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Blaine County has a new Extension Agent. Friday, January 10 was Sarah Johnson's sixth day on the job. Johnson comes to Chinook from a small town in Minnesota with a population of approximately 2,043, so she's no stranger to small town life or to a life where the railroad, crops, and cattle contributed to the early economy. Although Johnson enjoyed her time in Minnesota, she was ready for a change and expressed excitement about her new position with the MSU Extension Service in Blaine County and...
Hunters and anglers can expect a few changes this year when they buy their 2020 licenses starting March 1. The most visible change Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks customers will see is a change to license paper. Starting this year, both licenses and carcass tags will be printed on normal-sized paper, and license buyers will be able to print them at home. For years, FWP licenses and tags have been produced on weather-resistant paper. However, this paper is not only expensive, but requires printing technology so outdated that it’s almost i...
The Chinook community hosted the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday January 7, 2020. There were 43 individuals that showed up to donate with 5 deferrals making our total number of pints donated 38 on a goal of 39. We appreciate all who braved the weather to come out and donate. Our next blood drive will be on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 from 12:30-6:00 at Wallner Hall. You can go online at www.redcrossblood.org to schedule your appointment early. We had two first time donors, Raynee Hasler and...
The Montana Association of Clerks and Recorders is again sponsoring a $1000 scholarship for a graduating senior who will be attending an in-state college or university. The last day of acceptance of the application is March 15, 2020. Application forms are now available at the Clerk and Recorder’s office at the courthouse in Chinook, or the Guidance Counselors at the Chinook, Harlem, Hays and Turner High Schools. Application forms must be returned to Blaine County Clerk and Recorder, Tammy Williams, Box 278, Chinook, MT 59523 by March 15, 2...
Sara Davidson, the K-12 music teacher and speech and drama coach for Simms School District, welcomed competitors to the Simms/Power-Dutton-Brady speech and drama tournament on January 18. Although temperatures were below zero across the Hi-Line as well as in Simms on Saturday, the hospitability was warm for the sixteen schools that competed in the Pre-Divisional Challenge. The Harlem and Chinook teams were among those in attendance, although the Dodson and Hays-Lodge Pole Co-op team travelled to Livingston to participate at the Paradise Valley...
After graduating from Chinook High School in 1996, Bobbi Jo Buck attended MSU-Bozeman from 1996-2000, eventually graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology. She then attended Walla Walla University's satellite campus in Missoula, where the focus of the program was advanced clinical practice. She graduated with a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) in 2002. Her path to that degree wasn't a straightforward one, however. Before settling on sociology and counseling, she had several...
CHS is starting up our second annual Lunch and Learn ACTuesdays! Our English, science, and math teachers volunteer to provide tutorials during lunch once a week and students attending receive a free lunch provided by our culinary arts program. These sessions are open to any sophomores and juniors interested in improving their ACT score. This spring, for free, all sophomores will take the Pre-ACT and all juniors will take the ACT! We alternate subjects every three weeks and the final week (#10) is a celebration. The celebration includes pizza,...
Butte – The following Montana Technological University students have been placed on the Honor Roll (HR), Dean’s List (DL), and Chancellor’s List (CL) Honor Roll for the fall semester 2019 at Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. Students are listed by hometown. A student who earns a 4.0 GPA is placed on the Chancellor’s Honor Roll. Those earning a 3.5 GPA will receive recognition for being listed on the Dean’s List. A full-time undergraduate student (enrolling in and completing a minimum of 12 credits) who earns a 3.25 GPA during the semester...
MSU News Service — BOZEMAN – Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2019. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s List and the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the lists, students must be enrolled in at least 12 college-level credits. This honor roll list was current as of Jan. 14 and includes all registration corrections or grade changes processed to that date. The 1,261 students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President’s List. An asterisk...
Melissa and Derrick Shambo have a good thing going just off Highway 66. Heading south through Blaine County, just before reaching the turnoff to Hays/Lodge Pole High School is 'Shambo Camp', a three bedroom home owned by the couple and a safe haven for area youth to hang out and relax in a comfortable setting. Many throughout Blaine County, the Hi-line, and the hoards of avid Montana High School basketball fans know Derrick Shambo as Head Coach of the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird boys basketball...
Save the date! On Saturday, February 1 from 4:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., the Blaine County Fair Foundation will play host to the Second Annual Blaine County Brew Fest, which will be held in the Commercial Building at the fairgrounds located at 300 Cleveland Road West in Chinook. Sax Cadillac will provide musical entertainment at the event. According to event organizer, Blaine County Fair Board member Loren Skoyen, seven breweries have committed to attending and will have representatives pouring...
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Blaine County Conservation District invite area cattle producers and any other interested individuals to a Know Your Manure NUTBAL Workshop on January 21 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Wallner Hall in Chinook. Great Falls Area Range Specialist for the NRCS, Rick Caquelin will present the workshop. A leader in the field of rangeland management, Caquelin is a longtime Society for Range Management member. As...
As it has for the past several summers, Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) in Havre, Montana, is again offering paid internships for college students and recent college graduates. These young adults manage and direct the KidsMAT touring children’s camps and the Youth Production, which this summer will be The Wizard of Oz. Applications for this opportunity are now open and will be due by April 10, 2019. The interns hired will oversee two established MAT youth programs: the touring KidsMAT Summer Children’s Theatre camp and the annual MAT Youth Produ...
