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Aaniiih Nakoda College held its 32nd Commencement ceremony, Thursday May 5. Graduates earned degrees or certificates in Allied Health, Business Technology, Business, Carpentry, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Environmental Science, Liberal Arts, Tribal Management and Welding. Dr. Ferlin Clark, was the honored guest speaker at the ceremony. A traditional procession by Mark Azure, president of the Fort Belknap Indian Community council. Songs provided by the Aaniiih Nakoda Drum...
A determined and organized group of canvassers made quick work of the annual canvass of Chinook for the Community Chest annual door-to-door solicitation. The non-profit Community Chest was created in the late 1970's to "consolidate solicitation and receive and disburse funds through one organization." The annual fundraiser, which typically raises about $4500 each year, helps support Boy and Girl Scouts, the Food Pantry, AAU Wrestling, Youth Baseball/Softball, Children's Theatre, Swim Team and PA...
Members of the North Central Montana Shrine Club are preparing to receive their usual shipment of three tons of Vidalia onions. The annual sale of the delectable Georgia onion, according to Shrine officials, is their best fundraiser of the year. Onion sale proceeds provide money to help kids, and their families, with travel expenses to the Shriners' Hospital in Spokane. Henry Tweeten, a Shriner from Havre, has been heading up the regional onion sale since it started about a decade ago. Tweeten...
The Chinook Lions Club was founded in May, 1925, making the club the third oldest in Montana. Lions International, the umbrella group for the 1.4 million club members around the world, aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and global scale. The Chinook Lions, in nine decades of service, have supported a variety of projects reflecting the needs of the community and the interest of the club members at any given time. Lions Clubs, internationally, are best known for their programs to...
Mother’s Day has just passed us by. I remember Mother’s Day of my childhood very well. When we went to church on Mother’s Day, and we did go to church, most of the congregation wore carnations on them somewhere. Red if your mother was living and white if your mother was dead. That tradition died out, like so many more, for some reason unknown to me. I was blessed with having two mothers and two grandmothers and for a time even a great grandmother, Augusta Behrends. Although great grandmother Behrends did much to make me frightened to this...
In an article written by a European for other Europeans, the writer said, “Americans dress like children.” What the general topic of the article was I don’t know, but this flat statement has stayed in my mind for months. It makes me laugh every time I think about it. Can we really argue with the writer’s thought? We have to admit that, for a start, virtually everyone, from newborns to bank presidents and teachers, to 80-something ladies, wears blue jeans. Where had that European writer gotten his ideas on what Americans wear? I know it wasn’t i...
Chinook, MT After a long illness, Philip Paul Kessel passed away at home, surrounded by loved ones on April 25th, 2016. He was born in Havre, MT on May 11, 1949 to Philip Russel Kessel and Linda (Ernst) Kessel. Paul, as he was called by family, was raised in Chinook, MT with his six siblings. He learned the value of hard work at a very young age as he worked alongside his family members on their father's cattle ranch and farm. He later started Kessel Construction and built grain bins and steel... Full story
Chinook, MT Will James Crasco and Thelma Jane Poole Crasco made their final journey together on April 30 and May 1, respectively. Will was born January 9, 1940, the third-born to John and Rebecca Crasco. In his younger days, Will was known as a pretty fair saddle bronc and bull rider. He served with honor in the United States Army from 1963-1964. He was also known as a good heavy equipment operator and truck driver, which he did for 31 years. Will was very well known for his musical talent as a guitar player, fiddlier and bass guitarist as... Full story
Chinook, MT William “Bill” E. Overcast, age 90, passed away peacefully of natural causes at the Sweet Nursing Home on May 4, 2016. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. Per his request, no service will be held. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Bill was born on February 27, 1926, on the family farm east of Chinook to Porter Cleveland (PC) and Nora (Webb) Overcast. He attended North Fork school and Chinook High School. In November 1951 he married LaVeda Waggoner. He liv... Full story
Fort Belknap, MT - A funeral service will be held foe Michael Bishop at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 14th at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap..... Full story
Teresa is the daughter of Henry "Prince" and Ruby Brockie from Hays, Montana and is A'aninin from Fort Belknap. She is a Research Nurse Specialist for the Nursing Research and Translational Science Section of the Nursing Department at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Brockie received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Dakota, a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Public Health Nursing and a Doctor of...
Hill County Electric Cooperative (HCE) has announced that it will be mailing out capital credit checks to current and former cooperative members. HCE’s Board of Trustees has authorized a general retirement of capital credits totaling over $106,000. This general retirement is comprised of 10% of the remaining capital credit balances for 1984 and ½ of 1% of the capital credit balances for the years 1985 through 2014. The amount of each check varies based on how much business the member did with HCE during the years being retired. Checks will be...
Finley's Food Farm will host the May Business After Hours on Thursday, the 12th. The monthly networking event, sponsored through the Chinook Chamber, gives a Chamber business an opportunity to introduce themselves, their staff and any special promotions they are offering. Jeff and Lynette Finley began operating the Food Farm store in November, 2008. The Finley's bought the store from Tom and Nancy Petrick. The Petrick's operated the store when Jeff Finley was in high school. Finley said, "I used...
