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Thank You! To Barb McDonald for the milk, tuna and chicken. To all the people who filled in for me while I was gone last weekend. The Winner Is: Elsie Bertelsen was the winner of the April 50-50/Kitty. She took home $29.00. School will be out in 3 weeks for most towns. We have graduation cards for sale. Wise Words: A beautiful woman delights the eye; A wise woman, the understanding; A pure one, the soul. ~ Minna Antrim What’s Happening? Wednesday May 9 - Harlem High Greenhouse is open, 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10 - Sunday, May 13th - ...
The Chinook Senior Citizens Director’s last day was April 30th. We will miss her and will struggle to get along with out her. May weather came in like a lamb, which is welcome after the winter and snow we have had. Our week started out with Shanghi Rummy with seven players and Amy Smith was the winner. Wednesday was a movie and one table of pinochle. Thursday is Bingo with Black out being won by Rosalie Perrine this week. Friday the band plays and pinochle is played in the afternoon. Winners were Doris Hofeldt with high and Amy Smith was l...
For Immediate Release PULLMAN, WASH. Move over gold, silver, copper, palladium, and coal. The state of Montana can also mine resources of the human kind, as the 11 Montana members of the inaugural class of veterinary medicine students were among 131 graduates who received their Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degrees on Saturday, May 5, at Washington State University in Pullman. Montana's new veterinary medicine program has proved to be a resounding success. Each of the 11 students selected...
Several members of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter at Chinook High were awarded state degrees at the Montana FFA Convention held in Billings April 4-7. One CHS student also won a state proficiency award in beef production entrepreneurship. And a sophomore FFA member is already making plans to earn a state proficiency award for her work with swine production. FFA State Degrees earned The FFA State Degree is the highest FFA award at the state level. FFA chapter members who perform at...
The State of Montana has began work on the old Finley bridge, east of Chinook. When completed the new bridge will be called the "West Zurich Bridge" and is located on North Fork Road, south of highway 2. The construction season is just getting started and as a reminder, proceed with caution through all work zones....
The Aaniiih Nakoda College will be graduating their first Associate of Science Nursing degrees in May, 2018. The official pinning ceremony is Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2:00 p.m. at the Fort Belknap Community Center. The community center is located west of the Fort Belknap Agency Tourism and Kwik Stop C-store. There will meal following pinning ceremony. Dr. Theresa Brockie will be the guest speaker at the pinning ceremony. She will also conduct a presentation to the Aaniiih Nakoda College students and...
The Harlem Library and Harlem Senior Center recently hosted the third of their Montana Humanities Conversation series. A break in the weather brought a sizeable crowd to the Senior Center dining hall for a presentation by Hal Stearns of Missoula. Stearns was born in Havre and grew up in Harlowton. He describes himself as an "historian, storyteller and guide." During introductory remarks Stearns said, "We are loosing our small towns. Not just in Montana, but across the country." In his...
The Aaniiih Nakoda College Board of Directors and President Carole Falcon-Chandler welcomes all to the 30th Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 10, 2018. The commencement will be held at the Harlem High School Gymnasium at 5:30 p.m. ANC will have 41 potential graduates from Business to Carpentry. ANC will graduate two nurse education students with their Associate Degree of Nursing. The commencement address will be given by Miss Sharen Kickingwoman. A celebration feed will immediately follow...
Did you know that for every 1000 persons that can donate, only four do? What about you? Save a life, give blood! Open your heart on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 by donating blood at Wallner Hall in Chinook from 1pm-6pm. Although appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross, walk-ins are always welcome. We start accepting walk-ins at 12:30pm until 1pm and there are walk-in spots available every hour throughout the day. If you would like to make an appointment but have not, you can go on-line at redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 (1...
The Montana Actors' Theatre (MAT) is a Havre-based community theatre group. Over the group's history many actors from Blaine County have taken parts in both plays and musicals. The upcoming production of "Charlotte's Web" is a stage play based on E.B. White's famous children's book of the same name. Director Oriah Williams described the play as "a very family friendly show." Williams wrote, "We have in all 17 kids in our show ranging from the ages of 7-15." Six of those seventeen parts for...
Mark your calendar – Blaine County Veterinary Service will be coming once again this year to hold a Rabies Clinic at the Turner Old Fire Hall on Wednesday, June 6th. It is a great opportunity to get your pets vaccinated without taking them to town. The Big Flat 4-H is sponsoring this event. We will keep you posted on a specific time as the date approaches. Ezzie’s Wholesale will be in Turner servicing fire extinguishers that day as well. Tate and Ty Beck were visitors at Grandma Loretta and Grandpa Wally Beck’s home on Friday. There will be a...
The area around the corner of Pennsylvania and 3rd Streets in Chinook should be hopping mid-day on Thursday. Five businesses and organizations located on and near the corner will be hosting a block party complete with lunch and door prizes. It will be a great time, hopefully, to enjoy some spring weather, have lunch and learn about the services and products of the groups hosting the mid-day event. The party will run from 11am to 2pm. The block party is hosted by the Blaine County Library, the Chinook Post Office, The Grande Villa, Bear Paw...
Lacy Schimmel and Lauren LaMonica, the Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs) who served in Chinook during the past year were given a farewell party recently. The two won't be moving on until late July, but with all the spring and summer activities coming up, the committee that supervises the YAV program decided this was the time to say a public good-bye. The event was held at the Chinook Senior Center. Both Lacy and Lauren shared some of their reactions to a year in Chinook and what the future holds...
