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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...
Reporter's note: In mid-December my wife, Sherry, and I will be leaving Chinook to live in Whitlash, Montana for a year. She'll be the "pastor in residence" at the Whitlash Community Presbyterian Church and I'll, well, I'll be going with her. That means I'm ending my stint as a reporter for the "Blaine County Journal." It's been a great run for me the past five years at the newspaper and I thank readers for their support, story ideas and helpful comments about the stories I've written. Sherry...
Harlem Elementary sixth graders present the flag before performing a demonstration on properly folding the Flag and the meaning behind each fold. Celebrations, honoring or Veterans past and present began Friday at Harlem Elementary and concluded Monday with more ceremonies at our local schools. Please look for complete coverage of these events in our November 21 edition....
No one is exactly sure what year the first Community Thanksgiving Dinner was held in Chinook, but most agree it was in the 1980’s. First held in the Presbyterian Church, the event later moved to the Chinook Senior Center when the present facility was completed. Organizers of the most recent edition of the community dinner say the number of diners has stayed fairly consistent and financial support has remained generous and adequate. It’s one of the first community get togethers that kicks off the upcoming holiday season. This year’s menu follo...
The 2018 Mid-term elections are finally over after months of political wrangling back and forth, especially at the Federal and State levels. In Blaine County there were three closely contested races: Blaine County Sheriff, County Commissioner, District 3 and District Court Judge #17. State races were being contested for Public Service Commission, Clerk of Supreme Court, Representative House District 32 as well as a pair of Referendums and Initiatives. Our actual Election 'Day' was, Tuesday,...
The race for Blaine County Sheriff was probably the most campaigned locally contest race as both candidates held multiple public events, ran radio and print ads and campaigned door to door all across Blaine County in hopes of replacing Glenn Huestis, who is retiring after a long run as Sheriff. After all the votes were counted it was Democrat John Colby narrowly defeating Republican Frank Billmayer 1,541 to 1,368. The results produced an interesting outcome as Colby won the Fort Belknap Indian...
