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A number of Havre High School graduates have become professional athletes over the years, but none has possessed greater longevity nor more national and international prominence than the running Raunigs, the first brother and sister duo to qualify for the US Olympic marathon trials in the same year. Debbie Raunig, HHS Class of 1973, and Tom, Class of '77, both long-standing world class marathoners, will be featured speakers at the carbo-load dinner the evening before the Bear Paw Marathon...
The 17th annual Montana Seed Show is March 12,13, 14,2020. It is the 28th year for the Nimble Thimble Quilt show. The dates for the Quilt Show are March 13 and 14,2020. Friday March 13 from 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday, March 14th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Band room at Harlem High School. Quilts and entry forms must be returned to the Richman Ins office in Harlem by Friday, March 6th at 5:00 p.m. NO LATE ENTRY FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Get busy and get those quilt projects finished and enter them in our show. You can enter...
Eighteen Northern Division Class B and C schools packed the house in Coyote Country this past Saturday, January 25, when Shelby High School hosted the Northern B/C Divisional Speech, Drama, and Debate Tournament. Speech events were held at the elementary school while drama and debate events were conducted at the high school. After each round of competition, anxious competitors milled in the hallways waiting for results about who would advance. Those anxiety levels reached a peak during finals....
In an effort to raise awareness and to remove some of the stigma associated with mental illness, especially depression, Tony Warren, Superintendent of Schools in Turner, Montana, applied for and received a School Safety Grant from the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI). In fulfilling the terms of the grant, Dr. Curtis Smeby and Dr. Darlene Sellers from MSU-Northern will teach the first session of a Youth Mental Health First Aid class on Thursday, January 30, and will return again on Thursday, February 6 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Turner...
The Harlem Public Library is offering a Parenting Class series based on the Circle of Security® program. The five-week series will be held on Thursdays beginning February 6 from 6:00-7:30 P.M. in the library meeting room. Instructing the class will be Jacob Strissel from the Havre Bullhook Community Health Center. There is no charge for the class and free child care will be provided. The Circle of Security® is an innovative relationship based parenting program designed to improve the developmental pathway of children and their parents. This e...
Although the Chinook FFA Chapter mechanics team was slated to travel to Fergus High School in Lewistown for the Fergus Mechanics Contest and FFA Winter Meeting on January 25, the group decided to privilege work over that event on their Career and Leadership Development pathway. The Fergus of Lewistown FFA Alumni Mechanics Competition featured contest categories that are comparable to the state mechanics contest and included tests in welding, construction, electricity, equipment, small engines,...
Carroll College (Helena, Mont.) named the Central and Northcentral area students listed below to its 2019 fall semester dean’s list. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale and take at least 12 graded credits in a semester. A complete, sortable list of fall 2019 dean’s list recipients can be found at: www.carroll.edu/deanslist. Chinook: Elizabeth Hodgson Kailey Kleinjan...
Harlem Elementary has chosen first grader, Cassius Davis, and fifth grader, Taylor Healy, as the ROARing students on the 100th day of the school year. Cassius and Taylor follow the ROAR Rules as they are Respectful, Organized, Always safe, and Responsible at all times. Cassius and Taylor, Thank You For Being AMAZING!...
Smith River State Park offers gorgeous scenery in a remote setting. Renowned trout fishing is just one of the recreational opportunities that make a float trip on the 59-mile Smith River an unforgettable experience. The Smith River is so popular that a permit is required to float it. The permit process allows visitors a quality, multi-day float in relative solitude. Reservation Line If you aren’t awarded a permit, you still have a chance to float the Smith River by calling the Smith River Reservation Line at (406) 454-5861 beginning March 1...
Nakoda-Aaniiith Credit Agency (NACA) is currently offering affordable and flexible capital to help build assets, financial security and small business creation for Fort Belknap Indian Community tribal members. Financial products include consumer credit builder loans, small microenterprise loans and agri-business loans to develop greater financial resilience. NACA will also offer technical assistance through financial literacy training, credit coaching, small business and agri-business training. Nakoda-Aaniiih Credit Agency is located at 163...
Regardless of what side of the aisle you find yourself on, or if you stand in the middle, the three recent trade deals signed into law by President Trump have impacted local farmers and ranchers in a huge way. How we got here and whether it was the right way to achieve these trade agreements is a topic for a much larger circulation. What is important to us is our local producers. This is where we are at now, and how these deals will affect all of us, directly, is largely dependent on how those...
The Fort Belknap Indian Community invites everyone to its 52nd Annual Mid-Winter Fair (MWF), which is slated for February 5-8. For this year's MWF, the theme is "Envisioning the Future, Embracing the Past," and event organizers promise four fun-filled days. Although most activities will take place at the Fort Belknap Bingo Hall, others will be held on the Aaniiih Nakoda College campus. Booth set-up will begin on Monday, February 3, when various college and community groups and organizations...
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...
