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Mark your calendars for the Big Flat Catholic Church Spring Dinner! Stop by the Catholic Church Fellowship Hall this coming Sunday, March 26th from 12:00-2:00 for a delicious dinner. You’ll be glad you did!! Linda Hauge was to Havre with Harlan and Jane Krass on Tuesday for medical appointments. Birthday supper was held this past Thursday for Bridget Reed at the Reed home. Beside, her immediate family were Jim Reed, Harlan and Jane Krass, Linda and Darel Hauge, and Randy and Diana Maloney. Glenna Ammen took in the Elementary basketball games i...
The Steve Hickel family attended the elementary basketball jamboree in Havre on Sunday. They had fun watching the young Tornadoes play. Brian and Lynette Sallee of Lewistown spent the night at the Ralph Snider home coming especially for the Seed Show and visiting family and friends. Don and Bonnie Harmon took in the finals of the EMR class on Sunday at the Lutheran Church. Afterwards, they attended a 50th birthday party for Jon Harmon at the bar. Happy 50th Jon!! Bill and Mary Hake took in the Quilt Show at the Montana Seed Show held in Harlem...
Bill and Mary Hake attended birthday supper for Carson Maloney on Monday night. Gerald and Shirley Keller were to Butte to watch the State A basketball tournament. They enjoyed watching their granddaughter, Kendall, who plays for the Blue Ponies. The Keller’s stayed with Juliann Solomon and family Wednesday through Saturday. It was fun to see all the family! Brooke Reed had her final physical therapy on Friday following her ankle injury from October. She has come a long way since that accident. Congratulations, Brooke, on your P/T g...
Taylor and Kayla Fouts were down to Mary and Bill Hake’s home for lunch on Sunday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to the Harlem Civic Association spaghetti dinner where EMS crews and their families were honored for their services throughout Blaine County. The Harmon’s enjoyed this very much. Darla Quinlan visited her mother, Rose Van Voast over the weekend. Anita Reed attended the County level spelling Bee in Chinook at the Chinook High School on Tuesday. Turner had a group of students attending and competing on the county level. Word has been rec...
Jessi and Alex Billmayer of Hogeland delivered fifty filled thermal Thirty One totes to Benefis NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) in Great Falls last weekend. This exceeded their goal from in the past. They had each bag filled with a variety of goodies including books, baby blankets, baby beanies, ice packs, hand sanitizers, notebooks and pens and pencils, and other handy items that one needs when staying overnight. Many of the donations came from people in the surrounding communities. Three of Billmayer’s four children spent time in the N...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank took in the District 9C basketball tournament games this weekend. Bill and Mary Hake were in Great Falls for a couple days this past week. Jack and Carla Van Voast had a dinner at their home on Saturday night. Those coming were Bill and Mary Hake, and Dick and Marge Hickel. They report having a wonderful meal filled with great fellowship. Don and Bonnie Harmon thoroughly enjoyed the District 9C tournament this weekend. They enjoyed cheering on the their hometown Turner Tornadoes. While in Havre, they stopped in to visit...
On February 8th, 2017 at 6:08 P.M. the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce had their regular monthly meeting at the Chamber office on Main Street. In attendance were: Robert Kelley, Heather DePriest, Frank Pehrson, Bonnie Weber, Sarah Pratt, Jennifer Hellman and guest Casey Overturff. After a committee meeting for the License plate fundraiser we are excited to say that we have come up with a design and are awaiting approval on them from the state. There has not been a Business After Hours event...
Linda and Darel were to Superior for the weekend and met up with Adam and Lauren Hauge and Caleb. They spent the weekend visiting while Adam was brewing. They were also able to get in a little spoiling of their grandson as well. They were guests of Jim and Roberta Ball. Tracer and Ethan Heilig were in Harlem on Sunday and spent the day visiting with Grandpa Kenny and Grandma Phyllis. Peggy and Francis Van Voast were traveling companions of Max and Kirsti Cederberg this weekend as they traveled to Lethbridge for a swap meet. This week marks the...