We had a request for the movie Singin’ in the Rain with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, so we will be showing it today at 1:00 p.m. True Grit starring John Wayne will be the final movie on May 9th. Everyone is welcome to attend, and refreshments will be served. Movies are being shown with closed captioning whenever possible. Movies will resume in the fall. Blaine County Library, in cooperation with the Post Office, Grande Villa, Ace Hardware, and Bear Paw Credit Union would like to invite everyone to a Customer Appreciation Block Party T...
The children’s programming resumes this week at the library. Books and Babies meets on Tuesdays at 10:00 A.M. Lego Club is held from 4:30-5:30 P.M. on Thursdays. Story Hour meets on Fridays at 10:00 A.M. The Book Challenge for May is to read a book about an animal, either fiction or nonfiction. If you have completed the Book Challenge for April let the library know so your name may be entered into the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. Summer Reading is just around the corner. For our projects we need empty coffee, Pringles,...
The calendars are out, so stop by and see all that we have going on in May. The movie “Singin’ in the Rain” will be shown on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Popcorn will be provided. Next week “True Grit” with John Wayne will be the last movie shown until fall. Bingo will be played at 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Last week’s winners were Doris Hofeldt and Irene Wendeln. Friday is our Cinco de Mayo party with super nachos on the menu. The Kitchen Band will provide entertainment and pinochle is played after lunch. Last week, Amy Belle Smith was the winner...
Thank You to James Murch for the corn. Thank You to all the gals for working on the Monopoly tickets. May is Older Americans Month! The theme this year is: Engage at Every Age! That means that no matter what your age… just get out there and do the things you love, do the things on your bucket lists, learn new things, make new adventures for yourself and keep moving, ENGAGE yourself in life! Harlem High Greenhouse Open Soon... Start thinking about what arrangements you are wanting for this season, so you are ready when they have their Open H...
The 2018 edition of the Medieval Feast was sixth grade teacher Janelle Downs third feast celebration-the second time as the teacher in charge, the first time was as a student. Downs said before the event, "The Medieval Feast was one of the highlights of my sixth grade experience. That's one of the reasons I wanted to teach sixth grade, to share my experience with my students." She admitted it was a bit different as the teacher in charge versus as a student a few years ago. But, she's still very...
(HELENA) --- On April 13th, at the 106th annual Montana Library Association conference held in Bozeman, the Blaine County Library received the 2018 Excellent Library Service Award (ELSA) from the Montana State Library (MSL) Commission. The awards were announced by the Chair of the Commission, Bruce Newell of Helena. The ELSA recognizes libraries for achieving excellence in serving their communities by exceeding the essential Montana Public Library Standards. These standards define 'excellence' i...
Acting President Micah called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. on April 19th, 2018 at the EEE Room with 13 members, 1 leaders, and 4 guests present. Daniel led the American pledge and the 4-H pledge was led by Emma. Roll call was to name your favorite color. Acting Secretary Katie Tilleman read the minutes from the March meeting. Acting Treasurers Gus Buck and Ethan Klingaman gave the treasurer’s report. We received a correspondence from Shirley Brockie of the Montana Seed Show thanking us for our display entry. Under unfinished business, ther...
Three weeks ago Blaine County Commissioners and county Emergency Manager Haley Velk were sharing ideas about the potential for spring flooding. Velk said, "...I don't have a crystal ball to tell if, when and where a flood might occur." A "winter briefing" from the National Weather Service (NWS) showed the worst case scenario for flooding was "rapidly warming temperatures and overnight lows above freezing." About a week ago the worst case scenario happened and so did flooding. Wednesday, April...
National Volunteer Week, always in April, is a time that many charitable groups and organizations recognize and thank their volunteers. Sweet Nursing Home and the Chinook Senior Center thanked their volunteers with special complimentary lunches and kind words of thanks. Without putting too fine a point on how these calculations were made, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other national groups have compiled some impressive statistics about the number of volunteers in the country and their econ...
It is with a heavy heart to let you all know that Robert Lucke passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018. He went peacefully and without pain. Robbie entertained many readers over the years with his tales of Glacier Park, Beaver Creek and his youth. He will be missed by the all the Staff at The Mountaineer and Blaine County Journal, and by many members of the community. A full obituary and service announcement will follow in next week's paper....
Darin Hannum, Chinook School Superintendent released this statement following an event at the high school last week: This afternoon (Wednesday, April 18) at Chinook High School we had a written threat. We take threats seriously as our number one priority is to provide a safe learning environment for students and staff. What did we do? Upon notification of the threat, the Chinook City Police Force and the Blaine County Sheriff were immediately contacted. Students and staff at both Meadowlark and Chinook High School sheltered in place. Law...
This year’s Community Chest Fund Drive in Chinook will take p lace Wednesday, May 2, a t 5:30 p.m. The purpose of Community Chest is to alleviate each organization from going door-to-door soliciting donations. The drive provides local funding for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Food Pantry, AAU Wrestling, Youth Baseball/Softball, Youth Soccer, MCT, Swim Team and PAWS. Without area residents’ support, many of these programs would not be available to the youth in the community. Those that participate in these organizations or would just like to hel...
