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Twenty-six members of the Chinook Chapter of the FFA joined the group of over 1,700 blue jackets that flooded Montana State University campus at the 11th Annual Montana FFA Ag Expo in Bozeman on November 10-12, 2022. Chinook FFA members had several top individual finishers. In addition, the Soils Team took seventh place overall, and both the Junior Mechanics and Junior Horse Judging teams earned ninth place overall. Sponsored by John Deere Dealers across Montana, the Ag Expo offered...
Anyone driving to Hogeland or Turner on Montana Highway 241 East will spot some metal sculptures between mile markers 15 and 17. This art not only has potential to entertain motorists but also provides a testament to the talent of Hogeland resident Steve Leitner. The first pieces of artwork to appear on the fence line on the north side of the road depict two fish, one chasing another in a predator-prey pursuit. According to Leitner, that first fish looked like he was trying to escape from...
Derek Bell, a 2016 graduate of Chinook of Chinook High School and an enrolled student of Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC), was recently selected as the winner of the Montana Campus Compact - Montana Athletes in Service Award 2022 for ANC. In a press release it describes the award as, "For 30 years, Montana Campus Compact and its campus affiliates have supported students, faculty, and communities across Montana with programs that encourage and recognize community service. Montana Campus Compact's...
In cooperation with Scharfe, Kato, & Company, the Montana Actors' Theatre will be presenting The Play That Goes Wrong in several performances this month. Although the play opened with a Red Carpet Gala on December 9, other performances are slated for December 15-17, and 21-23 at 8:00 p.m. A matinee showing will also take place on December 18 at 2:00 in the afternoon at the theatre in Cowan Hall on the campus of Montana State University-Northern. The play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and...
Several people attended the funeral service for Dick Hamilton on Saturday at the Hogeland Lutheran Church. Gene Billmayer was in Havre on Sunday visiting his folks, Jim and Helen. Jane Krass’ girls visited throughout the week and helped with chores. Gene and Susan Billmayer attended the Dick Hamilton funeral service on Saturday. Turner Varsity Basketball season play begins this week, with a home game on Friday vs Fort Benton, and they travel to Chester to play CJ-I on Saturday. The Booster Club will be serving concessions in Turner. Grades 3...
Blaine County Sheriff, John Colby will be sworn in for a second term later in this month and in doing so looks forward to advancing the projects and ideas that his Department had started in his first term as Sheriff, "I look forward to building those programs and making them serve the community as best as possible," said Colby. Sheriff Colby has a number of projects he wants to get going in his second term, "We are looking at grants that could help obtain a school resource officer to assist...
Brickcent$ has been busier than Bob the Builder. On November 10, business owner Brandon Nissen posted a video to YouTube and on Facebook announcing that interested individuals could adopt a LEGO dog in order to help PAWS of Chinook manage the expenses of operation as they took on the more than twenty dogs from the "Hell House" gang of hounds. At the time, neither he nor Executive Director of PAWS, Alissa Hewitt envisioned the response. So far, the idea has generated nearly $500.00 for PAWS. The...
Patty Nissen-Cross, 70, of Chinook passed away of ALS, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 at her Missoula home. She was born on June 17, 1952, in Havre, Montana, to Ray and Erna Ramberg. She was raised on the family ranch, South of Chinook, MT. She attended Ada Elementary and graduated from Chinook High School in 1970. As a young girl growing up on a ranch she took an active interest in horses, cattle, sheep, and in 70 years she was never dogless. She was actively involved in 4-H and the American...
Gail Eileen Swant passed away peacefully at Sanford Hospice House at on December 8, 2022, with her sister by her side after a yearlong battle with cancer. Gail was born to Harry and Henrietta Swant on June 7, 1942, in Williston, ND. She grew up and attended grade school and high school at Bainville Public School in Bainville, Montana. Her lifelong love of music began with piano lessons from her mother starting at a very early age. She started playing the piano for the Lutheran Church of...
Carol Ann (McGuire) Harbolt passed away while living at the Weatherly Inn in Kent, WA on November 25, 2022. She was born October 21, 1936 in Glasgow, Montana to Donald W. and Helen C. (Bergren) McGuire. She was the oldest of three children. Her father, Don, was working on the Fort Peck dam at the time. Carol's early years were spent in various towns in Montana, wherever her Dad could find work. The family moved to Kirkland, Washington where her Dad worked in the shipyards during the Second...
