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The Blaine County Local Advisory Council for Mental Health held a Family Carnival night this past Friday at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building in Chinook. The event was extremely well attended and organizers were thrilled with how everything turned out. The evening began with a fantastic spaghetti dinner that was masterfully prepared by a large group of volunteers. The Chinook High School National Honor Society as well as students from the JUMP Youth Group and other students were...
Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building, Chinook, MT, Friday, April 21st @ Noon. Blaine County Museum hosts Humanities Montana’s “The Power of Place - Community Vitality and Montana’s Rural Museums” with Sabre Moore on Friday, April 21st, 2023. The program is at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building at noon. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for Montana Conversations is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana’s Cultural Trust, and private d...
The Chinook School Board revisited the School Bus Contract at its most recent meeting on Monday, March 20, 2023. According to unofficial minutes the following discussions took place. The discussion regarding the bus contract began with Chairman Billmayer stating, “We are reconsidering this after John Elliot was not made aware that we had a board meeting in February. We are willing to listen to any offers that Mr. Elliot might have now.” Elliot was present and stated that the offer he has is at $4.26 a mile. “His Fixed cost keeps incre...
Three Turner Public School (TPS) students were honored in an impromptu ceremony during the lunch hour on Wednesday, March 29. Brenda Maloney, Vice President of the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA), Unit 109 of Turner, presented Holly Grabofsky, Caleb Zellmer, and Charlie Calvert with First Place certificates and cash prizes in the 2023 Americanism Essay Contest. Every year, the ALA sponsors an Americanism Essay Contest for students in grades 3-12, including students with special needs. Grade...
The Chinook Eagles and the Pastime Lounge came together this past Saturday to host the Montana State 8-Ball Pool Tournament. The tournament featured a double elimination format. In all, 108 shooters converged on the small town of Chinook to form 12 men's and four women's teams. Each team consisted of six members and represented communities from Billings, Kalispell, Missoula, Lewistown, Chinook and Havre. Players came from all over the state to make up those teams with shooters from Harlem, Malta...
Harlem Library The Book Challenge for April is to read a biography. The new Book Club selection is “Inheriting Edith” by Zoe Fishman. Join us for discussions Mondays at 4 P.M. April 12 and 13 the library will be open only from 4 – 6 P.M. and it will be closed April 14 as the library staff will be attending Montana Library Association conference. There will be no After School Squad or Lego Club next week. Blaine County Library Tuesday Story Time at 10:30 and Hangout for grades 5 & 6 at 3:30. Thursday LEGO Club at 3:30. No Early Out Movie Frida...
Loretta Beck attended the Elementary basketball games on Monday and Friday in Turner. On Saturday, she rode to Gildford with Crystal and Holly Grabofsky for the games there. They also visited Darwin and Betty Zellmer on their way home. This ends the Turner Elementary games this year. Track is next and they have started practice a couple weeks ago. Graveside funeral services were held for Gail Doyle on Thursday at the Turner Cemetery. Quite a few attended the service. Sympathy is extended to her family. Jane Krass’ girls have been over to h...
Harlem Lady Cat senior Amelia Blackcrow is used to breaking down barriers and continues to do so as she becomes the first athlete from Blaine County to sign a National Letter of Intent to wrestle collegiately for the Inaugural Season of Women's Wrestling at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. Amelia has been wrestling since she was in the fourth grade and remembers going to meets and counting how many other girls there were competing. From fourth grade to her freshman year in high...
8 Chinook High School graduate, Olivia Finley has been doing a fantastic job as an intern at the Blaine County Museum, and Museum Director, Samantha French couldn't be happier to have had her services available, "Olivia started as a cataloging intern last July. The museum was a recipient of a $10,000 grant courtesy of the Foundation for Montana History. The grant was written for the purpose of hiring a cataloging intern at Blaine County Museum to assist with an inventory of the museum's docum...
ade her journey on March 26th, 2023 at her home at Tom Mount Sr.'s Cow Camp, located on the foothills of the Little Rockies in Hays, MT. There was no other place that she'd rather be than with her children, Cow Camp, or with loved ones. Dawnita was born to Annie K. Mount & the late Cordell Small on June 20th, 1981. From then on she was raised by her mother Annie and her late grandfather Tom Mount Sr. who had given her the nickname "Scamp," which she would become best known by. She was also fathe...
