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Attendees at the seed show line up for the pancake supper served by Harlem High's Technology Students Association (TSA) and Future Farmers of America (FFA). It's a major fundraising event for the student groups. Faculty advisors said they usually serve about 325 people at the annual event. This year the number was down slightly, likely because of the threat of blowing snow and closed roads....
Like most everything else this winter, the weather had an effect on the Montana Seed Show this year. Show superintendents for pies and breads said they saw numbers of entries down a bit. Show chairman Paul Rasmussen, who also handles the commercial exhibits, said at the last minute he had "several exhibitors call and cancel." All the seed show organizers blamed the fear of encountering blocked roads on the way home as one of the major factors that reduced the numbers of visitors and...
Reporter's note: Dick Edgington, a longtime resident of Chinook, died in the summer of 2016. In 2004, after retiring from the Blaine County Road Department, Edgington bought a set of plans to build a RagWing 4 single engine plane. It was not a kit, he had to locate and buy all the parts and supplies necessary to complete the plane. The plans were based on a popular plane sold as a kit and first available in 1928. I'd heard about the incomplete plane from several people and had asked Dick's son,...
Chinook's My Neighbor in Need (MNIN), a help group that connect people with needs and donors who can fill those needs, is joining with Miscellany, a downtown thrift shop in Chinook, to host the next quarterly Business After Hours. The Chinook Area Chamber sponsored its first Business After Hours in April, 2014. The events let businesses showcase their products and services in a more informal setting outside normal business hours. My Neighbor in Need started in 2014 in Chinook My Neighbor in...
The Harlem Public Library is seeking an original logo that represents the library and its service area of East Blaine County. High School students from Harlem, Hays-Lodge Pole, Turner and home schools are invited to submit their logo design. The logo must be all original artwork in black and white on 81/2” X 11” paper. The design must include the name of the library and showcase the importance of the library to communities it serves. Submissions are due to the library by Friday, April 13, 2018. The winner will be announced May 1 and will rec...
A scholarship is again offered by the North Central Montana Cattle Women and the North Central Montana Stock Growers. This annual scholarship is available to high school seniors and college students completing their sophomore year. Interest from a memorial fund honoring the memory of deceased members is contributed to by the Cattle Women. Stock Growers supplies their portion of the scholarship through fundraising efforts and interest from money left from the Livestock Protective Association, a forerunner to the present Stock Grower...
Considering the weather we have been experiencing all winter, the turnout for the blood drive on Tuesday, March 6th was just under goal. We had 47 donors present with 41 productive units. We had one first time donor, Cristen Friede. Richard Cronk reached 8 gallons and Dave Jensen reached 2 gallons. The canteen was hosted by the American Lutheran Church and those helping out in the kitchen were Wenda Oehmke, Terry Grabofsky, Midlred Dawson, Sharon LaPlante and Beth Petrie. The time and effort by all involved certainly did not go unnoticed....
May the “Luck of the Irish” be with you this week! We are so excited to have Steve Edwards come talk to us on Wednesday, March 14 about the Mt. Rushmore and Black Hills trip he is hosting. It will start at 11:30 a.m., so make sure you get here early to get a seat. Center activities this week include the movie “My Side of the Mountain” being shown on Wednesday, March 14 at 1 p.m. in the library meeting room. Popcorn and a drink are provided. Whist is played Wednesday, March 14 at 1 p.m. in the main room. We will be having a special guest s...
Is everyone enjoying the daylight savings time? It’s a bit of a pain at first, getting up earlier, until you get used to it. Wish they would leave it one way or the other. Jordan and Elissa Zellmer and family attended the Jamboree games in Turner on Saturday. Loretta Beck helped the Quilt Guild set up the Quilt display at the Seed Show on Thursday. She worked at the booth on Friday showing others the display. Joely Hiniker, Josh and Troy visited at the Ed Zellmer home over the weekend. Troy stayed to visit Grandma and Grandpa for a few weeks w...
Steve, Colleen, and Lacey Hickel attended the Elementary Jamboree in Turner on Saturday. Fantastic games!! Tom and Lucy Fairbanks attended the young Tornadoes basketball games on Saturday at the Turner gym. Bill and Mary Hake attended the Montana Seed Show in Harlem this weekend. They were involved in some set up and working in the quilting display room. Tammy Jones enjoyed a weekend recently with some of her girlfriends in Red Lodge. She came home in some inclement weather. Anita Reed returned home after spending 4 days at Northern Montana...
