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A power outage was experienced for several hours on Wednesday, January 18 on the Big Flat, but staff and students at Turner Public Schools took the situation in stride with little to no interruption in the school day. Although Turner lost power around 3:30 a.m., Big Flat Electric crews had power restored around 10:30 that morning. The school's generators filled in the gap. According to Big Flat Electric personnel, the North Whitewater, North Loring, and Assiniboine Creek areas lost power at...
1. In Europe the hedgehog was used as the ‘predictor’ of weather. What American immigrants first substituted the ground hog for the hedgehog? ________________ 2. There are Ground Hog Day celebrations in many states of the U.S. Why has Ground Hog Day never really caught on in the western United States, including Montana?_________________ 3. Punxsutawney Phil (in Pennsylvania) is one of the most famous weather prognosticators. How often over the past decade has Phil been correct in his forecast? _____________________ 4. In many parts of Eur...
The PAWS Animal Shelter in Chinook held its first ever Adoption Event this past Saturday at North 40 in Havre. Six puppies that were being housed at the shelter along with five additional puppies sheltered in the community were on hand looking to find their forever home. It didn't take long, and the turnout was fantastic, resulting in all 11 puppies being adopted. The dogs that remained at the shelter during the event were represented by placards on display Saturday afternoon. While these 14...
Coyotes have long been a problem that Livestock producers have had to contend with for years. The process of containing the animal has been met with obstacles for decades and in recent years has increased tenfold. Populations are soaring and the damage to livestock and even family pets have increased exponentially. Often the conversation turns to, "What is Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) going to do about it?" A local family recently lost their dog to a Coyote attack prompting myself to...
As many know about ten nursing homes in smaller towns in Montana have closed, partly because Medicaid did not reimburse the facility the cost for skilled long term care. Several others are just barely staying open unless the state can increase the amount of reimbursement, those will close I was in contact with former Senator, Daryl Toews of Lustre, he sent names and addreesses of Legislators we should contact to enourage the state to increase the amount of Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes for skilled care per bed per day. Daryl, who is...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday January 30th at 4:30 p.m. reason why love is in the February air— it’s also National Library Lover’s Month! The entire month of February is dedicated to celebrating libraries, librarians, book lovers and lovers of libraries. We encourage you to stop in this month and tell us why you Love Your Library! We recently received the latest DVD of Backroads of Montana. In Episode 50 The Great Outdoors you will be taken on an underwater tour of Montana’s most vi...
Merrilyn Billmayer and Loretta Beck went to Havre, and while there enjoyed lunch with Cindy Erickson at Murphy’s. Thank you so much to the nice couple who bought our lunch. Susan and Gene Billmayer were in Havre on Tuesday visiting with Jim and Helen Billmayer. Merrilyn Billmayer and Loretta Beck went to the games in Turner Friday night. Loretta rode to Box Elder with Shawn, Bobbi and Harley Beck on Saturday to watch the games and Merrilyn rode home with them. Susan Billmayer attended a birthday party for Connie Liese on Saturday afternoon i...
February is National Library Lovers month and to celebrate the Harlem Library is hosting the “Love Chocolate…Love Your Library!” event Monday, February 13 from 4:00 -7:00 P.M. Stop by any time between those hours and take part in the fun! Activities include chocolate crafts, voting on decorated chocolate cakes (which will be given away as door-prizes), fondue table, photo booth, chocolate temptations tasting table and vendors who will be selling chocolate confections. This is a great time to pick up those last-minute Valentine gifts! We are s...
Although the Seed Show Committee has been planning for the Montana Seed Show since last year, the group has begun to send out announcements and invitations to participate in this year's event. The 73rd Annual Montana Seed Show will be held at Harlem High School on March 9-11. Among the features will be the Art Show with some new transpirations for 2023. Superintendent of the Montana Seed Show Art Show, Mary-Kate French, who teaches art at Harlem High School and calls herself an Art Enthusiast,...
Montana is unique in many ways as we all know, wide open spaces under the 'Big Sky'. Beautiful National Parks, State Parks and recreation opportunities are everywhere we look. Montana also has a unique way of doing certain things and one has to be the state license plate number system. To many it's believed that it was originally based on county populations at the time of its creation. Chinook High School Class of 2015 graduate, Cody McCracken took it upon himself to dig a little deeper into...
The Chinook Community Red Cross Blood Drive was held on Tuesday January 10th at the Chinook Community Commercial Building down at the Blaine County fairgrounds. It was another great success with 57 presenting donors ,55 productive units collected on a goal of 52. We registered 1 first time donor, Simon Wurz, Melanie Qualls reached 7 gallons, Judy Johnson 5 gallons and Don Ranstrom 17 gallons. Those accepting door prizes were: Royce Houtzel, Don Ranstrom, Le Ann Brewer, Mark Weber, Shirley MacKenzie, Nancy Schellin, and Louann Paulsen. The...
Charlotte Louise Nelson, 96, passed into eternal life while residing at the BeeHive Assisted Living and Memory Care Home, Cortez, Colorado on January 18, 2023. Family and friends of Charlotte Nelson are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service for Charlotte, which will be held at the Evangelical Church of North American, Harlem Montana on February 7, 2023 beginning at 11:00 a.m. A graveside service will be held immediately after at the Harlem Cemetery. A reception will be held at the...
