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With the transition of winter to spring, Blaine County residents and travelers of U.S. Highway 2 are beginning to see road construction projects once again impact their travel. According to the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), there are two active construction projects in the local area: one from US-2's mile marker 393 to 403 and another from mile marker 404 to 428. In the first stretch, approximately nine miles east of Havre to Chinook, topsoil and shoulder work began on Wednesday,...
The Blaine County Museum's board of directors wants to create a logo for the Chinook-based museum. Asked why the museum needs a logo Director/Curator Samantha French explained, "A well designed logo helps the public associate the museum with our mission, to preserve and share our local history. Used on publications, signage, promotional literature a logo helps brand an organization by giving a quick visual way for users to recognize what the organization does and connect with its purpose."...
4 was a trying year for everyone and the Harlem Golf Course was no different. Despite it all, the course made it through and 2021 is off to a great start. To keep the course up and running, a lot still needs to be done and often times that may include asking for volunteer work to be done by its members or with help from other communities nearby. The Harlem Golf Course held a Board of Directors meeting on March 2, 2021. The Board of Directors include President Don Richman, Vice President Tim...
The City of Chinook is about to begin a major improvements project on the water distribution system. The project consists of the following elements: Replacement of approximately 3,330 feet of aging water main including new valves, fittings, temporary water service during construction, reconnection of existing water services to the new water main, replacement of 12 deficient fire hydrants, installation of 6 service meter vaults on existing services, and construction of a new bulk water loading station located near the fire hall. The contractor...
Chinook Schools’ high school gym and weight room will reopen to Chinook resident’s and 7-12 Chinook student’s use on a limited basis starting Wednesday April 7. Facility • Weight Room allows six people per hour and the gym allows 10 people per hour. • School groups have priority and there is a limit of one hour per day per group or person. Time Schedule - On weekdays, the building will be open to the two listed groups from 4:00 am to 7:00 am and 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm in one hour increments. - Wednesday nights are not open for school groups or...
Imagine being 136 years old. Not an easy task since humans rarely live that long. However, the Binney & Smith Company, which later became Crayola, LLC, was founded in New York City on March 31, 1885. That makes today, Crayola's 136th birthday. According to crayola.com, the company was launched by Edwin Binney and his cousin, C. Harold Smith. The pair started out in 1885 making red oxide pigments to paint barns and using carbon to blacken automobile tires. In 1900, they opened a mill in Easton,...
The Salt Lake City FBI invites all interested high school juniors and seniors, 16-18 years of age, in Utah, Idaho, and Montana to apply to the FBI’s Teen Symposium. Classes will be held virtually on Thursday, April 22, 2021 and Friday, April 23, 20201, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The FBI Teen Symposium provides an opportunity for high school students to catch a behind-the-scenes look at the FBI through presentations and demonstrations. Upon completion, students will foster a greater understanding of the FBI’s mission and how we serve our citize...
Two members of the Chinook Chapter of the FFA will be honored at the 91st Annual Montana FFA State Convention, April 7-10 in Billings. Rebecca Stroh and Austin Swanson will receive their State FFA Degrees in an awards ceremony on April 7 at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. This year's State Convention will be a hybrid event with some competitive events and general sessions held in-person and numerous activities and networking sessions held online and remotely. Because of social...
For the second week of March, Harlem Elementary School officials have named five young Wildcats to the list of ROARing Students. This week's in- school ROARing winners are second grader Chacyn Johnson, fourth grader NiKayla Dillon, and sixth grader Talen Werk. Selected as winners from the remote student group are second grader Sunny Yellow-Stone and kindergartener Haven Hogan. About these students, Janice Gilham, a spokesperson for the school, said: "These sensational Lil' Wildcats are the...
When I first sat down to work on this story I had in mind an individual who truly exemplified the phrase 'Community Service'. This Individual doesn't just help and promote projects, groups, individuals or organizations in the town in which they live, or even the town where they work. Instead their generous hand reaches all across Blaine County from Chinook to Harlem to Turner and to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. I started gathering comments and stories from individuals who thought this...
On March 9 in a unanimous vote, the Chinook School Board approved the hire of Mr. Fred Hofman as the next Superintendent for the Chinook School District. He will take over as the chief executive officer on July 1. Hofman grew up in Culbertson, Montana, and graduated from high school there in 1990. He went on to Dickinson State University, and by December 1994, he had earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Composite Social and Behavioral Science in Education. As part of that degree, Hofman...
The Blaine County Health Department is sharing COVID-19 updates related to changes from the CDC and the Governor’s recent announcements. Vaccine Distribution As of April 1, 2021, any Montanan who wishes to be vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine is eligible to do so. This eliminates the phased criteria the state has been following. We currently have Moderna and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) in our inventory, which allows immunization of people 18 years old and older. Additionally, we are partnering with Fort Belknap Service Area of Indian Health S...
