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Reporter's note: Don Berger, the sexton at Kuper Memorial Cemetery north of Chinook, told me about a headstone from a burial in 1889 that caught my interest. On the headstone of Frank M. Mitchell was the message "wantonly shot by a companion in roundup camp near Snake Butte, Oct 17, 1898." 'Wantonly' is not a term used much nowadays and it suggested 'evil intent.' Several locals had heard varying stories of the shooting: a mercy killing when the injured cowboy knew he was doomed and begged to...
When Triangle Communications updated its laptop computers used in workshops and for demonstrations, it was decided to donate the 20 'retired' computers to local, eligible entities. Several of the laptops were delivered this week to the Blaine County Library, in Chinook, and the Harlem Library. Angela Allestad, a Public Relations Specialist with Triangle, described the laptops as "lightly used" and said by phone, "There's still a lot of service left in the retired laptops." They laptops were...
Six local ladies gathered at the Harlem Library for the latest "Learn at the Library" program. The hands-on class was instructed by April Fox, a K-12 art, French and metal shop teacher at Turner. Each participant learned about the art/science of fusing glass plates to create their own design and layout for a pendant. Because the fusing process requires a special kiln, at the completion of the class Fox took each finished design to her own studio where she would complete the fusing process....
Wally and Loretta Beck had supper in Havre at the Mediterranean Room on Saturday before attending the Bellamy Brothers concert at the MSU-N gymnasium. Loretta Beck was among guests at a surprise birthday party for Kathy Zellmer on Thursday evening at the Ed Zellmer home. Joely and Jen and their families have been spending their Spring Break at the Zellmer home this week, and threw their mom a surprise birthday party while here. They returned home to Missoula over the weekend. Teresa Cornell attended the Autism Awareness breakfast at the...
What a big week we had here at the center. Some of the Poets & Pickers stopped by on Friday to join the ”Kitchen Band.” Everyone loved the singing, dancing, poetry, and yodeling. Elaine Campbell did a great job of setting this up for us! The Public Card party was last Sunday with High winner Ruth Brown and Low winner was Lois Hanson. Double Pinochle was Judy Chapman and Virginia Olson. Whist will be played on Wednesday, April 13 at 1 p.m. Senior exercises have been moved to 9:30 a.m. on Thursday for this week only due to a scheduling conflict....
Please stop by the library tomorrow, Thursday, April 14 between 3-7 P.M. for an open house we are hosting in observance of National Library Week. This will give you an opportunity to see the completed remodeling project and to enjoy refreshments. This week we are asking patrons to fill out questionnaires that will give input as the library board devises the new long-range strategic plan. When you complete the questionnaire your name will be entered into a drawing for a door prize. The Book Challenge for April is to read a book your friend...
Like much of the time I do not know the outcome of the Masters tournament at Augusta, Georgia. I love the Masters for several reasons. First, it is held when spring is in full bloom in Georgia. The course is beautiful with camellias and azaleas blooming all over and birds singing their hearts out in the trees about the course. The lawns are green with the first blush of spring and commentators like Jim Nance make it even better with their lavish descriptions of the settings and golfers. President Eisenhower had a summer home right next to the...
Travis Hamilton, a senior at Chinook High School, was recently awarded the Jerry Pyette Montana Eagles' Scholarship for District 2. The district includes Eagles Clubs in Chinook, Great Falls, Havre and Lewiston. Hamilton received one of four scholarships awarded throughout Montana. Travis is the son of Darin and Elaine Hamilton. Jerry Pyette presented the scholarship in a ceremony at the Chinook Eagles' Club. At CHS, Travis is active in choir and was preparing for the district music festival at...
Isaiah Laurence, 19, a 2014 Harlem High School Graduate has left to complete U.S. Navy boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois (North Chicago). The boot camp will last seven weeks and then Laurence will go onto to a nine week training in San Antonio, Texas. Laurence is the son of the late Agnes “Ippy” Laurence and grandson of the late Louie and Ruth LaMere. “I know that I want to get out of Fort Belknap and see the world,” Laurence said. “I want to go and make a life for myself.” Laurence lettered in basketball, cross country and golf for all fou...
Gilbert Horn, Sr., former longtime chief of the Fort Belknap Assinniboine Tribe died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 92 on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016. Horn joined the United States Army in 1941 at age 17 as a scout and long range penetration marksmen trained to destroy the Japanese supply lines and communication in World War II in the distinguished Merrill's Maurauder's, a unit officially designated as the "5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)" with the code name: "GALAHAD". For...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Danny Pratt, District Conservationist with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Chinook, gave a presentation to the monthly breakfast meeting of the Chinook Christian Men’s Group recently. The presentation was to acquaint the group with pulse crops and to learn some of the history and recent increase in acreage, locally, of the crops. Montana is the number one producer of pulse crops in the U.S. and acreages continue to expand. Pulse Crops—a short primer Pratt said pulse crops have a long history, havin...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News The Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring an April Business After Hours at Chinook Tire, Lube and Sporting Goods, on the evening of April 14. After recently updating the format for its Chamber Bucks program, the Bucks can now be purchased online. And local businesses and organizations are invited to post information, at no charge, on several free websites. Read more. Next Business After Hours set for April 14 Chris Carpenter, owner of Chinook Tire, Lube an...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Reporter's note: Doug Hayes, the Chinook High teacher who guides trips to Washington, DC, was telling me about a visit he made to the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Not a regular stop on Hayes' trips to DC, he said, "There is a connection between the Marine Museum and Chinook. The Museum has a statue of Howie Miller when he was in Iraq." Hayes told, "The only time I was there Perry and Pauli Miller were on the trip, they wanted to go to the Museum to see the...
