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After fifteen years of service to the Montana Fire Chiefs' Association Board and to the Montana State Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, Kraig Hansen has decided to retire from his leadership roles with both organizations. He was awarded for his service at this year's Montana Fire Service Convention held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Missoula, October 14-16. This year's convention was a collaboration between the Montana State Fire Chiefs' Association (MSFCA) and the Montana State Volunteer...
Two of five highway improvements are now completed The Lohman East and West project on US 2 is complete per the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Schellinger Construction. The project ran basically over ten miles from the Hill/Blaine County line to the west city limits of Chinook. Most construction work was concluded several weeks ago with painting crews finishing the final roadway striping last week. Initial dirt work on the $27 million project began two years ago in the late...
It took about 40 years and two sets of current descendants to make the wish of a "homestead baby" come true. Joe Havlovick's grandfather, Anton, and Joe's father, Paul, homesteaded on two contiguous 320 acre tracts "north of Dodson" on the Big Flat in 1917. Anton Havlovick's great grandchildren believe the two homesteaders were drawn to America by the prospect of "free land" touted in the newspaper ads they likely saw back home in Czechoslovakia. Like many prairie homesteaders, Anton and Paul fa...
Partners in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten literacy program since January of this year, Harlem Public Library staff are proud to announce an award-winning reader. Josey Sather, the daughter of Michelle and Chris Sather, has reached a major milestone in her reading career. Along with her parents and grandparents, Josey has read over 500 books since participating in the Harlem Library's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. For reaching her halfway mark, Josey received a shirt with the 1000...
About 60 locals gathered last week at the Chinook Eagles for a surprise "thank you" party for Jana McPherson-Hauer resigned recently as head of the Blaine County Health Department. Betty Billmeyer, Betty's daughter Stephanie Billmeyer Silva and others organized the event to, as Betty put it, "Give the community an opportunity to thank Jana for the great job she did as the county's public health nurse." Jana joined the health department in September, 2014. Jana's husband, Jayson, and Stephanie...
Harlem Library The library board will meet today at 4:15 in the library meeting room. Today is the deadline to enter your pumpkins in “The Great Pumpkin Contest.” Decorate your pumpkin as your favorite book character and have it to the library by 6 P.M. If you wish to become a member or renew your membership in Friends of the Library dues are $10 and may be paid at the library. The Book Challenge for Oct. is to read a weather related book. The challenge for Nov. is to read a book by an Indigenous author. Storytime for ages 0-5 meets Tues. at...
The October meeting of Big Flat 4-H was held on Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 2:00 at Turner Christian Church. Members present include: Katie Kimmel, Hannah Richman, Natalie Richman, Hannah Van Voast and Isabella Van Voast. Leaders present were Hillary Richman and Shannon Van Voast. Hannah Richman led the American Pledge, Natalie Richman led the 4-H Pledge. The Treasurer’s report was $1,797.03. Old Business. Hannah Van Voast gave a report on the 4-H week window display. The theme was “Find Your Spark” and the display was put up at Big Flat Grocer...
On October 9, former Chinook resident, Vernice Doughten became a centenarian. She wishes to express gratitude to all those who sent cards and flowers for her 100th birthday. In this recognition, she joins other area residents like Virginia Olson who celebrated with friends and family at the Senior Citizens Center in Chinook on October 9. Starting the day by attending church, Olson turned 100 on Sunday, October 10. According to Doughten's grandson, Rob Doughten, "Grandma received well over 50...
A Community Fundraiser was held this past Saturday at the Chinook Eagles Club in support of Carla Peck and Family. The fundraiser featured a free will donation pulled pork dinner along with a Gun Raffle and Silent and Live Auctions. As always the community showed up in full force to help the family with medical expenses and related costs. The dinner and auction were both very well attended and supported. "I can't help but feel that everyone came together as a community for the sake of...
There was a wonderful party on Saturday the 9th at the Senior Center for Virginia Olson who celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday the 10th. Lots of people to share the occasion with Virginia, good food, and so many pictures were taken. Virginia had a grand old time talking with everyone, taking pictures and sharing a word of wisdom or two. Bingo is played every Thursday at 1:00 p.m. till 3:00 p.m. anyone is welcome to join us during that time to play. Winner for October 21st was Irene Wendeln. We need to know before 10 a.m. how many meals we...