Last week, Nora Conner, Community Health Advocate for One Health-Sweet, shared the schedule for the upcoming Sweet Health Fair that will be held on April 1-2. Scheduled to take place at the Blaine County Library's Meeting Room, located at 112 Fourth Street West in Chinook, the Fair will feature vendors, various programs, and a menu of labs, screenings, and other health assessments. Vendors will have tables set up, where those browsing might obtain valuable health information. One of those...
Two members of the Chinook Chapter of the FFA will be honored at the 91st Annual Montana FFA State Convention, April 7-10 in Billings. Rebecca Stroh and Austin Swanson will receive their State FFA Degrees in an awards ceremony on April 7 at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. This year's State Convention will be a hybrid event with some competitive events and general sessions held in-person and numerous activities and networking sessions held online and remotely. Because of social...
For the second week of March, Harlem Elementary School officials have named five young Wildcats to the list of ROARing Students. This week's in- school ROARing winners are second grader Chacyn Johnson, fourth grader NiKayla Dillon, and sixth grader Talen Werk. Selected as winners from the remote student group are second grader Sunny Yellow-Stone and kindergartener Haven Hogan. About these students, Janice Gilham, a spokesperson for the school, said: "These sensational Lil' Wildcats are the...
Montana oilseed growers will soon receive a ballot in the mail proposing a 0.5% checkoff for canola, camelina, flaxseed, mustard, safflower, soybeans, and sunflower crops. If passed, the Montana Oilseed Advisory Committee will advise the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) on how to invest the funds for research, market development, and education. “Checkoff programs have a long history of improving and expanding markets for growers,” said MDA Director Mike Foster. “Montana’s oilseed production has grown significantly in recent years, and I...
National Ag Week – a time to celebrate agriculture – is March 21-27 with National Ag Day March 23. Agriculture remains the number-one industry for Montana, outpacing mining, tourism and forestry products, along with oil and gas. Montana agriculture is diverse and known throughout the world for its wheat, beef, pulse crops, and barley, plus the state’s farmers and ranchers produce plenty of other agricultural products including bees/honey, cherries, sugar beets, corn, canola, seed potatoes, dairy products, hogs, chickens/eggs, and more. “America...
Invasive zebra mussels found another avenue for potential infestation of Montana waters. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks was notified Wednesday that zebra mus-sels were detected in aquarium moss balls sold at a pet store in Washington state. FWP immediately checked pet stores around Montana and found invasive mussels in moss balls at multiple locations. It appears these moss balls were imported from Ukraine to a distributor in California and were shipped to pet stores nationwide. The facility that imports the moss balls has been quarantined and...
What Is Ag Day? It's a day to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. Every year, producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across America join together to recognize the contributions of agriculture. When Is Ag Day? Ag Day is celebrated on March 23, 2021. National Ag Day falls during National Ag Week. Who Hosts Ag Day? The Agriculture Council of America hosts the campaign on a national level. However, the awareness efforts in communities across America are...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline from March 5 to April 9 for agricultural producers to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program because of recent winter storms and some clarifications to program rules. This program assists producers who suffered crop quality losses due to qualifying 2018 and 2019 natural disasters. “Because of recent winter storms and some program updates, we want to provide five additional weeks for producers to apply for the program,” said Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General Signup period, which had previously been announced as ending on Feb. 12, 2021. USDA will continue to accept offers as it takes this opportunity for the incoming Administration to evaluate ways to increase enrollment. Under the previous Administration, incentives and rental payment rates were reduced resulting in an enrollment shortfall of over 4 million acres. The program, administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provides annual r...
The Chinook Alliance Church will be hosting a 'May Day Garden Party', May 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Lori Miller Takawira will be the guest speaker during the program. A meal will also be served to all in attendance. Tickets will be available at the door with proceeds going to a Mission Group of Lori's choice. Who is Lori Takawira? Well she was born in Havre, MT and is the daughter of Perry and Pauly Miller. Lori calls both Pennsylvania and Montana home and traveled back and forth between the two...
The Chinook Senior Center "reopened" last Thursday, March 11. State health mandates forced the Center to close several months ago over concerns of spreading COVID-19 to seniors, a group considered most vulnerable during the pandemic. After the lifting of some state-wide directives the regional Area Agency on Aging, an advisory group to regional senior centers, issued guidelines that if followed would allow reopening of senior centers in north central Montana. The Center's board of Directors...
Over the past several months I've read several commentaries about how the COVID-19 pandemic (covid) affected businesses nationally. Recreational vehicle sales were up as folks sought ways to vacation and still maintain social distancing. People forced to stay home to avoid exposure to covid were doing more home fix-up, learning new languages and drinking more alcohol as bars and clubs were closed or scaled back capacity and hours. Toilet paper was in short supply for a time. In late March my...
Anyone visiting the Richman Insurance Agency building in Harlem will likely notice a quilt hanging on the west wall. Beside the quilt is a plaque and a story explaining that on July 17, 2017, Donald Wayne Richman, a member of the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict, was honored by the Quilts of Valor Foundation. The quilt was created by Elissa Zellmer from Hogeland. The presentation was accompanied by a certificate from the Foundation that reads: "The Quilts of Valor Foundation wishes...
