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Five teams represented Fort Belknap and Blaine County at the Phillips County Fair Indian Relay Races on Sunday afternoon. Indian Relay races begin with a rider on the ground. When the signal to start is given, the riders jump on the horses to begin the first of four laps. The horses are ridden bareback and with all the excitement there is a lot of chaos at the starting line as well as when mounts are switched after each lap....
The Blaine County Commissioners would like to remind all Blaine County Residents that Stage I Fire Restrictions remain in effect. Under Stage I restrictions, the following acts are prohibited: • Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire unless specifically exempted. • Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials. With the continued cooperation of county residents, it is hop...
Rob Klingaman a 2013 Chinook High School graduate recently returned from a four week Medical Internship in Italy and this fall will be an Ambassador at MSU Bozeman for the Atlantis Project. Currently Rob is a majoring in Organismal Biology with a focus in cell biology and neuroscience preparing to be to be a surgeon. He will start med school next fall. As of now Klingaman would like to do orthopedic surgery. The medical field wasn't always Robs first choice, after graduating high school as the...
A rangeland monitoring workshop and electric fence demonstration was recently held at the Kleinjan Ranch west of Chinook. The focus was on techniques for monitoring the results of managed intensive grazing (MIG). MIG describes grazing techniques that utilize repeat periods of grazing and rest among multiple paddocks or pastures. The program was sponsored by the Blaine County Conservation District. Rancher Dennis Kleinjan has been using intensive grazing for about six years, but admitted,...
This weeks Jumping Juniper Yard of the Week is the Community Garden put on by the Chinook FFA and located on Illinois Street behind the High School. "When the opportunity to improve our community arose, we as a chapter, decided to tackle the project and make a community garden," said Wade Schneider, 2016-17 Chapter President. "There were so many evening spent planning, preparing the materials, and working together to make the community garden successful."...
Last week we showed the front of Paul Ramberg's yard 935 Missouri street. We unintentionally missed the focal point of Mr. Rambergs work. His garden on the North side is a wonderful accomplishment and for anyone in their mid 80's its an impressive task to complete so successfully....
CHINOOK, MT. August 3, 2017 – Area residents are asked to join Sweet Medical Center (SMC) in celebrating National Health Center Week. Free deluxe water bottles will be given out throughout the week and the finale for the week is a Sweet Swim on Saturday! The national campaign runs August 13th-19th with the goal of raising awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s Health Centers over the course of more than five decades. One of the bright spots in America’s health care system, Community Health Centers serve more than 25 milli...
August is a good month to take a vacation in Glacier National Park. While there plan to stay for several nights in the Lake McDonald valley on the west side of the Park. While east side campgrounds can be very hot, the Lake McDonald campgrounds are very cool. Two are larger camping units. They are Apgar and Fish Creek. Fish Creek is right on the Lake and Apgar is close to Apgar village. I believe that one or both of these campgrounds have installed a reservation system. You can see for yourself by going to Glacier’s home page and scrolling to r...
LaVeda Overcast, age 83, passed away August 4 at the Sweet Nursing Home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home. There will be a private family service at a later date. Veda was born November 21, 1933, at Mountain View, MO, to Frank and Ethel (Flower) Waggoner. She attended school in various states. In November 1951, she married William (Bill) Overcast in Pasco, WA. They returned to the family farm east of Chinook where they lived their entire...
Annabelle Lodge Thomas, 88; niih-inaat-ithaa (Windy Woman) of Hays died at the Northern Montana Care Center on August 4th, 2017 In Havre. She was born April 5th, 1929 at the Fort Belknap Agency born to Fredrick V. & Lillian (Arms) Lodge. Annabelle was a proud full-blooded member of the Aaniiih Tribe. She loved her culture and worked hard to support her family after her husband Albert died in 1986. She was a devoted to her Catholic faith and prayed the rosary every night before bed. She loved...
Loaves and Fishes, the summer program in Chinook for feeding local children, hosted the Chinook Chamber's monthly Business After Hours last Thursday evening at Wallner Hall. It was a time to celebrate a successful summer, enjoy some fellowship and food and learn a bit about how Loaves and Fishes ministers to local children. This was the seventh summer for the ecumenical program supported with volunteer help and donations of food and cash for the meal provided four days a week. Program...
Lane Schmitt, Chinook, Montana, recently re-enrolled in the American Angus Association®'s MaternalPlus® program as a commitment to making genetic improvements in lifetime cow herd productivity. Breeders participating in MaternalPlus are keenly focused to better evaluate herd reproductive performance, the number one profit driver in the cow-calf industry. MaternalPlus is a voluntary, inventory-based reporting system that collects additional reproductive trait data to provide Angus...
Each year, usually sometime during the summer months, the First Bank of Montana in Chinook hosts a community event to thank existing customers and invite new accounts. This year the First Bank division, which includes Glacier Bank's facilities in Chinook and Lewistown, held a 'brand celebration.' Per Craig Lowham, Chinook Branch Manager, "The brand celebration was a chance for the community to display and showcase their brands while we shared First Bank's brand of banking." Lowham said, "At our...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank were to Beaver Creek Park camping for a few days this past week. Gerald and Shirley Keller attended a 40th Birthday party for Danny Kimmel on Friday. Max and Kirsti Cederberg attended the surprise 40th birthday party for Danny Kimmel on Friday. Bridget Reed participated in the Harlem Public Library summer reading program and she visited the library on the final day of the program on Friday. Max and Kirsti Cederberg enjoyed having a visit from Russ Getten of Havre and Gary G...