Class B/C Divisional Wrestling - February 3-4, 2023 Columbus High School Gymnasium 2023 Chinook Wrestlers Grace Buck 107 Sophomore Bailey Billmayer 114 Freshman Emma Klingaman 120 Freshman Kegan Green 103 Freshman Zeke Sanders 120 Freshman Fletcher Anderson 120 Freshman Gauge Chapman 126 Sophomore Griffin Crowley 126 Freshman Owen Davies 138 Freshman Lane Snider 145 Senior Walter Schoen 145 8th Grade Ayden Alisch 152 Freshman Oliver Standiford 152 Sophomore Wyatt Olmstead 160 Freshman Tyler...
The North Central Montana Stockgrowers recently held their annual meeting at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building. 'Serving the Livestock Industry Since 1920' is the Association's motto and it's probably safe to say that the annual meeting has become a great time and place to recognize the individuals that make the industry so great. This year's function got underway at 2:00 pm with the Annual Meeting. Speakers took the stage from 3:00-5:00 pm followed by a social hour and Prime...
onvincing fashion. Friday night the team was in Chester to face the Hawks and coasted to a 64-35 win. Saturday the 'Beeters were home to welcome the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds to town and walked away with a 64-32 win to improve to 11-0 in District 9C play and 14-0 overall. Friday the 'Beeters wasted little time getting started. Sophomore Alexus Seymour delivered a cross court pass to senior Bree Swanson for a long two point bucket on the 'Beeters first possession of the contest. Swanson...
The Turner Tornadoes took care of business Friday night at home, defeating Dodson 50-4, avenging a 41-36 loss to the Coyotes in December. Saturday Turner was in Box Elder to face the Bears in a tough test. Turner played well but couldn't get by the Bears in a 68-49 loss. The Tornadoes found their mark from distance early on Friday night. Sophomore Cassidy Grabofsky found freshman Bridget Reed for a three point bucket to get the scoring started. Senior Dakota Krass added a corner three with 4:30...
The Harlem Lady Cats started slow, then played well, then struggled in a difficult 71-31 loss at home to the Cut Bank Wolves Saturday afternoon. The Lady Cats were able to dress their eighth graders that were allowed to suit up for the first time Saturday. The young ballers filled out the roster due to the lack of a junior varsity squad. The Wolves took a 19-5 lead early but the Lady Cats battled back and trailed just 29-20 at the half. Following a pair of free throws from junior Emma Billmayer...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds met for the second time in a span of eleven days. Chinook won the first meeting in a closely contested contest in Hays 55-48. This time around in Chinook was an epic thriller between the two teams in the Floyd Bowen Gymnasium. 32 minutes wasn't enough time to decide the outcome in a game that kept fans on the edge of their seats. In the end the 'Beeters edged out the Thunderbirds 79-77 in double overtime. Hays/Lodge Pole junior Jacoby...
The Turner Tornadoes completed their season sweep of the Dodson Coyotes at home on Friday night with a 70-49 thumping. Turner defeated the Coyotes earlier in the season by a score of 65-58. Saturday the Tornadoes were in Box Elder and put up one heck of a fight before falling to the first place Bears 71-57. Friday night the Tornadoes took control from the opening tip and never looked back. Just :12 into the contest junior Trent Billmayer connected on a short jumper while being fouled and added...
The Harlem Wildcats hosted the Cut Bank Wolves on Saturday in their only contest this week. The Wildcats were looking for a better showing than their previous meeting in Cut Bank, a 83-22 set back on January 16. The Wildcats were much better and matched the Wolves on the scoreboard after one quarter 19-19. Cut Bank separated themselves a bit before the half taking a 37-31 lead into halftime. The Wildcats continued to play hard but Cut Bank slowly extended their advantage and lead 54-42 heading...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and the Harlem Wildcat/Lady Cat wrestling teams wrapped up their regular season schedule this past weekend in Malta. The 'Beeters had five boys and one girl place while the Wildcats had one wrestler find the podium and the Lady Cats four. The teams will now turn their full attention to the Eastern B/C Divisional in Columbus this Friday and Saturday. The Class B/C State Wrestling Tournament will be held February 10-11 at Metra Park in Billings. Chinook senior Tyler...
Malta Invitational - Saturday, January 28, 2023 Chinook Boys- Malta Invitational 103 - Kegan Green - Quarterfinal - Lost to Makiya Plummer (Glasgow) by fall 3:48; Cons. Round 2 - Received a bye; Cons. Round 3 - Received a bye; Cons. Semi - Lost to Ruben Nelson (Circle) by major decision 8-0. 120 - Fletcher Anderson - Quarterfinal - Lost to Ted See (Glasgow) by fall 1:31; Cons. Round 1 - Won by fall over Charles Bear Don`t Walk (Billings Central) 0:30; Cons. Semi - Lost to Cash Richardson (Glasgow) by fall 3:41. 120 - Zeke Sanders - Quarterfinal...
I noticed a Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks (FWP) pickup parked for several days in front of the Grande Villa where my wife and I live in Chinook. During the day the pickup was loaded with some sort of animal traps, some mornings a full load, other days most of the traps gone. Asking around I finally met up with Jules Nelson and Daniel Johnson, two FWP wildlife technicians gathering data for an ongoing census survey to determine the status of swift foxes in our area. Jules Nelson, from...