On February 21st, Blaine County MSU Extension and North Central Montana Stockgrowers Association will be hosting an informational meeting for land owners and cattle producers. Starting at 4 pm, Stephen Vantassel, Vertebrate Pest Specialist for the Montana Department of Agriculture, will share with participants methods to control prairie dogs and pocket gophers in Montana. Additionally, Dr. Tony Moravec, with Veterinary Services at Merial Animal Health will speak about why parasites are an issue in cattle and how spring deworming can benefit...
Linda Hauge was to Havre with Harlan and Jane Krass for medical appointments. Max and Kirsti Cederberg were to Bozeman over the weekend for the annual Montana Street Rod Association meeting. Anita Reed and kids were to Havre on Friday for Brooke’s Doctor appointment. Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed basketball action over the weekend. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Hays for the Tornado basketball game on Friday. Virginia McCracken spent Tuesday night in Chinook and then went on to Great Falls with Doug on Wednesday for her medical appointments. T...
The Senior Class of 2017 were honored at the last home basketball game for the 2016-2017 ball season. Four seniors were recognized for their years at Turner School. They met their family parents at half court and the crowd wished them well. Above left, Rennay Watkins is the daughter of A.J. and Denise Watkins. In High School she has been involved in basketball, track, student council, National Honor Society, and Pep Club. She has also been involved in 4-H and Youth Group. Rennay's future plans...
Terry and Tammy Jones were to Shelby one day this past week where Britney was a presentor at an AG conference. Senior night will be held this Tuesday at the Turner School. The presentation will take place prior to the game. It will be held at 3:45 p.m. with both girls and boys varsity games to follow. Gerald and Shirley Keller spent a week in Las Vegas with Cheryl and Deldre Carr and family. Virginia McCracken was to Tim and Cindy Cowan’s on Sunday for dinner. Nellie and Sonny Obrecht were on the road this weekend taking in several basketball g...
On January 11th, 2017 at 6:34 P.M. the Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce had their regular monthly meeting at the Chamber office on Main Street. In attendance were: Heather DePriest, Frank Pehrson, Jayne Morrow, Bonnie Weber, Robert Kelley, Hayley Yost, Sarah Pratt and Jennifer Hellman. We have been discussing on doing fundraising for the Chamber. License plates have been one of the ideas we have been talking about. We have a final committee meeting that will take place in the next few weeks to finalize this. There is one new business to...
Glenna Ammen has returned from Castle Rock, CO where she went to spend the Christmas holidays with her daughter and son in law. She attended basketball games in Turner since her return. Bill and Mary Hake were to Brenda Maloney’s belated birthday celebration on Saturday at the Turner Old Gym. They also enjoyed watching the Tornadoes play basketball games on Turner’s home court this weekend. Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed basketball action this weekend at Turner. Don Harmon was to the basketball games in Turner this weekend. Bonnie was home wit...
The students at Turner Public School had a blast last week during recess prior to the warmer temps and winds that melted a good share of the snow. But, prior to that, the kiddos had a blast digging and rolling snow across the playground. You can bet, where there's snow to be sculpted, there's kids. That's just a given. The many snowbanks that were pushed across the playground, was a sign of tunneling later on. Shown here is Preston Egbert, Olivia Keller, and Holly Grabofsky....
The 2016-2017 Homecoming was held this past weekend at the Tornado gymnasium. Festivities were held all week long with activities ranging from Pajama Day, Retro Day, Hawaiian Day and Green and White Day. Floats were constructed during the week to partake in the Homecoming Parade prior to Homecoming between games on Friday. Preschool and Kindergarten students were asked to pull the floats at the game and first, second, and third prizes were awarded to the winning classes after being...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed a weekend of basketball. They attended all of Turner’s games and then on Saturday they traveled to Havre and took in Northern’s games. Kirsti and Max Cederberg were to Havre for their annual Christmas Car Club Christmas party on Saturday. They enjoyed the company of Peggy and Francis Van Voast. Don and Bonnie Harmon enjoyed a weekend of spectacular Tornado basketball Gerald and Shirley Keller enjoyed basketball games in Turner and then on to Rocky Boy to watch their granddaughter, Kendall, play. After that gam...
