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  • Car seat safety is critical

    Mary Owens|Updated Apr 21, 2014

    Many people are wondering what is the law on child passenger seats and where can we get them checked. The Montana law for child passenger seats: Section 1. Section 61-9-420, MCA, is amended to read: "61-9-420. Child safety restraint systems — standards — exemptions. (1) If a child under 6 years of age and weighing less than 60 pounds is a passenger in a motor vehicle, that motor vehicle must be equipped with one child safety restraint for each child in the vehicle and each child must be properly restrained. The child saf...

  • Thanks owed to many for Buckle Up successes

    Mary Owens|Updated May 30, 2013

    Editor: On behalf of the Hill County Buckle Up Coalition, I would like to thank everybody who helped contribute to our Ghost-Out project at Havre High School on May 15. Thank you to all students whom we took out of class and painted their faces. We appreciate your seriousness in this project and helping make an impact with your peers. I would like to thank all the students that participated in the public service announcement video contest. You all did a fantastic job. Also, thank you Vicky Proctor in helping put this video...

  • Freedom from the cost of motor vehicle crashes

    Mary Owens, Kathy Fanning

    This July 4, thousands of Montanans hit the roads to visit family, watch fireworks, get out of town and relax. That special day reminded us of the precious freedoms our forefathers fought so hard for; so many freedoms, in fact, that we could not begin to list them all. The freedom to go where we choose, the freedom to say what we want to say, and the freedom to gather and celebrate are just a few. All you have to do is turn on the nightly news to see that so many of the freedoms we enjoy are not shared across the globe. We...