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On Montana Day, April 6 (4-06), Chinook School District's Librarian, Mrs. Kelsey Harry announced the names of the thirty-one lucky Meadowlark Elementary School readers who won books during March, which was designated National Reading Month. In addition, the top Accelerated Readers (AR) were presented with Kindle awards. For every day of the month during a March celebration, which Harry dubbed "31 Days of Books," a lucky reader won a free book. Harry wanted those prizes to be available to...
Indian Health Service's (IHS) national director, and other regional IHS officials, visited Fort Belknap Indian Community last week. IHS Acting Director Elizabeth Fowler described her visit as a celebration of the roll-out and success of the vaccination efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 at Fort Belknap. Per Fowler, Fort Belknap's health authorities have the best record in the Billings IHS service area for percentage of vaccinations administered. Camille Stein, Fort Belknap's Public...
Amanda Hansen and her family moved to the Hi-Line in 2000 when they began to operate Hansen Family Campground and Storage between Chinook and Havre. In February of this year, Hansen started a YouTube channel called Mandy's Adventures. On this video log (vlog), she takes people on tours of area attractions. In Blaine County so far, she has featured the Blaine County Museum, Bear Paw Battlefield, and PAWS Animal Shelter in Chinook. The term vlog is used by those who post scheduled updates via...
Tomorrow, April 15, the sixth graders at Meadowlark Elementary School and a small group of guests will gather for the annual Medieval Feast. The Medieval Feast is the culminating event of a unit of study in which students learn about the everyday life of people living in Europe from around 500-1500 A.D. After engaging in lessons about the social hierarchy, jobs and economy, castle life, and the advancements of the time, the Feast allows the students to celebrate. To represent the historical period, students transform the school’s gymnasium into...
Valley Clovers The Valley Clovers 4-H club met on March 14th, at 1:00, at Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs, for their spring activity. The club discussed selling Butter braids again as a fundraiser, and after a motion and a second, the decision was made to sell them by the next meeting in April. Our President, Allyssa Schoen will be getting the forms and handing them out as soon as they are ready. The Club then discussed our Guest Speaker for the year, and it was decided to have Nick Courville come and speak at April’s meeting. Nick is a Feed N...
Blaine County Library Blaine County Library Board meeting will be Monday March 29th at 4:00 p.m. Mobile Hotspots and iPads available for checkout. After School Hangout for grades 7 & 8 Mondays at 3:30, Story Time Tuesdays at 10:30, After School Hangout for grades 5 & 6 Tuesdays at 3:30 and LEGO Club for grades K and up Thursdays at 3:30. Harlem Library The Book Challenge for April is to read a book in different format than you usually do, such as a graphic novel, digital ebook or audio book, or a book on CD. Come see the display we have for...
Family Connections is marking the 50th Anniversary of the National Association of the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Week of the Young Child with the tradition of doing themed days this week, April 10-16th. This is the 50th year highlighting the importance of high-quality early childhood experiences. Grandparents, parents, foster parents, and early childhood teachers are encouraged to join the festivities online through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and share their unique take on each day’s prompt with the label #WOYC2021. Sat...
Don’t forget the Annual Spring Dinner to be held at the Big Flat Catholic Church on Sunday April 18 from 12-2 p.m. This will be a Take-Out Meal and Turkey and All the Trimmings will be served.. Come out and enjoy a great meal. Guests at the home of Duane and Carol Klindworth on Easter were Morgan and Jessica Klindworth and family, Matt and Annie Klindworth and family, Betty Hay and Nancy Mueller. Darwin Zellmer visited Monday morning at the Wallace Beck home. Susan Billmayer was up to visit Jane Krass on Wednesday morning, and Anita Reed, S...
On February 22, 1929, in Turner, Montana, Gordon George Carter was born to Albert and Minnie Statelen-Carter. From first to eighth grade, Gordon attended country school before joining the Hillcrest Lutheran Bible Academy in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. During high school, Gordon met his wife Ruth Ann Paulson of Platte, South Dakota, but it was not until Ruth went to visit her sister and brother-in-law, Jean and Ray Thompson, that the two began seeing each other regularly. After their marriage on... Full story
Our beloved mother Susan Ann Hofer, age 68, of East Malta H.B. passed away peacefully into the eternal rest with Jesus. Her Journey Began at Grass Range MT. Born May 20 1952 to Rev John and Annie Hofer, she was the oldest of 10 children. Moving to Turner MT, she met and married the love of her life Darius (Clem) Hofer. From this beautiful union six children were born. After moving to Malta MT. Mom and Dad were strong individuals during their difficult times but managed wonderfully. Mom will be... Full story
The weather sure seems to be fickle about what it wants to do, snow one minute and the sun shining the next, but the wind always seems to be blowing in one direction or the other. What we really need is some moisture in the ground; it is going to be a really dry summer if it doesn’t start raining on us. I still have not heard about when a nurse will be available for a foot clinic, but as soon as I do I will let you know. FYI: Starting April 24th we need to remember to start dialing out the whole telephone number, even if it’s just across the...
