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tudents at Hays/Lodge Pole experience a new way of being educated. Students sit in a lodge on the ground and learn about who they are as Nakoda and Aa-nii people. The Lodge was one of several built recently with funds secured by a School Improvement Grant or SIG. With the money the District purchased a Lodge for each grade K-12....
Several downtown business are getting together to treat the community to a celebration with the purpose of showing people what services these great businesses provide and hopefully encourage the community to shop local. Businesses taking part in the Block Party include: Finley's Food Farm, Crystal Stepper -State Farm, Chinook Tire and Lube, Blaine County Journal, as well as the Blaine County Museum and the Blaine County Wildlife Museum Each one of the businesses will be offering a gift basket...
A little late in notes regarding the happenings at the Hays/Lodge Pole schools during Native American Week. For a reason unbeknownst to the school, in true Indian fashion we were a week late. Ironic as it were, as in prior years it was a delegation of students from our school who sponsored the bill making Native American Day an official holiday in the state of Montana, celebrating Native Americans. This year with the help of an effort put forth by OPI called School Improvement Grant or SIG the district purchased a Lodge for each grade K-12....
The Big Game hunting season is upon us. Deer and Elk season opens this Saturday, October 21. Pheasant season opened last Saturday and Archery season concluded last Friday. Hunters routinely face obstacles in coming up with the perfect hunting getaway and this fall there are plenty a things that will likely get in the way. Gaining access to suitable hunting locations can be difficult any season but this year will prove to be an even greater challenge. This fire season has been off the charts as f...
The election for council members and mayor in the City of Chinook will be voting by mail ballot. This type of election allows the voter the convenience of voting at home and simply returning the ballot by mail or delivering it to the Blaine County Clerk and Recorder’s office at the courthouse. No precinct polling place will be open on Election Day, November 7, 2017. Ballots must be voted and received by the Blaine County Clerk & Recorder’s office not later than 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 7, 2017. The Blaine County Clerk and Recorder’s offic...
I owe you one last column about fall foliage, that is finding fall foliage where there is usually not much to find or finding it where most people do not think to look. This fall foliage season has been a very strange season as the leaves just simply refused to fall off the trees for the longest time. Fall foliage until the big storm in early October was really spectacular for weeks on end. Then finally there was a very big snow storm and foliage started falling and turning colors quickly. I don’t know just how much foliage is left since I h...
Franklin R Partridge 65 passed away at his home in Chinook on Thursday, September 28, 2017. Frank was born in Glasgow, Montana to Richard (Pat) and Ethel Partridge on October 30, 1951. He was a 1969 graduate of Glasgow High School. During his 65 years of life he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and golf with his friends and family and I guess plenty of mischief, as the stories are continuing to come. We will not forget to mention his Star Trek series. Frank had the ability to know just enough... Full story
Richard S. Wagner, 87, passed away April 4, 2017, at his home in Bigfork. He was born Aug. 30,1929, in Park City, Montana, to Fred and Mary Wagner. In 1933 his parents moved to Chinook where they began a farming and ranching operation. Growing up on the farm, Richard began learning the trade of the agriculture community at a young age and became an expert in operating equipment and management. In 1967 they sold their operation and moved to Kalispell. Richard and his wife Connie purchased a... Full story
Sister Lois Murray, age 94, a Sister of Providence for 38 years, died October 5, 2017, at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle, WA. Vigil Service: Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 6:30 PM, and Funeral Mass: Friday, October 13, 2017, at 11:00 AM, both at St. Joseph Residence, 4800 37th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA. Burial will be on Monday, October 23, 2017 at 1:00 PM, at Holy Cross Cemetery, 7200 N. Wall Street, Spokane, WA. Holy Cross Cemetery Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Sr. Lois is preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Eleanor.... Full story
Sharon Marie Lux, age 79, of Billings, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017. She was born to the late Rudy and Gladys Hebbelman on May 18, 1938. Sharon attended North Fork Elementary School and Chinook High School. On August 31, 1958, she married her husband of 42 years, the late Ronald Lux. Family and friends were Sharon's light and joy. She was a hostess at heart and often organized gatherings at her home for family and friends, including her famous, or perhaps infamous, fondue parties.... Full story
It’s possible to live a good life without God — at the expense of the ultimate joy Q. : Our neighbors are some of the kindest and most moral people we know, and yet they don’t have any use for God. Unfortunately, another neighbor claims to be a Christian, but is one of the grumpiest people I’ve ever met. How do you explain this? — Mrs. E. A: Admittedly some people who don’t even believe in God put those of us who claim to follow Christ to shame. We should be grateful for their good lives; our world would be worse without them. Even if they don...
On Sunday, Oct. 22, the Harlem Lutheran church will host their annual Harvest Dinner and Bazaar from 12:00 to 2:00. The menu will be roast pork loin, baked potato, all the trimmings and dessert. Take-outs and deliveries are available; please call 353-2234 before 11:30 if possible. Prices for the dinner are: Adults, $10.00; Ages 6 to 12, $5.00; and ages 5 and under, free. In addition to the meal, a bazaar and bake sale will offer homemade baked goods and crafts. The church is also sponsoring a raffle with all proceeds to go to Lutheran World...
