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Izzy Baker, 9 years old from Harlem, wanted to help the victims of the Lodgepole Complex Fire. She had a cookie and lemonade sale in front of Albertsons. Her effort was generously supported by the community and she raised $525 to donate....
Sympathy is extended to the family of Eleanor Harmon Bickel. Her graveside buriel service was Monday at the Wing Cemetery. On Tuesday, Susan Billmayer accompanied Pete and Margaret Duncan and family of Miles City, out to Wayne Creek on the McCann property where his folks, Peyton and Millicent Duncan, homesteaded. They were out reconnecting their roots of years ago. Many will remember the Duncan family. Loretta and Wally Beck attended the 100th Anniversary of the Big Flat Catholic Church last weekend and enjoyed visiting with those attending....
Don and Bonnie Harmon and their family want to thank everyone who expressed any sort of sympathy in the form of texts, visits, food, attending services, etc. for Eleanor this past week. They were just so touched by all the love that was felt during this difficult time. Thank you from the bottom of their hearts. Tammy and Terry Jones were to Whitefish to a Berger family reunion this past weekend. While there they also visited with Sarah and Stuart Howell. Kevin and Sasha Keller and family were...
Children are reminded to return their summer reading logs to the library by August 4. Grand prize winners will be announced next week. Lego Club will continue to meet in August on Thursdays from 6:00-7:00 P.M. Adults who are participating in the Letter by Letter Game have until the end of August when the drawing for the $50 gift card will be held. Books and Babies and Story Hour will resume following Labor Day. During the heat of summer curl up with a good book to read and relax! New titles to choose from include these two great summer reads:...
The Summer Reading programs are finished this year. Kids can still read and put their name in for prizes until Friday August 4th. We will draw for prizes at 5:00 on Friday August 4th. We will also determine the top reader at that time and schedule the after-hours pizza party. Accelerated Reader tests will be available until school starts. "Bounty of Greed: the Lincoln County War" by Paul Colt is a new western ready for checkout. If you like to read suspense and thrillers, you are in luck this...
Thank You: Albertsons for the orange and black tables cloths. This is Awesome! Did you know that Amazon will donate 0.5% of every purchase you make through AmazonSmile back to the Harlem Senior Center? You must shop through https://smile.amazon.com/ch/81-0342535 for the funds to come back to us. During the month of August, I will once again be distributing the mandatory MAST forms (every 3 years) & the Nutritional Risk Assessment Health questionnaires (every year). Keep your eyes open because...
August calendars are out and we have a busy schedule planned for you. We will have Bingo at 1 p.m. this Thursday. Frances Ewing won the Blackout prize last week. The Kitchen Band will be playing on Friday before lunch and they will continue while pinochle is played in the afternoon. Last week’s winners were Jack O’Brien and Virginia Olson. The Foot Clinic is August 7. Call me for an appointment. The Loaves & Fishes Children will be singing for us at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 8. Shanghai Rummy will be played Tuesday. Last week’s winne...
Chinook Chapter Number 8 of Ikebana International held a 60th anniversary celebration commemorating the chapters organizing in 1957. For readers not familiar with Ikebana, it's a form of flower arranging that first appeared in Japan in the 6th century when Buddhism came to the country. The Chinook chapter, which also includes members from other towns along the Hi-Line, is of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, a less restrictive form of plant and flower arranging that advocates enjoying Ikebana arran...
MONTANA – Citing active wildfires and extreme fire danger across the state, Governor Steve Bullock has issued an executive order declaring a fire emergency in Montana. Prior to signing the executive order, the governor was briefed by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and Disaster and Emergency Services at the Department of Military Affairs. He also spoke with Rick Connell, the Incident Commander at the Lodgepole Complex area, which is currently the state’s largest fire. “Montana is facing extreme fire conditions. Our top p...
The OUTSTANDING NURSE CHAMPION award for 2016 was given to the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Dr. Carole Falcon Chandler ANC's President and the 'Grow Our Own' Nursing Faculty. The award was presented by the Montana Center to Advance Health Through Nursing (MT CAHN) at their Nursing Education and Practice Summit recently held in Helena. Casey Blumenthal, DNP, MHSA, RN, CAE, Vice President of the Montana Hospital Association handed the plaque to LaVerne Parker, MS, RN, Director of Nursing for...
Reporter's note: A couple of weeks ago, while reporting on sports camps sponsored by Montana Indian Ministries, I learned about the Ministry's Rodeo Bible Camp. The camp, also a day camp, is held at Wasay Wakpa Arena in Lodge Pole. I called Montana Indian Ministries' founder and president, Pastor Bruce Plummer, and asked if I could visit the rodeo camp and learn about its purpose and how it works. He invited me to come for a visit. I learned that Pastor Plummer, and his wife Sande, have been doi...
Lynn Phillips became the new director of the Chinook Food Pantry in mid-July. Phillips, a relative newcomer to the area, takes over from Jeanne Dalton who served as director from January, 2016 to June of this year. Dalton moved back to California to live near her daughter. Phillips becomes the third director of the Pantry. Amelia Funk served as the first and only director from 2000 until the end of 2015, when Dalton took over. In 1998 the Chinook Ministerial Association, a group made up of the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing the use of additional Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands for emergency grazing and haying in and around portions of Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota affected by severe drought. USDA is adding the ability for farmers and ranchers in these areas to hay and graze CRP wetland and buffer practices. For CRP practices previously announced, including those authorized today, Secretary Perdue is allowing this emergency action during and after the primary nesting season, where local drou...