Take time this week to stop by the library to see the new titles ready for check out. “We Begin at the End” is by Chris Whitaker. Walk is the chief of police in the California town where he grew up. He has never forgiven himself for giving testimony that sent his best friend to prison decades earlier. Now Vincent is being released. Duchess is the thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw who is trying to keep her family together. Her mother grew up with Walk and Vincent and is bent on self-destruction. Walk and Duchess find themselves fac...
Bear Paw Development Corporation recently released its Annual Report for 2020, which details the nonprofit organization’s impact on the five-county, two-reservation Economic Development District (EDD) in which it operates in northern Montana. Founded in 1969, Bear Paw Development is Montana’s longest-serving EDD and serves the economic and community development needs of Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips and Chouteau Counties and the Rocky Boy’s and Fort Belknap Indian Reservations. In 2020, Bear Paw Development coordinated more than $12.2 milli...
Star-Struck, the Junior-Senior Prom at Chinook High School was held on April 10, and those in attendance danced until 11:00 p.m. with their favorite stars. Pictures with Helmbrecht Photography took place from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. with the Grand March beginning at 7:30. Prom-goers walked the red carpet flanked by gold palm trees as they entered the Floyd Bowen Gymnasium, which was transformed on Saturday night by Hollywood-themed decorations. White gossamer hung from the ceiling, and silver c...
Montanans need healthy, fresh food to work hard, care for their loved ones, and enjoy their communities. Kids, seniors, working parents, individuals with disabilities, and those living in rural and tribal communities - all deserve healthy food. Even before the pandemic, many Montanans did not have adequate food access, with more than 110,000 Montanans, including nearly one in six children, living in homes that struggle with hunger. We know this past year made accessing that basic life necessity...
March had it all at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home. It began with a little more freedom as visitation was expanded. We had a great St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Followed that up with a Taco Fiesta and Concluded with a week packed full of fun as the 2021 Sweet Home Olympic Games were held!. A ton of fun was had by all, and winners were ceremoniously crowned! The Residents are certainly getting back into the flow of things more and more each day. Attendance at the morning Activity has steadily...
Harlem Elementary ROARing students are yet again earning recognition for their performances in reaching the school's goals for respect, organization, safety, and responsibility. For the week ending March 26, in-school kindergartener Keylee Williams, third grader Braden Horn, and fifth grader Brodie Williams captured top slots on the "Rockin' ROAR Roster." Joining them was sixth grader Keandre Aguirre, as the Remarkable Remote ROARing Student of the Week. According to school spokesperson Janice...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters, Harlem Wildcats, Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and the Turner Tornadoes headed to the Havre Lions Track and Field Meet in Havre Saturday. The meet was held at the Havre middle school track and field complex and as seems to be the case every year the teams battle less than ideal weather conditions including extreme gusts of wind. The Havre Lions meet featured 22 teams representing the Class A, Class B and Class C divisions. The strong field provided the athletes with... Full story
The Chinook Sugarbeeter boys and girls golf teams were in Shelby this past Thursday at the Sunburst/Valier Tournament held at the Marias Valley golf and Country Club Course. It was the first time competing this season for the ‘Beeters and after missing all of last season due to COVID-19, some rust was to be expected. The Chinook contingent consisted of six boys and two girls. Competing in the Varsity Tournament for the boys was senior Ethan MacLeod, senior Erik Pula, junior Oskar Pula and junior Braden Eoff. Senior Benton Elliot and s...
Thanks to everyone who stopped in during National Library Week! National Library Week is a time to celebrate our nation's libraries, library workers' contributions and promote library use and support. Winners of the book bags were Benson Acosta, Maysen Olson, and Tristan Fultz. Winners of the Rad’s gift certificates were Irene Wendeln and Savannah Brown. Winners of the Creamery gift certificates were Kiley and Mariah Huravitch. Congratulations to the winners of our drawings. There will not be LEGO Club on Thursday and the library will be closed...
In partnership with Spay Montana, Pets Are Worth Saving, Incorporated, also known as PAWS of Chinook, is bringing a free spay/neuter clinic to town in May for low income households. Scheduled for May 8-9, the clinic will take place inside the Commercial Building at the Blaine County Fairgrounds in Chinook. According to PAWS President, Alissa Hewitt, volunteers are needed for all facets of this clinic. Those interested in serving in a volunteer capacity should report to the Commercial Building...
The former Creative Leisure building served as the venue for three short plays which were presented on April 2 and 3 as part of the Montana Actors' Theater's (MAT) youth programs. Youth actress, Hailey Ganderberger debuted as the lead character, Cindy, in one of the plays: Fighting Demons by Angela Hill. According to Hailey's mother, Kasie Gandenberger, opening night was a success, with all of the youth expressing "great emotion" and putting on "amazing performances." In Fighting Demons,...
April 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, an annual celebration of poets and poetry. Launched in April 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets not only play an integral role in our culture but that poetry matters. Say the word poetry, though, and many cringe, connecting their aversion to school room experiences that required dissecting a poem for its hidden meaning. The image from “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins of tying a “poem to a chair with a rope and [tort...
