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North Central Montana is known across the land for a few things in general, Farming, Ranching, unparalleled Pheasant hunting and Big Game Hunting. Each fall the Blaine County Journal takes pride in recognizing our young hunters as they successfully tag their first deer or elk during rifle season. Hunting in Montana is to some a rite of passage, to many a way of life and to the patient, adventurous hunter Archery is the way to get the fall started properly. Unlike rifle season where hunters can...
Darwin Zellmer and Loretta Beck went to Havre on Monday and enjoyed lunch at Chars. Loretta visited at the Darwin Zellmer home on Thursday morning. Sympathy is extended to Levi Hawley’s family, as Levi’s dad Glen Hawley passed away on Friday morning. Susan Billmayer was in Great Falls this week for Garden Club Symposium. Brandon, Dallas, and Blade Beck and Daniella Schilling were visitors Saturday morning at Grandma and Grandpa Becks, and Shawn and Tate Beck stopped for a visit that afternoon. Susan Billmayer had coffee with Jane Krass on Sun...
Susan Billmayer was in Havre on Tuesday for a dentist appointment, and later visited with Marna and Jennifer Strzelczyk in Harlem. Crystal Grabofsky and Loretta Beck went to Havre and enjoyed lunch at Guadalajara for Crystal’s birthday on Thursday. They visited at the Darwin and Betty Zellmer’s on their way home. Hilary and Hannah Richman visited Jane Krass on Saturday. Diana Maloney, Anita Reed, and Linda Hauge visited throughout the week as well. Merrilyn Billmayer was over to wish Loretta Beck a Happy Birthday Friday morning, and Kathy Zellm...
Harlem Library The Book Challenge for Sept. is to read a book that includes a map. Stop by the library and “Buy a Bag O’Books!” You may purchase a grocery sack of used books for only one dollar. September is “Library Card Sign-up Month.” The library board will meet Sept. 21, 4:15 P.M. Friends of the Pool & Park Hello citizens of Chinook! The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation’s monthly meetings are always open to the public so we wanted to give you a more set schedule. Meetings will be held the 3rd Tuesday of the Month at 6 PM. The fol...
Terry and Brenda Mohar and Dusty and Misty Mohar and boys spent the weekend at Fort Peck attending the Carda Family Reunion. Gene and Susan Billmayer visited with Jim and Helen at Timber Creek in Havre on Saturday. Duane and Carol Klindworth attended Duane’s 50th class reunion at Zurich Park over the weekend. Susan Billmayer visited with Marna Strzelczyk on Monday afternoon in Harlem. Lynette and Brian Sallee visited Jane Krass on Friday. Susan Billmayer stopped to visit Jane Krass on Wednesday afternoon. Laura Sherwood from Great Falls was a w...
There are individuals in communities across America that just want to do something to make their surroundings better. In Chinook, one of those individuals is Alvin Hopkins. A familiar face to most people in town, especially anyone who does business on Main Street, Alvin can be seen nearly every day doing something to make the sidewalks and store fronts look there best. His most recent project has been the landscaping around the Post Office. Alvin began this project on Sunday, August 28 and has...
For more than three decades Kim & Lyle Faulkinberry have been on the sidelines mentoring young student athletes as they progress through their high school careers. Lyle has been coaching for 35 years and Kim for 32 giving the pair a remarkable 67 years of combines service to the student athletes of Harlem High School. Coaching at any level in any position, Assistant Coach, Head Coach, Volunteer Coach is task that requires extreme dedication and grit. To be a good coach requires the ability to...
The Montana Cattlemen’s Association is disappointed in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to authorize the American Prairie Reserve to use 63,065 acres of public lands in Phillips County for bison. In reaching this decision, a number of important issues have been overlooked or completely ignored. This unprofessional failure on the part of BLM to consider all the implications of allowing bison to graze public lands is disturbing. Among the issues ignored are public safety, where BLM contends that bison “…will not measurably contrib...
