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The entire student body of Turner School took an afternoon to clean up any trash that collected here or there over the winter months. All teachers and students take pride in their town and are happy to hear compliments from visitors coming for sports, etc. that their town and school are nice and clean. They will do whatever it takes to help with that reputation. Dianna Maloney photos Left top to bottom: One of the groups of students helping out with Town Clean Up recently was the third and...
Big Flat Grocery will be closed on Memorial Day, May 30th. They will be open again for regular business hours on Tuesday, May 31st. Sorry for any inconveniences. Memorial Day Services will be as follows: Silver Bow: 10:30, Wing 11:00, Turner Cemetery, immediately following Wing (approx 11:45). A lunch will be served at the Turner Park following Turner Cemetery services. Everything will be provided for by the Auxiliary except desserts. They are asking for potluck desserts. In case of inclement weather, the potluck will be moved to the Turner...
The annual commencement exercises took place Saturday, May 21, 2016 in the Turner School Gymnasium. Three Junior High graduates and three Seniors took to the stage for their graduation exercises. Mrs. Kathy Zellmer played the processional and Tyler Humphreys welcomed the crowd. Tyler Anderson gave the introduction of the guest speaker, Mrs. Diana Maloney. The Seniors then had a parent presentation where each graduate presented long stem flowers to parents, family and selected guests. Ms. Rita Chvilicek, Superintendent, introduced both the...
Virginia McCracken traveled to Spokane last weekend to attend the graduation of her granddaughter, Brianna McCracken, from Gonzaga. Rose Van Voast was to Lewistown for the week visiting Darla Quinlan. She went especially to attend a bridal shower of her granddaughter, LeAnn. Anita Reed, Lucas and Bridget attended track meets in Havre on Saturday where Brooke participated. Sounds like our Tornado track team did awesome! Keep up the good work, Tornadoes! David Heilig of Long Beach, Kenny and Nancy, Margie and Terry, and Rowlie and Suzette were...
Miles attended the funeral service for Elvyn Wolery on Friday. Valerie Van Voast attended Breanne Van Voast’s graduation at Gonzaga on Saturday. Tom and Lucy Fairbank were to Havre to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday. Sonny and Nellie Obrecht were to Northern’s graduation this weekend. Sonny was honored as a Golden Graduate at the Foundation Appreciation banquet at Northern. Congratulations, Sonny!! Bette Jo and Jay Snider visited Rose Van Voast on Mother’s Day. Randy and Diana Maloney were to funeral services for Elvyn Wolery on Friday. Bonnie...
The Turner High School Junior Senior Prom was held recently in Turner at the Old Gym. This year's theme was, "Footloose and Fancy Free." The Junior Class held a banquet prior to the prom with help from their parents. It was open to school board members, both Junior and Senior classes and their parents. The Senior Class wills and prophecies were read. After the banquet, the prom with DJ music began. The grand march was held at 8:00 with crowning of the King and Queen. King was Bret Van...
These two young ladies from the junior class at Turner High School will be representing their town, school, and community at Girls State this summer. The Turner Legion Auxiliary Post #109 sponsors this incredible opportunity each spring and this year they are proud to send Ella Billmayer and Rennay Watkins to Helena for this week long experience. Ella is the daughter of Shawna and Adam Billmayer and Rennay is the daughter of A.J. and Denise Watkins. American Legion Auxiliary Girls State is one...
Kirsti Cederberg, Amy Hutton, Peggy Van Voast, and Glenna Ammen were to Joplin for a Lutheran Church Cluster meeting on Saturday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Glasgow for a track meet on Saturday. They were lucky enough to see their grandson, Eddie, set a new record in the 800m run. Congratulations! Lyndsay Hutton is home for spring break. On Friday Linda and Lyndsay visited Adrienne Hutton in Great Falls. Terry and Tammy Jones returned from Las Vegas where they spent a week celebrating their 30th anniversary and Tammy’s 55th birthday. V...
