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I hope everyone had a very nice President’s Day weekend. The weather is still a little too cold, but it is nice and warm here at the center. Be sure to come see my favorite movie, “A River Runs Through It” on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. in the library meeting room. It stars Brad Pitt and was filmed in Missoula. It’s quite an award winning masterpiece by Robert Redford. We have fresh baked cinnamon rolls every Thursday morning for $1 each. Please call a week ahead if you want more than six. We will be playing Jackpot Bingo with Ray Reid on...
Thank You to Carol Murch for the stewing hens. Thank You to Gary Russell for help shoveling. Thank You Anonymous Donor(s) for the Albertson’s Monopoly tickets. Thank You Barb McDonald for the tuna fish. Thank You Vonnie Klungland for the Valentine’s Day napkins. Reminders: The next Free Tax Prep Clinic will be held here at the Center on Tuesday, February 27th from 10:00 am through 1:00 pm. Call for an appointment at 353-2971. The Humanities Montana – “Swinging Through American History” (an interactive dance presentation) will be held here at th...
Wacee Simenson has been in the hospital since February 9 with a large tumor that was found in his chest. The photos above are the Sugarbeeter boys and girls basketball teams, and the students from his class at the Meadowlark Elementary School. Technology has been such a Godsend to Wacee and his family as they have been able to first hand see all of the support from his bed at the Childrens Hospital. The basketball teams wore their shirts during the 4 day tournament in Havre this past weekend...
Riley Werk an eighth grader at Hays/Lodge Pole School had already proven she was a great speller by winning the Blaine County Spelling Bee as a seventh grader. Last Tuesday Werk spelled 'Timely' in the final round of the 2018 Blaine County Spelling Bee to successfully defend her title. Werk will now head to Billings to compete in the Montana State Bee on March 17. Pictured above are (L-R) Mari Anne Skoyen, Chinook eighth grader Allison Powell (3rd Place), Levi Jensen a seventh grader from...
Thirty local Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers spent a recent Sunday learning new protocols and skills, practicing and refining existing skills and participating in a Megacode simulation. The class members represented Blaine County ambulance crews from Chinook, Harlem and Turner/Hogeland and Hill County. Other medical personnel who interact with the ambulance crews, including Indian Health Services at Fort Belknap, Sweet Medical Center and Sweet Memorial Nursing Home, also participated....
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's (DNRC) Northeast Land Office and volunteer fire departments in Blaine County recently sponsored a training program to help non-trained volunteers who work with fire departments during wildfires. Don Pyrah, DNRC's Fire Management Officer out of Lewistown, presented the four-hour program at Bear Paw School. The day before the program for farmers and ranchers, Pyrah presented a program to Blaine County Road Department employees to demon...
The Blaine County Fair Foundation was notified last week that it was awarded a $22,000 Montana Tourism grant to be used toward construction of a proposed indoor event center at the county fairgrounds. Each year the Montana Office of Tourism awards about $750,000 through a competitive process "to develop and enhance tourism and recreation." This year 27 grant applications were funded. Tourism is a major economic force in the state and according to tourism officials, generates about $3 billion in...
Spring Managed Grazing: Livestock must be removed from CRP by May 14 Primary Nesting Season: May 15 to July 15 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2018 Spring Managed Grazing Period is March 16 to May 14, 2018. Livestock must be removed when the calculated AUMs have been utilized but no later than May 14th. Summer/Fall Managed Harvesting Period begins July 16 following Montana’s Primary Nesting Season and ends no later than Sept. 30. Summer/Fall Grazing Period begins July 16 and ends when the calculated AUMs have been utilized or no later t...
This group of students from Turner High held a Valentine Dinner to raise money to go to DC in the coming future. They, along with their adviser, Mrs. Heather Jorgenson and their parents, made a Valentine meal with all the fixings for the public. The students were dressed in black and white and became waiter and waitresses the minute people walked in the door. They had hostesses that would seat you and take your order of either prime rib or chicken dinner. The parents of the students were in the...
Mike and Crystal Grabofsky, Cooper and Lucy and Shawn Beck were dinner guests at Loretta and Wally Beck’s on Tuesday. Kathy and Ed Zellmer attended the bsketball games in Turner on Tuesday, Turner vs. Chinook. They were some good games. Dusty and Misty Mohar, Colter and Corbin were overnight guests Saturday night at Brenda and Terry Mohar’s. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the basketball games-Turner vs Chinook in Turner Tuesday night. Susan Billmayer took Emily to Havre for therapy on Wednesday They had lunch and came home early due to the...
Bill and Mary Hake attended Tornado basketball over the weekend and the Valentine dinner held at the Lutheran Church on Sunday. Don and Bonnie attended the last home game of the season this weekend and the DC group Valentine dinner on Sunday. Bonnie was excited because they get another “Last home game” on Monday. This will be the makeup game with Big Sandy!! Tammy Jones was to Billings last weekend to bridal dress shop with Katie Jacobs, and Britney Tempel and Chelsi Jones. Gerald and Shirley Keller were to Havre last Friday to watch the Blue P...
Reporter's note: Many locals will likely remember John "Sanitary John" Herndon who served as the Blaine County Sanitarian from April, 1953 to February, 1983. His tenure was just a couple months short of thirty years in the position. John now lives in Virginia, near his daughter Lucia. In September John celebrated his 100th birthday. Last October, on my way to our fall job at the pumpkin patch in Washington state, I got a call from L.G. Stewart. He's a former resident of Chinook who now lives in...
