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The library board of trustees will hold their monthly meeting Wednesday, February 24, 4:15 P.M. in the library meeting room. The Book Challenge for February is to read a book with a medical theme. When you have completed the challenge contact the library to be entered to win a gift certificate from a local business. The library is sponsoring the “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program to encourage family literacy and to prepare children for school. Parents are encouraged to register their children for the program at the library or on our Fac...
February is Love Your Library month! Take advantage of all the services your library has to offer. We are you community center for entertainment, information, and connection. Free Internet access, Notary services, the latest bestsellers, copying, scanning, faxing and more! The library is hosting a program for parents to read “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” to their children. This program encourages family literacy, preparation for school and a lifelong love of reading. Download the READsquared app or visit halempubliclibrar...
February is Library Lover's Month! Our book display invites you to Fall in Love with a Good Book. There is a nice selection of romances to choose from. We have "I Love My Library Because" hearts for patrons to fill in. February is also Black History Month, a time to honor the past, celebrate the present and inspire the future. We have a wide variety of books on display in celebration of Black History Month, many were released within the last year. Blaine County Library will be closed Monday Febr...
Beginning in February, MAT will be offering monthly workshops for middle and high school aged youth. Each month will focus on a different theatre aspect, and workshops will be led by various MAT staff and volunteers. From 4:00-6:00 p.m., every Monday and Wednesday evening at the Montana Actors' Theater (MAT) located on the Montana State University-Northern (MSUN) Campus, young people in grades 6-12 are invited to participate and learn. Workshops will follow a tentative program schedule with...
Warm up with a new book from your library. “Cut to the Bone” is by Ellison Cooper. Agent Sayer Altair is called to investigate a girl’s body left inside a circle of animal figurines with a cryptic message. It is discovered the dead girl is one of twenty-four missing high school students. Altair is drawn into a web of fake identities and false leads and soon realizes she has a connection to the killer. Jennie Fields is the author of “Atomic Love.” It is 1950, five years after physicist Rosalind Porter’s work on the Manhattan Project and the end...
The library board of trustees will hold its regular meeting Wednesday, January 27, 4:15 in the library meeting room. Parents of young children are invited to sign up for the “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program hosted by the library. This program encourages the love of reading in babies, toddlers and preschoolers in preparation for school. Parents/guardians are encouraged to record the number of books they read to their child using the READsquared app or another method that works for them. When children register they will earn a prize and...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday January 25, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. We have several non-fiction books to help you jump start the new year. “Know Yourself Know Your Money” by Rachel Cruze, will help you discover Why you handle money the way you do, and What to do about it. “In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You’re Not Around Later” by Abby Schneiderman is a step-by-step program for getting your life in order, so you are prepared for the unexpected. “Plan you...
The library is sponsoring a new program to encourage parents/caregivers to read to their babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” promotes the love of reading in children as they earn prizes along the way. The number of books read can be tracked using the READsquared app or any other way that works for you. Contact the library for more information. The Book Challenge for January is to read a book whose author uses some form of initials in their name. When you have completed the challenge contact the library and you...
Start the new year off with a new book! The library has many new selections ready for check out. New suspense novels include “Little Disasters” by Sarah Vaughan, “Hurry Home” by Roz Nay and “Under Pressure” by Robert Pobi. Two new biographies are “I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir” by Esther Safran Foer and “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” by Jonathan Alter. Other new novels include “Betty” by Tiffany McDaniel and “Bear Necessity” by James Gould-Bourn. Join the 2021 Book Challenge to read a unique category of...
With a link uploaded to Chinook School’s Facebook page on December 16, people were invited to the Chinook High School’s Winter Music Concert available on YouTube. This announcement suggested that viewers could enjoy the concert from the comfort of their own homes. The concert opened with the seventh and eighth grade bands playing “Jingle Bells,” an instrumental piece arranged by Ed Sueda. That musical number was followed by a series of excerpts from the “Nutcracker Suite” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and arranged by Brian Balmages. After their perfo...
There's no denying that 2020 has been a roller-coaster year, but COVID-19 couldn't put a stop to the spirit of Christmas at Harlem Elementary School! Throughout the month of December, everyone could feel the excitement building, and any visitors granted access to the building would have seen halls lined with Christmas lights, ceilings draped in paper chains, and classrooms embellished with trees and other décor. Whimsical holiday animals, cozy chimneys complete with stockings, figures of...
Happy New Year from the Harlem Library! We so appreciate your support and patience during this past year. Thanks to everyone who made donations. We look forward to serving you in 2021. The library will be open special hours, from 9:00-2:00, on December 31, New Year's Eve. We will be closed New Year's Day. The Book Club's new selection, "The Big Finish" by Brooke Fossey, may be picked up at the library. If you cannot make in contact us and we can make arrangements to mail or deliver the book to...
On Saturday, December 19, the Montana Actors' Theater (MAT) showcased a free live stream of their 24-Hour Play Festival as a holiday gift to the community. The main show, A Covid Christmas in Greece began at 7:00 p.m., but the organization had content streaming off and on throughout the day on their website as well as on Facebook. "Our play festival had a few twists this season," MAT's Executive Director, Jay Pyette said. "First, we couldn't hold the festival in November; second, a live...
