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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON – America’s farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to strongly represent agriculture in their communities and industry by taking part in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. Conducted every five years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the census, to be mailed at the end of this year, is a complete count of all U.S. farms, ranches, and those who operate them. “The Census of Agriculture remains the only source of uniform, comprehensive, and impa...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: We currently are in need of instructors in your area! Hunter and Bowhunter Education Instructors are needed across Montana to teach safety, outdoor skills, ethics, and responsibility to students of all ages. Instructors donate many hours each spring and fall to ensure that hunters coming into the hunting tradition are safe and ethical. Youth 14-17 years of age may also apply to become Junior Instructors. Junior Instructors can benefit from the experience of teaching Hunter and Bowhunter Education in several ways,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACTS: Andy Fjeseth, MT Dept. of Agriculture, (406) 444-3684 Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Helena, Mont. – Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) Director Ben Thomas and Montana Wheat and Barley Committee (MWBC) Executive Vice President Collin Watters are set to visit Japan April 14-20. The trip will involve visits with several millers and government officials and will demonstrate the value Montana places on the trade relationship while also highlighting the state’s willingness to build on the outstanding, long-term bus...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bowhunter Education course dates have been set for the first courses in the Havre area for this year. There will be a regular youth classroom course starting April 24, and an adult online “field day” course on April 29. Starting in 2017, the purchase of a Montana bow and arrow license will be required prior to applying for any archery-only permit. To purchase a bow and arrow license, an individual must meet one of the following requirements: • show completion of a bowhunter education course • show proof of purch...
Plan to attend, "Home, Home on the Ranch: Farm and Ranch Life in Story and Song" by Bill Rossiter Wednesday April 26th at 7:00 p.m. After the settlers, pioneers, homesteaders and boomers finally put down roots, the long haul began. Carving a home out of the "wilderness" or out of the "Great American Desert" was tough enough, but sticking it out, year after year, added flint to the soul. Drought, fluctuating markets, grasshoppers, dust storms, taxes-and of course, the mortgage-all show up in the...
Don’t miss the presentation “Home, Home on the Ranch” by Humanities Montana speaker Bill Rossiter April 27, 7 P.M. in the library meeting room. This entertaining program includes stories in word and song about the less glamorous, but more enduring side of farm and ranch life. There is no charge for this program and refreshments will be served. Bring a friend and enjoy a fun evening at your library! There will be no Lego Club Thursday, April 27. Also there will be no Story Hour Friday, April 28. If you or your organization are donating a baske...
Montana Association of Clerk & Recorders and Election Administrators - March 31, 2017 As efforts to revive Senate Bill 305 failed Friday, Montana’s elections administrators turned their attention to the forthcoming special election on May 25. SB 305, introduced by Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick (R-Great Falls) would have given Montana counties the option to hold a mail-only election to replace Rep Ryan Zinke. Despite the support of nearly all of Montana’s 56 counties and successful passage through the Montana Senate, SB 305 was tabled in the House Judi...
This June 23 Blaine and Hill County cancer support volunteers will collaborate to stage the first ever combined North Central Montana Relay. Co-chair Colleen Mulonet said the event, the major fundraiser that supports cancer research, will alternate between the two counties. The 2017 event will be held at Havre High School, next year's relay will be in Blaine County. Mulonet said the next regular meeting for the upcoming June event will be Wednesday, April 12 at the Chinook Eagles. She said,...
The Chinook and Harlem Libraries, in conjunction with Montana Humanities, are hosting stories and songs by Bill Rossiter in his presentation titled “Home, Home on the Ranch: Farm and Ranch Life in Story and Song.” The program, through songs and stories, illustrates the less glamorous but more enduring side of life on the ranches and farms in Montana. Both programs are at the respective libraries: Chinook’s performance is Wednesday, April 26, at 7pm, and Harlem’s is Thursday, April 27, at 7 pm. There is no charge to attend the program. Rossite...
Reporter’s note: Each time I attend the Blaine County Fair I’m impressed with the gaggle of kids following around a lady who’s wearing wild face makeup and outlandish, bright colored clothing. She’s usually pulling a cart full of surprises or has a bunch of surprises laid out on a table to entertain kids. Whatever she’s doing, the younger set is drawn to her like a magnet. Folks familiar with the Blaine County Fair, particularly if they have little kids or grandkids, know this ‘Pied Piper of Montana kids’ as Pippi the Clown. Thinking abou...
The Midwinter Fair Youth Day was held on Friday, February 3, 2017 and began with the youth in attendance playing games sponsored by different Tribal Programs. Games included Basketball competitions hosted by the CDC program, a music booth that handed out headphones hosted by the Tobacco Prevention Program and go-cart riding through a maze hosted by The Hays/Lodge Pole Gear Up Program. The day was themed after the Mid Winter Fair, which was "Language Through Music." The opening acts were the...
Be sure to stop into the library this week and help us celebrate National Library Week! We have a table with 2 foot by 6 foot poster for patrons to color on. We have door prizes to register for and we have surveys we would like to have filled out. Everyone who checks something out will receive a book bag and bookmark, both of which can be colored with markers. “Sully” will be the movie at 1:00 p.m. today. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) glided his disabled pl...
