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At the close of every school year, the elementary students at Turner take a little field trip to celebrate the close of the year. This year the students and their teachers traveled to Havre to the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump. It was a beautiful day with all the bushes at the site in aromatic full blossom. It was in this area that immense herds of bison roamed the grassy plains along the Milk River. Archaeology at Wahkpa Cju'gn reveals that native people used this site extensively for at least...
A knowledgeable tour guide let the children experience a buffalo hunt. They were given, under direct supervision, an ancient weapon called an atlatl, to throw at a buffalo model. Here, Savannah Heilig takes her attempt at getting down the right stance to throw it. It truly was a fun afternoon. Savannah is the daughter of Rachael and Kent Heilig of Turner....
The Eighth Annual Blaine County Cruise is finally here. Get the family together and head to the Blaine County Fairgrounds this Friday to get signed up for this years Cruise. This year the group will travel to Turner on Saturday while competing in family friendly games and activities along the way. Friday night the movie Herbie will be shown and Saturday 'Fast 8' will be showing....
Last week about 30 people joined a Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) bus tour to view completed and future road projects along US 2 from Havre to Fort Belknap. The tour was held the day before the MDT's meeting conducted in Havre. District Three Transportation Commissioner Greg Jergeson, from Chinook, said each year MDT conducts a bus tour in one of its five MDT districts. "Until this tour," Jergeson added, "only MDT officials and transportation commissioners participated in the annual...
On Friday, June 22, Blaine County Commissioners Dolores Plumage and Frank DePriest selected Tom Fairbank to complete the unexpired term of the commission seat vacated by Charlie Kulbeck. The Blaine County Democratic Central Committee met on the Monday night before and selected three names that were submitted to the County Commissioners. Kulbeck had earlier notified commissioners that he was resigning effective July 1, citing his own health challenges and family concerns. Fairbank will complete...
Many folks would say not much ever changes in a small town but sometimes change can be subtle and that was the case last week when the Chinook Eagles Club began offering a full lunch service. Monday, June 18th marked the first day of the Eagles new venture and certainly appeared to be a hit with the local lunch crowd. Small towns can always use a boost and providing a new choice is exciting and brightens the community outlook. The first day was a huge success with nearly every seat taken....
HAVRE – Bear Paw Development Corporation announced that Krystal Steinmetz of Havre was recently hired as the organization's Director of Community Planning. Steinmetz worked for the economic development organization previously, but most recently served as the Development Director for the Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Line. She also has worked as a freelance writer and journalist for newspapers, television and radio. "Krystal brings to this position exactly the right experience and knowledge to h...
HAVRE – Bear Paw Development Corporation Hill County Electric (HCE) held its 73rd Annual Meeting of Members on Saturday, May 12, 2018. Nearly 200 individuals attended the meeting including members, their families and other guests. Subject matter discussed during the Business meeting included the cost of transmission and running power lines across a large service area with less than one member per mile. Through on-going maintenance and improved technology, HCE is able to reduce the number of o...
Crystal, Cassidy, Holly, Cooper, and Lucy Grabofsky were over to Wally and Loretta Beck’s home on Thursday, June 14, and helped them with yard work. On Friday evening, June 15, Jake and Lizzie Nelson were supper guests at the Wallace Beck home. They are new members of the Hogeland community and are here from Minnesota. They are employed at Shawn and Bobbi Becks. On Saturday, June 16, Merrilyn Billmayer, Sharon Goodrich, Kathy Zellmer and Loretta Beck took a basket of goodies over to welcome them to our community. Visitors at Harlan and Jane K...
The Turner High School boys basketball team traveled to Cutbank to compete in the Cutbank Classic a week or so ago. Last Saturday the Welsh family attended the Jones/Baird wedding. Ron, Avery, and Piper Fox went to Buffalo, WY to help Lyvee Fox celebrate her 4th birthday. Grandma had to stay home as she came down with the flu. Get Well, Susan! Don and Valerie Van Voast attended Tyrel and Lyndsey Obrecht’s wedding in Lewistown over the weekend. Last weekend, Darel and Linda Hauge attended the Baird/Jones wedding, and Alice and Dwight, and E...
The new pastor recently called to serve the Chinook and Havre Presbyterian Churches is no stranger to north central Montana. In August 2012 Maggie (Margaret) Lewis came as the first Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) to serve in Chinook. After leaving Chinook she attended the University of Iowa for a time, then began the Master of Divinity program at the University of Dubuque, also in Iowa. She completed the three year program of study in preparation for the ministry in May, 2018. Both the Chinook and...
Thank You to Blaine County Democrats for the cookies. Thank You to Barb McDonald for the peony on the piano. Thank you to Dale and Vonnie Klungland for putting the new board on the courtyard Get Ready for the Fourth of July midweek events!!! The Harlem Senior Center will be having a float in the parade, 4:00 pm. Riders are needed! Get out your red, white and blue clothes to wear on the float. Don’t forget the picnic in the park (bring salads, desserts) - hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks, plates provided - at 5:00 pm. Friday June 29 – Saturday Jun...
By Marlane Wenzel, Friday, June 29, is the birthday lunch and we will be having a 50/50 Raffle this month. This week in Bingo there were four winners on one game. It got pretty exciting. Thank you for the lovely centerpieces and bouquets of flowers Marilyne Berger, Tara Baird, and Debbie Ramberg. They are beautiful and we appreciate them. Last week activity winners are as follows: Bingo: Marlane Wenzel; Shanghai Rummy: Don Durocher; Pinochle: High Doris Hofeldt, low Elisabeth O’Brien Remember, your memberships are due this month. They are $10....