Last week, the Harlem FFA Chapter traveled to Bozeman and joined nearly 2,000 FFA members and guests for the 86th annual State Conference. The chapter attended the general sessions, delegate sessions, and competed in three Career Development Events (CDEs). Representing Harlem as business delegates were Kinsey Cornell, Raven Salois, and Sierra Jones. The mechanics team consisted of Reece Hutton, Raven Salois, Daniel Rasmussen, and Curtis Humphreys. The livestock judging team was Reece Hutton,...
HELENA, MT- The Governor’s Office of Community Service, Montana Campus Compact, and Student Assistance Foundation are seeking applicants for the 2016 Youth Serve Montana Scholarships. The deadline to apply is on April 15, 2016. The Youth Serve Montana Scholarships reward students who have volunteered over 100 hours in the last year and who want to further their education in state. This year, 100 high school seniors across the state will receive $1,000 toward continued education at one of Montana Campus Compact’s public, tribal, private, or com...
The March meeting of the Big Flat 4H Club was called to order by President Reece Hutton on March 20th, 2016 at 5:00pm at the Turner Legion Hall. Rennay Watkins led the American pledge and Reece Hutton led the 4H pledge. Roll call was held and there were 7 members and 3 leaders present. Secretary Ashlee Schroder read the minutes of the previous meeting and minutes were approved as read. Brooke Reed gave a Treasurer’s report and Rennay Watkins gave a report on the Seed Show display. Our entry placed 3rd. Old business discussion was held on the p...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Reporter's note: I first met Charles Devaney last year at the Harlem Seed Show where he had an exhibit about UAV's-unmanned aerial vehicles (more commonly now called UAS, for "unmanned autonomous systems"). Devaney was visiting his mother, Bev Devaney, in Harlem and decided to share some of his passion and knowledge about the new technology that was in the newspapers. Readers will recall, at the time, the amount of negative press some UAS users were getting as they...
Employees at the First Bank of Montana, in Chinook, created a display about domestic and sexual abuse. The exhibit has information about symptoms and signs that a person might be in an abusive situation. There are phone numbers for help and ways a victim might get to a 'safe haven.' The display's center piece is a large, purple ribbon-a symbol worn and shown to make people aware of domestic and sexual violence. Theresa Zarn, a customer service rep at the bank, said, "I got interested in raising...
The Sweet Memorial Nursing Home hosted its annual Easter egg hunt Saturday morning. The hunt was divided into four groups based on age with different challenges facing each group. This youngster was pleased with his haul and investigates his basket of eggs. The event was again very well attended and fun was had by all....
March 30 was designated as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in 2011 by the U.S. Senate and, the same year, by the Montana State Legislature. The date, based on the 1973 Peace Accords signing, recognizes the day the remaining American troops in Vietnam arrived back home. This is the 40th anniversary of the Peace Accords and a number of celebrations are planned nationwide and at the Montana state capital building. Some 36,000 Montanans served during the Vietnam War, from 1959-1975. 268 Montanans...
Alex Sprague is one of three Young Adult Volunteers (YAV’s) spending a year in Chinook, part of a program supported by five local churches. Sprague grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and got the idea to build and share a labyrinth with the Chinook community during Holy Week. In his home church back east he said the labyrinth is not a maze, though it has that appearance, but is rather a symbolic form of making a pilgrimage, walking a path ascending towards salvation or enlightenment. The history of labyrinths There are an estimated 2000+ l...
Sweet Medical Center is a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), having met the guidelines of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the largest national certifying group with more than 7000 recognized primary care facilities. In 1967 the American Academy of Pediatrics introduced the ‘medical home’ concept—put simply, a way of organizing and providing primary health care “in a way patients want to receive care.” Since the inception of the model, national medical organizations developed strict guidelines for primary care facilitie...
Alexis Gallus participated in the National Federation of Music Clubs Piano Federation in Chester, Montana on Tuesday, March 22. Six year old Alexis was one of the youngest performers of the competition. She was adjudicated by Philip Aaberg and received a Superior rating for her piano solos performed that evening. This is her first year of piano and her first competition. This year they joined with the Chester Federation Group to compete. Alexis was taught Piano by her mother Jessica. Next year...
There was a a flurry of activity taking place inside the Red Whip from Monday, March 14 through Friday, March 18 as a group of 47 volunteers provided free glasses to 1600 children and community members in Fort Belknap. From exams by doctors from across the United States, Italy, Portegal, Brazil, Canada, China and the United Kingdom all work for one parent eyewear company, Luxottica. Luxottica owns Lens Crafters, Sears, Pearl vision, the Sunglass Hut and other similiar companies and hosts free...
March 30th through April 2nd nearly 2000 Montana FFA Members, advisors, and guests will visit Bozeman to participate in the 86th Annual Montana FFA State Convention. Students will travel from over 94 communities across Montana to compete in career-oriented contests and be recognized for their accomplishments. The convention is a multi-faceted event that allows students ample opportunity to gain leadership and personal development skills, and constructively compete against their peers. Students also have a chance to interact in the Bozeman...
