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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farm Service Agency July Newsletter Farmers and ranchers with expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts may now re-enroll in certain CRP continuous signup practices or, if eligible, select a one-year contract extension. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is also accepting offers from landowners who want to enroll for the first time in one of the country’s largest conservation programs. FSA’s 52nd signup for CRP runs from June 3 to August 23. This year’s CRP continuous signup includes practices such as grass w...
With the Blaine County Fair in the books and other fairs close to follow, local 4-H and FFA youth are encouraging Montanans to support them and their livestock sales. Not only will such a purchase be cost effective, shopping locally has multiple additional benefits, provided a person understands farm to table computations. According to a University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture publication, "How Much Meat to Expect from a Beef Carcass," the amount of meat actually available from a beef...
When Glen Koster made his way into Chinook he experienced the highs and lows of walking across America. First he came across a huge Rattlesnake along the road, the first one he had ever saw, which left him at a standstill. A short while later a generous individual brought him a pink lemonade from Bikini Coffee. Glen and his wife Charlcie are in the home stretch of a two year journey across America, on foot, to raise awareness of the need for Foster Parents and Adoption. Glen himself is a foster...
Good news for Chinook salmon anglers: Fort Peck Reservoir and hatchery crews recently stocked record numbers of Chinook salmon fingerlings into Fort Peck Reservoir, with over 534 thousand being stocked this spring. Initially, the outlook from the fall 2018 egg collection efforts did not look very promising. Due to fewer mature females being present in the system due to limited stockings during 2015 and 2016, FWP Fisheries and hatchery personnel were only able to collect just over 110 thousand eggs last fall. On a positive note, with the few...
The Chinook Community Blood Drive was a great success. We collected a total of 46 pints on a goal of 40. Great job Chinook!! Each donation can save up to 3 lives. Because of your generosity, 126 lives will be saved. Kurtis Slaughter was a first time donor at this drive. The canteen was hosted by the Presbyterian Church and the Zion Lutheran Church. The sandwiches and sweet treats were, as always enjoyed by all of our donors, volunteers and guests. We are so happy to have you as part of our team in this important aspect of the blood drive. Pasto...
Visitors on Monday at the Harlan Krass home were Mary Ellen DeLoach, Linda Hauge, and Diana Maloney. They visited and had coffee with Harlan and Jane. Visiting this week at the Gene Billmayer home are Susan’s two cousins, one from Nashville, TN and the other from Ft. Worth, Texas. They all attended the Burns Family Reunion at the Zurich Park on Sunday with a family picnic. The Turner Volunteer Fireman Picnic was held on Saturday at the Turner Park in which Jane and Harlan Krass attended. Diana Maloney, Anita, Lucas, Brooke, and Bridget Reed v...
We all may need to take a break this week after such an eventful Fourth of July, Chinook High School All Class Reunion and Blaine County Fair. The All-Class Reunion is held for graduates of Chinook High School every five years over the 4th of July weekend and welcomes everyone to join in the festivities. This year that happened to include those in town attending the Blaine County Fair. The two big time events worked seamlessly together and their schedules complimented each other very well, and...
Fort Belknap Agency has a new community garden, and Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) interns, Denise Stanley and Corbin Brockie are responsible for tending and promoting the site, which is adjacent to the Discover Fort Belknap RV Park/Don Addy Park on Fort Belknap. Stanley and Brockie were placed with the MSU-Extension program by ANC. Two days a week they spend at Hays/Lodge Pole, planting, transplanting, weeding, and tending the community garden there. Then, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, they garden...
Imagine being in a horrific situation such as a house fire or a vehicle accident where immediate help is required. In the event of such horror, someone typically calls 911 so that emergency personnel can be dispatched to render aid. In a small rural community like Chinook or Harlem, those emergency personnel are often volunteers, neighbors helping neighbors. Yet, departments across the country are finding it more and more difficult to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters and Emergency Medic...
In order to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements, all producers, including livestock producers, are encouraged to visit their local FSA office to file an accurate crop certification report by the applicable deadline. Producers are required to complete and submit their FSA maps as part of the crop certification process. The maps can be obtained at the local FSA office. The 2019 Acreage Reporting/Crop Certification Deadline is July 15, 2019 for Spring Seeded Alfalfa Seed, Forage Seeding, CRP, Perennial Forage not covered under NAP,...
The Blaine County Fair was held this week in Chinook. The weather was kind of unsettled, but the Fair went on as scheduled. Quite a few of the community attended. Congratulations to all the 4H members who worked so hard on their entries and did a good job there. MaryEllen and Wayne Deloach were to Harlem to visit Kay and Charlie Brekke one day this week. Susan Billmayer judged flowers at the Fair on Saturday morning. In the afternoon, she rode the float with the graduates of Chinook from the Big Flat. On the 4th of July, Wally and Loretta Beck...
Montana Actors Theater (MAT) invites Chinook youth, ages 5-15, to participate in KidsMAT, a unique theatre camp experience for younger children offered in Chinook from July 15-18 at Chinook High School’s Lloyd Sweet Auditorium located at 528 Ohio Street. This one-week theater camp offers young people the chance not only to develop their creativity but to learn essential teamwork and leadership skills by allowing them to create their own stories, sets, and costumes. Each day will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. with a culminating p...
