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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...
Senior friends in Harlem recently invited my wife and me to come for a visit and "help tell others about what is going on at the Harlem Senior Center." Being seniors ourselves, my wife and I always enjoy interacting and fellowshipping with others. We headed over to Harlem for lunch and "some visiting." As a senior I've become more aware of the pitfalls of retirement. Oh, it's nice to have more control of your time and maybe no longer have a full time job. But there's also a downside, it's easy t...
Harlem Elementary has chosen third grader, Brandi Cochran, and fifth grader, Kehtsin Stiffarm, as the last ROARing students from 2019. Brandi and Kehtsin are super role models for their peers as they are Respectful, Organized, Always safe, and Responsible, and follow the ROAR rules at all times. Brandi and Kehtsin, you are phenomenal!...
An Independent Wine Consultant, as well as the Managing Director and Montana's Executive Recruiter for WineShop At Home, Tara Hofeldt speaks with enthusiasm and conviction when she talks about her ventures as a businesswoman: "Long ago, The Sage Grape was originally going to be a store front in town that I was going to open when the old Circle K building was for sale. However, the liquor licensing in Chinook at the time was a bit of a battle and very expensive, and when WineShop offered their...
Meadowlark Elementary Principal Shane Bartschi has announced the Students of the Month for November. Another fine group of well deserving students was selected and they are: Left to right: Amina Shellman, Paul Shellman, Liam Morrow, Kirbey Hofeldt, Kamry Gustitis, Lori Mord, Amanda Mulonet, Beau Elias, Darilyn Grossman, Richard Conrad, Janna Snedigar, Laurin Davies and Claire Rasmussen. Right: The students at Chinook's Meadowlark Elementary have made it a Holiday tradition to do their part to...
Despite the colder temperatures and weekend snowfall, the First Annual Chinook Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD) Coyote Hunt held December 6-8 saw 21 teams registered and out hunting. By Sunday night when all the counts were finalized, weights confirmed, and fur settled, top winners were declared. Based on total coyote tallies, winning first place in the Calling Class was the team comprised of Merle Young, Clint Crowley, Tyler Christman, and Cory Brothers. The second place team was Colter...
The Harlem Junior/Senior High School along with the Harlem Elementary School were placed in lock-down the afternoon of Monday. December 9, following an undisclosed threat. Students at both locations were kept at the school until being released in the early evening. School activities were shut down as well as extra curricular activities. Students and staff at both the Junior/Senior High School and Elementary returned to normal activity Tuesday and extra curricular activities returned to a normal schedule. The Blaine County Sheriff Department...
Bear Paw Cooperative is a Special Education Cooperative that serves 31 schools from as far east as Whitewater and as far west as Chester. Three nonmember districts lie within the Cooperative's boundaries: Havre Elementary School District, Havre High School, and Malta K-12 Schools. Currently located in the Carnegie Library Building at 421 Ohio Street in Chinook, the Co-op today is the largest of its kind in Montana, serving 20,000 square miles. It offers special education services and advocacy...
The Chinook Chapter of the FFA attended Winter Districts on Tuesday, December 10 in Winifred and brought home two awards. The Junior Parliamentary Procedure team captured second place, a status which qualifies them for State FFA competition, and Morgan Friede placed third in FFA testing. The Chapter also fielded teams in both Senior Parliamentary Procedure and Agricultural Sales, but those teams didn't earn qualifying scores. Torin Cercle, Ben LaVelle, Bree Swanson, Aislinn Handy, Morgan...
Chinook’s Division B Team had a great showing at the 35th Montana Science Olympiad (MTSO), according to their coach, Kendall Harwood. Held on Tuesday, November 26 in the Strand Union Building and other locations across Montana State University—Bozeman’s campus, the MTSO is billed as Montana’s premier STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) competition for youth. Several students formed teams to represent Chinook School District and came away with some top performances. Every year, at the Montana Science Olympiad (MTSO), middle...
