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On Thursday, November 18, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints received a shipment of food from Latter-Day Saint Charities delivered by Deseret Transportation. Wilma Melville, who is a member of the Mormon Church in Chinook, put together a crew to receive and unload the truck with its half a load of food. Distribution will take place on Saturday, November 27 at the Commercial Building on the Blaine County Fairgrounds. According to Melville, Fort Benton applied for a delivery, and the...
Turner, Montana, and the surrounding communities, are about to see the Border Bar & Grill back in business. In March of this year, Crystal and Dan Friedrich decided that bar ownership sounded like a viable option for them. They made the purchase official in late July and are planning a tentative opening date of Thursday, December 30. Crystal's sister is Lindsey Obrecht who lives in Turner and works at Sweet Home Physical Therapy in Chinook. During the past two years, whenever the Friedrichs...
In conjunction with the Parade of Lights, the Blaine County Museum will be hosting a Christmas Scavenger Hunt this Friday, November 26 from noon until five o'clock. According to Museum Director Samantha French, the activity promises to be fun and educational for the whole family. To generate some interest in the museum's collections, French has designed a holiday-themed scavenger hunt through the facility. While the hunt is best suited for youth in the 5-10 age group, French encourages everyone...
After competing in both the livestock and the dairy products contests at the Montana FFA Ag Expo held November 11-13 in Bozeman, both Turner High School and Harlem High School students gained valuable experience with their performances. According to Turner’s FFA Advisor Nathan Urie, the Dairy Products team, which consisted of Carson Maloney, JR Brown, Caleb Zellmer, and Tate Beck, placed in the top 15, earning 13th. The Livestock team comprised of Carson Maloney, Meridian King-Snider, Katie Kimmel, and Cassidy Grabofsky came in 30th, out of o...
Harlem Library The library will be closed Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Day; but will be open Fri., Nov. 26. The Book Challenge for Nov. is to read a book written by an Indigenous author. Story Time for ages 0-5 is held Tues. mornings at 10 A.M. After School Squad for elementary students meets on Wed. at 3:30. Lego Club for all ages is held Thurs. at 4:30. Harlem Food Bank The Harlem Food Bank is CLOSED until further notice. Bear Paw Cooperative The Bear Paw Cooperative, through your local school district, assists in the provision of special education...
The 95th Annual Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs Convention was held at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center in Billings, Montana, on November 10-12. Several Blaine County Fair Board members attended, as did Tj Overcast, who was trying to secure some bookings for his musical talent. Another aspect of the gathering are competitions in which Blaine County won two awards. The purpose of the Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs (RMAF) is to promote fairs and similar events throughout their...
Susan Billmayer visited with Jane Krass on Saturday morning. Anita and Bridget Reed and Diana Maloney also dropped in to visit. Gene and Susan Billmayer were in Billings on Friday bringing Jim and Helen Billmayer to Timber Creek in Havre. They would like to have some visitors at their new home! Terry and Brenda Mohar were in Billings on Friday for a post-surgery appointment for Brenda. Hilary and Hannah Richman stopped to visit Jane Krass on Sunday. Linda Hauge, Anita Reed, and Diana Maloney also visited Jane Krass during the week. The Junior...
Francis (Frances) Miller Ewing passed away on November 16, 2021 at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home with family at her side. Frances was born at Black Coulee in Malta, MT on August 24, 1922, the oldest of five children born to Paul and Mabel Miller. She spent her early years in Malta before moving to the family farm west of Chinook. Frances graduated from Chinook High School in 1942. She married Charles Ewing in 1945, and they raised four children in Chinook; Sandra, Ronald, Linda and Nita. They... Full story
Arlene F. Fisher Ophus, 82, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital on Nov. 17, 2021, after seeing all her children earlier that day. She was born to Frank and Ethel Fisher in Fort Benton. Arlene attended school at Lone Tree School and Big Sandy High School and married Lester R. Ophus on October 10, 1955. Together they had seven children. Arlene took great pride in her yard and her garden but most of all her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Her finest memories were adventures... Full story
The library will be closed Thursday November 25th in observation of Thanksgiving Day. We will be open regular hours Friday. Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting Monday November 29th at 4:30 p.m. The library will be closed from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., due to staffing issues. During the month of November, we are having a Thanksgiving 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 have a couple of non-fiction books and several novels available this week....
Happy Thanksgiving from the Harlem Library! We will be closed Thanksgiving Day but we will be open Friday, November 26. The Book Challenge for November is to read a book written by an Indigenous author. The library is hosting a special “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” display for the Christmas season! We are asking for angels of all types you would be willing to display at the library from December 1 – December 17. You may bring your angel or angels the week of November 29. Please call the library for more information. “Ah, how good it is to be a...
