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For Immediate Release The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and local public health agencies remind Montanans and visitors to the state to be aware of the risk of hantavirus and to take precautions to avoid exposures to rodents, their droppings and nests. “Although hantavirus infection can occur during any month, the risk of exposure is increased in the spring and summer as people clean cabins and sheds and spend more time outside in the vicinity of rodents,” said DPHHS epidemiologist Rachel Hinnenkamp. With 43 cases of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 28, 2018 Contact: Andy Fjeseth, MT Dept. of Agriculture (406) 444-3684 Helena, Mont. - The Montana Department of Agriculture and Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council has awarded over $1.74 million for the development and implementation of noxious weed management programs in March 2018. The grants assist counties, conservation districts, local communities, tribes, researchers and educators in efforts to combat noxious weeds in Montana. 57 local cooperative projects were recommended for funding at a total of...
Chalk up another local event that succumbed to the hard winter. The annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home (SMNH) had to be held indoors. Jenni Pula, Administrator at the local facility, said, "This is the first time since we've been doing the Easter egg hunt that we moved it inside. Thursday, when I saw the weather forecast for single digit temperatures overnight and possible snow for Saturday, we decided not to expose the kids to those harsh conditions." While...
Will flooding follow this winter with record snowfall? Blaine County officials are trying to prepare for possible flooding. I was invited to the courthouse to visit with Commissioners Plumage and DePriest as well as Emergency Manager Haley Velk and Laurie Huestis in administrative support. The meeting was in conjunction with the National Weather Service's (NWS) Weekly Winter Briefing, Much of the NWS briefing centered on flood potential, monitoring to anticipate flooding and the types of...
Reporter's note: "I know this will sound like an odd question, but..." opened a letter from Stephen Stratton of Astoria, New York. The letter was emailed in early March to the Blaine County librarians in Chinook. After studying the letter a bit, the librarians handed it off to me suggesting, "This might be something that would interest you." It had to do with an event that might have occurred in the summer of 1940 in Chinook. Not necessarily by my own choosing it seems my interest in local histo...
The Chinook Lions Club will host its annual Old-Timers' Dinner on Sunday, April 15 at the Chinook Senior Center. The event, which started sometime in the early 1980's, is open to any self- selected old-timer who would like to attend as a guest. Long time Lion Jack Mattingly said a few years ago, "We've never tried to specifically define what constitutes an old-timer. If you think you might be an old-timer, you qualify." There is no charge. Lions say the old-timers' dinner first began when a...
The Blaine County Public Health Department will host Tough Topics: Talking to Your Teen. The one night program is the second in the Family Education Series the local health department has been hosting. Jana McPherson-Hauer, RN, Health Supervisor for the county public health department, said the evening program will provide tips to parents for talking about several topics of interest and importance to teens. There are four topics that will be covered during the program. Nurse McPherson-Hauer will be talking about reproductive health and sexual...
GOMABSEUBNIDA - (“Thank You” in Korean) to Kay Brekke for the nuts and trail mix for the Activity Room. To Barb McDonald for the chicken chunks. To Rose Noel for picking up the commodities. To Bank of Harlem for sponsoring our Easter Meal! Lou Ann Paulsen and Irene Stout were our first random winners of $5.00 cash that we won in the Albertsons Monopoly game. Look for more “sharing of the wealth” in the near future. Upcoming Opportunities: Albertsons Senior 10% Off Day - Thursday, April 5. Harlem Golf Banquet - Saturday, April 7,at VFW. Dinner...
We are hoping it quits snowing this week, so you can come and see us. We have lots of activities planned for you that you won’t want to miss out on. The movie, “Montana Sky” will be playing at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4 in the library meeting room. Snacks will be provided. Next week’s movie is a special request of “The Quiet Man” with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. Bingo will be played at 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Gerry Lenhardt was the Jackpot winner last week. The Kitchen Band will play on Friday, April 6 and we will have guest speaker...
Rev. Dennis and Lori Findorff will be leaving Chinook in early April. Pastor Dennis will become the pastor at the Fortine Community Church in Fortine, Montana, beginning in May. The Findorffs began their ministry with Chinook Alliance Church in October, 2008. Fortine is a small mountain community about one hour northwest of Kalispell just off U.S. 93. Prior to the couple's coming to Chinook, Dennis was the assistant pastor at an Alliance church in Klamath Falls, Oregon while he completed...
After six months of drawn out cold, snow and dismal weather it is finally time to start thinking about all those spring projects you have been dreaming about since last October. Construction has made its return to the town of Chinook recently as Keith Kessel and his crew complete a concrete project. Though Easter weekend brought yet another round of snow storms the forecast points to signs of spring and warmer weather. We look forward to hearing about your spring projects....
The Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma hosted a program on human trafficking presented by Blaine County Undersheriff Frank Billmayer. Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is a professional group made up of women educators. Part of the group's recent meeting was dedicated to preparing books to be given to each kindergartner in Blaine County. Presiding officer Colleen Brommer said, "Our project to provide a book to each kindergartner in the county is part of several national events that...
Darla Quinlan spent Easter and the weekend with her Mother, Rose Van Voast. Shania Maloney was home for Easter. She and Diana took Easter dinner to the ranch to join Randy, Garrett, and Gavin. It was cold but the baby calves were still making their appearances. Bobbie Doiz of Climax, Duane and Dawn Schurman, Brian and April, Avery and Piper were Easter guests at Susan and Ron Fox’s. Anita and Steve Reed and family, Linda and Darel Hauge, and Harlan and Jane Krass drove down to Harlem to have Easter dinner with Tim and Hilary Richman and g...
