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A week of intensive practice sessions with the Missoula Children's Theater (MCT) Tour Actor/Directors culminated for area youth on Saturday, February 2, at 1:00 p.m. and again at 3:30 p.m. at the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium at Chinook High School with a full stage musical production of The Frog Prince. Conceived and written by Michael McGill with music and lyrics also by McGill, the story is set in the royal swamp and features a lonely frog and a selfish princess in starring roles. Hoping to perform...
The Fort Belknap Indian Community invites everyone to join them for the 51st Annual Fort Belknap Mid-Winter Fair which is being celebrated this week, February 5–9. The events of this year's fair not only align with its theme, Celebrating Our Talents, but promise to showcase talent. Concessions opened at the Bingo Hall/Community Center, the site of most events, at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, followed by booth set-up from 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Set-up continued again all day on Tuesday, and a...
In addition to conducting rehearsals for "The Frog Prince," the Missoula Children's Theater (MCT) production team hosted educational workshops for area students. January 28-February 1 became a week steeped in theater as each grade at Meadowlark Elementary School was treated to a theater workshop. Zurich Elementary students also received a school visit on January 29. During the week, Meadowlark third and fifth graders engaged with MCT residents Ali Thompson and Kayla McSorley, in an acting...
For Immediate Release HELENA—The Office of Public Instruction announced today that nomination and application forms are available for the 2020 Montana Teacher of the Year Program. Members of the public can fill out a simple form to nominate a teacher. Teachers can self-nominate by filling out an application. All current and actively teaching Montanans who are making a positive difference in the lives of students are encouraged to apply. If nominated, the OPI will reach out to the nominated teacher and ask them to fill out an application. N...
For Immediate Release BOZEMAN – The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program will be coordinating five regional pesticide training events across Montana in April. These seven-hour trainings are designed for individuals who want to learn more about pesticides and/or qualify for a Montana private applicator license. A private applicator license enables pesticide applicators to purchase and use restricted use pesticide products to manage pests on land they own, rent or lease. The registration fee is $30 and will cover training material...
Gene and Susan Billmayer and Emily returned Thursday night from Sun City, AZ, where they have been visiting Jim and Helen Billmayer. Ed Zellmer visited at the Wally Beck home on Monday. Duane and Carol Klindworth visited Carol’s folks Friday in Havre. They also visited Helen Maloney and Virginia McCracken at the Care Center. Terry and Brenda Mohar were in Billings Thursday and Friday to be with grandson Colter who had surgery there. Anita Reed accompanied Jane and Harlan Krass to the dentist in Havre on Tuesday. Loretta Beck drove to Great F...
The top finishers in the local spelling Bee were: Tate Beck, Gracie Honey, Dakota Krass, and Chantry Jorgenson. The top four students will represent Turner School at the County Spelling Bee in Chinook on Tuesday, February 12th. The County Spelling Bee registration starts at 9:30 with the contest beginning at 10:00 in the Chinook High School Auditorium. Linda Hauge is spending the week in Washington with her grandbabies. She will be returning by train on Friday. The seniors being honored at the Box Elder games on Thursday, February 7th are Kurt...
Raymond Charles Jergeson, long-time resident of Great Falls, died on Friday, January 25 after four months of hospice care at the home of his sister Louise and her husband, Roger Harvey in Missoula. Ray was born on June 4, 1942 in Havre, MT as the oldest of five children born to John and Elizabeth (Malsam) Jergeson of Chinook. Ray and his siblings were raised on the family farm south of Chinook. His first grade was spent at Lohman school. Then he attended his second one-room country school,... Full story
Steven "Steve" James Bigby Magpie, 71 of Harlem passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. A Funeral Service was held on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. with viewing one hour prior at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Steve's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www.hollandbonine.com. Steve was born on September 12... Full story
On January 30, Region II of the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development, in partnership with Havre Public Schools, offered free training for schools who utilize the Quaglia Student Voice or any of the other Quaglia surveys. Janelle Deanon and Jordan Heilig, two educators from Meadowlark Elementary, attended this training to fully utilize the results of the data collected from students. The workshop, entitled Vision and Voice, was presented by Steve and Kim York at the Havre Inn & Suites. Steve York, who is a Montana native raised in the...
Come celebrate February “Love Your Library” month at the Harlem Library! All month long we can set you up on a Blind Date with a Book! The library will be closed February 18 in observance of Presidents’ Day. Please join us for An Evening with Author Jack G. Young February 20, 6:30 P.M . Tickets are on sale at the library or at the door for $10.00 and include a soup supper meal. Jack will share selections from his books “Down Range” and “The Wolf.” He will also hold a question and answer session and book signing. Books may be ordered at the even...
