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Both the Blaine and Hill County Extension offices will be hosting Dr. Marsha Goetting on the Hi-Line for a series of Estate Planning Workshops this week. The first workshop in the series will be held on February 15 at 1:00 p.m. at the Harlem Senior Center, which is located at 116 Main Street South in Harlem. At this site, Dr. Goetting's topic will be Transferring Your Farm or Ranch to the Next Generation. Later that evening at 6:30, the workshop location will be the Hill County Chuckwagon at...
This is Chinook Eagles President Steve Mulonet presenting Chrissy Downs & JUMP kids with a check from the December Fundraising Meat Raffle! For several years now the Eagles receives meat donations from various individuals to do a raffle during the month of December. This year the Eagles was able to donate a check in the amount of $4050 for the youth group....
Rod Benson, who grew up in Harlem, was the third presenter in the Blaine County Museum's 2023/24 Off-Season Speaker Series. Benson was a high school science teacher in Helena for 37 years and retired in the spring of 2019. December of that year he began teaching science and coaching archery at Hays-Lodge Pole High School. He said he will be "re-retiring" this spring. The Off-Season Speakers Series is co-hosted by the Blaine County Museum and the Chinook Senior Center. Benson presented on the...
A seventh grader at Chinook Junior High School, Cynnloch Gibson took first place at the Chinook School District Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 30. He will advance to the Blaine County Spelling Bee on February 13, along with seven others who qualified. Sam Sanders, an eighth grader, took second place, while January Jensen, a seventh grader, captured third. Other qualifiers for the County Bee, in no particular order, as they all went out in the same round, are Amos Billmayer, (sixth grade),...
The nursing home industry is in trouble, especially rural nursing homes that have managed to not succumb to the struggles of the last 3 ½ years. In 2022, 12 nursing homes in Montana closed; one of those was just down the road from us, in Malta. Rural nursing homes made up 31% percent of all nursing home closures since 2020, according to American Health Care Association data. That rate peaked in 2022, with 37% of that year’s closures involving rural providers, even though 13.5% of the nation’s roughly 15,000 nursing homes are considered rural, a...
Three Chinook photographers came away with prizes in the Triangle Communications 2023 Photo Contest. For their artistic composition and creativity in depicting "the scenic or abstract beauty of the Triangle service area," Crystal Stepper, Ashley Nordboe, and Emily Scofield all won recognition from the judges. Capturing the Grand Prize for her picture of an old pickup with sunflowers spilling from the hood, Stepper won $200 and the opportunity to be featured on the cover of the January/February...
On Thursday night, February 1, following the girls' varsity basketball game against Fairfield, members from the Chinook High School Pep Club, Addison Olsen and Hannah Schoen made a presentation. Both Principal Matt Molyneaux and Athletic Director, Teacher, and Coach Paula Molyneaux, who will be retiring at the end of this school year, received recognition and were honored for their years of service to the school district. Speaking on behalf of the student body, Olsen delivered a short speech...
Harlem, MT – In a significant stride towards enhancing healthcare education and emergency response capabilities, Simulation in Motion Montana (SIM-MT) proudly announces its recent collaboration with Aniiih Nakoda College. This partnership, part of the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) series, focused on specialized training in pediatrics and cardiac care, crucial areas in medical services. The training session, held on January 24th, brought together healthcare professionals and students in a...
Jack Brandon, a retired middle school teacher from Havre, is now using his teaching skills at the Chinook Senior Center to help seniors learn to paint. For the past few weeks Brandon has been offering a watercolor painting class. The class is open to all, regardless of experience level in painting. Currently the classes are focusing on learning watercolor painting. Brandon says eventually he would like to help seniors learn additional techniques that could be used in other types of painting. It...
Most of my adult life I have looked forward to February 2, Ground Hog Day. Thinking about whether the ground hog will see its shadow (not in Montana since we have no ground hogs) takes me back to my childhood. As kids, on Ground Hog Day, there would be excited speculation on the school playgrounds in southern Illinois whether we would soon be done with winter or if the miserable, wet cold would drag on for six more weeks. In our childish minds the coming of warm weather was dependent on whether...
On Sunday, January 21, 2024 many gathered to thank Judge Perry Miller for his 29 years of leadership and service to the people of Blaine County and the State of Montana. Judge Perry Miller resigned as Justice of the Peace for Blaine County effective December 31 of 2023. It's a post he's held for 29 years. He also resigned his positions as City Judge for both Harlem (13 years) and Chinook (20 years)....
Barb and Greg Jergeson played host to two democratic candidates during the past two weeks. Jesse Mullen, Candidate for Secretary of State, and Ryan Busse, Candidate for Governor, both visited the area in late January. On Tuesday, January 23, the Jergesons held an open house, serving pastries and coffee. People were invited to visit with Mullen to determine his stance on issues related to the state of Montana. With his campaign slogan, “Working for You, With You,” Mullen says he is “committed to supporting our county government officials, who a...
