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Upcoming Farm Service Agency Deadlines April 2: Application for Payment deadline for the 2017 Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). (A notice of loss must have been filed with the local FSA office within 30 calendar days from when the 2017 loss was apparent.) April 2: Final availability date for Loans and LDPs for 2017 Barley, Canola, Crambe, Flaxseed, Honey, Oats, Rapeseed, Wheat and Sesame Seed May 14: 2018 CRP Spring Managed Grazing Period Ends (livestock must be removed when the calculated AUMs have been utilized but no later than May 14) May...
The temperature may be cool outside, but boating safety advocates urge boaters to enroll in a boating education course. Spring Aboard – Take A Boating Education Course campaign encourages boaters to get educated prior to the kick-off of the boating season. Many education providers offer discounts or other incentives for students during the week of March 18-24, 2018 to enroll in a boating education course. “We know that an educated boater is safer on the water,” said Phil Kilbreath, Boating Law Administrator for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks...
Miscellany and My Neighbor hosted the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce first quarterly Business After Hours for 2018 last week. The Business After Hours was changed from a monthly program to a quarterly program starting this New Year. Miscellany is a recently reopened thrift store in downtown Chinook. My Neighbor in Need is a non-profit that seeks to help needy neighbors fill verified needs by neighbors willing to help anonymously. Patricia Hofeldt reopened the thrift store under the new name,...
Paddlefish anglers planning to harvest a fish in the Upper Missouri River (From Fort Peck Dam to Fort Benton) will need to apply for an Upper Missouri River Paddlefish Tag. Applications for this drawing can be made by mail, online at fwp.mt.gov, or by stopping by any regional or area FWP offices. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, 2018. For 2018, a total of 1000 tags will be available for the drawing. Successful applicants may harvest a fish anytime during the season, from May 1 through June 15. Those...
Attendees at the seed show line up for the pancake supper served by Harlem High's Technology Students Association (TSA) and Future Farmers of America (FFA). It's a major fundraising event for the student groups. Faculty advisors said they usually serve about 325 people at the annual event. This year the number was down slightly, likely because of the threat of blowing snow and closed roads....
Like most everything else this winter, the weather had an effect on the Montana Seed Show this year. Show superintendents for pies and breads said they saw numbers of entries down a bit. Show chairman Paul Rasmussen, who also handles the commercial exhibits, said at the last minute he had "several exhibitors call and cancel." All the seed show organizers blamed the fear of encountering blocked roads on the way home as one of the major factors that reduced the numbers of visitors and...
Reporter's note: Dick Edgington, a longtime resident of Chinook, died in the summer of 2016. In 2004, after retiring from the Blaine County Road Department, Edgington bought a set of plans to build a RagWing 4 single engine plane. It was not a kit, he had to locate and buy all the parts and supplies necessary to complete the plane. The plans were based on a popular plane sold as a kit and first available in 1928. I'd heard about the incomplete plane from several people and had asked Dick's son,...
Chinook's My Neighbor in Need (MNIN), a help group that connect people with needs and donors who can fill those needs, is joining with Miscellany, a downtown thrift shop in Chinook, to host the next quarterly Business After Hours. The Chinook Area Chamber sponsored its first Business After Hours in April, 2014. The events let businesses showcase their products and services in a more informal setting outside normal business hours. My Neighbor in Need started in 2014 in Chinook My Neighbor in...
The Harlem Public Library is seeking an original logo that represents the library and its service area of East Blaine County. High School students from Harlem, Hays-Lodge Pole, Turner and home schools are invited to submit their logo design. The logo must be all original artwork in black and white on 81/2” X 11” paper. The design must include the name of the library and showcase the importance of the library to communities it serves. Submissions are due to the library by Friday, April 13, 2018. The winner will be announced May 1 and will rec...
A scholarship is again offered by the North Central Montana Cattle Women and the North Central Montana Stock Growers. This annual scholarship is available to high school seniors and college students completing their sophomore year. Interest from a memorial fund honoring the memory of deceased members is contributed to by the Cattle Women. Stock Growers supplies their portion of the scholarship through fundraising efforts and interest from money left from the Livestock Protective Association, a forerunner to the present Stock Grower...
Considering the weather we have been experiencing all winter, the turnout for the blood drive on Tuesday, March 6th was just under goal. We had 47 donors present with 41 productive units. We had one first time donor, Cristen Friede. Richard Cronk reached 8 gallons and Dave Jensen reached 2 gallons. The canteen was hosted by the American Lutheran Church and those helping out in the kitchen were Wenda Oehmke, Terry Grabofsky, Midlred Dawson, Sharon LaPlante and Beth Petrie. The time and effort by all involved certainly did not go unnoticed....
May the “Luck of the Irish” be with you this week! We are so excited to have Steve Edwards come talk to us on Wednesday, March 14 about the Mt. Rushmore and Black Hills trip he is hosting. It will start at 11:30 a.m., so make sure you get here early to get a seat. Center activities this week include the movie “My Side of the Mountain” being shown on Wednesday, March 14 at 1 p.m. in the library meeting room. Popcorn and a drink are provided. Whist is played Wednesday, March 14 at 1 p.m. in the main room. We will be having a special guest s...
