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Hi-Line youngsters will have a chance to celebrate a prehistoric Christmas Saturday at the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum in Holiday Village Mall. The museum’s board president, Judi Dritshulas, said all kinds of activities with a dinosaur theme will take place throughout the afternoon. Kids will get to play games, decorate cookies and have a good time with the dinosaur theme, she said. The young people will be able to tour the dinosaur exhibit at the museum, she said. And someone dressed in a dinosaur costume will play with t...
Joan Jess Binder came down with colon cancer earlier this year and spent a lot of time undergoing chemotherapy and other treatment. She got ill from the medications and ended up in the emergency room a few times. Then she came down with pneumonia. Thanksgiving Day, she had a stroke and was flown to Great Falls for additional treatments. Now, her friend Heather Ellingson said she fears Binder is lying in a hospital bed worrying about how she is going to pay the bills. “I wish she wasn’t, but I’m sure she is,” Ellings...
A plan to overhaul Havre city streets may be on the ballot again next year, but it may or may not be the one that was voted down this year. City Council members Pam Hillery and Terry Lilletvedt called on council Monday to resubmit the proposal that was rejected by voters in November, but said they would be willing to listen to other proposals. Council member Matt Boucher, the chair of the Streets and Sidewalks Committee that first submitted the proposal this year, said he still sees the need for a massive repair program, but...
Havre police may soon have an alert system that will enable them to instantaneously warn people of an emergency on their cellphones.. Police Chief Gabe Matosich told City Council Monday night that he is talking to providers and working on ways to fund the project. Matosich said the system could have been used in warning people about the prisoner who escaped Fort Belknap police custody in Havre last month. Under the system he is studying, people would not have to subscribe to the service, the alert would automatically reach...
Downtown Havre will look better, poor people will eat better, young people will get Christmas gifts and the community orchestra will perform better, all because of the Hill County Community Foundation. The foundation announced seven mini-grants on Monday for its 2015 grant cycle. A total of $4,348 was awarded to seven projects in three focus areas: basic human needs, community beautification and arts and culture. Foundation officials said this was the most competitive year ever for the foundation. More than $10,000 in grant...
People were dressed as Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus, elves and reindeer. There even was someone in a Christmas tree costume who was a walking billboard in favor of using artificial Christmas trees. And, along the way, there was a running race. It was the second annual Santa Run in downtown Havre. It was 21 degrees out Saturday afternoon. That was about 40 degrees warmer than a year ago, some of the veterans of the race pointed out. And the winds were more calm this year. Th...
A record crowd filled the main room of the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line on Saturday night for the annual Festival of the Trees. This year's celebration - the eighth in the club's history - was entitled "Home for the Holidays." Because of the success of past festivals, the club was recently able to make an addition to its 1st Street building for a massive all-purpose room large enough for the crowd of 260 people at the event. Two-hundred-sixty tickets were printed. They...
Santa Claus had a hard time getting to the annual lighting of the Christmas tree at Town Square Saturday night, but he made it through in fine fashion to treat Havre area youngsters. "It was terrible," Santa told the crowd as he showed up at the gazebo at Town Square. "I hit a thick cloud," he told the youngsters. "It was so bad I had to get out and push the sleigh." The children laughed in delight. Santa's arrival was the highlight of the annual ceremony welcoming the Christm...
Two sets of adult auditions for Montana Actors’ Theatre production of Mary Poppins will be held in coming days. They will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, at Montana State University’s Little Theatre on the west end of Cowan Hall and again 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, at Havre High School auditorium. Children’s auditions will be 5:30 to 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5, 1 to 3 p.m. at Cowan Hall. The cast will include several adult and child roles including chorus roles. Two children’s speaking roles, Jane, 10, and...
The International Association of Fire Fighters Havre chapter has dropped its grievance against the city of Havre over a letter of reprimand put in the file of firefighter D.J. Olson. Olson has returned to work after a suspension with pay. Olson was given the reprimand over a disagreement with Deputy Fire Chief Norm Paulsen. Management contended Olson's actions were insubordination, while the union said the problem was caused by a misunderstanding and the retaliation came because Olson filed a human relations complaint...
People came from all walks of life to volunteer at the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Senior citizens were there, as were the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Skylights basketball teams. Boy Scouts working on their badges and 4-H members were on hand. A young man who had to perform community service before returning to Montana Youth Challenge Academy in Dillon worked for a while. Local ministers pitched in, as did volunteers from Havre parishes. Families,...
What you need to know for Thanksgiving Weather The worst of the snow has fallen on the area, but be prepared for some rough travel conditions today and Thursday. There will be high winds and lower temperatures come Thursday morning. Temperatures will hover around 4 degrees. Winds will cause visibility problems on area highways. The farther south you travel, the worst the snow will be. Open or Closed Most non-emergency public services will be closed Thanksgiving Day. Some will return to work on Friday. Here is the schedule:...
