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These two young ladies from the junior class at Turner High School will be representing their town, school, and community at Girls State this summer. The Turner Legion Auxiliary Post #109 sponsors this incredible opportunity each spring and this year they are proud to send Ella Billmayer and Rennay Watkins to Helena for this week long experience. Ella is the daughter of Shawna and Adam Billmayer and Rennay is the daughter of A.J. and Denise Watkins. American Legion Auxiliary Girls State is one...
Earlier this year, students from the Turner Public School were asked to write essays by the Auxiliary Post 109 in Turner. The essays were to tell the readers how Americans have kept Abe Lincoln's promise. These essays were judged locally and a winner and runner up were awarded in each division. The top winner's paper will go on to be judged at the state level in the near future....
On April 17th, the Big Flat 4H club hosted ServeSafe and Market Quality Assurance workshops. Montana Statue University Extension Agents Ben Hauptman and Kendra Seilstad from the Blaine County Extension Office conducted both workshops. The Big Flat 4H members learned about proper food handling and storage as well as grading and judging of meats. The club also hosted a potluck followed the workshops for all those in attendance. Top, Ben Hauptman addresses workshop participants....
R-CALF USA may be defined as a non-profit producer organization, but our work benefits anyone who eats meat and lives in an economy that includes agriculture. We’re more than a producer organization; we’re your organization! R-CALF USA is very concerned about the dramatic price collapse in 2015, and has sent multiple requests to the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the causes. In its highly detailed and well-documented first request, R-CALF USA provides evidence indicating that antitrust and anticompetitive conduct by dominant mea...
Twenty-five area firefighters gathered at the Chinook Fire Hall for an intermediate course in wildland fire behavior and management. Don Pyrah, Area Fire Program Manager for Montana's Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, said the course was part of a series of fire-related courses that would allow participants to be certified as an engine boss. He added, "Though it's aimed at wildland firefighters, we encourage municipal and county crews to also attend." The firefighters were from a...
Before its regular April meeting the council held a second public meeting on a preliminary engineering report (PER) regarding the status of Chinook's water distribution and storage system. Council also heard a status report on the water treatment plant upgrade, voted to continue health benefits at the current level for city employees and learned the contractor on the downtown sidewalk project had agreed to come and review the punch list to complete that project. The Preliminary Engineering...
Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Heustis explained a new phone scam that recently came to light through the County Attorney’s Office. A local resident was called and told her nephew had missed a court appearance and the “Blaine County District Attorney” had issued a warrant for his arrest. The concerned relative was told to call a toll free number to find how to “cancel’ the warrant—it would require some amount of payment. Deputy County Attorney reports the call Jordan Salo, the Deputy County Attorney, took the call from the relative wondering w...
Blaine County's judicial-related offices could soon move to the third floor of the county courthouse. Commissioners said plans for the proposed remodel will be let for bid on April 20. Selection of a contractor should happen shortly after the bidding process is completed and work could begin. Commissioners think once the work begins the remodel could be completed before the end of the year, the affected offices would then move to the new space. Planning for moves began in 2008-2009 Commissioners...
The Montana Country Poets and Pickers packed a lot of poetry, jam sessions, entertainment and enjoying each other's company into two and a half days. Venues moved from the Motor Inn to the Chinook High School, and back, several times. But wherever they gathered, there was always time for greeting old acquaintances and making new friends. Both Friday and Saturday nights were 'organized' performances with poetry and music. The Chinook High FFA was helping host the evening performances, running...
A couple of weeks ago Keith Hanson, Duke Pursley and I were having a conversation in “The Mountaineer” office in Big Sandy about fish. Duke had said that he hoped it warmed up soon because he wanted to catch some of the fish in his privately stocked pond. I asked him if the fish were rainbow. He scoffed at the idea and said it was only brookies for him. He loves them about ten inches long and all the bones come out when the back bone is removed. That led me to dream about our Clear Creek cabins of my youth. My Grandpa Lucke used a cabin cal...
A couple of days ago, a friend sent me a long e.mail with a link to a video of dozens of old abandoned steam engines. He is a train enthusiast and thought maybe I am, too. I watched this parade to the end. These sad remnants of past glories were photographed in their pitiful situs and present humiliation. Sic transit gloria mundi—thus passes away worldly glory, or something like that. Well, in those 15 minutes of the video, I learned more about rusty metal than I ever thought possible. I fear that for me trains have about the same mystique t...
Supporters of the My Neighbor in Need and My Student in Need help programs met recently to evaluate how the organizations are meeting their goal "to help others in need." The Chinook-based group is a part of a program initiated by Dave Snuggs, of Great Falls, who first devised a way for neighbors to help their neighbors with needs (and, later, students). The program takes requests from those with a need and donors fill those needs-anonymously for everyone involved. Growth of the help programs...
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...