The North Chinook Boosters 4-H club held their December meeting at the triple e room on December 17th. The meeting was called to order by president Ashlyn Hofeldt. Members present Ashlyn and Hadley Hofeldt, Alexis and Beau Elias, Raylee Houtzel, Gracie, Kaylie, Lillie, and Rainie Skoyen, Evan and Julian Powell, Colter and Jana Snedigar, Daniel and Richard Conrad. American pledge was led by Beau,4-H pledge was led by Evan. Roll call was what do you want for Christmas. Secretary and Treasurers report was given. Other reports were the coyote hunt...
Samantha (Sam) French, Director of the Blaine County Museum, recently described a plan to begin collecting oral histories in Blaine County. French, who came to the director's position about five years ago, said, "It's been my goal to do an oral history collection since I arrived at the museum. My hope is the folks who volunteer to do interviews will have contacts throughout the county." If all goes well she hopes to have a major part of the interviews completed by the start of summer. She noted...
Three years ago a nationwide study found that about 23 percent of Americans do some kind of volunteer work. That equates to 60+ million of your fellow Americans. Those numbers may have shocked alert readers but the sad truth is the number of Americans willing to volunteer is on a steady decline. While the reasons for the decline are many and varied, the bottom line is this...many organizations still need volunteers in order to fulfill their mission and many need those volunteers now. You don't...
The Chinook Lions Club held its monthly meeting last Tuesday in the community room of the Grande Villa. President Jay Eslick presided. Despite the frigid weather and a brewing snow storm, 15 of the 27 regular members of the club were present. The Club heard updates on a number of projects and approved funding for several existing programs. Members learned that for the first time in many years the number of members with less than 10 years of membership are now a majority of the 27 current...
Fort Belknap, Montana - January 17, 2024 - On January 24th, 2024, a team of simulation specialists, with the High Fidelity Mobile Simulation Lab, will be visiting ANIIIKODA COLLEGE in Fort Belknap, Montana, to provide invaluable educational training to medical students. This initiative aims to enhance future healthcare providers' skills and knowledge while minimizing the risk of patient injury. The team of highly trained educators will be conducting a series of multiple trauma scenarios,...
BOZEMAN – Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2023. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s List and the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the lists, students must be enrolled in at least 12 college-level credits. This honor roll list was current as of Jan. 11 and includes all registration corrections or grade changes processed to that date. Students with a 4.0 GPA for the semester were named to the President’s List. An asterisk follows their names below. The Dean’s List includes...
MANCHESTER, NH (01/04/2024)-- Jade Pleninger of Chinook (59523) has been named to Southern New Hampshire University's (SNHU) Fall 2023 President's List. The fall terms run from September to December. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer. Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private...
Mari Anne Skoyen, "A HUGE shoutout to our band, who is small in number but mighty in sound!"...
Tasha Skoyen and Family Mya Berreth and Family...
Grades K-6th at the Turner School performed a Christmas concert for the 2023 year prior to dismissal before the holiday break. The Kindergarten and First Grade started off the program with playing Silent Night, Jolly Old St Nicholas, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas on the bells. This was directed by Mrs. Shelly Harmon. Mrs. Diana Maloney's second and third grade class sang Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and wearing grinch eye masks and Santa hats, sang You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch. Closing...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Archery Club is now in its third season and continues to grow. Recently, a first happened for the program; a perfect 50 was shot by freshman Ethan Jones. In the program's three years, there have been several scores of 49 and club supervisor Rod Benson said this was the first 50. The Thunderbirds have a busy schedule in front of them. The Hays/Lodge Pole Archery Club will hold a high school tournament the first week of February to decide the top 10 boys and girls. They will...
Students from Chinook Public Schools have been busy this past week working with representatives from the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT). The cast of students and crew from Missoula have been preparing for their performance of Robin Hood which will take place this Saturday, January 20, in the Lloyd D. Sweet Auditorium. There will be two presentations of the play; the first at 1:30 p.m., followed by a later show at 4:00 p.m. Set long ago in the magical, mythical Sherwood Forest, the play tells the story of Robin Hood. Along with his Merry B...
This past Tuesday, long-time Chinook teacher Kendal Harwood was sworn in by Justice Laird with family on hand to witness the event. Harwood first came to Chinook in the Winter of 2009, where he began substitute teaching while also serving as an assistant coach for the track team. The following year, he began teaching full time at Chinook's Meadowlark Elementary as a Kindergarten teacher. Following a two-year stint with the Kindergartners, Harwood moved to be a 6th grade teacher. After spending...
