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Colleen Mulonet, one of three co-chairs for the new 2017 North Central Montana Relay, recently described how Blaine and Hill Counties will combine their efforts for the upcoming June 23 event. The collaboration marks a new stage in how the American Cancer Society (ACS) will stage its main, annual fundraiser in this part of Montana. In future years the relay event will rotate its location between Havre and Chinook. Mulonet said, “After a coin toss, the site for the first year’s combined relay is Havre, next year it will be in Chinook.” In additi...
Last week, at its regular monthly meeting, the Blaine County Fair Board approved the erection of an indoor arena at the county fairgrounds in Chinook. The project would utilize a surplus 100' by 200' metal building obtained by the county from the surplus program at Malstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls. The building was never erected and is, for the most part, packed and bundled the way it was originally delivered by the manufacturer to the air base. Dennis Kleinjan, one of a group of volunteer...
Last week Chinook's Jumping Junipers, a local garden club that is part of the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs, hosted 40+ members of four other area garden clubs that make up District 7, the Hi-Line District. Each spring one of the five clubs hosts the spring meeting-a combination of conducting district business, learning opportunities from each other and invited gardening professionals, good food and visiting with old friends and making new ones. The event was held at Wallner Hall. The...
A larger than normal group of canvassers took advantage of a pleasant spring late afternoon to complete the 2017 canvass of Chinook. Volunteers, many representing groups that receive support under the Community Chest, were assigned specific blocks of houses and set out to knock on doors. The non-profit Community Chest was created in the late 1970's and one of the goals of the canvass is to make contact with every household in Chinook. According to Kasie McIntosh, one of the organizers of the...
Intergenerational events and activities, where people from multiple generations get together, are all the rage nowadays. As the population ages researchers and service providers are realizing the potential benefits when young and old people are linked through shared programs. Now there are intergenerational vacations, specialized adventures (like grandparents doing zip lines with grandkids) and websites devoted to providing intergenerational activities. Mary Pyette and Marilyn Williamson, both...
Tonight is the Friends of the Library Spring Basket Social beginning at 7:00 with the final bidding on the fabulous baskets donated by local organizations and individuals ending at 8:00. Delicious desserts will be served and there will also be a 50/50 drawing. This will also be an opportunity to see the new shelving. Please join us for a fun evening! I would like to highlight the Friends of the Library this week. This is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that has three main purposes: to aid in the development of public library service by maintaining an...
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” will be the movie at 1:00 p.m. today. Steve Martin and Michael Caine are two con men living in the south of France who join forces to bilk rich American women of their fortunes. “Love is Never Silent” will be the movie next week. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. We have had several large donations of book given to the library and the entryway is full of new additions. Stop in and spend some time looking through the books for sale. You may find a keeper, or two, or more! Prepara...
Jason DeShaw performed before two audiences of students in Blaine County. Last Wednesday, in the Chinook High gym, he sang and spoke to about 350 students gathered from Chinook, Harlem and Turner. The next day he did a similar performance at Hays-Lodge Pole High. His performance was a combination of country music, singing several songs he wrote himself, and conversation about his own challenges of mental illness and alcoholism. Jason DeShaw grew up in Plentywood, Montana and after college began...
The 2017 Graduation season kicks off Thursday, May 11 with Commencement ceremonies at Aaniiih Nakoda College in Fort Belknap. Graduation will be held at the Red Whip Gymnasium beginning at 5:30 p.m. 30 Associate Degrees will be awarded as well as 11 One Year Certificates. This years Commencement Speaker will be the President of Montana State University, Bozeman Dr. Waded Cruzado. Since January 2010 Dr. Waded Cruzado has served as the 12th President of Montana State University, and during that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2017 Contact: Dana M. Pyette Sweet Medical Center Jason DeShaw, a national award-winning mental health speaker and country singer from Montana, will perform in Chinook on May 3 and in Hays on May 4. For over a decade DeShaw has been a professional country singer performing across North America and Europe. DeShaw has released five albums and shared the stage with national country music acts including The Oakridge Boys and Little Big Town. In 2010, doctors diagnosed...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News For several years the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home (SMNH) has held a spring luncheon to recognize and thank the many volunteers who help at the Chinook care home. The 50+ guests attending were representative of the folks who spend time helping make life a little more pleasant for the residents at the home. Jeanne Buffington, Activities Manager at SMNH, said the turnout of volunteers for this year's luncheon was one of the best she could recall. Buffington welcomed the...
Walk-in donors will be accepted from 12:30 P.M. - 1 P.M. Story submitted by, Carla Jenewein Appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross. So, if you have not made an appointment you can go on-line at redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 (1-800-REDCROSS). Appointments and walk-ins will be accepted starting at 1:00 PM. Any healthy person age 18 (or age 16 or 17 with a signed parental consent) or older and weighing at least 110 pounds is eligible and encouraged to donate blood. Valid identification is required for all blood...
Absentee ballots will be mailed Monday, May 1st for voters that have requested their ballots be mailed to them for the upcoming 2017 U.S. Representative Special Election which will be held on May 25th. If you would like to request an absentee ballot for this upcoming election, you may call the office at 357-3240 and we can mail, fax, email you the form; you may have someone pick up the form for you or you can come up to the Clerk & Recorder’s office and pick up an absentee ballot. All Election Day polling places will be at their normal l...
