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All four Blaine County Varsity Girls Basketball teams were in action. Harlem visited Chinook on Tuesday while the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were in Poplar. Friday night Hays/Lodge Pole hosted the Sugarbeeters in their first home clash of the season and Saturday they were back out on the road, visiting the Fort Benton Longhorns. The Sugarbeeters were back home Saturday to take on the Big Sandy Pioneers and Harlem hosted their first contest as the Wolf Point Wolves came to town. The Turner...
High School Boys basketball was in full swing this week as all four Blaine County teams were in action. The marquee match-up took place Tuesday night in Chinook. The Sugarbeeters look to contend again for the Northern C crown and they hosted Northern B power Harlem in a showdown between old rivals. Friday night the Sugarbeeters were in Hays to take on the Thunderbirds and were back home Saturday to face the Big Sandy Pioneers. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were in Poplar Tuesday night to take...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter wrestling team finally got a chance to wrestle for the first time this past week. The 'Beeters were in Chester on Thursday and home on Friday, competing in front the hometown fans in the first of two home mixers. All seven wrestlers were in action with each getting the opportunity to wrestle twice each night. The coaching staff and wrestlers alike are grateful for the chance to compete against opponents outside their own wrestling room. The post season has been pushed...
The Harlem Wildcats kicked off the 2021 Basketball season Saturday in Cut Bank against the District 1B Wolves. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds began District 9C play on the road with a visit to the Turner Tornadoes Saturday evening as well. The Chinook Sugarbeeter kicked off their season Tuesday against the Harlem Wildcats. Results from that contest will be in next weeks paper. Harlem Wildcats @ Cut Bank Wolves Junior RJ Ramone delivered a nice bounce pass across the paint to senior Trent Main...
The start of MHSA High School basketball across the state was delayed until the new year, and the Turner Tornadoes welcomed the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds to town this past Saturday to begin the 2021 District 9C season. The Harlem Lady Cats began their 2021 campaign on the road in Cut Bank against the District 1B Wolves. Harlem Wildcats @ Cut Bank Wolves Cut Bank started out with a flurry, taking a quick 5-0 lead but junior Taya Trottier connected from beyond the arc with 6:20 left in the...
The Chinook Community Thanksgiving Dinner Crew went above and beyond this year by adding a Community Christmas Dinner to their 'To Do' list. Event organizer Betty Billmayer, husband Mark Billmayer and the entire crew got together and dished up 140 meals to the community on Christmas Day. An impromptu meeting took place in the days following the highly successful Community Thanksgiving Dinner and Betty motivated the troops to make it happen for Christmas as well. Kathy O'Brien, Jay Eslick, Larry...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Boys and Girls Basketball program along with the Wrestling team are set to compete in the winter sports season after it was delayed for three weeks by Covid-19. The boys and girls basketball teams will complete a 16 game schedule in just six weeks while the wrestling team will have a full slate on their schedule. The Basketball post season schedule remains unchanged from its original time frame but wrestling moved their post season back three weeks. Chinook Sugarbeeter...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds are primed and ready for another run in the District 9C. The Thunderbird boys look to make a statement this year and return to the top of the conference standings. The Thunderbird girls qualified for the Northern C Divisional a season ago, making their first appearance since 1988. Both the boys and the girls have high hopes again this year and despite the schedule being pushed back three weeks and first games being delayed until after the new year. The...
Student athletes have been in the gym and on the mat since December 7, in preparation for the 2020-21 winter sports season. With practices pushed back three weeks by the Montana High School Association (MHSA) due to Covid-19 it's no surprise these athletes are anxious to get the season underway. The delay essentially meant spending an entire month practicing against each other and it should come as no surprise that the anticipation for the first action of the new season is at an all time high....
The Turner Tornado Girls and Boys Basketball teams have been hard at it getting prepared for the 2020-21 winter sports season. Having the start of the season delayed three weeks by Covid-19 has affected every team in the state of Montana, but like everyone else the Tornadoes are raring to go. The Tornadoes will play a conference only 14 game schedule this fall with their first competitive action taking place after the new year. Girls Head Coach Julie Welsh and Boys Head Coach Dylan Welsh are...
Sweet Home Physical Therapy is back in business and better than ever. After a significant upgrade and remodel to their facility, the staff is looking forward to providing the best possible care to its patients. 2020 has allowed Sweet Home Physical Therapy to complete its expansion for their outpatient clinic. The facility itself is nearly double in size and the staff is abundantly qualified to deliver top notch quality care. Physical Therapist, April Taber is new to Sweet Home Physical Therapy...
This past Friday our very own Steve Edwards, and several members of the community, came together to visit, reflect and celebrate 'Notes From The Sweet Grass Hills'. After writing his first story for the Blaine County Journal ~ News Opinion back in January of 2014, Steve went on to write hundreds more for the publication. Steve's style of writing so enamored the community, that when it came to be that he and his wife Sherry would be relocating to the Sweet Grass Hills, arrangements needed to be...