Dorothy T. Kinsey, (Esin Ha "Kills Good"), 92, of Hays passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Northern Montana Care Center due to natural causes. A wake was held at the Mission Rec Center in Hays starting with a rosary at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2018 and a funeral mass at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Dorothy's online memorial page for a full obituary and leave a message of condolence for her... Full story
Coyla Mildred (Peterson) Boe passed away March 11, 2018 just before 2pm at the age of 102 and about 5 mos old after approximately 3 months stay at the Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook, Montana. She was surrounded by family, her oldest daughter and husband, Glenn and Bonnie (Boe) Patchell, her younger daughter and husband, Karl and Mary (Boe) Harder, her granddaughter, Kari (Patchell) Goodman, and her grandson, Erik Boe. She was greatly beloved, respected and many felt it an honor to know her.... Full story
Joyce Elaine (Olson) Howieson, 89, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center on Saturday, February 17, 2018. Cremation has taken place, and graveside services will be held later this year. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Joyce's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com. Joyce was born May 4, 1928 in Chinook, Blaine County, Montana, to Esther Mae and Oswald Alfred... Full story
The Harlem Public Library and Harlem Senior Center will host Montana Conversations program "Hand-Raised: The Historic Barns of Montana" With Christine Brown on March 20, 2018. The program will be at the Harlem Public Library meeting room 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. The...
“Hand Raised: The Historic Barns of Montana,” the next Humanities Montana program, will be March 20, 7 P.M. in the Harlem Public Library meeting room. Christine Brown, Montana Preservation Alliance, will present an overview of Montana’s barn-building history, stunning photographs of barns from across the state, and the stories attached to some of Montana’s most memorable barns. This presentation is s co-sponsored by Harlem Senior Center and Harlem Public Library. Join us for an entertaining and informative evening. Refreshments will be served....
My Side of the Mountain will be the movie today at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. It is rated G and running time is 1 hour and 40 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. Millions will be showing March 21st. We are showing the movies with closed captioning whenever possible. Hopefully this will encourage those who may have difficulties hearing the movies to attend. We have five new movies ready to go this week. Dunkirk, Ferdinand, Justice League and The Sha...
February at Harlem Elementary means tons of reading fun. To kick off "I Love To Read" month activities, the students began a reading frenzy, each striving to reach their Accelerated Reader goals. Every AR test the students passed meant they earned a segment (circle) with their name and the title of each book. These segments formed the "I Love To Read" Bookworm, which by the end of the month, circled the entire inside of the Elementary School! Hard-working students reaching their AR goals for...
Thank You to Jerry & Kay Schmitt sponsoring the Child's Razor Scooter raffle prize at the Seed Show. Thank You to Harlem Civic Association for the eggs. The musical "Sister Act" will be performed by the MSU-Northern Actors the next two Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Showtime is 8:00 pm each night, with additional 2:00 p.m. matinées on March 17 and March 24, at the college theater. Hey Seniors, it is time to start signing up for the second joint (With Chinook Senior Center) senior bus trip....
Reporter's note: Locals of a certain age will likely recall the "Pink Apartments" in downtown Chinook on the corner across the street from the Motor Inn and adjacent to Dan's NAPA. The apartments were torn down, along with Dr. Hoon's office and residence, in September, 1987 and the three town lots became the present Centennial Park. The park commemorates the centennial of the town of Chinook as well as Montana, both founded in 1889. Mid-January of this year the Sweet Nursing Home received an...
With warm weather on the way, hopefully, it's time to start thinking about enjoying the great outdoors a little more. The Chinook Rod and Gun Club has become a great avenue for local outdoor enthusiast's to spend some time with family and friends, doing what they love to do. The Rod and Gun Club holds a Meet and Greet each spring to introduce the community to their ideas for the upcoming year and increase membership in the process. The Meet and Greet will again be held at the Chinook Eagles Club...
There were a number of competitions during the annual Montana Seed Show in Harlem. Here is a list of the barebones details—events and winners as listed in the program for the Saturday night banquet. Educational Display Booths: Youth Division Groups: 1st place, Big Flat 4-H; 2nd place, White Pine 4-H and 3rd place, Valley Clovers 4-H and North Harlem Colony School. Individual Division Groups: 1st place, Makayla Renfro; 2nd place, Daniel Rasmussen; 3rd place, Angelina Toth and 4th place, Andrew Rasmussen. Overall Sweepstakes Winner: Big Flat 4...
Now that the final horn has sounded on the 2017-18 high school basketball season it is time to recognize those athletes that were honored for their performance on the court by the coaches in their respective conferences. All told, sixteen Blaine County hoopsters were recognized for their efforts on the hardwood. Chinook junior Cord Schneider received Northern C All-State recognition for the second time and was also named to the District 9C First Team. The Sugarbeeters also had junior Isaac Bell...