Casey was born to Gerald and Sheila Martin on December 23, 1981, at the Fort Belknap Hospital. He attended grade school at Lodgepole Elementary and graduated from Hays/Lodgepole High School in 2000. Casey enjoyed boxing, little league baseball, basketball, football, and track. He was a good athlete and strived to be the best. He was also a very talented drawing artist. After graduation he attended MSU-Northern where he was a redshirt freshman on the football team. He soon found out that school...
What an incredible year it has been for the local PAWS Animal Shelter in Chinook. 2022 set all kinds of records and milestones while overcoming some of the most difficult challenges the organization has ever encountered. The local shelter has seen its presence in the community grow tenfold over the past few years and that growth reached new heights in 2022. For the third year in a row the shelters animal intake, adoptions, rescues and donations all reached record highs. The pace of growth the...
The Harlem Wildcat and Lady Cat Wrestling teams were in Glasgow this past weekend taking part in the 27th annual Scottie Invitational. The Lady Cats were once again very successful placing two athletes on the podium. Junior Kaitlyn Johnson won the girls 126 pound division while sophomore Izzy Baker fished second at 114 pounds. The Wildcats took eight boys to Glasgow and won nine matches against 26 losses in the two-day tournament. The girls took six wrestlers going 19-23 as a team in the...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters performed very well at the Scottie Invitational in Glasgow this past weekend. Senior Tyler Schoen and freshman Emma Klingaman led the way with each winning individual titles. Chinook took 10 boys and 3 girls to Glasgow. Seven wrestlers in addition to Klingaman and Schoen won matches and all 13 have earned wins through two weeks of the season. Schoen went 4-0 in the tournament winning his first three matches by pin and then defeating Malta's Camryn Mears in a 3-1...
Chinook senior, Bree Swanson had a fantastic senior season for the 'Beeter volleyball team. A season that culminated with a fourth place finish at the Class C State Tournament and Northern C All-State Honors. Now Swanson has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her athletic career by playing Volleyball for the Miles Community College Pioneers. "I'm super stoked to be able to have the opportunity to play at the next level. Playing in college has been in my mind for awhile now and I fina...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters have high expectations this season and are considered by many to be one of the top teams in the District 9C as well as the Northern C. This year also marks the final season in which the Sugarbeeters will be competing in the Class C ranks. Starting with the 2023-24 season the Sugarbeeters will play Class B basketball and be included in the District 1B lineup. If basketball fans wanted a taste of how the team might fare after moving up a classification, then this weekend...
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were in Billings this past weekend to get their 2022-23 basketball season underway. The Thunderbirds were taking part in the All American Indian Shootout being played an Rimrock Auto Arena at Metra Park. The Thunderbirds were challenged both games they played but the resilient young team found a way to earn a pair of wins to start the season 2-0. Friday the Thunderbirds took on the Lame Deer Morning Stars and pulled out a hard fought 56-54 win late. Saturday...
The Harlem Lady Cats were in Billings taking part in the Class B Tip Off Tournament played at Lockwood High School. The Lady Cats are a very young team and opened the season with a pair of games against teams returning much more experience, Friday night the Lady Cats fell 78-10. Saturday the girls turned in a more complete effort, especially in the second half but were defeated 61-36 by the Lodge Grass Indians. Friday in the contest with Huntley Project the Lady Cats competed for all 32 minutes, but inexperience was evident from the start....
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbird boys basketball team kicked the 2022-23 season off this past weekend at the All American Indian Shootout in Billings. The Tournament was held Thursday through Saturday at Rimrock Auto Arena. The boys dropped their opener Thursday afternoon, in a hard fought contest with the Plenty Coup Warriors 64-52. The Thunderbirds returned to the court on Saturday where they got off to a fast start and cruised by the Lodge Grass JV 66-49. In the season opener the team, many...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters took to the court for the first time this season at the Coyote Class Preseason Tip Off Tournament in Shelby this past weekend. Thursday afternoon the 'Beeters fell to the Cut Bank Wolves 75-47. In the tournaments final game Saturday night the 'Beeters turned in a valiant effort against the host Shelby Coyotes before falling 57-51 to start the season 0-2. The Sugarbeeters took the court Thursday afternoon with a lineup that featured two returning starters from a season...
The Harlem Wildcats took part in the Class B Tip Off Tournament in Billings this past weekend. The tournament, held at Lockwood High School, featured a number of top Class B teams and presented a stiff challenge for the Wildcats. The Wildcats are very young this season with just four players having very limited varsity experience. The Wildcats were defeated twice in Billings, falling to Huntley Project 81-60 on Friday and to Lodge Grass 86-43 on Saturday. Friday the Wildcats turned in a good effort over the course of the first two quarters...
