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Chinook resident Tammy Williams has served the public for 33 years and this past Thursday was sworn in as Blaine Counties next Clerk and Recorder. Williams will take over the position from Sandi Boardman who is retiring. Williams took the Oath of Office from Judge Perry Miller in a small ceremony in the Blaine County Courthouse that included family, friends and coworkers. Williams is a Chinook High School and Northern Montana College graduate and began her tenure serving the public 33 years...
In November Montana Governor Steve Bullock called a special session of the state legislature to resolve a $227 million budget shortfall. Part of the decision to deal with the budget crisis included closing offices and combining some functions into regional locations and implementing more computer-based reporting, especially for personal property (business equipment). The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) took a $49 million reduction in funding. Prior to the special...
Reporter's note: In case you missed it, National Fruitcake Day was celebrated, as usual, just a few days ago on December 27. National Fruit Cake Day got me thinking: it's probably been 25 years since I had fruitcake at Christmas. For about the first 25 years my wife and I have been married the company my father-in-law worked for would ship him a fruitcake, in a metal tin, every Christmas. He would put it under the Christmas tree. When my wife and I would arrive for Christmas, my mother-in-law...
Montana Farmers Union is holding their annual Producer Conference February 9-10 at the Great Northern Inn-Havre. The conference will feature workshops on Ag Marketing & Hedging, Farm Succession Planning, discussion of the 2018 Farm Bill, technology in ranching and the newest crop to hit Montana, Industrial Hemp. Attendees will also tour the Peterson Ranch to see how the 4th generation operation is meeting industry demands. Workshops/ Speakers: • Farm Succession Planning: Keith Tokerud • Beef Producer Panel: Colter Devries of Colt James Ran...
Local and state public health officials are seeing an increase in influenza activity across the state, with nearly 200 new cases, 40 hospitalizations, and several outbreaks reported over the past two weeks. Reported cases are slightly higher than this time last year; however, influenza activity typically does increase in December. Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) officials are encouraging all Montanans to take some precautions when traveling this holiday season. Influenza is a respiratory illness with symptoms that may...
David W. "Snip" Healy, 67, passed away due to natural causes on Thursday, December 21, 2017, at his residence in Big Warm. Wake services began at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, and will continue until his funeral service, which were at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, all at the Enemy Killer Center in Lodgepole. Burial followed in the Ghost Hill Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Snip's online memorial page and leave a... Full story
The world said good bye to one of the last cowboys around, on December 21, 2017. Bill Cole passed into the spirit world on December 21, 2017 surrounded by his family. Bill was raised within a large immediate and extended family and was exposed to the Cowboy way of life by Gene Cole. Bill had a colorful life and worked many trades, traveled many roads meeting friends along the way. Bill was a team roper, horse trainer and horse shoer. Bill trimmed his last set of horse feet when he was... Full story
Byron Paul Yellowrobe Sr., 70 passed away on December 24, 2017 in Billings MT. Byron was born on May 17, 1947 to Leonard and Theresa Yellowrobe, in Ft. Belknap MT. He worked many jobs on Ft. Belknap including, auto mechanic, Ft. Belknap Housing Authority, and Truck Driver. In 1992 he went back to school and got his Associates Degree. He was very proud to be a college graduate. At his home he always seemed to be neck deep in a project in the yard or fixing one of his many cars. One of his... Full story
Robert Allen "Al" Mundy of Moscow died Thursday morning, Dec. 28, 2017, at Gritman Medical Center. He was 81. Al was born July 11, 1936, in Rolla, N.D., to R. Dewey and Effie Nyberg Mundy. He grew up and attended school in St. John, N.D. In 1954, he moved to Chinook, Mont., where he began an apprenticeship with Great Northern Railroad as a machinist. It was there he met Dayle LaRayne Hobbs, and they were married in Chinook on May 20, 1956. They owned and operated a service station in Chinook. Th... Full story
Antonio "Toni" Castillo Jr., "The Red Sled", 48, of Harlem passed away on Friday, December 29, 2017. A wake was held on Monday, January 1, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at the Fort Belknap New Community Center and continued until Tuesday, January 2, 2018 when a funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m. with burial to follow at the Harlem Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Toni's online memorial page and leave a message for his family at... Full story
Kathleen Loraine Cochran-Talks Different, 59 passed away Tuesday December 26th 2017 in Chinook Montana, due to natural causes. Kathleen "Kathy" was born February 10th 1958 in Seattle Washington to Myrna Flying and Kenneth Cochran. Kathy was known for her spontaneous spunky personality. She had joy that nobody could ever take away from her and a smile that brightened anyone's day. Her words of wisdom and encouragement that changed the atmosphere. Kathy spoke of her children with such unconditiona... Full story
Reminder! School will be in session Friday, January 6th. It will be a regular school day. Remember that the half day MAKEUP school day will be January 19th. Children will be fed lunch and dismissed at 12:30. Parent/Teacher conferences will follow. There is also a basketball game that evening at the Turner School. Lisa Stroh, representative of Books are Fun, will set up a book fair in the school cafeteria January 19th from 12:00-6:00p.m. Come browse through her books and perhaps consider adding a few to your personal library! The Turner School...