A potluck picnic was held this past Friday at the Turner Park sponsored by the Turner Volunteer Fire Department. The firemen barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs along with corn on the cob. The public filled in with potluck salads and desserts. The meal was delicious and a great time was had reminiscing, visiting, along with water games, and horse shoes. Pictured is a line of community members who worked their way through the food line. Everything was so tasty and a great job was done by the local...
The Big Flat Catholic Church held their 100th Anniversary of the Church on Saturday and Sunday. A large crowd attended the celebration. Sympathy is extended to the Harmon family. Eleanor Harmon, long time resident of the area, passed away recently in Havre. Her graveside service was held on Monday at the Wing Cemetery. Susan Billmayer stopped in to visit Harlan and Jane Krass on Tuesday and gave them some fruit from the fruit truck. It was delicious. On Wednesday, Tate, Ty, and Harley Jo Beck and Cassidy, Holly, and Lucy Grabofsky visited...
Linda and Darel Hauge attended a surprise birthday party for Tricia Kimmel on Tuesday, the cereal crop tour on Wednesday, and the fireman picnic on Friday. Anita and Steve Reed and family attended the Turner Volunteer Fire Department picnic on Friday. They enjoyed meeting baby Isaac Kropf, newborn son of Tyler and Kyli Kropf, who also attended the picnic. Sonny and Nellie Obrecht took in the Catholic Church anniversary happenings on Saturday. Shania and Diana Maloney were in Great Falls this...
The regular meeting of the library board is Friday, July 28 at 9 A.M. in the meeting room. Summer Reading ends this week. Children are asked to turn in their reading logs by August 4. Grand prize winners will be announced the second week of August. Thanks to all the children who participated, the parents who encouraged their children to read, and those who donated items for summer reading. The Letter by Letter game for adults continues until the end of August. You may win a $50 gift card! Notify the library if you have read four books in the...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting today at 11:00 a.m. in the library meeting room. The final LEGO Club for the summer will be today at 2:00 p.m. and the last Middle School Hangout will be Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Kids can still read and put their name in for prizes until Friday August 4th. We will draw for prizes at 5:00 on Friday August 4th. Accelerated Reader tests will be available until school starts. If you are looking for a romance to read,...
Art and I got back from Choteau where he was honored for being our 2017 "Senior of the Year." We had a very nice time! The new calendars are out and we have added some new activities in August, so stop by and see what we have going on. We will play Whist on Wednesday, July 26 at 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, we will have Jackpot Bingo at 1 p.m. with a $10 prize. Last week, Irene Gauthier was the Blackout winner. On Friday, it's the Birthday Bake Raffle. "The Kitchen Band" will be playing at 11...
Much, much appreciation to these wonderful people! Loxie Mailand and her friend, Michael for the lettuce and argula. Here's the Scoop on What's Going On... Ladies Coffee Group meets every Monday at 10:00 am. Strong People Class meets on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm and Thursdays at 9:00 am. New members are very welcome! Canasta Card Games every Wednesday and Saturday at 1:00 pm. Men's Coffee Group meets every Saturday at 10:00 am. MTActors Children's Theater production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County...
Silver Spring, MD (June 28, 2016) – Aaniiih Nakoda College today announced it has joined Achieving the Dream (ATD), a network of more than 220 colleges in 39 states dedicated to improving student success. As a Network institution, Aaniiih Nakoda College will innovate to implement, align, and scale cutting edge reforms, work with ATD coaches to build institutional capacity and connect with peers to foster learning and share information. “We are very enthused to be a part of Achieving the Dream. It is the focus of ANC to capitalize on Achieving t...
This week in Harlem some girls made a difference. They set up a lemonade stand which isn't that unusual. The weather certainly demanded one as it was between 90 and 100 degrees. The first day they sold enough lemonade to make $14.05. The decision of what to do with that money came next. They wanted to do something charitable with the money. The final decision was to give it to the Harlem Food Bank. It was a wonderful and kind thing for them to do. The next day they did this all over again and...
Reporter's note: Readers would have been hard pressed to miss the coverage of the recent July Fire that burned 11,000+ in the Little Rockies near Zortman and Landusky. The fire was discovered on Monday, July 3 and by the evening of July 4 it was estimated to have burned 1700 acres. Various fire fighting agencies began a major attack to control and contain the fire. Finally, on Saturday, July 15, the Western Montana Type II Interagency Incident Management Team (IMT) declared the fire "90% contain...
Chinook MT July 20, 2017 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Tracy Harshman today announced that Blaine County is approved to accept applications for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) to address damages from the current drought conditions ECP signup will begin on will end on September 15, 2017. According to Harshman, approved ECP practices under this authorization include livestock water projects including wells, spring developments, pipelines, and stock tanks. ECP is administered by F...
Not a hunting season, but a season to admire Montana’s snakes for what they are: a vital cog in the natural world that serves an important purpose even if some of us suffer the heebie-jeebies at the mere thought of a snake. Last week while out for a morning jog, I passed a gopher snake (our subspecies is the bull snake) lying motionless and camouflaged on a bed of gravel next to the trail. No telling how many people walked or ran by the reptile without noticing it. It was soaking in the morning sun, warming up its body temperature. If it were n...
