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Forrest Sanderson, with KLJ Engineering, presented the preliminary draft of a grant funded study of housing needs in Harlem, Chinook and Malta. The study sought to analyze projected population growth in the three cities, identify the state and availability of housing and suggest strategies city governments can use to make affordable housing more available. The engineering firm made presentations recently in the three towns via public hearings required by the funding agency. Sanderson presented a number of slides showing projected growth in the...
A heater in one of the Harlem Water Treatment plants failed and ended up heating to the point of melting lead seals. When one of the city workers went into the room, he was hit in the face with a blast of chlorine causing injury and lung damage, according to city officials. Community members asked officials if the incident could have been foreseen, but officials said that they were in contact with Department of Environmental Quality who advised them how to deal with the catastrophe. Other concerns from the community members were lack of communi...
White bread, whole wheat bread, machine bread or traditional—bread is an important part of our diets. The Montana Seed Show Bread Contest invites bakers to enter their favorites in the various categories. The Bread Show contest will be held Friday, March 11; entry time is 8:00 A.M.-9:30 A.M. at the Harlem High School big gym. Categories for both adult and youth (high school seniors and younger) are: regular white bread, 100% whole wheat bread, machine white bread and machine 50% combination whole wheat bread. Monetary prizes will be given in al...
3 Chinook High School graduate Savannah Smith recently completed a stellar career at Kansas State competing for the Wildcats in Equestrian competitions. Savannah, Born on December 29, 1992, is the daughter of Kathy and Jay Smith. She participated in tennis for four years, volleyball for three years and basketball for one year for the Sugarbeeters. Smith Garnered Northeast Divisional and State Class B-C Champion honors in tennis singles in the 2009-10 season, received multiple awards...
Congratulations to the Turner Tornadoes girls and boys varsity teams on your wins against the Big Sandy Pioneers on Friday night. Best Wishes to the Seniors Class, Tyler Humphreys, Bret VanValkenburg, and Tyler Anderson who were honored at Senior Night on Friday. Best of Luck at the District 9-C Tournament in Havre this week! Shawn, Bobbi, and Harley Beck visited at the Wallace Beck home on Monday. Sandy Beck attended the basketball games in Turner on Friday night. Anita Reed visited Harlan and Jane Krass on Tuesday morning. Gene and Susan Bill...
The Turner Tornadoes will be entering the 9C Tournament contest beginning on Wednesday. The boys will play Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. The girls play their first game Thursday at 4:00. We hope you can join the teams during tournament and show your support. It means a lot to the kids! Virginia McCracken attended Senior night during the basketball games in Turner on Friday night. Nicole McCracken spent the night with Grandma Virginia afterwards and brought Kelly a new puppy, named Will. Kelly took her back to Chinook on Saturday. Terry and...
Kristi Norby started work as the new director of the Chinook Senior Center. She replaces Marilyne Berger who is retiring after more than 10 years at the helm of the center. Norby began her new duties on January, 14. Berger plans to work with and train the new director until the end of February. Marilyne, and her husband Don, are longtime residents of Chinook. Before joining the center as director she owned and operated her own beauty shop for about 20 years. She worked for a time with her husban...
Is everyone enjoying this nice weather? We sure are at the center. We are staying busy with lots of activities for you to enjoy, so come on down and join us! Don’t forget our cinnamon rolls on Thursday mornings. We sold out last week, so please call a week ahead if you want more than six. The Hallmark movie “For the Love of Grace” will be on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Senior Exercise will be on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 10:30 a.m. with Carmen Van Voast from Spring Back Therapy. We will be playing Bingo on Thursday after...
Thank You to Diane Peterson for the Christmas Pine Swag. Thank You to Phyllis Culbertson for the jigsaw puzzles. Thank You to Bev Devaney for the bottles of pop. The AARP Driver Safety Course will be Wednesday, FEBRUARY 24th , from 1:30 to 5:30 pm. Spaces still available if you haven’t signed up The one and only Garrison Keillor, of Prairie Home Companion fame, will be performing his comedy/story-telling act on March 2, 7:30 pm, at the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings. Our Meals This Week: Wed. Feb. 17 - Roasted Chicken Thur. Feb. 18 - Meat L...
Jade Cecrle, a 12 year old seventh grader at Chinook Junior High, is an active member of 4-H and a horse enthusiast. In the three years she's been taking projects in 4-H the projects have involved horses. Her first horse, Pepper, now has ringbone (a form of equine arthritis). Jade started using her dad's ranch horse, Rooster, but according to the young rider, "Rooster is a good all-around ranch horse but not much of a show horse." Jade's next horse-related project in her 4-H career is to take...
Be sure to come to the next Learn at the Library program Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7 P.M. Undersheriff Frank Billmayer will present vital information to protect against identity theft and scams. This timely and important presentation is one you don’t want to miss. Refreshments will be served. It has been fun to find out patrons’ “Literary Valentines” as we celebrate Library Lovers Month. Do come in and complete a heart with the name of your favorite book character. Your name will be entered to win a door prize awarded at the end of the month. The Boo...
We finally received Federal tax forms. We have booklets for 1040A and 1040EZ and forms for 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ. The 1040 booklets should arrive soon. Montana tax booklets are available here as well. If you need a form not available here you can get it anytime at www.irs.gov. Copies are 20 cents a page. Story Time is Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All kids are welcome to join whatever fun things Kelsey has planned. LEGO Club is Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30 and is open to grades K though 6. For the Love of Grace will be the Hallmark...
