We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
This photo was taken from the Blaine County Fair grandstand looking northeast toward Chinook. The arrow indicates the general area where the proposed indoor arena will be erected. Promoters of the arena believe the site offers access to both the animal barns and stock pens attached to the rodeo arena with plenty of parking, north of the site, for stock trailers and related equipment.
Last week, at its regular monthly meeting, the Blaine County Fair Board approved the erection of an indoor arena at the county fairgrounds in Chinook. The project would utilize a surplus 100' by 200' metal building obtained by the county from the surplus program at Malstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls. The building was never erected and is, for the most part, packed and bundled the way it was originally delivered by the manufacturer to the air base.
Dennis Kleinjan, one of a group of volunteers that has been working on ways to utilize the building as an indoor arena, said the approval by the...
