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Jim Magera has long been an expert in Havre history - from ancient times to the early days of the city to today. He was rewarded for his service with the annual award handed out by the Havre/Hill County Preservation Commission. Annually, the commission honors people who have helped preserve the county's rich history. The award was presented on Monday at the Havre City Council meeting. Becki Miller, the historic preservation officer for the commission, praised Magera for his...
In the small community of Lodge Pole on the remote southern edge of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, residents have to drive 11 miles to buy food at a small store in Hays. It’s a trip to Harlem, Malta or Havre if thay want to do major grocery shopping. People with diesel-operated vehicles have to drive a 40-miles trip to Harlem to fill up. That’s about to change. At 10 a.m. Monday, ground will be broken for the Red Paint Creek Trading Post and Pantry. When it is open, hopefully by July 1, it will provide healthy food, sup...
Two people have submitted applications to Havre City Council for the vacant Ward 2 seat. Kevin Zoren and Karen Jean Swenson have written letters to City Council asking to be considered for the position that was vacated by Janet Trethewey’s resignation. Appointment of a new Ward 2 council member is on the agenda for today’s 7 p.m. meeting at city hall. In her letter to the council, Swenson, a retired principal of Lincoln-McKinley Primary School, said she believed that council was responsible for “adopting resolutions and o...
Bagpipers, country guitarists and dancers will be among the artists to perform at the annual Talent of the Hi-Line, 7 p.m., Saturday at Havre High School. The night of entertainment will benefit the Salvation Army’s Havre Service Center. Dr. Mike Gibson, a Havre chiropractor, will play the bagpipes, Cameron Overcast, who comes from a family of country guitarists in Blaine County, will play the guitar and the Studio of Dance and Arts, a group of young dancers will perform. Other acts will be added, said Trina Crawford, d...
People can eat pizza and help out the Blaine County Fair Friday or Thursday, May 26, by going to or ordering food from the Havre Pizza Hut. Twenty percent of the money the restaurant takes in will be donated to the fair, but people must mention to the server that they want the money directed to the fair,. The deal is good for take out, eat-in or delivery. The effort is one of several fund-raisers the fair is having to get money to pay for improvements to the fairgrounds and the fair week activities, said Wendy Warburton,...
Voters may be asked this fall to vote on a mill levy to fund the Havre-Hill County Library. Rachel Rawn, the library director, said the cash-strapped city of Havre will cut its contribution to the library by about $30,000, and that kind of cut will cause a problem in continuing the services the library provides. Although the library is a city department, it is funded by the city and Hill County. The city makes a direct contribution, while the county has a three-mill levy that goes directly to the library. Rawn said the...
Annually at graduation, Montana State University-Northern honors those who graduated 50 years ago or more. At graduation ceremonies, they wear yellow gowns and go through the ceremonies just as they did 50 years ago. But on the day before graduation, some of them meet for a luncheon at the Vande Bogart Library. This year they listened to a brief talk by Chancellor Greg Kegel, then they chatted with one another about the good old days. Some of this year's participants knew each...
Letter carriers will be picking up food at mail boxes throughout the area Saturday during the annual “Help Stamp Out Hunger” program. People are asked to leave nonperishable foods at their mailbox to be picked up by letter carriers on their daily rounds and taken to the Havre Food Bank, where the food will be given to people in need. “We need food,” said Diane Sebastian, the director of the food bank. This is the time of the year when the food donated at the holiday has been depleted and the need for food remains, she said. P...
The simmering dispute between the Havre chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters and the city flared into the open again Wednesday. Both sides argued before the City Council’s Police and Fire Committee at a special noon meeting Wednesday. The union contends that management is seeking to retaliate against firefighter D.J. Olson, the union president, by denying him a chance at a promotion. Management says it is acting within its rights in taking the action it is taking. While there is a history of discord b...
Hill County 4-H is on its way to meeting its goal of opening its new 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Northern Fairgrounds by the start of the 2017 fair. One of the main efforts for this summer will be selling raffle tickets for the 2015 Flex Travel Trailer, said Stacey Waid, chair of the fund drive. The trailer, valued at more than $40,000, was donated by Western Trailer Sales. She said 4-H hopes to raise $100,000 from the raffle. Tickets will be $50 each. They hope to sell 2,000. She said people she has spoken to seem excited...
Women who served in the military are often not getting the attention they deserve, said Kim Kay McCarty Martin of the Montana American Legion. And many times they do not get the benefits they deserve, she said. The newer generation of women’s vets usually have a better idea of what they are entitled to, she said. Older vets were never told of veterans’ benefits they could obtain, she said., and many assume they can’t get any. “I talked to one woman who said she served in Korea,” Martin said. “She told me she didn't know...
Bob Sivertsen, president of the Highway 2 Association, has renewed his call for quick action to pass an “adequate highway and infrastructure funding” program. He said he and the association had worked to pass an infrastructure repair project, but Democratic Gov, Steve Bullock and the Republican-dominated Legislature had “refused to budge.” “Even though we provided information that justified a special session, as well, we submitted a Compromise Funding Proposal in hopes of getting the process moving,” he said. He said Montanan...
