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On Friday, April 22nd, Deion Hammett, a 2015 Harlem High School Graduate, completed the 12 week Marine Corp Boot Camp at the Marine Corp Recruit Depot(MCRD) in San Diego, California. Hammett was part of Platoon 1015, 1st Battalion Alpha Company. Some of his highlights include being the only recruit in his platoon to get a perfect score on his physical fitness test, which included, running 3 miles under 18:00 minutes, most crunches in 2 minutes & 20 or more pull-ups. He also missed expert...
Reporter's note: Someone left a copy of the March-April, 2016 "Bugle" magazine on my desk at the newspaper office. The magazine is the official publication of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF). Not being an elk hunter I wasn't familiar with the publication, but an article titled "A New Fork on the Cow Island Trail" caught my eye. I recognized the road name because of some previous public land access stories I'd written. The story was about the purchase of a 93-acre tract of land, by the...
Last week the Chinook and Harlem City Councils heard a summary of the final draft of the housing study conducted by KLJ Engineering. The housing report was one of the final steps in a study of current and future needs for housing development and how those needs can be met. The study was done in Harlem, Chinook and Malta. Forrest Sanderson, with KLJ Engineering, presented the final draft of the housing needs study. The study was the result of a multi-month housing assessment by KLJ and input...
On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Chinook Public Schools will hold the annual School Election. Polls will be open from Noon to 8:00 p.m. at the Chinook High School. Due to lack of applicants in Zurich School, and Bear Paw School District, voters in those districts please either call for an absentee ballot or come to Chinook High School to vote. Individuals who have filed for three-year Trustee terms are Scott DePriest, Mark Harshman and Travis Buck. Two one-year seats representing District #17 and # 67, need interested parties to file a letter of...
This year’s Community Chest Fund Drive in Chinook will take place Wednesday, May 4, at 5:30 p.m. The purpose of Community Chest is to alleviate each organization from going door-to-door soliciting donations. The drive provides local funding for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Food Pantry, AAU Wrestling, Youth Baseball/Softball, Youth Soccer, MCT, Swim Team and PAWS. Without area residents’ support, many of these programs would not be available to the youth in the community. Those that participate in these organizations or would just like to hel...
The regular meeting of the library board is today, Wednesday, April 27, 4:15 P.M. in the library meeting room. Please stop by the library and pick up a community questionnaire. The library board and staff need your input as we develop a new long-range plan. Questionnaires should be returned to the library by May 15. You may also download a copy from our website http://harlempubliclibrary.org. Summer Reading is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for May 31 when registration opens. This year’s theme is “On Your Mark, Get Set....READ!” A...
Chinook's water treatment plant upgrade is nearing completion. Construction on the $6.7 million project began in the early spring of last year. Last week representatives from the engineering firm that did the design work, the company that did the construction, USDA officials, a Bear Paw Development grant writer and manager and Chinook officials and water treatment plant employees made the tour to check the status of the remaining punch list. A crew was still putting up final fencing while the...
Admiring the flowers they have planted and winning prizes. That's some of what Harlem Elementary has been doing....
According to Chrissy Downs, one of several adult leaders involved with JUMP's recent fundraiser at Wallner Hall, "The gloomy weather might have worked to our advantage, discouraging people from doing outdoor activities. They came to enjoy our Ultimate Salad and Dessert Bar, a good thing for our youth group." The Chinook-based youth group will be doing a destination mission trip this year, doing worship and service projects in Helena, Missoula, Coeur d'Alene and Kalispell. The Sunday meal was...
Border Patrol Agent David Entrot made a presentation at the March meeting of the Chinook Christian Men's Group. The men's organization meets monthly for breakfast, fellowship and a presentation on some topic of interest. Entrot recently moved to Chinook to serve with the Havre Border Patrol Station. David Entrot grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania with a degree in criminal justice. After college he joined the Coast Guard, serving in New Jersey and the...
The White Pine 4-H Club recently purchased a Bissel carpet sweeper and a paper towel rack to donate to the EEE meeting room next to the Blaine County Extension Office in Chinook. The club regularly uses the meeting room for their monthly club gatherings and found there was a definite need for these items so they could leave the room in good shape following their meetings. Members participating in this project were: Drake, Mya, and Hayden Berreth. Tana and Thane Drugge. Britton Elliot. Maisie...
The White Pine 4-H club met on Thursday, April 21st, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. in the Library Meeting room with 16 members, 4 leaders, and 4 guests present. Vice President, Colton Liddle, called the meeting to order. Jenna Liddle led the American Pledge and Addison Olsen led the 4-H Pledge. Roll call was answered by telling an Arbor Day fact. Minutes of the March 17th 2016 meeting were read and approved. Britton Elliot gave the Treasurer’s report. Under Old Business we discussed keeping our 4-H Record Books up to date. We also talked about making poste...
The sixth meeting of Valley Clover’s 4-H club was called to order by President Brook Elliot at 1:00 pm on March 13, 2016 at Wallner Hall. There were 4 leaders, 14 members, several Guest present. The club received a thank you letter from the Food Pantry and a thank you letter from the Northern Montana Health Care Center. Clara reported on the Seed Show while Ross and Brooke reported on our club’s seed show display. We got overall display with a $90 win. Keri reported on the birthday boxes and Yelena reported on our butter braids’ profit. For c...
