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Riley Werk an eighth grader at Hays/Lodge Pole School had already proven she was a great speller by winning the Blaine County Spelling Bee as a seventh grader. Last Tuesday Werk spelled 'Timely' in the final round of the 2018 Blaine County Spelling Bee to successfully defend her title. Werk will now head to Billings to compete in the Montana State Bee on March 17. Pictured above are (L-R) Mari Anne Skoyen, Chinook eighth grader Allison Powell (3rd Place), Levi Jensen a seventh grader from...
Thirty local Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers spent a recent Sunday learning new protocols and skills, practicing and refining existing skills and participating in a Megacode simulation. The class members represented Blaine County ambulance crews from Chinook, Harlem and Turner/Hogeland and Hill County. Other medical personnel who interact with the ambulance crews, including Indian Health Services at Fort Belknap, Sweet Medical Center and Sweet Memorial Nursing Home, also participated....
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's (DNRC) Northeast Land Office and volunteer fire departments in Blaine County recently sponsored a training program to help non-trained volunteers who work with fire departments during wildfires. Don Pyrah, DNRC's Fire Management Officer out of Lewistown, presented the four-hour program at Bear Paw School. The day before the program for farmers and ranchers, Pyrah presented a program to Blaine County Road Department employees to demon...
The Blaine County Fair Foundation was notified last week that it was awarded a $22,000 Montana Tourism grant to be used toward construction of a proposed indoor event center at the county fairgrounds. Each year the Montana Office of Tourism awards about $750,000 through a competitive process "to develop and enhance tourism and recreation." This year 27 grant applications were funded. Tourism is a major economic force in the state and according to tourism officials, generates about $3 billion in...
Spring Managed Grazing: Livestock must be removed from CRP by May 14 Primary Nesting Season: May 15 to July 15 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2018 Spring Managed Grazing Period is March 16 to May 14, 2018. Livestock must be removed when the calculated AUMs have been utilized but no later than May 14th. Summer/Fall Managed Harvesting Period begins July 16 following Montana’s Primary Nesting Season and ends no later than Sept. 30. Summer/Fall Grazing Period begins July 16 and ends when the calculated AUMs have been utilized or no later t...
This group of students from Turner High held a Valentine Dinner to raise money to go to DC in the coming future. They, along with their adviser, Mrs. Heather Jorgenson and their parents, made a Valentine meal with all the fixings for the public. The students were dressed in black and white and became waiter and waitresses the minute people walked in the door. They had hostesses that would seat you and take your order of either prime rib or chicken dinner. The parents of the students were in the...
Mike and Crystal Grabofsky, Cooper and Lucy and Shawn Beck were dinner guests at Loretta and Wally Beck’s on Tuesday. Kathy and Ed Zellmer attended the bsketball games in Turner on Tuesday, Turner vs. Chinook. They were some good games. Dusty and Misty Mohar, Colter and Corbin were overnight guests Saturday night at Brenda and Terry Mohar’s. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the basketball games-Turner vs Chinook in Turner Tuesday night. Susan Billmayer took Emily to Havre for therapy on Wednesday They had lunch and came home early due to the...
Bill and Mary Hake attended Tornado basketball over the weekend and the Valentine dinner held at the Lutheran Church on Sunday. Don and Bonnie attended the last home game of the season this weekend and the DC group Valentine dinner on Sunday. Bonnie was excited because they get another “Last home game” on Monday. This will be the makeup game with Big Sandy!! Tammy Jones was to Billings last weekend to bridal dress shop with Katie Jacobs, and Britney Tempel and Chelsi Jones. Gerald and Shirley Keller were to Havre last Friday to watch the Blue P...
Pearl was born to Frank and Talia (Tillie Trottier) Azure on October 17, 1934 in Ft. Belknap, Montana. She departed this world on February 6th at Northern Montana Hospital and went to a family reunion on the other side. A member of the Little Shell Tribe, Pearl attend schools in Harlem and Flandreau, S.D. (from which she ran away several times). Pearl was very proud when she received her G.E.D. at the age of 51. She made her home in Butte, Harlem, Rocky Boy, Great Falls, Seattle, and in Havre... Full story
Reporter's note: Many locals will likely remember John "Sanitary John" Herndon who served as the Blaine County Sanitarian from April, 1953 to February, 1983. His tenure was just a couple months short of thirty years in the position. John now lives in Virginia, near his daughter Lucia. In September John celebrated his 100th birthday. Last October, on my way to our fall job at the pumpkin patch in Washington state, I got a call from L.G. Stewart. He's a former resident of Chinook who now lives in...
