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Reporter's note: I saw a notice about a Boy Scout Merit Badge College to be held in Havre on a Saturday in January. Having written some stories about boys completing their Eagle Scout rank, I knew about merit badges but had no idea how merit badges connected to college. I went to the LDS Church in Havre to see if I could 'shadow' some Scouts from Blaine County and learn what the merit badge college was all about. In the foyer of the church, at the registration table, I ran into Bill Lanier. Blai...
Chinook High School is hosting the State B-C Speech & Drama tournament January 27-28. The two day tournament will be held on the campus of MSU-Northern. Over 350 student competitors from as many as 60 schools are expected to attend. Competition rounds will be held Friday afternoon beginning at 1:30 p.m., and all day Saturday. Hundreds of volunteer judging hours are needed to make this event possible. Please consider volunteering an hour, an afternoon, a day or a weekend to help make this event successful. Those who have judged at this level of...
Aaniiih Nakoda College will host a full-scale evaluation visit from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities on April 10-12, 2017. The purpose of the visit is to evaluate Aaniiih Nakoda College’s capacity to effectively achieve its educational mission and goals. The evaluation committee will prepare a committee report that will be useful to the college and serve as the basis for the Commission’s decision regarding the reaffirmation of the college’s accreditation status. Aaniiih Nakoda College is currently accredited by the North...
Colonel James Forrest Jacobsen (Ret.) passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Helena, Montana. He was 75. Jim was born in Havre, a suburb of Chinook, Montana, on May 3, 1941, to Rich and Faye Jacobsen joining older brothers Dick and Larry. Jim was raised in Chinook as a proud Sugarbeeter, participating in athletics as player and coach, forming lifetime friendships and family bonds. Upon completing high school, Jim attended Montana State University, now known as the University of Montana,... Full story
Local children will take to the stage this Saturday for the annual Missoula Children's Theatre's (MCT) production. This year's play is "Rapunzel." It will be the 38th appearance of the traveling production for audiences in Chinook. MCT's "Rapunzel" is based on a classic fairytale of a damsel's escape from a towering imprisonment, aided and foiled by a cast of gardening ogres, corn and potato spies, wood elves, a troll and the Three Billy Goats Gruff. About 50 local children will be performing...
When I was a boy there were lots of Oriental people in Havre. I am reminded of this because the Chinese New Year is January 28. Many Chinese and Japanese had come here to work on the railroad and when the railroad was finished they liked the country and stayed or maybe some could not afford to go anywhere else. I saw a lot of Chinese people in particular because Havre was full of Chinese restaurants and it seemed as if there was not a Chinese restaurant, why then many Chinese started laundries in the town. Some of the best food I have ever...
The number of donors presenting and the number of deferrals are presently unknown. However, it is known that a total of 47 units were collected on a goal of 50. There were no first time donors this time around. Ray Reid reached 15 gallons with this last donation and we applaud his dedication to giving blood through the years. Jacob Waldner has donated 12 gallons and Jake Kleinsasser 10 gallons. The canteen was hosted by the National Honor Society and the Business Professionals of America at...
We had a great turnout - 16 people in all - show up for the Public Card Party last Sunday. Dave Novak and Connie Stanley had a Double Pinochle. Mike Randall had high score and Marilyn Williamson had low score. Our activities this week, include a beginner Whist class being taught by Lois Butcher at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18. If you are interested in learning how to play or just need a refresher class, this is for you. It is open to all interested players. The movie "Blue Valley Songbird"...
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...
Susan Billmayer attended a Quick Books workshop in Havre on Thursday. Sandy Beck was in Chinook on Tuesday and played pinochle with a group of ladies at Trudy Brunner’s home. Emily Billmayer was home for the weekend, came home for the Homecoming activities at the school on Friday. Ty and Harley Beck spent Saturday night with Grandma and Grandpa Beck while their folks and Tate attended the MSU-Northern games in Havre. Ed and Kathy Zellmer traveled to North Star with Donna and John Schneider on Friday to watch the Chinook basketball games. The Qu...
BOZEMAN -- Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2016. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s and the Dean’s Honor Roll. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours to be on either list. Students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President’s Honor Roll. An asterisk follows the names of the 1,023 students named to the MSU President’s Honor Roll in the listing below. The Dean’s Honor Roll includes the 3,288 students earning grade poi...
"Blue Valley Songbird" starring Dolly Parton, will be the movie today. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. "For Better or For Worse" will be the movie next week. If anyone has a request for a movie to be shown, please let us know or tell Kristy at the Senior Center. Story Time is Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Kids of all ages and abilities are welcome to attend. LEGO Club is Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 and is open to kids in grades K-6. Middle School Hangout will be...