The 24th Annual Quilt Show at the 67th Montana Seed Show is Friday, March 11th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sat. March 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The show is held in the band room at the Harlem High School. You can enter your quilts, wall hangings, decorator items, clothing, etc. There are separate categories for the youth items.. Entry forms are available at Richman Ins. in Harlem, the Harlem Public Library and various area quilt shops. Entries are due Friday, March 4th by 5:00 p.m. NO LATE ENTRIES. There are also lots of items...
The February Chinook City Council meeting dealt with a number of items including swearing in of three reelected council members and a new City Clerk, purchase of a new police vehicle, hearing an update on the water treatment plant upgrade and heard first reading of a new ordinance to deal with water shortages if they occur. Council members Mitch Haider, Robert Smith, Chris Thurman, Clint Greytak and Mayor Keith Hanson attended the monthly meeting. Mayor Hanson called the meeting to order. After...
This week, as part of Ft Belknap's 48th annual winter fair, the Aaniiih Nakoda College hosted the Rancher Roundup. The purpose of the 2-day symposium was to help inform Natives, on the Fort Belknap reservation, of all of the Government programs available to help sustain a prosperous future in agriculture. The event was sponsored by the Ft. Belknap MSU Extension, Native American Community Development Corporation (NACDC), and the Fort Belknap Livestock Marketing Co-op. The event consisted of 2 day...
Officer Zach Freeman, with the Montana Highway Patrol, reported a crash occurred on US 2 at Mile Marker 411 Sunday afternoon, February 7. The two vehicle crash resulted in one fatality. The Blaine County Sheriff’s office reported the victim was identified as 18 year old Jesse Dannels of Chinook. According to Freeman’s investigation of the crash a westbound passenger car crossed the centerline, entered the oncoming lane and struck an eastbound semi-truck. The passenger car was forced into the north borrow ditch where it came to rest. The dri...
After years and two different sitting councils, the secretarial election was finally held after many trials and temporary roadblocks. Both tribes and the Assiniboine and Gros-Ventre voted and the vote passed by a count of 154 for and 99 opposed. Also, a secretarial election calls for 30% of the registered voters to participate. The actual percentage voting was at approximately 38%, satisfying the 30% needed. The election pertained to Fort Belknap encompassing the federally recognized Assiniboine blood of the Fort Peck tribes. This process is...
Blaine County Nurse This week the State of Montana Health Alert Network shared information regarding recent reports of severe influenza illness. Most people affected this severely have NOT been immunized with the annual flu vaccination. The circulating influenza viruses that have been noted by the CDC are “a match” to the strains covered by this year’s seasonal vaccine. Due to these findings, the Blaine County Health Department is again urging area residents to ensure they have received their seasonal flu “shot”. It is not too late to be protec...
www.myneighborinneed.org is a website that provides local citizens a way to ask for help from their community and a way for the community to give back. re you in need? Do you know someone in your community in need? My Neighbor in Need may be able to help! Please go to the website or call our office at 406-357-8080. A Good Deed Doer will get back to you within 48-hours. Current Need - Neighbor in Need – A hard working single female moved to town from another state. She is working full time and has been living in a fully furnished apartment, k...
(StatePoint) Have your healthy New Year’s habits already begun to fade? Recharge your resolutions in March during National Nutrition Month and remember the importance of developing and following sound eating habits. The 2016 National Nutrition Month theme, “Savor the Flavor of Eating Right,” encourages you to take time to enjoy food traditions and appreciate the pleasures, great flavors and social experiences that food can add to life. “Food nourishes the body and provides necessary fuel to help you thrive and fight disease,” says registere...
When the weather allows, the Harlem Civic Association will place a gazebo in the southwest corner of Centennial Park. The park is on the west edge of town. Civic Association President Rod Becker said there was a need for an area where visitors to the Airmen Memorial, located in the park, could have a place to rest when visiting the memorial. Becker added there would also be some benches that will be a part of the new rest area. The gazebo was moved to the small parking lot at the edge of the par...
The Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet at the Eagles Club on Saturday, January 23. Slippery roads and icy sidewalks didn't deter attendees as Chamber President Heather DePriest noted more than 80 people attended the event. The annual get together included a dinner prepared by Val Frank, a presentation by Gayle Fisher, Executive Director of the Central Montana Tourism Region, introductions of the 2016 Chamber leadership and opportunities for lots of visiting and networking...
Come mid-March locals with a start-up business in the incubation stage, or even just an idea for a business, will have a chance to pitch their business dream to a group of Montana business experts. At stake is a first prize of $5,000 for the winning business proposal. The live pitch business competition is all part of the annual “Invest in Business” conference sponsored by Montana’s 10 Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). It will be the first time the annual conference, in its seventh year, has been held in a rural area. The two day e...
Requests come to My Neighbor in Need in a couple of ways—sometimes a need is posted on the organizations website, other times requests come by phone. However a need comes, My Neighbor in Need tries to find a donor who can fill a need that has been verified. During the recent holidays an unusual need was received. A grandmother who has taken on the full time care of a grandchild with some physical challenges, made a request of a “used refrigerator.” For several months, including the summer, she had no working refrigerator. When her grade schoo...
The Chinook Eagles Club hosted a Valentine's Day dinner to raise funds for the CHS chapter of Business Professionals of America. Eagles spokesman Mike Inman said the event was an opportunity to help the local chapter with travel expenses to various competitions hosted by the state and national BPA. Posing with the 'big' check from the event's proceeds, as a chorus the BPA members shouted, "Thank you Eagles Club!" About 120 diners attended the event and the Eagles presented a check for $1195 to...