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 acronym to guide reader response driven discussions. While reading your book selection, you will be looking for something: Disturbing, Interesting, Confusing, or...
In Appreciation: Sometime 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. Remind...
Sheep producers are encouraged to select fleeces to enter in the wool fleece show that is held in conjunction with the Montana Seed Show held in Harlem, Montana on March 14th in the Harlem High School Auditorium. The fleece competition will be held Thursday, March 14th. Judging of the fleeces will begin at 1 p.m. and entries will be taken between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. of that same day. There is both youth and adult divisions with 21 categories in both divisions. Ribbons are awarded in all categories and a $100.00 cash prize will be...
Tired of the cold and snow? Come up to the Senior Center and enjoy a hot lunch, some invigorating card games and fellowship to take your mind off the outside weather. Last week activity winners are as follows: Bingo: Two black out winners Virginia Olson and Gerry Lenhardt 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 on Friday. The Kitchen Band plays on Fridays. We have exercise equipment...
Asher Brinkman was the grand champion speller at the Meadowlark Elementary School's Spelling Bee held on January 31. He will advance to the Blaine County Spelling Bee on February 12 with other qualifiers from schools across the county....
A few weeks ago, my 5-year old son was playing with a girl from his class. I gave them snacks, a plate of chips each. My boy eyed up the plates and went to grab the one that appeared to be larger. I stopped him and asked if he was forgetting something. He smiled sheepishly and replied: “Oh yeah, ladies first.” When I asked him why he was going to let his lady friend pick first he replied with a line we say every day: “Because that’s what gentlemen do.” We repeat that line several times a day as a part of him learning to hold doors for ladie...
Blaine County will send three wrestlers to the All Class State wrestling tournament in Billings this weekend. The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats headed to Cut Bank this past Saturday to take part in the Northern B/C divisional wrestling tournament in Cut Bank Advancing for the Wildcats will be freshman John Hughes who finished fourth at 132 lbs. The Sugarbeeters will send junior JT Hauer a third place finisher at 152 lbs. and sophomore Favion Couturier, a third-place finisher at a 160 lbs. Hauer began his tournament with a quarterfina...
The final week of the high school girls basketball season is upon us and teams are battling to for seeding position in the upcoming District 2B and District 9C Tournaments. The Harlem Wildcats sit at the top of the District 2B and are looking to close out the season on a high note. Thursday the Lady Cats were in Chinook to take on the Sugarbeeters and rolled to a 71-23 non-conference win. Saturday the girls were at home where they honored their seniors prior to the start of their District 2B...
Homecoming 2019 was presented this Saturday at the Turner Tornado gymnasium with visiting teams, The Chinook Sugarbeeters meeting up. Grades 7-12 showcased their miniature floats decorated up with youngsters pulling them around the gym. The audience showed recognition of what they felt was the winning float by applause. The youngsters were happy to dress up and strut their float around the gym and hoping that theirs would win the winning vote! The Seventh grade class entitled theirs, "Even...
The Iota Chapter of the Montana State Organization of The Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) Society International held its first meeting of 2019 on Monday, January 28, with a 5:30 p.m. dinner meeting at the Chinook Grille. Their special guest for the evening was Tracey Warburton, co-owner of Magic Carpet Travel located in Havre, Montana. As part of her presidential platform, Celebrating Stars of Our Community, Iota Chapter President for the 2018-2020 biennium, Paulette Cronk invited Warburton, who has...
Free People Reading Freely, the Blaine County Library Book Club, invites readers to experience the satisfaction of a book discussion by joining them at their next meeting, scheduled for Monday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Blaine County Library. To participate in the discussion, a reader needs simply to select and read a book from the list of Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books. Free People Reading Freely discussed the final two books on 2017’s Top Ten Most Challenged Books at their fifth meeting on January 14. And the readers present d...
For Immediate Release The Fisheries Division of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is extending the public comment period for the Statewide Fisheries Management Program and Guide to Feb. 15. The draft Program and Guide was approved to release for public comment at the December Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting. Federal partner agencies have requested extension of the comment period because furloughed employees did not have the opportunity to review the document. The Program and Guide describes how programs within the Fisheries Division function...
This is it, the high school basketball season is down to its final week of the regular season and while there are some tournament seeds set in stone, many remain to be determined over the course of the weekend. The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued their roll through the regular season, defeating the Harlem Wildcats 77-29 on Thursday night. Two days later they took down Turner tornadoes 88-45 to improve to 12-0 in conference and 14-0 overall. The Turner tornadoes were able to pick up a huge Distric...