Celebrate February “Library Lovers Month.” Visit your library and see our special “Show a Little Kindness” display. Guess how many Valentine candies in the jar! Read the proclamation from Mayor Kim Hansen. When you check out we have a library Valentine for you! Don’t forget to read a book with food in the title for the Feb. Book Challenge. We have some titles set aside for you to choose from. Contact the library when you have finished so your name can be entered into the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. You won’t wan...
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope everyone has dug out of the snow and can come on down to our warm senior center and join in the activities for the week. The movie “The Lost Valentine” will be shown on Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. in the library meeting room. Refreshments are provided. My favorite movie, “A River Runs Through It” is on the docket for next week. It stars Brad Pitt and was filmed in Missoula. It’s quite an award winning masterpiece from Robert Redford. Don’t forget… Whist will be played on Wednesday, Feb. 14 after lunch. We will...
Thank You to Jerry Schmitt and Rose Noel for the snow shoveling assistance on several days. Hey Seniors - There are many activities to do here at the Center in small group format, jigsaw puzzles, adult coloring time, Wii machine exercise/toning, Smart TV movies/music/old radio shows, coffee time, computer/internet/webinars time. Come check us out and have some fun! Looking back in history. On February 10 - 1893: Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian, was born. 1962: American spy pilot...
The Harlem Senior Center and the Harlem Public Library will host the Montana Conversations program "Swinging Through American History" with Mark Matthews on February 20. The program will be at Harlem Senior Center 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. Mark Matthews, historian and...
Coronation of Royalty was held recently for the 2017-2018 Homecoming at Turner High School. Four high school boys and girls were delegates for the festivities. Last year's reigning queen and king, Melanie Watkins and Eddie Harmon, passed the crowns to the incoming royalty that was recently held at half court during the varsity boys game recently. Two second grade girls, Olivia Keller and Quin Billmayer brought the envelope to half court with the names of the incoming royalty to be announced....
Montana FSA: February 2018 Newsletter Montana producers have until March 15, 2018 to sign-up for Farm Service Agency’s Noninsurable Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for all 2018 spring planted NAP crops except spring seeded rye, speltz, triticale, wheat, and mixed forage. NAP provides a catastrophic level (CAT) coverage based on the amount of loss that exceeds 50 percent of the expected production at 55 percent of the average market price for the crop. NAP offers buy-up coverage for the 2015 through 2018 crop years in addition t...
The 69th Montana Seed Show is just around the corner and we will be again featuring a wool fleece show. This will be the 29th year that this popular event has been held in conjunction with the Montana Seed Show. There will be two divisions, being the adult and youth exhibitors (age 18 and under as of 1-1-18). There will be both purebred and commercial classes for all types of wool. Ribbons and $100.00 cash sweepstakes will be awarded this year. Eligibility of fleeces is as follows: • 1. Fleeces must be exhibited by the owner. • 2. Fleeces sho...
Last week's fair was the 50th anniversary of the Fort Belknap Mid Winter Fair. The annual winter event was first staged in 1967. Ed Doney, who's been actively involved with the fair since 1987, wrote about 'why' the winter fair was organized. In a visit about the Fair he explained, "Some folks who had jobs that involved calling on people in their homes, discovered how much original native art was being done but no one ever got to see the art." Early on the Fair was a way to showcase the variety...
About 25 locals came to hear the first program of a four-part series being jointly presented by the Harlem Library and the Little Rockies Senior Center in Harlem. Colleen Brommer, Library Director, said there would be four such programs, all part of Humanities Montana's offerings available to communities. The quarterly presentations will alternate between the library and the senior center. Brommer introduced Arch Ellwein who would be presenting as Theodore Roosevelt. Ellwein didn't really need i...
Aaniiih Nakoda College is once again partnering and collaborating with Phillips County Hospital to give nursing students enrolled in the Associate of Science in nursing program a great clinical experience. The ASN program at Aaniiih Nakoda College is "growing their own" future registered nurses and the experience provided by a rural community hospital such as Phillips County Hospital gives them hands on experience working in a rural hospital. Nurses wear many hats and don't just work in one...
It’s almost time for the 69th annual Montana Seed Show pie baking contest. This years pie entries will be accepted on Friday, March 9th, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in the Harlem High School gym. There is a youth division and adult division again this year. A few things to remember when entering, all pies are to be made from scratch, with a double crust and berry or fruit filling. Your recipe must accompany your pie. Once again there will be ribbons and great cash prizes, hope to see you there....
Helena, Mont. – The Montana Alfalfa Seed Advisory Committee will meet at 9:00 am on Monday, February 19th in Billings at the Red Lion Hotel and Convention Center (1223Mullowney Lane). An agenda for the meeting can be found here. The Alfalfa Seed Program is administered by the Montana Department of Agriculture under the Alfalfa Seed Industry Act. The Montana Alfalfa Seed Committee provides direction for research and marketing toward the continued growth of the alfalfa seed industry of Montana. The Montana Department of Agriculture’s mission is...
Happy February! It started out cold and snowy and it looks like its got a good start on an old fashioned winter. Merrilyn Billmayer, Bobbie Brekke, and Cindy Erickson got together and helped their Mother, Ardis Hewitt, celebrate her 91st birthday this week. Happy Birthday Ardis!! Last Sunday, Wally and Loretta Beck attended a Pancake Breakfast at the Harlem Senior Center put on by the Harlem Catholics, and then went on to Great Falls where they had medical appts on Monday. Linda Hauge and Anita Reed were out during the week to help their...
