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Betty Billmayer, one of the primary organizers of this year's Community Thanksgiving dinner in Chinook, wrote of last week's holiday gathering, "It was great but we couldn't have done it without all the good help. We had a great time." That seemed to sum up the reaction of the 115 diners who came to the senior center of the Thanksgiving meal at noon plus the 70 others who enjoyed carry-out meals. Other major organizers were Betty's husband, Mark, Kathy O'Brien, Jay Eslick and Larry Wisch. Wisch...
Blaine I, the ambulance crew that serves the Chinook area, started a planned 180-hour class to license new Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT). The class began the first week of November and meets two nights per week, with one weekend meeting each month. Facilitators teaching the class say the program will be completed in mid-February. The course is a combination of lectures, audio-visual presentations, text book readings and lots of skills practice. Blaine I leaders said earlier that with an...
Connie Zanto was recently appointed the new Director at the Harlem Senior Center. The Landusky native who spent most her adult life in Malta replaced Katie Noel. Noel has served as director at the center since June, 2011. Noel is leaving to marry and be a pastor's wife in Vegreville, Alberta. She will soon begin training to be the manager of a recycling center located in Vegreville. Connie Zanto began work as Director at the Harlem Senior Center on October 8 Zanto learned of the opening at the...
Havre Elks Lodge (BPOE 1201) will conduct their annual Memorial Service on Sunday, December 2nd at 5 p.m. in the Lodge Room located at 321 2nd Street. Lodge Exalted Ruler, Kyle Leeds, stated that this annual service honors the memory of Elks members who have passed away during the past year – as well as remembering those Elk members who have gone on before. Program Chairman Bob Nieuwenhuyse announced that this years’ Memorial Service speaker will be Pastor Rick Hodshire, Senior Minister at Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Havre Elks Lodge off...
Linda and Darel spent Thanksgiving weekend in Liberty Lake, WA with Adam and Lauren Hauge and boys. Shania Maloney was home over the Thanksgiving weekend. Max and Kirsti Cederberg and Lenny Erickson attended Norman Spoonheim’s funeral services on Wednesday. Miles and Linda Hutton and family spent Thanksgiving in Chinook with Dorothy Johnson, Tom Johnson, and Linda Miller. Anita and Steve Reed and family hosted Thanksgiving dinner at their home. Those attending were Jim Reed, Tim and Hilary Richman and girls, Diana and Randy Maloney, Shania M...
Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year. Hope everyone had a wonderful day with family and friends. Elissa and Jordan Zellmer and family spent Thanksgiving in Dodson with Wayne and Connie Jones. Loretta and Wally Beck spent Thanksgiving at Shawn and Bobbi Becks along with Crystal and Mike Grabofsky, Cassidy, Holly, Cooper and Lucy and Ralph and Nancy Snider. Jen and Nito Cuaresma, Josiah, and Sofia spent the Thanksgiving holiday at Ed and Kathy Zellmers. On Thanksgiving day, they all went to John and Donna Schneiders along with Aris...
The Big Flat 4-H Club met at Reed’s Elevator on Nov. 18, 2018 at noon. There were eight members present and three leaders. Roll call was a favorite Thanksgiving dish. Bailey and Hannah gave a report on 4-H Achievement Night that was held in Chinook last Sunday. The club voted to get matching t-shirts from Maloney Metalworks, and also to go ice skating for our December outing. There are several workshops coming up in Chinook that we are all encouraged to attend, such as Officer Training and Record Book instruction and market quality assurance t...
The Sixth Annual Friends of the Harlem Public Library Holiday Wine and Cheese fundraiser will be held Wednesday, December 5, 6 P.M. at the library. This year's theme is "Deck the Halls!" The events for the evening include live and silent auctions, with items for bidding donated by local individuals and organizations. There will be wines for tasting and for auction as well as a 50/50 raffle. A large selection of door prizes will be given away. There will be a fabulous assortment of refreshments...
Northern Star Chapter # 23, Order of the Eastern Star, presented Meadowlark principal, Mr. Martin, with a check to help with the Christmas food basket, a project that the students undertake each year. Pictured Mr. Jon Martin and Mr. Ben Hall....
• Kourtney Hanson, a student at Chinook High School, has been named a Semifinalist for the 2019 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program. • 1,896 high school seniors were selected as Semifinalists from a pool of 95,715 applications from across the country based on their academic excellence, leadership and service demonstrated in school and community activities. See the full list. • The Semifinalists are in the running for 150 college scholarships worth $20,000. Local high school senior Kourt...
In the next three weeks, Lars Kimer will be sharing articles about Christmas in Denmark. Lars lives in Gundsømagle, Denmark, which is a small village about 25 miles east of Copenhagen. For the past 15 years, he has been a journalist for the Dagbladet Roskilde in Roskilde, Denmark which is about the size of Great Falls. When we were there this past summer, my sister and I went with Lars on a Saturday to events he was covering for the newspaper. Lars is married to Mette and they have two...
Alert locals may have noticed a new sign on the front of 516 Indiana-the north half of the brick building just south of Edwards Funeral Home. "hi-line escape" is the newest addition to the growing trend of escape rooms. According to Daniel Dahl, Vice President of the Chinook Area Chamber, the recently opened escape room is the only one of its kind along the Hi-line, with the other closest operating escape rooms being in Kalispell, Great Falls and Billings. An escape room is a live game, played...
Veteran's who came to share their time with students and guests to the school this past Monday, Veteran's Day, are as follows: Russ McKenna (Superintendent at Turner), Jack VanVoast, Dan Liese, Steve Humphreys, Sr., Don Richman, Art Richman, Wallace Beck, Gerald Keller, James Reed, Leneus Erickson, Amy and Dallas Egbert. Not present for photo, but present was Brian Anderson....