One of the goals of the Harlem Public Library this year is to increase circulation. We challenge you to read more books from the library in 2017. The 2017 Reading Challenge encourages you to read at least 52 books this year. To help you keep on track, each month you read 4 books contact the library and your name will be entered into a drawing for a $10 gift certificate from a local business. If you complete the challenge for the year, you will be entered into a drawing for a fabulous gift basket which will include a $25 Visa gift card!...
Thank you, Barb McDonald, for the mesh fabric; Jan Egeland, for the cocoa and teas; Audrey Parnell, for the jigsaw puzzles. Wise Words! Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw FREE TAX HELP & PREPARATION & FILING (Any Age of People... Basic Tax Forms) The VITA Tax people will be here at the Harlem Senior Center on Tuesday, January 24th; Tuesday, February 7th; Tuesday, February 21st; Tuesday, March 7th, 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. Sign up with Katie to reserve a time slot. Upcoming E...
Press Release University of Montana - Western, Dillon, Montana The University of Montana Western named 488 students to the 2016 spring semester dean’s list. Of those students, six are from Chinook, Havre and Hays. To achieve this honor, students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits and carry a minimum 3.33 grade point average. Chinook: Elizabeth Finley, Jenna Fox, Meghan Ortner and Adrianna Stanford received dean’s list honors. Havre: Neya Bischoff, Alicia Borst, Brooklyn Huntington and Nate Rismon received dean’s list honor...
The Turner Tornadoes 56-26 win over the Big Sandy Pioneers this week gave them a 7-2 record as the season reached the midway point on the schedule. The Tornadoes suffered their second conference loss a day earlier, falling 66-24 to the top seeded Box Elder Bears. As it stands the Tornadoes sit in 4-2 in the District 9C. Chinook fell to 4-6 overall and 2-4 in District play following a pair of setbacks to the North Star Knights 45-42 Friday and the Fort Benton Longhorns 44-40 0n Saturday....
Chinook High School Athletic Director Paula Molyneaux has announced that Chinook High School has been granted permission from the MHSA to Live Stream home boys and girls basketball games. The Sugarbeeters games against Fort Benton this past weekend were available on-line and this weekends contests with the Big Sandy Pioneers will be as well. For more information contact the school or visit their website: chinookschools.org. Their is a $10 monthly fee to use the service which provides you access to live and on demand events. Fort Benton and...
The midway point of the high school basketball season has the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds in control of the District 9C The Thunderbirds picked up two more impressive wins over the weekend, including a huge 70-64 win over the Box Elder Bears. Hays/Lodge Pole also defeated the Roy/Winifred Outlaws on Friday but no box score was received. The Chinook Sugarbeeters split their weekend games, falling to the North Star Knights 43-40 Friday night and slipping past the Fort Benton Longhorns 47-37 on...
The Chinook wrestlers this week took advantage of being able to watch the next level of wrestling. They attended the MSU Northern match against Dickinson State, where they watched Northern win the match 29 to 11. The team witnessed Northern's senior wrestlers and one of their local favorite clinic coaches Ben Stroh win his final home match. On Friday, they headed to Choteau with Harlem to compete in the Choteau Classic. Seven Wrestlers from Chinook and eight from Harlem went and put their...
The #2 ranked wrestler in NAIA with a record of 27 and 2 this year Ben Stroh, a four-time state champion for Chinook in high school, wrestled his last match at Northern’s Armory gym last Thursday against Dickinson State. Thursday was Senior night for the Lights as they had three seniors being recognized, Stroh being one of them. His last Hi-line match as a student athlete; Ben was victorious with a 6-4 win over his opponent. He moved up one weight class for this match. Ben, in keeping with his long outstanding career, recently won the Reno t...
On January 8, 2017 the Valley Clover meeting was held at Sleeping Buffalo. Sleeping Buffalo is a Hot Springs east of Malta, about 17 miles out of town. The 4th meeting was called to order by President Brooke Elliot. Tyler Schoen led the American pledge and Ross Reed led the 4-H pledge. Roll call was taken, "What is your New Year's Resolution?" The minutes were read and approved. There was no Correspondence and no Treasures Report. There were reports given by Ross Reed about baking cookies at the...
Homecoming candidates Rylee Conlan and Cody Welsh. Rylee is the daughter of Conita and Tim Conlan. Cody is a Sophomore and the son of Julie and Kurt Welsh. Also, Sarah Billmayer and Tracer Heilig. Sarah is the daughter of Shawna and Adam Billmayer of Hogeland. Tracer Heilig is a Sophomore and is the son of Rachael and Kent Heilig. Please look in next weeks edition of the Blaine County Journal~News Opinion for more Homecoming pictures, including candidates and floats....
