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For many, Labor Day weekend is a last hoorah before autumn routine takes back over on the road to winter. For the Havre Police Department this weekend is an opportunity to remind people to make sure that hoorah is a safe one. Havre Police are joining the nationwide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign to increase awareness of the consequences of drunken driving. "Every holiday that approaches, we try to get the word out about drinking and driving and finding alternative transportation, " Havre Police Chief Kirk Fitch...
The College Park Plaza has been many things over the years, from a hospital to office space to filled with mold beyond healthy use, but after a few years of revitalization the building is filled again with a new spirit that makes it one of Havre's most unique places. History Construction plans and incorporation began on Havre Deaconess Hospital in 1917 for $53,750. In 1921 the board changed the corporate name to Kennedy-Deaconess Hospital Association of the North Montana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Havre,...
President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned citizens about the growth of a military-industrial complex before he left office. Zach White More than 50 years later, with multiple trillions of dollars pumped unquestioningly into bloated war efforts over the past few years, much of it going to defense contractors, who "coincidentally" have contributed billions in lobbying funds in that same time frame, it's hard to imagine what that crazy old coot was talking about. It's not like anyone questions the patriotism of an individual...
During an election year, it's hard to find issues that politicians from different parties agree on. The latest in a series of bills raising concerns about online privacy, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, passed a House vote on Thursday, 248-168, though Montana's Washington representative did not support the bill. CISPA would open relationships between government intelligence agencies and private corporations in an attempt to fight "cyber threats. " Supporters say the new provisions are necessary to prevent...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Students United for New Success lead teacher Debbie Kirby teaches U.S. history to Havre High School junior students Wednesday afternoon. After 39 years teaching, Kirby is retiring at the end of this academic year. At the end of this school year, the eight longest serving educators in the Havre School District will retire with a cumulative 235 years experience. The Havre Daily News will be talking to the retiring educators in the coming weeks. Debbie Kirby, founder and teacher behind Havre's Stud...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Bear Paw Development Corp. Executive Director and Montana Board of Regents member Paul Tuss, left, asks a question to Montana State University-Northern English professor and faculty union President John Snider in the university's Student Union Building Thursday morning. Several Montana State University-Northern faculty got to take some of their concerns about pay straight to the top of the higher education system Thursday morning, during the Board of Regents meeting in Havre. The first...
The interest in community-based law enforcement that drew nearly 100 people to the Havre Middle School Auditorium on Wednesday night coincides well with a number of initiatives the Havre Police Department is undertaking this year. Following Police Chief Kirk Fitch, most of the speaking at the meeting was done by Detective Ryan Pearson. Pearson, who has been with the Havre police force since 2009, was recently appointed the community policing liaison, in addition to his other investigative duties, to handle just these sort of...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre Police Department Detective and Community Policing Liaison Ryan Pearson talks to Havre residents attending a Neighborhood Watch meeting Wednesday evening in the Havre Middle School Auditorium. After a recent spurt of theft and property damage, Highland Park residents met with Havre Police Department officials Wednesday night to learn about what they can do. Nearly 100 people managed to navigate through the new construction in the neighborhood to gather in the Havre Middle School...
Havre City Council member Rick Dow's trial date has been set for 9 a. m. Oct. 16. Dow, being represented by attorney Lindsay Lorang, had his omnibus hearing Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., where the date was set. The hearing was originally set for this Thursday, while the case was still being presided over by Havre City Judge Margaret Hencz, who stepped out to avoid the appearance of impropriety around judging a case involving a member of the council that decides the court's budget. Justice of the Peace Audrey Barger is now the...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre High School seniors Jaden Griggs, left, and Nate Welch hold their first-place trophy they earned at the Ford/AAA Students Auto Skills state competition at the beginning of this month. For the first time in the school's history, the duo earned first place at the state competition, and will be moving on to the 62nd Annual National Finals competition in Deerborn, Mich., in June. For most students, just not going to school is enough to make summer worth looking forward to. For Havre High...
Correction: Councilman Rick Dow said he had talked to Brian Lilletvedt about representing him, but instead has hired attorney Lindsay Lorang. After running for Havre City Council on his opposition to the new ordinance banning the use of handheld electronic devices while driving, council member Rick Dow appeared in City Court today to plead not guilty to breaking the same law. Havre Daily News/Zach White City Councilman Rick Dow stands before City Judge Margaret Hencz Thursday to plead not guilty to violating the city's...
Havre Daily News/Zach White The western end of Sunday's Aurora Borealis reaching out over the Hi-Line. This picture was taken just south of U.S. Highway 2 on Co. Rd. 335 S. between Kremlin and Fresno Reservoir around midnight. Aside from a brief break from temperatures in the 90s, nature gave the Hi-Line another rare summer treat this weekend, the Aurora Borealis. The solar flare that exploded out of the sunspot called AR1520 on Thursday afternoon made contact with Earth's atmosphere Saturday afternoon and caused the light...
