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  • Session nears end

    Monday will be day 62 of this 90-day session. Most of the action this week took place in the House with its deliberations on HB 2, HB 31 and HB 121. HB 2 is the general appropriation bill for state government services, including Corrections, Education, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources and Commerce and general government. It appears that the House was busy amending this bill, as I counted some 55 amendments that were offered during the debate on this bill. HB 31 and HB 121 are two competing educational funding... Full story

  • Havre third at state

    Levi Briese scored four goals and added two assists to lead Havre to a 8-7 win over the Glacier Avalanche in the third-fourth place game of the state bantam hockey tournament this past weekend and the Ice Dome. Also for Havre, Ben Erickson added two goals and two assists, Chaz Hurlburt chipped in with a goal and an assist, and Corey Stremcha, Josh Strissel and Josh Morse each had two assists. Havre opened the tournament with a 6-5 defeat of the Missoula Bruins. Briese and Hurlburt each a goal and an assist for Havre, which...

  • ALVIN SMITH, Obituary

    ALVIN SMITH HINGHAM Alvin Ray Smith, 68, died Friday, March 23, 2001 at a Chester hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chester. Graveside services with military rites will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Mountainview Cemetery in Dillon. Smith was born in Sugar City, Idaho on June 17, 1932 to Ben M. Smith and Blanch Burnham. He grew up in Idaho and was educated in Sugar City. Smith enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1951 and served...

  • KATIE HOFER, Obituary

    KATIE HOFER HARLEM Katie J. Hofer, 81, died Sunday, March 25, 2001 at her home on the North Harlem Colony of Parkinson's complications. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the North Harlem Hutterian Brethren Church with interment to follow at the North Harlem Colony Cemetery. Hofer was born Oct. 8, 1919 at Hanover to David and Mary Stahl. She was raised and educated in Beadle County, S.D. On July 4, 1940, she married Joseph Hofer and moved to Stirling, Alberta, Canada. In 1947, they moved to Danvers and in 1963, they... Full story

  • Acupuncture: energy medicine

    Tammy Ellison is a registered nurse that felt she wanted do more than just treat symptoms she wanted to have a real impact on her patients by treating the root causes of their suffering. The answer for Ellison was a 2,000 year old alternative to western medical techniques known as acupuncture. Acupuncture was developed by the Chinese and over time it has proven to be effective in the treatment of many common, and not so common, ailments ranging from simple pain relief to improving the health of people with chronic and even...

  • Tabletop disaster held for real thing

    More than 50 people met Wednesday, March 21, at the Townhouse Inns Of Havre to participate in a "Table Top" disaster scenario. The scenario was that there was in a short period of time, a lot of rain (more than seven inches) in the Bear Paw Mountains south of Havre. County and tribal officials worked with weather bureau personnel out of Great Falls, state water experts, federal water people along with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials and Montana department officials to see what steps should be taken and when, as...

  • Gold star program working well in area

    Assistant Hill County Sanitarian Heidi Bischoffhe said the gold star program she instituted is working well in Havre and surrounding areas. "I think the program is going pretty well," Bischoff said. "In one quarter I have awarded a lot of gold stars. I hope that people know what the gold stars mean when they see one in the window. I have had some people tell me that they base where they eat on the gold star program. I hope that there are more participants." The program is based on a point system, Bischoff explained. On her... Full story

  • Tax relief with a cost

    President George W. Bush had a brief stay in Big Sky country yesterday before leaving this morning for Michigan. Cheers greeted the president along with signs for tax relief now. Bush and his entourage, which included former Gov. Marc Racicot, Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., and Rep. Dennis Rehberg, R-Mont., made the second stop in a three-state trip promoting his tax cut and budget proposals. The message delivered in Billings was clear: Bush will bring the screaming masses more money. The money, Bush said, is from the... Full story

  • Montanans can play with anyoneMy Turn

    Montanans can play with anyone My Turn I guess Julie Callahan was right back in the mid to late '70s. In an interview with a Montana sports reporter, Havre High's first great girl basketball player said that the state's distaffs could play with anyone. That was after Callahan took the Northwestern women to national prominence. Now we have Loree Payne, a sophomore on a very young Washington Huskies' team. After playing on a national all-star team last summer, Payne suffered a broken foot that limited her playing time and point...