The 33rd Annual Parade of Lights and Festival of Trees takes place this Friday. As usual there is plenty going on during the day and throughout the night. The 8th Annual Festival of Trees will again be part of the festivities with proceeds from a Live Auction Friday night going to the upkeep of the main street snowflakes. The Festival of Trees is open to individuals, businesses, groups, organizations as well as families and churches. Simply decorate a tree, wreath or gift basket. Wreaths and...
Several community members have been getting together recently to discuss the possibility of bringing a Wellness/Community Center to the City of Chinook. The group includes Jayne and Aaron Morrow, Stephanie and Andre Silva, Taylor and Alexa Nicholson, Nellie Jo Nicholson, Robert Smith, Shannan VanVoast, Dana Pyette, Celeste Elliot, Jami Britt, Jana Hauer, Barb Skoyen, Linda Paugh, Tammy Niederegger, Betty Billmayer and Tawna Richman. The idea generated plenty of interest within the group and...
The winter snowfall that caused so much damage last spring is still disrupting activities as another winter approaches. The storm blanketed the region with record amounts of snow and caused significant property damages around Blaine County. One of those buildings damaged was the Annex behind the Blaine County Courthouse that suffered considerable damage to it's roof and forced the immediate relocation of the Blaine 1 Ambulance to a new location on the west end of Chinook. Repair of the...
Individuals and nonprofit organizations interested in learning about grant seeking and proposal writing are invited to attend. The workshop takes place on December 5th from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the Triangle Communications Hospitality Room located at 2121 US Highway 2 NW in Havre. . The free workshop, presented by Triangle’s Economic Development Specialist, Anne Boothe, is designed for beginners and will include ideas, resources and processes for developing grant proposals. The workshop is limited to the first 20 participants registered on or b...
Helena, Mont., November 16, 2018 – The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) announces the grantees of the Blaine County Community Foundation Fund benefiting the communities and residents of Blaine County. The Blaine County Community Foundation Fund was established at MCF by Warren Ross in 1997. Financial support for this grant program also comes from the Ross 87 Ranch Endowment Fund, established by Warren Ross as well. The grant money must be used for programs or projects benefiting Blaine County. The applications were reviewed by a c...
Sympathy is extended to the family of Norman Spoonheim who passed away this past week in Billings. His service will be Wednesday at the Christian Church at 1:00 p.m. with visitation at 12:00 Noon. Loretta and Wally Beck attended the Veterans Program at the Turner School on Monday morning. Dalton Cornell and daughter Addison were out from Billings for a few days at the Dave Cornell home. Cassie and Richard Handran, & August and Evie joined them this weekend. Dale Cornell and Don Cornell came on Sunday to help them work cattle. The “Thanks for t...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed Bingo this Sunday at the Old Gym. Bill and Mary Hake took in the little Tornadoes basketball games in Turner on Friday. Don and Bonnie Harmon attended Donnie Hutton’s funeral services a week ago. Mary and Bill Hake attended Turkey Bingo on Sunday in Turner. Gerald and Shirley Keller were to a 4-H dinner in Havre with their niece on Sunday. School will be dismissed at 12:45 this Wednesday so that everyone can enjoy Thanksgiving on Thursday. Sympathy is extended to the families of Norman Spoonheim. He passed away t...
The October meeting of the Paradise Pals 4-H Club was held on October 21, 2018 at the Zurich School. Victoria and Mercedes reported on the Teen Leader meeting, Victoria, Mercedes, Chad, Anna, and Aubree reported on our Window Display, Kristi and Samaria reported on the Livestock Committee meeting and the Council meeting, and Victoria reported on the Slippery Ann Elk Viewing. We all signed thank yous for Northern Montana Hospital and Dan’s Auto Parts. We sang “Happy Birthday” to Mercedes & Rikki Ritterbach for our song. We discussed who was g...
Test results from three deer harvested in Blaine County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The deer were harvested within the 2018 priority surveillance area, which includes the northern half of Blaine County. As a result, the northern part of Blaine County — north of U.S. Highway 2 — has been designated a CWD-positive area. A previously existing CWD-positive area includes all of Liberty County. FWP has notified the hunters who submitted the samples. To prevent the spread of CWD to other portions of Montana, the brain and spi...
Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., doing business as Triangle Communications (Triangle), held its 65th Annual Meeting of Members on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Voting members plus numerous guests totaled close to 300 in attendance at the meeting held in the Student Union Building on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre. Attending members voted to approve the proposed By-Law changes. A complete listing of these changes appeared in the meeting notice mailed to...
Once again, it is time for turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, and pumpkin pie to be shared with friends and family. The history of Thanksgiving is a little more complicated than other American Holidays. Americans typically think of the first Thanksgiving in 1621 with the Pilgrims and the Powhatan Indians. This was a three day celebration to thank the Powhatan Indians for helping the Pilgrims to survive. However, it wasn’t until 1789 when George Washington proclaimed November 26, as a national day of Thanksgiving. Even then it f...
Q. What is Chronic Wasting Disease and how do deer, elk and moose catch it? A. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is one type of a class of diseases called Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, or TSEs, that infect members of the deer family, including deer, elk, moose, and caribou. TSEs are caused by infectious, mis-folded prion proteins, which cause normal prion proteins throughout a healthy animal’s body to mis-fold, resulting in organ damage and eventual death. These prions are found throughout bodily tissues and secretions and are shed i...
