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To celebrate the first day of spring, Turner Public School students took a break from their regular routines on March 20 to eat treats and to play Pictionary. "We needed something light and festive," said Event Organizer Sadie Grabofsky. "The students enjoyed the break from class, I think. I kept watching the clock trying not to consume too much time, but we could have easily taken the whole period and played more interactive games." School personnel collaborated to provide treats. Diana...
Jack G. Young appeared in front of District Court Judge, Yvonne Laird at the Blaine County Courthouse in Chinook, Montana Monday afternoon for a sentencing hearing on a felony charge of Sexual Intercourse Without Consent. Young was charge in connection with an investigation last April that resulted in his arrest on April 22, 2022. Young was a teacher at Harlem High School at the time of his arrest and the victim a student of his at the school. Young appeared in court wearing his striped jail...
I was a bit shocked when our married daughter said, "You'll have to print or type letters and cards to the grandkids because they can't read cursive writing. Better yet, send them texts." I checked around with other grandparents and they verified what I had just learned...many Generation Y folks (also known as millennials, born 1981-1996) and certainly Generation Z kids (born 1997-2010) cannot read or write cursive writing. Don't the schools still have all those posters along the tops of...
Anyone who missed last Thursday’s opening of The SpongeBob Musical still has time to see the show, which will run through Saturday, April 1 at the Havre High School (HHS) Auditorium. The Theater Department at HHS, Charles and Joyce Finn, and Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) invite audiences to partake in this production that features HHS and MAT actors, as well as music written by a host of music industry icons like David Bowie and John Legend. According to Director Angela Pratt, the stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as...
From the Briefing Room of the White House on the first day of spring, March 20, President Joe Biden proclaimed March 21, 2023 as National Agriculture Day. The day kicked off National Agriculture Week (NAW), March 21-27. NAW is celebrated every year in March on dates announced by the Agriculture Council of America. This year's theme was Growing a Climate for Tomorrow. March 21 was also the 50th Anniversary of National Ag Day. In his proclamation speech, President Biden stated: "American farms rem...
Harlem Library Today, Wednesday, the board of trustees meets at 4:30 P.M. in the library meeting room. If you have completed the March Book Challenge be sure to let the library know. The Book Challenge for April is to read a biography. The Book Club’s new book “Inheriting Edith” may be picked up this week. The first discussion will be April 3 at 4 P.M. Blaine County Library Monday Hangout for grades 7 & 8, Tuesday Story Time at 10:30 and Hangout for grades 5 & 6 at 3:30. Thursday LEGO Club at 3:30. Early Out Movie Friday at 2:15. . Chinook Seni... Full story
Prom, a big day on the calendar for High School students all over the country and one that is carefully planned out for many months in advance. Harlem High School held their prom on Saturday, March 18 with the theme being the 'Butterfly Effect'. Chinook High School held their annual Prom this past Saturday under the guise of a Masquerade. The Royal Court for the Harlem Prom included King Terrance Messerly and Queen Aniya Longknife along with Prince Jerry Kirkaldie and Princess Tova Anderson....
Crocheting with Kathy will be starting a new project on Wednesday March 29th at 1:00 p.m. The new project will be a cardigan sweater, for a list of the needed supplies for the project get ahold of Kathy or Karyn at the center 406-357-2648. This will be a weekly event every Wednesday. Card Decorating with Sharon Thackeray will be making an Easter Card on Monday April 3rd at 1:00 p.m. if you would like to decorate a card for Easter come on in and join the fun. We have respite funds available, to find out if you qualify contact Karyn at...
acefully into the arms of his Lord and Savior on March 13, 2023 at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook, MT. John was born to Arthur & Alba (Nielsen) Haldemann in Joliet, Illinois on November 21, 1929. He was raised on their farm outside of Manhattan, Illinois along with his brother Pol. John graduated in 1947 from Joliet High School. As a teenager John spent many summers in the sandhills of Nebraska. John started his love of ranching there, and learned so much about cattle, hay, and...
The 36th Annual Hi-Line Invitational Tournament took place this past weekend at the Armory Gymnasium on the campus of MSU-Northern in Havre. The Light and Skylight basketball teams co- hosted the event featuring many of the top high school girls and boys basketball players from across the state of Montana. The tournament features All-Star teams for each of the four classifications AA, A, B and C in a round robin tournament with Championship and consolation games capping off the tournament....
Winter continues to hang around forcing teams to practice indoors and get creative with their preparation for the season. Schedules are coming together and just one postponement has been noted on the Chinook High School schedule. Turner Track and Field is still finalizing their spring schedule as is Hays/Lodge Pole. Harlem Track and Field has submitted their schedule to the Blaine County Journal as well. Generally the Track and Field schedules for Harlem, Chinook, Hays/Lodge Pole and Chinook...
The Harlem Public Library board of trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting today, Wednesday, at 4:30 P.M. in the library meeting room. Book Club members may pick up the new selection “Inheriting Edith” by Zoe Fishman this week. The first discussion will be April 3 at 4 P.M. The “Buy a Bag O’Books” promotion for the month of March ends Friday. Come in and buy a grocery sack full of used books for only one dollar. Once April starts our used books will go back to their usual prices which are twenty-five cents for hardbacks and ten cents...
The Big Flat Catholic Church will hold their Annual Spring Dinner this Sunday, April 2nd, from 12:00-2:00 pm. Turkey dinner and all the trimmings will be served. The state FFA convention was held in Great Falls from Tuesday-Saturday last week. The Big Flat Chapter was among those in attendance. Jane Krass enjoyed having family visit her throughout the week. Crystal and Holly Grabofsky and Loretta Beck attended the elementary basketball jamboree at Lodgepole on Saturday, and also visited with Darwin, Betty and Keith Zellmer in Harlem. Loretta...
The library recently received a grant from the Davies Family Endowment of Montana Community Foundation. The Board and staff decided to use the funds to purchase mobile display tables to exhibit our new books. We have a variety of fiction books ready to go this week. If you like historical fiction, we have "Lady Clementine" by Marie Benedict. This is an incredible novel that focuses on one of the people who had the most influence during World War I and World War II: Clementine Churchill. "Never...
