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St. Jude Thaddeus School honored two of their students Thursday morning for winning divisional and national awards through the American Legion Auxiliary. The ceremony was held in the gym on St. Jude's campus and awards were presented to Trayden Riley and Wyatt Antonich for their essays on how they can promote Americanism. Riley wrote his essay in April 2018 when he was in sixth-grade, and the essay was entered at the Class Two level, which required essays to be between 350...
During an area report presented at Tuesday’s Havre Public School Board of Trustees’ meeting, Havre High School Activities Director Dennis Murphy told the board that, with Belgrade moving out of the Central A conference to become Class AA next year, the “Central A will no longer exist.” Murphy added that a new alignment would take place. This new alignment would allow for Havre High to play more class A teams, Murphy said. The new alignment would also require more driving, he said, adding 200 miles more travel for volleyb...
Editor's note: This corrects the spelling of the name of Denae Ellis and states that she is assistant director of “Death of a Salesman.” Montana Actors' Theatre is kicking off the new year producing a pair of classic American dramas with "The Glass Menagerie" and "Death of a Salesman." The plays will be in production, in alternating weeks, starting with "The Glass Menagerie," directed by MAT and Fort Peck Summer Theatre veteran Pam Veis, the following week "Salesman," dir...
During the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday night at Havre Middle School, Superintendent Andy Carlson unveiled a new security measure that will be implemented in all five schools. The program is called the Raptor program and Carlson said it is something he and his staff have been observing for some time and after seeing how many other schools have this security measure, they decided to add it. “The other piece is that it’s just another layer of safety for us,” he added. “You go back to, it’s not to ke...
Many senior citzens attended a technology workshop sponsored by the Montana Association for the Blind Monday afternoon with questions regarding their smartphones or regular cellphones and many left saying they felt more comfortable than when they came in. The workshop, held inside the North Central Senior Center, was led by Jerry West. West teaches a technology class in the summers for the Montana Association for the Blind that focuses on helping those visually impaired with...
Hill County Park Board was asked by its Haying and Grazing Committee to review an item in the Haying Policy at the board’s meeting Monday night in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse. Aubrey Williams, assistant to Beaver Creek Park superintendent, said that the issue that was being presented to the park board was people who have paid to harvest hay being able to resell whatever was not used. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the policy was initially written that hayers could not resell the hay and i...
As cellphones, tablets and computers become more elaborate, some senior citizens and people with visual impairments struggle to keep up with the latest technology, but the Montana Association for the Blind is sponsoring a workshop Monday at 12:30 p.m. at North Central Senior Center to help people learn the operating tricks. Judy Neely, member of the Hi-Line chapter of the association, said technology Jerry West will be coming to the senior center to help people learn how to use their technology. She added that this is the...
The third government shutdown of 2018 has completed its first week and many agencies statewide are feeling the effects, including in north-central Montana. Fort Belknap Indian Reservation said that, without new federal funding, it will have to put a contingency plan into effect next week that will include cutting services. “We have essential government services that we need to provide,” Community Council President Andrew Werk Jr. said in a press release. “The government needs...
Last week, the Salvation Army Havre Service Center was $10,000 short of its goal of $28,000 for its Red Kettle Campaign. In the end, the Havre community came through and helped the Salvation Army exceed its goal. Havre Salvation Army Social Services Director Trina Crawford said they raised $31,185.07 and, she added the total did not include any amount donated through the online Red Kettle Campaign. “I’m not sure how long it takes them to compile those,” she said. Crawford said the Red Kettle Campaign funds are part of their b...
A former Havre High School student and current Havre High student have had their films selected for entry in the Flathead Lake International Cinemafest - known as FLIC - which is set for Jan. 25-27. Christian Sorensen and Natalie Verploegen's films made it past a four-panel jury to be selected for showing at FLIC. Both Sorensen and Verploegen have been a part of Vicki Proctor's media productions class. "I get so proud of them," Proctor said. "Because they do it. I just open th...
Sunnyside Intermediate School held its annual Trade Fair Dec. 13 and St. Jude Thaddeus School wrapped up its food drive last week, with both schools feeling more than satisfied with the results. The Sunnyside Trade Fair was put on by the fifth-grade class and featured a variety of crafts that were all made by fifth-graders who used household items for their work. In the evening, the public was invited to the gym to see what the fifth-graders created and they could even purchase the creations. This year, the Trade Fair raised...
Debbie McCormick runs Debbie's Daycare and recently applied for and received a STAR 3 rating as part of Best Beginnings STARS to Quality Program. McCormick received the STAR 3 rating which, STARS Consultant Tammy Phelps said, is the highest rating in the program's region six area. Region six covers 13 counties in north-central and northeastern Montana, Phelps added in an email to the Havre Daily News. Phelps said there are 233 STARS to Quality day care programs in Montana...