Glenna Ammen was an Easter dinner guest of BG and Darci Ammen on Sunday. Bill and Mary Hake helped with the Easter festivities at the Turner School cafeteria that the Christian Church hosted on Sunday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Havre on Sunday where they were Easter dinner guests of Bob and Linda Brandon. After their dinner, they all enjoyed taking dinner to Eleanor Bickel at the Comfort Care home. Joining them were Todd and Tami Brandon and kids. It was a nice afternoon! Dan and Amy Hutton were dinner guests of Susan and Ron Fox on...
Word has been received of the death of Janice Hendrickson-Frank. She grew up on the Big Flat and moved away later in her life. She passed away this week. She leaves behind a son and two daughters. Condolences go to the Bob Spoonheim family. Bob passed away on Sunday. Prayers and thoughts are with all his family during this difficult time. Max and Kirsti Cederberg took in the Seed Show and banquet. Glenna Ammen was to Rudyard for the Elementary Jamboree games. Tom and Lucy Fairbank took in the delicious Catholic dinner on Sunday. Bill and Mary...
You know, Lord, friends were planning their dream vacation. They showed us brochures, were choosing a date and then were getting ready to purchase tickets. Oh, they had some wonderful plans. Although some of us may not have a dream vacation here on earth, we do have something wonderful to look forward to that is even greater than the plans of our dear friends. Your word tells us all about it, Lord, IF we believe in You! Sometimes stress gets unbearable; that’s when we need to pick up our personal brochure (the Holy Bible) and turn to R...
Remember the Catholic Spring Dinner on March 13th. It all begins at 12:00 til 2:00 p.m. Come join the Catholics for a tasty Turkey dinner complete with the trimmings. The Lions will be serving up a tasty breakfast on Sunday, March 20th. This group does a lot of good for the community and supports our youth at various activities. Come join them for breakfast and support their efforts. The breakfasts are always so yummy!! Breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m. Johannas, Shannon, J.R. and Jake Brown spent ten days vacationing in Oregon and California....
Happy 52nd Anniversary to Don and Bonnie Harmon. We all wish you well on such a wonderful milestone and best wishes for many more to come! Bill and Mary Hake helped Carson Maloney celebrate his birthday on Saturday. Tammy and Chelsi Jones and Katie had a fun girls shopping trip to Billings Saturday and Sunday of this weekend. Gerald and Shirley Keller were to the Basketball Tournament in Great Falls Thursday through Saturday. Sonny and Nellie Obrecht helped Todd Obrecht celebrate his birthday in Havre on Saturday and then the group attended...
Basketball is over for the Tornado Varsity teams. The community is proud of you all for working hard all season and entertaining the Big Flat community with your games. Congratulations to Seniors, Tyler Anderson, Tyler Humphreys and Bret Van Valkenburg on a great season. We wish you the best as you venture out of T.H.S. We are so proud of you! The community can be expecting the Little Tornadoes to be starting practice on Monday the 29th with elementary jamborees to follow shortly there after. Tom and Lucy Fairbank attend and enjoyed the...
The Turner Tornadoes will be entering the 9C Tournament contest beginning on Wednesday. The boys will play Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. The girls play their first game Thursday at 4:00. We hope you can join the teams during tournament and show your support. It means a lot to the kids! Virginia McCracken attended Senior night during the basketball games in Turner on Friday night. Nicole McCracken spent the night with Grandma Virginia afterwards and brought Kelly a new puppy, named Will. Kelly took her back to Chinook on Saturday. Terry and...
Darel and Linda Hauge spent the weekend in Lewistown while attending the 71st annual Winter Fair. They were guests of Brian and Lynette Sallee while there. Hilary Richman and Hannah, Anita Reed and Lucas, Brooke, and Bridget, and Diana Maloney got together for pie and coffee at Harlan and Jane Krass’ home on Saturday to celebrate a belated birthday for Diana. Congratulations to the Tornadoes on a double win on Thursday which was also Homecoming. They played the Dodson Coyotes. The Tornadoes will travel to Hays on Friday to play the T...
