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leanor Wendland Eleanor Mary (Diemert) Wendland, 87, a former Rudyard area farmwife and mother of 17, who moved to Three Forks in 1990, remained active in her Christian faith throughout her life, and enjoyed quilting, crocheting, reading and baking, died of natural causes at her home in Three Forks on Friday, Aug. 20. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Three Forks. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the Hingham Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon...
Dale L. LaBorta Dale Leonard LaBorta, 64, who was born and raised in the Rudyard community and worked as a farmer and oil field worker, during his life, then retired to Texas in 2005 due to health problems, died at his residence in Alamo of natural causes on Friday morning. A public visitation will be Friday afternoon at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Joplin Cemetery. Dale is survived by two children, Shantel Zeiger of Glasgow and Jeffrey LaBorta of Livingston; three...
Julia Katherine Bliss Julia Katherine Bliss, 82, died Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Her wake service will begin 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with her funeral service at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, at Rocky Boy Catholic Church, with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Havre. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Julia was born April 8, 1928, in Maple Creek,...
Orval Brenden Orval Brenden, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away at the age of 85, after a lengthy illness, at the Dobson Hospice House in Chandler, Ariz., on Aug. 16, 2010. His prayer vigil/rosary service will be 7 p.m. Thursday, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel, with his funeral Mass 11 a.m. Friday, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Burial with full military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Orval's honor may be made to a charity of one's choice. He was born in...
Natural gas may solve our problems Editor: While running for office, President Obama promised that if elected, he would get us off OPEC oil within 10 years. Two years are gone and we still don't have a plan. In fact, there is some evidence that we're going in the wrong direction. In July 2010, we imported 388 million barrels of oil. That's the single largest import month since President Obama was inaugurated. The NAT GAS Act will create jobs, clean up the environment and improve our national security by providing tax...
Special thanks to Bonnie Bennett Editor: Several weeks ago, Bonnie Bennett had a notice in the paper that, due to health reasons, she would have to give up many of her volunteer duties. My family moved to Havre in 1977 and Bonnie was very involved then in helping the community. When I read the notice, I started thinking about all the years — probably at least 40 — Bonnie has diligently worked for many different causes. It would overwhelming if we knew all that she has accomplished! Thank you, Bonnie, for a job well done. Vic...
Medical marijuana industry to buck more regulation MATT GOURAS,Associated Press Writer HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The medical marijuana industry made it clear Tuesday it will buck an overhaul of the 2004 voter-approved initiative that made medical marijuana legal and that led to a backlash of concern amid skyrocketing enrollment. A legislative committee voted Tuesday to send the overhaul — a long list of proposed changes packaged into three bills — to the 2011 Legislature. The hard look was prompted by a jump from a few thous...
Two down, two to go. And so far, so good. Marc Mariani made his ESPN Monday Night Football debut a memorable one, and he did it a little sooner than expected. On Monday night at LP Field in Tennessee, Mariani played almost the entire game in one form or another, and he got in the box score in several different ways as the Tennessee Titans beat the Arizona Cardinals 24-10 in the second preseason game for both teams. Mariani's first half was reserved for special teams, but he again stood out racking up a solo tackle on a punt...
Annexation lawsuit hearing moved to Lewistown Tim Leeds — [email protected] A hearing on whether Havre's annexation of 100 properties last year will go forward has been moved to another city. Judge E. Wayne Phillips of Lewistown — the third judge presiding over the case — moved a Friday, Sept. 3, hearing from Havre to Lewistown after he discovered the courtroom in the Hill County Courthouse would not be available for the 10:30 a.m. hearing. The hearing is to determine whether a request for an injunction preve...
Crash north of Havre kills driver Tim Leeds — [email protected] A one-vehicle crash north of Havre Monday left the driver of a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe dead but five passengers alive, the Montana Highway Patrol reports. The names of the people involved in the incident were not released by the county coroner as of this morning. The driver, a 19-year-old Havre woman, died from injuries sustained when she was thrown from the vehicle, the report said. The crash occurred at 4:55 p.m. when the Tahoe was southbound on an a...
In an increasingly heated-up race, some local candidates for the state Legislature have invited Gov. Brian Schweitzer to a fundraiser set for tonight. Democrat Bob Bergren, the outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives and candidate for Senate District 17, said that since the governor was going to be in Havre today, the Hill County Democrats decided to invite him to the fundraiser. "He actually is here on official business," Bergren, who faces Havre Republican Rowlie Hutton in the senate race, said this morning. A...
In an increasingly heated-up race, some local candidates for the state Legislature have invited Gov. Brian Schweitzer to a fundraiser set for tonight. Democrat Bob Bergren, the outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives and candidate for Senate District 17, said that since the governor was going to be in Havre today, the Hill County Democrats decided to invite him to the fundraiser. "He actually is here on official business," Bergren, who faces Havre Republican Rowlie Hutton in the senate race, said this morning. A...
State employees facing med marijuana charges Tim Leeds — [email protected] An agent of the local drug task force said Monday that two local state employees, also working as caregivers under the Montana medical marijuana laws, were arrested last week on suspicion of illegally selling marijuana in violation of that law. Agent Pete Federspiel of the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force said Delaine "Lainie" Fitzpatrick, born in 1977, and Malisa Fitzpatrick, born in 1982, were arrested and felony charges are pending on both....
