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Area veterans are planning activities to honor deceased veterans Memorial Day weekend. On Sunday, veterans will gather at Highland Cemetery to place flags on the graves of veterans. Les Johnson, commander of Post 11, American Legion in Havre, said anyone is welcome to help the veterans. They just need to show up, he said. On Monday, the traditional Memorial Day ceremonies will take place at the Hill County Courthouse. Activities will begin at 11 a.m. when Dena Rudio sings the national anthem. Boy Scouts will raise the flag, a...
For 30 years, every summer the Hi-Line Cruz'n Association has held its Rod Run, bringing people from throughout Montana and adjacent states and provinces to Havre to show off their classic cars to the general public and chat with each other. As years have gone by, the program has become more popular and more classic cars owners are coming to town and more townspeople are enjoying the show. Craig Otterstrom, a longtime member of the association, said this weekend should be...
The Havre-area history over the past 2,000 years was brought to life for the public Saturday during the annual Living History Day. People could stop at Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump and learn about how Native American's hunted and prepared food. They could, stop at Fort Assinniboine and see how soldiers lived during the Indian Wars of the late 1800s. Havre Beneath the Streets was open so people could get a taste of city life in turn-of-the century Havre. Volunteers from...
The Montana Arts Council will hold an "arts conversation" at 5:15 p.m. Friday to discuss the state of the arts in Montana. The session will take place at the Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites. Four top officials of the Arts Council will be on hand to discuss agency programs, arts-driven economic development and "the state of the arts in Montana," a press release said. Jay Pyette, who is on the arts council and is a Havre City Council member, said the session is designed...
James O’Hara, a former Chouteau County commissioner, won the Republican nomination for the Montana House from District 27, a sprawling district that extends from Wild Horse south into Cascade County. O’Hara beat back an attempt by Darrold Hutchinson from the Hingham area, 1,340-977. O’Hara performed well in the southern part of the district, carrying his home county and Cascade County by a large margin. Hutchinson did well in Hill County and trailed in the others. O’Hara won by a small margin in Liberty County. The race was a...
Frank Smith is one step closer to winning back the Montana state Senate seat he lost eight years ago. Smith, a Poplar resident, defeated two Rocky Boy residents to win the Democratic nomination in Senate District 16, the district that became known in Helena as the weasel district because of its odd shape. Smith topped LeAnn Montes, the attorney general for the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, and Bobbi Jo Favel, also a Rocky Boy resident. The final figures last night showed Smith with 657 votes, M...
Havre Police Department Dispatcher Brenda Kadrmas says she wasn't nervous when a Hi-Line resident called her and said he was going to commit suicide. She said she just put her extensive training to work and added in some intuition to dissuade the man from taking his own life. During a 30-minute period, Kadrmas acted calmly and professionally, Police Chief Gabe Matosich said. Her actions won her a commendation from Matosich and a standing ovation from City Council members and...
Two Havre graduates are competing to be the next Miss Montana this weekend at the Dawson County High School auditorium in Glendive. Lauren Scofield, 22, who is majoring in biochemistry-molecular biology at Carroll College in Helena, and Alara Vogel, 17, who just graduated from Havre High School, already qualify for $850 in scholarships but are hoping for the $5,000 scholarship and the chance to represent Montana at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. Mary Kaercher of...
Bill Lanier, a frequent speaker at Havre City Council meetings, expressed concern Monday night about the city’s plan to reduce its support for the Havre-Hill County Library. Lanier told Havre City Council he understood the city’s financial straits, but asked that the library be one of the last places to be cut. Library officials have said the city plans to reduce the city’s subsidy by about $30,000. In response, the library board announced the library would be closed on Saturdays starting July 2 for the foreseeable futur...
School was out but the cafeteria at Lincoln-McKinley Primary School was full Monday with the excitement of young people eating their lunch. Laughter and chatter abounded as food disappeared from plates into the mouths of the youngsters. The Havre school district is sponsoring a federally funded summer breakfast and lunch program, and Monday was the first day of the program for the year. Kids can eat a wholesome meal for free. In fact, parents are invited to join in for a...
Never before have people so enjoyed being in jail. A half-dozen children were "incarcerated" Saturday in an old cell on display in the building that was once the jail at Fort Assinniboine. The children were part of a tour on the Blackjack, a travel wagon that took interested people on tours of the fort as part of Living History Day. Similar programs took place at Havre Beneath the Streets A larger-than-usual crowd was on hand for the festivities that included the firing of an...
Women veterans often feel the pain of military sexual abuse long after they have left the military, said Kelly Downing, a licensed social worker at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Helena. A program she works in at the Department of Veterans Affairs at Fort Harrison in Helena helps women veterans cope with the trauma caused by sexual abuse, Downing said. Downing spoke at a special luncheon honoring women veterans at the Havre Eagles Club on Saturday. The luncheon was held because the Montana American Legion feels that women veterans...
