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It's been a crazy winter so far, with a little bit of everything from 50 degree days in January to -15 below and snow. Calving season is rapidly approaching, or in some cases already underway and one thing is certain, it will create some unique situations. This is Montana, and it can be any number of things, but local ranchers will surely find a way to handle it....
During the Middle Ages, people in England and France held a belief that birds started to look for their mates beginning February 14. For this reason, February 14 was called the "Birds' Wedding Day" in parts of Sussex. This historical note helped to link Valentine's Day with love and romance and likely explains why today, one of the most popular customs of Valentine's Day observed worldwide is to go on a date with a sweetheart. The community of Harlem will be honoring these ancient traditions...
When visitors reflect on their time spent at the Blaine County Museum, they often recall the museum's insightful and moving multimedia presentation, "Forty Miles from Freedom," on the history of the Battle of the Bear Paw and the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) of 1877, which took place 16 miles south of Chinook. Combining video, sound, and lighting effects and centered around artist Lorenzo Ghiglieri's spectacular paintings, the twenty-minute presentation recounts the events leading up to the battle and...
Rikki Swant, Montana Farm Bureau Federation Central Montana Regional Manager Young Ag Leadership Conference Coordinator I wanted to reach out with a positive note of citizenship displayed by some of your young students attending KMON/ the MAGIE in Great Falls over the weekend. I noticed a group of four young students in FFA jackets wandering the MAGIE tradeshow just as it opened on Saturday morning. They looked to be maybe 8th grade to sophomore age, three young ladies and one young gentleman....
The Road and Bridge Department is responsible for maintaining over 1200 miles of County roads and 62 bridges within Blaine County. That kind of responsibility is something that Jess Murphy took seriously for the past fourteen years. "I wanted to do the job right for the taxpayers," Murphy said. "They were paying my wages, and I wanted to be a good steward of the taxpayers' money." At the end of 2018, Murphy decided to retire. He was a blade operator for the last four years of his career with...
For Immediate Release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education classroom course dates have been set for the Havre area for this year. There will be three regular youth classroom courses offered this spring. The courses will be held at MSU-Northern at Cowan Hall, room 300, and are free of charge. The course dates are as follow: Class 1: Feb. 7, 6-7 p.m.- orientation Feb. 11-15- class Feb. 16- field day/live shoot Class 2: April 4, 6-7 p.m.- orientation April 8-12- class April 13- field day/live shoot Class 3: May 9, 6-7 p.m.-...
JUMP would like to invite the community to SOUPER BOWL OF CARING. On February 3rd, youth will be serving a Taco Soup lunch starting at 11:30, at Wallner Hall. A free will donation will be taken at the door with 100% of the proceeds going to the Chinook Food Pantry. Started in 1990 by a simple prayer from a youth group leader: “ Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those who are without a bowl of soup to eat”. Souper Bowl Sunday has grown into a nationwide event turning the “largest weekend of footb...
Last Weekend, Jan 19-20, Cassie Handran and Teresa Cornell traveled to Billings to visit with Dalton, Alyssa, Danial and Addison Cornell. While there, they celebrated Alyssa’s Birthday. Jordan and Kathy Zellmer attended the Turner School Spelling Bee on Wednesday morning. Games this weekend for the Turner High Varsity basketball teams are in Hays on Friday, Feb. 1, at 5:00/6:30 and in Turner vs. Chinook on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 6:00/7:30. Congratulations to Tate Beck for placing 1st at the Turner School Spelling Bee on Wednesday! This w...
Amy Alice (Reeves) (van Sand) Jacob; August 12, 1923 - December 17, 2018, died peacefully in her sleep at West Park Long Term Care Center, Cody, WY. She was an accountant, secretary, teacher, missionary, musician, and humanitarian. She was the daughter of Pierce and Sara Reeves who had a sheep ranch north of Chinook, Montana. Amy attended Pleasant View School, later graduating from the high school in Chinook. She worked for the government briefly, and then attended Great Falls Commercial... Full story
Terry M. Savage, 55, passed away peacefully at Peace Hospice Great Falls on the morning of January 22 due to critical burns sustained while welding on a fence on December 20, 2018. Terry was born September 9, 1963. He was the son of Mark and Frances (Bosch) Savage. He was raised along the Bullhook creek bottom below Saddle Butte southeast of Havre. He attended Havre Public Schools graduating in 1982. As a youth, he participated in softball and inter-mural basketball. He was a 9 year member of... Full story
Eighty-six years of tradition returns to the Hi-Line on Saturday, February 2 when First Lutheran Church serve up their 86th Annual Swedish Meatball and Norwegian Lutefisk Dinner at First Lutheran Church in Havre. The dinner is the longest running ethnic event in Havre. Serving begins at 12 noon in the Fellowship Hall and runs to 6 p.m. The Scandinavian dinner originally started as a small gathering in the old church parsonage where a handful of people were served a lutefisk dinner. As time went on the Swedish Meatballs were added to give those...