The April meeting of the Paradise Pals 4-h club was called to order by President Erika Anderson on April 24, 2016 at the library meeting room. The March meetings’ minutes were read by secretary Garrett Pruttis. Michael Warburton approved to approve the minutes and Justin Graff seconded. Victoria Kirby gave her correspondence secretary’s report. Megan Pruttis gave her treasurer’s report. Song leader Jared Graff led us in the song Do, Ray, Me. Reports on the Easter Bake Sale, Shooting Sports, Serve Safe/Meat Judging, and the council meeti...
Sheilah and Buddy Walsh, ranchers south of Dodson, were recently honored with a 2016 Good Neighbor Award in a ceremony with Governor Steve Bullock presenting. Six couples and individuals were honored for their service and volunteerism to the cause of conservation. The six awards were nominated by various conservation groups around the state. Sheilah and Buddy Walsh were nominated by The Montana Nature Conservancy, primarily for the work with the Matador Ranch Grass Bank project and other...
Chinook Junior and Senior High recently hosted a performance by the Chinook Winds Quintet, a Great Falls-based musical group. The five members of the quintet are all principal players with the Great Falls Symphony, meaning they are five of the nine salaried musicians who make up the core, first chair players of the symphony. The quintet was invited through efforts of Student Council President Elizabeth Hodgson. Asked why she invited the quintet to perform, Elizabeth Hodgson said, "I wanted to...
Information from unapproved board minutes. Chinook Schools board members approved tax levies for the 2016-2017 school year, approved contract offers to classified employees and contract offers for extra-curricular activities positions. It was announced that two vacant board positions need to be filled by appointment by June, residents of District 67 interested in serving on the board should contact the Business Office at the high school. The meeting was called to order, on Tuesday, April 12, by Chairwoman Miller. Board members present were:...
Dawn Lovisa, FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner) joined the Sweet Medical Center on April 19. Lovisa will be working ‘locem tenens,’ meaning on a temporary basis until the end of October. Nicole Legere, NP, currently working part time at the clinic, will join the Sweet Medical Center as a full-time staff member in the fall to fill the position. Lovisa is a native of California, growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, then moving to Yreka, California where she finished high school. She wrote, “I loved camping when I was little and got into backp...
Chinook residents have seen a new face at the service counter in city hall. Cheryl Alm is the new Assistant City Clerk. She began her duties on March 21 when she replaced Carol Floren. Floren became the City Clerk, in February, replacing Gabe Harry who took a position at the city's water treatment plant. Cheryl Alm grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, in the Puget Sound due west of downtown Seattle. She raised three children, now adults, in Havre, where her grandparents lived. She now...
I grew up in a wonderful town at a wonderful time. Born in 1941, Havre was my stomping ground in the late 1940.s and early 1950’s. Things did not start to change until the 1960’s. Havre was a town unto itself. Its business district was glorious. There was our store, the Lou Lucke Company, a store that little boys dream about. There was Clacks Hardware, the F. A. Buttrey Department Store, many small stores, many restaurants, three Oriental restaurants, bars for all occasions, three downtown hotels, a flower shop, three jewelry stores and whe...
Every year in mid-April, Chinook students participate in the District 7 Music Festival along with many other High-Line Schools. This years Festival was held in Shelby on April 15th and 16th. At this event students are judged by experts in each field and given a rating. The ratings from highest to lowest are: Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor. On April 15th, the Chinook Band and Choir both took the stage for the judges and each received an Excellent rating for the prepared performances. The students then had to sing or play a piece they...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (HELENA) --- On April 8th, at the 104th annual Montana Library Association conference held in Missoula, the Blaine County Library and Harlem Public Library received the 2016 Excellent Library Service Award (ELSA) from the Montana State Library (MSL) Commission. The awards were announced by Commissioner Anne Kish on behalf of Commission Chair Colet Bartow. The ELSA recognizes libraries for achieving excellence in serving their communities in areas including collection development, information access, policies, planning and...
Thank you to everyone who stopped in and helped us celebrate National Library Week. We would like to say thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out a survey, which will guide us in making improvements in our service. We appreciate every one of you! Hope Huckabee was the lucky winner of the children’s drawing and Sarah Pratt was the winner of the adult drawing. Thanks to the generosity of Triangle Communications, the library was the recipient of a computer lab with 10 laptop computers. We will be using the computers for technology t...
Thanks to everyone who attended the open house for National Library Week and to view the completed remodeling project. Please stop by the library and pick up a community input questionnaire. Your views will assist the library board to develop the new long-range plan. Questionnaires are due back to the library by May 15. The regular meeting of the library board of trustees will be held Wednesday, April 27, 4:15 P.M. in the library meeting room. “The Steel Kiss” is the latest novel from Jeffery Deaver. Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme and Ame...
The Chinook Lions' Club hosted about 80 guests for their annual Old-Timers' Dinner. The annual event started several years ago when the club invited a few senior citizens to an evening dinner to share stories from the past. Eventually the club decided to invite everyone to share stories and memories. Long-time club members believe the Old-Timers' Dinner began in the early 1980's. While guests arrived and the cooks put the finishing touches on the dinner, Larry Larson entertained with some rollic...
