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A local foundation is meeting this week to try to revitalize efforts to support the Great Northern Fairgrounds. The Great Northern Fair board and foundation board have been the focus of community attention since the fiscal situation of the fairgrounds was brought to light. Last month, the Great Northern Fair board held two meetings; their monthly meeting as well as an emergency meeting and this Thursday the foundation board will hold a meeting open to the public. Great Northern Fair Board Chair Tyler Smith said he feels that...
A Havre High School senior received a check for himself and a technology grant for the school after winning a Montana-wide video contest. Christian Sorensen, 18, was awarded a $500 prize after his short film, "Virtually Home," won the Best in the West video contest. The contest, run by Triangle Communications, asked students to submit a film on the topic, How do you use technology every day? The entries were then posted on the website to be voted on by the public. The video...
High School students statewide will have the opportunity to experience first-hand what life is like in the police academy this summer in Helena. The Montana Association of Chiefs of Police will be sponsoring the Montana Junior Police Academy on the campus of the Montana Law Enforcement Academy in Helena. The academy will last for one week, July 8-14. Havre Police Department Chief Gabe Matosich said that the academy “gives students a good chance to learn about public service and about being in law enforcement.” According to...
If you have been out to Havre Animal Shelter, called about a stray animal or seen the man in the blue "Havre Animal Control" shirt, you have probably met Pete Federspiel; the man with the big smile and a passion for helping the Havre community animals. Federspiel took over the shelter in May of 2016 and since then has been a sort of one-man show when it comes to taking care of the Animal Shelter. Federspiel is not only the Animal Control Officer but during the weekdays is the...
This Sunday, the halls of Havre Middle School will be filled with community members of all ages as Havre Public Schools thanks the senior citizens of the community for all they have done for the schools. The Salute to Seniors starts with doors opening at noon and brunch starting at 12:30 p.m in the Havre Middle School cafeteria. This event is held to honor the senior citizens in the community who volunteer and contribute to the schools. Some of these volunteers, like community member and former substitute teacher Priscilla...
For one Saturday this month, the building that housed the former music store Creative Leisure will once again be filled with music lovers buying and selling their favorite tunes, as well as having the chance to buy a Montana band’s album that is being released 50 years after it was recorded. Radio station KNMC will host a Record Swap celebrating National Record Day April 21. According to the Record Store Day official website, this day “is a party all over the world, because the fun of hanging out and buying records in a rec...
At its monthly meeting Monday, Havre Public Schools District Board of Trustees approved a request by Cottonwood School District, heard about what Havre High School's implementation of the Montana Behavioral Initiative has done for the school and discussed the district mobility/transiency report. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson presented the request from Cottonwood School District 57 to cross boundaries into the Havre School District. Carlson said that the...
Local rancher have three opportunities in June to attend clinics to learn about low-stress livestock handling and about grass growth response to grazing, while also being able to view live on-foot and horseback cattle-handling demonstrations. The Stockmanship Clinic, sponsored by the Toole, Pondera, Glacier, Liberty and Hill County Conservation Districts, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Conservation District Bureau will be held in Shelby, Che...
April 28, community members will not only have the opportunity to attend a High Tea to support the H. Earl & Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation, but will also have a chance to win a quilt, showcasing the heritage of Havre. The quilt, which will be raffled off at the tea was made by Karen Vosen. Vosen, who has been quilting for over 20 years and currently has a quilt in the International Quilt Festival, grew up in Minnesota but said she has been living in Havre...
The board of the H. Earl Clack Museum welcomed a new museum manager, discussed the snow impact at the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump, finalized plans for its tea fundraiser and shared ideas about future activities during their April meeting Monday. Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas said the board was very happy to welcome Emily Mayer back as the manager of the museum. Mayer said she was glad to be involved with the museum and she was very excited about recent donations that the museum had received, including a scrapbook made b...
Clinic volunteers aimed to warn and educate about the large number of feral cats in the area during a special clinic. Last Friday and Saturday, the Hi-Line Spay/Neuter Clinic was held for feral and barn cats in the area. The clinic was held at Kitty Keepers Sanctuary and Cat Rescue and was staffed completely by volunteers, many of them from Eastside Animal Hospital, which closed its doors for the two days of the clinic so they could help spay and neuter all the cats that were...
Montana State University-Northern will be presenting “Voices of the Hi-Line at the university’s Little Theatre Wednesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and is being hosted by the Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs and English departments. It is being presented in conjunction with National Poetry Month. According to a promotional poster, Voices of the Hi-Line “celebrate the beauty of poetry and languages in the form of poems, chants, and songs in the other languages our c...
While many high school classrooms may be empty during lunchtime, Chris Comp's classroom seems to be the complete opposite. Lunches and snacks are spread over the tables but are greatly ignored as the students in the room gather around computers, 3D printers, gadgets of all shapes and sizes and, of course, robots. This year marks two milestones for the club with a freshman driving a team all the way to state. The driving force behind the autonomous robot the Havre High School T...
Four Hill County rural fire districts received recognition - and cash grants - for all their hard work during the Montana wildfires of 2017 Wednesday morning. BNSF Railway Foundation awarded the Kremlin, Gildford, Hingham and Inverness rural fire districts $2,500 each, Ross Lane, the regional director of public affairs for BNSF, presented representatives of the districts with the checks during a meeting in the Hill County Commission office in the Hill County Courthouse. Lane...
