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Micah Conner, a nine-year old from Chinook, recently celebrated his birthday by making a donation to help dogs and cats in local animal shelters. His mom, Amy Gerky, said, "Micah did the same thing on his eighth birthday last year. We had just moved to Chinook and didn't yet know about PAWS so he gave his birthday donation to the Maclean Animal Adoption Center in Great Falls." This year he gave a donation to PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving), in Chinook, as well as Maclean. PAWS shelters dogs, Maclea...
Bidders at the recent 2017 March Madness Calcutta spent a total of $23,707 to purchase 64 teams that will be bidding for the national college basketball championship. The tournament will conclude on Tuesday, April 6, when the championship game is played. In its seventh year, the Harlem-based Calcutta is sponsored by the local Civic Association. The annual event is the major fundraiser for the community group that uses its share of the proceeds for a number of projects in and around Harlem. Assoc...
Officials with the Harlem Golf Association say the Harlem Golf Course is in financial trouble. Association Treasurer Ralph Schneider said, "Our annual projected expenses, over the next five years, exceed our normal income by $20,000+ each year." He described fundraising plans that club officials hope will save the course that first opened in 1992. Outlining the financial challenge that must be met to open the course this spring, Schneider said, "We've projected income of about $47,000. That...
From the latest musical entertainment on television and in Nashville to pies and breads by some of the best bakers in the area, the Montana Seed Show provided plenty of fun, entertainment and activities for all ages. Despite a serious return of winter snow and wind, guests made the trek to the Harlem High School for the annual event. There was a wide array of commercial and non-commercial exhibitors, health screenings, lots of giveaway prizes, food and raffles of every color and stripe. Veering slightly from the normal dedication of the show...
Each year members of local ambulance crews review and practice their Mega Code skills. A Mega Code training session is designed to assure crew members can successfully aid and transport a heart attack victim. Recently Blaine County ambulance crews, along with invited medical providers from other local health care facilities, completed a five-hour review using a series of simulated situations to practice and hone their skills. About 30 people participated in the training. Dan Friede, Co-crew...
By Steve Edwards BCJ News Locals visiting the Sweet Medical Center during April are likely to see a familiar face. James Miller, who graduated from Chinook High in 2009, is completing work on a Master of Physician Assistant program and will be doing a family practice rotation with the local clinic. Clinical rotations give students experience in various aspects of medical practice. At CHS Miller was active in football, wrestling and track, held several offices in FFA and served as class...
There were a number of competitions during the annual Montana Seed Show in Harlem. Here is a list of the barebones details—events and winners as listed in the program for the Saturday night banquet. Educational Display Booths: Youth Division Groups: 1st place, North Harlem Elementary; 2nd place, Big Flat 4-H and 3rd place, Valley Clovers 4-H. Individual Division Groups: 1st place, Andrew Rasmussen and 2nd place, Daniel Rasmussen and Skylar Powell. Overall Sweepstakes Winner was North Harlem Elementary. Commercial Booths: For Profit winner w...
The Chinook branch of Wells Fargo will cease operations on Wednesday, May 17 at 12 pm. That will end a century of banking by the successor banks to the original Blaine Bank of Montana that was chartered in 1916. Wells Fargo's Julie Fogerson, Montana Regional Communications spokesperson, said from her Boise, Idaho office, "The closure is the result of an evaluation of our network in the region." Wells Fargo announced plans to close about 200 branches, nationwide, in 2017 after closing nearly 100...
The Blaine County Wildlife Museum celebrated its 25th annual banquet last week at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church. The annual dinner and auction is the major fundraiser staged by the museum's board and staff. Banquet tickets sold out early in the week. A mild winter evening also helped draw a large crowd. Downtown, at the museum before the actual dinner, ticket holders were invited to tour the Wildlife Museum on Indiana. Kurt Wohnsen and Liz Marshall, owners and operators of Acorn Exhibits, were...
Last week the American Lutheran Church hosted the Chinook Chamber's first Business After Hours of 2017. It was the second time for the local congregation to host the event and the 'rerun' did not disappoint with an opportunity to hear about ministries the church is doing. Add to that fresh lefse, off the griddles as guests arrived, and an assortment of finger foods. It was a great evening with lots of visiting and catching up with neighbors and friends. Jen Hellman, Chamber Secretary, welcomed...
Samantha Wender, a Producer with NBC News, spent part of last week in Blaine County “listening to folks, doing some filming and research.” Wender’s interest in Blaine County has to do with a story she plans about “how folks can coexist when their political views are so evenly split.” If and when a show is completed, it would be shown on NBC’s TODAY show. Blaine County is one of only a few counties that met Wender’s criteria for a visit—“where the vote for President in 2016 was divided between the two candidates by only 50-100 votes.” There was...
Reporter's note: Last year Blaine County Wildlife Museum Manager Tammy Edwards told me Kurt Wohnsen and Liz Marshall would be returning to complete the last major diorama exhibit for the wildlife museum. They completed the first diorama, the Buffalo Jump, in 2001. Wohnsen and Marshall, husband and wife, are owners of Acorn Exhibits, LLC, through which they do dioramas, props and sculpture work for clients across the U.S. During this current visit, in addition to the major completion of the Footh...
