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The union representing Havre firefighters is filing for arbitration with the city of Havre over a controversial written reprimand given to firefighter D.J. Olsen. In a brief statement issued this morning, the union said its representatives had met with the city attorney and begun the process of picking an arbitrator. The state Labor Department supplies a list of the potential arbitrators and the two sides take turns eliminating them one by one until all but one is eliminated. There is no indication how long the process will...
Organizers have set up a live auction, silent auction, a raffle with door prizes dinner and a lot more for the benefit of Jackie Roberts, the Havre woman who lost her significant other and was herself injured in an accident earlier this month. The benefit will take place 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Havre Eagles Club. There has been an outpouring of support for Jackie since the accident that claimed the life of Craig Lawrence and injured Jackie and her twin 1-year-olds. There have been several community fundraisers in her behalf,...
The state has approved for Hill County Justice Court a $70,141 grant from the Montana Department of Transportation, the third in a three-year grant to fund the DUI Court. MDT made the announcement Tuesday. Justice of the Peace Audrey Barger said she appreciated the grant because she has seen the difference the program has made in keeping drunken drivers off the streets and in improving the lives of the people involved. The program often keeps people out of jail, and offers them help in restoring their lives. It involves...
Becki Miller is kind of an all-purpose participant in Hill County preservation efforts. The Gildford architect, as the preservation officer for the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission, designs plans to restore older buildings in the county. She actively advocates for older buildings, stressing the importance of preserving the county's rich history. She helps precure grants to fund the efforts. And you might see her on a ladder with hammer and nails doing some...
The city of Havre has rejected a request from the International Association of Fire Fighters that it remove a letter of reprimand from the personnel file of firefighter D.J. Olsen. Olsen was written up by Fire Chief Tim Hedges for insubordination and a series of lesser incidents. Olsen said they were just misunderstandings, and the matters had been set aside until he filed a complaint with the city about Assistant Fire Chief Mel Paulson's alleged abusive conduct. The union...
Havre City Council will hold a public information session on the proposed $30 million plan to rebuild streets throughout the city. The session will begin at the end of the City Council meeting at 7 p.m. meetings usually take about one-half hour. A PowerPoint presentation will show the details of the project, said Councilwoman Terry Lilletvedt, a supporter of the plan. The proposal will be explained. The tax rate will increase about $200 annually on a home assessed at $100,000. A total of $1.5 million will be spent for 20...
On Saturday morning, people young, old and middle-aged, were on the streets, sidewalks, fields and ditches of Havre crawling around and picking up trash. They were all having fun. It was a bright, shiny day with none of the oppressive heat we've been having this summer. They were taking part in the twice-annual Havre Pride, a gathering where people come together to pick up trash that has collected over the summer so the city will look spick-and-span when visitors flock to...
Festival Days, the annual celebration of Havre community life, officially starts Friday. But the four-day book sale at the Havre-Hill County Library started this morning at the library. People can buy a bag of book for a buck. Activities start in earnest Friday and come to a highlight with Saturday's parade down 5th Avenue starting at 10 a.m. Here is the schedule of events for the weekend: Friday, Sept. 18 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Friends of the Library Book Sale - Library meeting r...
Fire restrictions have been lifted on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Burn permits are still required in all counties for any debris or agricultural burning and may have additional limits, according to the federal Bureau of Land Management. Restrictions have been lifted slowly in other municipalities over the last two weeks as temperatures dropped and it started raining more. Rocky Boy was the last municipality to be freed of the restrictions. BLM asked people to check with the sheriff’s office or fire department for inf...
Twenty percent of the proceeds at Pizza Hut Thursday will go to a benefit fund for Jackie Roberts, the Havre woman who lost her newborn son and her significant other in less than a month. People who buy food for eat-in, take-out or delivery need to tell the server they want the money to go to the fund, said Destany Field, who has launched a campaign to raise money for Jackie. Jackie’s partner, Craig Lawrence, was killed when the car he was driving veered off Wild Horse Road and overturned. Jackie and her twin 1-year-olds, w...
Three members of Havre City Council’s Labor Relations Committee will decide by Monday whether a written reprimand should be removed from firefighter D.J. Olsen personnel file. Olsen was reprimanded by Chief Tim Hedges after an intense verbal altercation with Assistant Chief Mel Paulson. The ensuing controversy has created tension in the ranks, Olsen told the committee at its meeting Monday night. “Things have been “cold and unwelcoming,” because of the dispute, he said. The key part of the friction is a question as to whether...
Having a city manager would be a good thing for the city of Havre, but the biggest question is: Can the already cash-strapped city afford one? That is the question Parks and Recreation Director Chris Inman raised Monday night. Inman was the latest department manager to be interviewed by the Study Commission, the three-member panel reviewing the way the city government operates. The commission can recommend a wide variety of changes in the form of city government, but a city manager and a city charter are the two that are...
Last week, Jackie Roberts and her significant other, Craig Lawrence, were mourning the loss of their infant, Daymean Duwayane Lawrence, who they buried Sept. 3. The baby's death was devastating to them, and they would sometimes go out for rides in the beautiful Hi-Line countryside to calm their nerves. That's what they were doing Thursday when, for some reason, the Ford Explorer Craig was driving went off Secondary Highway 232 north of Havre, rolled over and killed Craig. Now...
