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Lorraine Trulson, 74, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and her memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, with Father Dale Yurkovic officiating. Her burial will be held later in the spring. The family invites you to join them for a time of fellowship immediately after the service at the Eagle's Club. Memorial contributions in Lorraine's honor may be made to the Dialysis Unit c/o Northern Montana...
HELENA — House Republicans continued their push for full repeal of Montana's medical marijuana law fist put in place by voters in 2004. House Speaker Mike Milburn is personally making repeal of the law a priority. He argues the multimillion dollar marijuana industry and rampant proliferation of the pot has gone far beyond what voters envisioned. Reps. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, and Wendy Warburton, R-Havre, voted to repeal the law. Rep. Tony Belcourt, D-Box Elder, voted against it. Democrats, joined by a handful of Republicans, v...
For the second time in three days, the Hays-Lodge Pole girls basketball team pulled off a thrilling victory over North Star. On Saturday at the Havre High gymnasium, the Thunderbirds beat the Knights 51-47 in the 9C girls consolation game. Anita Denny scored 18 points for HLP and Shelby Lipp led the Knights with 10 points. HLP is still alive for a Northern C tournament berth with Saturday's win. If Box Elder beats Chinook tonight, the T-Birds will earn a Monday night challenge game. For complete coverage, see Monday's Havre...
The Box Elder Bears have had quite the District 9C boys basketball tournament. Anmd it might not yet. On Saturday afternoon, Box Elder beat Hays-Lodge Pole for the seocnd time in three days, this time, winning 65-37 in the 9C consolation game. Warren Parisian scored 22 points and Jacob Parker added 17 as the Bears finished in third place and can challenge for second on Monday if Chinook captures the 9C championship later tonight. For full coverage, see Monday's HDN....
Chinook beat Box Elder 47-39 to win its first ever District 9C girls title. Both teams advance to the divisiionals. Chinook's Makhayla Farmer led the Beeters with 16 points. Aricka Wolf Chief led the Bears with 18 points. Full details in Monday's Havre Daily News....
Make it a double for Chinook High at the District 9C tournament. On Saturday night, the Sugarbeeter boys followed the Chinook girls with a 9C championship of their own. Chinook demolished Big Sandy 63-35 in the boys championship game at the HHS gymnasium. It was the second straight year in which the Beeters and Pioneers played for the 9C title, with Big Sandy winning last season. Taylor Erskine scored a game-high 20 for the champion Beeters, who advanced the Northern C this week in Great Falls. Big Sandy will now have to...
In a thrilling turn of events, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team gave head coach Chris Mouat his 100th career win at Northern by crushing the Carroll College Fighting Saints for a second time this season. Only this time the Skylights did it on Carroll's home floor. Saturday night in Helena, Northern thrashed the Saints 70-54 to improve to 4-8 in Frontier Conference play and 13-14 overall. Northern returns home to face Westminster College and Lewis-Clark State in regular season finales this Friday...
Due to the NFL's Pro Bowl, and Havre's Marc Mariani being named to it, the date for the Holden's Hot Wheels tournament has been moved to Feb. 12-13. There is one more week left in the Pepsi Challenge Tournament. Youth bowlers may bowl again if they so desire. It will be during league on Sunday. PBA results, Chris Barnes came out smoking as he went through four bowlers to claim the top prize of $50,000 after a weekend of bowling. This weekend the Tournament of Champions is being held in Las Vegas with $250,000 going to the cha...
If there's one thing that's becoming quite clear as it relates to Frontier Conference basketball this season, it's that nothing is clear. After just two weeks of league play on the men's side, no team is undefeated any more, and the team picked to dominate the conference this winter, Westminster College already has two losses. Westminster was beaten by Carroll College this week in Helena, and to show the respect the country has for the Frontier, the Saints jumped all the way from being un-ranked, to No. 16 in the latest in...
Montana State University-Northern redshirt-freshman Max Payne is from the deserts of Prescott, Ariz. But he's certainly getting used to the Montana winters. That's because Payne is already one of the elite wrestlers in the NAIA, in what is his first full season at MSU-N. Payne, a two-time Arizona high school state champion, redshirted last season, but is having a breakout first varsity campaign for the Lights. He's had to overcome some injury problems this season, but in the most recent NAIA rankings, Payne is ranked seventh...
City supports regional port upgrades, mostly Wild Horse Zach White After some establishing of priorities, the Havre City Council voiced its support for upgrades at the ports of entry at Wild Horse and Turner. At Tuesday's meeting, the council took a second look at, and approved, a resolution to express support for port changes, including changing hours of operation. When Resolution 3580 first came up on the agenda in early December, Councilman Bob Kaul asked that the council wait until they were able to talk to...
CTEP projects approved, sent to state Zach White Improved sidewalks should be coming to different parts of Havre in the next year. Havre City Council approved three projects for the Community Transportation Enhancement Program, all of which were for sidewalk renovation. Krystal Steinmetz of Bear Paw Development Corp. told the Council that three of the projects were submitted with estimates and pleges for the nearly 14 percent match that the program requires. The first project discussed was to fix the sidewalks around the...
