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Fifty-one spellers from across the county qualified for the Blaine County Spelling Bee on February 5. The event was held in Chinook High School's Lloyd Sweet Auditorium and was directed by Blaine County Superintendent of Schools, Valerie White. After twelve rounds, Mekayla Brown, who is a seventh grader at Chinook Junior High School, was declared the winner. Hadessa Hofer, an eighth grader at North Harlem Colony Elementary School captured second place, and Gracie Honey, an eighth grader from...
The 71st Annual Montana Seed Show is approaching. The Montana Seed Show will be held March 12th – 14th at Harlem High School. The Montana Seed Show would like invite everyone to participate in this year’s show. The purpose of the Montana Seed Show is to promote the production and use of good quality seed and feed. All growers are encouraged to exhibit the feed and seed they have for sale or are using on their farms. It is the desire of the Seed Show Committee to provide a system for entry that is simple, fair and enables and encourages entry of...
Saturday, July 18, 2020 – The American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay For Life of Blaine County invites the community to attend the 2020 event at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. The Relay For Life movement continues to be the largest peer-to-peer fundraising event with 2.5 million participants globally uniting to save lives from cancer. Founded by Dr. Gordy Klatt in Tacoma, Washington, in 1985, Relay For Life events around the world have raised nearly $6.5 billion to help ACS attack cancer. Symbolizi...
Bear Paw Development Corporation recently announced that its Annual Meeting for 2020 is scheduled for Thursday, February 20th and that Tara Rice, Director of the Montana Department of Commerce, will keynote the event. The Annual Meeting Luncheon will begin at 12:00PM at the Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites, located at 1425 Highway 2 NW. The public is invited to attend. “We are excited and honored to have Director Rice serve as our keynote speaker this year,” said Paul Tuss, Executive Director of Bear Paw Development. “As a native of rural...
Lloyd Sweet Scholarships REMINDER: Lloyd Sweet Scholarship applications are due by March 1st. Must be postmarked by March 1st. NO Exceptions. Blaine County Fairboard Meeting Will be held in Harlem at Richman Insurance at 7 pm on Thursday, February 20th. Harlem Library The “Circle of Security” Parenting Class series continues Thurs., Feb. 13, 6:00-7:30 P.M. The Book Challenge for Feb. is to read a book that reminds you of someone you love. Stop by the library to participate in the “Love Your Library” month Color Like You Mean It activity. The li...
Mrs. Courtney Bell, the physical education teacher at Meadowlark Elementary School is leading students in the Kids Heart Challenge, a program of the American Heart Association. Once the pledges are counted and winners determined, school officials will hold a Slime Assembly to celebrate on Monday, February 17 at 2:30 p.m. The heart health program was introduced on February 3 and will end on February 14. The Kids Heart Challenge offers several physical activities to get students’ hearts pumping. Bell has integrated three of these into her PE clas...
The following Montana State University Billings undergraduate students excelled academically during the 2019 fall semester and have been named to the Honor Roll. The Honor Roll is a list of all undergraduate students who earn 12 or more credits which are not of a Pass/No Pass nature and who earn a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Chinook Kourtney Hanson Lauren Harshman* Lincy Johnson Ashley Macleod* Megan Pruttis Harlem Vanessa Horn...
Happy Valentines Day to Everyone in the Area. Susan and Gene Billmayer attended the Special Olympics Bowling tournament held in Havre on Friday. Emily placed 4th in individuals. Tom Fairbanks was a visitor at Wally and Loretta Becks on Monday. Issac, Hannah and Eliot Klindworth are spending some time with Grandma Carol and Grandpa Duane and their Dad, Matt while Mom, Annie is enjoying some skiing. Susan Billmayer attended a Seed Show meeting Tuesday evening in Harlem. The committee is planning a crock pot competition at this years Seed Show. So...
Bill and Mary Hake enjoyed basketball in Turner this past Friday. Dan and Amy Huttton were to Long Beach where they visited with David Heilig. Then they continued on over to the Phoenix, Arizona area. Gerald and Shirley Keller attended the Turner/Hays game on Friday and then the Blue Pony/Sidney game on Saturday. They enjoyed watching all the kids play. Max Cederberg and Francis Van Voast were in Bozeman this weekend for a MSRA meeting. Diana Maloney was to Havre on Friday. She visited Dan and Helen Maloney, Jim Reed, and Danny Kegel at...
The Turner School was honored to host a Mental Health First Aid class at their school for anyone who wished to train. They saw teachers, Ambulance crew, nurses, Psychologists, and administrators wishing to attend the class. MSU-N, Interim Dean and LCPC , Darlene Sellar, and Dr Curtis Smeby came to train those attending. The class proved to be very interesting, being both informative and emotional. Thanks to those who came to train and also our guest instructors for coming out to Turner to...
In celebration of its Tenth Anniversary, the Plant a Seed . . . READ Program is hosting a Crunch for a Cause promotion in partnership with Taco John’s to raise the importance of reading aloud to preschool children. The event will take place from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 13 at the Taco John’s location at 505 First Street West in Havre. The organization is also inviting people to join the March 21-Day Challenge to help build a universal read aloud habit. When a patron brings in a copy of the organization’s Crunch for a Cause flyer fro...