Last night about 9 p.m., the Rocky Boy Fire Department received a call that a wild-land fire had started just outside of Box Elder on Lower Box Elder Road. Fire Management Officer Theron Oats said the department initially responded to the fire and then called in assistance from Box Elder and Bear Paw Volunteer Fire departments. “When we got there, the fire was driven by wind, so we needed a little extra help,” Oats said. It took about five hours to bring the fire under control. Oats added that they think the fire burned a l...
Families come from all around the Hi-Line to participate in the many Christmas themed events here in Havre. Many of the events started Thanksgiving weekend and will continue through this weekend. Greg Stoner, who was shopping at the Atrium Mall's vendor show, said he just moved back to Havre a couple of years ago from Minneapolis. He added that he wasn't born here, but he grew up in the area. Stoner said he goes to Beaver Creek to camp and to Fresno Reservoir to fish around...
Montana Actors' Theater is inviting the public to take a short survey about how to improve the troupe and the way it serves the community. Artistic Director Jay Pyette said the public can go to the MAT website and a prompt will ask people if they would like to take the survey. People can also reach the website from the MAT Facebook page. Pyette said the survey is open until the end of this month, when the troupe will review the results. The survey is open to everyone and,...
Editor’s note: This version corrects comments on the reflectors Montana Department of Transportation installed on the edges of parts of Montana Secondary Highway 234 in Beaver Creek Park and about the availability of scales for weighing hay. The Hill County Park Board Grazing and Haying Committee Monday went over a first draft of next season's policies and procedures for haying and grazing on Beaver Creek Park. Committee Chair Chad Edgar, the superintendent of Beaver Creek P...
Sunnyside Intermediate School’s annual Trade Fair is not just a lesson in economics for the fifth-grade students, but also a way for them to learn to give back to the community. The Trade Fair is set for tonight from 6 to 7 in the Sunnyside gym. The event is open to the public, and Sunnyside fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Carrie Gillen said the event is very popular. Gillen said she isn’t sure how the fair got its start, but that it has been around for about 15 years. She added that this was her sixth year coordinating the eve...
St. Jude Thaddeus School is tracking the work its students are doing to help others this Christmas season, both locally and overseas. In the foyer of the school, a paper thermometer is taped up to the wall, flanked by a mountain of non-perishable food and the red tracker shows 528 pounds. Just up the stairs in Carly Brunk's eighth-grade class, students began stuffing stockings with candy canes and games for troops in Afghanistan. Brunk said the stockings are a sort of...
BilliJo Doll said that in her newest book, "My eMpTy Life," she hopes to show people that just because Montana is a big state with a small population doesn't mean it's lacking in character. The book is historical fiction, Doll said, and takes place in eastern Montana. She added that it opens with a certified nurse's assistant talking to an elderly lady in a nursing home around 2016 and asking if her life was empty or if she was satisfied with being a farmer's wife and living...
Two high school students were presented with an award at the beginning of the Havre Public School Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday night in Havre Middle School’s Assembly Room. The board presented Havre High School football player Kasee Henderson and volleyball player Cassidy Acor with awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Havre School Superintendent Andy Carlson said the board hasn’t presented these awards for a while despite having plans in place for them. The two athletes then took a photo with the board mem...
Dinosaur Christmas was a success, members of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board said during their meeting Monday night at Havre Inn and Suites. Museum Director Emily Mayer said about 255 people visited the museum that day. “It certainly boosted our visitation numbers, which was wonderful, because they spent a lot of time in the museum. It wasn’t just kids running in and out all the time,” Mayer said. “They came through and they looked at the dinosaurs and they went back and rang the bell and came over and looked at the w...
Christmas is just 14 jolly days away. I’m sure some of you have or are still gathering presents for family and friends. Others are probably planning and preparing for family and friends to visit. For me, it reminds me of traditions my family had. This time of year always conjures the wonderful smell of tamales. Along with Christmas ham, both my mother and father’s sides of the family would make tamales. Conveniently for us, both my parents’ families live in the same city: Santa Maria. This city name should ring a bell for t...
Montana Actors’ Theatre is ready to perform its latest holiday pantomime production with “Peter Pan” opening this weekend at the Little Theater in Cowan Hall on Montana State University-Northern’s campus. The play is directed by Valerie Guyant, Ph.D., and is the third play to be performed as a pantomime, or panto, by MAT. The first panto that MAT did, two years ago, was “Hansel and Gretel,” and it was a big success, Guyant said. The following year MAT produced “Robin Hood” as...
Stone Child College at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation is working to keep teachers not just in Montana, but on reservations like Rocky Boy with the addition of their newly accredited four-year teaching degree. Teacher Education Instructor Kadene Drummer, Ph.D., said the accreditation process took about six years, but she's excited for the future of Rocky Boy Reservation schools with the new program. Drummer said she and her staff asked for input from students, faculty and the...
At the Hill County Park Board meeting Monday night in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse, the board addressed a proposal regarding the possible folf course in Beaver Creek Park. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent’s Assistant Aubrey Williams said a group of Montana State University-Northern graduates were willing to come up with a design for the folf course. She added they are avid folfers and designed the frisbee golf course at Northern. The board is still trying to find an appropriate location to put the course w...
