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Many locals know Ken Finley as "the guy who gives away pumpkins for Halloween from his garden." For the last few years Finley has invited anyone, especially elementary school students and their families, to come out to his pumpkin patch and pick a pumpkin for Halloween. The pumpkin patch is part of a large garden Ken has each year along Cleveland Road next to the Chinook Water Plant. He said this year he even had a volleyball team from Hays-Lodgepole that stopped and picked pumpkins on their way...
The Harlem Library board hold their monthly meeting today at 4:15 in the library meeting room. Montana PBS is holding season two of the Great Montana Read event. Ten books, Montana nonfiction prose, have been nominated. Check out the display of the nominees at the library. Voting ends November 29 on the Montana PBS website at montanapbs.org/events/greatmontanaread/. The Harlem Library November Book Challenge is to read a book set in Montana which goes right along with the Great Montana Read. Please join us when Bob Quinn will be the guest...
The Harlem Library board hold their monthly meeting today at 4:15 in the library meeting room. Montana PBS is holding season two of the Great Montana Read event. Ten books, Montana nonfiction prose, have been nominated. Check out the display of the nominees at the library. Voting ends November 29 on the Montana PBS website at montanapbs.org/events/greatmontanaread/. The Harlem Library November Book Challenge is to read a book set in Montana which goes right along with the Great Montana Read....
Bob Quinn, farmer from near Big Sandy and leading green businessman, will be the guest speaker at the Harlem Public Library November 19. In 1986 Quinn's company Montana Flour and Grains introduced the natural food industry to an ancient Egyptian wheat, called khorasan (similar to durum wheat) marketed under his own brand name KAMUT® (the ancient word for wheat.) Through the trademark an ancient grain has been preserved and guaranteed not to be genetically modified or altered. Quinn, a Farming Futurist, is always looking for ways to improve...
“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” -Andrew Carnegie Between 1901 and 1922 seventeen Montana communities built libraries with money given to them by the era’s richest man, Andrew Carnegie. In a new book available at the library “The Best Gift: Montana’s Carnegie Libraries” architectural historian Kate Hampton and photographer Tom Ferris showcase fifteen of those libraries that stand today. “The Chelsea Girls” is by author Fiona Davis. Playwright Haze...
The Blaine County Library will be closed Monday November 11, 2019 in observance of Veterans Day. Free People Reading Freely will meet Monday November 18th at 7:00 p.m. We will be discussing the book "Love and Other Consolation Prizes" by Jamie Ford. We have copies available for anyone who would like to participate. We will have a list of books available to choose from for our next book club meeting. Plan ahead, 28th Annual Hassle Free Christmas Program will be Tuesday December 3rd at 7:00 p.m....
Leaves are changing color From summer’s shades of green To rusts and golds and shades between. There’s a nip in the air; a chill, Frost on the pumpkin, SNOW! And it seems so dark; so very, very dark. Summer’s gone. Autumn is here. With autumn comes Halloween, oh dear! With Halloween, come the VISITORS, Nocturnal creatures, grotesque features. Witches with brooms and pointy hats Clothed in nothing but the blackest of black! Zombies just arose from their graves, They are stinky and smelly from rot and decay. Beware of a ghost or two Lurki...
Free People Reading Freely will meet Monday November 18th at 7:00 p.m. We will be discussing the book "Love and Other Consolation Prizes" by Jamie Ford. We have copies available for anyone who would like to participate. We will have a list of books available to choose from for our next book club meeting. We have one non-fiction book available this week. "Tough Love My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For" by Susan Rice is a recollection of pivotal moments from her career on the front lines of...
This past weekend, Bear Paw Mountain Outfitters produced the closing of The Vorbit Incident at the Montana Actors' Little Theater on the campus of MSU-Northern in Havre. Former Blaine County resident and 2008 Chinook High School graduate, MaryBeth Blankenship was a member of the cast. She recently shared her challenges and satisfactions in personifying the lone female role of Andromeda, a mythical princess featured in the drama. The play, with its adult humor and language, as well as some mild v...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday October 28th at 4:00 p.m. The Book Display for October is full of Spooky Reads, including these new thrillers: “Her Father’s Secret” by Sara Bladel, “The Liar’s Child” by Carla Buckley, “Stealth” by Stuart Woods and “Quantum” by Patricia Cornwell. We have a couple of non-fiction books this week. “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed” by Lori Gottlieb is a revealing portrait of what it means to be human. ...
What is Trunk or Treat? Trunk or Treat is an event where individuals decorate their trunks or tailgates and hand out candy while kids trick or treat from car to car. It is a fun, safe place to start or end your house-to-house trick or treating! The 1st annual Trunk or Treat will be held on the 500 block of Main on Oct 31. Lineup will be from 5:30-6; event is from 6-8. To register, people can go to Facebook and search Chinook’s 1st annual trunk or treat, or they can email me at Julie.a.terry@live.com and I will send them a registration link. D...
