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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,...
Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) is set to begin accepting students for its spring semester and recently released its Academic Calendar, Orientation schedule and course schedule beginning in January of 2016. ANC, a fully accredited academic institution is a tribal community college that offers higher education programs to both tribal members and non-tribal members. Traditional Native American Culture is incorporated throughout the curriculum through the many activities the college is a part of and also to include its staff and students. Academic...
A few months ago the cities of Harlem, Chinook and Malta entered into an agreement to participate in a study of housing needs in the respective towns. According to Eryn Nissen, with Bear Paw Development, the study was awarded to the towns through a state grant with matching funds provided by Opportunity Link, a Havre-based agency that helps communities in an eleven county region deal with poverty issues. KLJ, an engineering and consulting firm out of Billings, is conducting the survey. A KLJ representative held a series of meetings to solicit...
Drivers planning to access the border from central or northeast Montana will soon have fewer 24 hour crossing choices. Beginning December 27 the Port of Raymond will reduce its hours from round the clock to a new opening time of 8am each day. The Port of Raymond is north of Plentywood in the northeast corner of Montana. From Port of Entry Raymond the nearest 24 hour commercial crossing will be 92 miles to the east, at Portal, North Dakota, or 335 miles west at Sweetgrass, Montana. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did a two year...
The upgrade to the Water Treatment Plant in Chinook involves a lot of different skills and procedures to complete the project. A recent installation required calling in divers who specialize in underwater work. An air scour, a set of perforated tubes that uses air pressure to clean out river silt at the intake to the plant from the river, had to be replaced along with tubing that takes pressurized air to the cleaning device. The work had to be accomplished underwater adjacent to the weir across...
Clint Greytak became the sole proprietor of Bear Paw Realty in July, 2015 after buying out the other co-owners. He recently changed the name of the real estate company to Greytak Realty. The offices will still be located at 221 Indiana in Chinook, accessed through the “Blaine County Journal” office. Greytak first started with the local real estate business a few years ago. Prior to working with and purchasing the real estate business he was with USDA’s Farm Service for 18 years. Regarding the name change, Greytak said, “Hopefully it will ma...
The Usborne and More Book Fair is being held at the library through Dec. 4. Stop by the library and look over the great selection of books and more for children from toddlers to teens. There will also be a special with $5 bargains! You may also order from the catalog or shop online at https://n4768.myubam.com/Event/175672. A portion of the proceeds will come back to the library. If you have questions please contact Sheena Pursley, Usborne Educational Consultant at 353-4274. Don’t miss your chance to come to the third annual Holiday Wine and Che...
