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Blaine County Superintendent of Schools Terry Brockie announced he was resigning at the end of April to take a newly created position with Island Mountain Development Group (IMDG), the "economic development arm" of the Fort Belknap Community. Brockie was appointed as county superintendent of schools in July, 2013, when Dr. Lisa Stroh left to take another position. Brockie was elected to an additional four-year term in 2014. Before becoming county superintendent, Brockie taught the Aaniiih...
Despite the 2016 presidential primaries being well underway, the selection of a candidate for the top political office in the U.S. will be finalized, technically, at the national conventions of both major political parties in the late summer. The process for choosing the final presidential candidate actually begins at the county level. County party organizations select delegates to their state party conventions. At the state convention, the delegates who will attend the national convention are elected, and the national convention delegates choo...
Aaniiih Nakoda College would like to invite all to the 32nd commencement ceremony, May 5 from 5:30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. The 2016 graduates are: Allied Health: Fanci Boushie, Louise Doney, Kaye Brown, Aryn Longknife Jake, Peggy Castillo, Haeli Gardipee. Business Technology: Alanna Raining Bird. Business: Christen Falcon. Carpentry: Wallace Birdtail, Henry Brockie Jr., Terry Sandcrane, Hawken Haakanson, Nicholas Haakanson, Raymond Helgeson, and Elias Werk. Early Childhood Education: Raelene Doney, Jessica Doney, Marla Doney, Trisha Standing Bear. E...
On Monday, May 2nd the Special Olympics were held at the Middle School Track in Havre. There to support all the Special Olympians from around North Central Montana was the Chinook High School Business Professionals of America (BPA). The students helped organize events, hand out awards and encourage all the great athletes competing throughout the day. The BPA is open to any high school student and is involved in various activities throughout the year supporting events like the Special Olympics....
Readers and customers may not be familiar with the newest members of the "Blaine County Journal" team. Over the past few months three new people have begun reporting, handling ad sales and greeting customers in the front office. This brief introduction begins with the most recently hired staff member. Elizabeth Doney, Reporter Elizabeth Doney is a reporter who started in March and covers news events on the east side of the county, including Harlem, Fort Belknap, Lodge Pole and Hays. She'll be...
By Kay Russo Alice and Weston arrived at Grandpa and Grandma’s house at lunch time. After some food, Grandpa took them out for a walk to enjoy the perfect spring weather. Grandma had a deadline and stayed home to do some desk work. Back in the house, a stack of board games left over from their parents’ time caught the children’s attention. “Herd Your Horses,” “Top Dog,” and “Mastermind” had to be lifted down from a high shelf and examined. Neither Alice nor Weston is even close to reading, so the main charm of the games seems to be throwing th...
I had a mess of shrimp in my freezer that needed to be cooked. So, I got out my recipe for Alfredo Sauce with Shrimp. I must say that this recipe that I found several years ago on the internet is so very simple and probably one of the best Alfredo sauces you will ever eat. First you need about two pound of U 15 shrimp. That will give you 30 shrimp to peel, devein and butterfly. To butterfly, simply make the line where you deveined the shrimp a tad deeper and split the body up about 2 inches from the end. That makes the shrimp appear larger and...
Turner, MT Elvyn G. Wolery, age 91, formerly of Turner, passed away surrounded by family at the Liberty Medical Center on April 29th. A viewing will be held at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester on Wednesday, May 4th from 3-7 pm with a prayer service beginning at 6 pm. The funeral service will be held May 6th at 11 am at the Turner High School with military honors and burial at the Turner Cemetery. Elvyn was born May 2, 1924 at the family homestead north of Joplin, MT to Guy and Blanche... Full story
Harlem, MT Thomas M. Durand ("Ake'chita Was'te", "Good Soldier") died of natural causes on February 23, 2016 in Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook, MT. A memorial service will be held May 7, 2016 at 1:00 pm at the United Methodist Church in Harlem. Burial will be in the Harlem Cemetery. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Thomas passed away surrounded by his family after a... Full story
Kalispell, MT Mildred Irene Zellmer Nielsen was born Dec. 31, 1917 to Otto & Gertrude Zellmer passed away January 15, 2016 at the age of 98 years old at Heritage Place, Kalispell Montana. Mildred was born in Twete, Montana and was raised in Hogeland, Montana until 1951 when they moved to Columbia Falls, Montana. She was an aid for 17 ½ years at the Lutheran home. After she retired she was active in Sr. activities playing pinochle, teaching Cribbage in many of the schools, etc. After... Full story
Stevensville, MT - A memorial service for Dale Spencer Dahlquist will be held on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. at the Whitesitt Funeral Home. Mr. Dahlquist, 76, passed away December 20, 2015 at the Living Centre of in Stevensville of cancer. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com....
Nurses Week begins this year on May 8th and ends on May 14th. May 8th was designated as National Student Nurse Day, which is celebrated annually now. National School Nurse day is the Wednesday that falls during Nurse Week. In 1953 Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to the president, Eisenhower, to proclaim “Nurse Day” in October of the following year. The proclamation however was never made. A bill for a National Nurse week was introduced to Congress in 1955 but nothing became of it. The...