Christmas guests at Jordan and Elissa Zellmer’s were John and Donna Schneider and family and Wayne and Connie Jones. Loretta and Wally Beck spent Christmas Eve at Shawn and Bobbi Beck’s. along with Mike and Crystal Grabofsky and kids, Brandon and Daniella Beck and Dallas,Kevin Beck, and Nancy and Ralph Snider. Teresa Cornell spent the Christmas holiday in Scobey with Cassie and Richard Handran and family. Carol and Duane Klindworth hosted Christmas at their home. All of their family were in attendance, Matt and Annie Klindworth and family, Mor...
The high school basketball and wrestling teams have been enjoying the holidays like the rest of us but they have also been hard at work preparing for their next competition. The Chinook Sugarbeeter boys, and the Harlem Ladycat girls basketball teams entered the break with identical 5-1 records and sit at the top of their respective districts while the Turner Tornado girls closed out 2017 at 4-2. The Sugarbeeter wrestling team has been improving greatly from week to week to begin the season and...
Happy New Year and Happy Reading! The library is offering two challenges for 2018: A Book Challenge in which you are given a "type" of book to read each month. In January you are challenged to read an award winning book. After you have read this month's book contact the library and your name will be entered to win a $10 gift certificate from a local business. You may also participate in The Reading Challenge in which you are asked to read at least 52 books the entire year. At the end of the year you may win a gift basket including a $25 gift...
The Magnificent Seven will be the movie today at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. It is rated PG-13 and running time is 2 hours and 13 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel will be January 10th. We are showing the movies with closed captioning whenever possible. Hopefully this will encourage those who may have difficulties hearing the movies to attend. It is time again to say thank you to those who have made donations to the library. A shout out to: Rio Overcast, Gary...
Members of the Bullhook Bottoms Barbershop Chorus brought some Christmas cheer to residents at the Sweet Nursing Home and the Grande Villa senior apartments in Chinook last week. The all-male Havre-based group has several members from Blaine County. The group sang several Christmas carols, some popular modern holiday songs and closed with a rendition of "Silent Night" with the audience participating. It was a fun evening to help residents at both locations get into the holiday...
I hope everyone had a very happy New Year! Our party was a lot of fun. We had a good turnout. There were lots of games played, music from The Kitchen Band and an early "toast of sparkling cider!" The movie "The Magnificent Seven" will be shown this Wednesday in the library meeting room at 1 p.m. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. We have some good movies showing this month. Come check them out. Strong People exercise class will start up again this Thursday with Lauren in the library at 10:30...
For 2017 livestock deaths, a notice of loss must have been filed with the local FSA office within 30 calendar days from when the loss was apparent. To be eligible for LIP, producers who suffered livestock deaths due to an adverse weather from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 must have submitted a notice of loss within 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock was first apparent. An application for payment must be filed with their local FSA County Office by the March 31, 2018 deadline. Eligible adverse weather events include, but...