THANK YOU: Barb McDonald for the milk; Carla Chambers for the pasta; Jan Egeland for the jigsaw puzzle; Bev Devaney & An Anonymous Donor for the tomatoes; Rose Noel for cleaning out the courtyard flower garden. Reminder: If you are 60 or over you may get a totally FREE Activity Pass that is good at all the HOME sporting events. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, stop by the Harlem High School Business Office with proof of your age and they will get you your free activity pass. Football and Volleyball are soon over and Basketball and Wrestling are...
Mark your calendars for the annual TURKEY TRAP SHOOT! It will be held at the Turner Trap area on Sunday, October 29th beginning at noon. This is sponsored by The American Legion Post #109. Everyone is invited to come and have a chance of winning a Thanksgiving Turkey! It promises to be FUN!! Miles and Linda Hutton were in Dickinson this weekend to see Reece and take in the homecoming festivities there. Anita, Lucas, and Bridget Reed were to Harlem on Saturday to watch the Wildcat Volleyball team play. The Steve Hickel family was to Chester on...
The Turkey Shoot will be held on Sunday, October 29th, beginning at 12:00 noon, at the Turner Trap. Everyone is welcome. The American Legion Post #109 is sponsoring this event. The Hogeland Lutheran Annual Turkey Dinner and Bazaar will be held on Sunday, Nov. 5. The bazaar opens at 11:30 a.m. The dinner will be held from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served. Come out and enjoy a wonderful meal! Lynette Sallee and Diana Maloney visited Harlan and Jane Krass on Saturday afternoon. Darwin and Betty Zellmer visited...
Stop by and see the great selection of titles ready for check out. Paul Cleave has written “A Killer Harvest.” Josh believes he’s under a curse. He had lost his eyesight and his father, a police officer, is killed investigating a homicide. Then Josh is given the opportunity to have an operation that allows him to see through his father’s eyes. With his new vision Josh begins to see a dark world in which sight comes with dire consequences. David Williams debut novel is “When the English Fall.” A solar storm brings the catastrophic collapse of...
We have one non-fiction book available this week. "The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Bin Laden and My Years as a Seal Team Warrior" by Robert O'Neill is a thought-provoking, jaw-dropping account of the capture of Bin Laden. O'Neill is a native of Butte, Montana. Already well-versed in the natural healing properties of herbs and oils, Jennie Pickett longs to become a doctor. But the Oregon frontier of the 1870s is an unforgiving place--especially for a single mother. To support herself...
Well, things are back to normal at the center after the big snow. This week we will celebrate Coyla Boe’s birthday as she turns 102! Please make sure to call ahead, if you are coming for lunch and cake this Friday. The Kitchen Band will play and there will be Pinochle after lunch. Our Pinochle winners last week were Rochelle Wohlschlager and Virginia Olson. On Wednesday, the movie, “Smitty” will be shown in the library meeting room at 1 p.m. Refreshments are provided. Next week’s movie is “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” Come join us for our Pie Socia...
Ken Finley raises produce in an area along the Milk River near the Chinook Water Treatment Plant. The last day of September he held a Customer Appreciation Day. It was a near perfect fall day with mild temperatures and sunny skies. Finley said, "I've been wanting to give back to the folks who support my vegetable stand all summer. This seemed like a good weekend to do it and pumpkins are the seasonal vegetable of choice this time of year." Weather forecasters were predicting a dramatic cold...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters completed what can only be described as a successful season this past weekend with a hard-fought 14-12 come-from-behind victory over the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks to finish the season with a 4-4 record. The strides this team made during the season are impressive and a testament to their hard work and coaching staff as a team. What began as a team with relatively no varsity experience grew up fast and learned how to compete in posting a .500 record. Friday's contest...
Lots of good football to watch these days. I have to mention Big Sandy who stunned everyone last weekend when they beat Geraldine 30 to 22. Maybe Big Sandy is upward bound once again. It has been a long dry spell for the Pioneers. I got to watch the Grizzlies beat North Dakota and while I knew it was going to be easy for the Griz to beat North Dakota, I did not realize that it was going to be that easy. The score was 41 to 17 in that Big Sky Conference Game. It was a wonderful game to watch because I knew my team was going to win. Only down...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter volleyball team had a busy week on the volleyball court beginning with a non conference clash against the Malta M-ettes last Tuesday, Thursday the girls faced the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks in big District 6C-East Clash. Monday the 'Beeters were in Hays to face the Thunderbirds and Tuesday the team honored its seniors in the home finale against the Box Elder Bears. The M-ettes and 'Beeters have played each other tough every time they met this season weather it be in...
Harlem sophomore L'Tia Lawrence and her Wildcat teammates will look to post there best times of the season at the Class B State meet this weekend in Helena. Lawrence earned All-State honors as a freshman and has the potential to finish in front of the pack Saturday. Hays/Lodge Pole senior Isaiah RunsAbove is also a favorite to bring home the top prize this weekend as he will look to win the Class C Boys race. The meet will take place at the Bill Roberts Golf Course in Helena. The Class B Boys...
