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Blaine County Library's Homeschool Hour students recently had their last session for 2023. Providing programs aimed at homeschool students, Homeschool Hour meets 1-2pm on Wednesdays. Per Assistant Librarian Emily Scofield who oversees the program, any student, kindergarten through high school, is welcome to attend. The recent program had a big turnout with 29 students plus adults bringing the total attendees to 41. Austin Haney, Interpretive Ranger last summer and fall at the Bear Paw...
This year's Blaine County Fur Fest Coyote Hunt was sponsored for the first time by the Blaine County Fair Foundation. The event was held the first weekend of December and was deemed a huge success. Fair Board/Foundation member Shandel Fouts, who was very involved in the planning, promotion and carrying out of the event, reported "It was the first time the Fair Foundation sponsored the hunt and it was a huge success." One hundred fifty-nine hunters, organized in to fifty teams, participated....
On Monday, December 11, Chinook students in grades 5-12 attended a Vaping Prevention presentation in the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium. Kris Minard, the Tobacco Use Prevention Education Specialist with the Office of Public Instruction (OPI), was joined by Jay Schuschke, the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program Prevention Specialist. Together, the duo shared the health risks of vaping with students. To ensure that the information was developmentally appropriate, Minard and Schuschke spoke to the...
December is shaping up to be a great month over here at the museum! On Wednesday December 6th we put on a “parfleche workshop” for 28 area kids in conjunction with the wonderful folks over at the Blaine County Library. The parfleche workshop was an interactive program where kids were able to learn about the history and importance of parfleche: a versatile and beautiful painted rawhide container used by many Indigenous Peoples. At the conclusion of a short talk and slideshow, kids were given their own pieces of actual rawhide and were able to...
Emily had a reading challenge for the month of November. Students had to read 20 minutes every day in November and fill in a time log. 37 students from Chinook, Zurich, Cleveland, and Bear Paw Schools returned reading slips to the library. Edwin Hewitt from Chinook and Stevie Engle from Bear Paw School were the lucky winners of the drawing. They each won a book bag, a coloring book, and markers. Stay tuned for the next reading challenge! Other than Story Time, this week will be the last week for programs until January. Story Time will continue...
A great big thank you to everyone who supported the Wine & Cheese Fundraiser. Once again, it was a wonderful and successful event. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. The December Book Challenge is to read a book about music, bands, or musicians. We have a selection on display for you to choose from. After School Squad and Lego Club will be held December 13 (today) and December 20. There will be no programming the week of December 25. The library will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Happy Holidays to everyone! The Book Club w...
Hello from the Chinook Social Senior Center! We are very busy around here, preparing for Christmas & the many fun activities here at our wonderful Center! It seems the same each year! Pretty soon, we run out of days! We’ll get there, before Christmas does!! I certainly hope that you were some of the people who life has dealt a “grief journey” to that came & helped us hang Cardinals & Candles in memory of those that we have loved & miss. It seems that the holidays are far more poignant to those of us with fractured hearts. Yet, we know that...
Myla Mae Molkjer Cole passed away on November 30, 2023, in Great Falls, MT surrounded by her family. She was born on June 11, 1943, to Nels Molkjer and Eloise B. Farrell Molkjer, in their car in Chinook, MT on the way to the hospital. She was raised on a family farm near Turner, MT. Myla graduated from Harlem High School. She continued her education at Billings Business College and Arapahoe Community College. She married Edward "Eddie or Sack J. Cole, Sr. They married in 1963. After their two so...
The 2nd meeting of the North Chinook Boosters 4-H club was held November 19th at the Triple E meeting room. The meeting was called to order by president Ashlyn Hofeldt. The American pledge was led by Jana Snediger, The 4-H pledge was led by Gracie Skoyen. Roll call was what 4-H projects are you enrolling in this year. Reports were given by secretary Janna Snediger and the treasurers report was given by Alexis Elias. other reports were on achievement night, guest speaker Winston Anderson, cloverbuds, shooting sports. Old business, meals at the...
The November meeting of Big Flat 4-H club was called to order on November 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the Turner Christian Church. Members present include: Piper and Avery Fox, Mary Simons, Mason Friedrich, Isabella Van Voast, Hannah Van Voast, Hannah and Isaac Klindworth, Natalie and Hannah Richman, Modesty Chamberlain and Jessa Schroder. Leaders present were Hilary Richman and Shannon Van Voast. The American pledge was led by Piper and the 4-H Pledge was led by Mary. Reports: Treasurer’s report has a balance of $1,525.73. Isabella reported on A...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters were in Shelby this past weekend for the Coyote Tip-Off Preseason Tournament. The 'Beeter girls first took on the Eureka Lions on Friday morning and came away with a comfortable 78-28 win. On Saturday afternoon, they faced an old foe from the past in the Malta M-ettes and again came away with a big win, 65-32. With the weekend sweep, the 'Beeters improved to 3-0 on the young season. The 'Beeters wasted little time in taking charge of their contest with the Eureka Lions...
