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The Community Thanksgiving Dinner in Chinook has been a long standing traditional gathering for more than three decades. Through the years a number of superb community minded individuals, groups and families have hosted the event. This years group was headed up by Mark and Betty Billmayer, Jay Eslick and Kathy O'Brien. In addition several familiar faces joined them in making the day run smoothly, including Larry Wisch, who has been on hand in some capacity for nearly every dinner service in...
The Indian National Finals Rodeo, Inc. (INFR) held its 44th championship event the end of October in Las Vegas. At the latest Finals Eddie Hawley and his team roping partner, Myles John, won their second consecutive world title. No stranger to this international competition, it was Eddie's thirteenth time to qualify to compete at the INFR and his fourth time to win a team roping championship. Eddie grew up in Hays and graduated from Dodson High School in 2002. He and his family now live in...
The Blaine County Fair will no longer compete with nor complement the Fourth of July celebrations of Blaine County citizens in 2020. To make the dates more 4-H friendly and to accommodate the PRCA rodeo schedule, the dates of the fair will be August 12-16. According to Fair Board Secretary, Debbie Ramberg, the fair will open on Wednesday night with the Kid’s Rodeo, Thursday and Friday will feature the PRCA rodeo, Saturday will play host to the Demolition Derby, and the grand stand event on Sunday will be the ever-popular pig wrestling. “We act...
Harlem Library Tonight is the Friends of the Library Holiday Wine & Cheese fundraiser from 6-8 P.M. The library will be open from 10-1 today to allow for set up. You may purchase tickets at the library today or call to reserve your tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door for a higher price. The Book Challenge for Dec. is to reread your favorite book. If you have completed the Nov. Book Challenge contact the library so your name can be entered into the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. There will be no Book Club...
The Sweet Park Board announced last week that they have nearly reached their funding goal and should be able to purchase and install new playground equipment at the Sweet Park this summer if a few more dollars trickle in to the Playground Equipment Fund. With a sizable donation from the Davies Family Endowment Fund of the Montana Community Foundation, the Park Board is seeing the finish line. These funds will be added to the $9,875.00 check from the proceeds of the Brew Fest held during the 2019 CHS All-Class Reunion. Sweet Park Board...
Guests over the holiday weekend at the Dave Cornell home were Dalton, Alyssa,Danial, and Addison Cornell, and Cassie and Richard Handran and August and Evelyn. On Thanksgiving Day, Ray Bengstun, Dennis Cornell, Shandel Fouts and Taylor and Kayla Fouts and Ellie joined then for dinner. On Friday the Cornells worked cattle and Don Cornell, Dale and Kim and Denton Cornell came and helped and enjoyed dinner with the rest of the family. Carol and Duane Klindworth were in Havre to celebrate Carol’s mother, Betty Hay’s 90th birthday, along with Tha...
Harold "Kent" Lybeck, 66, of Chinook, MT passed away at Peace Hospice on November 23, 2019 after an unexpected, yet short, battle with cancer. A celebration of life was held on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 1 pm at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook with burial at Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Blaine County Funeral Chapel has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Kent's online memorial page at www.blainecountychapel.com to leave a message of condolence for his family.... Full story
Our beloved Louella Fox Stiffarm, whose Indian name was "Big Mountain Woman", 71, peacefully went to be with the angels on November 24, 2019. Lou was born to George and Ella (Bradley) Fox, Sr. on January 4, 1948, in Fort Belknap, MT. She was raised in Hays, MT and graduated from St. Paul Mission High School in 1967. After high school, she moved with the relocation program to Los Angeles, CA, where she attended George Washington High Nursing School, receiving her LPN license. Lou later came home... Full story
Constance (Connie) Pursley – The world was blessed with this beautiful little angel on December 30, 1936. She was welcomed by her parents William and Ruth (Mord) Campbell, her "big sis" Edie and brother Duke at their home in Turner, MT. Her stepfather was Merrill C. Hood. Heaven gained one more star on November 24, 2019. Growing up she spent her years in Turner, Harlem and Zurich, MT. Connie graduated from Chinook High School. On October 1, 1955 she married George Elias. Born into this unity wer... Full story
Tonight is the annual Friends of the Library Holiday Wine & Cheese fundraiser from 6:00-8:00 P.M. There will be delicious refreshments, door prizes, 50/50 raffle, silent and live auctions, and wine and beer tasting! The library will be open today from 10:00-1:00 to allow for set up. You may buy your tickets today for $10 at the library or call to reserve you tickets. You may also buy tickets at the door for $15. Kick off the holidays with this fun-filled event! The library has a great selection of books for you to read this holiday season. Chec...
