Articles from the September 30, 2003 edition

Montana now has a new law about kids and child safety restraints. The new law comes closer to what we know to be the safest practices for the safety of our children while they are passengers in cars. For years Montana law about children and child safety restraints lagged behind what those involved in child passenger safety have known to be safe practices. Despite that, many citizens have learned what is best and put it into practice even though the law didn't require it. Unfortunately, many Montanans believed that since...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued to roll towards a District 2B title with a decisive win over the Harlem Wildcats 25-9, 25-16, 25-10 Friday night in Harlem. Tiffany Cuerth dished out six assists while Monica Thackeray and Whitney Lybeck each had eight digs to lead the Beeters. Megan Walls and Carly Haluszka each had four kills to lead Harlem. The KG KouGars got a little revenge, defeating the Havre High junior varsity squad a week after losing to them. Cady Arifin led KG with 10 kills, five aces and five blocks. Heidi... Full story

The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team continued its solid play by winning the Medicine Hat Rattler Invitational volleyball tournament. Northern finished the weekend with a perfect 6-0 record and picked up a decisive win over the RAGE squad in the championship match. Mitsu Phillips led Northern in the championship with 10 kills while Kelly Thorpe dished out 17 assists. Nicole Kruse finished with a game-high 16 digs. "It was a lot of good playing experience," said Skylights head coach Lisa Handley. "We got plent... Full story

It was tough for the Havre High cross country team not to be just a little intimidated at the Mountain West Invitational in Missoula on Saturday. Instead of the usual 50 or 60 runners lined up for a varsity girls race, there were 260. The claustrophobia of all those runners packed tight at the starting linewas enough to rattle anyone's focus. Then there was the very tough course winding through the University of Montana golf course with a couple of demanding hills. But despite all of that factoring against them, the Pony runn...

HAYS - Marvin M. "Fatty" Morin, 67, an artist and sculptor, died Thursday, Sept, 25, 2003, at a Billings hospital of natural causes. A wake, rosary was held Sunday evening at the St. Paul's Mission Recreation Center. A Mass was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at St. Paul's Mission Church with interment in the St. Paul's Mission Cemetery. Marvin was born on May 31, 1936, at Fort Belknap to Michael and Marie (Doney) Morin. Following high school, Marvin entered the U.S. Army on Nov. 20, 1953. He was honorably discharged on Nov. 19,...

SHELBY - Myron Samuel "Sam" Marra, 87, of Shelby, a retired pharmacy owner and businessman, died of natural causes Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital. A vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. William Catholic Church in Shelby. A funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Sam was born in 1916 in Havre to Joseph and Rosa (Lavatore) Marra. He attended St. Jude's Elementary School and Havre High School. After high school, he attended Northern Montana College for 2 years. In 1940, he receiv... Full story

LORING - Dustin Michael Hofer, 2, died at a Denver, Colo., hospital after an accident. A funeral service was scheduled for 12:30 p.m. today at the Loring Colony with burial at the Loring Colony Cemetery. Dustin was born on Nov. 1, 2000, to John and Anita (Stahl) Hofer. He loved to play and climb. His favorite saying was "I have a good idea!" He loved to go milking with his Grandpa Mike. Dustin is survived by his parents, John and Anita (Stahl) Hofer; brother, Jordan; maternal grandparents, John and Sarah Stahl of Gildford;...

INVERNESS - Mildred May "Millie" (Casady) Adams, 87, who suffered from cancer, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003, at a Havre care center. A graveside service with burial of ashes will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Inverness Cemetery. Mildred was born on Oct. 25, 1915, at Casady, north of Chinook, to Ledden and Stella (Wiseman) Casady. She grew up on the family homestead and received her formal education at a country school near the farm. She taught Sunday school to area children in the hayloft of the family barn. In the...

A group of customers at a local social club were angered last week after the manager told a group of developmentally disabled adults to leave. The local adviser for People First, a self-advoacy group for developmentally disabled, is now negotiating with the Havre Vets Club to allow the group to stay as long as it wants. Vets Club manager Gary Crossler and VFW post commander Ed Matter declined to comment. People First adviser Rebecca Hargis said Crossley told her he was concerned for the safety of the developmentally disabled...

One of Havre's most popular tourist sites will soon have an addition: a replica of the law office of longtime Havre lawyer Max P. Kuhr. It will be the first addition to Havre Beneath the Streets since it completed a mortuary exhibit three years ago, said Havre Beneath the Streets chair Frank DeRosa. The underground site features about 19 displays of historic Havre businesses in the space many businesses occupied after a major fire leveled much of downtown Havre in 1904. The exhibit was modeled after a photograph of Kuhr's law...

The Havre City Council and a union official representing 17 Havre police officers have agreed to suspend the officers' grievance for 30 days while the parties try to negotiate new health insurance premiums. The council and Dick LeTang, field officer of the Montana Public Employees Association, made the decision during a meeting of the committee of the whole Monday night. "Then I would say at this point the grievance is on hold, a 30-day window to try to negotiate something," City Council President Rick Pierson said at the end...

Havre will host the Walleyes Unlimited of Montana state convention in conjunction with a hoped-for ice fishing derby at Beaver Creek Lake Feb. 6-7. The Walleyes Unlimited state board voted in favor of the Havre site during its meeting Sept. 12-13 in Miles City. The ice fishing derby, sponsored by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ag Committee, still requires the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission's approval. The commission is taking the last of its public comments on the fishing derby today and is expected to...