A pair of Chinook FFA Chapter members will be attending the 94th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana, from October 27-30 with their advisor, Karyn Billmayer. Although Shyla Benzing and Halle Mitchell will not be competing in any contests, they welcome the opportunity for career exploration and inspiration as they investigate industries in agriculture. Billmayer will fly out of Great Falls with her two seniors on October 27 and return on October 30. “We are looking forward to listening to Courtenay DeHoff, checking out a h...
From the perspective of Museum Director Samantha French, the Blaine County Museum's guests during the Sugarbeet Festival were well received by the community. Following the "Hear Me, My Chiefs" presentation by Nez Perce Elder LeRoy Seth and Pendleton Designer Terry Ball, four people were named winners of woolen blankets. During their "standing-room only" talk, the pair of presenters discussed the creation of Ball's limited edition wool blanket, "Hear Me, My Chiefs," a work of art that...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2018. The 'Beeters will begin their Montana Class C Eight-man State football playoff run in the same place they saw their season end three years ago. Friday morning the 7-1 Sugarbeeters will board the bus and make the nearly seven hour 275 mile trek east to take on the 6-2 Fairview Warriors. Head Coach Mike Jones said the team will leave Chinook early Friday morning, make a few stops along the way and check into their...
The Harlem Wildcats and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were in Missoula this past Saturday for the Montana All-Class State Cross Country Meet. The Wildcats contingent consisted of seven runners, six in the boys Class B race and one in the Girls Class B. The Thunderbirds had one athlete in the boys Class C race. Harlem senior Taya Trottier capped off a stellar season by earning All-State recognition with a 12th place finish. The Class B girls race consisted of 154 runners in all. Trottier got off...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Volleyball team closed out their 2021 regular season in fine fashion this past week with a pair of conference wins. On Wednesday the 'Beeters took down Hays/Lodge Pole in Straight sets, defeating the Thunderbirds 25-10, 25-5, 25-15. Thursday they won a decisive match over the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks 25-14, 25-18, 25-13 to claim the District 7C No. 3 Seed. The Sugarbeeters were originally supposed to take on the Hawks on Tuesday, but a water line break in town force...
The Harlem Lady Cats closed out their regular season schedule with a couple of wins. On Thursday the girls took down the Rocky Boy Morning Stars in Straight sets 25-19, 25-22, 25-11. Saturday they earned the season sweep over the Poplar Indians with another straight set win. Scores and stats for Poplar were unavailable at press time. The Lady Cats honored their senior players and managers prior to the start of Thursday nights game with Rocky Boy. Harlem took an early lead, built it up a bit,...
The (2-14) Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird Volleyball team finished the regular season this past week with a 3-1 setback to the Big Sandy Pioneers. The Thunderbirds continued to show improvement in taking a set from the Pioneers. Hays/Lodge Pole may not have found the win column often this fall but they were certainly competitive in every match they played, making their opponents earn each point. They enter the District 7C Volleyball Tournament as the No. 8 Seed and will take on the No. 9 Seed Box Elder Bears. The Match is set to get underway at...
We will not have LEGO Club this week. Friday early out movie will be The Boxtrolls. It is rated PG with a run time of one hour and 37 minutes. During the month of October, we are having a “Spooktacular” Book Sale! We will give you a big bag and you can put as many books as you can fit in it for $3.00. We also have boxes and boxes of Harlequin romances we will make a deal on, and Kelsey says she will load them in your car! We are looking for anyone who may have knowledge about coding and/or business experience who can spare an hour a week dur...
Wally and Loretta Beck went to Great Falls on Tuesday for doctor appointments, and also enjoyed lunch with Laura and Dale Sherwood. Susan Billmayer visited Marna Strzelczyk Wednesday afternoon in Harlem at her home. Anita Reed took Jane Krass to Havre on Tuesday for appointments. Mike, Crystal, Cassidy, Holly, Cooper, and Lucy Grabofsky spent Saturday afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa Beck’s taking care of the deer that the girls got on their hunt. School dismissed Wednesday for MEA break. Some families took mini-vacations while others worked in...
The Third and Fourth grade classes in Turner found out what it was like to become an engineer this past week in their Science Class. They were instructed to build a marshmallow launcher and earlier in the week, they got the chance to launch a marshmallow. The sky was the limit to what they could use and how they engineered it but they also needed to go back to the drawing board and decide how their launcher could be improved, which is part of being an engineer. This was a fun and effective...