JUMP is a Christian-based service organization for teens in the Chinook area. Since its inception, about a decade ago, the group meets regularly for Bible study and does various service projects in the community-from helping at the Food Pantry to canvassing for the annual Community Chest. It's also been a tradition, starting eight years ago, to do a summer mission trip. Janelle Downs, who is now an adult leader with the group, was in the first group of teens to make a mission trip with JUMP. She...
Monday, April 24, Chinook chapter members departed early in the morning once again for another opportunity to learn and socialize in the form of a competition. This particular competition, Envirothon, was a first-time for the Chinook Chapter that these courageous members: Hailey McMaster, Rielly Wiegand, Wylee Brown, and Sierra Swank, decided to take on with open minds. This competition was open to FFA chapters and public school science classes. The first thing the competitors did was take tests...
Edwards Funeral Home will be hosting the next Business After Hours set for Thursday, May 6. Business After Hours provides an opportunity for a business to showcase its services and products in a more relaxed atmosphere, after hours. Daniel Dahl, the new funeral director at the local mortuary, will be on hand to greet guests, provide tours of the funeral home and share information about funeral planning and the services offered by Edwards Funeral Home. The event will run from 6-8 pm and is open...
Thank you to everyone who attended the Bill Rossiter program. If you weren't here, you definitely missed out! This presentation was a Montana Conversations program brought to you through the Montana Humanities. "Florence Foster Jenkins" will be the movie at 1:00 p.m. today. Set in 1940s New York, Florence Foster Jenkins is the true story of the legendary New York heiress and socialite (Meryl Streep) who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The voice she heard in her head...
Be sure to stop at the library and see the outstanding selection of themed basket now on display for the Friends of the Library basket social fundraiser. Bidding is open through May 10. Final bidding will take place at the basket social from 7-8 P.M. There is a five dollar admittance to attend the social with delicious desserts being served, a 50/50 drawing, and a fun time with friends. You will also have the opportunity to view the new steel shelving that was purchased through funds raised by the Friends of the Library with assistance from...
Harlem City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Monday, March 13, 2017 Editors Note: The following are excerpts from the Harlem City Council Meeting Minutes. For a complete transcript please contact Rebecca Schackelford at the City Clerks Office. The Harlem City Council regular meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Taylor. Roll Call: Council members in attendance were Ralph Schneider, Eva English, and Marc Arensmeyer. A quorum was present. Councilman Kenneth Hansen was going to be late arriving to the meeting. Public Forum: Douglas Stua...
Tax Freedom Day is the day that Americans, collectively, will earn enough to pay their tax bill for the current year. Tax Freedom Day takes all federal, state and local taxes and divides them by the nation’s income. This year Americans will pay $3.5 trillion in federal taxes and $1.6 trillion in state and local taxes, for a total bill of $5.1 trillion (that’s 31 percent of the national income). For 2017 national Tax Freedom Day is April 23rd, but since each state (because of varying state and local tax rates) has a different tax burden, tax...
Bill Rossiter spent a day and two evenings in Blaine County sharing his program of songs and tales about the settling of the "Great American Desert." Rossiter used a series of songs, biographical sketches and collected tales to describe the travails of settlers who migrated west during a period from the late 1800's to about 1920. He presented his program titled "Home, Home on the Ranch: Farm and Ranch Life in Story and Song" before appreciative audiences at both the Blaine County Library in...
Chinook High School Math Teacher Andrew Linquist and his General Applied Mathematics students are taking the math skills they have learned and applying them to a real world project to further enhance the students understanding of the importance of math in so many aspects of life. Students were to design and construct a 'Tiny House' complete with a concrete foundation, trusses, and electrical and plumbing schematics based on a 1 inch to 12 inch scale. Each students house was constructed 8" x 16"...
Anyone interested in running for a City Office in the September 12 Primary Election can file a Declaration of Nomination form at the Blaine County Clerk and Recorder’s Office beginning Thursday, May 20, 2017. The Declaration of Nomination form will be accepted through June 19, 2017. The City Offices that are up for Election are as follows: CITY OF HARLEM: Mayor – 4 year term; Councilperson East Ward – 4 year term; Councilperson West Ward – 4 year term. CITY OF CHINOOK: Mayor – 4 year term; Councilperson East Ward – 4 year term; Councilpers...
Jeanne Dalton and Amelia Funk were recently in Helena representing the Chinook Food Pantry at a statewide ceremony. Dalton is the current director of the local food bank, since January, 2016, and Funk was the first director, serving from 2000 until she retired in late 2015. The two received awards on behalf of the Food Pantry at the biennial awards ceremony of the Montana Food Bank Network. Individuals and food banks are nominated for the awards. Montana First Lady Lisa Bullock presented the...
Organizers said there were 90+ guests who attended the recent Chinook Lions Club's annual Old-Timers' dinner. Sometime in the early 1980's club members invited a few local seniors to a club meeting and dinner to share memories about the area from the 'old days.' Soon the event became an honoring of all local seniors and, in addition to the dinner, guests are treated to entertainment. This year's entertainment was brought by Cory Pierson from the Havre area. Rather than a standup program,...