USDA Farm Service Agency encourages all farmers, ranchers, and FSA program participants to take part in the county committee election nomination process. Committees are comprised of locally elected agricultural producers responsible for the fair and equitable administration of FSA farm programs in their counties. Committee members are accountable to the Secretary of Agriculture. If elected, members become part of a local decision making and farm program delivery process. A county committee is comprised of three to 11 elected members from local...
The eighth annual Blaine County Cruise has a full slate of events planned for the weekend as activities get underway Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. with registration taking place at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. The Cruise welcomes everyone to participate in the weekend activities and this year will also include a 'Scavenger Hunt' Friday evening. Saturday Cruisers will head to Turner. The cruise is open to anyone with a vehicle. The club prides itself on being family-friendly. Bring the kids,...
My wife and I were driving to Conrad for a meeting. Readers who have traveled west along US 2 from Blaine County know that once you leave Havre, rest stops are virtually nonexistent until you reach Chester. In the winter the situation is worse since the Chester rest area closes. A couple of hours into the trip we stopped at the Visitors' Center on the east edge of Shelby for a bathroom break (this is another rest stop that is frequently closed in the winter months). We were browsing the...
Jana McPherson-Hauer, RN, is Lead Local Health Official and Public Health Nurse in Blaine County. The average adult takes 15 to 20 breaths a minute — more than 20,000 per day, according to the American Lung Association. Healthy lungs are important to deliver clean air to our bodies’ organs and tissues, which convert oxygen into fuel to support vital body functions. When a smoker lights up, it affects not only the health of the lungs, but also the body structures that depend on the lungs for oxygen. Smoking is the leading cause of pre...
Carter Alisch takes his turn in the batters box for the Ace Hardware team last week versus Havre in the season finale of the (Age 9-10) Minor League season. The team played every Tuesday at the Chinook Youth Baseball baseball field and began play the first week of May....
Producers are reminded to report prevented planting and failed acres in order to establish or retain FSA program eligibility for some programs. Producers should report crop acreage they intended to plant, but due to natural disaster, were prevented from planting. Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form CCC-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as established by FSA and Risk Management Agency (RMA). For example, winter wheat planted/failed and the acreage is re-seeded to barley in the...
Reporter's note: In early May my wife and I rode Amtrak to Columbus, Wisconsin (just outside Madison) where we met two cousins from Iowa and then drove together 150 miles northeast to Door County, Wisconsin. Door County is a peninsula that sticks up in to Lake Michigan from near Green Bay. Our cousins had been there before for family vacations and knew their way around the peninsula quite well. We had reserved a cottage and spent a week exploring Door County. It is a major summer destination...
Searchers found the body of 35 year-old Noah Hofeldt in the Milk River outside Chinook. The Chinook native and resident was first reported by his family as missing on Thursday (June 14). Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis said, “The body was found about 5:30 pm on Sunday just up river from the Chinook Waste Water Treatment facility.” That facility is on the river just south of Bear Paw Livestock. Huestis said Hofeldt was last seen “around noon on Monday.” On Sunday according to a news report on KRTV in Great Falls, Hofeldt’s mother, Carol, sa...
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Brett Friede will retire Thursday after more than three decades as a law enforcement officer. Friede has served in Lewis and Clark County for the past 28 years as part of a 32-year law enforcement career that includes time in Toole County. Friede has spent time as a patrol deputy, crime scene photographer and hostage negotiator, and was well-known as the courthouse deputy. He said leaving the sheriff’s office is “bittersweet,” but he is looking forward to taking some time off to get healthy. “This w...
Susan Billmayer and Jennifer Strzelczyk attended the Garden Club Convention in Helena this week. Melissa Hiniker spent the Father’s Day weekend with her grandparents, Ed and Kathy Zellmer. Cindy Reed and friend Alan surprised Harlan and Jane Krass on Saturday for a visit. She brought them some plants, and on Father’s Day, Hilary Richman, Diana Maloney, and Anita, Lucas, Brooke, and Bridget Reed helped plant them. David Jones and Jennifer Baird were married on Saturday at the Jones Farm, and their reception followed at the Turner Park. Qui...
Thank you to: Helen Hornung for the spaghetti sauce; To Chuck Wasser for the Vidalia onions; To Anonymous for the jigsaw puzzle; To Barb McDonald for the case of water, milk, chicken and tuna. Did you know that in Japan anything associated with senior citizens is called Koreisha, meaning “upper”, “age” and “person”? Japan is very pro-active in accommodating seniors along with their much-deserved special needs. Coming up - This weekend Fort Peck Theater is showing “Cabaret” Next weekend is the Milk River Gospel Jamboree at Malta High School. Ea...
We had a great turnout for our Father’s Day meal on Friday! I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Father’s Day. Thank you to Marilyne Berger for the bouquet of peonies and the daisies for the tables. Thursday marks the start of summer. The annual board meeting will not be held on July 20, 2018. The new date will be announced soon. Last week activity winners: Bingo: Irene Gauthier scored a blackout to win the meal ticket. Public Card Party: Judy Chapman-high, Mike Randall-low, Myrla McCoy and Judy Chapman-double pinochle. Friday Pinochle: Luc...