This area will get its first taste of winter today, Wednesday and Thursday, but when it comes to snow accumulation, the region will avoid the worst of the oncoming storm. Snow will start late this afternoon and continue through tonight and Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service warning says. But unlike areas to the south, including Chouteau County, this part of Hi-Line will only get a total of about one inch of snow, maybe a little bit more. The snow will make roads slick, the weather services advises. “But for t...
Paulette Preeshl-Shipp was covered with glitter as she decorated the Christmas tree at Triangle Communications Thursday afternoon. She and co-workers were having a good time as they took part in the decoration of the tree that they hope will raise several hundred dollars for the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. "It's a fun time to get our employees together to decorate the tree," Preeshl-Shipp said. Triangle workers enjoy doing something to help the Boys & Girls Club, she sai...
Someone is calling area businesses saying they are from the chamber of commerce and are looking for contact information, addresses, phone number and so forth. Representatives of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce said their organization is doing no such thing, and they have no idea who is making the calls....
Montana’s unemployment rate stood steady at 4.1 percent in October, nearly a full percentage point behind the national average. “Montana’s economy continued to show strength as we entered the fall,” Gov. Steve Bullock said. “With over 10,000 jobs added over the last 12 months, Montanans are on the job and earning higher wages.” “Montana’s unemployment rate is holding steady at just over 4 percent, which is considered an ideal level for unemployment,” said Labor and Industry Commissioner Pam Bucy. Seven hundred jobs were...
Havre firefighter D.J. Olson is back on the job. International Association of Fire Fighters announced Monday that Olson had been reinstated after having been suspended with pay on unspecified charges. In a statement, Cody McLain, chair of the union’s Grievance Committee, said Olson had not been subject to any disciplinary action following the suspension. “Apparently, the claims against him were unfounded and the investigation showed him not at fault for any wrongdoing,” McLain said in the statement. Olson is president of th...
Havre residents may again be voting on a $30 million, 20 year-plan to renovate the city’s streets. City Councilwoman Pam Hillery proposed last night that the matter, defeated 918-1,199 in the November elections, be put on the ballot again in 2016. The proposal will be placed on the City Council agenda for the Dec. 7 meeting. No vote was taken at Monday night’s meeting, but no one spoke against the idea. Supporters said they were disappointed by the results, but were heartened that so many people voted for such a big tax hik...
Members of Havre City Council favor aggressively pursuing annexation of areas west of the city. One after another, council members said Monday night they thought the area west of the city should be annexed soon. The three members of the Study Commission reviewing the city's form of government interviewed the council members Monday. When commission chair Dave Brewer asked about the annexation, eyes lit up. "Council should aggressively pursue annexation," said council member All...
A city manager form of government received widespread, but not unanimous, backing Monday night from members of Havre City Council. The Study Commission, a three-member panel chaired by Dave Brewer, is reviewing the city’s form of government. Monday they interviewed council members on their ideas of how the city should be be run. Voters in November 2016 will decide what course of action to take. The commission can propose that no changes be made, that a city manager be hired or that a variety of options in between be taken. V...
Havre police are looking for a 6-foot-two-inch Native American male who was involved in an incident at Northern Montana Hospital’s emergency room this morning. Police got a call around 10 a.m. today. They gave this account: Police were summoned to the scene after a victim was brought in by ambulance. The victim thought he saw the perpetrator of the incident outside the hospital. From surveillance video, police know the suspect entered the hospital. Police conducted a floor-by-floor search of the hospital in hopes they c...
Blaine County Undersheriff Frank J. Billmayer II will speak at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 1, in Havre High School's auditorium during an informational assembly for students, parents and interested residents about dangers that could arise when children and teenagers use the Internet. The program is sponsored by the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force,. The program was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teenagers using the Internet. There has been a proliferation of child sexual abuse...
Montana PSC Commissioner Travis Kavulla, R-Great Falls, has been elected president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He will serve a one-year term. "It is humbling to come from a state like Montana, with a small population, and to be entrusted by utility commissioners all across the nation with a large voice on energy, communications and water policy," said Kavulla, who represents a large swath of northern Montana. Kavulla delivered remarks to a...
Frank McLain was first in line at the American Red Cross blood draw at St. Jude Parish Center Monday. He's been giving blood for years and is on the Red Cross list for likely donors. It's a privilege to give blood, he said. He's happy to know that somebody he doesn't know will benefit from his donation. One time in particular, he said, giving blood was a special honor. He received a 3 a.m. call one day from the emergency room at Northern Montana Hospital. A young Hutterite...
A chance discussion with a state lawmaker has prompted Havre High School senior Chris Steinmetz to launch an effort to get new American flags for classrooms in his school. Steinmetz is earning his Eagle Scout badge by replacing every flag in every classroom. He is going around the community asking businesses and residents for donations to help raise the $1,200 he needs to buy the flags. He decided to undertake the project after hearing State Sen. Kris Hansen, R-Havre,...
