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Getting packages delivered in a timely fashion, especially during the holidays has become a bit of a confrontational point recently between the consumer and the Post Office. During the Christmas season employees at the local post office can spend hours trying to find where packages are supposed to be delivered to as a result of improper labeling. The root of the problem essentially begins with the larger chain stores such as Amazon and Kohls and the way they require members to fill out their shi...
The weather outside may finally start to be cooperating and looking a bit more like spring but regardless of what it may be each day gets us all a bit closer to enjoying some great fun outdoors. The Chinook Golf and Country Club is already in the planning stages for what looks to be another fantastic season on the links. The Chinook Golf and Country Club has set the date for its Annual Meeting and invites all Club members to attend. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18 at the...
Harlem Library This week the library will have special hours because the staff are attending training. April 12 and 13 the library will be open from 4 – 6 P.M. and the library will be closed April 14. The Book Challenge for April is to read a biography. The Book Club will meet April 17, 4 P.M. when we complete the discussion of “Inheriting Edith” by Zoe Fishman. Blaine County Library Tuesday Story Time at 10:30 and Hangout for grades 5 & 6 at 3:30. Thursday LEGO Club at 3:30. No Early Out Movie Friday April 7th. American Lutheran Church Chino...
Morgan, Jessica, Eva, Emma and Max Klindworth were out to Duane and Carol Klindworth’s for Easter. Matt Annie, Isaac, Hannah, Elliot, and Emmett were guests on Easter as well. Rhonda Mohar and Jack Thompson and Dusty and Misty Mohar and boys were guests at Terry and Brenda Mohar’s on Easter. Sharon Goodrich visited Jane Krass on Monday and brought delicious banana bread and bars. The Big Flat 4-H club hosted an Easter Egg Hunt Saturday morning at the Christian Church yard for the community preschool and elementary children. Refreshments wer...
President Sean Chandler welcomes Mr. Ron Bruschi as the new Station Manager for KGVA 88.1 FM Radio Station that is located on the Aaniiih Nakoda College campus. Ron Bruschi's voice is well-known along the northern tier of Montana from innovative ads to exciting play-by-play high school and college basketball games. Ron brings twenty-seven years radio station expertise and talent to KGVA in media broadcasting, as a sports director, in sales and promotions, and with managerial skills. "We are exci...
The Blaine County Local Advisory Council for Mental Health held a Family Carnival night this past Friday at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building in Chinook. The event was extremely well attended and organizers were thrilled with how everything turned out. The evening began with a fantastic spaghetti dinner that was masterfully prepared by a large group of volunteers. The Chinook High School National Honor Society as well as students from the JUMP Youth Group and other students were...
Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building, Chinook, MT, Friday, April 21st @ Noon. Blaine County Museum hosts Humanities Montana’s “The Power of Place - Community Vitality and Montana’s Rural Museums” with Sabre Moore on Friday, April 21st, 2023. The program is at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building at noon. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for Montana Conversations is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana’s Cultural Trust, and private d...
The Chinook School Board revisited the School Bus Contract at its most recent meeting on Monday, March 20, 2023. According to unofficial minutes the following discussions took place. The discussion regarding the bus contract began with Chairman Billmayer stating, “We are reconsidering this after John Elliot was not made aware that we had a board meeting in February. We are willing to listen to any offers that Mr. Elliot might have now.” Elliot was present and stated that the offer he has is at $4.26 a mile. “His Fixed cost keeps incre...
Three Turner Public School (TPS) students were honored in an impromptu ceremony during the lunch hour on Wednesday, March 29. Brenda Maloney, Vice President of the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA), Unit 109 of Turner, presented Holly Grabofsky, Caleb Zellmer, and Charlie Calvert with First Place certificates and cash prizes in the 2023 Americanism Essay Contest. Every year, the ALA sponsors an Americanism Essay Contest for students in grades 3-12, including students with special needs. Grade...
The Chinook Eagles and the Pastime Lounge came together this past Saturday to host the Montana State 8-Ball Pool Tournament. The tournament featured a double elimination format. In all, 108 shooters converged on the small town of Chinook to form 12 men's and four women's teams. Each team consisted of six members and represented communities from Billings, Kalispell, Missoula, Lewistown, Chinook and Havre. Players came from all over the state to make up those teams with shooters from Harlem, Malta...
Loretta Beck attended the Elementary basketball games on Monday and Friday in Turner. On Saturday, she rode to Gildford with Crystal and Holly Grabofsky for the games there. They also visited Darwin and Betty Zellmer on their way home. This ends the Turner Elementary games this year. Track is next and they have started practice a couple weeks ago. Graveside funeral services were held for Gail Doyle on Thursday at the Turner Cemetery. Quite a few attended the service. Sympathy is extended to her family. Jane Krass’ girls have been over to h...
8 Chinook High School graduate, Olivia Finley has been doing a fantastic job as an intern at the Blaine County Museum, and Museum Director, Samantha French couldn't be happier to have had her services available, "Olivia started as a cataloging intern last July. The museum was a recipient of a $10,000 grant courtesy of the Foundation for Montana History. The grant was written for the purpose of hiring a cataloging intern at Blaine County Museum to assist with an inventory of the museum's docum...
