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The White Pine 4-H Club raised some chickens to be auctioned off at the Blaine County Livestock Sale this past weekend. Gus, Charlie and Claire Buck along with their cousin Ethan Klingaman show off their chickens to see who would be the highest bidder and take these lovely creatures home. The funds raised on the sale of the chickens will be used towards maintenance of the 4-H Chuckwagon. A total of $800 was raised for the improvements....
In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) will be under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Hill and Roosevelt counties beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday morning, Aug. 14, 2020. The restrictions will be in effect until further notice. FWP followed the lead of Hill and Roosevelt county officials who announced this week that they are entering Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. These restrictions ban campfires except...
Water is essential to everyone, and for those of us who call North Central Montana home it carries added meaning. Our area of the country tends to exist in drought conditions far more often than not. We are all aware of the importance of moisture to our local Agriculture producers, be it in the fields as the crops grow, or providing adequate water supplies to their livestock. Many of our local producers rely on irrigating to farm their land and many more draw from the Milk River to provide stabl...
Evelyn Cole did art in Chinook most of her adult life and is likely best known for her sculpture of famed western artist Charlie Russell (rejected as Montana's entry for the Hall of Statuary in the U.S. Capitol because Russell was sculpted wearing a hat). Cole did paintings, sculptures and unique pieces including two tents she decorated for local girls who attended the first ever national Girl Scout Senior Roundup in 1956. Evelyn Cole died in 1984. While working on a story about the mural...
Several oral histories collected during the 1980s are catalogued, uploaded, and organized at the Blaine County Museum, and Museum Director Sam French invites everyone to come in and hear them, using the public access monitor at the museum. According to French, eight collections are uploaded on the guest desk top at the museum and ready for the public's educational pleasure. Many of these were interviews; some had transcripts associated with them while others did not. Several of the interviews...
Harlem Library The Book Challenge for August is to read a book set in another time. Congratulations to Summer Reading grand prize winners: Pre-K -1st Grade: Azaylea Hawley; Grades 2-6: Mikaela Doney; Teens/Adults: Cheryl Stiffarm. The top readers were Pre-K-1st Grade: Evelyn Handran, 105 books and Grades 2-6: Breydon Hawley and Ozzy Baker, 1200 minutes. There is no library board meeting this month. The library has mobile hotspots available for check out. Chinook Jr./Sr. High School Attention Chinook Jr./Sr. High School Students and Parents....
It is with great sadness that the family of Mary Kay (Burtner) Thompson announces her passing on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at home with family near Bonners Ferry, Idaho at the age of 77 years. Private family services will be held at a later date at the Grandview Cemetery in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Mary was born to Herman and Edla Burtner. Mary spent her younger years in Montana on the family farm near Lindsay, Jordan and graduated from Chinook High School. Shortly after graduation, she joined the United States Air Force where she met her future... Full story
Willie George Kruse, 90, passed away on August 11, 2020 at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook MT, a Graveside service will be held on Wednesday August 19, 2020 at 11:00am at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook MT. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Homes.... Full story
Mary J. Taylor, 78, passed away due to natural causes at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Cremation has taken place and services are pending with Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Please visit Mary’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com.... Full story
The library has a new service available through our website at www.harlempubliclibrary.org. Niche Academy provides online tutorials on just about any topic including social media, research and study skills, job searching, business resources, genealogical research and so many more. Thanks to the Friends of the Library for supplying this new resource. The Book Challenge for August is to read a book set in another time. We have some options on display for you to choose from. The library has...
Adam and Lauren Hauge and Caleb, Noland, and Tessa visited Jane Krass and Diana Maloney on Saturday. Anita, Brooke, and Bridget Reed visited Jane on Saturday morning. Susie and Lee Mason visited at Jordan and Elissa Zellmer's home this past weekend. Tate and Ty Beck mowed Grandma and Grandpa Beck's lawn and visited on Friday. Bobbi and Harley Beck stopped to visit Grandpa Wally on Sunday morning while Grandma was in church....
Friday August 14th was the final day to turn in time logs for the Summer Reading Program. Kolt Rutledge won the Supersoaker, Laura Danley was the winner of the Simon Optix, and Balen Adair won the Magic Art Kit and Tic Tac Toe game. Aubrey Kalk was our top reader this year with 88 hours of reading and is the recipient of the afterhours pizza party. We will continue to have the Story Walk on Monday and Wednesday, but it will be on the lawn at the library instead of at the school. Take and Make crafts will be available in the library. The final...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, the U.S. Census Bureau cut the response period deadline early by an entire month disproportionately affecting the counting of Black, Brown, Indigenous and immigrant communities. The census determines the allocation of nearly $1.5 trillion in federal funds yearly for essential programs and is used to determine representation in the House of Representatives based on population. The move comes after the Trump administration released a memo in late July calling for the exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the c...
Emma Klingaman Grand Champion English Horsemanship Level 2 Grand Champion Ranch Horse Level 1 Reserve Champion Junior English Equitation Reserve Champion Junior Pole Bending and Barrel Racing Reserve Champion Western Horsemanship Level 3 Emma Paulsen Grand Champion Junior Bareback Equitation Reserve Champion Junior Trail Reserve Western Horsemanship Level 5 Fletcher Anderson Grand Champion Western Horsemanship Level 3 Kruz Crowley Reserve Champion Junior Western Equitation Aislinn Handy Grand...
Like so many other events this year the Annual Community Dinner and Live Auction hosted by Ginger Hansen to benefit the Chinook Golf Course had been postponed. Originally set to take place the first week of June the event was forced to reschedule due to COVID-19 restrictions put in place. Unlike a lot of these events the fundraiser will be able to be held, thanks in part to a decision made by the Blaine County Commissioners that will allow the event to take place at the Blaine County Fairgrounds...
When Montana Ag Live announced their winners for this year's Show What You Grow Photo contest, Turner resident Shannon Van Voast emerged as the winner for the best floral garden. After reading about the contest in the Blaine County Journal, Van Voast's sister shared the information about the contest, sending her a screen shot of the article. In response, Van Voast entered the contest with photographs from the floral display in her yard. "If Stephanie had not pointed out the contest, I would not...
Finally, something that is pretty much just as we expect it! The Montana Upland Bird and Big Game Hunting seasons are right around the corner. In fact, the 900 Series Antelope only Archery season got started this past Saturday, August 15. The 900 Series is a Antelope only Archery Season for any license holder to hunt antelope of either sex in any hunting district starting with a 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Hunting and fishing in Montana and especially for us living on the Hi-line is a big part of who we are as a whole. 2020 has been anything but normal...