Susan Billmayer visited Marna Strzelczyk Wednesday afternoon in Harlem. Sharon Goodrich visited Jane Krass on her birthday Thursday, and brought a plate of delicious apple bars. Wally and Loretta Beck enjoyed lunch with Ed Snider at Char’s in Havre on Thursday. Susan Billmayer attended a birthday party for Jane Krass on Saturday afternoon and enjoyed seeing all the family! Darwin Zellmer visited at the Wally Beck home on Friday morning. Loretta went to Havre on Friday and on the way home visited Betty Zellmer in Harlem. The Grabofsky kids k...
Susan Billmayer attended the New Horizons Unlimited board meeting Tuesday evening. Jane Krass went to Havre for appointments on Tuesday with Diana Maloney and Anita Reed. Susan Billmayer attended the Cat Show at the Blaine County Fair Thursday afternoon. Linda and Darel Hauge and Susan Billmayer visited Jane Krass on Sunday. Loretta Beck went to Great Falls on Monday for a doctor appointment and enjoyed lunch with Laura Sherwood. She also had ice cream at Dairy Queen with Daniella Schilling and Dallas and Blade Beck before heading home....
Quite a few from the community attended the Phillips County Fair night show in Dodson Friday night. Diana Maloney took mom Jane Krass to Chinook for appointments on Wednesday. Anita, Brooke, and Bridget went to Billings for Brooke’s diabetic appointment on Tuesday and were overnight guests at Cindy Reed’s on Monday. Susan Billmayer was in Glasgow Tuesday. At noon, she presented a program for the garden club there, and later in the day she judged flowers at the fair. Mike and Dixie Teague were visitors at the Wallace Beck home Tuesday afternoon....
Harlem Library Thanks to everyone who participated and donated to the summer reading program. All children’s programs including story time, elementary school programs and Lego Club will take a break until this fall. If you have completed July’s Book Challenge please contact the library to be entered into the drawing. The Book Challenge for August is to read a family saga. We have a great display to choose from! Blaine County Museum We have extended our summer season! We will be open seven days a week from 9-5 through the first weekend in Oct...
The July meeting of Big Flat 4-H Club was held on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 2:45 at the Turner Christian Church. Members present include Hannah & Natalie Richman, Piper and Avery Fox, Hannah & Isabella Van Voast and Jessa Schroeder. Leaders present include Hilary Richman, Shannon Van Voast, and Bobbi Schroeder. The American Pledge was led by Piper Fox and the 4-H Pledge was led by Avery Fox. The minutes from the June meeting were approved as read. Old Business: Isabella gave a report on the rabies clinic. Attendance was down some but still happ...
Loretta Beck attended the Community Development Group meeting at the school on Monday evening. Susan Billmayer had coffee with Jane Krass and Diana Maloney on Saturday morning. Carol Klindworth and her sister Nancy took their mom, Betty Hay, to Libby for her sister’s funeral on Friday. Susan Billmayer has spent several days working at the New Horizons facility in Harlem. Diana Maloney, Anita and Brooke Reed, Linda Hauge, and Hilary Richman visited Jane Krass throughout the week....
Saturday night at the Pastime Lounge, many patrons and staff alike might have felt like they were in a 'Back to the Future' moment or were experiencing some sort of Deja vu. Back in the 2000s the Pastime Lounge was the place to be on any weekend night. A loyal customer base and a very appreciated staff could always be found. The Pastime was often full to the brim with patrons sometimes three and four deep around the bar. Ownership changed hands, and for many years the Pastime was dark, rarely op...
A popular Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 6 program that allows kids and their friends or families to check out free fishing rods and tackle is in full swing again this year. In time for summer fishing, FWP staff has restocked and maintained over 350 fishing rods in most of the 41 different location sites across Montana’s Hi-Line. The “Kids to Fish” program lets anglers check out fishing rods and reels equipped with basic tackle, such as hooks, bobbers, and sinkers. Typically, eight rods are at each location, and some places have a tackl...