The Blaine County Journal is looking to promote hunting amongst our youth here in Blaine County. Many local youth have just completing a successful Hunters Education Course and are looking to go out on their first hunt. Others are part of the Apprentice Hunter Program which allows children as young as 10 to be accompanied on a special hunt. In any instance we would like to share those experiences with our readers. Understandably there are more experienced youth hunters and even adults who are...
Plan to attend the next Free People Reading Freely Book Club Monday October 21st at 7:00 p.m. We are reading the Jamie Ford books. Stop in and pick up a copy of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet or Love and Other Consolation Prizes. You may choose to read one or the other or both. Attendees voted to change the format of the club from reading just banned books to having members select the books that everyone will read. If you have a book or several books you think we should read, bring...
Best Bus Behavior: On Friday, October 11th, Harlem school bus driver, Deni Carey, and her People's Creek student riders, earned their Best Bus Behavior award. The Elementary and Jr./Sr. High students displayed exceptional citizenship and manners while adhering to all bus safety rules. For their efforts, the Best Bus Behavior Buddies were able to share this well-deserved pizza party with their amazing driver, Deni. ROARing Students of the Month: Harlem Elementary has chosen second grader, Isaiha...
Local businesses throughout Blaine County show their support for 4H with window displays. 4H Pledge: I Pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking, My HEART to greater loyalty, My HANDS to larger service, and my HEALTH to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world....
Thanks Chinook , you helped this group from JUMP collect 743 lbs of food for the food pantry! - with Sara Paulsen, Nichole Greetham, Cheryl Barfett, Trisha Gordon-Gruszie, Julie Terry, Moses Gerard Deanon, Chech Fam, Dawn Colby, MB Live, Tawna Richman, Lesa MacLeod, Bonnie Miller, Julia Hofer, Heather Jorgenson, Tina Wilhelm Mord, Crystal Huckabee, Hope Huckabee, Tammy Neely Edwards, Tess Langford and Janelle Deanon....
Henny Penny's Cupcakes has been in business since 2012. Located in the heart of downtown Havre, you will find the cozy restaurant adorned with rooster motif and a feeling of hominess. The menu offers homemade soups, sandwiches, salads, and of course the award winning cupcakes! Penny expressed her amazement as she explained that her business won Trip advisors #1 desert for the fourth straight year. "Amazed is all I can really say!" Penny says, "When we won it the first year I was like wow! And...
Free People Reading Freely Book Club will meet Monday October 21st at 7:00 p.m. For the next meeting we will read the Jamie Ford books. Stop in and pick up a copy of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet or Love and Other Consolation Prizes. You may choose to read one or the other or both. Attendees voted to change the format of the club from reading just banned books to having members select the books that everyone will read. We have an interesting selection of new books available this week....
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds held Senior Day this past Saturday in their final home contest of the season against the Rocky Boy Northern Stars. The Thunderbirds defeated Rocky Boy 40-26. It was the Thunderbirds second win over the Stars this season after picking up a come from behind win week one. Those seniors recognized along with their families were Ethan Werk (77), Mikkel Main (99), Randall Werk Jr (56) and Wyman Bringing Good (18). The Thunderbirds Homecoming Royalty: King Ethan Werk,...
There are plenty of worthy charitable organizations in North Central Montana that raise funds for their individual causes in a variety of ways. One popular way is a 'Trip of the Month'. In this particular way an organization sells a limited number of tickets for a set price. Tickets are sold in advance of the upcoming new year with a winner being drawn each month. Trips range from professional sporting events, NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball for example. Others may include remarkable getaways...
The Book Challenge for October is to read a book with a spine of your favorite color! You may win a gift certificate from a local business. The Friends of the Harlem Library annual membership meeting will be October 23, 6 P.M. in the library meeting room. The evening will begin with a free soup supper followed by the business meeting including election of officers. Annual dues of $10 may be paid at this meeting. All members and those interested in joining are encouraged to attend. The library will be closed October 14 in observance of Columbus...
Free People Reading Freely Book Club met during Banned Books Week. The club will meet Monday October 21st at 7:00 p.m. For the next meeting we will read the Jamie Ford books. Stop in and pick up a copy of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet or Love and Other Consolation Prizes. You may choose to read one or the other or both. Attendees voted to change the format of the club from reading just banned books to having members select the books that everyone will read. We ask members to think about books they would like to read and choose four....
12 Chinook Homecoming Royal Court included Abigail Hamilton, JT Hauer, Kendra McMaster, Sam Dumas, Jazmine Klingaman, Jace Pursley, Kurtis Hamilton, Raynee Hasler and Josh Gillette. Kendra McMaster & Sam Dumas were crowned Chinook's 2019 Homecoming King and Queen. During the week, each class worked on their floats for the Homecoming parade. The theme this year was Salad Dressings. The Freshman took first place with their Savory BBQ and Vinaigrette dressing and "BBQ the Badgers"; The Juniors...
Native American Week (September 23-27) was well celebrated by all students in Harlem. From Powwows, to Horse Painting, Ceremonies, and games for students of all ages, including Double Ball, and Hoop and Arrow....
