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The fourth annual Brewfest was held this past Saturday at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building. The Brewfest is a major fundraiser for the Blaine County Fair Foundation and goes to help fund the Blaine County Fair each year. This year's Brewfest went off without a hitch, the Vendors all showed up, the beer was cold, and a good time was had by all. Blaine County Fair Manager, Debbie Ramberg said the Foundation was thrilled by the support the Brewfest drew, "We had a great crowd and...
Looking back at records ofstories I've written for the "Journal" I found my only story about Groundhog Day was written in 2019 when Sherry and I were living in Whitlash while she served the Presbyterian Church there. I learned about the hairy marmot that lives in the Sweet Grass Hills but folks up there pooh-poohed the idea of a marmot predicting how much longer winter might last. Closest I could get to finding furry weather forecaster back on the prairie was Marmaduke Marmot, a mythical creatio...
The City of Harlem experienced a major water break last Monday that left residents without water for nearly two and a half days. The leak was first discovered on Monday, January 30 at approximately 8:30 in the morning. A six man crew worked tirelessly throughout the day and night to first find the source of the leak and then to finally repair it. When all was said and done water was able to be turned back on at around 8:00 pm Wednesday night. Mayor, Kim Hansen couldn't speak highly enough the...
Representing the Havre Elks' Lodge #1201, Linda Hoover visited Turner Public Schools on February 2. Unlike Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog with his bad news about six more weeks of winter, Hoover bore gifts, delivering dictionaries to the third graders. Hoover serves as the Lodge's Inner Guard and Co-Scholarship Committee Chair. As part of their Third Grade Dictionary Project, the Elks purchase and deliver dictionaries to all of the third graders along the Hi-Line. According to Brandy Kurtz,...
Arlene Magdalena Gollihugh, 79, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2023 at The Villa Assisted Living in Lewistown. Arlene was born on March 10, 1943 in Big Horn County, MT to August and Mary Hochhalter. Arlene graduated from Hardin High School in 1961. She married Clyde Miller on December 30, 1961; they later divorced. On June 26, 2004, Arlene married Preston Glynn Gollihugh in Lewistown. Arlene and Glynn attended Celebration Community Fellowship. During her 25-year career, Arlene worked for the...
Alfred L. Finch, passed away peacefully at the young age of 101. He was born on January 15, 1922 to parents Clarence & Bertha Finch. Alfred and his siblings were raised on the family homestead SW (E. Yantic) of his current farm until the 1930’s. At this time the family moved to the current location and at the ripe age of 12 Alfred fell in love with farming. He attended elementary school at Logi and graduated from Chinook High School in 1941. Upon Graduation he returned to the family farm where he lived until his creator called him home on Janua...
On Thursday, February 9th at 6:00 p.m., Anthony Wood will be discussing his book “Black Montana: Settler Colonialism and the Erosion of the Racial Frontier, 1877-1930”, which was a 2022 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize Finalist. Wood achieved PhD candidacy from the Department of History at the University of Michigan in 2020. He worked as a historian for the Montana Historical Society on Montana’s African American Heritage Places Project. The presentation is sponsored by Humanities Montana and is free and open to the publi...
Come celebrate Love Your Library month at the Harlem Library “Love Chocolate….Love Your Library!” event February 13. Stop by any time between 4:00 and 7 :00 P.M. Activities include chocolate fondue, Valentine photo booth, chocolate temptations tasting, vendors selling chocolate confections and creations, voting on decorated chocolate cakes, and chocolate crafts. This fun event is free and open to everyone. Show your library some love! The Book Challenge for February is to read one of the librarians’ favorite books. Come check out the display of...
When Montana Governor Greg Gianforte addressed legislators during his State of the State speech in the state House chamber on Wednesday, January 25, two local educators were in the balcony audience. Kylie Urie, who teaches at Harlem High School, and her husband, Nathan Urie, who teaches at Turner Public Schools, were both commended by the Governor during his address. Although in his commendation of the educators, Gianforte pointed to Montana's 2021 Teach Act, which provided financial incentives...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued their run through their 2022-23 regular season this past week with a pair of dominate wins. On Friday the 'Beeters took on a much improved Harlem Lady Cat team and steadily built a lead culminating in 54-32 win. Saturday the 'Beeters were in Turner taking on the Tornadoes and wasted little time in taking control of the contest. The 'Beeters started strong and cruised to a 63-26 win. Friday night against the Lady Cats Chinook sophomore Alexus Seymour got the sco...
