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Articles from the July 27, 2014 edition


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  • Requiem for Creative Leisure

    Updated Jul 28, 2014

    I met my wife for the first time in Creative Leisure. I had gone to Creative Leisure to rent a move that had just come out - it may have been "Shaun of the Dead," or "Kill Bill," or some other cult classic from the early 2000s - and I had just rented the last copy in stock. This cute girl and a couple of her friends came in and asked Rick Linie if he had any copies left of the very movie in my hands. An awkward kid barely out of his teens, I said something stupid like "Nyah... Full story

  • Pepin bicyclists honor Kellen

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Jul 28, 2014

    The Kellen Lund Memorial Bike Ride at Pepin Park had hundreds of bicyclists racing and riding Saturday. The memorial bike ride was began after the death of Kellen Lund on the viaduct. Lund was walking his bike across the bridge when he was struck and killed by a truck. Jeri Zorn is Lund's mother and she was one of the main organizers of the charity event. "It's the most people we've ever had," Zorn said. "It gets bigger and bigger every year." The event gave 130 helmets to... Full story

  • Requiem for reative Leisure

    Caleb Hutchins|Updated Jul 28, 2014

    I met my wife for the first time in Creative Leisure. I had gone to Creative Leisure to rent a move that had just come out — it may have been “Shaun of the Dead,” or “Kill Bill,” or some other cult classic from the early 2000s — and I had just rented the last copy in stock. This cute girl and a couple of her friends came in and asked Rick Linie if he had any copies left of the very movie in my hands. An awkward kid barely out of his teens, I said something stupid like “Nyah nyah, I’ve got the last one,” rather than being... Full story

  • Our View: senator, plagarism is a big deal

    Updated Jul 28, 2014

    Sen. John Walsh, D-Montana, has been caught red-handed plagiarizing a report for his master’s degree. The New York Times did a tremendous public service by discovering and reporting on the plagiarism at the Army War College. Since then, many voters are taking a second look at the former general and his candidacy. The war college is taking a second look at the degree he received. The senator and his staff have given various accounts of the whole mess in recent days. But one gets the sense that there is something of a shrug of... Full story

  • Knights send North Stars home

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 28, 2014

    The Havre North Stars fought hard. But in the end, they just didn’t have quite enough pitching, or hitting, to get over the hump. The North Stars saw their 2014 American Legion baseball season come to an abrupt end Friday morning in Fort Macleod, Alberta, as they were eliminated from the Northern A District Tournament by the Medicine Hat Knights. The Knights defeated the North Stars 6-5, one day after Havre lost to Vauxhall in the opening round. Like they did against the S... Full story

  • Havre All-Stars fall short at state

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 28, 2014

    For four days, Legion Field was home to the 13-and-under Babe Ruth state tournament as seven teams from across Montana came to Havre to compete for the state championship and two spots in the Pacific Northwest Regionals. After an impressive 13-3 victory over Miles City Thursday night, the Havre team lost its next two games and was eliminated from the tournament after a 14-4 defeat at the hands of Belgrade Friday night. After their opening victory, Havre advanced to take on Glacier Friday afternoon in its second game and lost... Full story

  • An array of great passers

    George Ferguson Havre Daily News|Updated Jul 28, 2014

    It’s summer. It’s hot out and football season still seems like it’s a long way off. But not for the quarterbacks of the Frontier Conference. No, those select few that will guide their teams through the fall, and towards a Frontier Conference championship, have been hard at work all summer long, gearing up for the season ahead. And make no mistake, the Frontier Conference in 2014 will feature some of the very best quarterbacks in all of the NAIA. Names like Austin Dodge and Bryce Baker are at the top of the list when it comes... Full story

  • Group to bicycle from Havre to Rocky Boy and back

    John Kelleher|Updated Jul 28, 2014

    You’ll see a lot of bicyclists on the road between Montana State University-Northern and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Wednesday. The cyclists will take part in the first Rocky Boy Tour de Cure, a bike ride that organizer Ruth Burleigh said she hopes will serve two purposes • It will will raise money for the fight against diabetes. Rates of diabetes are spreading like wildfire throughout Montana, she said, and is especially bad on Indian reservations. • It will provide an example of the way to avoid diabetes. Bike riding is... Full story

  • Aagesons defend case in lawsuit

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 28, 2014

    A Hill County family that sold land to the state in a controversial transaction has answered a lawsuit claiming they also failed to return $200,000 a neighbor invested in a joint sale. The answer to the lawsuit also claims the plaintiff killed a deal worth $15.8 million and asks the court to award damages to the defendant. Ross Ritter of Judith Basin County, formerly of Rudyard, filed the lawsuit in March, saying the Aageson family kept $200,000 he and his former wife, Rhonda, invested when they entered a joint sale venture... Full story

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