Annexation lawsuit hearing moved to Lewistown Tim Leeds [email protected] A hearing on whether Havre's annexation of 100 properties last year will go forward has been moved to another city. Judge E. Wayne Phillips of Lewistown — the third judge presiding over the case — moved a Friday, Sept. 3, hearing from Havre to Lewistown after he discovered the courtroom in the Hill County Courthouse would not be available for the 10:30 a.m. hearing. The hearing is to determine whether a request for an injunction preventing the...
Crash north of Havre kills driver Tim Leeds — [email protected] A one-vehicle crash north of Havre Monday left the driver of a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe dead but five passengers alive, the Montana Highway Patrol reports. The names of the people involved in the incident were not released by the county coroner as of this morning. The driver, a 19-year-old Havre woman, died from injuries sustained when she was thrown from the vehicle, the report said. The crash occurred at 4:55 p.m. when the Tahoe was southbound on an a...
Gov. invited to Democratic fundraiser in Havre Tiom Leeds — [email protected] In an increasingly heated-up race, some local candidates for the state Legislature have invited Gov. Brian Schweitzer to a fundraiser set for tonight. Democrat Bob Bergren, the outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives and candidate for Senate District 17, said that since the governor was going to be in Havre today, the Hill County Democrats decided to invite him to the fundraiser. "He actually is here on official business," Bergren,...
The Billings Metra, now known as the Rimrock Auto Arena at Metra Park, is a place many Montanans are familiar with for so many different reasons. And folks in Havre, including myself are no different. While my first thoughts of Sunday's unusual and scary tornado in Billings were with the people I knew, making sure they were safe and sound, my thoughts couldn't help but turn to the Metra. I know plenty of people in Billings, including my brother-in-law who lives in the heights...
Federal agents raided a clinic where abortions are performed and found "deplorable and unsanitary" conditions, including blood on the floor and parts of aborted fetuses in jars, according to the state agency that shut it down and suspended the license of the doctor in charge. In the order suspending Dr. Kermit Gosnell's license, the Pennsylvania Department of State's Board of Medicine said investigators found numerous health and safety risks at Gosnell's abortion and painmanagement clinic, including a preoperative and...
Ah, the thrill of the chase. The anticipation of pursuit. Stalking the quarry, sneaking through the brush, the grasses, the thistles, the wild rose, warily parting the fronds and peering with expectation. My delight at spotting my prey. Something of the pioneer courses through my blood when I venture forth to bring home the bacon, so to speak. It is hard to describe my satisfaction upon my return with larder for the pantry. I feel like a mighty hunter who evaded the wooly mammoth, outwitted the saber-toothed tiger and...
Gov. Br ian Schwei t zer sai d Wednesday he is waiting for an assessment of the damages caused by flooding at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation so he then can request President Barack Obama to declare a disaster in the region, which would allow federal money to be used to repair those damages. Raymond "Jake" Parker, chair of the Chippewa Cree Tribal council, said before Schweitzer arrived that the faster that happens, the better. "We need this declaration as soon as possible so we can get some answers," Parker said, adding, "We...
America's Afghan and international allies embraced the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to run the war in Afghanistan, hoping the architect of the Iraq surge will seamlessly pursue the strategy laid down by his predecessor and smooth over divisions that led to his dismissal. By n ami n g Pe t ra e u s, President Barack Obama managed to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal without derailing the mission at a critical juncture in the war, when casualties are rising and public support in the West is waning. Still, the jury is out on...
The members of Montana's congressional delegation have joined other senators and representatives in calling on the federal government to make sure Payment in Lieu of Taxes to counties go out as close to on schedule as possible. Local county officials, though, say they are not extremely concerned about a short delay. T h e U. S . I n t e r i o r Department h a s a n n o u n c e d that distribut i o n o f Payment in Lieu of Taxes, which normally are distributed by June 30, will be delayed. PILT is used to make up for lost...
If something catches my eye when I'm driving around, I'm one of those people who erches to a stop to explore. No joke: Sometimes I read historical signs on the way to and the way back from destinations. I also tend to ask people random questions. Go figure, with my being a reporter and all. It's amazing what you can learn about the area from old timers who, while laughing on the inside at your ignorance, are founts of information. People had told me about the bar for months, so a week ago, when I drove past the Cleveland Bar,...
Elouise Cobell sat behind her cluttered desk here in the windblown heart of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and peered at a visitor through dark glasses that couldn't quite hide the deep bruise that ran down her cheek to her jaw. Her appearance made her a bit self-conscious, offering an unexpected glimpse of a woman who had built a reputation for fearlessness after 14 years standing toe-to-toe with the federal government in an attempt to recover billions of dollars of squandered Indian trust money. Cobell, 6 4 , fainted in...
For far too long, cable customers fumed as they waited in vain for the cable guy to show up. When he did come, sometimes it took multiple visits to fix outages. Some customers grappled with billing mistakes that took months to resolve. And cable prices went up every year. Now it may be the cable customer's turn for revenge. Cable TV operators are trying to treat their customers better. Consumers now can get a 30-day money-back guarantee from at least two major cable companies. Soon subscribers might set specific times for...