  • Session nears end

    Monday will be day 62 of this 90-day session. Most of the action this week took place in the House with its deliberations on HB 2, HB 31 and HB 121. HB 2 is the general appropriation bill for state government services, including Corrections, Education, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources and Commerce and general government. It appears that the House was busy amending this bill, as I counted some 55 amendments that were offered during the debate on this bill. HB 31 and HB 121 are two competing educational funding... Full story

  • Havre third at state

    Levi Briese scored four goals and added two assists to lead Havre to a 8-7 win over the Glacier Avalanche in the third-fourth place game of the state bantam hockey tournament this past weekend and the Ice Dome. Also for Havre, Ben Erickson added two goals and two assists, Chaz Hurlburt chipped in with a goal and an assist, and Corey Stremcha, Josh Strissel and Josh Morse each had two assists. Havre opened the tournament with a 6-5 defeat of the Missoula Bruins. Briese and Hurlburt each a goal and an assist for Havre, which...

  • ALVIN SMITH, Obituary

    ALVIN SMITH HINGHAM Alvin Ray Smith, 68, died Friday, March 23, 2001 at a Chester hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chester. Graveside services with military rites will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Mountainview Cemetery in Dillon. Smith was born in Sugar City, Idaho on June 17, 1932 to Ben M. Smith and Blanch Burnham. He grew up in Idaho and was educated in Sugar City. Smith enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1951 and served...

  • KATIE HOFER, Obituary

    KATIE HOFER HARLEM Katie J. Hofer, 81, died Sunday, March 25, 2001 at her home on the North Harlem Colony of Parkinson's complications. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the North Harlem Hutterian Brethren Church with interment to follow at the North Harlem Colony Cemetery. Hofer was born Oct. 8, 1919 at Hanover to David and Mary Stahl. She was raised and educated in Beadle County, S.D. On July 4, 1940, she married Joseph Hofer and moved to Stirling, Alberta, Canada. In 1947, they moved to Danvers and in 1963, they...

  • Acupuncture: energy medicine

    Tammy Ellison is a registered nurse that felt she wanted do more than just treat symptoms she wanted to have a real impact on her patients by treating the root causes of their suffering. The answer for Ellison was a 2,000 year old alternative to western medical techniques known as acupuncture. Acupuncture was developed by the Chinese and over time it has proven to be effective in the treatment of many common, and not so common, ailments ranging from simple pain relief to improving the health of people with chronic and even...

  • Tabletop disaster held for real thing

    More than 50 people met Wednesday, March 21, at the Townhouse Inns Of Havre to participate in a "Table Top" disaster scenario. The scenario was that there was in a short period of time, a lot of rain (more than seven inches) in the Bear Paw Mountains south of Havre. County and tribal officials worked with weather bureau personnel out of Great Falls, state water experts, federal water people along with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials and Montana department officials to see what steps should be taken and when, as... Full story

  • Gold star program working well in area

    Assistant Hill County Sanitarian Heidi Bischoffhe said the gold star program she instituted is working well in Havre and surrounding areas. "I think the program is going pretty well," Bischoff said. "In one quarter I have awarded a lot of gold stars. I hope that people know what the gold stars mean when they see one in the window. I have had some people tell me that they base where they eat on the gold star program. I hope that there are more participants." The program is based on a point system, Bischoff explained. On her... Full story

  • Tax relief with a cost

    President George W. Bush had a brief stay in Big Sky country yesterday before leaving this morning for Michigan. Cheers greeted the president along with signs for tax relief now. Bush and his entourage, which included former Gov. Marc Racicot, Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., and Rep. Dennis Rehberg, R-Mont., made the second stop in a three-state trip promoting his tax cut and budget proposals. The message delivered in Billings was clear: Bush will bring the screaming masses more money. The money, Bush said, is from the...

