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Chinook resident Amber Miller, known to many as 'Amber Ace' was diagnosed with Stage 3 Cervical Cancer a few months ago. Last Monday, June 15, she completed her final treatment and is looking forward to receiving a clean bill of health. In addition to the many difficulties associated with Cervical Cancer, another is the huge amount of financial stress immediately placed on the individual. Amber Miller is a familiar face to many in the area, helping people out with all of their needs at Chinook...
Multiple competitions took place during the 90th Montana FFA Convention held late last month, and one of the winners was Alyssa Gruszie from the Chinook FFA. Gruszie emerged as a Star Farmer Finalist, making it in the top four among 175 competitors. In other competition, the Chinook FFA Chapter Conduct of Meeting team comprised of Bree Swanson, Morgan Friede, Ryley Hofeldt, Torin Cecrle, and Aislinn Handy placed fifth. Madilyn Gruszie also competed in Livestock. Because the 90th Annual Montana...
Lane Schmitt is a new doctor in town- a doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM). And he enjoys the rewards of being around his clients and forming friendships with livestock growers who raise the "best beef in the world," in his estimation. "I get to work in the best places-outdoors, under the big sky. On the job, I have seen some of the best places in the world!" Schmitt exclaimed. After graduating from Chinook High School in 2011, Schmitt enrolled in the Animal Science program at Montana State Uni...
HAVRE – Bear Paw Development Corporation was recently awarded $600,000 in federal funds by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to capitalize a new revolving loan fund that will be available for businesses and prospective entrepreneurs in the organization’s five-county region of northern Montana. The funds were matched by $150,000 in local funds to create a $750,000 revolving loan fund to assist existing business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs with their start-up or expansion needs. “This investment by the EDA, through a compe...
For the Week of June 17 - Ashley (Mohar) and Chris Burke got married at Pepin Park Saturday, June 6, in Havre. Congratulations to the newlyweds! On Saturday, Cindy, Jessica, Lindsey, and Davion Reed visited Harlan and Jane Krass after Jim Reed’s memorial service in Turner. Duane Klindworth was a visitor at the Wallace Beck home on Monday. Emily Billmayer is a patient at Northern Montana Hospital. Loretta Beck visited at the Darwin Zellmer home in Harlem on Thursday morning and also visited at the Ed Zellmer home Thursday afternoon. Merrilyn B...
Harlem Library The library board will hold its monthly meeting today at 4:15 in the library meeting room. The Book Challenge for June is to read an original or retelling of a fairy tale. Summer Reading Story Time in the Park continues every Tuesday at 10 A.M. Contact the library with the number of books/minutes read to earn prizes. MSU-Extension Montana State University Extension has put together a new website that contains resources for everyone when it comes to dealing with all of the issues surrounding COVID-19. There are resources for famil...
Janice Nesslar passed away June 16th, 2020 at the age of 80 from natural causes. A private graveside service was held on June 19th, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. with the immediate family in attendance. Janice was born June 30th, 1939 in Ogden, Utah, to Enos and Stella Bernice Beard. She graduated from Chinook High School. She married James Nesslar on October 3rd, 1958 in Chinook, Montana. Jim and Janice resided in Chinook all their lives. Janice helped Jim on the ranch in Paradise Valley outside of... Full story
Longtime Turner resident, Adrienne Phyllis Hutton (92) went to be with her Lord, her husband Graham and daughter Karalee on February 27, 2020. Born on October 2, 1927 to Fred and Mary Acelia Richards of Orkney, SK, Canada, she was the fourth of five children born and raised on the family farm. She attended country school until the family moved into Orkney when she was 11. On New Year's Eve 1945, she met Graham Hutton of Turner, MT at a dance in Climax, SK. He had recently returned from overseas... Full story
It is officially summer now, and the weather has been very nice between rain showers and sunshine it’s looking really pretty around town with all the green grass and flowers. Just a reminder for you to renew your membership, cost is $10 a year. We have 2 seats on the Center Board that will need to be filled at the Annual Meeting on July 17. You must be a paid up member to vote. To be eligible to vote dues must be in by July 17th at 11 a.m. We would like to thank Roger Fischer and Rochelle Wohlschlager for all their years of service on the S...
The Blaine County Library Board will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday June 29th at 4:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. The library has mobile hotspots available for check out. These are small devices used to access the Internet by using a cellular connection. Patrons who have been registered with a good record for at least one month may check out a hotspot for 14 days with no renewals. A user must read and sign a lending agreement and complete a survey upon return of the device....
Today at 4:15 the Harlem Library Board will hold is monthly meeting in the meeting room. It’s not too late to participate in this year’s summer reading program “Imagine Your Story.” Children of all ages are invited to attend Storytime in the Park every Tuesday at 10 A.M. Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian and each family unit is asked to bring a blanket to sit on. Each child will be given a craft project to make at home. Children ages 0-kindergarten can keep track of each book read or read to them. Students in grades 1-8 may kee...
In April of 2019 the Blaine County Journal ran an article regarding the future of the P.A.W.S. Animal Shelter in Chinook being forced to close its doors due to a lack of volunteers. The founding members, having jobs of their own, were burning out and didn't have the time they used to have. After reading the story, Chinook resident, Alissa Hewitt was determined to fill the need and contacted Bonnie Weber and Laura Kleinjan immediately. In August of 2019 Bonnie invited Alissa to a P.A.W.S. Board...
The advent of COVID-19 brought about significant changes to the way courthouse proceedings move forward. One of the more significant changes came in the form of advancing its technology capabilities. Many, if not all of these changes will be utilize moving forward but not all improvements have been implemented as a result of COVID-19 mandates. Beginning in the fall of 2019 Blaine County District Attorney Kelsie Harwood began looking into purchasing technology that would improve drastically the w...
Blaine County Superintendent of Schools, Valerie White, reported that her office has recently been receiving an increase in the number of calls regarding homeschooling. White wants Blaine County residents to know that families considering homeschooling should not only understand Montana’s homeschool requirements but know the laws governing this academic option and the significant commitment required. The coronavirus pandemic, which thrust the country into a mass homeschooling experiment, may be the cause of that uptick in calls and may even h...
The Northwest Earth & Space Science Pipeline (NESSP) grant will be providing registration funding for fifty Montana teachers to attend distance learning through the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) that supports students’ sense-making. The topic of this summer’s NSTA virtual program is distance learning strategies and assessment. NESSP partners, the Montana Office of Public Instruction and Montana Tech, understand that given the current teaching environment, teachers will be more likely to reach the goals of the NASA-funded gra...
BOZEMAN — Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for spring semester 2020. There are two MSU honor roll lists, the President's List and the Dean's List. To be eligible for the lists, students must have earned at least 12 college-level credits. This honor roll list was current as of June 11 and includes all registration corrections or grade changes processed to that date. The 2,439 students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President's List. An asterisk follows their names b...
The Chinook Lions and Harlem Swim Teams had yet been able to get in their own pools and practice prior to the first meet of the year in Glasgow this past weekend. That didn't stop coaches and swimmers alike from doing their best to prepare for the long awaited start to the season by getting in as much work on land as possible. Their hard work didn't go unrewarded as both teams competed very well in the field of six teams. Joining them and host Glasgow in the pool were teams from Malta, Roundup...
