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Lawrence VanDyke has never run for office or been involved in partisan politics except for a contribution to his friend Tim Fox’ campaign for Montana attorney general. Now he finds himself in a statewide race for a seat on the Montana Supreme Court. On Nov.4, he will face Justice Mike Wheat in a nonpartisan race for an eight-year term on the state’s highest court. As VanDyke sees it, Montana’s highest court, in general, and his opponent, in particular, is interested in what he calls “results-oriented decisions.” The court...
Wyatt Lindbloom and Shania Carlson were named 2014 Homecoming King and Queen this morning at the coronation in the Havre High School auditorium. The class representatives were introduced first, before the candidates for king and queen. The Hi-Liters, the choir ensemble at the school, entertained the full house of students and parents before Lindbloom and Carlson were elected. They will be taking part in the homecoming parade at 4 p.m. Friday down 5th Avenue from the high...
Some of the boarded-up windows in the St. Jude Thaddeus School's historical building are being replaced. The BNSF Railway Foundation awarded a grant of $10,000 to the school in the summer of 2013, with which the project is being completed. The windows that remain after the seven that the grant will help replace will be gradually replaced with the funding from an ongoing capital campaign, a press release from the school says. Dolls Glass of Havre was hired for the...
The headcount and full-time equivalent ratios are a little down this year at Montana State University-Northern as compared to last year's numbers. One FTE unit would be one student going to Northern full-time. "We were anticipating a decline in in enrollment based on the decision we made to reduce the number of students in our pre-nursing and nursing programs," said Jim Potter, director of university relations at Northern in a press release. He added that there are 57 fewer...
The 10th Annual Chinook Sugarbeet Festival saw a little bit of rain over the weekend, but people still lined the streets to watch the parade Saturday. Montana Actors' Theatre, FFA and political campaigners were a few of the floats that took part in the parade, passing out candy and entertaining the people. The parade was honey bee themed, in honor of Blaine County's bee industry, and contestants of the lookalike contest, where the best-dressed bee, bee box or beekeeper were...
Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and Montana State University-Northern have been celebrating Native American culture with various events as part of Native American week. In Rocky Boy, the community was invited to attend a series of lectures on topics that included intergenerational trauma, the Cree language, suicide prevention, elder and child abuse, anti-bullying and grandparents raising grandchildren. At the reservation, the events were kicked off with the annual diabetes...
The Havre Police Department has been awarded $125,000 to hire or retain police personnel through a grant also given to three other communities. Sens. Jon Tester and John Walsh announced Thursday that the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office, the Butte Silver Boy Law Enforcement Agency, the Havre Police Department and the City of Missoula were to be given grant money through the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program. Each agency was given $125,000, except for Butte’s, which received $250,000. “Building trust betwe...
The Hill County Community Foundation met with its umbrella organization, the Montana Community Foundation, Wednesday to talk about methods for raising funds for the community. Chair of the HCCF Pam Veis was newly appointed to the position of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to provide organized philanthropy to the county by providing investment funds to the people who reside within its boundaries. “I’m really proud to be a part of it,” Veis said at the meeting in Wolfer’s Diner Wednesday. “(Montana Community Foundatio...
At a special Havre District School Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday afternoon, the trustees discussed the choices they will have to make regarding the Mat Corner and whether or not to charge a penalty to the contractors in charge of the renovations at Havre High School and Sunnyside Intermediate. Superintendent of Havre Public Schools Andy Carlson said it was his suggestion that the board sell the Mat Corner. Once the addition to the areas used by the wrestling team at Havre High School is completed, the team will be...
To kick off homecoming week at Montana State University-Northern, many organizations and clubs painted a step on the "Hello Walk" Tuesday. The repainting of the Hello Walk is a tradition at the university in which, every year during homecoming, the steps outside of the Student Union Building get a facelift from the wear and tear it experienced during the year before. The steps are named the Hello Walk because it more or less connects the colleges at the university that do not...
Native American Week festivities began Monday with the raising of a teepee at Montana State University-Northern and the diabetes walk at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Joseph Cochran of the Blood Indian Reserve in Canada was present at the raising of the teepee to pray and smudge. "Smudging is just like a blessing - for the teepee or any kind of ceremony that's going on," Cochran said. " ... It's very important for the Native people." The smoke of the sweetgrass was used to b...
Haley Yost, the events manager at the Havre Historic Post Office, presented the new sign and name of the building for Festival Days Saturday. The new name of the old post office is Havre Historic Post Office, and it is Havre’s newest event venue. At noon, building manager David McGee pulled away the cover of the new sign to reveal the new name and symbol for the old post office. “Welcome to Havre Historic Post Office, a premier event space for one of Montana’s finest treasures,” Yost said to the crowd of spectators at noon...
The Havre Festival Days parade brought flocks of people to 5th Avenue Saturday. Many organizations, businesses and individuals took part in the parade. Bullhook Blossom Club, Northern Montana Hospital, North Star Dance had just a few of the the floats in the parade. "Festival Days was originally an event that showcased the bands from Montana," said David Johnke, the band director at Havre High School. "After the parade, all these bands would appear in different parts in the...