I have an extremely important piece of advice for anyone using a computer – please pass this on to everyone you can. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT call any phone number that pops up on your computer regardless of what is presented. Additionally, DO NOT answer any phone calls made to you that claim to be someone telling you there is a problem with your computer that needs to be fixed. THESE ARE ALL SCAMS! They are part of the illegal, profit making schemes running out there in cyberspace. There are several names for these “malicious” attempts but t...
The Turner High School celebrated their 2016 Homecoming this past week. During spirit week, each day was designated to do something fun and unique throughout the school. Whether it be Pajama Day, Favorite Team Day, Super Hero Day or Green and White Day, the entire school chimed in on the fun and dressed accordingly. One evening was set aside for "team" night. Both the lady Tornadoes and Tornado teams competed with the parents/grandparents of the players. The "oldies" dressed in green and white...
The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group met on January 12, 2016 in Havre to discuss the their upcoming meeting with their water firm, Water Strategies, and hear updates on maintenance work being performed by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The Work Group discussed the water situation with snow pack at 72% of normal and soil moisture at 98% of normal. There is time to see what El Nino has in store for the watershed. The St. Mary/Milk River is a part of the growing infrastructures needs in the US. The American Society of Civil Engineers...
Johannas, Shannon, J.R. and Jake Brown went to Swift Current, Sask. over the weekend to attend a Kamut International annual dinner. It was there that they were honored for their Organic KAMUT grains. Some may wonder just what exactly Kamut is? Well, Kamut is an ancient grain that has a rich flavor and produces a wonderful flour and can be baked in a vast number of ways. Johannas Brown and his family are organic farmers on the Big Flat. They were fortunate to receive this award for the second...
Glenna Ammen has returned from a three week visit to Colorado to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Sheena and Robert Binder. Bill and Mary Hake enjoyed watching the basketball game on Friday. Don and Bonnie Harmon were to both sets of basketball this weekend; one in Turner and the next day to Fort Benton. They rode to Fort Benton with Julie and Isley Welsh. Denise Watkins was to Fort Benton this Saturday for the basketball games. Max Cederberg was to Billings for a couple days where he took care of medical concerns. Get Well, Max!! Linda and...
Turner Students recently had a poetry contest in their English classes. They competed to earn a spot in the "school" competition that was held this past Thursday in the Turner Art Room of the school. Six individuals and one class participated in the competition. After reciting their poems, the winners were declared and given a wonderful gift of a Turner Tornado blanket and a chance to move on to the next round of competition to be held later in Helena. Those participating in the school...
Max and Kirsti Cederberg were to Great Falls on Friday. They took Edith and Bill Bilger of Chinook along with them. They met up with Lynda Cederberg and they all enjoyed lunch out on the town with Nellie Cederberg. Happy Birthday from the Big Flat, Nellie! Anita and Brooke Reed took in 4-H on Sunday. Sonny and Nellie Obrecht were to Havre on Friday and Saturday to take in the MSU-N basketball games. Tammy Jones was to Joplin over the weekend to help Britney and Matt with their building-on project on their house. Don and Bonnie Harmon took in...
The White Pine 4-H Club met in the Triple E meeting room in Chinook on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 5 p.m. with 14 members, five leaders, and four guests present. President, Rebecca Stroh, called the meeting to order. Amanda Mord led the American Pledge and Drake Berreth led the 4-H Pledge. Roll call was answered by telling our New Year Resolution. Minutes of the December 14th meeting were read by acting secretary, Amanda Mord, and approved. Treasurer, Britton Elliot, gave the Treasurer’s report. A motion was made by Kyler Johnson and s...
Three students were declared winners at the Turner School in the local Geographic Bee held this week. Shay Humphreys was declared the winner, while second place went to Chantry Jorgenson and third to Shane Kimmel. Humphreys won the school competition of the National Geographic Bee and a chance at a $50.000 college scholarship. The school Bee, at which students answered questions on geography, was the first round in the 28th annual National Geographic Bee. Thousands of schools around the United S...
