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The election for council members and mayor in the City of Chinook will be voting by mail ballot. This type of election allows the voter the convenience of voting at home and simply returning the ballot by mail or delivering it to the Blaine County Clerk and Recorder’s office at the courthouse. No precinct polling place will be open on Election Day, November 7, 2017. Ballots must be voted and received by the Blaine County Clerk & Recorder’s office not later than 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 7, 2017. The Blaine County Clerk and Recorder’s offic...
On Sunday, Oct. 22, the Harlem Lutheran church will host their annual Harvest Dinner and Bazaar from 12:00 to 2:00. The menu will be roast pork loin, baked potato, all the trimmings and dessert. Take-outs and deliveries are available; please call 353-2234 before 11:30 if possible. Prices for the dinner are: Adults, $10.00; Ages 6 to 12, $5.00; and ages 5 and under, free. In addition to the meal, a bazaar and bake sale will offer homemade baked goods and crafts. The church is also sponsoring a raffle with all proceeds to go to Lutheran World...
THANK YOU: Barb McDonald for the milk; Carla Chambers for the pasta; Jan Egeland for the jigsaw puzzle; Bev Devaney & An Anonymous Donor for the tomatoes; Rose Noel for cleaning out the courtyard flower garden. Reminder: If you are 60 or over you may get a totally FREE Activity Pass that is good at all the HOME sporting events. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, stop by the Harlem High School Business Office with proof of your age and they will get you your free activity pass. Football and Volleyball are soon over and Basketball and Wrestling are...
Mark your calendars for the annual TURKEY TRAP SHOOT! It will be held at the Turner Trap area on Sunday, October 29th beginning at noon. This is sponsored by The American Legion Post #109. Everyone is invited to come and have a chance of winning a Thanksgiving Turkey! It promises to be FUN!! Miles and Linda Hutton were in Dickinson this weekend to see Reece and take in the homecoming festivities there. Anita, Lucas, and Bridget Reed were to Harlem on Saturday to watch the Wildcat Volleyball team play. The Steve Hickel family was to Chester on...
The Turkey Shoot will be held on Sunday, October 29th, beginning at 12:00 noon, at the Turner Trap. Everyone is welcome. The American Legion Post #109 is sponsoring this event. The Hogeland Lutheran Annual Turkey Dinner and Bazaar will be held on Sunday, Nov. 5. The bazaar opens at 11:30 a.m. The dinner will be held from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served. Come out and enjoy a wonderful meal! Lynette Sallee and Diana Maloney visited Harlan and Jane Krass on Saturday afternoon. Darwin and Betty Zellmer visited...
Well, things are back to normal at the center after the big snow. This week we will celebrate Coyla Boe’s birthday as she turns 102! Please make sure to call ahead, if you are coming for lunch and cake this Friday. The Kitchen Band will play and there will be Pinochle after lunch. Our Pinochle winners last week were Rochelle Wohlschlager and Virginia Olson. On Wednesday, the movie, “Smitty” will be shown in the library meeting room at 1 p.m. Refreshments are provided. Next week’s movie is “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” Come join us for our Pie Socia...
Ken Finley raises produce in an area along the Milk River near the Chinook Water Treatment Plant. The last day of September he held a Customer Appreciation Day. It was a near perfect fall day with mild temperatures and sunny skies. Finley said, "I've been wanting to give back to the folks who support my vegetable stand all summer. This seemed like a good weekend to do it and pumpkins are the seasonal vegetable of choice this time of year." Weather forecasters were predicting a dramatic cold...
If you lived along The High-Line long enough you certainly have experienced winter storms in nearly every month of the calendar with the exception of maybe July. We've all seen snow in June in August, but the storm that came through last weekend was one of those that goes in the category of "I'll never forget". The storm blanketed the region with a heavy wet snow that wreaked havoc on trees, power lines and anything that it would stick to. The leaves of fall are always so beautiful and truly a...
The Chinook Rod and Gun Club held its fifth annual gun show this past weekend at the Blaine County Fairgrounds commercial building with vendors from all over the state of Montana and one very special vendor from Spokane, Washington attending the show. The event was again a huge success the club uses funds from the event to help improve the gun range south of Chinook, Which in and just a few short years has become one of the nicest stops for gun enthusiast along the High-line to visit. The Range...
The recent East Fork Fire was a trying time for many and as such brought to light many areas where things need to improve to avoid the challenges and pitfalls that accompanied those trying to battle the blaze or were otherwise affected or involved. A meeting to address those issues was recently held at the Chinook Volunteer Fire Department conference room. Leonard Lundby, Fire Chief, Manchester Volunteer Fire Department was on hand to moderate the meeting. On hand were members of the Chinook,...
This was the fifth year the Harlem Civic Association hosted a Fall Festival-sometimes billed as 'the last picnic of the season.' The Association hosted a first ever Hunger Walk as part of this fall's event. Organizers said 70+ people signed up and paid the $30 fee to walk. The money will go toward support of the local food bank. The Civic Association has operated for more than a decade funding and organizing various events to "improve life in our community." By walk time, at 2 pm, the weather...
These little cuties spent the better part of recess piling leaves, jumping in it, and throwing them in the air trying to catch them. They were having such a wonderful time! Then, Monday began to cool off and a skiff of snow blanketed the playground. The children were looking for whatever amount of the first snow they could find to pile on to their little snowmen they were building. By the time Tuesday came, the playground was soaked with about an inch of rain and soaking the leaves and ground....
