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My Student in Need, a division of My Neighbor in Need, has created a new logo and has revised and launched a new website. “Updating the My Student in Need website and logo to partner with the My Neighbor in Need website, positions the organization to meet continuing requests for growth,” said Kim Wombolt, Executive Director. As of the 2015, Christmas Break, My Student in Need was operating in 72 schools and had completed 1,325 need fulfillments since it launched on September 17, 2013. My Student in Need is the creation of Great Falls res...
Major projects by local governments to a late July rain helped define the county's news stories for 2015. Activities to preserve native languages produced stories of local efforts to influence state policies and new efforts to preserve native cultures. And stories that reflected the close-knit nature of our communities on the prairie shaped the news for this year. Here are some of the news stories that shaped our lives during the past year. Government actions at all levels Late November Blaine...
It certainly was a "White Christmas" all throughout Blaine County as those venturing outside Christmas morning were greeted by an astonishing, fantasy-like wonderland of frost that made everything from tree branches to electrical wires, fence posts and buildings sparkle in a way not normally seen. This barn is just past the spring on Cleveland Road....
Reporter's note: The Chinook Area Chamber holds an informal competition each year to select the best Christmas yard light display. In an email to the "Journal," Chamber President Heather DePriest listed the three top displays and noted, "The competition has no prizes, just bragging rights." And she thanked all the local residents who put up some fantastic decorations this year, that help make the season just a little more festive. First place went to Ken and Teri Pelesky, whose house is on the...
A crane from Baltrusch Construction, in Havre, had to be called to move a semi-tractor and trailer crash last week at the drainage near the Red Rock Creek Bridge west of Chinook on Highway 2. The crash occurred about 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16. The truck caught the guardrail and skidded off the highway. The tractor and trailer remained connected with the trailer still on the highway and the tractor dangling off the road. Ace Towing, also from Havre, assisted with the separation of the...
Sarah Gone joined the Bear Paw Battlefield Park staff in September, 2015. No stranger to the park, the Fort Belknap woman worked with the National Park Service each summer while a college student, from 2008-2012. Now she’s back and trying to determine a new direction, having completed law school at the University of Montana last spring. She is preparing to sit for the bar exam this coming February. Gone graduated from Harlem High School in 2007. She went on to complete two bachelor’s degrees, at U of M, one in sociology, with an emphasis in cri...
The Blaine County DUI Task Force is sponsoring a bus service in the Fort Belknap and Harlem area and a ride home service in Chinook during the upcoming New Year’s holidays. Be responsible during the holidays, take the bus or call for a ride. In the Fort Belknap and Harlem area, a bus will leave Fort Belknap Casino for Harlem at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. and return from Harlem VFW at 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. In Chinook, rides will be available from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Call 357-3260 for a ride within a five mile radius of the tow...
The library will be open Thursday, December 24 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. We will be closed Friday, December 25 in observance of Christmas. Next week we will have the same hours for the New Year's Holiday; open Thursday, December 31 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and closed Friday, January 1. The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Wednesday, December 30 at 2 p.m. in the library meeting room. Story Time is Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All kids are welcome...
A wind driven wildfire burned about 1,000 acres east of the Fort Belknap Agency last Wednesday afternoon and evening. According to Byard Lame Bull, Fort Belknap's Acting Fire Management Officer, the fire began about 2:30 p.m. and winds gusting to 60 miles per hour eventually created a fire five to six miles long and a mile wide in some areas. Lame Bull said in a midmorning phone interview on Thursday, "We are doing mop up operations and the fire is 95 percent contained. A few cottonwoods and...
Mayor William Taylor presided over the Harlem City Council December meeting held on Friday afternoon, December 11. Council members present were Kim Hansen, Ralph Schneider and Marc Arensmeyer. Council member Eva English was absent. City Clerk Rebecca Skoyen and Public Utilities Supervisor Richard Mohar were present. Mayor Taylor with approval from council changed the agenda to allow Fred Phillips, an engineer with Great West Engineering, to present a progress report on Harlem’s wastewater system improvements. Prior to the regular council m...
The Blaine County DUI Task Force is tasked with “reducing the number of impaired drivers, crashes, injuries and deaths related to drug and alcohol use and motor vehicles.” The Task Force was recently rejuvenated and new leaders and task force members are taking their charge to reduce traffic deaths seriously. They’re using two traffic safety programs on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to reduce deaths on the highway from drunk and impaired drivers. Some sobering numbers about the New Year’s holidays Experts say, technically, New Year’s Eve...
The Lloyada Ladies met on November 6, 2015 at the Motor Inn for a No-Host Luncheon. Hosts Barb Swenson and Colette Olson had pumpkin pie served after the meal. The membership discussed the Sugarbeet Festival and the float they had in the parade entitled “Communications, You’ve Come Along Way Baby.” The group had a planning meeting on September 14, and on September 23 decorated the float for the parade on September 26. For new business the membership decided to make a “gift basket” for the Festival of Trees held during the Parade of Lights. M...