Text by Jerome Tharaud ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - A stunning array of reds, ochres, yellows and greens covers the hillsides and coulees at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation this week. Inside the Rocky Boy Elementary School gymnasium on Thursday morning, it was as bright as the hills outside: the red of the drying meat, the tawny color of freshly tanned hides and the deep purple of ground chokecherries. As part of the schedule of events for Native American Week, tribal elders have been teaching the old ways - cooking,... Full story

Montana now has a new law about kids and child safety restraints. The new law comes closer to what we know to be the safest practices for the safety of our children while they are passengers in cars. For years Montana law about children and child safety restraints lagged behind what those involved in child passenger safety have known to be safe practices. Despite that, many citizens have learned what is best and put it into practice even though the law didn't require it. Unfortunately, many Montanans believed that since...

The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued to roll towards a District 2B title with a decisive win over the Harlem Wildcats 25-9, 25-16, 25-10 Friday night in Harlem. Tiffany Cuerth dished out six assists while Monica Thackeray and Whitney Lybeck each had eight digs to lead the Beeters. Megan Walls and Carly Haluszka each had four kills to lead Harlem. The KG KouGars got a little revenge, defeating the Havre High junior varsity squad a week after losing to them. Cady Arifin led KG with 10 kills, five aces and five blocks. Heidi...

The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team continued its solid play by winning the Medicine Hat Rattler Invitational volleyball tournament. Northern finished the weekend with a perfect 6-0 record and picked up a decisive win over the RAGE squad in the championship match. Mitsu Phillips led Northern in the championship with 10 kills while Kelly Thorpe dished out 17 assists. Nicole Kruse finished with a game-high 16 digs. "It was a lot of good playing experience," said Skylights head coach Lisa Handley. "We got plent...

It was tough for the Havre High cross country team not to be just a little intimidated at the Mountain West Invitational in Missoula on Saturday. Instead of the usual 50 or 60 runners lined up for a varsity girls race, there were 260. The claustrophobia of all those runners packed tight at the starting linewas enough to rattle anyone's focus. Then there was the very tough course winding through the University of Montana golf course with a couple of demanding hills. But despite all of that factoring against them, the Pony runn... Full story

HAYS - Marvin M. "Fatty" Morin, 67, an artist and sculptor, died Thursday, Sept, 25, 2003, at a Billings hospital of natural causes. A wake, rosary was held Sunday evening at the St. Paul's Mission Recreation Center. A Mass was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at St. Paul's Mission Church with interment in the St. Paul's Mission Cemetery. Marvin was born on May 31, 1936, at Fort Belknap to Michael and Marie (Doney) Morin. Following high school, Marvin entered the U.S. Army on Nov. 20, 1953. He was honorably discharged on Nov. 19,...

SHELBY - Myron Samuel "Sam" Marra, 87, of Shelby, a retired pharmacy owner and businessman, died of natural causes Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital. A vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. William Catholic Church in Shelby. A funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Sam was born in 1916 in Havre to Joseph and Rosa (Lavatore) Marra. He attended St. Jude's Elementary School and Havre High School. After high school, he attended Northern Montana College for 2 years. In 1940, he receiv... Full story

LORING - Dustin Michael Hofer, 2, died at a Denver, Colo., hospital after an accident. A funeral service was scheduled for 12:30 p.m. today at the Loring Colony with burial at the Loring Colony Cemetery. Dustin was born on Nov. 1, 2000, to John and Anita (Stahl) Hofer. He loved to play and climb. His favorite saying was "I have a good idea!" He loved to go milking with his Grandpa Mike. Dustin is survived by his parents, John and Anita (Stahl) Hofer; brother, Jordan; maternal grandparents, John and Sarah Stahl of Gildford;... Full story

INVERNESS - Mildred May "Millie" (Casady) Adams, 87, who suffered from cancer, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003, at a Havre care center. A graveside service with burial of ashes will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Inverness Cemetery. Mildred was born on Oct. 25, 1915, at Casady, north of Chinook, to Ledden and Stella (Wiseman) Casady. She grew up on the family homestead and received her formal education at a country school near the farm. She taught Sunday school to area children in the hayloft of the family barn. In the...

A group of customers at a local social club were angered last week after the manager told a group of developmentally disabled adults to leave. The local adviser for People First, a self-advoacy group for developmentally disabled, is now negotiating with the Havre Vets Club to allow the group to stay as long as it wants. Vets Club manager Gary Crossler and VFW post commander Ed Matter declined to comment. People First adviser Rebecca Hargis said Crossley told her he was concerned for the safety of the developmentally disabled... Full story

One of Havre's most popular tourist sites will soon have an addition: a replica of the law office of longtime Havre lawyer Max P. Kuhr. It will be the first addition to Havre Beneath the Streets since it completed a mortuary exhibit three years ago, said Havre Beneath the Streets chair Frank DeRosa. The underground site features about 19 displays of historic Havre businesses in the space many businesses occupied after a major fire leveled much of downtown Havre in 1904. The exhibit was modeled after a photograph of Kuhr's law...

The Havre City Council and a union official representing 17 Havre police officers have agreed to suspend the officers' grievance for 30 days while the parties try to negotiate new health insurance premiums. The council and Dick LeTang, field officer of the Montana Public Employees Association, made the decision during a meeting of the committee of the whole Monday night. "Then I would say at this point the grievance is on hold, a 30-day window to try to negotiate something," City Council President Rick Pierson said at the end...

Havre will host the Walleyes Unlimited of Montana state convention in conjunction with a hoped-for ice fishing derby at Beaver Creek Lake Feb. 6-7. The Walleyes Unlimited state board voted in favor of the Havre site during its meeting Sept. 12-13 in Miles City. The ice fishing derby, sponsored by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ag Committee, still requires the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission's approval. The commission is taking the last of its public comments on the fishing derby today and is expected to... Full story