The Big Flat Catholic Church will hold their Spring Dinner and Bazaar on April 15 from 12-2:00 p.m. A turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served. Come out and enjoy a delicious meal! Harlan and Jane Krass were among guests at Tim and Hilary Richman’s home on Easter Day for dinner. Happy 50th Anniversary to Wallace and Loretta Beck, whose anniversary was Friday, March 30. Best wishes to a great couple! The Elementary boys and girls Basketball teams will have their last games of the season this Saturday, April 7, in Big Sandy beginning a...
The 24th annual gathering of the Montana Country Poets and Pickers will begin Friday night, April 13, and run through Sunday noon. Organizers say the event will follow its traditional schedule. The Saturday day session is open to performers wishing to try out their poetry and receive feedback from audiences. Sunday morning will be cowboy church. Daytime events will be at the Chinook Motor Inn and evening performances at the Chinook High School auditorium. The poets nearing their Silver...
As Chinook Public Schools winds down the 2017-18 school year and we start preparing our 2018-19 school year, there are several topics I would like to share with everyone. These topics are school bus purchase, school safety, school election levies, and staffing for the upcoming year. Buses: The first area to discuss is our transportation committee and their hard work to update our activity bus fleet. Some of the first questions that come to the minds of our constituents are why do we need newer buses, and where does that money come from. These...
I was born on April Fools' Day 70+ years ago. I've endured decades of, "So, you're an April fool?" and "Do people pull a lot of pranks on you for your birthday?" remarks and questions. This year my birthday will also fall on Easter. That hasn't happened to me since 1956 when I was 12 years old, and I still recall the day fairly well. In my lifetime the two holidays fell on the same day once before, in 1945, when I was one year old. People who calculate future calendars say the next time April...
Christine Brown, Outreach and Education Director for the Montana Preservation Alliance (MPA), recently presented the third program in a series hosted by the Harlem Library and the Harlem Senior Center. Brown is the co-author of "The Barns of Montana," a 2011-released book that features pictures and stories of selected barns from different geographic regions and eras across the state. The program is part of the Montana Conversations project of Montana Humanities. Why and how a book about barns...
(Senior Centers in Harlem and Chinook). A motor coach tour, originating from the senior centers in Harlem and Chinook, will be headed to Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse monument and other attractions in the Black Hills area in early September. The tour, being presented by the Harlem and Chinook Senior Centers, is the second tour the two centers have collaborated on for guests along the Hi-Line. Last year's tour had 44 travelers who visited Colorado Springs. The tour is a seven day, six-night trip...
Triangle Communications (Triangle), will host a free workshop covering Basic Grant Writing. Individuals and nonprofit organizations interested in learning about grant seeking and proposal writing are invited to attend. The workshop is scheduled to take place April 3rd, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in the conference room of the Harlem Public Library. The workshop is limited to the first 20 participants registered on or before Monday, April 2nd, 2018. To register or for more information, contact Colleen or Carly at the Harlem Library by calling...
I saw my first Robin this morning. Is it Spring? I think they are a little early. Lots of snow yet. On Sunday, Wayne and Connie Jones, Ed and Kathy Zellner, Jamie Zellmer and niece Modesty, were over to Elissa and Jordan Zellmers to celebrate Brady’s 9th birthday. Susan and Gene Billmayer were to a meeting at the Harlem Library for a presentation on Historic Barns in Montana on Tuesday. Guess it was really interesting. Joely Hiniker came out from Missoula Friday to visit her folks, Ed and Kathy Zellmer over the weekend. Her son, Troy went b...
Glenna Ammen was to Box Elder to the Elementary Jamboree basketball games this Saturday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Havre to the Hoop Fest on Saturday where the Turner boys team played. They enjoyed it a lot. Terry and Tammy Jones helped with the Brew Fest in Havre on Saturday. Max and Kirsti Cederberg were to Chinook on Sunday to visit with Edith and Bill Bilger. Cathy Grove visited Rose Van Voast for the weekend. She also reported that all of “Rose’s girls” recently returned from their “girls Winter vacation” where they enjoyed going to...
Today the library board of trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting at 4:15 in the library meeting room. Triangle Communications is offering a free Basic Grant Writing Workshop April 3, 6:30-8:00 P.M. in the library meeting room. Please contact the library by April 2 at 353-2712 or at harlemlib@live.com if you plan to attend. The class is limited to twenty participants. Book Club meets on Monday at 4:00 in the library meeting room to discuss “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman. Don’t forget the on-going used book sale in the Readi...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Thursday March 29, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. Max will be the movie today at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. It is rated PG and running time is 1 hour and 51 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. Montana Sky will be showing April 4th. We are showing the movies with closed captioning whenever possible. Hopefully this will encourage those who may have dif...
Spring is in the air and we are hoping for warm weather so you can come down and enjoy the special activities we have planned for you this month. April calendars are out so come see all we offer. The week starts off with the movie, "Max," being shown in the library meeting room this Wednesday at 1 p.m. This is open to everyone. Popcorn will be served. Whist will be played Wednesday, March 28. On Thursday afternoon, Jackpot Bingo will be played at 1 p.m. with a $10 prize. Last week, the Blackout winners were Karyn Higgins and Irene Gauthier....