Havreites and Hi-Liners gathered to pick up garbage in the area to keep Havre and the area looking sharp. Havre Pride has been held for around 17 years, according to Kim Cripps, one of the main organizers of the event and a real estate agent with Hi-Line Realty. She said the initiative was begun by local business people, who wanted to improve the cleanliness of the streets of Havre. They go out twice a year: at the end of April before college graduation and the end of summer...
The Havre Police Department employs the men and women who keep the city safe at night. Officer Brian Cassidy began his shift Saturday with standard preparative procedures. "At the beginning of the shift, we go through the same sort of starter procedures," Cassidy said. The officers check their radars, cameras, car lights, siren and duty weapons as part of preparing for their shifts. The patrol cars are equipped with a 12-gauge shotgun and an AR-15 platform. "We make sure...
At Montana State University-Northern, St. Jude Thaddeus School children were shown how to make traditional tortillas in honor of Mexican Heritage Month. Cristina Estrada-Underwood, director of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs, led the demonstration with the help of members of Havre's Hispanic community. "The tortilla is the basic Mexican food," Estrada-Underwood said. " ... We thought it would be something fun." The students were shown how to properly prepare...
A Lincoln-McKinley Primary School student and his family on Wednesday were given an all-expenses paid week-long trip to Walt Disney World. Easton Davison has a rare chromosomal disorder and was chosen by Montana Hope Project to be given their charity. He is one of five documented people in the world who has the disorder. Richard Hader, president of Montana Hope Project and a retired Montana State Highway Patrol officer, travels around Montana to grant the wishes of children...
The Friends of the Library Book Sale began at 8 a.m. today, but the library staff and volunteers were preparing for the event more than a day in advance. Bonnie Williamson, the treasurer for the Friends of the Library, said yesterday the preparations were going well with the help they received setting up for the event. She said the Friends of the Library has been holding the book sale for around 30 years. The group and library accepted donations all year-round and, before they began to bring the books out for the sale, the...
Artitudes Gallery celebrated its 10-year anniversary Friday by inviting the community for a party. Kris Shaw, one of the co-founders of the cooperative artist gallery, said she and Mary Nault got together more than 10 years ago to make plans to open the gallery. She said they got the idea from a trip to Lewistown, when she asked herself why Havre did not have a co-op gallery. “We decided we could do it and we got together with some help from Bear Paw Development 'cause we h...
Montana State University-Northern Interim Chancellor Greg Kegel has amassed more than 40 years at the institution. Kegel said what he wants for Northern's future is for the university's faculty, staff and students to define who they are. He said he wants to make sure everyone understands what the university's niches are. "That's always the worry of any chancellor, is do we have a working infrastructure?" Kegel said. "I think that Northern will be healthy. We have to figure...
A Fish, Wildlife and Parks game warden was detained by Fort Belknap Indian Reservation law enforcement for five-and-a-half hours Saturday, 12 miles west of Hays. The incident did not occur on tribal lands, but tribal officers maintained that the game warden, Dirk Paulsen, was trespassing. He was threatened to be cited for criminal trespassing and the impounding of his state vehicle. Mike Volesky, the deputy director of FWP, told the Billings Gazette that tribal officers blocked the warden’s truck from moving while they had a...
On the campus of Montana State University-Northern, people gathered in the courtyard to take a moment to remember the events that took thousands of lives one fateful day 13 years ago. Flags lined the campus walkways and attendees were asked to write their experiences of 9/11, the day the World Trade Center towers fell. Around 9:25 a.m. Thursday, seven Rocky Boy veterans raised their rifles to salute the fallen and those affected by the events and fired three times into the...
Actors from Montana Repertory Theatre visited Havre to work with St. Jude Thaddeus School students and perform at Montana State University-Northern Monday. Three actors from the group performed "Once Upon a Time in Ancient Greece: Stheno's Descent Into the Underworld" Monday night to a varied audience. The story follows one of Medusa's sisters, another Gorgon, as she travels to Hades to locate the slain snake-locked monster of Grecian lore. Paige O'Neill, Jamie Parnell and Hei...
An official from the Montana University System said former Montana State University-Northern chancellor James Limbaugh being paid until June of next year is part of a contractual obligation. “Essentially when we enter a contract with someone, we are obligated to them until the end of the contract,” said Kevin McRae, deputy commissioner for communications and human resources. McRae said that if someone resigns with the support of the the university system, they will be paid for the remainder of their contract and that in Lim...
Montana State University-Northern is paying former Chancellor James Limbaugh his normal salary until June. Limbaugh will continue to receive the rest of his $162,419 annual salary until his contract is up June 30, 2015. “It’s basically part of his severance package,” said Jim Potter, director of university relations. While paying the former chancellor for the rest of the year, the university will also pay Interim Chancellor Greg Kegel the same salary, $162,419. Limbaugh resigned unexpectedly two weeks ago, citing tensi...
