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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 were either killed in action or died from...
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...
The Montana Actors' Theatre will launch its production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" during the weekend of April 8-9. Three actors from Chinook will be in the play and there are other strong connections between the production company and the town. The play will be presented eight times during a three weekend period in April. "To Kill a Mockingbird" "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published, as a novel, in 1960. Harper Lee, the author, wrote the novel based loosely on her observations of her family and...
Reporters note: Brain Awareness Week (BAW), celebrated every March, is a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Jon Martin, the Principal at Meadowlark Elementary in Chinook, invited me to one of several presentations hosted by Chinook schools that gave students a glimpse of the fascinating brain research currently in progress. The presentation I attended was for the third grade classes and the focus of the program was Pleo, a computerized...
Article information from unapproved council minutes. The Harlem City Council held its regular monthly meeting on March 16, 2016 and heard updates on the wastewater upgrade project, specifically the progress in permitting city-owned land as a source for fill on the new lagoon. Advertising for summer employees for the city, a proposal to buy a used garbage truck available in California and the status of the used fire truck to be purchased was also discussed with action taken. The Council was called to order by Mayor Bill Taylor. Council members...
Information from unapproved minutes of March, 2016 Fair Board meeting. Four months remain until the opening of the 2016 Blaine County Fair in mid-July. That may seem like a long time away but fair organizers are feverishly working to complete plans for the annual event. During its March meeting Fair Board members discussed and approved a number of regular events and many new ones. This information is a preview and still subject to some changes before the fair opens officially on Wednesday, July...
The Cancer Support group, which meets monthly at the Chinook Senior Center, hosted Joe LoDuca as the featured speaker in March. LoDuca is the Chief Administrative Officer for Benefis Health System's Cancer and Heart & Vascular Institutes. He started with Benefis in 2004 when the building that now houses the Sletten Cancer Institute was first under construction. He now is responsible for the cancer, and heart and vascular services of the Benefis system. In his remarks LoDuca said he saw the...
Reporter's note: One of the upsides to a long distance road trip is seeing how things are changing in the world of transportation. I'm referring, in this case, to changes being made to semi-truck rigs, tractors and trailers. I'd noticed the addition of trailer skirts several years ago. But on a trip to Seattle I noticed, for the first time, sheet metal looking flaps attached to the rear of cargo trailers-trailer tails. When I saw the first trailer tail I thought it was a homemade device someone...
These lambs are soaking in the sun....
How different it is at Easter in the Van Orsdel Methodist Church in Havre than it used to be. On Easter Sunday I will go in clean clothes, maybe even jeans, and a white shirt and a sport coat. I will go to a church that will not be half full of people. I will go to a church where I will hear a good Easter sermon but will be short on music this year. Can you imagine a Methodist church short on music? I will have cooked my Easter ham on Saturday as it is so much easier to do it that way so on Easter Sunday I will eat leftovers after church. Even...
9 PRESS RELEASE— The 22nd annual gathering of the Montana Country Poets and Pickers will happen April 8, 9, and 10 at the High School Auditorium in Chinook. Everyone is welcome at this western heritage celebration of music, poetry, songs and stories about the land we love. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be amazed as performers from Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Treasure State come to share their talents with you. Admission is $10 per night, under 12 free, with a different show and performers each night. Pre-show music begins at 6:30, s...
Don’t miss the upcoming Learn at the Library “Fused Jewelry Class” presented by April Fox on Tues., Mar. 29, 7 P.M. You will make your own pendant! The class is limited to 15 participants so call the library at 353-2712 to reserve your spot. There is a $10 fee to cover the cost of materials. Contact the library with title of the book with a green cover you read for the March Book Challenge. A gift certificate from a local business may be yours! The regular meeting of the library board will be Monday, Mar. 28, 9 A.M. in the library meeti...
Happy Easter Everyone!! May each of you have a blessed day. The Big Flat Grocery Store in Turner will be closed Friday. Wayne and Connie Jones were Saturday lunch guests at the Elissa and Jordan home for Bradys 7th birthday. Happy Birthday Brady. Teresa Cornell took in the quilting guild class and workday at the Turner Lutheran Church on Saturday. Linda Hauge was over to Mom and Dad Krass’ on Tuesday to visit and help them out. Anita Reed stopped by after bowling and brought some things that Hilary had sent out. Dennis Cornell visited Sunday a...
On Friday, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the Montana Office of Public Instruction will host the 2nd Annual Montana F1 in Schools Competition on the Montana Tech Campus in Butte. Local team "Harlem United" has their sights set on defending their State Championship title. Last year the Harlem United team had an extremely successful season winning Best Engineering Design, Best Pit Display, at Grand Champion at the State level. At the North American Championships the team walked...
In a move to “communicate with people the way they get information” the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office recently launched a new phone app for smartphone users. Described by the developers as a “tool to provide current and critical two-way communication between law enforcement and the community” The free app will provide a number of communication avenues to improve the safety of county residents and send information about emergency situations that arise across the county. Sheriff Glenn Huestis first learned about the app while attending...
Paddlefish anglers planning to harvest a fish in the Upper Missouri River (from Fort Peck Dam to Fort Benton) need to apply for an Upper Missouri River Paddlefish Tag. Applications for this drawing can be made by mail, online at fwp.mt.gov, or by stopping by any regional or area FWP offices. Applications must be received by March 31, 2016. This regulation change was approved by the FWP Commission in 2015, and was in response to crowding that has occurred annually since 2007 when FWP implemented...