This past Friday our very own Steve Edwards, and several members of the community, came together to visit, reflect and celebrate 'Notes From The Sweet Grass Hills'. After writing his first story for the Blaine County Journal ~ News Opinion back in January of 2014, Steve went on to write hundreds more for the publication. Steve's style of writing so enamored the community, that when it came to be that he and his wife Sherry would be relocating to the Sweet Grass Hills, arrangements needed to be...
Alert readers may recall a story that ran in the October 7, 2020 issue of the "Journal" about some unusual "rock writings." On the family ranch south of Chinook, Mark Burkhartsmeyer found a hilltop with several sets of initials fashioned with random stones. Of particular interest was a complete first and last name spelled out with stones about the size of footballs. As best could be determined the name laid out with stones was "Tom Cosnah." Mark asked me if I would be interested in doing a story...
Blaine County Library will be closed Thursday December 24th and Friday December 25th in observance of Christmas. Stop in and checkout a Christmas book from the December display table. The stories are usually quick reads and are a great way to get into the spirit of the holiday and forget about what’s going on around us! Although there have not been very many movies released lately, we do have several new ones available for checkout. Ford vs Ferrari, Bill and Ted Face the Music, and The Secret Garden are available. Mulan, The Reason, The War w...
Merry Christmas from the Harlem Public Library! The library will have special hours on Christmas Eve. We will be open from 9:00-2:00 Dec. 24 and closed on Christmas Day. Here is a reminder of some of the many things the library has to offer Mobile hotspots Enrichment READsquared app Resources Young Adult section Children’s programs Harlempubliclibrary.org Reading room Interlibrary loans STEM kits Technology MTLibrary2Go Audio books Story Time...
Christmas music is as much a part of the holiday as baking cookies, giving presents and participating in family gatherings. Though this season will be different because of the pandemic and issues with get-togethers, Christmas music will still be important. Whether listening to tunes on the radio or a device, singing carols at church or attending holiday concerts, music will be a part of our Christmastime activities. I decided to educate myself a bit about Christmas music and share a few things...
The Montana Big Game regular season concluded the last weekend of November, but with so many successful youth hunters we have had enough stories to carry us into the middle of December. This week we recognize the successful hunt of Britt Powell. Britt, 13, is a Chinook Junior High seventh grader. While hunting with his Dad, Cody south of Chinook on November 22, Britt expertly fired one shot from his 6.5 Creedmoor to fill his Cow Elk tag. "It was fun! I enjoyed it a lot and I will definitely put...
Need a little Christmas cheer? Join “Christmas with Carly and Colleen” on Facebook Live each Thursday in December at 1:00 P.M. as we share holiday stories and craft ideas. Please like the Harlem Public Library Facebook page so you can watch. The library is hosting an exclusively online Winter Reading Program until the end of February 2021. You may track the books you read using the READsquared app or website. As you read you will earn online badges and unlock minigames. For each book read the library is adding a snowflake to the Winter Rea...
This beautiful Christmas Tree was decorated and donated by Ginger Hansen as a raffle to help the fundraising effort to benefit our local Golf and Country Club in Chinook. A very happy Carla Anderson purchased the lucky ticket and her name was drawn the day before Thanksgiving. The support of all who purchased tickets is greatly appreciated....
Christmas with Carly and Colleen is presented each Thursday at 1 P.M. on Facebook Live. We will be sharing holiday stories old and new and ideas for Christmas crafts. Please like the Harlem Public Library Facebook page to be able watch. The Book Challenge for December is to read a book on a library display. Check out the books on our Christmas Book Tree as well as in other parts of the library for a great selection of holiday reading. It is time to pay annual membership dues for Friends of the Harlem Public Library. Dues are $10 to renew or to...
The Montana Big Game regular season concluded the last weekend of November, but with local youth hunters having so much success we needed a few extra weeks to get all their stories told. This week we recognize the successful hunts of Jacob Metcalf, Mason Ramos and Erik Pula. Jacob Metcalf, 13, an eighth grader from Chinook, was hunting the final weekend of the 2020 Big Game season north of Harlem with Don and Heath Richman and his Dad Jason Metcalf. Jacob was hunting with a 6.5 Creedmore when...
The MSU-Northern Foundation has launched its first-ever Deck the Halls Competition and Fundraiser! Thirteen houses are competing for who has the best holiday light display. Jeff Finley, owner of Finley's Food Farm, willingly threw his hat in the competition and is the sole house representing Blaine County. Jeff is a proud supporter of MSU-Northern and was happy to participate in this competition. His house, located at 400 Illinois St, is decked out with custom dancing bells, music (tune in to...
Blaine County Library will be closed Thursday December 24th and Friday December 25th in observance of Christmas. In the spirit of Christmas, we would like to thank the many patrons who have generously donated to the library. A shout out to Bridget Briere, Kyli & Tyler Kropf, Nancy Diemert, Colleen Overcast, Dr. Chaffin, Dr. Pike, Patty & Ben Hall, Lois Butcher, Shirley MacKenzie, Nancy Birnell, Wilma Mellville, Kenny Finley, Steve Edwards, Neal Rigg, Theresa Danley, Laura Kellam and Lindsey Adair. We appreciate all your donations. Stop in and...
