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Sixteen seniors from Blaine County recently spent a day in Fort Benton, the town known as the "Birthplace of Montana™." The day-long bus trip was organized through the Chinook Senior Center and was open to any adult in the county. Based on the positive response to the trip, organizers are hopeful future outings to places of interest in the region can be arranged. The charge for the trip included the cost of the bus trip, lunch at Fort Benton's Golden (Senior) Center and admission to two m...
Helena, Mont., July 30, 2018 – The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) announces the opening of a grant cycle to benefit the communities and residents of Blaine County. Grants will be made from the Blaine County Community Foundation Fund, 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. Applicants must be either a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or an exempt governmental unit. Grants will range in size from $500 to $2,000. While g...
Who doesn't like recess? If you were to ask these little ones, they would all agree that recess on a hot day of school is just what the "students" ordered! These littles are from grades one through three at Turner School. They take a moment from their play to pose for a quick photo near a new piece of playground equipment on their playground. They are as follows. Back row: Harley Beck and Amos Billmayer. Middle Row: Olivia Keller, Willie Krass, Lex Wolery, Quin Billmayer, Alaina Egbert, Gracie...
With a week under their belt, the Turner School has resumed classes with bells ringing on Wednesday for grades 1-12. Kindergarten will begin this Monday. The staff attended two PIR days prior to the students return. Pictured are a portion of teachers and staff that were available for a picture. Back row L-R are: Mr. Zach Holland, K-12 PE and 7-12 History, Mrs. Shelly Harmon, Kindergarten, and Library, Mrs. April Fox, Welding, K-12 Art, Mrs. Michelle Keller, Math, Superintendent, Mr. Russ...
Havre Elks Lodge #1201 and the Elks National Foundation announce that the 2018-2019 Most Valuable Student Scholarship program is now underway. All high school seniors who are U.S. citizens are welcome to apply. The entire MVS application process is handled on-line with applicants being judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need. According to local Elks Scholarship Chairman Bob Nieuwenhuyse, applicants will be judged at three levels with the opportunity to earn scholarships at the local, state and national level. Six scholarship...
Kirsti and Max Cederberg visited Bill and Edith Bilger on Sunday. They had pizza with them before returning back home. Linda Hauge accompanied Jane and Harlan Krass to Havre for appointments on Thursday. Sonny and Nellie Obrecht were to Cascade for the weekend where they attended Sonny’s 57th Class reunion. He reported having a great time with 15 of his classmates. Linda Hutton was to West Yellowstone on Wednesday where she went to help Lyndsay get moved back to Missoula to begin grad school. She returned home on Friday. Reece Hutton left S...
Linda Hauge took Harlan and Jane Krass to Havre for medical appointments on Thursday. Lucas and Anita Reed visited them at their home that morning as well. Last weekend, Cassie and Evelyn Handran met Teresa Cornell in Harlem and they traveled to Great Falls to attend the bridal shower for Annah Hedstrom. Loretta Beck went to Havre for a dental appointment and met Crystal and Lucy Grabofsky for lunch. Lucy came home with Grandma to have a sleepover. On Saturday, Harley Jo Beck went over to Grandma and Grandpa’s to play with Lucy and then those t...
The first Lutheran service ever held in Chinook occurred in June, 1904 and was held in the Methodist church building. Ten years later the current Zion Lutheran Church building, at the corner of Illinois and 8th Street, was dedicated. Last Saturday Zion congregants and guests celebrated a Service of Thanksgiving for the Finished Revitalization of the church building. The service capped a year-long major renovation involving a new roof, an expanded narthex, a reconfigured access to the basement...
The 2018 general election is set for Tuesday, November 6. According to the Blaine County Clerk and Recorder, ballots for military personnel and citizen's living overseas will be mailed September 21. Regular mailed ballots will be sent to voters on October 12. Readers have already seen yard signs, billboards, TV ads and likely received information via email or social media. With the Election Day fast approaching, candidates all over the country are beginning to move their campaigns into high...
With our region of northeast Montana beginning to dry out and with the increasing threat of wildfires, hunters and other recreationists taking to the field must be aware of local fire restrictions and take precautions. Montana archery antelope hunters are already hunting with their 900-20 hunting licenses. Montana’s upland game bird season (and mourning doves) open Sept. 1, along with the archery-only hunting season for deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, black bear, wolf and mountain lion. Hunters and other recreationists should: Drive only on...
Harvest season is in full swing and with long hours in the field one might not make it home in time for supper. This group found a creative way to merge the two as they gathered around the table right in the field. This weeks photo by Tyler Hewitt will be included in our $100 Front Page photo contest. Please send your photo to bcjads@mtintouch.net....
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Region 6 In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, under the recommendations of county officials, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) are now under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Hill and Blaine counties. Both counties entered Stage 1 restrictions beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 10. County officials in those counties enacted the Stage 1 Restrictions, which ban campfires except where specifically...
Dillon Davies and his colleague Shawn Newton were each awarded an Emmy in June at a Seattle awards ceremony recognizing outstanding television productions in the northwest region of the country. Davies grew up in Chinook and graduated from Chinook High in 2004. The two natives of the Hi-Line (Newton grew up in Glasgow) won the Emmys for their work with a Montana-based documentary TV series called "Under the Big Sky." The award was part of the National Academy's regional awards for the...