The Harlem Lady Cats finally got their 2023-24 campaign started this past weekend in Billings at the Class B Tip-off being played at Lockwood High School. Friday afternoon, the Lady Cats caged the Roundup Panthers 55-17. Saturday the girls were back on the court to take on Shepherd, dropping a 65-20 contest with the Fillies. Friday against the Panthers, the Lady Cats got the fast start they were hoping for to begin the season. Junior Raelynne Briere connected from beyond the arc and scored five...
The Turner Tornado girls took part in their second pre-season tournament in as many weeks this past Friday and Saturday in Harlowton. Friday the girls took on the host Harlowton Engineers, falling 38-37. Saturday they were back on the court to face the Jordan Mustangs. Turner fell to the Mustangs. Sophomore Bridget Reed went two for two from the charity stripe and scored four, while senior Hannah Richman added four of her own early on, but it was Harlowton that had the lead at the end of one....
The Harlem Wildcats were the last Blaine County basketball team to take the court this winter. After weeks of practicing against each other, they finally got the chance to play someone in a different colored uniform. The Wildcats were in Billings on Friday and Saturday at the Class B Tip-off Tournament being played at Lockwood High School. Harlem began the season with a 91-26 thumping of the Roundup Panthers Friday afternoon. Saturday they got a stiffer test against the Shepherd Mustangs,...
The Turner Tornadoes headed south this past weekend to take part in another tip-off tournament. The community of Harlowton hosted the two-day event. On Friday evening, the Tornadoes took on the Sheridan Mustangs and were defeated 69-49. Saturday the boys faced the Jordan Mustangs and secured a 71-60 win to even their record at 2-2. The Turner Tornadoes got a huge effort from senior Ryan Doyle in the first quarter with ten points in the stanza, including going four for four from the charity...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters were in Shelby this past Friday for a pair of non-conference clashes at the annual Coyote Pre-Season Tip-Off Classic basketball tournament. On Friday morning, the ‘Beeters took on the Eureka Lions where they were defeated 74-65. Saturday night, Chinook played the final game of the tournament against the host Shelby Coyotes and again were defeated 68-42 to fall to 0-3 on the young season. Friday afternoon, the ‘Beeters had the offense going a bit, tallying 18 first quarter points. The defense, however, gave up 22. Fre...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Harlem Wildcats were in Glasgow this past weekend for the Scottie Invitational. The meet was the second of the season and was a good test for our local wrestlers to get to compete against quality competition, many of whom they may see come the Eastern C Divisional. Results are unavailable as Trackwrestling updated to the new week before I had a chance to download them. I apologize for any inconvenience and will ensure it doesn't happen in the future. Harlem...
A new holiday tree ornament honoring the memory of the airmen killed in a crash over Harlem more than 30 years ago is now available for the upcoming Christmas season. Eva English, owner of Eva's Laser Engraving Etc. teamed up with leaders of the Harlem Airmen Memorial Committee to design an ornament that could be shared with visitors to the Memorial and others who want to support the upkeep of the two sites honoring the fallen airmen. The two sites, one in Harlem and one north of town near the...
On November 9th, Harlem Elementary chose the newest Lil' Wildcats to join the Rockin' ROAR Roster. The following dedicated students proved they are Respectful, Organized, Always safe, and Responsible, modeling perfect ROAR behavior for their peers. Back Row: Isaac Bear (gr. 6), Jayda Whiteclay (gr. 5), Frank Skinner (gr. 4), and Zayla Lamere (gr. 3). Front Row: Khleo Little Owl (gr. 2), Coreanna Davis (gr.1), and Rihanna Brown (Kindergarten). So Proud of Our Future Leaders!...
Alert "Journal" readers may recall the story that ran in August about the visit by 16 former airmen who came to visit the Harlem Airmen's Memorial. The group, all Air Force veterans and mostly from the west coast, had some connections to the 13 crewmen who died during a refueling practice run high over Harlem that resulted in a crash of two of the four planes in the exercise. The crash occurred on November 30, 1992. The 16 came to visit the memorial in Harlem and another up nearer the actual...
Total Number of Teams: 20 Open Class 28 Calling Class 2 Kids Teams 50 Teams Total Total Number of Hunters: 89 Calling Class 66 Open Class 4 Kids 159 hunters total Total Number of animals turned in: 38 Rabbits 23 Raccoons 31 Porcupines 308 Coyotes 400 Animals total Prize Money Paid out Just over $18,000 between the class winners, side pots, & Calcutta Kids: Sponsored by Gruszie Family Show Pigs, Kevin Young, & Kevin Elias. Skoyen Kids (Piper & Maverick Skoyen) & Team Bob (Denton Eggleston &...
For the past year folks at the Harlem ALC have been working on projects that will make life a little easier for someone, we don't know who, but there are many around the world who need our gifts and prayers. In the process of moving, Audrey Parnell found that her quilt stash was too much to deal with, and donated it to the World Relief quilters at the Lutheran Church. From those wonderful fabrics, and from our own stashes, 28 quilts were created. These quilts are distributed, one to a family,...
