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Over the weekend, cooler and wetter weather helped ease the effects of this year’s fire season, but most of the counties within the Lewistown Fire Restriction Area have decided to stay in fire restrictions, with the exception of Chouteau and Phillips Counties. These two counties along with Montana Department of Natural Resource & Conservation rescinded Stage 1 fire restrictions effective immediately. Blaine, Golden Valley, Hill, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley Counties are currently in Stage 1 fire restrictions, including all lands managed by t...
he Blaine County Cruisin' Association continued their annual tradition of the fall car show this past weekend at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. In the past the show has been part of the Sugarbeet Festival, this year the Cruisers decided to continue with the show despite the Festival not taking place. The show attracted participants from all over the Hi-Line as well as Canada....
Six months ago several locals participated in a "train the trainer" class presented by the ALICE Institute and held at Chinook High. Since that first introduction to the protocols associated with ALICE training (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate), trainers for both Blaine County and Chinook Schools have been conducting drills to teach staff and students at schools and county employees how to deal with an active shooter situation. Since the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999,...
Most transports in Blaine County, whether by the fixed wing jet or the helicopter, are from one of the local airports. Smith said, "Typically we will land and someone with the local EMS organization will pick up the Mercy Flight crew and take us to the patient. We can help the local EMS folks prepare the patient for transport, that's part of our job." Dan Friede, who has worked with the Mercy Flight crews over the years, added, "The crews are very helpful and will direct and assist the local...
The Jumping Junipers Garden Club has chosen Edgar Lee and Gail Obie's home at 490 Cleveland Road for Yard of the Week. Drive by for a lovely view of their perfectly manicured yard. The front yard has colorful perennials with added annuals for summer color. A green ash tree and a red Canadian Choke tree are facing east in the front yard and a Weeping Willow enhances the back yard. A rock island with Mugo Pine and Quaking Aspen trees are also featured in the back yard as well as shrubs, Spires...
The 140th Commemoration of the Bear Paw Battle will take place Saturday, October 7, 2017. Nez Perce descendants will remember and honor all who sacrificed through a pipe ceremony and drum circle. Food will be offered after the ceremonies in the lower parking lot. Everyone is welcome and there is no admission fee. Photography will prohibited during some ceremonies. Commemorative activities will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m in the upper parking lot. Facilities are limited to pit toilets and a...
I love to view fall foliage! Each year about this time I review with you some of the best places in Montana to view the bold reds, oranges, yellows and golds not to mention purples and dark greens that make up some of the most vibrant fall foliage to be seen. This week we go through the Bear Paw Mountains. Next week it is off to Glacier to see foliage and the week after that it is foliage where you would not think to see any. The Bear Paw Mountains have had a terrible summer with the fire that burned much of the land between Clear Creek and...
Kim B. Jones (Kimmerz) 60 of Harlem died early Monday morning, September 18, 2017 in Billings Clinic of natural causes. He was born June 3, 1957 in Fort Belknap, Montana the son of James and Helen (Striker) Jones. He received his schooling in Hays and then begin working on ranches in Northcentral Montana. He found his life mate and best friend in 1981, Vernie Healy. They made their home on the Fort Belknap Agency until the time of his death. Kim loved his horses, building fences, collecting toy...
Jean (Rattey) Tanniehill, age 80 of Helena, Montana, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2017. Jean was born to Lester and Rose Rattey, on September 22, 1936 south of Chinook, Montana in the small community of Ada in the Bear Paw Mountains. Born in a log cabin, under assistance of a midwife, she was the second oldest of five children. She spent her early life cattle ranching with her parents and siblings in Ada, Harlem, and eventually the family ranch in Dodson, Montana. Jean eventually ende...
Daniel D. Sargent, (Devone) , "Sarge" , 63 of Williston, North Dakota, formerly of Chinook, Montana passed away peacefully at St. Vincent's Healthcare in Billings, Montana on September 21,2017 from lung cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Devone attended schools in Chinook and Helena Montana. He began his oilfield career December 26, 1974. He was headquartered in the Williston area where he worked hard and rose through the ranks in the oil industry. Because of his hard work he was able to...
Whether local students were behind the scenes as assistant directors or on stage dressed in costume, the children were stars this past week in Turner! Auditions for the production, "Treasure Island" conceived and written by Jim Caron, and music and lyrics by Jim Caron and Michael McGill, took place on Monday followed by practice after school and all week long in the school gymnasium. At any rate, the students pulled off a fabulous production under the direction of Emily Dwornik, Tour...
