The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

Are you a Chinook Sugarbeeter fan, or maybe just live on the highline? Come check out our little towns Sugarbeet festival. Whereas just like our new town slogan says "Small town, Big community" we are just that.

Started October 7th, 2005, the Sugarbeet festival has been a community favorite since day one. How did the festival tradition start? I found myself asking the same question, so I looked back in the Journal's old papers and the answer was not what I was expecting. Have you heard the song "Watermelon crawl?" Well Chuck Hewitt sure did, and the watermelon festival sounded like a fun time...