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Happy New Year from the Harlem Public Library! The Harlem Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and we will be closed New Year’s Day. The regular programming schedule will start up again next week. Books and Babies meets Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 10 a.m. at the library, Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 10 a.m. at Turner’s Big Flat Grocery, and Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. at the Aaniiih Nakoda College Library. The Lego Club meets on Thursday, Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. in the library meeting room. Story Hour will be held Friday, Jan. 8 at 10 a.m....
Tom, Ariel and family, Dusty, Misty and family, and Janie and Butch were Christmas Dinner guests at Terry and Brenda Mohar's home. Sandy Beck was a guest at the Chad Beck home in Chinook on Christmas Eve. Jen and Nito Cuaresma and Josiah and Sofia spent the Christmas holidays at Ed and Kathy Zellmer's home (they returned home to Missoula on Sunday). They arrived just in time for church on Thursday evening. After they all attended Christmas Eve church services in Hogeland, Ed and Kathy hosted...
Jake Brown had some friends over for a birthday party after school on Tuesday. Christmas Eve dinner guests of Jim Reed were David Reed of Billings, Jessica and Davion Reed of Vegas, Steve and Anita Reed and family, and Randy and Diana Maloney and family. Bill and Mary Hake were Christmas Eve dinner guests of Chris and Brenda Maloney in Turner. They were to Loren and Linda Wolery’s on Christmas Day for dinner. Linda and Darel spent a week out at Liberty Lake getting acquainted with their new grandson, Caleb James Hauge. They also enjoyed C...
The December Christmas party of the Paradise Pals was held at the library meeting room on December 13. President Erika Anderson went through the calendar to remind members of upcoming events. We voted on paying our leaders dues and for our project books. We had a potluck and exchanged Secret Santa presents. We then watched the movie “Snow Dogs.” The next meeting will be January 17 at the Blaine County Library meeting room at 2 p.m. Senior talks will be given at this meeting....
It is that magical time once again. For 74 years I have been experiencing it. Can’t explain it yet but I really do love it in spite of things going really wrong with the season every so often. A case in point is that one Christmas I heard of a woman who put a tiny manger scene on her stove so that when she was cooking, she would remember the reason for the season. I thought that was a wonderful idea. I bought two, one for a cabin and one for the house. I put them up on the stove for years and even looked at them and remembered. Then Mother a...
My most memorable Christmas was with somebody who isn’t here today. Spending time with my Grandpa was always special but holidays meant something more to me even at a young age. The first year he wasn’t there was different. I kept expecting to see him but that wasn’t going to happen. Every year I wish things could be different so I could have just one more day with him. Sadly it doesn’t work like that and we need to make the best of what we have. Some people don’t get a lot of joy and it’s a struggle for them just to function in public. Thi...
On Tuesday, Wally and Loretta Beck went to Havre and took Brandon Beck and Daniella Schilling out to dinner to celebrate Brandon’s 21st birthday. On their return trip home, they stopped by Darwin and Betty Zellmer’s home in Harlem and wished Darwin a happy birthday! Evan Hauge and Laura Bratz visited Harlan and Jane Krass on Sunday afternoon. Wendy VanValkenburg and Sylvia Mohar visited Sandy Beck on her birthday, Dec. 17. Chad Beck was also out to see Sandy on her birthday. That evening, Sandy attended Landen’s school program in Chino...
Lyndsay Hutton is home for Christmas break. The Steve Hickel family went to Choteau for an early Christmas celebration with Colleen’s family. The School Christmas program was a huge success! Great job on your singing and poetry, students. Santa made his yearly visit to the kids of the community and candy was given out with help from the National Honor Society. Miles, Lyndsay and Linda took in the wrestling in Fort Benton and the Holiday Classic at CMR to watch Reece and the Harlem Wildcat wrestlers. They visited Adrienne Hutton while in G...
Merry Christmas from the Harlem Public Library! The library will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. We will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Book Challenge for December is to read a play. Let us know the title of the play you read and your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. Keep watching for the new book challenge for 2016. The used book sale continues through the month of December. Remember the proceeds support the children’s summer reading progr...
Harlem Elementary's December 18th ROARing students are kindergartener, Raylee Walls, and first grader, Maeli Has Eagle. These bright young ladies are tiny, but powerful, role models for the entire elementary student body. Raylee and Maeli have proven they have what it takes to be the newest members of the ROAR Roster. Great job, girls!...
On Dec. 14 friends, family, 4-H members and leaders gathered in the Triple E meeting room in Chinook for the club Christmas Party, potluck, and Secret Santa gift exchange. The fun-filled evening was enjoyed by club members: Rebecca Stroh, Britton Elliot, Maisie Ford, Reegan Roseleip, Ashlyn Ford, Mya Berreth, Tana Drugge, Lori Mord, Thane Drugge, Addison Olsen, Jacob Metcalf, Ethan Liddle, Drake Berreth, Stacie Liddle, Hayden Berreth, Jenna Liddle, Amanda Mord, Sidney Liddle, Jeni Mord, and...
The Harlem Civic Association's eleventh Country Christmas celebration was well attended last Wednesday evening. Strollers enjoyed a mild, but at times windy, evening for the annual event. City workers had hung electric decorations along the main street and volunteer groups decorated each light pole to their chosen theme. The town looked festive. In the library lobby, Civic Association chairman Brad Becker, and association member Jim Nissen, were cooking popcorn and handing out bags to strollers....
