine County. Pushing back the date of the benefit to better ensure the safety of those who plan to attend is for the best and organizers are committed to holding the event at a yet to be determined date. Sarah and Rylin are on the minds of the community and helping them as soon as possible is still very much an option. This...
With the return of cooler weather, local management has rescinded Stage I Fire Restrictions effective 12:01 a.m. on Friday, October 2, 2020, for all lands within Blaine and Valley Counties. Easing of restrictions means that public land visitors can again use campfires outside of developed campgrounds and posted recreation sites. Burn bans will be in effect for any debris or agricultural burning and may have additional limits. Check with your local sheriff’s office for fire department for information on burn permits. The public is reminded t...
In partnership with Havre Public Schools, Region II of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) will offer free on-line training on the topic of trauma informed teaching for general and special educators, paraprofessionals, agency personnel, and parents who work with children and/or students. Dr. Linda Karges-Bone will be the featured speaker for this two-day virtual training, which will occur on October 2 and October 9. According to Aileen Couch, CSPD Regional Coordinator, “Trauma Informed Teaching: Moving Students from S...
The Chinook Rod & Gun Club held their 8th Annual Gun and Antique Show this past weekend at the Blaine County Fairground Commercial Building. This year's event coincided with the Fall Festival being held Saturday on Main Street in Chinook as well as the Chinook Sugarbeeters Homecoming football game Friday night. That being said, the show had plenty of questions heading into the weekend, the big one being, how will the COVID-19 pandemic affect turnout. One common takeaway from the vendors was how...
A few members of the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation Board gathered recently to accept a $3,000 grant from First Bank of Montana in Chinook. The grant monies will be used towards improvements to the Chinook City Pool and Sweet Park. The group, which is still in the infancy phase of this project, plans to invest those grant dollars in renovations once they raise additional funds to begin reconstruction. This Friends Foundation, dedicated towards fundraising and improving the Chinook City...
Dr. Bella Bikowski will be the featured speaker in a free virtual training scheduled for October 15 and offered through Region II of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development program. Her presentation, "Returning to School after COVID-19: Incorporating Mental Health Awareness into your Multi-tiered Systems of Support," will focus on building awareness around common mental health challenges found in the school setting. These include anxiety, depression, and executive functioning...
Harlem Elementary School celebrated Native American Week from September 21-25 with various cultural activities. During the week, students also practiced their bus evacuation plan. In years past, Harlem Elementary has collaborated with schools from Hays, Lodge Pole, Dodson, and Fort Belknap students attending White Clay Immersion School in order to provide a memorable celebration during Native American Week. However, COVID-19 altered those plans, leaving Mr. Thomas Molina, Harlem School...
The students in Mr. Andrew Linquist's General Applied Math class at Chinook High School were busily engaged in a real-world math lesson on Friday, September 25. In a Boone and Crocket Club scoring simulation, students measured antlers that they had brought in from various hunts or as shed finds. Stacie Liddle, who had been absent the previous day, was working on the measurements of a mule deer rack from a buck bagged by Chad Surber and brought in by his daughter, Lily, who is also enrolled in...
A lot of people joke that if a motorist blinks on Highway 2 approximately ten miles east of Chinook, the individual will miss the town of Zurich. However, between the sub-surface investigation operations being performed by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the fiber optic cable installation being conducted by work crews for Charter Communications, the flow of traffic on US-2 between mile markers 410 to 417 in Blaine County near Zurich had slowed to a virtual crawl on Tuesday, S...
After the complete failure of Drop 5 this past May, repairs have been done in earnest to get water flowing back to those that rely on the St. Mary's diversion for essential operations. In the 19 weeks since crews have been working diligently to get the job done. Work on Drop 2 and Drop 1 was done in this time as well and was previously scheduled prior to the Drop 5 failure. The diversion is essential to irrigators downstream of Fresno Reservoirs as well as more than 18,000 people in the Havre,...
Ruth Hawley's acceptance of the postmistress position in Hays, Montana, left the Chinook Post Office missing a postal clerk. That situation changed after Ashley Bronec's official first day on September 12. Although Bronec attended junior high and high school in Shelby and currently lives in Havre with her husband, Flint, she has ties to Chinook. For example, she recalls spending many Memorial Day and Veterans Day holidays with her grandparents Shirley (Croft) Gardipee and the late Edward...
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 The Chinook community hosted the American Red Cross Blood Drive. It was another great turnout. Our schedule was not as full which made more room for walk ins. We had 40 presenters with 37 productive units collected on a goal of 45. The Red Cross is now able to collect Power Red donations at our drives. If you are an eligible type O, B- or A- donor, consider making a Power Red donation. You give two units of blood and only give three times per year rather than six. If interested please contact Carla Jenewein at 357...
