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The Holidays are a time of celebration, a time for inclusion and a chance for us to get together with friends and family. They brighten our spirits, and our sense of being as we bring closure to the current year. Sometimes we are thankful the year is ending, maybe because it was a difficult one, while some are grateful to put the finishing touches on a year that brought a lot of joy. Whatever the case may be, the fact that a New Year is about to begin seems to energize even the most pessimistic...
When members of the Chinook Chapter of the FFA were travelling back to Chinook from Indianapolis after the National FFA Convention in early November, their advisor Robin Allen was flying to Montgomery, Alabama. Allen was called to Squadron Officers School (SOS) at Maxwell Air Force Base, a mandatory military training. According to Allen, who is in year five as an Air Force Captain currently serving as a Public Affairs Officer in the Montana Air National Guard, SOS is required Professional...
Elizabeth Werk, Agriculture Agent at Fort Belknap Extension, was recently named the recipient of the inaugural Montana Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (MACDEP) Community Impact Award. The award was announced at the annual MACDEP association meeting held during the 2019 Extension annual conference. In an award letter, MACDEP President Ashley Kent wrote: "Your past work with Extension has been exemplary. Implementing a 4-H Fair in an area where none previously existed...
Harlem Library Stop by for the used book sale! During the month of Jan. you can “Buy a Bag O’Books” for only one dollar! The Book Challenge for Jan. is to read a book with an ugly cover. During the month of Jan. please stop by to add your word to the Library Word Cloud. Book Club meets Mondays at 4 P.M. Storytime for children ages 0-5 along with parent/caregivers is held Tuesdays at 10 A.M. After School Squad for elementary students meets Wednesdays at 3:30 P.M. Lego Club for all ages is held Thursdays at 4:30. Blaine County Library Story...
The Local Geography Bee will be held this coming Wednesday, January 7th beginning at 10:11, third period of school, in the 5th and 6th grade classroom. This week’s basketball games include traveling to Hays/Lodge Pole at 5:00 and 6:30 on Friday, January 10th. On Saturday, Chinook will be coming to Turner and game times are 6:00 and 7:30. On January 14, the local spelling bee will be held at 12:45 in the school gymnasium. Everyone is welcome to attend. Gerald and Shirley Keller spent an early Christmas at Juliann and J.D. Solomon’s home in Hel...
Merrilyn Billmayer, Sharon Goodrich, and Loretta Beck took dinner and visited at the Matter home on Thursday evening. They also visited with Ilona McGuire that day. Susan Billmayer attended the funeral for Art Matter on Saturday. Crystal, Cassidy, Holly, Cooper and Lucy Grabofsky and Ali Doyle had lunch at the Wally Beck home Thursday, and the afternoon was spent playing Sequence while waiting for the blizzard to quit so they could return home. Carol and Duane Klindworth and family enjoyed a family New Year’s Day dinner in Havre at Carol’s sis...
The Turner School celebrated the holiday season recently with a concert and a visit from Santa. This year the community was graced with a concert including grades Kindergarten through grade 8. Then it concluded with a visit from Saint Nick! The Honor Society members helped Santa hand out bags of goodies. A reception was held out in the school cafeteria and hosted by the H.H.H. Club....
The meeting of the White Pine 4H meeting at the library meeting room was called to order by president Mya Berreth with three leaders (Ashley Liddle, Jamie Berreth, and Bobbi Klingaman) and 19 members present ( Drake Berreth, Mya Berreth, Heyden Berreth, Kyra Berreth, Charlie Buck, Grace Buck, Gus Buck, Claire Buck, Micah Conner, Abigail Danley, Laura Danley, Evan Davies, Owen Davies, Emma Klingaman, Ethan Klingaman, Jenna Liddle, Sydney Liddle, Cassidy Liddle Zoe Scofiled) Also present were Emily Scofield, Amanda Davies, and Wylee Brown. The Am...