Twenty-plus locals gathered last week at the Blaine County Library to hear native Vic Palm talk about "Aunt Eleanor's Men," a book he wrote and published in 2017. Palm, who grew up in Chinook and graduated from CHS in 1959, was greeted by a number of former classmates, friends and family members who came to hear about the escapades of the half-sister of his maternal grandfather Gilman McKinnie. Gilman's daughter, Laura Palm, is the mother of Vic and Chuck Palm and Ardis (Palm) Conrad. Ardis...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for a class in Hays, starting with registration on Thurs. and Fri., Aug. 16 and 17, from 4-7 p.m. and class starting on Sat., Aug. 18. For youth to be eligible to hunt and be fully certified during the 2018 season, hunters must be 12-years old by January 16, 2019. Students aged 10 and 11 can take the course and hunt as an apprentice but will not be fully certified until the year they turn 12. All registrants for this event must be 10 years of age by Aug. 16. The...
The deadline to sign up for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. In return for enrolling land in CRP, FSA provides participants with annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to remove sensitive lands from production and plant certain grasses, shrubs and trees that improve water quality, prevent soil erosion and increase wildlife habitat. Landowners enter into contracts that last between 10 and 15 years. For this year’s signup, limited priority practices are available for continuous e...
Reporter's note: This fall will mark five years my wife and I have lived in Chinook. She's since retired as a pastor and I've scaled back from a part time reporter to "even more" part time reporting. As part of this life change, we are trying to do some traveling and have been focusing on learning about our adopted state: "Montana, the Last Best Place." So, I'll be sharing some things we learn about Montana. Some of what we learn might be common knowledge to long-time residents and natives....
Agricultural producers affected by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017 now may apply for assistance to help recover and rebuild their farming operations. Signup began July 16, 2018, and continues through Nov. 16, 2018. Hurricanes and wildfires caused billions of dollars in losses to America’s farmers last year. Our objective is to get relief funds into the hands of eligible producers as quickly as possible. We are making immediate, initial payments of up to 50 percent of the calculated assistance so producers can pay their bills. Additional p...
USDA began accepting disaster assistance program applications on June 4 from agricultural producers who suffered livestock, honeybees, farm-raised fish and other losses due to natural disasters. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reopened the application period for two disaster assistance programs in response to statutory changes made by Congress earlier this year. Beginning June 4, FSA will accept new applications for losses for calendar year 2017 or 2018 filed under the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) or Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Ho...
The First Bank of Montana, spearheaded by the efforts of former president Craig Lowham secured 100% of the funding necessary for a brand new Daktronix scoreboard to be installed at the football field. Moxley Construction of Chinook, recently completed the installation and the wireless scoreboard is now ready for use. The scoreboards wireless ability will allow for use of the new announcer tower behind the hometown fans on the north side of the field once it is completed....
Terry and Shirley Suneson of Minnesota came to visit with Bill and Mary Hake for a week. They enjoyed each other’s company and a lot of reminiscing. Susan Fox attended a Quilt Guild meeting in Turner on Saturday. Reece Hutton is home for a week before he heads back to Dickinson for college. Lenny Erickson, Jonathon Erickson, and Max and Kirsti Cederberg were in Bozeman for the weekend attending the wedding of Derrick and Kjersti Downing. Diana Maloney drove Harlan and Jane Krass to Great Falls on Tuesday for a doctor appointment. School s...
Susan and Emily Billmayer are attending family reunions in Coon Valley, Wisconsin and also in Omaha, Nebraska. Diana Maloney took Harlan and Jane Krass to Great Falls on Wednesday for Jane’s medical appointment for her shoulder. Joely and Josh Hiniker came to Ed and Kathy Zellmer’s on Monday to spend a couple weeks helping out with harvest. Brandon and Dallas Beck, Daniella Schilling, and their friend Bryan ate supper with Grandpa Wally Beck Thursday night. The Hogeland Hawks Class of ’68 had a 50-year reunion in Havre over the weekend. Hilary...
This weeks photo comes from Tonii Collins and was taken early in the morning across from the water plant on the south side of Chinook. A sight familiar to everyone in the community this time of year is a farmer in the field bailin' hay or getting ready to harvest. With the heat and the humidity the time frame to do that usually begins well before the sun comes up and the temperature rises, this photo surely captures the moment....
Summer is at its peak, the weather is nice and the harvest season is upon us. With all that also comes the new school year for local K-12 students, two a day practices for volleyball and football athletes and school shopping for that perfect first day of school outfit. There are some things that need to checked off to ensure you, or your student is prepared for the new year. First of all if you are enrolling in a new school make sure to contact the school secretary to ensure they have received all your records from your previous school. Make...
Reporter's note: Several weeks ago Don Swenson, Maintenance Engineer for Chinook Schools, asked me to come visit with and write about the summer cleaning crew at the schools. Since there are likely crews doing similar work all over the county, state and nation, I thought it sounded like an interesting story topic. Explaining why he thought it was important for people to know what happens in the summer, Swenson said, "Some people have the idea that when the schools close for summer nothing...
