Blaine County Beacon: A Family Gathering Place is Their Goal

Turner, Montana, and the surrounding communities, are about to see the Border Bar & Grill back in business. In March of this year, Crystal and Dan Friedrich decided that bar ownership sounded like a viable option for them. They made the purchase official in late July and are planning a tentative opening date of Thursday, December 30.

Crystal's sister is Lindsey Obrecht who lives in Turner and works at Sweet Home Physical Therapy in Chinook. During the past two years, whenever the Friedrichs would make the trip from Shepherd, Montana, Crystal would say to her husband: "We should buy that bar,"...