Is everyone enjoying the daylight savings time? It’s a bit of a pain at first, getting up earlier, until you get used to it. Wish they would leave it one way or the other. Jordan and Elissa Zellmer and family attended the Jamboree games in Turner on Saturday. Loretta Beck helped the Quilt Guild set up the Quilt display at the Seed Show on Thursday. She worked at the booth on Friday showing others the display. Joely Hiniker, Josh and Troy visited at the Ed Zellmer home over the weekend. Troy stayed to visit Grandma and Grandpa for a few weeks w...
Steve, Colleen, and Lacey Hickel attended the Elementary Jamboree in Turner on Saturday. Fantastic games!! Tom and Lucy Fairbanks attended the young Tornadoes basketball games on Saturday at the Turner gym. Bill and Mary Hake attended the Montana Seed Show in Harlem this weekend. They were involved in some set up and working in the quilting display room. Tammy Jones enjoyed a weekend recently with some of her girlfriends in Red Lodge. She came home in some inclement weather. Anita Reed returned home after spending 4 days at Northern Montana...
The Harlem Public Library and Harlem Senior Center will host Montana Conversations program "Hand-Raised: The Historic Barns of Montana" With Christine Brown on March 20, 2018. The program will be at the Harlem Public Library meeting room at 7 P.M. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana's Cultural Trust, and private donations. The...
“Hand Raised: The Historic Barns of Montana,” the next Humanities Montana program, will be March 20, 7 P.M. in the Harlem Public Library meeting room. Christine Brown, Montana Preservation Alliance, will present an overview of Montana’s barn-building history, stunning photographs of barns from across the state, and the stories attached to some of Montana’s most memorable barns. This presentation is s co-sponsored by Harlem Senior Center and Harlem Public Library. Join us for an entertaining and informative evening. Refreshments will be served....
My Side of the Mountain will be the movie today at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. It is rated G and running time is 1 hour and 40 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. Millions will be showing March 21st. We are showing the movies with closed captioning whenever possible. Hopefully this will encourage those who may have difficulties hearing the movies to attend. We have five new movies ready to go this week. Dunkirk, Ferdinand, Justice League and The Sha...
February at Harlem Elementary means tons of reading fun. To kick off "I Love To Read" month activities, the students began a reading frenzy, each striving to reach their Accelerated Reader goals. Every AR test the students passed meant they earned a segment (circle) with their name and the title of each book. These segments formed the "I Love To Read" Bookworm, which by the end of the month, circled the entire inside of the Elementary School! Hard-working students reaching their AR goals for...
Thank You to Jerry & Kay Schmitt sponsoring the Child's Razor Scooter raffle prize at the Seed Show. Thank You to Harlem Civic Association for the eggs. The musical "Sister Act" will be performed by the MSU-Northern Actors the next two Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Showtime is 8:00 pm each night, with additional 2:00 p.m. matinées on March 17 and March 24, at the college theater. Hey Seniors, it is time to start signing up for the second joint (With Chinook Senior Center) senior bus trip....
Reporter's note: Locals of a certain age will likely recall the "Pink Apartments" in downtown Chinook on the corner across the street from the Motor Inn and adjacent to Dan's NAPA. The apartments were torn down, along with Dr. Hoon's office and residence, in September, 1987 and the three town lots became the present Centennial Park. The park commemorates the centennial of the town of Chinook as well as Montana, both founded in 1889. Mid-January of this year the Sweet Nursing Home received an...
With warm weather on the way, hopefully, it's time to start thinking about enjoying the great outdoors a little more. The Chinook Rod and Gun Club has become a great avenue for local outdoor enthusiast's to spend some time with family and friends, doing what they love to do. The Rod and Gun Club holds a Meet and Greet each spring to introduce the community to their ideas for the upcoming year and increase membership in the process. The Meet and Greet will again be held at the Chinook Eagles Club...
There were a number of competitions during the annual Montana Seed Show in Harlem. Here is a list of the barebones details—events and winners as listed in the program for the Saturday night banquet. Educational Display Booths: Youth Division Groups: 1st place, Big Flat 4-H; 2nd place, White Pine 4-H and 3rd place, Valley Clovers 4-H and North Harlem Colony School. Individual Division Groups: 1st place, Makayla Renfro; 2nd place, Daniel Rasmussen; 3rd place, Angelina Toth and 4th place, Andrew Rasmussen. Overall Sweepstakes Winner: Big Flat 4...
These cows and new calves at Nissen Angus have had to battle extreme cold and record breaking snow this winter. Calving season is an already difficult task, add on these winter elements and the process becomes even more perilous. Ranchers have had their hands full making sure newborn calves can survive their brutal welcome into the world....
The winter of 2017-18 will be talked about for many years to come just as the winter of 1978-79 is still fresh in the minds of those there to experience it. That winter was extremely cold and provided many problems that some couldn't overcome. There were lambing and cow/calf operations that had to sell off their entire herds because they couldn't maintain them. The city of Chinook had experienced more than 55 water main breaks at local residences and as many as five main line breaks by February...
Reporter's note: About this time last year I read about the St. Uhro's celebration in Butte. St. Uhro's Day is celebrated each March 16 in regions of the U.S. where large numbers of descendants of Finnish immigrants still live. And it's not just coincidence that it's celebrated the day before St. Patrick's Day, which in the U.S. seems to get a lot more play than St. Uhro's. After reading about the celebration in Butte, I wrote a note on my calendar as a reminder to educate myself about St. Uhro'...