Susan Billmayer judged flowers and vegetables at the Valley County Fair in Glasgow on Wednesday and the Phillips County Fair in Dodson on Friday of this week. She spent Thursday night in Malta with Jennifer Strzelczyk. Wally and Loretta Beck attended Dan Kimmel’s 40th birthday party at the Turner Park on Friday evening. Darel and Linda Hauge, Diana Maloney, and Anita Reed and girls visited Harlan and Jane Krass on Sunday afternoon. John Wing arrived last Tuesday at the Palmer Anderson farm to visit cousins Mary Ellen and Carol Ann and f...
So many books! So little time! Make a point this week to stop at the library to see the new arrivals. Leslie Shimotakahara is the author of “After the Bloom.” Lily Takmitsu goes missing from her home in Toronto. Her daughter, Rita, knows her mother has problems with disassociation and memory; but she has never been gone this long. Not happy with the lack of involvement from the police, Rita begins her own investigation. As she searches for her mother, Rita discovers secrets surrounding the family’s internment during WWII, their move to Toron...
We sure were lucky yesterday to have the Loaves & Fishes children stop by and perform songs for us. We enjoyed it very much and they did such a nice job! This week has tons of activities you won’t want to miss! We start with Whist on Wednesday, August 16 at 1 p.m. Then be sure to stop by from 3 to 5 p.m. for our Ice Cream Social fundraiser. The Board of Directors will be serving sundaes with all the toppings. Then it’s Bingo on Thursday at 1 p.m. Rosalie Perrine won the blackout prize last week. Make sure to come on down for the BBQ on Fri...
The Summer Reading programs are finished this year. Prizes were drawn for, hours were counted and we have winners! Our top reader this year was Gracie Skoyen with 38 hours turned in. Gracie won the after-hours pizza party. Coming in a close second was Hadley Gustitis with 36 hours and Hadley won a book. Winners of the drawings were Aubri Christensen-Marble Run, Ayden Alisch- Microscope, Kamry Gustitis-Terrarium, and Britton Elliot-Tasty Science Kit. We had a total of 49 kids turn in hours for...
Our Next (and final) Sunday Community Meal Is Coming Soon! Sunday, August 20th is the next Sunday Community Meal. We are serving Steaks on the Grill, please let us know by Friday, August 18, at 5:00 pm, if you will be attending. Don’t Forget… You can get a FREE Senior Citizen Pass for all the HOME sporting events at Harlem High School. Just pick one up at the High School Business Office. It is good for the rest of your life here in Harlem... no need to renew it. Football and Girls Volleyball start in just a few weeks. Did you know that August i...
Reporter's note: My wife and I moved to Chinook about four years ago and ever since on most weekdays I've shared early morning coffee with Art Kleinjan, and others, at the Chinook Senior Center. Art is an active member of St. Gabriel's Catholic Church, having served on the church council over the years. About a month ago Art told me, "You might be surprised to know I was first baptized a Presbyterian." He went on to tell about a Presbyterian minister, from Stanford, who came a couple of summers...
The Chinook Lions and Harlem Swim teams completed yet another stellar season in the pool culminating with an outstanding performance in Lewistown at the State Swim Meet. Several swimmers turned in fantastic efforts and many improved vastly on their times from the Divisional meet and established personal bests. Overall the Chinook Lions finished fourth in the 22 team meet racking up 450 points over the weekend. The teams are based into four classifications (AA, A, B, C) based on the number of...
Team Results Class AA: 1.) Bitterroot 808.5; 2.) Lewistown 537; 3.) Scobey 498; 4.) Chinook 450; 5.) 402; Class A: 1.) Conrad 345; 2.) Big Sandy 294; 3.) Glendive 238.5; 4.) Glasgow 200.5; 5.) Cut Bank 195; 6.) Columbia Falls 183; Class B: 1.) Harlem 212.5; 2.) Fort Benton 155; 3.) Plentywood 153; 4.) Shelby 150.5; 5.) Chester 133; 6.) Malta 116; Class C: 1.) Fairfield 162.5; 2.) Choteau 160; 3.) Roundup 156; 4.) Sunburst 39; 5.) Plains 11 Chinook Lions Swim Team 8 & Under Girls Katie Tilleman - 1.) 25 Meter Breaststroke :23.73; 1.) 25 Meter...
Sunday was a gorgeous day with sunshine and a bit of a breeze at the Phillips County Fairgrounds in Dodson, a perfect day for enjoying competition involving horses. On the last day of the fair there was a double helping of horse-related events with the 2017 Indian Relay Races and the 2017 Phillips County Ranch Rodeo. Fort Belknap was well represented in the relay races with five teams entered: Mountain River; Plainfeather; Wolf Mountain Express; Fast Travelers and Moccasin Flats. There were...
According to Ed Obie, Chinook's Airport Manager, the construction equipment seen working in front of the airport's hangars should be gone in a couple of weeks. He said, "Century Construction, out of Lewistown, is doing work to repair some soft spots on the apron area and improve drainage there as well." Morrison Maierle, from Helena, engineered the project. He said there has been only minor repair work on the area since 1992. "Because of the flat terrain where the airport sits," Obie explained,...
Montana's sole U.S. Representative, Greg Gianforte, made a stop in Chinook last week as part of his listening tour of the Treasure State. He was fulfilling the campaign promise he made during the special election in May to tour the state and listen to constituents' concerns. During his time in north central Montana he visited several locations along the Hi-line. Gianforte was accompanied by Evan Wilson, the congressman's Western Regional Director located in Great Falls, and Misty Kuhl, the...
