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Last session, I sponsored SB 128, a bill that created the School Funding Interim Commission, and requires the legislature to examine the school funding formula at least every ten years, if not more frequently. The Commission met for 18 months and just wrapped up its work. The results of the Commission are several strong, new proposals to adjust some components of school funding to meet some pressing needs of Montana’s public schools, and additionally, to lay out a roadmap for policymakers and those who wish to know where school funding still n...
Members of Nydia Nile Chapter #12 of the Daughters of the Nile hosted a visit by the Montana head of the charitable group. Queen Diane Boley met with the Chinook-based club over lunch, then drew winners for the local raffle items. The Daughters of the Nile is a national group supporting Shriners Hospitals by providing items for children treated at the 22 orthopedic and burn-treatment Shrine Hospitals. Local Daughters of the Nile President Amy Belle Smith said the local group was able to send...
Banned Books Week is coming soon!!!! Be sure to stop in next week and see our Banned Books display. Be a rebel and check out a Banned Book! Mark your calendars for Thursday December 1st. That is the date for the 25th Annual Hassle Free Christmas Program. If you are interested in doing something for our Hassle Free Program or you know someone who may be interested in doing a presentation, let us know. It is hard to believe that this will be the 25th year for this program! Wednesday Movies have begun. We will show a movie every Wednesday at 1:00...
Our children’s programming is in full swing for fall. Books and Babies for infants and toddlers and their parents/caregivers meets on Tuesdays at 10 A.M. for a time to begin developing those all-important early literacy skills. To encourage creative imagination and building children are invited to come to Lego Club on Thursdays at 6 P.M. Preschoolers must be accompanied by a parent. Lego Club makes a great family activity! On Fridays at 10 A.M. Story Time is held for children ages 3 through grade five. This is am hour sharing stories, activitie...
Thirteen Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters sent representatives to the Judith Basin district leadership conference held last week in Chinook. Each fall the Montana student FFA officers and advisors take the half-day leadership training program to the eight FFA districts that make up the state organization. CHS's FFA advisor, Robin Allen, said all but one of the district chapters attended the conference. Students were divided into two groups, one for the upper classmen and another for new...
It's a tradition that each Sugarbeet Festival parade is led by a Parade Marshal who represents the industry being featured during the current celebration. With this year's salute to the railroad industry in the area, it seemed natural to have a retired railroad employee head up the parade. This year Bob Cross, who retired from BNSF with 33 years of service, along his wife Pam, will be at the front of the procession to greet spectators as the parade passes through downtown Chinook on Saturday...
Last year Kendra Seilstad, the MSU/Blaine County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, oversaw the Dutch Oven Cooking Contest for the Sugarbeet Festival. It was her first year of involvement with the cooking contest and she said, "I was shocked that there was only one team participating. We had prizes for the top three winners. I decided to do something about that for the next year (2016). I figured the best way to create more contestants was to educate more cooks." Seilstad admitted she was no...
Start shopping for your Christmas items early and enjoy the different types of food and items that will be offered. There will be Craft Booths, Jewelry, Paintings, Yard Items and Food, and the Chamber of Commerce is currently seeking more vendors. Vendors have an opportunity to sell their products or goods on main street Chinook from 1 to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 23rd and 9 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 24th. Entry deadline is September 18th at 5:00 p.m. and the fee to enter is $30 per vendor (Non-Member Rate) and $10 for Members,...
Organizers of the Sugarbeet Festival have put together a competition to drive railroad spikes and build track. Frank La Tray, a retired railroad foreman, explained the plans to allow novices to give laying rail a try. La Tray emphasized that his main goals are to keep everyone safe and have some fun. He said while some railroad spikes are still driven by hand, most of the work was replaced with powered machinery toward the end of the 1980’s. The contest at the Festival La Tray, and some other retired railroaders with track laying experience, p...
Contact: ACF Office of Communications September 9, 2016 (202) 401-9215, media@acf.hhs.gov Over $1.8 million have been awarded to four tribes and one college to support site-based educational programs to demonstrate evidence based strategies that integrate Native language and educational services within a specific community. Awarded by the Administration for Native Americans, at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families, the language community coordination grants will support the tribes to integrate stand-alone language programs into a broad...
September is Suicide Prevention month. In conjunction with that, a walk will once again be planned on the Big Flat. The walk will begin at the Saint Thomas Big Flat Catholic Church with registration at 8:30 a.m. before the walk begins. For those wishing to leave their vehicles in Turner, buses will be leaving the Turner Park at 8:10 a.m. If you wish to catch a ride to the St. Thomas Catholic Church to begin the walk and register.. For those who do not wish to walk, or are unable to, you are welcome to use slow moving four wheelers,...
It seems just like yesterday a small group of people got together and decided to revive the old shoot Chinook Rod and Gun Club. The club began back in the 1940s and reached its High Point in the mid-eighties before going dormant. In their short time of re-emergence the club has become very active in the community. They are posted for Youth Fishing days in which several hundred kids have had the opportunity to fish Dry Fork Reservoir just north of town and a fun-filled day that so each of them go...
Casey Overturf is the new ranger for the Bear Paw Battlefield south of Chinook. Growing up in both New York and Virginia, he graduated from Giles County High School in southwest Virginia. He wrote, "Even though I spent more time in New York, I think of Virginia as home." Overturf currently serves as a ranger at Mount Rainier in Washington state. He will officially start at the Bear Paw Battlefield toward the end of September. After high school Overturf spent five years in the Marines. He was an...