February is “Love Your Library” month! Stop by to take part in the “Color Like You Mean It” passive programming activity. Help us build our quilt by coloring a heart if you love your library! The Book Challenge for February is to read a book that reminds you of someone you love. The library will be closed Monday, February 17 in observance of Presidents’ Day. The “Circle of Security” Parenting Class meets again Thursday, February 13, 6:00-7:30 P.M. in the library meeting room. Census 101: Every 10 years, the results of the census are used to rea...
Family Movie Day is today at 3:30 p.m. We will be showing the movie The Secret Life of Pets 2. It is rated PG and runs for I hour and 26 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend. The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday January 27, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. Free People Reading Freely book club met Monday January 13, 2020. The group discussed "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Della Owens. The next book club date will be Monday...
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s cold outside and it snowed again so come on down to our warm senior center and join in the activities for the week. Don’t forget… Whist will be played on Wednesday, Feb. 12 after lunch. We will be playing Bingo on Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. The winner last week was Maxine Harrison. Friday, the Kitchen Band will entertain us and after lunch we will play Pinochle. There will be a “We Love Our Veterans Brunch on Feb. 15th, with a ceremonial program starting at 10 a.m. followed by brunch. There will be Yoga at 9:30 a...
Another week has come and gone so quickly. Here we are already in February of 2020. The warmer weather has been a great treat. A lot of the ice and snow disappeared. Very thankful all the volunteers who have cooked on Saturday and Sunday. It’s been a great money maker for the Center. Our cook ended up sick for a few days. So, I cooked a couple days. This job is never boring. First couple weeks of the month, are filled with reports, balancing the check book, paying bills, payroll, newsletter. Until next time. It is What it is! Things To Do: F...
You know, Lord, the Bible states that GOD knows our purpose on this earth before we were ever born. In this age of options, opportunities, choices, and more, You Lord, of all creation, made us for a specific purpose and reason, so, in one sense, we cannot be just anything that we want to be. Now that is ‘food for thought’ right? We were formed and set apart for YOU. Part of our journey here on this earth is not to create our destiny, but to discover it. As we choose to connect with You, our maker, we connect with who WE truly are. Compassion is...
In honor of I Love to Read Month, Meadowlark Elementary will be celebrating the entire month of February with prizes for 80% or higher on Accelerated Reader tests as well as with a grand prize drawing at the end of the month. To further promote reading, students will be participating in other various activities. The Accelerated Reader (AR) program is a computerized program that tests reading comprehension. Students select books at their reading level, read independently, and take an independent, computer-delivered comprehension test. Every...
Jump youth group prepared and served a delicious Taco Soup lunch for the community on Super Bowl Sunday. They accepted free will donations at the event, which will all go to the Chinook Food Pantry. This year they raised $450.00 to help our neighbors out. This is an annual nationwide event that is celebrating its 30th year. This was the 10th year Jump has participated in this event, as always the community support is greatly appreciated!...
Way to go Meadowlark Students of the Month. Keep up the good work!...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcat wrestling teams were in Conrad this past Saturday at the Northern B/C Divisional. With realignment coming next year to include two divisional tournaments instead of four, this was the final time for the Northern B/C to be held. The top four wrestlers in each weight class would advance to the State B/C Wrestling Tournament this Friday and Saturday at the Rim-rock Auto Arena at Metra Park in Billings. The Sugarbeeters took seven wrestlers to the...
The 11-1 Harlem Lady Cats demonstrated why they are one of the top Class B teams in the state in their class with two convincing wins over the weekend. On Thursday, the Cats left Glasgow with a 52-43. Super sophomore Taya Trottier led the Wildcats with 32 of their 52 points on Thursday against the Scotties. While most of her points came on breaks to the hoop, she also pitched in one 3-pointer and a free throw against Glasgow. The Lady Cats were all business during their home court stand Friday...
The Harlem Wildcats and Chinook Sugarbeeters took the opportunity last weekend to hone their skills and purge any regular season-ending jitters ahead of their impending Class B and C district tournaments, respectively On Thursday in Glasgow, the 11-2 'Cats chewed up the Scotties 86-55 behind a stingy defense and the double-digit scoring of four players. Tyler Cichosz led the way with 34, including four treys and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. Senior Brad Cichosz notched 20 points, followed...
After putting together an outstanding senior season where JT Hauer lead the Sugarbeeters in tackles, and interceptions, and tied a school record with the most interceptions in a single game, he has seen his hard work pay off. Hauer was selected as 1st team All-Conference Middle Linebacker, and also earned selection to the Bob Cleverly 8-man All Star Game this summer. In addition, he was offered the chance to continue his education while following his dreams of playing college football by...
Competitors from across the state faced off in a showcase of imagination, creativity, quick thinking, oratory skill, and acting talent in seventeen different events during the State Class B-C Speech and Drama Tournament, hosted by Bigfork High School on January 31-February 1. When all the frayed nerves were once again settled, winners were announced and awards presented. Chinook High School brought home two titles and a fourth place in Drama Sweepstakes while the Dodson and Hays-Lodge Pole Co-op...
As one of the 2020 Mid-Winter Fair events, the Montana State University Extension Office sponsored a program called Ranchers’ Round-Up on February 6-7. The program was held in Room 213 of the Returning Buffalo Building on the Aaniiih Nakoda College campus. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., coffee and donuts were served. Following a welcome and introductions at 9:30, the Nakoda Aaniiih Credit Agency (NACA) not only provided Youth Finance Training but shared some details about Youth Akiptan Loans. Stationed in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, Akiptan is a N...