Chairperson Miller called the meeting to order. Board members present were Travis Buck, Scott Gunderson, James Hodgson, Ernest Johnson, Pauly Miller, Joel Pruttis, Keith Raty and Viki Tilleman. Absent was Michael Copenhaver (Excused). Miller welcomed visitors. Elizabeth Hodgson, Student Council President reported: a recycling project that will be in place January 1; a Red Cross Blood Drive is set for January 5th; and the National Honor Society will be wrapping gifts for the Angel Tree. Student Council will sponsor Movie Day for December 18th. S...
The final results are in at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Havre check station for the 2015 hunting season. The check station was open from Oct. 10 (the open of general antelope) through Nov. 29 (the end of the big game season). In general, both hunter numbers and big-game harvest increased from last year. Hunter numbers were up 12% from 2014, but are still down 18% from long-term average. “Weather conditions this year were mostly warm and dry, which may have helped increase hunter participation from last year,” said Havre-area biologist Sco...
In early November Max and Kirsti Cederberg received Montana State University's prestigious Outstanding Montana Agricultural Leaders award at a dinner and ceremony in Bozeman. When he received word of the award, Max said, "I was working in the shop and happened to hear my cell phone ring. It was MSU's Vice President of Agriculture, Dr. Charles Boyer, telling us of the award and upcoming ceremony." Max added, "It's really a tribute to the farm for its role in providing research plots for...
The Chinook City Council held its monthly meeting on Dec. 3. Council members present were Mitch Haider, Robert Smith, Chris Thurman and Clint Greytak. Mayor Keith Hanson called the meeting to order. Council motioned and approved the minutes from the November meeting. Approval of claims and reports was also motioned and approved. There was no public comment. City department heads made their reports of activities. John Blankenship, for water treatment, said things were very busy with the upgrade construction. He had responded to a Montana DEQ req...
The Harlem Elementary ROARing students for the first week in December are sixth grader, Tyler Cichosz, and fifth grader, Marley Stewart. These two young men have demonstrated they have what it takes to join the ROAR Roster by being Respectful, Organized, Always safe, and Responsible. Great job, guys!...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank were to Colorado over Thanksgiving to visit Chris and Richard Humphreys and family. Max and Kirsti had a late Thanksgiving in Great Falls with NellieCederberg, and Dale and Lynda Cederberg last week. Virginia McCracken had hunters at her home the week before Thanksgiving. She and Kelly spent Thanksgiving down at Tim and Cindy Cowan’s. They enjoyed visiting and making lefse over the weekend with family. Cheryl and Curt Westland traveled home for the holiday. Virginia also enjoyed the Christmas Tea this past Sunday at the L...
Sandy Beck attended the Christmas Tea in Turner on Sunday afternoon. Teresa Cornell spent the weekend in Helena to shop with friends. While there, she visited with Jacinta and Montana Hedstrom. On her way back through Great Falls, she stopped to visit her mom Evelyn Hedstrom and Kris and Leanne Hedstrom. Crystal, Cassidy, Holly, and Lucy Grabofsky brought dinner over to Wally and Loretta Beck after church on Saturday. Ed and Kathy Zellmer spent a few days in Missoula with Jen and Nito Cuaresma. They also visited with the Hinikers while in...
The second meeting of the Valley Clovers 4-H Meeting was called to order by president Brooke Elliott at 2 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Wallner Hall. There were 3 leaders, 24 members, and several guests present. Three new members have joined the 4-H club, Hadley and Kamry Gustitus, and Grace Buck. The club was responsible for setting up decorations for the 4-H Achievement Night which was held in October. For the Parade of Lights, we donated a tree to the Festival of Trees, and had a float in the parade that won second place. Several committees were made...
Since a spring, 2015 announcement the National Guard facility in Chinook would be closed and declared surplus by fall, the fate of the two buildings on the east edge of town has been unclear. The National Guard offered Blaine County the first option to buy the complex, county commissioners began to explore possible uses and how the purchase could be financed. The commissioners voted on November 24 to purchase the surplus facility. Run up to the purchase County commissioners, several months ago,...
Last Friday dawned cold, but clear in downtown Chinook. A little snow on the ground and the low temperatures set the tone for the Annual Parade of Lights, Tree of Lights Live Auction and Christmas Stroll. By early afternoon strollers were checking out the various venues and Christmas carols were playing over a sound system on the main street downtown. Merchants had decorated their storefronts and the city had hung lighted snowflakes and tinsel from utility poles, it looked festive. Vendors,...
