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Dave and Teresa Cornell went to Billings on Saturday for Danial Cornell’s 4th birthday party. Hilary, Hannah, and Natalie were out to visit Harlan and Jane Krass on Saturday night. The Hogeland Lutheran Church annual dinner will be on Nov. 4 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. They will serve a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Susan and Emily Billmayer attended the fall dinner in Harlem at the Lutheran Church on Sunday. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the junior high basketball games in Gildford on Tuesday with Crystal and Lucy Grabofsky. A...
Steve and Shirley Bevich of Shelby were weekend guests at Bill and Mary Hake’s home this weekend. Gerald and Shirley Keller were to Helena last weekend where they attended Chad and Katie Jone’s wedding. While there they stayed and visited with J.D. and Juliann Solomon and family, Anita Reed attended Volleyball games in Harlem on Wednesday after taking Brooke to her Orthodontist appointment in Havre. (She got her braces off!) Linda and Darel Hauge attended the Democratic spaghetti dinner in Chinook on Sunday. Kurt, Julie, Isley, and Dylan Wel...
The Harlem Public Library will be presenting three Solid Finances webinars on adult financial education during the month of November. These free webinars will be offered as “Lunch and Learn” classes at the library. The schedule of presentations includes “Budgeting for Your Good Life” - Nov. 7; “Slash Your Spending” - Nov. 14; and “Organizing Your Financial Paperwork” - Nov. 21. Each webinar will shown from 12:05 to 12:55 in the library meeting room. Participants may attend any or all of the presentations. Attendees are asked to bring their own...
This photo taken recently just a handful of miles south of Chinook shows the first snowfall of the year. While most of the valley also received measurable amounts of snow, it didn't last long. Thankfully the start to winter this year was a bit better than the introduction we received in 2017 when the snow stayed until April. This photo will be entered into our front page photo contest. Please send entries to bcjads@mtintouch.net with a short description of your photo....
Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) has adopted changes to rules affecting vaccination requirements and the boundary of the Designated Surveillance Area (DSA). The newly adopted brucellosis vaccination rule (ARM 32.3.433) mandates that eligible animals in 10 Montana counties must be vaccinated against brucellosis. The change requires that all sexually intact female cattle and domestic bison 12 months of age or older in Beaverhead, Big Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison, Park, Stillwater, and Sweet G...
The Harlem VFW as been a staple in the community for many years and after the decision was made by Harlem VFW Post 4744 to shut down operation of the bar on May 31, 2018 it became a real question to where the community would hold events in the future. Don Richman, Commander of VFW Post 4744 recently presented the City of Harlem with a proposal to purchase the property and keep the venue operational for the community. "I feel it's vitally important for the city of Harlem and for the community to...
The Blaine County Fair Foundation has been concerned about various rumors circulating about how the new Indoor Arena at the Blaine County Fairgrounds is being funded and wanted to make sure the community had the necessary information. The Blaine County Fairboard consists of Chairman Don Richman, Vice-Chairman John Skoyen and Board Members Loren Skoyen and Dale Williams. Blaine County has owned a 100' x 200' steel building for many years that was being stored at the gravel pit. Richman...
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 67 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2019, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 62 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2019. Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 31, 2018. (Note: some people receive both Social Security and SSI benefits). The Social Security Act ties the annual COLA to...
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. The 2019 Acreage Reporting/Crop Certification Deadline is Nov. 15, 2018 for Apiculture, Perennial Forage, Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) including Native Grass, Fall Wheat (Hard Red Winter) and all other Fall-Seeded Small Grains. These crops must be reported to FSA by Nov. 15, 2018 to be considered timely filed in...
Democratic candidate Kathleen Williams and U.S. Senator Jon Tester are looking forward to visiting about next steps to secure necessary funding for rehabilitating the St. Mary/Milk River project at the Blaine County Democratic Spaghetti Dinner this Sunday, October 21, at Wallner Hall in Chinook. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 P.M. Both Tester and Williams participated in a call-in discussion with the members of the St. Mary/Milk River Working Group on October 10th, as did their competitors in this year’s election. Kathleen Williams d...
The Hogeland Firemen Spaghetti Supper was held on Sunday at the Hogeland Lutheran Church. The HHH Club organized and prepared the supper and the firemen served it. There was a nice crowd that attended. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the basketball games at St. Jude’s in Havre on Friday and Saturday. On Wednesday, Dave and Teresa Cornell went to Simms to attend the funeral of Dan Cornell. On the way home, Dave and Teresa, Dalton and his family and Cassie and her family all stopped in Great Falls to see Evelyn Hedstrom. Shawn, Tate, and Ty B...
Max and Kirsti Cederberg visited Edith and Bill Bilger in Chinook on Sunday. Glenna Ammen was to Great Falls this week for medical appointments. While there she visited (her sister) Betty and Stan DeZort. Bill and Mary Hake were to Laci Maloney’s birthday supper on Thursday evening. Bill and Eunice Benjamin from Billings visited Sonny and Nellie Obrecht this weekend. Linda and Darel Hauge attended the fireman’s supper on Sunday and Darel helped Brian and Lynette Sallee with some projects at the farm over the weekend. Susan Fox attended a Dio...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will have check stations in place across Region 6 to sample for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer, elk and moose during the upcoming general hunting season. This is part of a planned surveillance effort, and FWP encourages hunters to help by submitting their harvested animals for testing. Last year, FWP discovered CWD in deer south of Billings and north of Chester. This contagious neurological disease can infect deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal and there is no known cure. Because of the new...