The Harlem Lady Cats were back in action this week beginning with a road trip to Rocky Boy on Tuesday to face the Morning Stars. The Lady Cats lost the first meeting between the two teams back in January and were looking for a different outcome in round two, and they got it. The Lady Cats jumped out to a 13-5 lead after eight minutes of action. Junior Emma Billmayer and sophomore Gracie Sanchez extended the defense with a couple of long three point buckets. Harlem played well to close out the...
The Turner Tornadoes and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds renewed their District 9C rivalry in Hays on Friday night. Hays/Lodge Pole won the first meeting and were looking to complete the season sweep. Turner has been playing well and was looking for a split. The crowd in attendance was treated to an action packed overtime test of wills. The contest was close start to finish with both teams having opportunities to really build some rhythm only to be stymied by the other. Turner led 14-13 after...
The Harlem Wildcats had a busy week on the hardwood. First they were in Rocky Boy on Tuesday for a non-conference tilt with the Stars. The Wildcats turned in a much better performance from their first meeting in Harlem but still fell 91-60. Friday the team was in Chinook looking to upend the Sugarbeeters after falling at home back in early January. The Wildcat offense got rolling as the game went along leading to a 75-64 win. Saturday they were back in front of the home fans in a contest...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds celebrated their seniors before the games started and ended it by celebrating a dominating win over the visiting Turner Tornadoes. In the first meeting between the two teams in Turner on January 13 it was Turner that cruised to a 78-33 blow out of the Thunderbirds. This time around it was Hays/Lodge Pole that cruised to victory. The Thunderbirds were without a couple key players in the first contest and their presence was felt early on. Senior William Has Eagle d...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters visited the Turner Tornadoes Saturday night. The 'Beeters won the first meeting between the two teams in Chinook on January 7, 53-45. The Tornadoes looked to turn the tables in front of their home town fans and boy they sure did. Junior Ryan Doyle scored nine first quarter points to give the Tornadoes a boost early on. The defense stymied the 'Beeter attack from the get go and forced them into some tough spots. At the end of the first quarter the Tornadoes had secured a...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcat/Lady Cat wrestling teams were in Columbus this past weekend competing at the Eastern B/C Wrestling Divisional. On the line, a trip to the State B/C Tournament in Billings next week. The 'Beeters performed exceptionally well, qualifying five boys for the state tournament while all three 'Beeter girls punched their ticket. The Lady Cats will send four wrestlers to Billings and the Wildcats two. The Lady Cats finished second in the team standings and the...
Eastern B/C Divisional - Columbus, MT Chinook Boys Individual Results 103 - Kegan Green - Champ. Round 1 - Lost to Tyrus Reimer (Fort Benton) by disqualification DQ; Cons. Round 1 - Lost to Gavin Dunlap (Red Lodge) by decision 6-4. 120 - Fletcher Anderson - Champ. Round 1 - Lost to Cash Richardson (Glasgow) by major decision 12-1; Cons. Round 1 - Received a bye; Cons. Round 2 - Lost to Gage Raihl (Columbus/Absarokee) by fall over 0:47. ** 120 - Zeke Sanders (13-24) placed 6th - Champ. Round 1 - Received a bye; Quarterfinal - Lost to Payne...
Jenn Patrick, Project Manager for the Milk River Irrigation Project Joint Board of Control announced a new nearly 6 minute YouTube video 'St. Mary Diversion Dam' for everyone to view and get a better understanding of where the project is currently, and provide some visual insight to all of the components. Patrick reminds everyone, "We are rapidly approaching that May 2023 solicitation for the Diversion Dam, so this is exciting news! Also, this construction project will be funded under the...
The Chinook Rod & Gun Club held its 4th Annual Fishing Derby this past Saturday. Originally the Derby was set to allow just 50 Anglers, but late notice from the MFWP came that they would be allowed to expand to 75 anglers beginning this year. The 75-angler limit will continue in the years to come. The turnout was fantastic with 53 entries being made. By the time the Derby concluded there were plenty of happy fishermen. Final numbers of fish caught included 39 Northern Pike, 20 Yellow Perch and...
Gene and Susan Billmayer visited Helen and Jim Billmayer in Havre on Tuesday. Darwin and Betty Zellmer visited Loretta Beck Monday afternoon. Sharon Goodrich visited Jane Krass and Anita Reed on Tuesday. Sharon brought some delicious cookies to share. Loretta Beck attended the Auxiliary meeting in Turner on Wednesday. Jane’s girls visited and helped throughout the week. On Friday, Cooper and Crystal Grabofsky visited at Loretta Beck’s. Susan Billmayer visited Jane Krass and Linda Hauge on Saturday morning. Loretta Beck took Holly, Cooper, and...