George Arthur Matter, 76, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019 in Havre, MT resulting from a brain bleed. He was surrounded by his family. His service was held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday Jan. 4, 2020 in the Turner High School gymnasium, with burial at Wing Cemetery. A reception followed at the St. Thomas Catholic Church in Hogeland. Art was born Sept. 27, 1943 in Havre, MT to Edward and Alta (Watson) Matter. He received his early education in Hogeland and Havre graduating from Havre Central. Art lived on the... Full story
Richard Allen {Rick) Johnson died Sunday Sept.22 2019 in Harlem Mt. Rick was born March 31, 1959 and spent the first months of his life in the orphanage in Helena Mt. that operated at the time. At the age of 17 months Rick was adopted by Neil and Maxine (Conrad) Johnson. Rick was a long-awaited addition to the childless couple and was soon joined by a sister Rhonda and brother Nick. Rick was an active little boy and loved climbing and exploring. He was discovered on the roof of the little house... Full story
Rosalie Ann Perrine, age 72, of Chinook, MT died December 25th, 2019. Rosalie was born February 2nd, 1947 in Malta, MT to Joyce K. and Armand A. Tremblay. She was later adopted by Joyce's second husband Jens P. Olson. She graduated from high school in Malta, MT. Rosalie married Wallace M. Perrine on June 3, 1967 in Great Falls, MT, where they made their first home and son Michael was born. Their son Mitchell was born in Boise, ID, and daughter Michelle was born in Tri-Cities, WA, where they live... Full story
The Turner/Hogeland Lutheran Church Sunday School had their Christmas program recently with a new rendition of "The Night Before Christmas." The little ones did a great job and their efforts were enjoyed by everyone who attended. Those in play were back row L-R: Preston Egbert, Rhett Ammen, Ali Doyle, Brady Zellmer, Auzdyn King, Gracie Zellmer, and Alain Egbert. Little ones in front were Owen Egbert and Isley Welsh. It's always nice to see the little ones preparing and performing during the...
In the Book Challenge, you will be given a “type” of book to read each month. After you’ve completed that challenge, contact us, and your name will be entered into a drawing for a $10 gift certificate to a local business. Here are the challenges for 2020: January: Read a book with an ugly cover. February: Read a book that reminds you of someone you love. March: Read a book about religion. April: Read a book with a name in the title. May: Read a book written my an author of color. June: Read the original or retelling of a fairytale. July: Read...
Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a good start to your New Year! Our party was a lot of fun. We had a good turnout. There were cards played, music from The Kitchen Band and an early “toast of sparkling cider!” Strong People exercise class will be on Monday with Ellen at 9:00 a.m. Pinochle will be after lunch at 1:00 p.m. If you play pinochle and would like to play come on down, we are always looking for more players. Tuesday is Shanghai Rummy if anyone would like to play. We will have Bingo on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Last week of December, Ray...
I thought I would try something a little different starting this year. I would like to keep everyone up to date on the happenings here at the Center and Little Rockies Retirement Center. As the Director of the Harlem Senior Center I have three different hats to wear. First, is that I was hired by the Harlem Senior Center Board. With this job, one is to oversee many different areas. It’s like running three separate businesses under one roof. I am the Coordinator for the Congregate and Home Delivered Meals. With this business we can employee t...
Free People Reading Freely book club will meet Monday January 13, 2020. This is a scheduling change. The original date was January 20th, which is Martin Luther King Day. The group chose the book “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Della Owens and we have copies of the book and the audio book available. New members are welcome to join us. Avoid the winter blues and cozy up with a blue book from the January book display. We have a number of books by some of our patron’s favorite authors ready for checkout this week. In “Treason” by Stuart Woods, St...
Vicki Kultgen is the Postmaster in Whitlash. She's also a ranch wife, a mom and a volunteer with a variety of community groups. And, she owns and operates Broken Mountains Signs, an online business that makes and sells "western and rustic styled home décor." Three years ago this busy lady started her sign business and has sold 1000+ of her personally designed signs that include scripture, quotes and sayings. The start of the business might be described as the 'perfect storm.' Vicki and her husba...
The Turner Tornadoes began the new year by picking up a non-conference win, 59-24, at home Friday night. Saturday the girls continued their ways in Box Elder where they had the scoreboard operator on their toes, earning a 82-60 win over the Bears in a District 9C tilt. The Harlem Lady Cats remained perfect on the season, adding win number six Saturday afternoon. Harlem topped the Rocky Boy Morning Stars 86-52 to improve to 6-0. The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds turned in a valiant effort Friday n...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter boys basketball team got 2020 started in fine fashion, lighting up the scoreboard in a pair of conference wins over the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks Friday and the Hay/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds on Saturday. The Harlem Wildcats were a perfect 5-0 entering Saturday's home contest with the District 1B Rocky Boy Stars but suffered their first defeat of the season. The Turner Tornadoes dropped a pair over the weekend to the Dodson Coyotes on Friday and a tough overtime loss...
Volleyball – Letter Winners & Certificates Kendra McMaster - 2nd bar, Abigail Hamilton (mgr) - 1st pin, Hailey Bell - 3rd, Jade Cercle - 2nd, Ginger Hauer - 3rd, Crystal Hofer - 2nd, Delaney Kellam - 3rd, Jayden Miller - 2nd, Rebecca Stroh - 2nd, Lily Surber 2nd, Shay Hauer - 1st pin, Allison Powell - 1st pin, Tylie Richman - 1st pin, Bree Swanson - 1st letter/pin, Kinley Hamilton - Certificate, Shauntay Stiffarm (mgr) - Certificate, Stacie Liddle (mgr) - Certificate, Torin Cercle - Certificate,...