Amy Egbert and Anita Reed went over to Elissa Zellmer’s house on Thursday to sort community calendars. They enjoyed lunch with Elissa and Jordan while there. Tom and Lucy were to the basketball games this weekend. Don and Bonnie Harmon thoroughly enjoyed the Tornado basketball games this weekend. EMR (Emergency Medical Responder) classes have been taking place at the Turner Lutheran Church. There are nine people attending and they meet twice a week. If everything stays on track they will be done by the second week of March. Bonnie Harmon r...
Congratulations to Dusty and Misty Mohar on the birth of their son, Corbin Paul, born January 1st. The little lad weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 21 inches long. Local proud grandparents are Terry and Brenda Mohar. Corbin joins big brother, Colten at home. Congratulations!! Adam Cole and friends of Bozeman came out to the Big Flat to visit Grandparents, Don and Bonnie Harmon for the New Years. They left Sunday to return to Bozeman. Don and Marilyne Berger and Chad Jones and Katie Jacobs were out to Turner for the weekend. While here, they...
Martha and Scott Warren, Jackie Jo Warren, and Eleanor Warren enjoyed Christmas Eve dinner with the Kurt and Julie Welsh family. They were to Denise and A.J. Watkins home on Christmas Day. Sonny and Nellie enjoyed Christmas Eve dinner on Friday with Todd and Sherry Obrecht and their family. On Christmas, they had dinner with Sam and Linda Obrecht and Ty and Sydney. Rose Van Voast spent Christmas with Jay and Bette Jo Snider and family. All the Keller family were home this Christmas. They also were blessed to have little Aliyah Carr baptized on...
Anita, Brooke, and Bridget Reed went to Have after Brooke’s physical therapy to get a load of poinsettias for the church fundraiser. They visited Lucas and a couple of his friends for a few minutes while in Havre and they helped load poinsettias. The Community Christmas Concert will be held on Tuesday, December 20th at the Turner High School gym at 6:00 p.m. Please join us for an evening of vocal and instrumental Christmas performances by local students and community members. The Big Flat Grocery Store will be open from 8:00-12:00 on C...
Mark your calendars for this Thursday, December 8th beginning at 6:00 p.m. or the 3rd Annual Stocking Stuffer Run. This is a community Open House and Poker Run. There is a $2.00 buy in starting at Reed’s Ag Enterprises. Chance to purchase bonus card and prizes awarded beginning at 8:00 p.m. at 241 Grill and Tavern. Non-cash Grand prize to be awarded. Stop by these businesses and get your cards: Reed’s Ag Enterprises, Maloney Custom Metalworks, Grabofsky Aviation, Apple D Studio, Image-N-That, Big Flat Grocery, 241 Grill and Tavern. At the Leg...
The Big Flat 4-H met on ‘Wednesday and prepared the town Christmas lights for the season. Soon you can expect to see Christmas in the air.... Kent, Rachael, Tracer and Savannah enjoyed Thanksgiving at Curtis and Sheena Pursley’s home. Ethan spent the day with Kenny and Phyllis. They drove to Malta for lunch. Ron and Susan Fox had Thanksgiving with Brian, April and family. Max and Kirsti Cederberg were to Great Falls on Thursday. They took Edith and Bill Bilger of Chinook with them. They met up with Nellie Cederberg for Thanksgiving dinner. Bil...
Celebrations were held all over Blaine County on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11. Above these Veterans gathered in Turner at the school for a ceremony with the students. They are (L-R): Ralph Snider, Jim Reed, Jack Van Voast, and Steve Humphreys. Front Row is Brian Anderson, Norman Spoonheim, Wallace Beck, Gerald Keller, Dallas Egbert and Amy Egbert. Thank you for service to this great country! See pages B3 and B4 for more photos of Veterans Day events....
Brinlee Pursley spent the weekend with Aunt Rachael Heilig and family and they attended basketball games in Big Sandy on Friday and in Turner on Saturday. Last weekend, Johannas, Shannon, JR and Jake Brown toured Helena and the capitol building. Then they traveled onto Missoula to attend the Griz football game over the weekend. Susan Fox spent some time last week in Buffalo, Wyoming visiting Bob and Lynette Fox and Lyvee. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to games in Big Sandy and Turner over the weekend. They also took in the craft show. Bonnie...