The library board of trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting today at 4:15 P.M. in the library meeting room. If you have completed your January Book Challenge contact the library with the title of the book you read so your name may be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. The Book Challenge for February is to read a book based on its cover! There is still time to join the 2019 Reading Challenge to read at least 52 books this year! Books and Babies meets on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 A.M. Carly will be at...
Thank you for all the baked goods donated this week that helped the birthday bake raffle. There is going to be Whist this week on Wednesday. Please come and join us. Last week activity winners are as follows: Bingo: Irene Gauthier Shanghai Rummy: Not played Pinochle: Marilyn Williamson high, Mike low. Our activities start at 1 p.m. and include Pinochle on Monday, Shanghai Rummy on Tuesday, Scrabble/board games, Whist or other cards, or movie on Wednesday afternoons, Bingo on Thursday, and cards...
The movie today will be The Bucket List at 1:00 p.m. It is rated PG-13 and runs for 1 hour and 39 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. The next Free People Reading Freely book club will be Monday February 11th at 7:00 p.m. We are continuing to read banned books, but we are branching out beyond the top ten of 2017. Library Staff has put together a list of banned books available for participants to choose from. Discussions will be centered around DICE , a clever...
In appreciation: Sometimes thank you just doesn’t seem good enough. But I am very appreciative of all the great people I have here helping with so many things. To Jerry Schmitt for shoveling the sidewalk and shoveling around the vehicles. Thanks to Rose Noel, Kay Schmitt and Jerry Schmitt for cleaning out the fish tank. Thank you, Kay Schmitt, for picking up the needed filters and supplies we needed. Thank you to Rose Noel and Kay Schmitt for redecorating the waiting area for the Sweet Medical Center. Dianne Herold helping in the kitchen. R...
Four members of the Chinook High School Speech and Drama Team competed at State Competition this past weekend, January 25 and 26 in Three Forks. Jase Pursley placed second in pantomime, and freshmen Shay Hauer and Liam Edwards placed seventh in humorous duo with their piece about lies. The drama team was fourth overall for Class C, just one point away from third and two points from second, proving how tight state competition can be. Jase Pursley, Grace Ymzon, Shay Hauer and Liam Edwards advanced...
A team of ten Meadowlark Elementary School students from grades three through six and two of their coaches travelled from Chinook to Bozeman this past weekend to compete in the 2019 Montana State FIRST Lego League (FLL) Tournament, which was held on January 26, 2019 in Shroyer Gymnasium on the campus of Montana State University (MSU). Out of 78 teams, Chinook finished somewhere in the middle of the pack after three rounds of competition. Every year, FLL releases a Challenge, which is based on a...
There are only two weeks left in the regular season for Class B and C High School basketball teams. Jocking for playoff seeding is on the minds of coaches and players and a strong finish is what all are looking for. The Chinook Sugarbeeters remain unbeaten at 11-0 in District 9C play and 14-0 overall. The 'Beeters dumped the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks on Friday 66-36 and then kicked the offense up a notch to race by the Box Elder Bears 84-40 at home on Saturday. The Hays/Lodge Pole...
The high school basketball season is quickly winding down and the post season is approaching fast. Teams are setting themselves up for the post season looking at playoff seeding with just two weeks remaining in the regular season. The Harlem Wildcats moved to No. 4 in the Class B Power Polls after an impressive week on the hardwood. On Tuesday the girls welcomed the Rocky Boy Morning Stars into their gym and walked away with a sound 62-42 win. Saturday the team headed to Cut Bank where they...
The time has come, the post season is here and the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats are ready. The teams will fine tune things this week in practice as they prepare for the Northern B/C Divisional in Cut Bank on Saturday. The 'Beeters and Wildcats closed out the regular season in Malta on Saturday and performed well. Chinook junior JT Hauer finished third at 152 pounds for the 'Beeters. Sophomore Favion Couturier also picked up a third place finish for Chinook at 160 pounds. Chinook...
The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group (SMRWG) met on January 16 in Havre to discuss the repairing of the 100-year-old facility. The SMRWG discussed the upcoming legislative session. Right now, the state is short of funding. In the past the Coal Trust fund had yielded large volumes of revenue to address infrastructure need in the state. Now coal revenue is greatly reduced, and the state is looking for other streams of revenue. At this time the SMRWG did not see how it could find more money to...
