We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Sorted by date Results 1 - 17 of 17
The Harlem City Council held its regular monthly meeting on October 13. Prior to the start of the regular meeting there were two informational presentations to the council. Representatives of KLJ, an engineering firm hired to conduct a housing survey for Harlem, explained how they would evaluate the housing needs for the city. A combination of real estate and tax information plus a physical evaluation of the housing situation would be used to complete a final report by January, 2016. The report will summarize housing potential and possible...
Reporter's note: This is the last story of the 'murder in north country' series. It was a double homicide and all three people involved lived outside Blaine County, but one had a connection that was important in the eventual capture of the perpetrator. Nancy Mahns, the granddaughter of former Blaine County Sheriff Dan Hay and niece of former Harlem Police Chief Blaine Hay, got me interested in this double murder. Mahns sent a copy of a July, 1953 issue of "Official Detective Stories." The...
If you have written history as long as I have, you would find it very interesting, like I do, that events change on whims from who knows where. Little tiny and seemingly events of no consequence cause major events to happen years later. This is a story of just how that happened in Montana maybe a dozen years ago. But the story would not have happened at all if World War 2 had not happened. Or if Grandpa Lucke’s favorite magazine wasn’t “Field and Stream” or if Bee Lucke hadn’t introduced his wife to sleeping bags in a desperate move to get mo...
This yard decoration at the Mereness residence welcomes in the fall season. Get ready for Trick or Treaters this Saturday evening, as Halloween swings into full gear. Make sure to drive cautiously and watch for small ghosts and goblins. Boo!...
Mitzi Cecrle of the Chinook Chamber of Commerce presented Lynne Friede of Dan's NAPA with a plaque recognizing her window display as the best business decorated window during the 2015 Sugarbeet Festival. Friede stated that her window included logos of all the area electrical business and a few other items to make it all come together....
Above left: Five generations got together at Coyla Boe's 100th Birthday Party. They included, left to right: 2-year-old Leon Danner Patchell being held by his father Danner Patchell, grandfather Craig Patchell, and great-grandmother Bonnie Patchell, all surrounding great-great-grandmother Coyla Boe. Above left: Daughter Bonnie Patchell, centenarian Coyla Boe and daughter Mary Harder get ready to cut the birthday cake. Below: Coyla Boe, in the front of Gale Jellum's restored pickup truck, with...
Harlem Elementary has chosen second grader, Noah Sanchez, and third grader, Terra Jo Piapot, as this week's ROARing students. Noah and Terra Jo have proven they are worthy of joining the ROAR roster by displaying respect, organization, safety, and responsibility. Kudos to our newest ROAR students, Noah and Terra Jo!...
The Big Flat 4-H Cloverbuds trick or treated in Harlem in to collect food for the food pantry in Harlem. These little goblins wish to thank those who generously gave to their food drive on Sunday afternoon. The children gathered several large grocery bags of food. Dale Klungland helped the kids by taking their food to the pantry. Shown is back row: Cloverbud leader Hilary Richman, and Harlem Food Pantry helper Dale Klungland; middle row: Isabella Baker, Natalie Richman, Bridget Reed, Bailey...
Betty Jean (Dunbar) and Albert J. Sanford celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Billings, Montana, with a gathering of family and a very special dinner. They were married Sept. 4, 1955, at the Presbyterian Church in Chinook, Montana. He worked for Texaco Inc., (Producing and Drilling) for 33 years. She worked for Pyramid Insurance, Wyoming National Bank and Wyoming Production Credit. After retirement, they spent the winter months in Arizona for the next 25 years. They have lived in...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters have completed the first half of their goal following a 64-18 win over the Great Falls Central Catholic Mustangs Saturday in Great Falls. The team had a stated goal of defending their Northern C crown, which they did two weeks ago when they blitzed C-J-I. Now they have completed the season undefeated recording a perfect 8-0 record. The Sugarbeeters were dominate in those wins racking up 428 points on the season (53.5 ppg) while allowing just 70 (8.75 ppg). Saturday's con...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters have completed a perfect regular season following a three set win over the North Star Knights in Rudyard Saturday night. Chinook took all three sets in comfortable fashion posting 25-20, 25-15 and 25-19 set wins to complete the season sweep of the Knights. The 'Beeter have become much more aggressive at the net lately and the play of sophomore's Abby Ellison and Sierra Swank have been a big part of that. Against the Knights the 'Beeters recorded 29 kills with Ellison...
The best cross country runners in Montana converged on Great Falls this past Saturday as nearly 1,000 runners competed in the State AA, A, B and C Cross Country meet. The Harlem Wildcats qualified both a girls and a boys team and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds qualified a boys team. All runners competed very well with the Wildcat boys earning a 15th place finish and the girls a 22nd place finish. The Thunderbird boys finished 23rd in the team standings. Cross Country is a unique sport in which Teams compete by running a three mile course and...
The NFL Punt, Pass, and Kick completion was recently held in Harlem under the supervision of Mr. Moe Denham, Harlem Elementary Physical Education teacher. The winning students were awarded their first through third place plaques, with the first place finishers in each age category given the opportunity to continue on to the Sectional Punt, Pass and Kick competition held in Lewistown on Sunday, October 11th. Winning athletes at that level will be invited to participate and advance to the NFL Team...
The Turner American Legion held its annual Trap Shoot this past Sunday at the Turner Trap Club. The weather was perfect and a great crowd showed up to have some fun, support the Legion and take a chance at winning a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. A pot of stew was available to those who wanted to have a nice warm bowl of soup before or after they took their turn at a round of pigeons. Shown here is Connie Liese as she greets the guests and does the paperwork for the day. Connie has done...
Alma I. Seidel, 81, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015, of natural causes at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Vigil services will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2015, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 30, 2015, also at St. Jude, with Fathers Daniel Wathen and Curtis Seidel officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Alma's family has requested that memorials be made in her name to Hill County 4-H, St. Jude... Full story
Gale Fald passed away on October 17, 2015. Gale was born on April 4, 1955 in Havre, MT. He graduated from Chinook High School and enlisted in the Army after graduation. He returned to Chinook and worked at his dad's plumbing business. He later moved to Great Falls and worked for Carps plumbing. He changed careers and followed his passion of the outdoors and worked for Big Bear Sportswear. Gale joined the Big Bear Relay for Life team where he shared his joy of cooking for the volunteers. He... Full story
Wesley Randall "Randy" Reed, passed away from colon cancer at his home surrounded by family Saturday, October 24, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Chinook High School Auditorium in Chinook. Burial will be held at Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. A reception will be held at the Commercial Building at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at... Full story
