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The 36th Annual Hi-Line Invitational Tournament took place this past weekend at the Armory Gymnasium on the campus of MSU-Northern in Havre. The Light and Skylight basketball teams co- hosted the event featuring many of the top high school girls and boys basketball players from across the state of Montana. The tournament features All-Star teams for each of the four classifications AA, A, B and C in a round robin tournament with Championship and consolation games capping off the tournament....
Winter continues to hang around forcing teams to practice indoors and get creative with their preparation for the season. Schedules are coming together and just one postponement has been noted on the Chinook High School schedule. Turner Track and Field is still finalizing their spring schedule as is Hays/Lodge Pole. Harlem Track and Field has submitted their schedule to the Blaine County Journal as well. Generally the Track and Field schedules for Harlem, Chinook, Hays/Lodge Pole and Chinook...
The Blaine County Local Advisory Council For Mental Health has put together a fun night of activities centered around family fun while focusing on Mental Health and a number of other issues affecting our communities. The goal is to provide the information in a fun yet productive manner. The Family Carnival Night is set to take place at the Blaine County Fairgrounds on March 31, 2023. A Spaghetti Dinner will be served from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Carnival is scheduled to run from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m....
Chinook High School Principal, Matt Molyneaux has been working on a very interesting project recently and hopes that it will better highlight the academic achievements of the students of CHS through the years. According to Chinook School Superintendent, Fred Hoffman, "Mr Molyneaux was digging around the dungeon looking for some flags or something and just happened to come across our original charter for membership to the National Honor Society." 'The National Honor Society of Secondary Schools...
Many readers of the Blaine County Journal really enjoy learning about the various trials and tribulations that local residents have endured through the years. We have done stories on family ranches celebrating 100 years, to achievements of residents accomplishing great things. We have highlighted businesses, individuals and community groups that have made each of their communities great. We have done stories on the successes of endangered species reintroductions on Fort Belknap as well as academ...
The weather has not been very cooperative to the start of the high school spring sports teams start to the season. Track and Field athletes in Turner, Chinook, Hays/Lodge Pole and Harlem have been forced to workout indoors while Golf teams in Harlem, Chinook and Hays/Lodge Pole face challenging starts as well. The Chinook Sugarbeeter Tennis team has been outside, but not really working on Tennis as they clear the courts. Winter has caused problems for spring sports many times through the years,...
Another High School Basketball season is in the books for our Blaine County High School teams and with that comes the release of the All-Conference and All State teams. This year Chinook junior Hallie Neibauer and Turner junior Ryan Doyle each found themselves on the Northern C All-State and District 9C 1st Team All-Conference lists. Sugarbeeter Head Girls Basketball Coach Mike Jones was also named Co-Coach of the Year for the District 9C. Chinook senior Bree Swanson was named to the 1st Team...
A large contingent of Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) Students and Staff recently attended the American Indian Higher Education Consortium Conference (AIHEC) held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first student conference was held back in 1980 and has come a long way in 43 years. The AIHEC now includes well over 1,000 students, faculty, and staff representing schools from all corners of the United states to get together each spring and compete in a variety of different competitions including...
3 year old Lane T. Allen of Harlem and 19 year old Michael J. Dess of Havre have been charged with a number of misdemeanor and felony charges in connection with the poaching of Deer and Elk in Blaine and Hill Counties. According to a press release from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Region 6 headquarters the two men had charges filed in Blaine and Hill Counties alleging their involvement in the unlawful take of deer and elk, out of season, in 2021 and 2022. The charges involved the take or attempt to take nine antlered deer and four bull...
The Blaine County Fair Board continues to work hard to bring the best entertainment to the Blaine County Fair as they possibly can. Recently the Fair Board made a significant announcement regarding the Blaine County Saturday night main draw. Country music superstar, Darryl Worley will perform Saturday night during the 2023 Blaine County Fair. The fair will run from Thursday, August 10 through Sunday, August 13. Fair Board Manager, Debbie Ramberg addressed the boards decision on this years...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters were in Billings this past week taking part in their first ever Class C State Girls Basketball Tournament. The Sugarbeeters entered the tournament with a whopping 25-1 overall record. The State tournament, regardless of class is aways tough with only the very best teams in the field. Chinook opened their tournament against the undefeated Saco/Whitewater/Hinsdale (North Country) Mavericks. North Country came in as the No. 1 Seed out of the East and showed quickly why...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters just completed another journey to the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls this past season. After many years of watching the 'Beeter boys and girls take the court at the Four Seasons Arena the time has come for the Sugarbeeters to make their return to the Class B ranks. The 'Beeters will compete the Golf and Track and Field, seasons in the Class C. Tennis will remain a part of the Northern B/C Division. This coming fall when the new school year begins they will still...
