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In December, Eric Tilleman, a former Chinook resident and a long time agriculture education instructor and FFA Advisor, was elected by the Agriculture Teacher delegates from each state to represent them as President Elect of the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE). A member of the NAAE for nineteen years, Tilleman will serve in his leadership role for a three-year term, starting with President Elect, President, and then Past President. The position will involve representing...
In the final week of 2022, the Havre Daily News carried a letter to the editor submitted by Valley County Commissioner Mary Armstrong on behalf of the County Commissions of 19 counties in Montana, including Hill and Phillips Counties. This letter was brought to the attention of the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home (SMNH) Board by Board President, Art Kleinjan, who wants to see Blaine County involved in the important mission outlined by Armstrong. Administrator for the SMNH, Rebecca Shackelford, along with her governing board, wishes to get the word...
Happy New Year from the Harlem Public Library! We hope one of your resolutions is to use your local library this year. We have many resources, services, programs and activities for you to take advantage of. We invite you to participate in the 2023 Book Challenge. Each month the library selects a unique category of book for you to read. After you have completed the challenge contact the library and your name will be entered into a drawing to win a $10 gift card from a local business. The January Book Challenge is to read a book with a dual...
A pivotal moment is upon the community of Chinook for the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation (FOPP) to take a giant step forward in their goal of fixing the local pool and park. The Blaine County Commissioners approved the creation of a Recreation District in October, and the organization has helped propose a bond initiative to seek funding for the project. Ballots will be mailed January 17th to those taxpayers in the Recreation District that own a home, mobile home, or business. The FOPP...
Total joint replacement is one of the most performed, elective surgical procedures in the United States. It is also becoming an increasingly popular outpatient procedure for Orthopedic Surgical practices across the country, including Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Montana. But the latest trend is the use of robotic-assisted systems to ensure these surgeries have the best possible outcomes. Having utilized the ROSA Knee System for several years at his previous location, Dr. M. Benjamin Farr...
1-4-23 News Loretta Beck rode over to the Mike and Crystal Grabofsky home on Wednesday with Shawn and Bobbi Beck and family to attend Holly’s 14th birthday celebration. Others in attendance were Rick, Matt and Sadie Grabofsky and family. Happy Birthday Holly! Sympathy is extended from the Big Flat community to the family of Gary Olszewski who passed away on Friday in Great Falls. Merrilyn Billmayer and Loretta Beck went to Harlem Friday, and Loretta Beck visited at the Darwin Zellmer home. Terry and Brenda Mohar went to Sleeping Buffalo on S...
The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation (FOPP) have been working tirelessly for the past 30 months to raise funds and awareness to save the Chinook City Pool and Park. The facilities have seen significant deterioration through the years and are in dire need of being repaired. The local pool and park are such a pivotal part of the community and provide so much that repairing these facilities is paramount. Since being built in 1976, the pool and park has not had any money set aside for major...
Chinook will be hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 from noon till 6pm at the Chinook Community Commercial Building down at the fairgrounds. This blood drive is a way of giving our community the opportunity to help save lives. Blood is a perishable product that can only come from volunteer blood donors. With someone in the U.S. needing blood every two seconds, blood products must be constantly replenished, according to the Red Cross. “We urge our community members to donate blood and help ensure that patients in local h...
The holidays are behind us and hopefully everyone had a good time with family and friends. The new year is upon us and for many that brings about a sense of starting fresh, a new beginning. Just because the holidays are over doesn't mean there is nothing to do with friends and family. In just over a month, on Saturday, February 4, the Chinook Rod & Gun Club will be holding their 4th Annual Ice Fishing Derby at Dry Fork reservoir just north of Chinook. Later in the afternoon on February 4, the...
The Blaine County Museum in Chinook has done a wonderful job bringing traveling exhibits to feature locally. These exhibits add a lot to the museum experience and often feature local themes. The most recent display is an exhibit titled "High Flight: Remembering the C-141 Collision of 1992" focusing on the tragic event that occurred 30 years ago just north of Harlem. The Airmen Memorial in Harlem recently held its 30 year commemoration that included the dedication of a new bridge. Many of our rea...
This week we take a further look back at 2022 and all of the fun and exciting stories that were published. There are so many to choose from, an impossible task to pick out the best or the most interesting. So I highlighted a few and encourage everyone to visit blaincountyjournal.com to look for even more. Success was had for the first time in Hays/Lodge Pole at the State B/C Speech and Drama Tournament held on January 28-29 at Huntley Project School in Worden, Montana. The Hays/Lodge Pole...
The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation held a Chinook Community Ice Skating get together on Saturday, December 17. Despite the temperature being just 13 degrees when it got underway at 3:00 pm in the afternoon, the weather had little effect on those in attendance. Just an hour later the temperature had fallen to eleven degrees and a light snow was falling from overcast skies. Nearly 80 people were on the ice, some skating, some visiting, some were off to the side getting ready, but all...