After an exhaustive public process that spanned nearly eight years, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks today issued a decision that sets the parameters for the restoration of publicly managed bison. The department is not advancing a site-specific bison restoration proposal at this time. Rather, this decision finalizes the programmatic environmental impact statement and determines that any bison restoration proposals must follow state law, and address guidelines established by a group of stakeholders involved in the EIS process. “Wild bison have bee...
Grades four through 8 from Turner School participated in the school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee this week. Bridget Reed a 6th grader won first place, and Second place was awarded to Avery Fox. The school competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but also ancient and world civilizations, cultures, and physical features....
Agricultural producers can enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, two popular safety net programs, for the 2019 crop year. Interested producers must sign up for either program by March 15, 2020. The 2018 Farm Bill reauthorized and made updates to these two USDA Farm Service Agency programs. ARC provides income support payments on historical base acres when actual crop revenue declines below a specified guarantee level. PLC program provides income support payments on historical base acres when the...
Until recently, Montana was one of several states with no dyslexia laws on the books. All that changed when Senate Bill 140 (SB 140), the Montana Dyslexia Screening and Intervention Act, was signed by Governor Steve Bullock on May 1, 2019 and passed into law during the 66th Regular Session of the Montana Legislature. The Act, which requires screening and assistance for students with dyslexia. applies to school years beginning on or after July 1, 2019, the Act’s effective date. Furthermore, no later than September 15, 2020, the Office of P...
On Saturday, January 11, the Blaine County Extension Office held a 4-H Swine Workshop for all Market Swine project participants at the Triple E Room in Chinook. The workshop featured award-winning presenter Dr. David Madsen. Dr. Madsen is a Nebraska native who grew up on a diverse livestock and grain farm in Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 1969 and entered general veterinary practice with a food animal emphasis, retaining this focus until 1994. Retired in 2014, Madsen currently...
The Holidays are a time of celebration, a time for inclusion and a chance for us to get together with friends and family. They brighten our spirits, and our sense of being as we bring closure to the current year. Sometimes we are thankful the year is ending, maybe because it was a difficult one, while some are grateful to put the finishing touches on a year that brought a lot of joy. Whatever the case may be, the fact that a New Year is about to begin seems to energize even the most pessimistic...
When members of the Chinook Chapter of the FFA were travelling back to Chinook from Indianapolis after the National FFA Convention in early November, their advisor Robin Allen was flying to Montgomery, Alabama. Allen was called to Squadron Officers School (SOS) at Maxwell Air Force Base, a mandatory military training. According to Allen, who is in year five as an Air Force Captain currently serving as a Public Affairs Officer in the Montana Air National Guard, SOS is required Professional...
Elizabeth Werk, Agriculture Agent at Fort Belknap Extension, was recently named the recipient of the inaugural Montana Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (MACDEP) Community Impact Award. The award was announced at the annual MACDEP association meeting held during the 2019 Extension annual conference. In an award letter, MACDEP President Ashley Kent wrote: "Your past work with Extension has been exemplary. Implementing a 4-H Fair in an area where none previously existed...
The meeting of the White Pine 4H meeting at the library meeting room was called to order by president Mya Berreth with three leaders (Ashley Liddle, Jamie Berreth, and Bobbi Klingaman) and 19 members present ( Drake Berreth, Mya Berreth, Heyden Berreth, Kyra Berreth, Charlie Buck, Grace Buck, Gus Buck, Claire Buck, Micah Conner, Abigail Danley, Laura Danley, Evan Davies, Owen Davies, Emma Klingaman, Ethan Klingaman, Jenna Liddle, Sydney Liddle, Cassidy Liddle Zoe Scofiled) Also present were Emily Scofield, Amanda Davies, and Wylee Brown. The Am...
By Donna L. Miller BCJ News On Monday, December 23, fourteen beef project 4-H and FFA members attended a Blaine County 4-H Beef Project Workshop held from ten o'clock until noon at the Triple E Meeting Room. The purpose of the workshop was to provide all market beef and beef breeding members the tools needed to prepare for the upcoming 2020 Blaine County Fair, which this year will be held August 12-16. Dr. Lane Schmitt, DVM, and Juli Snedigar, MSU Blaine County Extension Agent, presented in the...
With the retirement of its former Director, Louise Nissen, the Bear Paw Cooperative welcomed new leadership this past July when Sara Tempel took over as the entity's Director. Tempel joined the Co-op in 1994 as a School Psychologist and will continue to serve in that role as well. When asked in what direction she hopes to lead the BPC as its Director, Tempel said she plans to implement a few changes. "There are a few ways of doing business that I have encountered in the various schools in which...
Helicopter Association International (HAI) is pleased to announce that Corey Brekke, maintenance manager in Afghanistan for Columbia Helicopters, is the 2020 recipient of the association's Excellence in Helicopter Maintenance Award. The award, sponsored by Rolls-Royce, recognizes an individual for long-standing excellence in the performance of helicopter maintenance, maintenance instruction or supervision, or a single significant and distinct contribution to helicopter maintenance. The award...