Cleveland Elementary, south of Chinook, has been very active in the great outdoors lately; going on Ice Fishing trips, learning how to identify birds and getting to really interact with various organizations in the community. Teacher, Mrs. Shirley Kienenberger-Fisher, or simply Mrs. Fisher to her students, is thrilled with the opportunity her students have had recently. Mrs. Fisher has five students at Cleveland ranging from kindergarten to the fifth grade. On Monday, February 27 Montana Fish...
Ethan Werk was recently named the American Indian College Student of the Year for Aaniiih Nakoda College. Sunday night he was presented with his award at a banquet held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The American Indian Higher Education Consortium Conference (AIHEC) has grown tremendously through the years and Werk, along with a number of other ANC staff and students, were on hand. The official website describes the event as such, "Since the first AIHEC Student Conference in 1980, this annual...
Most folks that live anywhere on the Hi-line from Browning to Wolf Point have probably at some point travelled through Harlem and stopped at the EZ-Mart on the edge of town. The C-Store is a popular stop for snacks and fuel and home to a pair of very dedicated employees who also happen to be very much involved the community itself. Darby Turntoes and Jerry Wiegand have been employed at EZ-Mart since 1995 and have been loyal supporters of the local community as well. Darby has always enjoyed his...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters are 25-1 and heading to their first ever Class C State Girls Basketball Tournament. The 'Beeters are concluding their 18th and final season as a Class C school and achieving this opportunity is the perfect way to end. In the fall when the 2023-24 school year begins the 'Beeters will be a part of the District 1B for Volleyball and girls and boys basketball. They will compete in Northern B Cross Country, Golf, Track & Field a well as B/C Tennis and B/C Wrestling. The...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Archery team was in Great Falls recently in preparation for the State Archery tournament later this month in Helena. Competing at Paris Gibson High School were 39 boys and 28 girls representing teams from Paris Gibson, Great Falls High (ROTC), Heart Butte, and Hays-Lodge Pole. Paris Gibson is an Alternative High School in Great Falls with an enrollment of about 250. This tournament was a great tool for the Thunderbirds to use as they prepare for the State Tournament. Shailie...
The Class C Girls State Basketball Tournament gets underway today, Wednesday, March 8 at the Metra Park First Interstate Arena in Billings, Montana and will conclude Saturday night with the State Championship game being played at 6:00 pm. The field in this years tournament is as good as one could expect. The 25-1 Chinook Sugarbeeters are in the field as the North No. 2 and will take on the undefeated Saco/Whitewater/Hinsdale Mavericks in the fourth game of the tournament. Tip-off is set for 7:30...
Registration is now open for producers interested in learning about the Montana Farm to School Program. The program is designed to instruct farmers, ranchers, processors, along with other types of local food businesses in an effort to train them on various methods of distributing their products to school as well as child nutrition programs. Producers can receive this training at the Montana Farm to School Producer Trainings. There will be two trainings offered using Bringing the Farm to School curriculum. Farmers, ranchers and producers that...
The near year long journey by the Friends of the Pool & Park Foundation to create a Recreation District in Chinook to fund repairs the Ensign Sweet Memorial Park and the City of Chinook Pool have finally come to a successful end. After holding a hearing with the Blaine County Commissioners and gaining their support for the creation of the Recreation District in October, there was still more to be done. A Special Election was scheduled for voters in the proposed Recreation District to run from...
The Chinook School Board addressed the Hartland Colony School Contract at its most recent meeting on Monday, February 13, 2023. Mr. Hofman is recommending we amend the Contract with Hartland (paragraph 3) to read that the District may close the school when enrollment is under 10 or the District may issue an assessment for every student the colony is short from 10. The Colony will also assume mileage costs for staff traveling to the Colony. He wanted to give credit to the person that did the data analysis for Hartland Colony from prior years....
The Chinook Sugarbeeters are headed to their first ever Class C State Girls Basketball Tournament after defeating the Fort Benton Longhorns in a Challenge Game Monday afternoon 49-38. Chinook will be the North No. 2 and will open their State Tournament on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 pm against the No. 1 East. Who that will be is yet to be decided as the Eastern C Divisional is being played this week. The 'Beeters won two Class B State titles in 1985 and 1986 and finished second to Great Falls...
Mike Seymour has mentored the Chinook High School Golf teams since its beginning and has decided to step down this year in order to follow his daughter during the Track and Field season. The Chinook School Board named his replacement at their Regular School Board meeting February 13, 2023. Nick Turner, Family Consumer Science teacher at the school has been selected to fill the position. Turner didn't hesitate to submit his name when the opening came, "I decided to apply for the golf coach...
2 Blaine County students grade five through eight gathered in the Chinook High School Auditorium this past Thursday to take part in the 2023 Blaine County Spelling Bee. The Spelling Bee originally set to take place a week earlier was postponed due to inclement weather. Student from Chinooks Meadowlark Elementary and Junior High along with students from Harlem Elementary, Turner and Zurich took part in the contest. Due to circumstances the four Hays/Lodge Pole students that qualified were...