Four local non-profits in Blaine County were recently awarded $6,000 in Grants from the Montana Community Foundation. Recipients include Chinook Lions Club to build a skatepark in Chinook, $2,000; Chinook Pool and Park Rehabilitation Project to repair the City Pool in Chinook, $1,500; Chinook Rod and Gun Club to install a restroom facility at the Club Rifle Range, $1,500; Pets Are Worth Saving, Inc. (PAWS) to conduct spay/neuter and vaccination clinics for pets in partnership with Spay Montana, $1,000. The Montana Community Foundation works...
A man at the church we've been attending while dog/house sitting in Woodinville, Washington, was offering to take folks on his 50-foot boat to cruise in Seattle's annual Christmas Ship Festival. The festival involves lighted boats cruising on Lake Washington and the Puget Sound. The parade visits various lakeside communities and presents short musical programs for folks gathered on the shoreline. The month long festival has been operating for nearly 80 years. Despite having lived a couple of...
If there is any kind of charitable function, fundraiser or community gathering happening in Harlem at the Fort Belknap Agency, Hays or Lodge Pole meant to provide a service to the people of the community it is almost certain that Tescha Hawley is involved in some way. Through the years Tescha herself, and then along with her Day Eagle Hope Project, has stepped up to go above and beyond to serve the many needs of those in our communities. Tescha worked with Heath Richman (Richman Insurance) and...
Just a few days remain in 2022, the holidays are bringing smiles to people's faces and the hopes of 2023 being a bit better give some folks a reason to have hope. 2022 certainly had its ups and downs, like any year, but in Blaine County a lot of good things happened, and the Blaine County Journal was honored to share those happenings with our readers. Donna Miller does a fantastic job highlighting the schools, arts and hardworking people of Blaine County and is a spectacular writer. Steve...
A Convention & Expo took place on October 26-29, approximately 80,000 FFA members from around the United States gathered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Among them were ten members from Chinook. The Chapter's Advisor, Mitzi Cecrle recently shared news of their time spent among their blue-jacketed comrades. One among them, Rebecca Stroh was awarded the American FFA Degree. According to a spokesperson for the National FFA Foundation, the American FFA Degree is bestowed upon a select group of students...
A retirement party is being planned for Thursday, December 22 at the Blaine County Courthouse at 2:00 pm on the second floor. The guests of honor will be Tammy Williams, Cindy Dennis and Frank DePriest. Combined the three have more than 80 years of service to the people of Blaine County. Tammy Williams has been at the Courthouse the longest of the three. Tammy began working as an employee of the Blaine County Courthouse on October 22, 1984 and continued in that roll for the next 33 years. In...
Loretta Beck spent a couple of days last week helping decorate Christmas cookies at the Grabofsky and Beck homes. Darwin and Betty and Keith Zellmer were visitors at Loretta Beck’s on Dec. 12. They enjoyed playing a few hands of cards together. On Wednesday, Carol Klindworth went to a Christmas party at her mom, Betty Hay’s apartment complex in Havre. Gene and Susan Billmayer were in Havre on Tuesday visiting with Jim and Helen. Loretta Beck went to Havre Thursday to shop and stopped at Darwin Zellmer’s to wish him a happy birthday on the w...
Twenty-six members of the Chinook Chapter of the FFA joined the group of over 1,700 blue jackets that flooded Montana State University campus at the 11th Annual Montana FFA Ag Expo in Bozeman on November 10-12, 2022. Chinook FFA members had several top individual finishers. In addition, the Soils Team took seventh place overall, and both the Junior Mechanics and Junior Horse Judging teams earned ninth place overall. Sponsored by John Deere Dealers across Montana, the Ag Expo offered...
Derek Bell, a 2016 graduate of Chinook of Chinook High School and an enrolled student of Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC), was recently selected as the winner of the Montana Campus Compact - Montana Athletes in Service Award 2022 for ANC. In a press release it describes the award as, "For 30 years, Montana Campus Compact and its campus affiliates have supported students, faculty, and communities across Montana with programs that encourage and recognize community service. Montana Campus Compact's...
Several people attended the funeral service for Dick Hamilton on Saturday at the Hogeland Lutheran Church. Gene Billmayer was in Havre on Sunday visiting his folks, Jim and Helen. Jane Krass’ girls visited throughout the week and helped with chores. Gene and Susan Billmayer attended the Dick Hamilton funeral service on Saturday. Turner Varsity Basketball season play begins this week, with a home game on Friday vs Fort Benton, and they travel to Chester to play CJ-I on Saturday. The Booster Club will be serving concessions in Turner. Grades 3...
Blaine County Sheriff, John Colby will be sworn in for a second term later in this month and in doing so looks forward to advancing the projects and ideas that his Department had started in his first term as Sheriff, "I look forward to building those programs and making them serve the community as best as possible," said Colby. Sheriff Colby has a number of projects he wants to get going in his second term, "We are looking at grants that could help obtain a school resource officer to assist...
