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New Years is always a time to look back at the year that was and what it means for us all going forward. Many other columnists will be counting down their best/worst lists of events over the year. But since this columnist loves writing about all the wonderful things the Internet can do for you, I'm just going to use Google. As in the past several years, this year Google has launched a website, http://www.google.com/zeitgeist, to tally the sum of people's curiosity and endeavours around the entire globe through 2012. A video...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Police Chief Kirk Fitch poses for a portrait Thursday afternoon in his office. One year ago, Kirk Fitch was moving from Maricopa, Ariz., where he was the assistant police chief, to Havre to be sworn in Jan. 3 as the Havre Police Department's new police chief. After one year under his watch, the department has added a few new programs and reworked some existing policies. "We've spent this year really doing a total review of our operational policies and plans, " Fitch said. "I'd say it's about 90...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown State Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, speaks Tuesday during lunch at the North Central Senior Center. One week before election, Havre senior citizens got to hear from most of the local candidates on their values and goals in next January's legislative session. North Central Senior Center Director Evelyn Havskjold invited all of the candidates seeking local offices to come to a spaghetti dinner Tuesday and address issues, particularly over the volatility of funding for senior programs. House District...
The beginning of school year always brings a lot of changes — new classes and classrooms, school supplies and routines — but this year changes are also coming to school lunches. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 starts taking effect this year, raising the standards of school food quality for lunches, with school breakfast standards increasing down the line. "Improving the nutrition of school meals is an important investment in the future of America's children, " Kevin Concannon, United States Department of Agriculture...
A week into Bonnie Williamson's last summer as the director of the Havre-Hill County Library, the library has announced her replacement, Betty Thompson. Thompson, who lives in Colfax, Wash., is moving to Havre and starting her job next week. Williamson will stick around to show Thompson the ropes until she officially retires on Aug. 9. Thompson was born in Idaho, but said "I consider myself a Montanan. " She graduated high school in Troy, and several years ago worked in the Blaine County Extension Office in Chinook. Her...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Colin Mazzola, 21, right, of Huntington Beach, Calif., talks about his experiences as a traveler while his 18-year-old girlfriend, Taylor "River" Woodward of Thousand Oaks, Calif., listens in Pepin Park June 13. The duo hopped on a train to Havre from Chicago. Started by Civil War veterans in the late 1800s who built and rode the expanding American rail network, it was during the Great Depression that the American legend of the train-hopping hobo solidified as thousands of people, unable to...
It's always great to be an Internet user, but after the Federal Communications Commission released a report called Measuring Broadband America at this month's meeting, it's looking even better. The annual report, published first in August 2011, said in its second edition that broadband speeds for several companies has risen in the past year, in some cases quite dramatically. Zach White A USA Today analysis found that the average speed increased from 87 percent of the advertised speeds to 96 percent since last year. The...
Havre Daily News/Zach White As the Hi-Line Pickers play in the background, Kolin Nystrom feeds Lil' Man, his family's steer brought to the Great Northern Fairgrounds Saturday for a cow pie bingo fundraiser held for the Magical Memories Relay for Life team. It is rare that many people would ever be excited about where a cow plops its latest pie, but that's just what a few dozen people in the Great Northern Fairgrounds' Bigger Better Barn were doing Saturday evening. As a fundraiser for this year's Relay For Life, the Magical...
The four-day school week that has been popping up in small districts across the state will be moving to the Hi-Line this fall, in North Star Public Schools in Rudyard and Gildford. The North Star Public School Board of Trustees approved the calendar change at its meeting last month, on a three-year trial basis. "We see a lot of what I would call 'non-productive days, ' when a large percentage of our schools are gone for an away ball game, " North Star Superintendent Ken Halverson said. "We're making a real concerted effort...
After weeks of misinformation and rumors circulating Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, the tribal Business Committee offered an explanation at a Thursday morning meeting of the use of funds from a recent court settlement. A lawsuit filed by the Chippewa Cree Tribe in 2002 against the Department of Interior over the mismanagement of tribal resources was lumped into a $1 billion settlement with 40 other tribal lawsuits, approved by Congress and President Barack Obama this spring. While some more lucrative, resource-heavy...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Katie Brurud, 18, was crowned as the 2012 Miss Great Northern Rodeo queen Thursday. While the rodeo has been a major part of the Great Northern Fair for decades, this year there's a change in leadership. As of Thursday at noon, Katie Brurud was named the first annual Miss Great Northern Rodeo Queen. "It's pretty awesome, " Brurud said. "It was really a lot of work, but it's been a lot of fun so far. " For a shot at the title, Brurud had to pass three tests: an interview, a speech and a...
The freshmen council members on Havre City Council continued their streak as some of the most inquisitive members in years, prodding and questioning contracts and relationships, in some cases decades-long, that were up for annual renewal. The first vote was whether Havre should continue its ties with Bear Paw Development Corp., which includes the city paying the economic development organization $20,000 per year. First-year council member and former Sunnyside Intermediate School Principal Brian Barrows asked where the money...
After taking a few weeks to think about whether to join the Vibrant Futures Consortium, no one changed their minds and a party-line 4-4 vote forced Mayor Tim Solomon to decide, choosing to join. Havre now joins other city, county and tribal governments in the consortium to think together about regional issues and how to reach common goals. The debate began with council member Allen "Woody" Woodwick explaining why he thought the city should join. "I think it would be a good idea, especially if it doesn't cost any money, "...