Learning a new language can be useful for business, a foreign vacation or as a fun hobby, while learning about a different culture and our own language in the process. But if you're not an enrolled student, in high school or college, the best options you usually have are phrasebooks or Berlitz tapes. Zach White The computer program Rosetta Stone has dominated the independent language-learning world in recent years, but their software packages cost hundreds of dollars — cheaper than a college course or tutor but still a r...
When reviewing the Adequate Yearly Progress report that the Montana Office of Public Instruction put out this month, a troubling trend of consistent inadequate progress can be seen in or near the state's Indian reservations. The only school districts in Montana to be entering their 11th year of corrective action, meaning they have never met the state's standards, are in Poplar and Brockton on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Heart Butte and Browning on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Rocky Boy on Rocky Boy's Indian Reserva...
While students, teachers and other school staff have been preparing for the next school year, the Montana Office of Public Instruction has been looking at how last year went. Earlier this month, OPI released the Adequate Yearly Progress of Montana schools for the 2011-2012 school year. And while scores have continued to improve, they have failed to keep pace required by the No Child Left Behind Act a decade ago. Among the 820 schools tested — including half of Montana's nearly 140,000 students — 74 percent did well eno...
So the world's first privately funded rocket, the SpaceX Dragon, docked with the International Space Station and splashed down on June 1 without a hitch. While most people won't be taking futuristic transportation into orbit too soon, those in some parts of the country may soon get a taste of futuristic trips around town. Amid all that excitement last month, not too many people heard about the first license in the country being granted for a driverless car in Nevada. Zach White Ubiquitous tech giant Google got a license in...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Montana State University-Northern football players Brian Torgerson, left, and Leon Carroll building the frame for a wall in the Student Union Building cafeteria June 29 during the renovation of the whole building. As if a repaved 10th Street S-curve, campus-wide restoration and a new gymnasium weren't enough to change by the fall, Montana State University-Northern is also in the middle of a complete overhaul of their dining services. The project includes completely changing the decor and layout...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson A view this morning of a burned out and unoccupied home with graffiti at 1216 5th Street. After a few years of looking at the graffiti-covered burned out shell of house at 1216 5th St. and telling multiple city officials about the mess, Evelyn Krause came to Monday night's Havre City Council meeting to see what was happening. The house burned at least three years ago, Krause said, and has since merely gotten worse as the unoccupied building and its garage became a popular blank canvas for local...
Update: In an earlier edition of this story, Councilman Rick Dow, in his discussion with former Councilman Bob Kaul, was quoted as ask ""Why are you here?" An audio tape of the meeting showed that he said "while you are here ..." We regret the error. In the midst of a very active public comment section, during Monday night's Havre City Council meeting, Mayor Tim Solomon notified the rest of the council of an upcoming meeting on border issues in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in October. Ports-to-Plains Alliance, a non-profit from...
Following weeks of national controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A restaurants and its CEO's political views, city councilman Rick Dow and the rest of Havre City Council's Republicans offered their two cents at Monday night's meeting. Toward the end of the meeting's public comment section, Dow read out a letter addressed to the CEO, Dan Cathy, inviting the restaurant to Havre. "Greetings from the elected leaders of the City of Havre Montana. We would like to extend an invitation to you to explore the possibility of opening your...
Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton After getting the phone call that he had won, Don Richman hugs Dawn Colby. Julie Warburton and Ed Matter also wait to congradulate Don Richman. Tuesday night's primary election result counts were an excruciating process for everyone watching, but Hill County Republicans made the best of it at their 1st Street headquarters. From an hour before the polls closed at 8 p. m. until about 11 p. m., local GOP members got together to watch results trickle in on local party chair Andrew Brekke's iPad,...
In the past two years, the Finance Committee report at the end of each Havre City Council meeting has consisted of little more than committee Chair Allen "Woody" Woodwick saying something very similar to: "The finance committee met earlier today to review the manual claims and warrants. " But not at Monday's meeting. Not only did council president and committee member Andrew Brekke do the speaking, but he informed the council that the city's new Finance Director Doug Kaercher had provided some input, suggesting that the...
Havre City Council voted Monday night to save their decision on whether to join the Vibrant Futures Consortium for a future meeting. Eryn Nissen, information and outreach manager for Opportunity Link Inc. 's Sustainable Communities initiatives, and Deborah Kottel, Vibrant Futures coordinator and former Democratic state representative from Great Falls, spoke to council about the benefits of joining the consortium, set up this year to help communities coordinate their planning, "for thinking like a region, " as Kottel put it....
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A group of people watch Wednesday's presidential debate at the Havre Republican headquarters. Before the real excitement of the local candidate forum at 7 p. m. today at Havre High School, America got its debating toes wet with an opener Wednesday night, the 2012 presidential candidates. A handful of Hill County Republicans gathered at their headquarters for the first direct contest of this year's interminable presidential race, the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and...
Havre City Hall has heard the voices of the bill-payers and it has listened to their needs. Monday morning saw the first of the long-awaited credit card transactions, opening the gates for anyone to pay any city fee or fine with credit cards, in person or over the phone. Havre Finance Director Doug Kaercher said that the city had received requests for the service for a long time, but had to overcome a few challenges before offering it. The main concern was how to pay the fees that credit card companies charge a business that...