By Kody Farmer BCJ News The 12th Annual Sugarbeet Festival has been a popular event throughout the community since its inception. Over the years the Chinook Chamber of Commerce has recognized industries that are vital to or have been vital in the continuing success and growth of the community. With each year the industry being featured has added a variety of new events for festival go’ers to partake in. From the get go, there have been a few events that have been a part of the celebration each year and will again on Saturday, September 24th. D...
September 9, 2016 Lyndsay Bruno, Communications Director Office: 452-6406; Cell: 788-8777 lbruno@montanafarmersunion.com Great Falls, MT- Drone technology, pulse crops and water rights are among the highlights of the 2016 Montana Farmers Union Annual Meeting and Convention to be held Oct. 21-22 in Great Falls at the Best Western Heritage Inn. This year’s convention theme is “Cultivating Healthy Communities.” Attendees will have a variety of workshops and presentations to choose from during the two day event. Dr. Joe Outlaw, a lead Ag econo...
Contact: Riley Meredith (406) 443-8313 Helena, Mont., August 16, 2016 – The Montana Community Foundation (MCF) announced the opening of a grant cycle on Friday, August 19 to benefit communities and/or residents of Blaine County. Grants will be made from the Blaine County Community Foundation Fund, established at the Montana Community Foundation by Warren Ross in 1997. Financial support for this grant program also comes from the Ross 87 Ranch Endowment Fund, also established by Warren Ross. Applicants must be either a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or a...
l Author Betty Billmayer explores finding peace through Jesus in ‘The Princess and the Pea . . . nut Butter Sandwich’ CHINOOK, Mont. - Pretty little Princess Pietra is convinced that she will be able to find the perfect peace she has been pursuing by partaking of a perfect peanut butter sandwich. People come from near and far, hoping to please her with their productions, but Pietra ends up pouting. As her parents seek God’s help in how to best proceed, they all come to realize that perfect peace comes only from Jesus, a lesson beneficial to pr...
R-CALF USA’s lawsuit alleges the government, represented by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the USDA, is operating the Beef Checkoff in a manner that violates the U.S. Constitution. According to the lawsuit, the Beef Checkoff, which compels producers to pay $1 per head every time cattle are sold, is a federal tax that funds the private speech of the Montana Beef Council. The group states that the council’s private speech is objectionable because it promotes the message that there is no difference between domestic beef produced under U.S...
Susan Fox was in Indianapolis for a NCCW Conference this past week. Darel and Linda Hauge were in Great Falls to help babysit their grandson, Caleb, while Adam and Lauren attended a former co-worker’s retirement party. Glenna Ammen spent the weekend with her sister, Rosella Higgins, in Havre while holding a garage sale at her home. On Friday the 16th of September, Eleanor Harmon-Bickel will be celebrating her 101st birthday. We wish her a very happy day and best wishes for the year to come. Happy 101st, Eleanor!! The Turner School held an o...
The Harlem Senior Center will be hosting our first Senior Sensations Event on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. We invite the whole community to join us for speakers, information, brochures, pamphlets and much more. September is a month full of special recognition items that pertain to the elderly. We will be honoring and celebrating several of them, in addition to providing the general public with as much information on certain topics as we are able to at this event. Please come and check out what we have available and join us at the noon meal...
Throughout the fall season the Montana Alzheimer’s Association is sponsoring “Walks to End Alzheimer’s” in selected locations. Purpose of these walks is to raise awareness and funds for advancements in research, support and hopefully a cure for this to common dreadful brain disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most costly of all human diseases as it necessitates constant care-giving by family members, professionals and finally facilities providing extended care. In Montana alone, over 20,000 individuals are suffering from the disease and some...
Plan Ahead! The 25th Annual Hassle Free Christmas Program is scheduled for Thursday December 1st. If you are interested in doing something for our Hassle Free Program or you know someone who may be interested in doing a presentation, let us know. It is hard to believe that this will be the 25th year for this program! Wednesday Movies have begun. We will show a movie every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. The movie today will be “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors”, which runs for 85 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be serve...
Reporter’s note: This was my first year working at a food booth during the Blaine County Fair. Working at a booth I was surprised to learn how many volunteers it took to get a booth ready, set everything up and then run the booth. Most booths only ran four days, but the logistics and labor required were impressive. Asking around, I learned that many local non-profits rely exclusively on sales from their food booth to support activities during a typical year. A fair booth is a lot of work but the payoff is also great. I was curious to learn how...
The Beginning Genealogy class is full. If you have registered but are no longer able to attend please call the library as soon as possible as there are people on a waiting list. Remember the first session meets Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6:30-8:30 P.M. Bring your own devices or you may use the library’s computers. The library has some new services to offer. We now have a laminating machine that will laminate letter-sized pages for $1.00 per page. We also have phone chargers that can be checked out to use in the library. Remember we also send and r...
A longtime family connection and a chance sharing of the same birth date brought together a 99-year old lady and a one-year old boy for a celebration recently at the Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook. Marybelle Miller, who grew up in the Bear Paws and later operated a photography studio in Havre with her husband, Fred, was connected to the family of Frank and Bettie Barber for many years. The Barber's great grandson, Reece Talksdifferent, shares a birth date with Marybelle. Reece's great...