Hope all the Mothers in the Area had a Happy Mothers Day. It was a beautiful sunny day. It was quite a change to wake up this morning to a temperature 42 degrees lower. Only in Montana! Elissa Zellmer and Kathy Zellmer drove up to Chester for a 3 on 3 basketball tourney. A group of boys, Caleb Zellmer, Ryan Doyle, Tate Beck, J.R. Brown and Carson Ottinger(Malta), coached by Darci Ammen placed first. Congrats Team! Mike and Shari Guzman and baby Ellie of Billings were out for the Mothers Day weekend to visit Sharon and Bruce Goodrich. Gene and S...
Miles attended the funeral service for Elvyn Wolery on Friday. Valerie Van Voast attended Breanne Van Voast’s graduation at Gonzaga on Saturday. Tom and Lucy Fairbank were to Havre to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday. Sonny and Nellie Obrecht were to Northern’s graduation this weekend. Sonny was honored as a Golden Graduate at the Foundation Appreciation banquet at Northern. Congratulations, Sonny!! Bette Jo and Jay Snider visited Rose Van Voast on Mother’s Day. Randy and Diana Maloney were to funeral services for Elvyn Wolery on Friday. Bonnie...
By Colleen Brommer Don’t miss May’s Book Challenge which is to read a book you can finish in one day! You have a chance to win a gift certificate from a local business. The Community Input Questionnaires are due back to the library by May 15. If you haven’t picked up your copy you may get one at the library or download it from our website at http://harlempubliclibrary.org. This information will assist the library board and staff in developing the new long-range plan. Your name will be entered to win a door prize! With the school year quick...
We have two non-fiction books ready this week. “God Gave Me You” by Tricia Seaman is the story of a single mother with terminal cancer who asks an oncology nurse to look after her son. Neither can imagine what God has in store. This is the heartwarming story of how two very different women with two very different paths were brought together for one very special purpose. “Getting to Green” by Frederic C. Rich is a guide to saving nature with a bipartisan solution. “Traces of Guilt” by Dee Henderson and “Annabel Lee” by Mike Nappa are two C...
On Friday August 15, 2016 the Environmental Science Faculty at Aaniiih Nakoda College hosted the "Know Free Roaming Bison" Summit. The event was well attended with both students and the general public approximately fifty attendees from Hill, Blaine and Phillips Counties participated. This event was an opportunity to present various viewpoints on the subject of free roaming bison. The goal was to discuss the cultural, political, veterinarian, and ranching perspective about the reintroduction of f...
The Turner High School Junior Senior Prom was held recently in Turner at the Old Gym. This year's theme was, "Footloose and Fancy Free." The Junior Class held a banquet prior to the prom with help from their parents. It was open to school board members, both Junior and Senior classes and their parents. The Senior Class wills and prophecies were read. After the banquet, the prom with DJ music began. The grand march was held at 8:00 with crowning of the King and Queen. King was Bret Van...
The University may not have had a marching band without Don and Pat Simmons and Elizabeth-Simmons O'Neil, J.K. Simmons, David Simmons and Marilyn Rice. They have done so much to raise the importance of the music program to high school students entering the University of Montana through the Don Simmons Music Education Scholarship program. Scott Hamilton was one of the recipients of the Don Simmons Music Education scholarship. Scott is the son of Darin and Elaine Hamilton of Ch...
Madisen McIntosh, a 2012 graduate of Chinook High School is set to graduate from The University of Minnesota. McIntosh will receive a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mortuary Science and will graduate Magna Cum Laude. The University of Minnesota Commencement is Friday, May 13, 2016 at three o'clock. Upon earning her degree, plans to begin as a funeral director with Holland and Bonine Funeral Home in Havre, Montana. The Program of Mortuary Science at the University of Minnesota, established in...
All four Blaine County high school track & field teams were represented on the podium at the Elite North/East Top 10 meet By Kody Farmer BCJ Sports The North/East Top 10 Track and field meet held last Tuesday in Glasgow features some of the top talent the region has to offer amongst the Class A, B and C ranks. Local schools were well represented with ten athletes taking part in the meet. Chinook had six competitors and an alternate while the Wildcats sent two and Turner and Hays/Lodge Pole one...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters hosted their own invitational to end the regular season for high school golf. The Sugarbeeters had seven medalist on the day including four boys and three girls. The 'Beeter boys captured the team title with a score of 270 while the girls finished third with a stroke total of 348. Senior Derek Bell shot a 40-46 86 to win the individual race for the boys. Senior Ian McIntosh was one stoke back with a round of (44-43) 87. Senior Jake Norby finished fourth recording a...
Almost as I am writing these words on a May Saturday afternoon, the Kentucky Derby is being run. It has attracted the rich, the poor, Royalty and most everyone else through the years. It is the reason I started writing this sports column. Many of you remember the writings of Doris Johnson (aka FlazT) did in “The Journal” Well, FlazT loved horses and she loved writing about them. Once in a column I wrote I referred to a horse as a nag. That really offended FlazT and she wrote a column in retaliation. As I got to know FlazT better, I found out...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Tennis team was back on the court this past week to finish out their regular season as they played two duals, one at home and one in Chester. They then traveled to Choteau for their annual invitational tournament to wrap up the regular season. Last Tuesday, May 3rd the Chinook netters hosted Harlem. The 'Beeters won 13 of the 14 matches played against the Wildcats. Then on the 6th of May the Chinook tennis team traveled to Chester to take on CJI in a dual. The...