City of Havre crews have begun enforcing the city's nuisance weed ordinance Property owners who have grass or weeds on their lawn, or around buildings, that are eight inches or taller will receive a notice from the city saying they have 10 days to cut them. If property owners fail to comply, the city will cut the weeds or grass. Property owners will be charged for the work. The city can then add the costs onto the property tax bill of the landowner, the city said. Owners used to get a notice every time their grass grew too...
Wayne Bolken and incumbent Theresa Miller were elected to the Havre school board on Tuesday, The second incumbent, Norman Proctor finished third with 699 votes. Voters overwhelmingly approved a mill levy hike that will cost the average $100,000 home about $10,000. Wayne Bolken and incumbent Theresa Miller were elected to the Havre school board on Tuesday, The second incumbent, Norman Proctor finished third with 699 votes. Voters overwhelmingly approved a mill levy hike that will cost the average $100,000 home about $10,000....
A one-year labor relations contract between the city of Havre and its police and dispatchers’ unions was approved by City Council Monday night. The deal calls for a 1.5 percent pay raise. There are other relatively minor changes in the contract, Mayor Tim Solomon said. For instance, four city-owned cell phones will be issued at the start of each shift. This will enable officers to communicate more privately with dispatch and others, he said. Police Chief Gabe Matosich said there are usually four officers per shift, so each o...
Voters will have until 8 p.m today to cast ballots in school elections throughout the state. Locally, there are contests in all school districts except Big Sandy and Box Elder. In Havre, voting will take place at Sunnyside Intermediate School. The Havre Daily News incorrectly reported on Monday that voting was at the high school. Havre residents will be asked to approve a mill levy that would raise taxes about $10 on a $100,000 home. Results of the mill levy and school board elections will be in Wednesday’s Havre Daily N...
Residents in school districts throughout the Hi-Line will be voting for new school trustees Tuesday. Some will also be voting on whether to raise taxes to pay for school programs. The biggest race is in Havre where five people are seeking two seats on the board. The candidates are incumbents Theresa Miller and Norman Proctor as well as Wayne Bolken, Keisha Fegan and Shaylee Lewis. There will be a vote on a mill levy increase for the elementary school district that would amount to a tax hike of about $10 per year on a house...
Special Olympics athletes, their friends and supporters and local law enforcement will gather at 1st Street and 5th Avenue in downtown Havre at 8 a.m. Monday to kick off the annual torch run. At 8:30 a.m., the torch will be lit and U.S. Border Patrol agents will join Havre police officers in carrying the torch to Fort Benton. Eventually, the torch will be in Missoula, where the Montana Special Olympics will be held May 17 to 20. "We are hoping that people will stand along the...
Contractors in Havre have been installing new roofs on homes damaged by last summer’s hailstorm Mayor Tim Solomon wants to remind them that when they haul the old shingles to the landfill, they have to have covers over the back of their trucks. The discussion started when City Councilwoman Terry Lilletvedt said at the last City Council meeting that Terry Turner, executive director of the Hill County Mosquito District, wanted to praise city workers and volunteers who on Havre Pride clean-up day had done such a good job picking...
Federal officials last week announced a $625,136 grant for major runway improvements at the Edgar Obie Airport at Chinook, but Blaine County officials aren’t celebrating yet. William Solem, secretary of the Blaine County Airport Commission, said there is no certainty the commission can raise the 10 percent match that is required for the grant. “We're trying to come up with the money,” he said. The commission oversees airports in Turner. Hogeland and Harlem, as well as Chinook. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Sen. Steve Daine...
Women attired in 1910 dresses with wide-brimmed, beautifully decorated hats walked in the door of the ballroom at Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites Saturday afternoon. They were escorted to their seats at the tables by men in suits. There the women saw finely decorated tables with place settings that included 1910-era china. They were served tea and finger food by elegantly dressed women who had prepared the tables. It was almost like a scene from the PBS hit series "Down...
About 250 second-graders from area schools missed out early this week on an opportunity to get small trees they can take home with them to plant. Snow forced the cancellation of the annual Arbor Day festivities in Pepin Park. But weather willing, the kids will get a chance again Monday when the TURF — Task Force for Urban Reforestation — Committee will pass out the small trees in jugs. The kids can plant the trees and watch them as they grow. Sara Sedlock, longtime TURF volunteer, said she sees trees around the city all the...
Havre Special Olympics, scheduled for Wednesday at Havre Middle School, has been postponed until Monday. Special Olympics spokeswoman Mandy Hanson said the event was called off because of snow. The program will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, with the traditional parade around the middle school track. Track events will take place in the morning followed by lunch and bowling, After that, awards will be presented. The public is invited to watch....
For Jeff Carlson and Justin Konesky Wednesday is one of the high points of their year. They are two of more than 20 Special Olympians who will take part in activities Wednesday at Havre Middle School. They both will compete in a variety of events, including running and throwing events as well as bowling. Both are proud of their athletic prowess and look forward to success Wednesday. If they do well, it will be off to Missoula for the state championship games at the University of Missoula. That pleases Jeff, a fan of the UM Gr...
The city of Havre may consider legislation that would put restrictions on “railroad freight cars, box cars, cargo containers and other large transportable metal containers” for use as storage or other purposes in the city. The City Council’s Ordinance Committee looked at the proposal at its meeting Wednesday. Further, the city may place a moratorium on new containers while it considers its options. City officials said several such containers have been placed on properties in Havre recently, and they fear more will be forthcom...