The annual Living History Day will take place Saturday as history comes alive at Havre’s many historic attractions. The event is sponsored every year by the attractions themselves and the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. Here is a look at the list of events this year. Havre Beneath the Streets The history of Havre will come to full life Saturday as 40 to 50 volunteers will play the roles of people from Havre’s early era. Re-enactors will bring the stories of the early days to life, said Christy Owens, office manager at Hav...
Larry Strizich has been appointed the permanent dean of the College of Technical Sciences at Montana State University-Northern. This appointment was effective Wednesday and is the result of a nationwide search. Strizich has served as interim dean of COTS since September 2014, when former Dean Greg Kegel became the chancellor at MSU-Northern. Prior to that, he had been the chair of the College of Technical Sciences since September 2004. "It is a great honor to be able to...
The people at Havre Ford hope they can fill a pickup with peanut butter to help fill the shelves of the Havre Food Bank. Ford dealerships throughout the country are taking part in the program. They are asking people throughout the community to donate jars of peanut butter. They simply have to put their donations in a F-150 pickup truck parked at Havre Ford. Last year, at the end of the drive, the truck was half full, said Kaylene Breen of Havre Ford. "This year, we hope to do...
The Havre-Hill County Library, faced with budget cuts, will be closed on Saturdays beginning July 2. “After much discussion and deliberation, the Havre-Hill County Library Board of Trustees and the library staff have decided that the best course of action right now is to close the library on Saturday,” library director Rachel Rawn said in a statement. The cash-strapped city of Havre cut the allocation to the library by $30,000. The city and Hill County have traditionally shared the cost of the library. The county levies a 3 m...
There was cloudy, windy weather, and it was threatening to rain, but that mattered little to the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts at the Memorial Day services at the Hill County Courthouse Monday. Even before the services began, they practiced their march around the courthouse grounds, practicing and getting ready to raise the flag. The ceremonies were a mix of generations. The young Scouts, excited that to be taking part in the services, stood alongside old veterans....
Jeannie Walter has had a rough life. As a child, she was held for several years by a man who had kidnapped her and frequently beat and raped her. After an especially unpleasant encounter with the man she took a razor and slashed her arm five times. "I don't think I wanted to die, I just wanted to escape," she said. As an adult, two of her children committed suicide. Now, as president of the Lewistown chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, she said she is...
Several miles south of Havre, near the edge of the Bear Paw Mountains, sits Fort Assinniboine. At its heyday in the late 1800s, there were more than 100 buildings that housed up to 800 troops. It was the largest fort of its kind in the West. Time has taken its toll on the buildings, but more than 10 remain standing today, including most of the central part of the fort. That's more than any other fort in the West. History buffs and tourism experts have long looked at the fort...
Suicide is a major problem in Hill County and all of Montana, according to Chrystal Laufer, president of the Hill County chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness, called NAMI. As part of National Mental Health Awareness Month, NAMI is putting on a program at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Havre-Hill County Library Meeting Room, she said. Jeannie Walter, president of the Lewistown NAMI chapter and an expert on suicide, will talk on the warning signs people should look foramong friends and family. Laufer said there are things...
There was a sense of delight in the air as people walked into the gym at Box Elder High School for graduation ceremonies Saturday. People carried wrapped gifts and helium-filled balloons reading "Congratulations." Everyone was smiling, laughing and waving to friends. Twenty-five graduates marched into as the Southern Cree played a welcome song. Speakers talked about the renewed spirit at Box Elder and the sense of community that made it a special place. The program was a...
As the high school band struck up "Pomp and Circumstance," the 13 graduating seniors at Big Sandy High School walked in the back door of the gymnasium. One by one, they processed slowly as pictures were taken. They walked to the front and took the seats that had been reserved for them. Following close behind, 13 sets of parents marched in, also guests of honor at the ceremony. Relatives sat in special folding chairs, while friends filled the bleachers. Parents took part...
People who eat food at Havre Pizza Hut today can donate money to the 4-H Herdsmanship Club. The newly formed club helps promote good care of animals. Kodi Kym, an adviser to the club, said the members will be performing a variety of activities during the Great Northern Fair this summer. All people have to do to help raise money is tell the server at Pizza Hut that they want to donate to the club and 20 percent of purchase will go to the new club. The club will be inspecting stalls during the fair to ensure that the animals...
An anonymous person has donated $50,000 to Montana State University-Northern's new Diesel Technology Center. This donation represents the first gift under a matching grant issued by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation in conjunction with Modern Machinery, a Washington company. The grant will match any new donations toward Northern's new auto-diesel building, up to $250,000. The new building will house the Diesel Technology and combination auto-diesel program classes. The Automotive Technology program classes will...
Retired elementary school principal Karen Swenson was elected to Havre City Council by a 5-2 vote of council Monday night. Swenson defeated Kevin Zoren for the seat being vacated by Janet Trethewey who resigned. Even before the vote, the candidates were praised by Mayor Tim Solomon who said it was encouraging to see candidates come forward for the seat. In the past, council members have had a hard time attracting candidates for open seats. Asked before the vote if they cared...
