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It's not fair to complain about problems, but then never acknowledge or admit when decent solutions are offered. So here I am, after months of writing about the stubborn inertia of industries who fear the mysteries of the future, to say, "good job, movie industry." Zach White There have been numerous steps taken by several movie studios that have caused me to take a step back from the front and say that's pretty cool. One of the biggest changes recently has been the release of several big movies online, through places like...
Editor: The Hill County centennial is now history, and it was my pleasure to submit the series of articles commemorating that important once-in-a-lifetime milestone. So many people stopped me on the street and in the grocery store, called me at home or wrote me a letter to express their gratitude regarding those articles, and I appreciate every one of them. John Kelleher, editor of the newspaper, has graciously and enthusiastically agreed to publish articles submitted to celebrate another milestone. Havre's 120th anniversary...
Editor: We would like to once again thank the Havre community for the support given to the Festival of Trees for the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. The Presbyterian ladies once a year have a dinner out and invite a guest speaker. About six years ago, Krista Solomon from the Boys & Girls Club was invited to be that speaker. She, at that time, told us what the club was about, that it was there for the youth of the community. At this particular meeting, Linda Johnson was attending, having just moved back to Havre from...
BILLINGS (AP) — A standoff ended with the death of a handcuffed burglary suspect who hit a Montana police officer with his own patrol car before the officer opened fire, authorities said. The 29-year-old man was in the back seat of the idling patrol car Sunday afternoon when he somehow climbed into the front seat and started driving, police said. "The suspect was able to slip out of his handcuffs or get them in front of his body, climb over the caged partition and into the driver's seat," Billings Police Chief Rich St. J...
HELENA — Steve Bullock says he is "incredibly humbled" to take office as the state's 24th governor. The former attorney general was sworn in Monday with his lieutenant governor, former National Guard commander John Walsh. Bullock replaces outgoing Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Both are Democrats. The 46-year-old governor says he plans to build on Schweitzer's legacy improving schools and the economy. But Bullock also says he plans to improve relationships with Republican legislative leaders taking office Monday to start work on t...
Betty A. Villett, 69, passed away Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital after a series of strokes. Her memorial service will be 11 a. m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at Van Ordsel United Methodist Church. A full obituary will follow....
David J. Keeler, 73, a retired machinist, passed away Dec. 28, 2012. At this time cremation has taken place and there will be a memorial service in the spring. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Richard Lee Sutherland Sr. Richard Lee Sutherland Sr., 75, died Saturday Jan. 5, 2013, at his home in Rocky Boy of natural causes. His wake service will begin, Sunday and continue through Monday. His funeral service will be noon on Tuesday, Jan. 8, all at Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Rocky Boy Cemetery. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Richard was born April 21, 1937, in Rocky Boy, Mont. He was raised and educated in Rocky Boy schools. He worked as a Green...
Gil A. Spindella Gil A. Spindella, aka Gilbert E. Spinler Sr., 81, of Havre, passed away on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A visitation will be held 1 to 4 p. m., on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a. m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made to Victor Spinler, 420 6th S...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has tapped White House homeland security adviser John Brennan as his nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak President Barack Obama announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, that he is nominating deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, John Brennan, right, as the new director of the CIA; and former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, left, as the new defense secretary Obama on Monday appeared with...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Laurie Hulburt serves mashed potatoes during dinner at Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Friday evening. For many of the children at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, membership can be about more than having a place to go or activities to join. It can be about having food to eat. As more kids have spent more time at the club, the club has spent more time taking care of them, with nutritional offerings growing from snacks to dinner. The club started providing snacks to children in the...
Like the thousands of children who have enjoyed the facility for more than a decade, the Boy & Girls Club of the Hi-Line has to grow. After celebrating its 10th anniversary, representatives of the club announced a plan to add onto and rearrange their Devlin School building on 1st Avenue, to accommodate the hundreds of Havre children who need their services, plans they hope to get started in about a year. The plan is to consolidate all of the administrative offices in one area, while using the old main office as one end of a...
