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The temperature is dropping, the leaves are nearly all gone but a Sunday morning drive around the county will still provide you with many spectacular views. This photo was taken by the slew just south of Zurich. Along the way several deer were spotted, a coyote, some antelope and a few other odd things. Get out and see the country, we live in a great part of the world and while the seasons change it always remains spectacular....
Recently Alcohol Compliance checks were done in Blaine County by the DUI Task Force. In total 14 business were checked. The business’ that passed the compliance check were: Turner General Store, Kennedy’s Bar in Harlem, EZ Mark Casino in Harlem, Finley’s Food Farm in Chinook, Lucky Lil’s Casino in Chinook and the Chinook Motor Inn. Business’ that sold alcohol to the underage buyer were: 241 Bar in Turner, Albertson’s Grocery Store in Harlem, EZ Mart in Harlem, Town Pump in Chinook, Aero Bar in Chinook, Mint Bar in Chinook, Eagle’s in Chinook an...
I'm sure it's been a long and arduous election season for those running for office, whether it be on the local, state or federal level, but it has also been tiresome for the rest of us. For months on end we have been saturated with political ads, rallies, and opinions from all directions. The good news is it's time to vote. Tuesday, November 6 is Election Day, as always the second Tuesday of November. Voters who chose to vote Absentee were mailed there ballots on October 12 and ballots have...
Wade Schneider, a sophomore at Montana State University Northern and a 2017 graduate of Chinook High School was recently awarded the prestigious Mike Rowe Work Ethic Scholarship. According to the National Merit Scholarship website, "Applicants to the Mike Rowe Foundation Work Ethic Mike Rowe Scholarship must be: • High School seniors, graduates or GED Equivalent who are enrolled or planning to enroll at an accredited two-year college, vocational, technical school or other approved technical i...
10 WHIP Signup: July 16, 2018 to Nov. 16, 2018 Agricultural producers affected by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017 now apply for assistance to help recover and rebuild their farming operations. Signup began July 16, 2018, and continues through Nov. 16, 2018. Hurricanes and wildfires caused billions of dollars in losses to America’s farmers last year. Our objective is to get relief funds into the hands of eligible producers as quickly as possible. We are making immediate, initial payments of up to 50 percent of the calculated assistance so p...
The Hogeland Lutheran Church Dinner and Bazaar will be held this Sunday, Nov. 4, from 12:00-2:00 p.m. A turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served. Susan Billmayer visited with Jane and Harlan Krass on Sunday after church. Melissa Hiniker spent the weekend at Ed and Kathy Zellmer’s home. They all went to the junior high basketball games in Box Elder on Saturday. Susan Billmayer was in Havre on Wednesday for a dentist appointment. She stopped and took Emily out to lunch while in Havre. There will be Junior High Basketball games this wee...
Max and Kirsti Cederberg went to the clam and oyster feed at Tim and Cindy Cowan’s on Thursday. Randy and Diana Maloney stopped by to visit Harlan and Jane Krass on Saturday. Jon and Shelly Harmon, and Don and Bonnie Harmon were to Havre Saturday to watch the Lights basketball game. Eddie will be red-shirting this season. Lucas, Brooke and Anita Reed attended the junior high basketball jamboree in Box Elder on Saturday. They had lunch at Murphy’s Pub afterwards. Terry and Tammy Jones were to Chinook on Saturday night to attend the Far...
Darrel Westley McCracken, 90, of Great Falls, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, the morning of his 90th birthday. The funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October, 30, 2018 with visitation starting one hour prior to the service at 1:00 p.m. both at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Darrel was born October 24, 1928 in Chinook Mt. He grew up on the family farm at Turner, and graduated from Turner High School. He entered the... Full story
Phyllis Ann (Wilson) Rouland, [aka PAR, Aunt Pilty, Grandma Pilty, and her all time favorite Grandma Pretty] peacefully passed away Monday, October 15, 2018 at Saint Patrick Hospital, at the age of 85. She was born December 26, 1932 in Harlem, Montana to Robert and Esther Wilson. Phyllis was the second child in a family of eight. As a young girl she lived in Harlem where she attended Harlem Public School and graduated in 1950. Phyllis worked for eight years as a secretary for the Superintendent of the Harlem School system. On April 1, 1951 she... Full story
Lyda Louise Holland, 87, of Cove, Oregon, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at her residence. A Graveside service was held at Cove Cemetery on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. A reception was held at the Cove Sportsman's Club at 3:00 p.m. Lyda was born on April 19, 1931 in Zurich, Montana to Edwin and Agnes (Jordhal) Berger. She attended elementary school in Zurich and graduated from Chinook High School. She married her one true love, Richard (Dutch) Holland. Lyda was a devoted... Full story
The Fall dinner and Bazaar held at the American Lutheran Church in Harlem had fine weather and fine fellowship. Every year, it seems like a long time, we have had a raffle to support our LWR projects. Our church does a quilt project, and three kit projects The quilts tops are made from new and donated material, the batting and backing are new also. Ben Franklin in Havre has donated a box or two a year of yardage to use in these quilts, we are grateful to Todd and Sherri Obrecht for their kindness. We also put together Baby Care kits, for...