  • Montanans can play with anyoneMy Turn

    Montanans can play with anyone My Turn I guess Julie Callahan was right back in the mid to late '70s. In an interview with a Montana sports reporter, Havre High's first great girl basketball player said that the state's distaffs could play with anyone. That was after Callahan took the Northwestern women to national prominence. Now we have Loree Payne, a sophomore on a very young Washington Huskies' team. After playing on a national all-star team last summer, Payne suffered a broken foot that limited her playing time and point...

  • Session nears end

    Monday will be day 62 of this 90-day session. Most of the action this week took place in the House with its deliberations on HB 2, HB 31 and HB 121. HB 2 is the general appropriation bill for state government services, including Corrections, Education, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources and Commerce and general government. It appears that the House was busy amending this bill, as I counted some 55 amendments that were offered during the debate on this bill. HB 31 and HB 121 are two competing educational funding... Full story

  • Havre third at state

    Levi Briese scored four goals and added two assists to lead Havre to a 8-7 win over the Glacier Avalanche in the third-fourth place game of the state bantam hockey tournament this past weekend and the Ice Dome. Also for Havre, Ben Erickson added two goals and two assists, Chaz Hurlburt chipped in with a goal and an assist, and Corey Stremcha, Josh Strissel and Josh Morse each had two assists. Havre opened the tournament with a 6-5 defeat of the Missoula Bruins. Briese and Hurlburt each a goal and an assist for Havre, which... Full story

  • ALVIN SMITH, Obituary

    ALVIN SMITH HINGHAM Alvin Ray Smith, 68, died Friday, March 23, 2001 at a Chester hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chester. Graveside services with military rites will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Mountainview Cemetery in Dillon. Smith was born in Sugar City, Idaho on June 17, 1932 to Ben M. Smith and Blanch Burnham. He grew up in Idaho and was educated in Sugar City. Smith enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1951 and served...

  • KATIE HOFER, Obituary

    KATIE HOFER HARLEM Katie J. Hofer, 81, died Sunday, March 25, 2001 at her home on the North Harlem Colony of Parkinson's complications. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the North Harlem Hutterian Brethren Church with interment to follow at the North Harlem Colony Cemetery. Hofer was born Oct. 8, 1919 at Hanover to David and Mary Stahl. She was raised and educated in Beadle County, S.D. On July 4, 1940, she married Joseph Hofer and moved to Stirling, Alberta, Canada. In 1947, they moved to Danvers and in 1963, they...

  • Acupuncture: energy medicine

    Tammy Ellison is a registered nurse that felt she wanted do more than just treat symptoms she wanted to have a real impact on her patients by treating the root causes of their suffering. The answer for Ellison was a 2,000 year old alternative to western medical techniques known as acupuncture. Acupuncture was developed by the Chinese and over time it has proven to be effective in the treatment of many common, and not so common, ailments ranging from simple pain relief to improving the health of people with chronic and even...

  • Tabletop disaster held for real thing

    More than 50 people met Wednesday, March 21, at the Townhouse Inns Of Havre to participate in a "Table Top" disaster scenario. The scenario was that there was in a short period of time, a lot of rain (more than seven inches) in the Bear Paw Mountains south of Havre. County and tribal officials worked with weather bureau personnel out of Great Falls, state water experts, federal water people along with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials and Montana department officials to see what steps should be taken and when, as... Full story

  • Gold star program working well in area

    Assistant Hill County Sanitarian Heidi Bischoffhe said the gold star program she instituted is working well in Havre and surrounding areas. "I think the program is going pretty well," Bischoff said. "In one quarter I have awarded a lot of gold stars. I hope that people know what the gold stars mean when they see one in the window. I have had some people tell me that they base where they eat on the gold star program. I hope that there are more participants." The program is based on a point system, Bischoff explained. On her...

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