Celebrate February “Library Lovers Month.” Visit your library and see our special “Show a Little Kindness” display. Guess how many Valentine candies in the jar! Read the proclamation from Mayor Kim Hansen. When you check out we have a library Valentine for you! Don’t forget to read a book with food in the title for the Feb. Book Challenge. We have some titles set aside for you to choose from. Contact the library when you have finished so your name can be entered into the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. You won’t wan...
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope everyone has dug out of the snow and can come on down to our warm senior center and join in the activities for the week. The movie “The Lost Valentine” will be shown on Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. in the library meeting room. Refreshments are provided. My favorite movie, “A River Runs Through It” is on the docket for next week. It stars Brad Pitt and was filmed in Missoula. It’s quite an award winning masterpiece from Robert Redford. Don’t forget… Whist will be played on Wednesday, Feb. 14 after lunch. We will...
Thank You to Jerry Schmitt and Rose Noel for the snow shoveling assistance on several days. Hey Seniors - There are many activities to do here at the Center in small group format, jigsaw puzzles, adult coloring time, Wii machine exercise/toning, Smart TV movies/music/old radio shows, coffee time, computer/internet/webinars time. Come check us out and have some fun! Looking back in history. On February 10 - 1893: Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian, was born. 1962: American spy pilot...
The Harlem Senior Center and the Harlem Public Library will host the Montana Conversations program "Swinging Through American History" with Mark Matthews on February 20. The program will be at Harlem Senior Center at 7 P.M. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana's Cultural Trust, and private donations. Mark Matthews, historian and...
Coronation of Royalty was held recently for the 2017-2018 Homecoming at Turner High School. Four high school boys and girls were delegates for the festivities. Last year's reigning queen and king, Melanie Watkins and Eddie Harmon, passed the crowns to the incoming royalty that was recently held at half court during the varsity boys game recently. Two second grade girls, Olivia Keller and Quin Billmayer brought the envelope to half court with the names of the incoming royalty to be announced....
Montana FSA: February 2018 Newsletter Montana producers have until March 15, 2018 to sign-up for Farm Service Agency’s Noninsurable Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for all 2018 spring planted NAP crops except spring seeded rye, speltz, triticale, wheat, and mixed forage. NAP provides a catastrophic level (CAT) coverage based on the amount of loss that exceeds 50 percent of the expected production at 55 percent of the average market price for the crop. NAP offers buy-up coverage for the 2015 through 2018 crop years in addition t...
The 69th Montana Seed Show is just around the corner and we will be again featuring a wool fleece show. This will be the 29th year that this popular event has been held in conjunction with the Montana Seed Show. There will be two divisions, being the adult and youth exhibitors (age 18 and under as of 1-1-18). There will be both purebred and commercial classes for all types of wool. Ribbons and $100.00 cash sweepstakes will be awarded this year. Eligibility of fleeces is as follows: • 1. Fleeces must be exhibited by the owner. • 2. Fleeces sho...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter and Harlem Wildcat wrestling teams made their way to the Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings this weekend for the All-Class Montana State High School Wrestling Championships. The Sugarbeeters took six wrestlers to Billings while the Wildcats had four. The Sugarbeeters maintained their position as one of the premier wrestling programs in all of Class C after scoring 43 points, placing two on the podium and finishing second in the Class C team standings. The Sugarbeeters had...
The Turner Tornadoes were the big winners the final week of the regular season for area girls basketball teams as they picked up a pair of wins over the Chinook Sugarbeeters 59-44 on Tuesday and the Big Sandy Pioneers 50-32 on Monday. The Tornadoes were defeated by the Box Elder Bears on Friday 69-17. The Harlem Wildcats saw their 14 game winning streak come to an end with a 49-38 setback to the Shelby Coyotes on Friday. Saturday Harlem suffered their first loss in District 2B play, a 64-50...
The regular season has concluded for our four Blaine County high school boys teams and now the focus turns to the District Tournaments which begin today for the District 9C, and tomorrow for the District 2B The Sugarbeeters capped the final week of the regular season with a trio of wins to secure the top spot at the District Tournament. They began the week with a 72-57 win over the Turner Tornadoes, they then added a 69-43 win over the second seeded North Star Knights on Friday. Saturday saw...