Have you found the source of real love? Q: Can a person really find a soul mate to share the deepest things of life? — S.S. A: A: Matchmaking has become a booming business in our culture’s restless search for a “soul mate.” Online services promise to bring light into your life by matching you up with someone just right for you. “Relationship experts” teach clients to practice “self-love” in order to attract a potential partner. One such expert wrote, “We have the power to create our own personal movie-like narratives, love stories based on...
After School Story Hour will not meet today because of Halloween. We will meet again Nov. 7, 3:30 P.M. Lego Club meets on Thursdays at 4:30 P.M. Books and Babies is held on Tuesdays at 10 A.M. in Harlem. Carly will hold Books and Babies at the Big Flat Grocery in Turner on Nov. 7, 10 A.M. The library will be closed Nov. 6 Election Day and Nov. 12 in observance of Veterans’ Day. The library is hosting a series of free Lunch and Learn Solid Finances webinars. The first webinar presentation will be “Budgeting for Your Good Life” on Nov. 7 from 12:...
If you missed the first meeting of our book club, Free People Reading Freely, there is still time to stop in and choose a book to read for before the next meeting! We have multiple copies of the Top 10 Most Challenged or Banned Book in 2017. The next meeting will be Tuesday November 12th at 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. Everyone is welcome to attend. The movie today will be “The Shack” at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. The movie is rated PG-13 and it runs for two hours and 12 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and ref...
Thank you to Rosalie Perrine for going through the books and making some sense of them. We need a volunteer for Mondays for the kitchen. Duties would include some prep cook work, washing dishes (we have a dishwasher), sanitizing and setting the tables for lunch and then clean up after lunch. Time is from 9 – 1. Please see if you can fit time into your schedule for this day. Mondays in November are November 5, November 12, November 19, November 26. Let Marlane know if you can cover any or all of those days. Thank you. We need closets o...
Thank You to Marcia Mohar for the cards, books, puzzles. Thursday, November 1 - Albertsons 10% Off Day for anyone age 55 and over. Sunday, November 4 - Hogeland Lutheran Church Harvest Dinner, 12 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 6 - Election Day Reminders: Halloween will be here on Wednesday. Please be careful at night when the ghouls and goblins are out Trick or Treating. Drive carefully and be watching. The Little Rockies tenants will be putting out their tables of candy bowls for all the little ghosts and monsters that come trick-or-treating...
As we wrap up the first quarter at Chinook Public Schools I would like to share several academic adventures our staff has started to embark on Robotics, Coding and Stem Curriculum: At both buildings we are have a strong integration of Science, Technology and Math programs in our classrooms. At the elementary level the gifted and talented program has worked on coding and robotics the last several years. Along with coding Mr. Martin has started a robotics club using lego Mindstorm kits. The group has been very busying designing and building some...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Havre hunter check station was active over the weekend (Oct. 20-21) of general deer and elk opener, with the number of hunters checked about average. This was the third weekend that the check station has been open, as the station began collecting data Oct. 6-7, corresponding with the opening weekend of pheasant and general antelope. Hunters perhaps needed sunscreen, as weather conditions over the opening weekend were quite warm, particularly on Saturday. There were 248 hunters in 118 parties checked, which w...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter Volleyball team completed their march through the District 6C-East this past Friday in Gildford by capturing the District 6C East Championship. The 'Beeters had finished the regular season with a perfect 10-0 mark in conference play and were looking to add a District Title when play began Thursday morning. The 'Beeters first opponent would be determined by the winner of the first match of the day between the No. 4 Seed Big Sandy Pioneers and the Number 5 Seed...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters ended their football season with a 70-6 loss to the top ranked undefeated Fairview Warriors this past Saturday. The Sugarbeeters were back in the Montana Class C Football playoffs for the first time since their championship season in 2015. The team came along way to get back to the playoffs but the Warriors made it clear they still have a lot of work to do. The Warriors scored early and often and in nearly every way possible. The Sugarbeeters never hung their heads and...
The Harlem Lady Cat volleyball season will continue on to the Northern B Divisional in Cut Bank this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Harlem finished fourth at the District 2B Tournament in Poplar this past week to secure their spot. The Poplar Indians and the Lady Cats had split their regular season matches with Harlem winning the first meeting in five sets and the Indians winning the second in four sets. Because of the set differential Harlem was listed as the No. 5 Seed and the Indians the No. 4. The two teams face off in the tournament...
The Turner Honor Society held an induction for incoming Honor Society Inductees this past week. Three new members, Brooke Reed, Shyan Krass, and Brandy Calvert, were inducted and joined into the chapter by the six other members and their advisor, Mrs. Shelly Harmon. These students should be commended for their achievements. The Emblem of the Honor Society is the keystone and the flaming torch. The keystone bears the letters C.S.L.S. in the corner and these stand for the four principles of the...
The Blaine County Democratic Dinner on October 21 featuring Senator Jon Tester and Congressional candidate Kathleen Williams attracted a large crowd to Wallner Hall in Chinook. Seating was originally set to accommodate 100, but it became necessary to set up more tables in order to seat all attendees. Democratic Vice-chair Carol Elliot noted the attendance of more than 130 as "a great expression of support for our candidates in this election." Two young traditional native dancers, Taeshon...