Windy Boy proposes blackjack to fund services Tim Leeds A north-central Montana legislator has proposed expanding legalized gambling in an effort to offset funding cuts to human services in the state. Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, requested Monday that the legislative services draft a bill authorizing blackjack tables, with the proceeds to be used to fund social services. Windy Boy said this morning that he was told that the Republican leadership in the state is trying to cut an additional $8 million from the state's...
Tester tours war zones, touts jobs workshop Tim Leeds While Montana's U. S. Sen. Jon Tester is out of the country this week, visiting U. S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extended an invitation to business owners and entrepreneurs to attend his next Small Business Opportunities Workshop, in Missoula next month. This week marks Tester's second visit to Iraq — his first was in 2007 — and his first to Afghanistan. "The best way to get a picture of what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan is to go there myself and tal...
Amelia Rose Campbell Amelia Rose Campbell was born into the welcoming graces of angels on Jan. 14, 2011, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, Mont. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a. m. on Thursday, Jan. 20, at St. Margaret's Church in Cut Bank, Mont. followed by burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby is in charge of arrangements. "A person is a person, no matter how small. " — Dr Seuss She is survived by her parents, Anna and Benjamin Campbell; brother, Noah Campbell of Cut Bank; grandparents R...
Michael John Descharme Sr. Michael John Descharme Sr., called "Micky" and "Mr. Mike, " our dear dad, beloved husband, brother and uncle, and our sweet "poppa," began his journey home to the creator on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. He passed peacefully after a six-month battle with lung cancer, surrounded by his family and friends, at St Patrick's Hospital in Missoula. Mike was born on Aug. 29, 1934, to James Descharme and Anna Rose Sangray, on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. He was the third of 12 children. He resided there until...
Sandy Petersen Our mother, grandma, and friend didn't take any earthly things with her when she passed away Friday, Jan. 14. The final days of Sandy Peterson of Chelan were spent surrounded by family and friends who she had touched throughout her memorable life. She took people with her. She took the relationships that she had with people she got to know over her life. She took moments of joy and awe and love. We now know she is with us, watching as we continue on our journey. She was beautiful, strong, genuine, and...
Sen. overseeing DUI reform cited, open container MATT GOURAS, Associated Press HELENA — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee overseeing sweeping reform to the state's drunk driving laws says a recent open container ticket resulted from poor judgment. Republican Committee Chairman Jim Shockley of Victor is also gearing up for a run at the office of Montana attorney general. Shockley says he was driving home from Helena last Friday when he stopped to buy a beer, his second of the evening. Missoula police pulled him ov...
Sen. overseeing DUI reform cited, open container MATT GOURAS, Associated Press HELENA — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee overseeing sweeping reform to the state's drunk driving laws says a recent open container ticket resulted from poor judgment. Republican Committee Chairman Jim Shockley of Victor is also gearing up for a run at the office of Montana attorney general. Shockley says he was driving home from Helena last Friday when he stopped to buy a beer, his second of the evening. Missoula police pulled him ov...
Slate of DUI bills hit Montana Legislature MATT GOURAS, Associated Press HELENA — Lawmakers aiming to crack down on drunk driving made it clear Wednesday that the state's relatively lax laws on driving drunk very likely could get a makeover over the next several months. The spotlight on repeat drunk driving has intensified over the past couple of years following some high-profile deaths and a promise from policymakers to do something about it. House and Senate committees meeting Wednesday and Thursday were looking over 17 p...
House votes to repeal year-old health care law WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has voted to repeal the health care law President Barack Obama signed last year. The 245-189 vote marks the fulfillment of a promise many Republicans made in last fall's political campaigns. The measure has little or no chance of passing the Senate, where Democratic supporters of the law have a majority. And Obama has vowed to veto it if it reaches his desk. Republicans said repeal was necessary because the law provides for a g...
STAMFORD, Conn. — Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut announced Wednesday that he will not seek a fifth term, ending a political career spanning four decades in which he evolved from a reliably Democratic state legislator into an independent U.S. senator who backed the war in Iraq and the Republican candidate for president. While Lieberman's supporters lamented his decision not to run in 2012, many constituents, especially Democrats, said they were pleased because the "Joe" they knew as a state lawmaker and activist state a...
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut announced Wednesday that he will not seek a fifth term, ending a political career spanning four decades in which he evolved from a reliably Democratic state legislator into an independent U.S. senator who backed the war in Iraq and the Republican candidate for president. While Lieberman's supporters lamented his decision not to run in 2012, many constituents, especially Democrats, said they were pleased because the "Joe" they knew as a state lawmaker and activist s...
Friday High School Basketball Havre girls vs Belgrade, 5:30 p.m. Havre boys vs Belgrade, 7 p.m. Turner vs Havre freshman, 6 p.m. Chinook girls at Dodson, 6 p.m. Chester/J-I girls vs Sunburst, 6 p.m. Chester/J-I boys vs Sunburst, 7:30 North Star girls vs Big Sandy, 6 p.m North Star boys vs Big Sandy, 7:30 Rocky Boy girls vs Harlem, 6 p.m. Rocky Boy boys vs Harlem, 7:30 High School Wrestling Havre at Class A Duals in Belgrade College Basketball Skylights vs Carroll College, 6 p.m. Lights vs Carroll College, 8 p.m. Saturday...