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for April 2023, which are effective April 3, 2023. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs. Operating, Ownership and Emergency Loans FSA offers farm ownership and operating loans with favorable interest rates and terms to help eligible agricultural producers, whether mul...
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is accepting applications from landowners who are interested in participating in the 2023 Block Management Program. Block Management is a cooperative effort between landowners and FWP to help manage wildlife and public hunting activities on enrolled lands. Through the Block Management program, landowners and FWP enter into voluntary agreements that determine how hunting will be conducted on the landowner’s property. Items such as permission requirements, times when permission will be granted, hunting oppo...
HELENA – Each spring, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks receives calls from people who have picked up deer fawns or other wildlife. It’s important to remember that FWP does not accept, hold or rehabilitate moose, deer, elk and most other animals. Often times, people think they are rescuing an orphaned animal. However, it’s important to understand that wildlife care for their young much differently than humans. They have strategies to provide the highest chance of survival for their young. One strategy that some species, particularly those species...
To celebrate the first day of spring, Turner Public School students took a break from their regular routines on March 20 to eat treats and to play Pictionary. "We needed something light and festive," said Event Organizer Sadie Grabofsky. "The students enjoyed the break from class, I think. I kept watching the clock trying not to consume too much time, but we could have easily taken the whole period and played more interactive games." School personnel collaborated to provide treats. Diana...
Jack G. Young appeared in front of District Court Judge, Yvonne Laird at the Blaine County Courthouse in Chinook, Montana Monday afternoon for a sentencing hearing on a felony charge of Sexual Intercourse Without Consent. Young was charge in connection with an investigation last April that resulted in his arrest on April 22, 2022. Young was a teacher at Harlem High School at the time of his arrest and the victim a student of his at the school. Young appeared in court wearing his striped jail...
I was a bit shocked when our married daughter said, "You'll have to print or type letters and cards to the grandkids because they can't read cursive writing. Better yet, send them texts." I checked around with other grandparents and they verified what I had just learned...many Generation Y folks (also known as millennials, born 1981-1996) and certainly Generation Z kids (born 1997-2010) cannot read or write cursive writing. Don't the schools still have all those posters along the tops of...
Anyone who missed last Thursday’s opening of The SpongeBob Musical still has time to see the show, which will run through Saturday, April 1 at the Havre High School (HHS) Auditorium. The Theater Department at HHS, Charles and Joyce Finn, and Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) invite audiences to partake in this production that features HHS and MAT actors, as well as music written by a host of music industry icons like David Bowie and John Legend. According to Director Angela Pratt, the stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as...
From the Briefing Room of the White House on the first day of spring, March 20, President Joe Biden proclaimed March 21, 2023 as National Agriculture Day. The day kicked off National Agriculture Week (NAW), March 21-27. NAW is celebrated every year in March on dates announced by the Agriculture Council of America. This year's theme was Growing a Climate for Tomorrow. March 21 was also the 50th Anniversary of National Ag Day. In his proclamation speech, President Biden stated: "American farms rem...
Harlem Library Today, Wednesday, the board of trustees meets at 4:30 P.M. in the library meeting room. If you have completed the March Book Challenge be sure to let the library know. The Book Challenge for April is to read a biography. The Book Club’s new book “Inheriting Edith” may be picked up this week. The first discussion will be April 3 at 4 P.M. Blaine County Library Monday Hangout for grades 7 & 8, Tuesday Story Time at 10:30 and Hangout for grades 5 & 6 at 3:30. Thursday LEGO Club at 3:30. Early Out Movie Friday at 2:15. . Chinook Seni...
Prom, a big day on the calendar for High School students all over the country and one that is carefully planned out for many months in advance. Harlem High School held their prom on Saturday, March 18 with the theme being the 'Butterfly Effect'. Chinook High School held their annual Prom this past Saturday under the guise of a Masquerade. The Royal Court for the Harlem Prom included King Terrance Messerly and Queen Aniya Longknife along with Prince Jerry Kirkaldie and Princess Tova Anderson....
The Big Flat Catholic Church will hold their Annual Spring Dinner this Sunday, April 2nd, from 12:00-2:00 pm. Turkey dinner and all the trimmings will be served. The state FFA convention was held in Great Falls from Tuesday-Saturday last week. The Big Flat Chapter was among those in attendance. Jane Krass enjoyed having family visit her throughout the week. Crystal and Holly Grabofsky and Loretta Beck attended the elementary basketball jamboree at Lodgepole on Saturday, and also visited with Darwin, Betty and Keith Zellmer in Harlem. Loretta...
In partnership with the Montana State University (MSU) Extension Local Government Center, MSU Extension Blaine County and the Blaine County Commissioners are bringing a board leadership training to Chinook on March 28. Tuesday’s workshop will be held at the Blaine County Fairground’s Commercial Building beginning at 6:00 p.m. This workshop is available free of charge and is intended for individuals holding a position on a board, those who are part of a non-profit or other organization, and anyone else interested in learning more about how boa...