Two Chinook residents, Bonnie Ortner and Ben Hall will be performing in the Montana Actor’s Theater (MAT) production of “A Christmas Carol” when it opens on December 16. MAT will present this classic Charles Dickens’ tale using Bunraku puppets. Directed by Angela Pratt, the opening performance will take place in the MAT Theater on Cowan Drive at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bunraku is the traditional puppet theater of Japan. It began as popular entertainment for the commoners and evolved into artistic theater during the late 17th century. Bunraku...
This week we feature a single youth hunter, Griffen Crowley. Griffen is an eighth grade student at Chinook Junior High School and an avid outdoorsman. Griffen just wrapped up his fourth season hunting and boy was it a good one. Joining him on his hunts are his Dad Clint and his Cousin Merle Young. All of his hunts occur south of Chinook in the Bear Paw Mountains where he has spent plenty of time surveying the land. This year Clint took him on his Mule Deer Hunt while Merle accompanied him on...
The Class C Football season has officially come to an end with the State Championship game being played this past Saturday. The attention now turns to those Athletes named to post season honor teams. This year the Chinook Sugarbeeters had a remarkable nine athletes recognized with two earning All-State recognition. The Harlem Wildcats had an athlete honored as well. The Sugarbeeters had a fine season that included a return to the Class C Eight player Football Playoffs. As a result several...
Big Flat 4-H Club The November meeting for Big Flat 4-H club was held on Sunday, November 21, 2021. We met at 1:00 to repair the town Christmas lights at the Van Voast house. When we finished repairing the lights we went to the Christian Church for our meeting. The meeting was called to order by president Hannah Richman. Roll call was to name a Thanksgiving tradition your family celebrates. Members present were Hudson & Mary Simons, Hannah Richman, Jessa Schroder, Hannah & Isabella Van Voast, Katie Kimmel, Avery & Piper Fox. Hudson led the...
The American Red Cross held it's community blood drive in Chinook on Tuesday November 9th at Waller Hall. Thanks to all of our donors, we collected 50 units on a goal of 47. We had two first time donors, Stepahnie Grimes and Anna Morrow. Linda Thompson reached 8 gallons, Sandra Boardman 9 gallons Wilma Melville 8 gallons, Kasie McIntosh 4 gallons and Cindy Haney 2 gallons. The canteen was hosted by the Alliance Church and keeping the plates of sandwiches, chips and sweet treats full throughout the drive were Judy Stegmeir, Nellie Nicholson and...
The Turner School held a Veteran's Day celebration on the playground at their school on Veterans Day 2021. Many local Veterans came for the program and were socially distanced in their cars on the edge of the playground. The group recited the Pledge and then a short reading was read by Laci Maloney, Student Council President. The First and Second Grade sang, "God Bless America." All the students in the school made posters and held them for the Veterans who paraded near the school. Some of the...
On November 18, 2003, Lt. Governor Karl Ohs convened a meeting in Havre, Montana, to raise awareness of the urgent need to rehabilitate the aging St. Mary Facilities of the Milk River Project. On November 6, 2021 as part of the Federal Infrastructure bill the St. Mary/Milk River project will receive $100 million in funding. “It would be nice for a project that provides water and food to stand on its own merit, but the appropriation is fantastic” said, Marko Manoukian Co-Chair of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group. Additionally, the fun...
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Festival Of Trees Silent Auction (First Bank of Montana Lobby) 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Vendors (Wallner Hall ) 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Visit with Santa (Wallner Hall) 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. Blaine County Museum Christmas Scavenger Hunt (Fun For the Whole Family) 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bell Choir (First Bank of Montana) 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wildlife Museum Open (Regular Admission Charges Apply) 5:00 p.m. Dinner (Chinook Eagles) 6:00 p.m. Parade Of Lights (Main Street)...
Shodair Children’s Hospital received a $500,000 gift from Terry and Patt Payne to support the recently launched Building Hope for Montana Families… A Campaign for Shodair Children’s Hospital. “We are so grateful to Terry and Patt for their generosity toward our capital campaign,” said Craig Aasved, Shodair’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is the kind of support we need from the community for one of the greatest projects in the 125-year history of Shodair Children’s Hospital. The value of their passion and belief in our vision is immeasurable...
Columbia Grain personnel came to the Turner School recently to present the teachers/school with some classroom items that were on a wish list that normally may not be ordered. Columbia's grain logo is Cultivating Growth. One way they want to stand for their logo is to give back and support our local communities. They have established a giving committee and asked each location to reach out to the committee with ways that they can give back in their communities. When Columbia has an idea they...