Gail Doyle, 73, passed away March 23, 2023, surrounded by family in Billings, MT following a brief battle with cancer. Gail, the eldest of four children, was born September 5, 1949 to Opal and Clyde Russell, Jr in Dermott, Arkansas. Gail graduated from Portland Hight School in 1967 and married Patrick David Doyle on October 26, 1968. Pat and Gail settled in Turner, MT and had three sons; Jason Kyle, Jerod Alan, and Jeffrey Ladd. Gail's boys kept her on her toes, they always seemed to be up to...
April is Pets Are Wonderful Month! Elle put together a book display of fiction and non-fiction books about pets. Since Librarians need pets too, we have photos of some of our pets, most of whom were strays or adopted from a shelter. April 30th is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day. As part of our pet display, we are featuring photos of pets available from our local shelter PAWS. April is also Arab-American Heritage Month. We have a display of both non-fiction and fiction books available for checkout. We have one non-fiction book available for...
The Book Challenge for April is to read a biography. If you have completed the March challenge please contact the library to be entered to win a gift card from a local business. The library staff will be attending the Montana Library Association Conference next week. The library will open special hours April 12 and 13 from 4:00 – 6:00 P.M. The library will be closed April 14. There will be no After School Squad April 12 or Lego Club April 13. “Foraging for Wild Mushrooms” is the title of the next virtual program hosted by the Harlem Libra...
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It has been a rough start to the spring for nearly all of our local teams but the Chinook Sugarbeeter Tennis team was able to get on the courts this weekend in Great Falls and compete. Nearly every team in Montana has had to deal with inclement weather and less than ideal conditions to practice in making preparation unique in its own right. Chinook Head Coach Janelle Deanon commented, "Before this meet, we had about an hour of true practice time on the court. So divide that one court by 10...
The District 9C Senior Classic is a fun filled night that pits seniors and juniors together on White/Dark girls and boys team from all eight schools. The night is more than just players getting together, its about playing with others they have competed against as well as teammates they have played with. A three point contest is held for both the boys and girls and a dunk contest takes place as well. In addition there is a shooting stars competition that combines the boys and girls competitors....
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for April 2023, which are effective April 3, 2023. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs. Operating, Ownership and Emergency Loans FSA offers farm ownership and operating loans with favorable interest rates and terms to help eligible agricultural producers, whether mul...
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is accepting applications from landowners who are interested in participating in the 2023 Block Management Program. Block Management is a cooperative effort between landowners and FWP to help manage wildlife and public hunting activities on enrolled lands. Through the Block Management program, landowners and FWP enter into voluntary agreements that determine how hunting will be conducted on the landowner’s property. Items such as permission requirements, times when permission will be granted, hunting oppo...
The 2023 Montana Seed Show will be remembered as a very snowy, travel-stopping event. However, many areas, including the bread show, had a good number of entries. The breads were quite tasty. Patty Quisno, Harlem, was the overall winner with her white bread entry. She was also the blue ribbon winner with her 100% whole wheat bread and placed second with her specialty bread. Other winners were: White bread: 2nd—Ashlea Schroder, 3rd—Kellie Rasmussen 100% Whole wheat: 2nd—Jasmine Powell, 3rd—Tara Baird Machine white: 1st—Sharon Reed, 2nd—Krist...
HELENA – Each spring, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks receives calls from people who have picked up deer fawns or other wildlife. It’s important to remember that FWP does not accept, hold or rehabilitate moose, deer, elk and most other animals. Often times, people think they are rescuing an orphaned animal. However, it’s important to understand that wildlife care for their young much differently than humans. They have strategies to provide the highest chance of survival for their young. One strategy that some species, particularly those species...
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