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Reporter's note: Paula Reynolds, who handles advertising at the "Journal," recently laid a copy of an upcoming ad on my desk. The ad was for "Singing Canaries" and listed only a name and phone number. Paula said, "This lady has canaries for sale, there might be a story there." I called the number on the ad and got Debbie Stout, who lives on a farm in the Savoy area. I figured maybe she was selling a couple of canaries and a cage to go with them. Turns out Stout doesn't have just a couple of...
Christmas Day is past, yet the glow may still be lighting certain corners of our lives. The thought struck me a couple of days ago, “Candles are an important part of Christmas, from cultural tradition even if not part of the original story.” Wise sayings cluster around the use of candles: “Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness”; “How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” When Shakespeare said this, naughty meant worthless. Many churches have discovered that the lighting of Advent c...
Theresa Danley, aided by daughters Abby, left, and Laura, center, light the Christ candle on the advent wreath at the Chinook Presbyterian Church. Bryan Danley, not in the photo, was at the podium reading the advent liturgy while his wife and daughters lit the candles. Many churches in the area hold late afternoon Christmas Eve services, with an advent lighting, as part of the traditional celebration of Christ's birth....
Carla Jenewein has been coordinating Chinook's Red Cross blood drive every other month for a long time. For the upcoming January 5 blood drive, Jenewein is temporarily taking a mentor's role to help Elizabeth Hodgson, a Chinook High School senior and student body president, who will be leading the drive. Hodgson will be assisted by members of the National Honor Society and the Student Council. The student-led drive is a part of the Red Cross' Leaders Save Lives program that seeks to get...
Montana State University and the University of Montana collaborate in a program called the Montana Space Grant Consortium. The consortium member schools, researchers and educators do a number of activities to learn more about space and share what they learn with Montana's school children. Jon Martin, principal at Meadowlark Elementary in Chinook, learned of the presentations offered to schools and scheduled "Pluto and Beyond" at Meadowlark. The presentation occurred last week. Pluto and Beyond...
Reporter's note: Several days ago Chuck Hewitt, a retired teacher who lives in Chinook, asked if I'd seen the barn he made. He said it was on display in the lobby of the First Bank of Montana. He added, "You should check it out." I'd seen some other projects Chuck had built so figured this might be interesting. I stopped in to see it and later asked him about the barn. Here's the story behind the barn currently on display in the bank lobby. Asked, "Why did you build the barn?" Chuck's first resp...
Reporter's note: As regular readers know, I've been trying to educate myself about the cattle industry, having attended a couple bull sales, traveled with veterinarians doing "cattle things" and spent a day with a cattle buyer. My friends Rita and Larry Surber were catering the sale lunch for the Shipwheel Cattle Company's annual bull sale. Larry invited me to come along as a helper to serve the lunch. It gave me a chance to actually participate in a sale, well, to an extent. Here's what I...
The American Lutheran Church W.E.L.C.A. hosted a Women's and Girls Tea this past Sunday at the Church in Turner. The fellowship hall was beautifully decorated by members of the church. Kirsti Cederberg read a couple readings/stories while another group of ladies prepared a humorous holiday skit. A group of high school students sang a couple Christmas selections and a delicious lunch was served. This tea has been an annual event for the past few years and is looked forward to by ladies and girls...
Most people now days get to have Christmas off. They sleep in or get up early to open presents. Breakfast is made, everybody sits and eats together and stays in the warm house with their family. If some are lucky, they will get to spend a little time outside sledding. Most of the time when you are in town you don’t get the opportunity to do such activities. Ranchers get to wake up before the sun to go take care of the animals that provide them with what they own. Without the animals, ranchers wouldn’t have the open skies above them, and the...
Harlem Elementary's ROARing students for the second week of December are Darryl Doney and Angelique Oats. These talented fourth graders have the behaviors and citizenship skills necessary to be chosen for the Little Wildcat ROARing Roster. Way to go, Darryl and Angelique!...
Cancer Awareness has recently been shown at the Turner Public School when one of their teachers was diagnosed with cancer. The business teacher, Mr. James Bowers, decided he'd take it upon himself and fellow friends and neighbors to help his co-worker out. He offered a chance to snip his hair for a dollar and/or a prayer. He told people even if they didn't drop a buck into the bag, to please offer a prayer for his fellow teacher. He sat in the hallway at the last home game and allowed people...
Reporter's note: Robin Allen returned this year to Chinook High School as the agriculture education teacher and Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter advisor, having formerly held that position from 2006 to 2013. She invited me to visit with her and some Future Farmer of America chapter members. I went to a rural high school but was never in FFA, I lived in town. About all I knew of FFA was that members got to wear very cool blue jackets with the FFA insignia on it. The invitation seemed like...
