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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...
A group of Turner students will be attending the County spelling bee in Chinook on Feb. 7th. Those attending will be Shay Humphreys, Lacey Hickel, Carson Maloney, Dakota Krass, and Laci Maloney. Good Luck to these students. Mark your calendars for the local Science fair. It will be February 27th from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Be sure to stop by and see the Science students show off their projects. Senior Night at the Turner School will be February 9th. The Seniors honored this year are Stacie Cornell, Eddie Harmon, and Ben Hunter. If you are wanting to...
Well, the groundhog saw his shadow so we have 6 more weeks of winter. We will try to stay busy here at the center so it goes by fast. We have a lot planned this month, so let’s get started. The movie this Wednesday in the library meeting room is “The Way We Were” with Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Popcorn will be served. Bingo is played at 1 p.m. every Thursday. Last week’s jackpot winner was Virginia Olson. On Friday, the Kitchen Band will be playing and there will be pinochle after lunch. We had 2 tables last week. They had a lot of...
Can you believe that our Easter season is starting with Ash Wednesday on Wed., February 14th? That is Valentine’s Day, too, of course! Elsie Bertelsen: 50-50 winner for January ($22.63). She has been lucky these last few months. Rub up against her to have some luck rub onto you. Harlem Senior Center membership drive is still open… become a member for only $5 for the full year! Humanities Montana next event is “Dance Interactive” on Tues., February 20th, at Harlem Senior Center, at 7:00 p.m. This will be a very fun and informative event....
In conjunction with the 69th Montana Seed Show this year the Annual Art Show will be held on March 8th, 9th and 10th of 2018. Setup time will be 8:00am on Friday, March 9th. 4’ x 8’ boards will be set up and are rented for $15.00 per board. The Art Show features painting, sculpture and photography. Handicrafts are not eligible to be entered in the Art Show. There will be an Art Auction on Friday, March 9th at 7:00pm. If you are interested in having a piece of Art in the auction please complete the form pertaining to the auction. We will lim...
This fine group of spellers have qualified or are alternates for the Blaine County Spelling Bee, Wednesday, February 7 at 10 a.m. Back Row (L-R): Julius SeRoy, Shyla Benzing, Dentin DePriest (2nd Place), Samuel Christensen, Alexis =Pitkanen, Bree Swanson, Allison Powell, Robyn Chaffin (1st Place), Derreck Christensen, Liam Edwards, Dawson Ball. Front Row (L-R): Alexus Seymour (alternate) Carson Nissen, Asher Brinkman, Ashlyn Jensen (alternate), and Levi Jensen....
Mark your calendar—the Montana Seed Show will be held March 8, 9 and 10 at Harlem High School with many events and exhibits to interest attendees. One of these is the Bread Contest. The categories for both youth (high school seniors and younger) and adult are regular white bread, 100% whole wheat bread, machine white bread and machine 50% combination whole wheat bread. All four categories will offer monetary prizes for youth and adults, with plaques in each category for the adults and a plaque to the over-all winner. The first place adult winne...
The 2018 officers to the Board of Directors for the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce were introduced at the chamber's annual banquet: They include Dana Davis, Secretary; Daniel Dahl, Vice President; Sarah Pratt, President; Hayley Yost, Treasurer and Dawn Colby, Reporter - Parliamentarian. Brandon Nissen, the new Executive Director for the Chinook Chamber, was not present. President Pratt, speaking of some upcoming changes for the chamber, said Brandon Nissen would soon be starting his duties as...
The Chinook Masonic Lodge #50 has purchased seven Kindles for the Meadowlark Elementary. All the students from each of the grades K-6, will have an opportunity to earn one of the Kindles by completing the reading requirements set up by Mrs. Tammy Edwards the school librarian. The Kindles will be presented to one student from each grade at the end of the third quarter in mid March. Pictured is Larry Surber, Worshipful Master and Ben Hall Secretary of Chinook Masonic Lodge #50....
These six nonagenarians (90 year olds) live at the Little Rockies Retirement Center in Harlem. Rose Noel, who also lives at the center, recently invited "Journal" reporter Steve Edwards to visit with the six ladies. They shared thoughts on a variety of topics. Pictured left to right are: Bonnie Russell; Irene Stout; Lilah Orlando; Miriam Kinzel, Helen Hornung and Helen Egbert....
Kendra Seilstad, of MSU Extension, Blaine County, was honored recently at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences 2017 annual session, "Harvesting Opportunities". Kendra was a member of the team that received the 1st Place State and 1st Place Western Region Community Partnership Award at the conference held October 16 – 20, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska. In receiving the award, the Montana Family Consumer Science Team was recognized for DEEP which is an evidence based d...
Reporter’s note: Rose Noel is a resident at the Little Rockies Retirement Center (part of the same complex as the Harlem Senior Center in Harlem). A few weeks ago she told me that “six of our resident ladies are now in their 90’s. I think it would be interesting for you to come by and visit with them.” I was curious to hear what these 90-year-old ladies had to say. Rose Noel got the ladies together in the dining room of the senior center. I greeted them by saying, “I’m very happy to be visiting with you nonagenarians. To which one responded,...
The Hill/Blaine County Fire Foundation was created to help provide a way to distribute funds collected that were donated to the East Fork Fire in Hill County. The Hill County Commissioners opened an account at the Independence Bank to collect funds that were wanting to be donated immediately to fire relief. They have worked with us planning to transfer the funds to a foundation account where every dollar collected will be dispersed to people who were harmed or had expenses related to the East Fo...
It is again that time of the year for all quilters to get busy and get those quilt projects finished. The dates for our annual Quilt Show at the 69th Montana Seed Show is March 9 and 10, 2018. The quilts and entry forms must be returned by 5:00 p.m. on March 2, 2018 to the Richman Insurance office in Harlem. No late entries will be accepted. Forms may be picked up at various places in Harlem and Havre. A list will be printed in this paper in about two weeks. If you have any questions, you can contact Carla Becker at 353-2256 or Sharon Goodrich...
Plant a Seed...READ (PASR) has selected the 2018 Ambassadors for Blaine, Hill and Phillips counties from the photo contest held in November, 2017. Each county has its own ambassador family who will represent their county in 2018. These ambassadors received a $100 chamber gift certificate from their respective chambers in Chinook, Havre and Malta. A special thank you to all that submitted pictures for the 2018 PASR Photo Contest. Keep the cameras ready to snapped those pictures of adults reading...