By the time the fair opens on Thursday, July 4, exhibitors will have spent countless hours preparing their entries, hoping to win premium ribbons, bragging rights, or simply the personal satisfaction that comes with accomplishment. This year, the Blaine County Fair will offer four new open class entry opportunities to potential exhibitors. Three of the new categories: Cake Decorating, Knife Skills, and Culinary Education will be available in the Culinary Department where Hope Hamilton serves as...
On Friday, July 5 and again on July 6, as part of the Chinook High School All-Class Reunion, Mighty Big Jim and the Tall Boys will be the featured music at a street dance on Indiana Street beginning at 9:00 p.m. on both nights. Two former CHS students who graduated in 2003, Katelynne (Sharples) and Jayson Eslick are members of the Rock Jam Americana style band whose home base is Wibaux, Montana. Created on February 1, 2013, Mighty Big Jim (MBJ) and the Tall Boys have been influenced by Bruce...
It looks like summer may finally be joining us! There are many fun events heading our way soon starting with the fair, swimming lessons and an all class reunion. Let’s take a moment to discuss one of the very important issues during the summer, Sun Safety! When out in the sun we are exposed to harmful ultraviolet rays (UV) which are the number one cause of skin cancer. We also can have this exposure when using tanning beds or sunlamps. Too much exposure to these rays can also cause sunburn, eye damage, and premature wrinkles. Often times the d...
Timely filing a Notice of Loss is required for all crops including grasses. For losses on crops covered by the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), producers must timely report damage or loss to their administrative County Office. For all low yield and value-loss crop claims, a CCC-576 Part B Notice of Loss must be filed within 15 calendar days of earlier of the date disaster occurs (or becomes apparent) or the normal harvest date. However, all producers should be aware that deadlines to provide initial notice to FSA do now vary...
The letters you see missing here AMERICAN RED CROSS may not seem like a big deal. But the letters A, B and O make up our main blood groups. And for a patient in the hospital needing blood, it’s everything. Only 3 out of 100 people in the U.S. donate blood, yet every two seconds someone needs it. Fewer people are donating blood to help patients. You can change that by joining the Missing Types movement and fill in the missing blood types. By donating blood you’ll help kids battling cancer, accident victims, and patients fighting lif...
Emily Billmayer was home this week to attend the funeral of Jack VanVoast on Tuesday. Ed Zellmer visited at the Wallace Beck home on Tuesday. Wayne and Mary Ellen DeLoach arrived at the Palmer Anderson homestead a week ago and are glad to be here. The Big Flat looks so beautiful with all the rain and critters that are visiting….deer, antelope, birds, but the gophers can go away! Wayne and Mary Ellen had coffee with Nancy and Ralph Snider and Fred and Sylvia Mohar, and the VanValkenburgs have stopped by as well. They celebrated Dee’s bir...
The 2020 Census provides vital information for you and our community. It determines how many representatives each state get in Congress and is used to draw district boundaries. Communities rely on census statistics to plan for a variety of residents needs including new roads, schools and emergency services. Each year, the federal government distributes hundreds of billions of dollars to states and communities based on Census Bureau data. Montana's share of federal funds for 2015 was...
The Montana Hemp Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday, July 10th at 1:00 pm following the Central Agricultural Research Center Field Day in Moccasin (52583 US Highway 87, Moccasin, MT 59462). Visit the CARC website for more information on the Field Day. For more information on the Montana Hemp Advisory Committee, click here. The Montana Department of Agriculture’s mission is to protect producers and consumers, and to enhance and develop agriculture and allied industries. For more information on the Montana Department of Agriculture, visit a...
Montana Actors Theater (MAT) is immersed in rehearsals for the MAT Youth Production, which this summer will be She Kills Monsters. If area youth missed the auditions on June 14 and June 15, they still have an opportunity to pursue MAT’s touring KidsMAT Summer Children’s Theatre camps. According to promotional materials, the Youth Production will feature a comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games. She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sis...
The Blaine County Library invites parents and caregivers to participate in their Books and Babies program. In its first year, the program is designed to build language and social skills. The program, which began on June 7, meets on Friday mornings from 10:30-11:30 through July 5. Librarian Valerie Frank reported that the Books and Babies program began as a request from local parents. “Anytime we try a new program, it takes a while for it to take off, so we will continue to offer this program at least for the summer and assess whether it is a v...
The old saying goes "April showers bring May flowers", the question now is what do June showers bring? This past month saw all of Blaine County receiving above normal precipitation throughout the month. For the most part the storms have just brought sustained rainfall with some minor thunder and lightning. Last Thursday, June 27, had a storm that brought much more than just rain, with sustained wind speeds approaching 40 Mph and a gust that toped out at 59 Mph according to the Nation Weather...
Blaine County was drenched by a welcome June shower that saw rain fall steadily for more than two day this past week. The weather station at the Harlem airport, one of the few official stations in the county, was working overtime last week. Reports from accross the region vary, with most reporting from 2.5" - 3.5". Weather, as we know it, is fickle this time of year. This welcomed moisture is hopefully the first of many perfectly timed storms that will be mixed in with just enough sunshine to...
BOZEMAN, MONTANA | June 17, 2019 – This spring, the Montana FFA Foundation was able to award over $70,000 in scholarships and grants to FFA members and local FFA chapters throughout the state; this would not be possible without our generous donors and supporters. Thirty-nine students will be receiving a combined total of $42,000 in scholarships for college, leadership development, and top individuals in competitions held at the State FFA Convention in Bozeman. These are the leadership and college scholarships recipients who were selected t...