Don’t allow evil to cloud your perception of God Q. I find the Bible interesting (or at least parts of it), but I don’t think we ought to follow it as a guide for our lives. After all, it’s thousands of years old, and we live in a different world today. A:Yes, we do live in a different world — and yet millions of people all over the world still look to the Bible to guide them and give them hope. They have discovered that Jesus’ words — spoken almost 2,000 years ago — are still true: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will neve...
With the suspension of the Sugarbeet Festival, a few organizations and individuals in Chinook took matters into their own hands to create some fall diversions last weekend at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. Despite a rather gloomy start of the weather, the day turned pleasant and a decent sized crowd came to enjoy a car show, do some roping, enjoy a customer appreciation lunch and take in a drive-in movie after dark. Dan's NAPA store hosted a noon luncheon in the commercial building with sloppy...
The Sunday School is once again doing the Big Flat Community Calendar. If anyone has any changes to be made to the calendar, or would like to be put on the list to buy a calendar, please contact Amy Egbert, Elissa Zellmer, or Anita Reed by Sept. 30. If you received a calendar(s) last year, and want to remain on the list, we have you on file and no action is needed at this time. Harlan and Jane Krass would like to thank everyone who attended their 60th Anniversary party last Sunday and to everyone that sent cards and wishes! Susan Billmayer had...
Sonny and Nellie Obrecht enjoyed attending the MSU- Northern’s home coming festivities this past Saturday. Dan and Amy Hutton were to Rocky Boy to watch their granddaughter, Audrey, play Volleyball. Virginia McCracken has moved to Havre in the new Timbercreek Village. She would love to hear from you either by a visit or correspondence. Her address is: 155 34th Ave. West #22, Havre, MT 59501. Her phone is 879-9363. There will be a 90th Birthday party for Adrienne Hutton on Saturday, September 30th at 5:00 p.m. at the Crystal Inn Motel in G...
This week the library is observing Banned Books Week. Celebrate your freedom to read by stopping at the library. Carly has put together a fun game "Guess the Banned Book" for both adults and children to play. We are also showing the movie "Footloose," a movie about fighting for your rights, Thursday, September 28, 6 P.M. The library board of trustees meets today in the meeting room at 4:15 P.M. Tonight Triangle Communications is presenting a free training "Basic Internet and Email" from...
Gracias! To Hillary Richman for the cookies; To Diane Peterson for the cases of water. Don’t forget about the Harlem Civic Association 5K Walk/Run on Sunday 24th afternoon at 2 p.m. Proceeds go to the Harlem Food Bank Then, at 4 p.m., the Civic Association will be doing the Fall Festival Picnic in the Park at 4 p.m. They will supply the sloppy joes and utensils and such. We need to bring salads and desserts. Music is there also! If you like good theater plays you need to get ready for the Montana Actors’ Theatre 2017-18 Season at MSU Nor...
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read, Sept. 24 – 30, 2017 By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the e...
By Kristi Norby The October calendars are out, so stop by and see what we have planned for next month. We have added a few activities including a pie social with the Board of Directors. The Genealogy Group is starting up again and will be meeting in the afternoon on the third Tuesday of the month. Last month, there were 8 members present. If you are interested in joining, please talk to Vernelia Tilleman or me. We had a nice turnout for the Cancer Support Group on Tuesday. Guest speaker Shaun Guffin was very inspiring as he shared his life...
Lots happening in the wonderful world of football these days. Take last weekend for instance. The Bobcats beat North Dakota 49 to 21, a blowout if there was ever a blowout to be had. Meanwhile back home in the Grizzly Nation the Griz lost to Eastern Washington 48 to 41. I got both those games wrong as did lots others. The Griz are 2 and 2 for the season. Same with the Bobcats. Meanwhile closer to home Havre lost to Glendive 36 to 26. Chinook beat Rocky Boy 50 to 0 and Harlem lost to Shelby 61 to 12. The Thunderbirds lost to CJI 56 to 12. Big...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters began the week with a tough five set loss to the Malta M-ettes on Tuesday. Thursday the girls rebounded and earned a hard fought 5 set win over the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks in District 6C-East play. Tuesday evening the M-ettes got off to a fast start, taking the first set from the Sugarbeeters 25-14. Chinook responded in the second set as junior Megan Molyneaux pounded home four kills and the back row dug up 16 balls with senior Carrie Hofer saving five of them as...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters scored early and often in a 50-0 shellacking of the Rocky Boy stars Friday evening. The battle between Northern Eight-man 'B' Division foes was never in question as the Sugarbeeters took the opening kickoff and marched down the field at will. Junior Chase Moxley found the end zone on seven yard scamper just over a minute into the contest. Junior Trajan Hannum connected with junior Brenden Edwards on the conversion and the 'Beeters were quickly up 8-0. The 'Beeter...