Several ladies from the Hogeland community had pie and coffee with Helen Billmayer and Sandy Beck on Friday afternoon in Havre at Timber Creek. Susan Billmayer attended the human trafficking workshop on Tuesday afternoon at the Turner Lutheran Church. Crystal and Cassidy Grabofsky were visitors and lunch guests at the Wallace Beck home on Monday. Crystal helped Loretta do some things outside on Tuesday and Thursday. Martha and Scott Warren visited with Wally Beck and Crystal on Tuesday morning. Loretta went to Havre that day, and then went...
Havre Trails is hosting a hike to Rotary Falls on Sunday, July 24 for outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers. Event organizers encourage interested hikers to RSVP so that in the event that weather causes cancellation, hikers can be contacted. Covering a distance of just over three miles, the hike, which will follow the Upper Rotary Canyon Loop Trail to Rotary Falls in Beaver Creek Park, is expected to take two hours. With an elevation gain of 400 feet on a single-track trail with hills, this...
Harlem Library This is the final week of Summer Reading. The last day to report reading numbers to the library is Friday, July 22. Thanks to everyone who has participated. There will be no children’s programs until fall. The Book Challenge for July is to read a book featuring a baby. The library board will meet July 27, 4:15 in the meeting room. Blaine County Museum We have extended our summer season! We will be open seven days a week from 9-5 through the first weekend in October. Blaine County Library Mondays Beat the Heat movies 1:30, and H...
Lyndsay Hutton was a lunch guest at the Wallace Beck home on Wednesday. Lyndsay helped Loretta with some outside work. Hilary, Hannah, and Natalie Richman visited Jane Krass on Sunday afternoon. Linda and Darel Hauge visited that morning. Gene, Susan, Eric, and Karyn Billmayer attended the plot tour at Max Cederberg’s on Tuesday evening. On Sunday, Wayne and Mary Ellen Deloach visited with the Mohars. Wally and Loretta Beck visited at the Darwin Zellmer home on Thursday afternoon. Susan Billmayer visited Jane Krass on Saturday. Diana Maloney al...
For the bulk of the month of June the Sweet Home just west of Chinook was again stuck in a lock down due to Covid-19 and other precautions in an effort to do their very best to keep the residents and staff safe. Following previously established protocols everything went smoothly and the facility managed to navigate through the situation in stellar form. Even with an in place system that puts the needs of the residents at the top of its list, it is still a tough time for everyone involved, especi...
This is the season when travelers make elaborate plans to visit special places. To get to that desired "destination point" may require making reservations well ahead of the planned visit. Additional travel plans may be needed. Sometimes special gear or clothing has to be acquired. But sometimes travelers just blunder on to a special place and have an "aha" moment, asking themselves "why have I never visited here before?" It was during one of those latter inadvertent stumbles when my wife and I...
Anyone with an all-terrain or off-highway vehicle (ATV or OHV) looking for a summer getaway should consider a trip to the Little Belt Mountains. With a home base like Dry Wolf Campground-located southwest of Stanford-the recreationist can ride trails in Lyons Gulch, along Yogo Creek, up Bandbox Mountain, or even into nearby towns like Utica or Monarch. In the Lewis and Clark National Forest, Dry Wolf Creek runs through the campground, which is bordered by Bandbox Mountain. In late June, the...
The Annual Dads and Kids Fishing Day was a huge success this year with outstanding numbers to prove it. The Annual Derby sponsored by the Fort Belknap Child Support Program welcomed more than 65 anglers to participate in a day full of fun. Event organizer, Myron Hoops, a case specialist for the Child Protective Support Program commented on the numbers, “We were down in numbers pretty good the last two years due to Covid, but we were back up in numbers this year with at least 65 registered.” The...
Dusty and Misty Mohar and the boys visited and had a barbecue and fireworks at Terry and Brenda Mohar’s. Morgan and Jessica Klindworth and family and Shawn, Kelsey, and Liam Mariani were out the the Klindworth’s over the weekend to help brand. Holly Grabofsky and Ty Beck spent the day on Tuesday helping Grandma Loretta in the garden. Wayne and Mary Ellen Deloach are back on the homestead and look forward to seeing everyone! Brandon, Dallas, and Blade Beck and Daniella Schilling were visitors at the Wallace Beck home Saturday evening. Susan Bil...