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us at the Christmas stroll. Calvin Brown and Laura Danley were the lucky winners of the bee books. Free People Reading Freely chose the book "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Della Owens for our next meeting, which will be Monday January 20, 2020. We have copies of the book available. The display table has a variety of Christmas books for the month of December. New Christmas books include: "Finding Christmas" by Karen Schaler, "Christmas in Winter Hill" by Melody Carlson, "Spirit of the Season" by Fern...
The Harlem Country Christmas will be held on Sunday, December 15th, at the VFW now known as the Harlem Community Church. 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. Vendor Tables open, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Santa pictures, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Soup Supper. Come support the Harlem Civic Association during this holiday season. Catholic Church Christmas Bazaar... Sun., Dec. 3rd It goes from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at New Horizons. Bake sale, raffle, bazaar tables, cookie stroll. Thank You To: Dale Klungland for fixing the blue chair, table and card table; Ann Azure for the case...
I hope everyone had a nice and safe Thanksgiving. December is here again, the weather is about as predictable as the mind of a two year old. Doesn’t know what it wants to do; snow, rain, blow, melt, freeze and blow some more. There will be a Foot Clinic on Wednesday December 4th. We will be decorating the center on Friday December 6th at 1:00 p.m. everyone is welcome to come join in the fun, there will be cocoa and cookies! YUM! The public card party will be held on Sunday December 8th. Everyone is welcome to join. The Center board will be m...
The 35th Montana Science Olympiad was held on Tuesday, November 26 in the Strand Union Building and other locations across Montana State University-Bozeman's campus. Several students formed teams to represent Chinook School District at what is billed as Montana's premier STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) competition for youth. Chinook's varsity Science Olympiad team placed 25th out of 48 teams. Members on that team were JT Hauer, Ginger Hauer, Jayden Miller, Grace Ymzon,...
On November 27, Zurich Elementary School students engaged in a farm to table study and made their own lunch at school. Several curricular-related activities took place on a rotation between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Using materials gathered at the Montana State Literacy Association 2019 Conference: Literacy Colors the Imagination held at Billings West High School in October, Zurich teachers developed a farm to table project for grades K-8. The activities included making butter, making cheese,...
Columnist's note: In the past three weeks two community gatherings were held at Liberty Hall in Whitlash. The Hall is a 103-year old community meeting place, the first building completed when more than a century ago the old town site was abandoned and moved to the current location. The hall was built before a permanent church building, though a congregation was already functioning. Early settlers recognized the need for community-wide gatherings and built a suitable place for them to happen....
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds are coming off fantastic seasons that saw both of them reach the Montana Class C State Tournament in Billings this past March. Every team loses players to graduation each spring, and every team turns the page the following November and starts anew with a fresh new group of kids. Some programs have built a tradition of reloading and going again. The Sugarbeeters have been building for years, and while they may have had one of the best...
The Harlem Lady Cats were spectacular a season ago. They captured the District 2B conference championship, edging out the Wolf Point Wolves for the regular season title. The wolves returned the favor at the District 2B Tournament, leaving the Lady Cats with a second place finish. The Northern B Divisional belonged to Harlem, earning their first crown in school history, advancing to the State Girls B Tournament for the first time. The season ended after two games but the memories remain. The...
The Chinook Sugarbeeter and Harlem Wildcat wrestling teams have been hard at work the past couple of weeks in preparation of the start of the 2019-20 season. The wait is finally over. The Wildcats will be at the Badger Invitational this Friday and Saturday in Cascade and the Sugarbeeters will be in Havre at the Blue Pony Invitational. The Sugarbeeters are once again being led by long time mentors Perry Miller and Adam Tilleman and feature a roster that looks to turn in a successful season....
Last year, economic researchers were calling art the new Christmas shopping trend. Buying art, according to the data collected, broadens the mind, develops worldview, and opens a person to seeing the world from a different perspective. Just as owning a rich selection of books or acquiring a diverse music library deepens one's capacity for critical thinking, artwork can function similarly. More than that, it has been documented that art relieves stress, induces relaxation, stimulates creativity...
