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Two teams from Chinook Junior/Senior High School (CHS) traveled to Bozeman on April 14 in order to compete in the 37th Montana Science Olympiad. From the Division C team competing in Dynamic Planet, Liam Edwards and his brother Quentin won bronze medals. Held on April 15 at Montana State University-Bozeman (MSU), the Montana State Tournament included 14 events in Division B (Middle School) and 14 events in Division C (High School). Chinook's Division B team placed 21st overall, while the...
The storefront of the Sage and Spur Mercantile near Harlem is sporting a new sign. According to co-owner Raegan Bell, the artistry belongs to her husband, Vince Bell, who will be adding some additional elements to the sign in the coming weeks....
The Chinook High School auditorium was the location of a parent-presented workshop on Wednesday evening, April 13. Community member, business-owner, and parent, Heather DePriest shared her experience with others in a presentation titled “Online Safety for Tweens and Teens.” Her message conveyed that parents can protect their children by setting healthy limits and by installing parental-control apps to help manage some of these tasks. Earlier this year, DePriest reached out to Chinook School District Superintendent Fred Hofman about doing a tra...
A senior at Chinook High School who will graduate this May, Halle Mitchell operates a beadwork business: Boss Mare Beadwork. She started the business in 2020, sold her first item in 2021, and currently has a long list of orders that she is gradually fulfilling. The venture began as part of her FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience, commonly known as an SAE, in Agriculture Sales Entrepreneurship. Mitchell's interest in beading originated after she admired various hat bands and earrings. But her...
On Saturday, April 9, the Block Builders Quilt Guild celebrated their 25th birthday with cookies, punch, and a quilt show at the Chinook Senior Citizens' Center. During the celebration-which was attended by quilters from Saco, Hinsdale, Gildford, Malta, Harlem, Havre, and Chinook-the group not only displayed several examples of their work but also heard a presentation by guest speaker, Marilyn Breipohl. A quilter from Saco, Breipohl did a Trunk Show of the paper piecing technique that has...
Harlem Library Today, Apr. 20, the Harlem Public Library and Humanities Montana are co-hosting the virtual program “Montana’s Poet Laureate” with Mark Gibbons from 6:30-8 P.M. on Zoom. Preregister at HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/MTPOETMARK. You may watch at the library. The Book Challenge for April is to read a book from the 900s section. Bear Paw Cooperative The Bear Paw Cooperative, through your local school district, assists in the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities. Through a process called Child Find,...
Susan and Gene Billmayer and Eric and Karyn Billmayer attended the Seder supper in Turner at the Lutheran Church on Thursday evening. Wally and Loretta Beck attended the Missoula Children’s Theatre production “Little Red Riding Hood” in Turner on Saturday. The kids did a wonderful job! Brenda and Terry Mohar went to Harlem for Easter to spend the day with Misty and Dusty Mohar and family. Susan Billmayer had Easter dinner at Zurich Park and Gene spent the day with his parents and family in Havre. Loretta and Wally Beck were Easter guests at th...
Officials from Harlem Elementary School submitted the names of the seven "magnificent ROARing students" for the week ending April 8. Marlee Brown (grade 6), Evelillian Guerrero (grade 5), and Rooney Briere (grade 3), Danleigh First Raised (grade2), Noah Cochran (grade 1), and Remadie Messerly (kindergarten). Along with the individual ROARing students on April 8, the administration at Harlem Elementary School designated Mrs. Kerry Johnson's entire fourth grade class as a ROARing class. In...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday April 25th at 4:30 p.m. in the library meeting room. April is National Poetry Month. We have a display of poetry books available to check out. The main book display for April is gardening books to help inspire us as we prepare for Spring and Summer. Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investigative reins in "The Investigator" by John Sandford. In the...
On April 13 at Shores Floral in Chinook, shop owner Tomi Simonson presented a $5,425 check to Bonnie Weber, a Board Member for the Northern Montana Health Care Foundation (NMHCF). The funds were generated through the daffodil fundraiser held last month. This donation showed an increase over last year's, which was generated from the sale of 700 bunches of the sunny blooms. For 2022 at final count, Simenson reported that 775 bunches of daffodils were ordered and delivered to Hi-Line residents....
Please join the Montana Conversations program “Montana’s Poet Laureate” with Mark Gibbons today, April 20, from 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. This virtual presentation is co-hosted by Humanities Montana and the Harlem Public Library and is free and open to all. Pre-registration is required at HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/MTPOETMARK. The library is hosting a watch party so you may join us at the library or watch on your own device. The Book Challenge for April is to read a book from the 900s section (history and geography.) You may win a gift certificate from a...
Dear Editor: Perhaps, some of the readers of the Journal can help with a project that I am currently working on. Bernice Ende wrote a book titled: LADY LONG RIDER. She was inducted into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2020, after being nominated by one of “the dear hearts and gentle people” of Chinook, Loretta Park. Please check this book out, either at the library or buy a copy at the Blaine County Museum. After Loretta read Bernice’s book, “she had to meet her.” They quickly became good friends. There is also a web site of: endeofthe...
One thing about spring in Montana is you can always count on it to be completely unpredictable. That being said, while unpredictable, locals still expect to have an event or multiple events delayed or postponed due to weather. You just don't know when. The recent spring storm carried with it a severe 'winter' advisory and left some places with significant amounts of snow. Single digit temperatures and wind chills affected much of the region as well. Naturally that meant the postponement or...
The Montana High School Association recently held their spring meeting and made their decision regarding school reclassification, realignment and a number of other topics. The Chinook Sugarbeeters were amongst those schools designated for reclassification following the conclusion of the meetings. The Sugarbeeters along with Darby, Ennis, Fairview, Lone Peek and Superior will move from Class C to Class B for basketball, volleyball, track and field and golf. Chinook would remain in the Eastern B/C division for Wrestling as well as the Northern B/...
On Wednesday afternoon, April 13, the Meadowlark Gym transformed into a Living Wax Museum. The fifth grade students of Mrs. Lesa MacLeod and Mr. Trevor Reid at Meadowlark Elementary School in Chinook portrayed people who have made some kind of impact on American History. The event opened with the students delivering short speeches. These speeches provided an introduction to the Living Wax Museum, during which guests could hear each student's narrative and get a glimpse of what they might later v...
Mary Pyette won a free meal by finding the Golden egg at the Easter Egg hunt at the Center. Poetry! We are going to have a ‘Jam in a Poetry Jam’ here at the center on May 11th at 1:00 p.m. Limit ten (10) participants with a special guest from Big Fork. Call Lois at 406-357-2696 to sign up. Blackout Bingo winners for April 14th were Virginia Olson and Amy Belle Smith. Nice job ladies. Bingo is played every Thursday at 1:00 p.m. and anyone is welcome to join us. Each card played is a dime, only one card for each player wins per round. Last Thu...
Harlem Elementary School had a surprise visitor just in time for Easter vacation. Mr. Bunny even took the time to pose with Mrs. Cathy Bear's fifth graders and to wish everyone a Happy Easter!...