Visitors to, or travelers going by, the Bear Paw Battlefield, south of Chinook, may not be aware but the south part of the entrance sign was taken down, refurbished and erected again during the winter. It's a project supported partially by funds from the Friends of Bear Paw, Big Hole and Canyon Creek Battlefields (Friends Group) with some labor and materials donated by Sam Jaha of Jaha Painting in Chinook. The project is one of many that the Friends group has provided over the years to enhance...
Chinook Lions Club members Richard Cronk and Jon Martin recently visited the Meadowlark Elementary first-grade classes of teachers Courtney Bell and Kasie Gandenberger. The Chinook Lions were on hand to continue their clubs four-decade tradition of giving a miniature flag to each Meadowlark first grader. Club President Cronk told the students, "We always like to give the flags around the time of Presidents Day." Martin is a new club member and also serves as principal at Meadowlark. Before...
Greg Jergeson, D- Chinook, a former Montana State Senator and Public Service Commissioner, is one of three new appointees by Governor Steve Bullock to a four-year term as a commissioner on the Montana Transportation Commission. Jergeson is the new commissioner representing District 3 which covers roughly an area from Phillips County to the east and Glacier County to the west and south to include Great Falls and the Helena area. The commission, a quasi-judicial board, has five members, each of...
Reporter's note: I spoke with Wendy Warburton, Blaine County Fair Manager, just before the February monthly meeting of the Fair Board. She said the 2017 fair would be held July 12-16 this coming summer. The schedule will follow the new format that was first introduced last year, but there also some new twists. Warburton was very excited about plans for the next edition of the fair. While some plans are not finalized, she was able to share some reflections on last year's fair and describe some...
Montana’s county election administrators and county officials are anticipating an upcoming special federal election. Montana’s only member of the U.S. House, Representative Ryan Zinke, has been tapped by President Trump to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. If and when Zinke resigns his congressional seat, Montana Governor Steve Bullock is required to call a special federal election to fill the seat. That election must occur between 85-100 days of Zinke’s official resignation date. Blaine County Election Administrator Sandra Boardman said,...
Plans call for a new computerized system for notifying county residents about emergency situations to be in place by mid-March. Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis said the initial training for lead county employees on how to use the new system should be completed this week. Those trained will soon begin instruction for the rest of the county departments and other agencies that will be using the system. Huestis has met with county school systems and the city council of Chinook. He will also be...
The regional 2017 American Cancer Society's (ACS) Relay for Life will be held on Friday, June 23 at the track at Havre High School. This year's event, renamed the North Central Montana Relay for Life, will be the first under a new collaborative effort between Blaine and Hill counties. A number of reasons led to the combining of the Blaine and Hill County relays and organizers are hoping for a new synergy from the combined efforts. The ACS Relay for Life is the signature fund raising event staged by volunteers in 5200 communities and 20...
Harlem Elementary's Disney Showcase kicked off Wednesday afternoon (January 25th), with a concert performed with the 4th grade class singing all of the Disney movie favorites for their families, friends, and school mates. Later that evening, the Elementary opened its doors to the public as they showcased Disney themed hallways, characters, and student projects. Each grade level chose popular Disney movies including "Inside Out," "101 Dalmatians," "Zootopia," "Moana," "Madagascar," "Winnie the Po...
Thanks to the generosity of the Montana Masonic Foundation and Chinook's Masonic Lodge #50, band and choir students at Chinook High will soon receive new music folders to be used during performances. CHS music teacher Levi Williams, also a Mason, wrote the successful grant application that resulted in the $1000 grant award from the Montana Foundation. The grant and a nearly $300 donation from the local Masonic organization will be used to purchase the new folders. Williams explained the grant an...
The Mountain River Indian Relay team, from Fort Belknap reservation, earned a place in the 2016 All Nations Indian Relay Championship held last September at MetroPark in Billings. It had been a few years since Fort Belknap fielded a relay team, but there is a rich tradition of racing and winning from the reservation. Two of the current team members, Byard and Dave Kirkaldie, were part of a family team that over the years won four national championships, three of them back to back in the early...
Reporter's note: I was invited to a meeting of a group of Girl Scout Daisies (kindergarten and first graders) who were learning about respecting authority. Our daughter was a Brownie, about 35 years ago, but a lot of what I remembered about Girl Scouts and their organization has changed. For example, there's no longer just "a Girl Scout." There are Girl Scout Daisies, Girl Scout Brownies...all the way up to Girl Scout Ambassadors. Girl Scouting has a whole new system of describing their members...
The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office has scheduled a Concealed Weapons Permit “Legal Review” class for Wednesday, February 8 at the Turner Lions Building. The class will run from 6pm to 8pm and is a prerequisite to obtain a Concealed Weapons Permit in Blaine County. The training is part of the new process for obtaining a permit that went into effect on July 1 of last year. State law now mandates that the sheriff in each county meet with each permit applicant and also requires the successful completion of the legal review course. The review cours...
Reporter's note: A few years ago my wife Sherry, and I, took a motor coach trip to the Grand Canyon when we lived in the Seattle area. The trip was organized through the local senior center. We knew none of the other passengers when the trip started but ended up with 30 new friends during the trip. After moving to Chinook we went on one of the adult DC trips led by Doug Hayes and also made new acquaintances and had a great time. Some locals told me the Havre hospital used to do tours and the...