Kim Cripps was at the nerve center for Havre Pride activities Saturday morning. That's not unusual. For more than two decades, she's been organizing the effort to clean up the city twice a year - at springtime and the weekend before Festival Days. Community groups were invited to fan out throughout the community and pick a summer's worth of trash that had accumulated in open spaces, across fields and on streets throughout Havre. They were supposed to come between 9 a.m. and...
Havre Pride wasn’t the only project that had a successful weekend. Recycle Hi-Line had its monthly recycle drive at Pacific Steel & Recycling. More people are bringing materials and more are separating the material by class, more recycling is being accomplished and there is less work for volunteers to do, according to Christy Keto of Recycle Hi-Line. People were anxious to come out, she said, because it was a gorgeous day. She credited the work of “a hardworking handful of volunteers and grateful recyclers” “We appreci...
Havre Pride, the twice-annual effort to spruce up Havre, will take place 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Trash buckets will be stationed at 1st Street and 5th Avenue. and at Zip Trip in Highland Park. Groups gather at the 1st Street and 5th Avenue location and fan out to all parts of the city to pick up trash that has gathered at curbsides and in open spaces throughout the city. They bring back trash to the trash bins at the central locations. Different civic groups will take part, but individuals are more than welcome to show up...
Stage 1 fire restrictions have been rescinded on all private, state and Bureau of Land Management lands within Blaine County. Fire restrictions remain in effect at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Last week, restrictions were lifted for Hill County and the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation area of Blaine County. BLM officials said recent moisture and cooler temperatures have slowed the fire season. But they warned that dangers still remain from this summer’s hot, dry conditions. The Lewistown Area Restrictions Group reminds the...
North Central Montana Transit will get a $1,000 contribution from the city of Havre after an intense debate and a 4-3 vote of City Council Wednesday night. The money will come from an allocation meant to help newly elected lawmakers learn about city government. The vote on the $1,000 allocation was the only controversial measure in the city budget, which council adopted Wednesday night. The transit system had asked for $15,000, but city officials agreed the city didn’t have that kind of money in the tight budget that pushes r...
Salt poisoning is to blame for the death of 19 bison that died on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in July, Montana officials have determined. But tribal officials say they are not certain that is the case, and the real reason for the mysterious death may never be known. Dr. A. W. Layton of the Department of Livestock told the state's Environmental Quality Council Wednesday that the diagnosis is based on the elimination of other causes. Anthrax, brucellosis and other diseases were ruled out soon after the bison died...
If Janet Trethewey has her way, before long: • Half of Hill County’s population will be trained in hands-on CPR • Most public institutions such as schools, churches and public buildings will have automatic external defibrillators in case people have cardiac arrest. • Ambulances, hospitals and police vehicles will have Lucas devices — Physio-Control LUCAS 2 Chest Compression Systems, which provide fast, effective treatment to help keep people alive if they undergo cardiac arrest. Trethewey runs a statewide program for the M...
Havre City Council will hold two public education sessions to let people know the details of a proposed $30 million street rehabilitation program. At the suggestion of Council Member Terry Lilletvedt, the sessions will be held after City Council meetings Monday, Sept. 25, and Monday, Oct. 5. Meetings are usually over at roughly 7:30 p.m. Lilletvedt said she has heard of considerable support for the concept of the construction program, but people are very wary of the cost. A PowerPoint presentation will be designed to help...
The city of Havre may end up making a $1,000 contribution to the North Central Montana Transit System instead of the $15,000 the system asked for. City Council Member Pam Hillery said she scoured the proposed city budget and could find “very little wiggle room” to find excess funds for the bus system. So, she proposed an amendment to the proposed city budget at tonight’s meeting to give the system “It’s not much but it shows we support them,” Hillery said at Monday night’s City Council meeting. She said the spending plan...
Citing harsh drought conditions and the severe July 4 hail storm, Gov. Steve Bullock has asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to declare Hill County a disaster area. If Vilsack follows through on Bullock's request, cattle ranchers would be eligible for low-interest loans and tax breaks to help them through their tough times. The Hill County Commission had asked the governor to ask for the declaration, and Chair Mike Wendland said this morning he was pleased the...
The Havre Food Bank will be getting double money for contributions made between now and the end of November. Town Pump Charitable Foundation will match contributions to the food bank up to $7,500. Town Pump locations around the Havre area will be collecting contributions as well. This is the 14th annual "Be a Friend in Deed Helping Those in Need," fund-raising campaign sponsored by Town Pump. "This comes at a great time for us," said Lorna Bjerga, manager of the Havre Food...
Havre firefighters raised a record $13,356 during its Fill the Boot campaign Friday. Firefighters stood on various street corners in downtown Havre with a boot and asked motorists passing by to contribute to the campaign to fight Muscular Dystrophy. "That is by far the most we have ever collected," said DJ Olson, a member of the International Association of Fire Fighters and organizer of the event. He said advance publicity helped out. When they stopped cars, people knew what...