October is National Farm to School Month and is promoted as a time to connect students to producers in developing their understanding of the food they consume. According to the MDA website, "Farm to school programs enhance the connection communities have with fresh, healthy food and local food producers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and early care and education settings. Students gain access to healthy, local food as well as education opportunities such as...
Northwestern Energy has been working day and night getting power back up and running the past few days. Most power has been restored to the many communities with Chinook on the waiting list at press time. We are in hopes that at the time you are reading this you will be in modern comforts once again. Thank you to all who were instrumental in getting us all back up and running....
The weather in Montana is always unpredictable especially on the Highline and this past Monday we were made aware of just how crazy it can get. Locals can often be heard describing the weather as "just give it 10 minutes" and it will change. But, every now and again the storm catches even the most prepared residents off guard. The storm that came through was a wet heavy snow that weighed down the branches of the trees to a point of breaking causing a whole lot of damage all over Blaine County...
The Chinook Rod & Gun Club will hold its Fifth Annual Gun Show this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Commercial Building located at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. The Gun Show is the primary fund raiser for the club and has another great show lined up for the weekend. The Chinook Rod and Gun Club has cemented itself within Chinook and Blaine County as a fantastic outlet for families to get involved in the outdoors. The Club has been very active in getting youth from all over Blaine County out to Dry Fork Reservoir each spring to connect with...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Reporter's note: My interest in the Country Club hall on the Big Flat started when a fellow diner asked Ed Snider, at a Harlem Senior Center dinner, "Do you remember the time you took us to the Turner Country Club?" My ears perked up because I'd never heard about a country club near Turner or anywhere else on the Big Flat. After some more questioning Ed told me, "The Country Club is a place with quite a history. Contact Richard Hickel up in Turner and he'll tell you all...
Karolee Cronk Mark your calendar for Wednesday, October 11, when the Friends of the Harlem Public Library will hold its annual meeting starting at 6 P.M. at the Harlem Public Library meeting room. A salad supper will be served, and attendees will learn firsthand of how the Friends have helped to provide items which enhance our local library. All are invited to attend, and, if you’re not already a Friend, you may choose to become one. Our local library has much to offer in addition to a myriad of books, and this is an opportunity to learn m...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Last week the first quarterly drawings in the new Sweet Escape raffle series were completed. Sarah McKinney won the first quarterly trip for this year. She won a trip for two for four nights/five days and can chose among Hawaii, Cancun, San Diego or Las Vegas as her destination. Jill Leo won the third drawing for the monthly Montana trip. That trip, for two, is for three nights/four days and Leo can pick from 12 cool Montana destinations. Art Kleinjan was the third monthly runner up winner and will receive $200. Trip...
Newborns to five year-olds in Blaine and Hill Counties can receive an age appropriate book each month…for free! The free books are a part of the Plant a Seed…Read! effort connected to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library project. The popular artist started the book distribution program in 1995 in her home county in Tennessee. The initiative was based on research results that show a major part of a child’s brain development happens from birth to age five. Reading aloud to a child in that age category is connected to improved levels of readiness wh...
Harlem Senior Center hosted its second annual Senior Sensations event recently. The day long gathering featured presentations on everything from adult protective services to support groups for caregivers. Katy Noel, Harlem Senior Center Director, said, "I got the idea to hold a one day event last year after noticing all the 'special' days set aside for seniors in September. It seemed to make more sense to have a one-day event and use it to share information useful to seniors." Noel said she is...
The Blaine County Sheriff's Office and Chinook Police Department are using a new web-based software that will improve crime statistics reporting and streamline dispatch operations that serve both agencies. Undersheriff Frank Billmayer explained, "The new eFORCE system utilizes computer-assisted dispatch (CAD) and will give officers a record management system (RMS) that will reduce paperwork and streamline the issuing and writing of citations. The RMS capabilities will allow department managers...
September 27, 2017 – The fall health fair may be a little later this year, but there will be lots of fun and education for the whole family. On Friday, October 27th from 7am until 11am, area residents are welcome and encouraged to come to the Blaine County Event Center. There is no school that day, so bring the kids too! There will be plenty of stations for them, including a life-size Operation game built by the Chinook High School FFA. A costume contest will be held for all ages. The grand prize is season passes to the Chinook City Pool and H...
The Harlem Senior Center and the Harlem Public Library are co-sponsoring a 3-night (1 night each for 3 weeks) series of informational and educational training/preparation sessions focusing on three main topic areas regarding “End of Life” issues. The sessions, and their days and times, are as follows: On Monday, October 16, 7:00 pm, the topic will focus on the Legal and Financial aspects (wills, power of attorney, guardianship, estates and trusts, insurance, and beneficiaries) associated with “End of Life” decisions. Monday, October 23, 7:0...
By Anita Reed The Firemen’s Spaghetti Supper will be held on Sunday, October 15, from 5-7:00 p.m. at the Big Flat Catholic Church Hall. Free will donation will go to the Hogeland Volunteer Fire Dept. The HHH Club is sponsoring this event. Anita Reed took Harlan Krass to the ER in Havre on Monday. Linda and Darel Hauge also met them in Havre. He is home recovering from pneumonia. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the Turner Lutheran Church turkey dinner on Sunday. Susan Billmayer visited at Jane and Harlan Krass’ home on Wednesday. Last Mon...