Reporter's note: During the second week of September 43 travelers from along the H-line enjoyed a week's bus tour to the Black Hills in South Dakota. The travelers represented 27 different communities in Montana and one couple from Georgia. It was the second year for a motor coach trip organized by my wife, Sherry, and me and promoted through the senior centers along the Hi-line. This year we had three intergenerational pairs on the trip, that's a senior parent traveling with an adult child....
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, in a written agreement approved by the Fish and Wildlife Commission, worked with the Blue Ridge Ranch owner, Will Carlson, to allow limited public elk hunting on approximately 9,665 private land acres in hunting district (HD) 622 in southern Phillips Co. for the 2018 general elk season. This agreement was made possible under the 2016 House Bill 454 Hunting Access Agreement. Under the provisions of HB 454, FWP received the authority to issue either-sex or antlerless elk permits to approved landowners in...
Jake White Plume of the Nez Perce Tribe welcomes visitors, friends and families to a gathering at the Bear Paw Battlefield Saturday morning. Soon they were joined by Sioux speakers of Nakota, Dakota and Lakota descent in a gathering to make amends for there actions as scouts for General Nelson Miles during the battle that preceded the famous speech Made by Chief Joseph on October 5, 1877....
Saturday morning, fifteen miles south of Chinook, descendants of the Nez Perce tribe and Sioux speakers from Fort Peck, Montana and Eagle Butte and Pine Ridge South Dakota and of Nakota, Lakota and Dakota decent joined each other at the sight of the historic speech made by Chief Joseph prior to his surrender to General Nelson Miles on October 5, 1877. The gathering was meant as a peaceful way to make amends between the tribes, while also asking for forgiveness from all parties involved. "Here...
The Blaine County Journal recently compiled a short list of four questions each for the two contested races being held on November 6th. Voters will cast their ballots in the Blaine County Commissioner race for District 3. Democrat Kim Hansen and Republican Miles Hutton are on the ballot, seeking to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Charles Kulbeck this past spring. Thomas Fairbanks was appointed to fill the position until the November Election. The Blaine County Sheriffs race to fill...
The Blaine County Democrats are hosting a spaghetti dinner on Sunday, October 21 at 5 PM at the Wallner Hall in Chinook. Admission is by free will offering and everyone is welcome. According to Blaine County Democratic Vice-chair Carol Elliot, “We are pleased to announce that both United States Senator Jon Tester and U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams have accepted our invitation to be the featured speakers at our dinner.” Senator Tester, from the nearby town of Big Sandy, is the only active farmer serving in the United States Senate. Whi...
The Hogeland Volunteer Fire Dept. Spaghetti Supper will be held this Sunday, October 14, from 5-7:00 p.m. at the Hogeland Lutheran Church basement. The HHH Club is sponsoring this event. Freewill donations will go to the Fire Dept. *(Please note the change of location of this year’s dinner). Loretta Beck attended Helen Billmayer’s 90th birthday party on Saturday in Chinook and on the way home visited with Darwin, Betty, and Keith Zellmer in Harlem. Anita Reed took Jane Krass to Havre for an appointment on Tuesday. Susan and Emily Billmayer atte...
Lenny Erickson and Craig Erickson traveled to Alabama for Lenny’s Air Force reunion this past week. Linda and Darel Hauge had lunch in Havre on Friday with Evan Hauge. Susan Fox attended her Aunt Catherine Morgan’s 90th birthday party last Saturday. Bill Gist from Poland, Dalton Gist from Spokane, WA, Jackie Gist and friend Aaron from Couer d’Alene, ID spent a couple days up at Ron and Susan’s. Reese Hutton was home for the weekend. He and Linda attended the Lutheran fall dinner and Miles attended the Chinook gun show this weekend. Don and Mari...
Barbara Rinke of Ronan, Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Montana made her official visitation to Northern Star Chapter No 23 in Chinook on Saturday, September 29 at 1:00 PM. The Worthy Grand Patron Jerry Williams of Shepherd accompanied her. The meeting was preceded by a luncheon held at the Masonic Temple. Other officers of the Grand Chapter present included: AGM – Elaine Robinson, AGP – Earl Bricker, Grand Treasurer – Joanne Kibbee, Associate Grand C...
On Sunday, Oct. 21, the Harlem Lutheran church will host their annual Harvest Dinner and Bazaar from 12:00 to 2:00. The menu will be a ham dinner with all the trimmings and dessert. Take-outs and deliveries are available; please call 353-2234 before 11:30 if possible. Prices for the dinner are: Adults, $10.00; Ages 6 to 12, $5.00; and ages 5 and under, free. In addition to the meal, a bazaar and bake sale will offer homemade baked goods and crafts. The church is also sponsoring a raffle with all proceeds to go to Lutheran World Relief, an...
On September 12, Valerie Frank, Blaine County Library Director, received notice from Kim Anderson, Director of Programs and Grants at Humanities Montana, that the Blaine County Library’s (BCL) application for a Big Sky Reads Grant had been approved. The $500.00 award will be used to fund the BCL’s book club project, Celebrating the Right to Read. Big Sky Reads grants are awarded by the Montana Center for the Book, a program of Humanities Montana and the state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Its mission is to...
Co-star of the acclaimed basketball documentary Never Too Late, Ryan Wetzel set to speak at Chinook High School Monday, October 15th at 10:15 a.m. Story submitted by, Fay Friede Ryan Wetzel, former pro basketball player, mental health professional and motivational speaker brings you into his world of trials and tribulations, connecting to his audience with heartfelt reality of the unexpected obstacles life can deliver at times. From being defeated to bouncing back, Ryan takes you through his jou...