Not paying a Havre water bill just got a little more expensive. Havre City Council approved a resolution at Monday night's meeting adding a $5 late fee to water bills that are more than a month late. Finance Director Doug Kaercher said that a pink slip will be mailed out 40 days after a bill is sent out, notifying the customer of their delinquent payment. This is a new intermediate step before, according to city statute, the city begins the process of shutting off water after 60 days. Kaercher said that the city already...
Havre Daily News/Mary White Leslie Hanson, a math teacher at Havre Middle School, demonstrates some of her favorite educational apps for her fellow teachers. A new school year begins every August, and it always brings new challenges and experiences to the students, but this new year brings some particularly significant changes to teachers and administrators as well. Several substantial changes in the way certain classes are taught are, after months of discussion by the Board of Trustees, headed for the classroom. iPads One of...
Sick of the "urban tumbleweed, " as Hill County Sanitarian Clay Vincent referred to plastic shopping bags blowing around town, local leaders met Tuesday afternoon to stop it. Hill County Commissioners Kathy Bessette and Jeff LaVoi, Havre Mayor Tim Solomon, Recycle Hi-Line Chair Candi Zion, Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Debbie Vandeberg and Walmart Assistant Manager Christine Muller met with Vincent in the basement of the Hill County Courthouse to talk about the problem and what can be done. "We've all...
Havre's Board of Trustees took the advice of Apple Inc.'s late-1990's slogan, Think Different, while purchasing 500 of the company's iPad computers for next school year. The final 4-2 vote came at the end of a long and thorough discussion at Tuesday night's meeting that itself followed a months-long debate about how to keep Havre Public Schools from falling behind the state and nation. The discussion was preceded by a presentation from Jackie Rygg, the district's tech specialist, and Rebecca Reno, Havre High School biology...
The road to a cure for cancer is long, difficult and expensive, but many members of the community, including many with very personal struggles with cancer, are joining allies across the nation for Relay For Life. The Relay begins officially at 6 p.m. at the Havre High School track, though a $5 charity barbecue will prepare people for the event at 5 p.m. At 6 p.m. the opening ceremony will begin with the survivor lap, where people who have actually fought cancer and survived make the first round. The parade of teams next next...
Now about halfway through the summer, the Hill County Superintendent's office hopes the Havre Public Schools District will make some busing changes before school starts up next month. Hill County Superintendent Diane McLean came to Tuesday's Board of Trustees meeting, disappointed after expecting to be on the agenda, and said during the public comment portion of the meeting that she and local parents would like the board to approve the Cottonwood School District's request to pick up students in the Havre district. Among the...
?Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown The old MRI machine is lifted out of the Northern Montana Hospital by crane Friday morning. A new MRI machine will be lowered by crane into the room in a few weeks. It's faster. It's quieter. And once it's totally installed, Northern Montana Hospital's new magnetic resonance imaging machine will help Havre doctors provide cutting edge treatment for years to come. A month after the hospital brought in a new computed tomography scanner, another massive piece of imaging technology is being...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson An unattached garage catches fire Wednesday evening on 2nd Street on the east side of Havre. Judging from the noise Wednesday, most people spent the Fourth of July lighting fires and explosives, but only seven had to get firefighters called. The Havre Fire Department got their first call around 3:56 p.m. from Pacific Steel & Recycling, where a few employees were cutting the bed off of a pickup truck. According to Fire Chief Dave Sheppard, the removed bed was placed next to and ignited a pile of...
After the ball drops this New Year's Eve, Havre will become a bigger city. The Havre City Council gave the final go-ahead in the annexation of 26 properties, a process that started a few months ago that will take effect on Jan. 1. The council voted unanimously to annex the properties, which surround the city and include the Havre Ice Dome, Havre High School's Blue Pony Stadium and Boothill Plaza. Annexing some of the properties on the southwest edge of town led to another portion of the council's agenda last night, an...
Havre Daily News/Zach White Chippewa Cree Business Committee Vice Chair John Houle, Jason Harvison from Think Finance, Chair Bruce Sunchild Sr. and Chair Ernest Stevens of the National Indian Gaming Association kick off the Rocky Boy Annual Sobriety Walk, from the Old Stone Child College to the Rocky Boy Powwow grounds, despite the chilly rain. A crowd gathered in the rain this morning in the former Stone Child College parking lot, trying to stay dry under tents while advocating a different kind of dry living. More than 120...
Havre Daily News/Zach White KHEW Program Manager Wade Colliflower, left, and Pete Sutherland, also known by his DJ name Retro Native, set up the equipment Wednesday afternoon to remotely broadcast the Rocky Boy Powwow. During the Rocky Boy Pow-wow this week, native voices will be heard loudly on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, from the announcer's box, in the bands performing and the crowds cheering for dancers. But one native voice will sound above the rest, the voice of KHEW 88.5 FM, Rocky Boy radio. KHEW is celebrating its...
Wine and art usually only meet at gallery show openings, but this summer they've come together in Sunnyside Intermediate School. The artists of Sunnyside's classrooms have inspired some admirers from the Montvale, N.J. -based wine company KRIS Wine to join with Americans for the Arts to offer the school a $1,000 grant "in support of quality arts education programs. " "Funds from the third annual 'Art of Education' grant program come at a crucial time as budget cuts threaten arts education programs across the country, " a...
