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The annual Chinook High School Future Farmers of America fundraiser Montana Country Poets and Pickers is celebrating its 25th year and is gathering cowboy poets and musicians from across Montana, Canada and surrounding states to perform for the three-day event. “If you happen to be in Chinook at the time the shows starts we’ll welcome you,” organizer Dale Mailand said. The Poets and Pickers event will start Friday and have events until Sunday, he said, adding that tickets for the event will be sold at the door for each event...
Sunnyside Intermediate School fifth-grade teacher Ashley Gauer told the Havre Public School Board of Trustees that a plan to cut a teacher from that grade at the school will hurt the students and put more stress on the teachers. "Teaching is a hard job, but it is a rewarding one," Gauer said. "That's why we do it." Gauer spoke during the open agenda portion of the board's monthly regular meeting at Havre Middle School. Board Chair Aileen Couch told Gauer that because the...
U.S. House of Representative candidate Kathleen Williams was in Havre Tuesday at Triple Dog Brewing Co. speaking to community members about her campaign for the 2020 election. "I love this state and I enjoy getting out and meeting new people and seeing what they care about," she said. Williams lost a campaign for Montana's U.S. House seat in 2018 against incumbent Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., who was elected to the seat during a special election in 2017. Williams said that...
Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said Monday that the county is applying for a $25-million grant to use in three major road projects in the county and is looking for public input on the project, adding that the grant is a lot of money but will be worth it. “It’s not going to be cheap, guys,” Peterson said during a public meeting at the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. “But by not applying for this grant, we know what the answer is, we are going to continue dealing with the road that we have.” Six people at...
Editor’s note: This version corrects how much Andrea Melle earns working for St. Jude Thaddeus Church. While high school graduation may feel exciting to some, Havreite Andrea Melle, divorced mother of two adults with autistic spectrum disorders, said the future which follows is filled with uncertainty. "As a society, we see it as a must that a child is financially supported, legally, through their childhood until the age of majority if there is a divorce or if the parents a...
Democrats met in Havre Thursday to talk about their prospects in the next election. The new executive director for the Montana Democratic Party, Monica Lindeen, visited with community members at Triple Dog Brewing Co. "We've got so many opportunities in 2020," she said in an interview. She took over as executive director of the state party the start of this year, taking the place of Nancy Keenan, who retired at the end of last year. Lindeen, a former state legislator, two-term...
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Council President Andrew Werk Jr. told the Hill County Commissioners Thursday at the Hill County Courthouse that everyone has to work hand-in-hand to assure all Milk River water users’ needs are met and secured for the future. “It really is about sharing and trying to look down the road,” Werk said. “… I’m thinking about our grandkids, and that means all of us, and their grandkids as water becomes more scarce and more competitive.” Several representatives of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation j...
In the beginning of 2018 when Havreite Sarah Manuel started the Streatery, from it’s first day, local, organic food has been a priority of the business. “I would rather have it be tons of extra work to source things locally and source things organically to make sure the quality is there, rather than lowering the standards just to keep the business going,” Manuel said. “Because at that, the mission is gone, and you can’t have a successful business without a solid mission....
Editor’s note: This version corrects some misreporting of comments by Hill County Clerk and Recorder Sue Armstrong that was introduced due to mistakes in editing by the editor. Tuesday, Senate Bill 162, a bill which would allow verifying and counting absentee and mail-in ballots earlier, unanimously passed out of the Montana House State Administration Committee. “I think that it is a great step in the right direction,” sponsor Sen. Roger Webb, R-Billings, said Tuesday after the vote. “… I think it will run smoother next elec...
The Parrotte family has been providing physical therapy that expanded to include a fitness center for almost two decades in Havre. Physical Therapy Down Under and Fitness Center has been owned and operated by Daimon and Kristi Parrotte in Havre for 19 years. "We have been very fortunate," physical therapist Daimon Parrotte said. Parrotte, who graduated from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, in 1989, said he has been a physical therapist for the past 30 years. He said he...
A conservation local working group focused on two main issues during a meeting in Havre Wednesday, dealing with saline seep in Hill County and declining acreage in the Conservation Reserve Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Hill County Conservation District held the working group meeting in the USDA Service Center on Second Street West. NRCS Biologist Josh Schrecengost spoke to local producers and officials during the...
The first of a series of classes focused on how businesses can gain government contracts is set for next week at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Rocky Boy’s Small Business Alliance and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center hosted by Billings-based Native American Development Corp. are hosting the four-part series of presentations for business training. The first class, Business 101, is scheduled for Thursday, April 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stone Child College. Fort-Belknap-based PTAC Procurement Specialist Mar...