Finley's Food Farm in downtown Chinook suffered an electrical fire to their compressor that runs the bulk of the freezer and cooler display space in the grocery store. According to owner Jeff Finley the fire began at 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 9. Finley noticed there was a problem when he arrived at the store Thursday morning, " I showed up at about 4:30 a.m. to clean and realized it was eerily quiet, normally that indicates that the compressors aren't running." As he looked to find the...
The Montana Law Enforcement Academy held a graduation ceremony for LEOB Class No. 173 this past Friday. Included amongst those officers receiving certificates were two fine individuals recognizable to many in Blaine County. Brandon Murnion and Mark Kletke completed the training. The Law Enforcement Basic Course is 12 weeks long and for Murnion and Kletke that process began on September 15, 2020. Included in those 12 weeks of class instruction as well as 24 hours of online course study. One of...
After a three week delay to the start of the Montana High School winter sports season, practices have begun and the first competition is right around the corner. Boys and girls basketball teams in Chinook, Harlem, Hays/Lodge Pole and Turner as well as wrestling teams in Chinook and Harlem held their first practice on Monday, December 7. Teams will have to wait until after the new year to compete for the first time. The Blaine County Journal News ~ Opinion looks forward to publishing our annual...
The Montana Big Game regular season concluded the last weekend of November, but with so many successful youth hunters we have had enough stories to carry us into the middle of December. This week we recognize the successful hunt of Britt Powell. Britt, 13, is a Chinook Junior High seventh grader. While hunting with his Dad, Cody south of Chinook on November 22, Britt expertly fired one shot from his 6.5 Creedmoor to fill his Cow Elk tag. "It was fun! I enjoyed it a lot and I will definitely put...
This beautiful Christmas Tree was decorated and donated by Ginger Hansen as a raffle to help the fundraising effort to benefit our local Golf and Country Club in Chinook. A very happy Carla Anderson purchased the lucky ticket and her name was drawn the day before Thanksgiving. The support of all who purchased tickets is greatly appreciated....
The Parade of Lights, a staple of the Holiday Season in Chinook, was downsized considerably due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it still included something new. On Friday, November 27, a new business opened up in town and the community showed up in full force to welcome 'All Dahl'd Up' to the main street Chinook business community. Owner Kadie Dahl was overwhelmed by the support, "It was great, the community was really supportive. It was humbling." Kadie along with her Husband Daniel and children...
After nearly 40 years of a highly successful Chinook Community Thanksgiving Dinner the crew has decided to expand for 2020. Betty and Mark Billmayer, Jay Eslick, Kathy O’Brien and the whole crew are proud to announce that they will be doing a Chinook Community Christmas Dinner as well. “The Thanksgiving Dinner went so well, and I just thought this year has been so challenging for everyone, that maybe we could do a Christmas Dinner as well” Betty stated. “I talked with Mark, and he liked the idea. We then visited with Jay and Kathy and they li...
Steve and Sherry Edwards moved to Chinook in December of 2013. Soon thereafter Sherry walked through the doors of the Blaine County Journal News Opinion with Steve a few steps behind. She asked Keith and Keri Hanson, Owners of the newspaper, if they might have a need for someone to do some writing. From that point on Steve, the writer, became immersed in the community of Chinook and was out and about all over Blaine County learning all he could learn about the area. Steve published his first...
We are now into our third installment of recognizing individuals in the community that give so much of themselves to help make our communities a great place to live. We have set our focus on those individuals that 'give' or 'do' for those around us unceremoniously. These individuals do so expecting nothing in return and with of a great deal of compassion for the community. This week we will feature two individuals who again exemplify that motto, Betty Billmayer and Jana Hauer. Betty is...
Winter sports are back in full swing after having the start of the season pushed back three weeks. The Montana High School Association Executive Board issued a press release on November 4, 2020, explaining the reasoning behind the decision. In the statement the MHSA was along with the National Federation of High School association made clear that the continuation of sports as well as other activities play a great role and are crucial to Montana youth in their growth and development as well as their mental end emotional well being. An extensive...
The Montana Big Game regular season concluded the last weekend of November, but with local youth hunters having so much success we needed a few extra weeks to get all their stories told. This week we recognize the successful hunts of Jacob Metcalf, Mason Ramos and Erik Pula. Jacob Metcalf, 13, an eighth grader from Chinook, was hunting the final weekend of the 2020 Big Game season north of Harlem with Don and Heath Richman and his Dad Jason Metcalf. Jacob was hunting with a 6.5 Creedmore when...
In a year like no other, it was even more important to organizers of the Chinook Community Thanksgiving Dinner for the event to continue. "We really didn't want to let it go. We felt like if you skip a year it's really hard to get it started again," said Betty Billmayer. Their efforts were extremely appreciated as the total number of meals served exceed previous years. "We served approximately 190 Meals, 90 delivered and 100 picked up," said Billmayer. This year's crew included Betty and Mark...
Boxing, like any sport, requires a lot of dedication and hard work to succeed. It helps develop hand-eye coordination, improves physical condition and is a proven stress reliever. It also builds character and instills pride in those individuals who give it their all. For any young child, those traits are highly desirable. For children who may not have the best of situations at home they can be lifesavers. Head Coach and Trainer Jon Jay Mount has worked diligently getting the Hays Amateur Boxing...