The Sweet Home will begin celebrating National Nursing Home Week, 2016, with the home’s traditional Mother’s Day Tea for residents and their families. The Mother’s Day Tea marks the beginning of the week long salute to nursing homes across the country. A Community BBQ on Wednesday evening will provide an opportunity for the entire community to celebrate with Sweet Home residents and staff. Sweet Home Administrator Jenni Pula said, “We enjoy celebrating National Nursing Home Week. It’s another series of events to bring community members o...
Appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross. So, if you have not made an appointment you can go on-line at redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 (1-800-REDCROSS). The Red Cross will begin accepting walk in donors at 12:30. Walk in slots will also be available each hour throughout the day. Any healthy person age 18 (or age 16 or 17 with a signed parental consent) or older and weighing at least 110 pounds is eligible and encouraged to donate blood. Valid identification is required for all blood donations (driver’s license or s...
The Ecumenical Echoes, a multi-denominational group of hand bell musicians, held their third spring recital last Sunday afternoon at the Chinook Presbyterian Church. A hand bell choir was started about 30 years ago under the direction of Donna Walworth, a local piano teacher. About 10 years ago the group disbanded but was started again three years ago under the direction of Julie Finley. Their first appearance as a newly formed group was for the first annual Christmas Concert begun by the...
In mid-December several Chinook city council members and the mayor did a walk-through to inspect the city's downtown sidewalk improvement project. From the inspection a punch list was jointly developed to address several issues with the completed work. Siemens Engineering, the firm that did the design work, made a video and detailed descriptions of the repairs that needed to be made. At the city council meeting in early April, Mayor Keith Hanson said the contractor was planning to begin the...
With the primary election just a month away, there is one major local political contest to be decided in Blaine County. Four candidates are vying for the office of Clerk of District Court that will be vacant when Kay Johnson retires at the end of the year. There are three candidates on the Democratic primary ballot and one Republican candidate. The primary is set for June 7. What follows is some basic background about the office and the four candidates seeking the position. A short history of...
Last January Alpine Pacific Utilities, a Kalispell-based engineering firm, filed a preliminary permit to study the feasibility of using Fresno Dam's excess overflow water to generate electricity. The preliminary permit is part of a process to obtain an operating license. The operating license is required from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin producing electricity. A permit holder has a three-year window to obtain a license to generate electricity at a permitted site. In the...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters tennis team traveled to Townsend and Helena this past weekend to play in the DAWG BITE Duals hosted by Broadwater High School. Chinook dueled Wolf Point, Whitehall, Choteau and a combined team of Boulder and Conrad on Friday, and then returned to action on Saturday squaring off against Anaconda, Townsend, Lone Peak, and a combined team from Harlem and Poplar. The team scores were as follows: vs. Wolf Point, 6-0; vs. Whitehall, 6-0; vs. Choteau, 6-0; vs. Boulder/Conrad, 5-1; vs. Harlem/Poplar, 6-0; vs. Anaconda, 4-0; vs....
District track and field meets are just a week away with the District 9C being conducted next Wednesday in Havre and the District 2B in Glasgow next Saturday. The Harlem Wildcat boys are looking sharp as the calendar turns to May. In Lewistown this past weekend. The boys scored 34.5 points on the day. Junior Damon Adams captured the 400 meter crown(:52.57) while also earning a runner up finish in the 200 meter dash (:22.78). Adams also excelled in the long jump for the Wildcats, winning the event with a leap of 18’10.75”. Tyus Hammett earned po...
Jessica Cochran, Michelle Crazy, Kayla Leo, Melinda Jones, and Shaylea Tatsey will graduate on Saturday, May 7 from Montana State University-Billings (MSU-B) with their Bachelor of Science Degrees in Elementary Education. Commencement exercises will be held in Metra Park arena at 10:00 AM, and College of Education Convocation will be held on Friday, May 6, at 4:00 PM in Petro Theater on MSU-B's campus. The five young women are part of the Nee-tha-hatsa-nak/Wa'-Uspe-Wicakiya Preparation Program...
Aaniiih Nakoda College is honored to have Dr. Ferlin Clark give the commencement address to the 2016 graduates. Dr. Clark is Diné from the Navajo Nation and makes his home in Navajo, New Mexico. He recently served as Assistant Secretary for Indian Education with the State of New Mexico. He formerly served as Policy Aide to the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President upon serving as the 14th President of the first and oldest tribal college in the United States, Diné College (formerly Navajo Community College). He has served i...
On Friday, April 22nd, Deion Hammett, a 2015 Harlem High School Graduate, completed the 12 week Marine Corp Boot Camp at the Marine Corp Recruit Depot(MCRD) in San Diego, California. Hammett was part of Platoon 1015, 1st Battalion Alpha Company. Some of his highlights include being the only recruit in his platoon to get a perfect score on his physical fitness test, which included, running 3 miles under 18:00 minutes, most crunches in 2 minutes & 20 or more pull-ups. He also missed expert...