The students and staff at Turner Public School observed Diabetes Awareness Month on Wednesday of last week. Those who wished to participate wore a t-shirt in honor of seventh grade student, Brooke Reed, who has diabetes. The support shown was overwhelming. She wishes to thank everyone who remembered her with either wearing the t-shirts or perhaps even a prayer...for a cure! Shown are back row, L-R: Mrs. April Fox - Art instructor, Lacey Hickel, Sarah Billmayer, Brooke Reed (diagnosed with...
Libraries do more than loan reading material. The Blaine County Library, in Chinook, and the Harlem Library both offered learning programs to help attendees prepare for a successful Christmas holiday season. While the programs were not technically "information services" in the typical library sense, there was a lot of information sharing to help deal with some of the challenges of the holiday season. Blaine County Library The Blaine County Library hosted its 24th Annual Hassle-Free Christmas pro...
A kick off to Red Ribbon Week was held Monday morning at the flag pole at Turner Public School. The National Honor Society led a short ceremony including raising the flag, Mrs. Michelle Keller singing the National Anthem with students joining in, a short description of Red Ribbon Week and a short time of reflection. Red Ribbons were distributed to all the students and staff by the National Honor Society and their adviser, Mrs. Shelly Harmon. The students were asked to wear bright shirts and...
On November 15 the Big Flat Catholic youth traveled the Big Flat collecting food for the Harlem Food Bank. With monetary donations received from some community members they were able to shop for nonperishable food items and turkeys before they delivered to the food bank. The day was a success as they delivered 1395 pounds of food, including 12 turkeys. They would like to thank the Big Flat Community for their generous support, along with Jack Siemens, Dale Klungland, and Chuck Wasser for all...
Ray Cichosz, Program Coordinator of Language Preservation, is responsible for organizing and promoting various activities and programs that work to preserve the native languages of the Gros Ventre (White Clay) and Assiniboine tribes at Fort Belknap. Native language classes are being offered at various locations in both languages. Classes recently began at three locations around Fort Belknap (see locations and times at end of this story). Cichosz has been the Program Coordinator since May, 2014....
Chinook-area veterans were honored in a program held at the high school on Veterans Day. The program was hosted by Post 4620, Chinook's Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. Post Commander Ray Reid was the master of ceremonies for the annual event attended by junior and senior high students as well as the public. Perry Miller, also with Post 4620, assisted with the program. The program honored veterans through a number of presentations. After presentation of the colors by the Chinook Police...
The Harlem FFA Chapter traveled to Bozeman for the annual John Deere Ag Expo November 11-14. The chapter competed in Agronomy, Meats, Livestock, and Mechanics career development events. Highlights from the contests include: Senior Livestock team placed 24th out of 55 teams and individually Reece Hutton placed 58 and Jazzamyn Benson placed 88 out of 250 competitors. In Jr. Livestock, the team placed 24th out of 44 teams. Skylee Dirden placed 54th and Zane Fox placed 90th out of 190 competitors....
Sixth graders, Mariah and Alexus, are the newest additions to the Harlem Elementary ROARing Student Roster. These two young ladies have earned their place on the list by remaining Respectful, Organized, Always Safe, and Responsible at all times. Congratulations to Mariah and Alexus!...
The student council of Turner Public School, under the direction of Mr. Donnie Hutton, hosted the annual Veteran's Day program at the Turner School gymnasium. The colors were presented by the American Legion, Post #109 with math teacher, Mrs. Michelle Keller leading the national anthem with others invited to join in. The crowd that consisted of students, faculty and staff, community, and Auxiliary members filled the gym with patriot pride and emotions as the students welcomed veterans and their...
The Big Flat Community Grain Bin, Inc. announces a broad itinerary of Adult Education courses being offered at Turner for Fall 2015/Spring2016. The curriculum, in its fourth successful year, offers a broad spectrum of courses that were chosen based on input and requests from members of the local area known as the Big Flat. Shannon Van Voast is again the coordinator of this year’s program, and she encourages everyone to participate. Registration forms and class descriptions can be found on the group’s Facebook page, or at www...
A group of local volunteers recently met to organize a drive to help assure fellow citizens have the cold weather gear they need for the upcoming winter season. Jessica Aberg, Loan Officer with the First Bank of Montana in Chinook, organized the meeting to explore ways to fill this need for warm clothing. She invited volunteers with My Neighbor in Need, another community-based support group, to help organize the project. The group decided to use contacts from schools, churches, day care facilities and other local agencies to assess needs, then...
There are many exciting events coming up at the library! Get those calendars out and mark these dates: The Book Club is starting its discussion of the new book “Light Between Oceans” by M.L. Stedman on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. in the meeting room. We are meeting on Thursday this week because the library is closed on Wednesday for Veterans Day. During the afternoon of Nov. 19, representatives from Sweet Medical Center will be at the library to assist with sign-up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act Health Care Marketplace. If you ha...
