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We've Got The County Covered
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Reporter's note: This is the last story of the 'murder in north country' series. It was a double homicide and all three people involved lived outside Blaine County, but one had a connection that was important in the eventual capture of the perpetrator. Nancy Mahns, the granddaughter of former Blaine County Sheriff Dan Hay and niece of former Harlem Police Chief Blaine Hay, got me interested in this double murder. Mahns sent a copy of a July, 1953 issue of "Official Detective Stories." The...
If you have written history as long as I have, you would find it very interesting, like I do, that events change on whims from who knows where. Little tiny and seemingly events of no consequence cause major events to happen years later. This is a story of just how that happened in Montana maybe a dozen years ago. But the story would not have happened at all if World War 2 had not happened. Or if Grandpa Lucke’s favorite magazine wasn’t “Field and Stream” or if Bee Lucke hadn’t introduced his wife to sleeping bags in a desperate move to get mo...
The Turner American Legion held its annual Trap Shoot this past Sunday at the Turner Trap Club. The weather was perfect and a great crowd showed up to have some fun, support the Legion and take a chance at winning a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. A pot of stew was available to those who wanted to have a nice warm bowl of soup before or after they took their turn at a round of pigeons. Shown here is Connie Liese as she greets the guests and does the paperwork for the day. Connie has done...
On Thursday, October 15, four pre-service teachers from Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) and their instructor presented a workshop to an audience of teachers from across the state of Montana who were gathered in Billings for the annual MEA/MFT Educators' Conference. The presentation, "Evaluating Picture Books," shared their experiences with using a rubric to select picture books that align with the Common Core State Standards to complement content area curriculum while also meeting the literacy... Full story
Undersheriff Frank Billmayer and Deputy Sheriff Billy Minnis stopped by the Funshine Preschool last Wednesday to give the kids some safety items for Halloween and to educate them on ways to make them feel safe. Another objective was to make the kids feel more comfortable talking to a police officer. Billmayer stated later, “I think it was a real positive thing. At the football game later that night, I had several kids approach me and give me a hug or a high five. Several of them were still w...
October is Fire Prevention Month and the Turner School students always enjoy participating in the events that take place throughout the month. The elementary students along with the Turner Colony students especially enjoyed taking a short field trip over to to the Turner Fire Hall. There, a few Volunteer Firemen had a short video on prevention and followed it up with a question/answer time. The Department Volunteers presented all the children with plastic fire helmets and a color/activity...
This week the Harlem Library is participating in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign by sharing the children’s book “Not Norman: A Goldfish Story” by Kelly Bennett. This is the 10th anniversary of the campaign that generates public support for high-quality early learning and literacy. The library staff will join in the world’s largest shared reading experience by reading “Not Norman” during our children’s programming. Bring your children to Books and Babies on Tuesday at 10 a.m. or Story Hour on Friday at 10 a.m. so they can take part i...
Reporter's note: This is part three of a four part series. Frank Sharples left a note on my desk asking if I knew about the Lidstone Murders. I recalled a photo in the Chinook centennial book, but that was about the extent of what I knew. I searched the archives of the "Chinook Opinion" and found many details of the 1932 double homicide in the northwest corner of Blaine County. In the local history of northwest Blaine County, "The Unyielding Prairie...," there was a lot of information about...
Reporters note: I'm on my annual October temporary job at a pumpkin patch in western Washington State. It's the fourth year I've worked at the Black Crow Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze-about 50 miles north of downtown Seattle, near Arlington, WA. It's a family owned plot of five acres of pumpkins, squash and gourds plus another five acre corn maze. The owner comes from a long line of berry and pumpkin farmers. I've learned this year, from various media outlets, that "pumpkins are out and gourds are...
Reporter's note: While in Malta's riverside park to do a story about the Milk River Wagon Train's 47th annual trip, I could hear the roar of engines off in the distance. I remembered that there was a drag strip on the edge of Malta. My friend and I took a break from the horse and wagon era and drove over to check out the drag strip. I'd seen the drag strip once before but never while races were going on. I was a bit surprised at the number of dragsters lined up at the starting line for their...