Finding the perfect live Christmas tree can be a stressor each holiday season. With 25-30 million live trees for sale in the United States annually, there are a lot of choices. Then there are considerations of the type of tree needed, size of the room where the tree will be displayed, shape to fit in the usable space and even what variety of tree for the natural aroma desired. It's a lot of choices. It gets even more complicated when the tree is for a church and ultimately everyone gets to be a...
Pre-holiday events are beginning to wind down in Chinook. There are school concerts and programs still to come, but soon the focus will be on last minute shopping, gatherings for friends and family and, finally, special Christmas Eve church services and family get togethers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The final week of community events in Chinook was busy as the countdown to Christmas began. Sweet Memorial Nursing Home Bazaar Sweet Home hosted its 13th annual bazaar last Saturday. The...
The Friends of the Harlem Library group hosted a wine and cheese festival last week. Actually, it was more than just wine and cheese with two "groaning" tables of holiday goodies and treats to go along with multiple opportunities to taste, and bid on, some interesting wines. The wines were donated by Sagebrush Flats Winery and the goodies were courtesy of Friends members. It was a fun evening, but there was a serious purpose. Nellie Obrecht, a co-chair of the Friends, explained the Friends...
Reporter’s note: My wife pulled out some old “holiday trivia” quizzes she’s used in social gatherings over the years. We had a great time trying to recall the answers. I decided to share some of these with readers, just so you can test your knowledge of this special holiday season. The questions range from the Christmas story in the Bible to popular culture. You can find the answers on B7 in this edition of the paper. 1. In the song “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas,” you are dreaming of a white Christmas with what? a. your significant o...
For December the weather is holding on and I hope you made good use of the nice weather. On the calendar for Wednesday, Dec. 9 is Whist and we can use more players, so come at 1 p.m. to play cards. Tuesday is Shanghai Rummy and last week’s winner was Mitzi Bruss. Also on Tuesday, Dec. 15 is the Cancer Support Program and the speaker is Ben Jennings LSW, licensed social worker. Call and make a reservation and eat with us at the center. The program starts at 11:30 a.m. and we ask that you come early as not to interrupt the program. This S...
While looking through old papers reading the different Christmas stories, I stumbled across one which I could agree with and relate to. Mrs. Lillian Weaver, of Davenport, Idaho wrote in December of 1965 her version of Christmas. I pulled just a few things she stated and gave my opinion. In her article she wrote, “Christmas is the thrill of an old fashioned sleigh ride on a white stretching road glistening with “snow” diamonds on a moonlight night.” When I was eight years old we had a team and a sleigh. Dad hooked up our gelding, Blaze, and too...
Today, Dec. 9, the used book sale kicks off at the library from 12:30-7 p.m. The Harlem Civic Association will be giving away fresh popcorn from 4-7 p.m. during the Country Christmas. The book sale continues through the month of December. Story Hour for children will meet Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. Then all children’s programming will take a break until the first week of January. The Book Challenge for December is to read a play. We have collections of plays to choose from. A big thank you goes out to everyone who made the third annual Holiday Wine a...
Reporter’s note: It seems any time I write a story about local history readers respond. The “Murder in the North Country” series that ran during October, 2015, generated several comments from readers about the series and some readers shared new information. I’ve summarized some of this information, just to give the stories a bit of new background on two of the murders. Murder of Harry Tubbs, 1912 Frank McDaniels was quickly convicted of the murder of Harry Tubbs. The murder occurred in early July, 1912, and McDaniels was convicted the followi...
Jeanne Dalton has been shepherding the plans and presentation of Chinook’s annual Community Thanksgiving dinner for the past five years. In prior years, Jeanne and Ron Dalton relied on family for help in the kitchen. This year was different, Ron passed away in the spring and only one local son-in-law was able to help. Jeanne Dalton soldiered on. In an interview about the event she got emotional as she said, “The volunteers stepped forward and the event went very well.” Dalton said this year’s turnout was about average. Average is still pretty...
December arrives, and with it all the wonders of this special time of year. St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem has various events scheduled during the month, starting with the annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, December 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at New Horizons. A collection basket for nonperishable food items for the Harlem Ministerial Association’s food pantry will be available at the bazaar. Following 8:30 a.m. Mass the next day, December 6, Christmas coffee hour will be served. At Harlem’s annual Country Christmas, Wednesday, Dec...
When the 2015 'Beeters football team nicknamed themselves the "Hoon Squad," they tapped into a long story that surrounds Hoon Field. Hoon Field, the home field for Chinook High School's football games, was named after a local doctor, Dr. A.S. Hoon, a much beloved physician who lived and worked in Chinook from 1912 to 1955. Hoon retired in 1995, he and his wife moved to Missoula. The football team used a play on words, harking back to the days when goon squads were groups of tough characters,...
Chinook High teacher Doug Hayes is planning a second early summer adult ed trip to Washington, DC. For a number of years Hayes has been taking CHS students on an annual visit to the national capitol. This past summer, after several requests over the years, he organized and hosted a trip in which 26 local adults participated. This year's trip is tentatively set to leave June 6, or thereabouts, with eight days and seven nights in Washington. The first organizing meeting for the 2016 trip was held...
Four local artists hosted the Chinook Area Chamber's recent November Business After Hours at the Blaine County Library meeting room. The four artists exhibited some of their work and greeted visitors. Each artist had a table with examples of their varied artistic styles. Cory Couturier was asked to host the Business After Hours event for November. He said, "I knew of several other artists and decided to invite them to participate as well." Couturier had examples of his paintings, prints and...
