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This year the Chinook Community Thanksgiving dinner returned to a bit more normal setting. A year ago organizers were forced to move to the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building and serve just take out or delivery meals due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and the associated restrictions. This year guests were allowed to dine it at the commercial building or have meals delivered. All told, 125 meals were prepared and served. Overall the numbers were down a bit but organizers were happy to...
From 10:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on November 21, the American Lutheran Church in Chinook offered pie and coffee for sale and then sold lefse, sandbakkels, spritz cookies, pies, almond cake, and other baked goods for the holidays. Those coming to socialize on Sunday could choose from a selection of custard, fruit, cream, and specialty pies like pumpkin chiffon. There was also a pumpkin bundt cake and a berry crisp. In many Norwegian homes, the holidays mean gathering with family and sharing...
My wife, Sherry, and I are completing our fifth week as dog sitters in an upscale suburb of Seattle. How we ended up taking on this unusual task is a story itself. And what we learned about the enormity of the pet sitting sector is, well, a bit amazing. Here's how we ended up in Woodinville, Washington dog/house sitting and some of what we learned about the economics of pet sitting. Pet sitting's an economic sector estimated to be worth $2.6 billion per year worldwide and growing. From Airbnb...
Tucked into National Picture Book Month, StoryWalk® Week was celebrated from November 15-19. While Harlem Public Library didn't have a Story Walk during that window of time, the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services celebrated Harlem's use of the strategy on their Facebook page on November 16. The Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) is comprised of libraries of all types and sizes. Their mission is to support and encourage library staff and leadership to provide...
Harlem Library The library is asking for angels of all types for the “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” display Dec. 1-Dec. 17. Storytime for ages 0-5 is held Tuesdays at 10 A.M. After School Squad for grade school students meets Wednesdays at 3:30. Lego Club invites everyone to come Thursdays at 4:30. The Book Club is taking a breaking until Jan. Stop by to pick out a holiday book for the December Book Challenge. Harlem Food Bank The Harlem Food Bank will OPEN December 9, 2021. Bear Paw Cooperative The Bear Paw Cooperative, through your local sch...
This week we feature a brother and sister along with a Warrior in our successful youth hunt collection. 10 year old Kyra Berreth, her 11 year old brother Hayden and 11 year old Wacee Simenson all successfully filled their deer tags. On November 4 while hunting with his Dad Brian on the family farm north of Havre Hayden filled his tag with a nice shot on a beautiful Mule Buck. Hayden and his Dad were hunting in the evening when he drew his .243 and sighted in on the big buck from approximately 20...
Loretta Beck attended the Chili Cook-Off sponsored by the Big Flat FFA in Turner on Monday evening. Congratulations to Trent Billmayer for 1st place, JR Brown for 2nd , and Cassidy Grabofsky for 3rd. Gene, Susan, and Eric Billmayer visited and had lunch with Jim and Helen Billmayer on Tuesday in Havre. Cindy Reed of Billings visited at Jane Krass’ home for Thanksgiving Day. Family brought dinner over to Jane and Cindy. Diana Maloney, Hilary and Natalie Richman, Anita and Brooke Reed, and Linda and Evan Hauge visited in the afternoon as well. C...
Dorothy Lavonne Sheeler Granlund, 89, passed peacefully on November 15, 2021 at Peace Hospice House, Great Falls of natural causes. Dorothy was born on January 22, 1932 in Cottonwood, ID to William and Estelle Sheeler. She worked as a telegraph operator in Montana where she met and married Howard L. Granlund in 1956. They farmed near Loring and raised five children, Diane Brady, Mesa, AZ, Alice Fitzgerald, Cascade, MT, Gary Granlund, Havre, MT, Bill (Kim) Granlund, Malta, MT, and Fern (David)...
According to Eunie Gordon, Communications Manager for Content and Messaging, Welfare and Self-Reliance Services with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one full semi-truck, or roughly 40,000 pounds of food, was donated to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), Fort Benton, Montana, chapter by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The GFWC is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service. The GFWC’s goal was to put toget...
You know, Lord, when it seems that there’s no hope, things aren’t going according to our plans, or maybe just going askew, it’s then that we must remember that You are faithful, You hear our prayers and intervene in Your way –Your time – and at the right time. We’ve known ‘children’, young or old, who’ve strayed far away from having a personal relationship with You. Case in point: an elderly lady prayed faithfully for her adult children knowing that sooner or later, in her lifetime or after she was gone, the way-ward ones ‘would return to...
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving with lots of family and food. The weather was almost perfect for the holiday weekend, minus that wind. But it could have been worse, like some previous thanksgivings where there’s snow up to your knees and the wind is so bitter it cuts you as it blows across any exposed skin. So all in all, I would say that we had a pretty good thanksgiving weekend. We are going to have a Gingerbread House making contest on Friday December 17th. This will be made up of teams of three (3).Details and rules are available a...
This past November, many schools, libraries, and other literacy supporters celebrated National Picture Book Month. At Meadowlark Elementary School, Librarian Kelsey Harry held various activities, including a drawing for most picture books read and reviewed. On November 23, two winners were announced and presented with awards. Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November. Full of meaningful morals, artful...
The library is hosting a “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” display from December 1-December 17. We are looking for angels of all types to decorate the library for this holiday season. If you have one or more angels you would be willing to display please bring them to the library this week. Join in the festive fun by reading a holiday book for the December Book Challenge. Two new Christmas selections are “Sleigh Bells Ring” by RaeAnne Thayne and “Santa Cruise” by Fern Michaels. We also have an extensive collection of other holiday titles on o...
The Winter Sports season is here and while we have yet to be blanketed with snow, or really be punished with cold weather the local basketball and wrestling teams have been busy preparing for the first week of competition. The schedule is back to normal after a completely altered 2020-21 season due to Covid-19. Practice began Thursday, November 18 and a few teams will be in action this week. The Harlem girls and boys basketball teams will be in Cut Bank this Saturday to challenge the District...
The start of the High School Winter Sports season is a huge moment for local sports fans along the Hi-line. For many, high school basketball and wrestling fill our entertainment need. With winter bearing down on us, limited daylight and indoor activities taking center stage, what better way to spend the evening. Basketball and Wrestling are heavily followed in Blaine County, and gyms are filled every week with anxious fans looking to cheer on their favorite teams. The Turner, Harlem and Hays/Lodge Pole Basketball teams along with the Wildcat...
Meadowlark Elementary School, which has been without a certified Special Education Teacher since February of last school year, welcomed a teacher in that position on November 18. Patricia Loceo joined the faculty after arriving in Billings from the Philippines on November 17. In her words, she's "here to help children." Earning her degree in the Philippines, Loceo comes to Chinook with considerable experience. She has worked with special needs students for three years in Singapore, two and a...
November 23 was designated Tomi Turkey Day at Meadowlark Elementary School. Tomi and her emotional support hen, a Lavender Orpington named Tootsie, were in the school gymnasium on Tuesday helping Librarian Kelsey Harry read 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey. The story time event not only intended to celebrate the approaching holiday but to honor National Picture Book Month. The book read on Tuesday in twenty-minute time slots to each elementary group is an imitation of the...