With the warmer weather comes the end of another winter on the Hi-Line and the Snow Dance Ski Association is winding down its operation and getting ready for the summer months. In December, the Snow Dance Ski Association opened a snowboard and ski shop in Havre, renting them to the community. “The ski shop was a great success for Bear Paw,” Snow Dance Ski Association President Claire Stoner said. The association opened the store shortly after the Bear Paw Ski Bowl was donated 200 sets of skis, boots and poles from Bri...
Three months after moving back to the Hi-Line, Cass and Kent Pattison said they are ready to serve the community. Cass Pattison earned her veterinary doctorate from Washington State University, and the couple is opening Pattison Veterinary Mobile Clinic while also farming on their family’s land. “We are here to serve you and offer our services,” Kent Pattison said, adding, “I grew up in Havre and it is really, from my experience, a good community. There have been a lot of...
Havre City Council discussed options Monday that the city can pursue to improve the streets within city limits. Council President Terry Lilletvedt said that she has been told by various people that they are concerned with the street conditions in Havre. She said the city has numerous potholes in the streets, in addition to water not draining properly and several other recurring issues. She asked if the council could adjust the assessment of the street maintenance fund to...
The Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line is expanding its gardening program by offering a hydroponic system for their children. "It's a really cool new program and we are always looking for new stuff for the kids to do," club Director Tim Brurud said. "Opportunities and expectations are a big part, so we try to give the kids as many opportunities to do things that they wouldn't have a chance to do anywhere else. Hydroponics is one more thing that gets kids interested in plant...
Last week, former Blaine County Museum Director Jude Sheppard, made her last goodbyes to a position she held for more than two decades. "It's something that I truly enjoyed and always have," Sheppard said. "I've always liked history. It was a perfect job." Last week, Sheppard handed the reins over to Havre High School graduate Samantha French. Sheppard officially retired at the start of March, but had been coming in to help French get started in the position. She said that...
Three Leadership High School alumni addressed students at this year’s graduation luncheon Wednesday in the Student Union Building Ballroom at Montana State University-Northern and reflected on their experiences and lessons they learned from being involved in the program. “All of you are leaders of the next generation,” Havre business owner Sarah Manuel said, “and it doesn’t start after high school, it starts now.” Leadership High School is a joint effort between the Havre A...
After a trip to the southern border, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said he has a new understanding of the issues the country faces with border security. "This overall experience that I have had on the southern border provided me with a better perspective, which was what I was looking for," Tester said. "A better perspective on how we need to secure the borders, while we do it in the most cost-effective way." Tester said Wednesday during a telephone press conference from...
A Rocky Boy business that helps tribes preserve and protect sacred tribal lands received a national award this week. National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, an American Indian business and economic development organization for Indian Country across the country, presented iResponse with the American Indian Business of the Year Award. iResponse CEO Alvin Windy Boy Sr. said he feels good about receiving the award and wants to grow his businesses to assist with tribes across the country. “We want to take iResp...
The North Central Montana Relay for Life Committee is hosting a free-will donation spaghetti lunch and silent auction event Sunday at the Havre Eagles Club at noon. Almost a year after last year’s unexpected cancellation of the Relay for Life event, local volunteers have worked hard to bring the fundraiser back for the Hi-Line community. Committee member Donna Tilleman said the Relay for Life event is the American Cancer Society’s premier fundraiser, raising millions of dollars every year to support cancer patients and critic...
Editor’s note: This version adds how people can buy the tickets for Saturday’s Mermaid Mingle Havre High School's theater program is premiering its production of "The Little Mermaid" - including roller skates - Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the high school. Director Angela Pratt said the cast began rehearsing the play in December, with 62 children, ages ranging from 5 years old to high school seniors. "It's a big production," she said. "It's one of the biggest ones we've done." She sai...
Globally known speaker and author Ganel-Lyn Condie will be holding two separate presentations in Havre Friday to raise awareness about suicide and self-esteem. Condie will be speaking at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Teen Center at 4 p.m. and again at 7 at Havre Inn and Suites. Both events will be free and open to the public. Boys & Girls Club event organizer Susan Brurud said that once she heard Condie would be hosting a presentation at Havre Inn and Suites she wanted to see if she would be interested in speaking at...
After 30 years as the director of the Blaine County Museum, Jude Sheppard has retired and turned the museum over to new director Samantha French. Sheppard said that she wanted to retire because she was been the Blaine County Museum director for such a long period of time. She added that she is glad to see some new blood in the position. "It was time," she said. Sheppard praised French. "She is bright beyond words. I think she's a perfect fit for the job," Sheppard said. "I thi...
Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, said Friday he regrets voting for a bill sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, that would set up training for people providing health care on Indian reservations. “I voted for the bill and I, with all due respect to Jonathan, regret voting for the bill, and I have come to oppose the bill,” Bachmeier said from Helena during a legislative teleconference in Havre. House Bill 599 would create a two-year training for people providing medical assistance, medical care, home health car...