Don’t miss the Humanities Montana program on Thursday, April 27, 7 P.M. in the library meeting room. Speaker Bill Rossiter will present an informative and entertaining program “Home, Home on the Ranch.” Please come and bring a friend! Summer will soon be here. Each year the library hosts a Summer Reading Program for children ages preschool through grade six to support literacy skills and encourage reading enjoyment. The library is asking for your help. We have a list of supplies needed for the various projects we will do with the child...
Friday and Saturday, April 7th and 8th, the Chinook FFA Chapter hosted the 23rd annual Poets and Pickers Gathering. The Chinook FFA Chapter has hosted this for 12 years, and before that Speech and Drama for 11 years. Poets and Pickers is their own entity who bring in entertainers from all over to take part in their show. This entertainment is full of family fun storytelling, cowboy poetry and songs. Steve Hughes, Arnold Hokanson, Noel Burles, and Dale Mailand were just some of the performers tha...
When all was said and done Pike Construction of Chinook hauled more than 1,300 cubic yards of contaminated soil from the lot on the corner of Indiana Street and U.S. Highway 2. Donnie McCurry, Environmental Science Specialist with the Department of Environmental Quality - Montana is the directing authority of the clean up at the petroleum release sight. McCurry said they will install a well for periodic testing and when petroleum levels fall below established limits the sight will be released....
NBC Producer Samantha Wender spent part of a week in early March visiting with Blaine County residents across the county. Last week a crew revisited Blaine County to do filming for a story about how citizens in a county equally split in the last presidential election "can coexist." In addition to Wender and a film crew, Correspondent Harry Smith interviewed citizens who had visited with Wender earlier in the month. The NBC team filmed in Blaine County for two days. Harry Smith, who first...
Montana Historical Society President Bob Brown was in Chinook last Thursday and stopped by the Blaine County Museum to discuss the efforts underway to improve the facility in Helena with Executive Director of the Blaine County Museum, Jude Sheppard and former State Senator Greg Jergeson. The Museum at its present location was built in 1950 and was called the Veterans and Pioneers Memorial Building in which we now refer to it as the home of the Montana Historical Society (MHS). The MHS is the old...
Harlem City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Monday, March 13, 2017 Prior to the regular council meeting, a public meeting was held to discuss the possibility of implementing a late fee on past due utility bills. The public hearing began at 6:00 p.m. Dean Baker asked the Council why penalize the people that are paying their bill who once in a great while forget to. Rhonda Baker added that the snowbird and/or vacation rate payers don't always get their bills because they are not always able to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Harlan Mount March 30, 2017, 406-353-4260 The Fort Belknap Community Economic Development (FBCEDC) recently received a $35,000 Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative (NAFSI) grant from the First Nations Development Institute of Longmont, Colorado. This award will support the Red Paint Creek Kitchen Project. The grant purpose is to create a commercial kitchen equipped with NSF certified equipment, to increase the food capacity for the Red Paint Creek Trading Post and satisfy the healthy food needs of the...
National Library Week is a time to celebrate our nation’s libraries and library workers for transforming lives through free access to technology, information literacy, diverse collections and opportunities for community engagement. In a world of rapid technological and cultural change, libraries and library workers are establishing themselves as trusted resources for both individuals and the community at large. Conducting an online search can be a daunting task, even for an experienced researcher, with millions of hits for any question or t...
The Harlem Public Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries are transforming their communities every day through the services and invaluable expertise they offer. April 9-15 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the changing role of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries aren’t only a place of quiet study, but also creative and engaging community centers. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American L...
Reporter's note: Doing research about methods for clearing icy roadways, I came across several news stories about deicers that had ag-based ingredients. In fact, sugar beet juice based products were the most numerous and used by many state highway departments to deice roadways and to prevent icing. My wife and I lived several years in the Red River Valley, a large farming area that straddles the boundary of North Dakota and Minnesota. The valley is home to American Crystal Sugar, one of the...
Harlem Elementary celebrated ‘I Love to Read’ month, featuring exciting challenges and activities throughout February and on through the first week of March. The main venture dared the students to meet the criteria for both individual and schoolwide Accelerated Reader (AR) points, with prizes awarded for top readers, plus the possibility of earning a ‘Pie in the Face’ challenge. The students eagerly took on the task, and as the month progressed, so did the Accelerated Reader Meter. At last, the total AR points met and exceeded the schoolw...
Wednesday, March 22nd, the Chinook FFA Members departed for the 2017 Montana State FFA Convention in Great Falls, Montana. Upon arriving, they went and toured the Montana Air National Guard Base, seeing very interesting things such as the C-130, the armory, and spoke with RED HORSE members. Thursday, the state events started for our chapter. Cristen Friede, Kendra McMaster, Hailey McMaster, and Garrett Lowham participated in Farm Business Management. Rebecca Stroh and Jase Pursley participated...
In October, officers were elected. President- Reece Hutton, Vice President-Rennay Watkins, Secretary- Ashlea Schroder, Treasurer- Brooke Reed, Reporter- Hannah Richman, Historians- Jessa Schroder and Izzy Baker. Awards were handed out from Achievement day. Brooke Reed received the Super Sweepstakes award. Reece Hutton received a Steer of Merit and Swine of Excellence awards. Ashlea & Jessa Schroder received Certified lamb, with Ashlea placing first place in carcass evaluation and Jessa placing third. Parents were asked to represent family with...
