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Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Nick Molitor takes aim at a target during the 32nd Annual Bullhook Bottoms Blackpowder Club Spring Shoot at Fort Assinniboine Saturday morning....
Ray Peck, an educator, former Havre area state lawmaker and Democratic activist, died at 84 in Helena on Friday. Peck represented the Hi-Line in the Montana House of Representatives from 1982 to 1998. He served in a variety of positions for the state Democratic party after term limits forced him from office. Tributes poured in from throughout the Hi-Line and around Montana for the strong-willed lawmaker. Many said Peck was responsible for them entering political life. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Peck talked him into...
PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. — Dozens of tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system wiped out neighborhoods across a wide swath of the South, killing at least 201 people in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years, and officials said this morning they expected the death toll to rise. AP Photo/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, C. Todd Sherman An unidentified emergency responder combs through the wreckage of a destroyed home after a tornado touched down, Wednesday in Smithville, Miss. Alabama's state emergency management a...
BOZEMAN (AP) — On Bridger Canyon Road between mile marker seven and eight, there's a small ranch with an unusual breed of cattle. They're black, brown and tan beasts with long shaggy hair and horns that curve into sharp points. They look something like yaks, but call them that and you're sure to get corrected. AP Photo/Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Erik Petersen A pair of Scottish Highland steers are photographed in their pasture on Bridger Canyon Road in Bozeman. The breed originated in Scotland, and though there are a few h...
Fans of live music — and of live county fairs — again have the opportunity to rock to local musicians during the fifth annual Rockin' the Hills fundraiser Saturday, May 7. The event features four local bands donating their time to raise money for the Great Northern Fair Foundation, for use in improving the fairgrounds. "Thanks to all the bands and poster sponsors for getting us to our fifth concert," said foundation secretary Missy Boucher said. "We can only make this bigger and better." The event originally started as a batt...
A bill to fund construction of state buildings — including a new home for Montana State University-Northern's diesel and automotive technology programs — failed in another try this morning in a 60-39 vote. Rep. Wendy Warburton, R-Havre, said after the vote that reviving it seems unlikely. "The bonding bill is probably dead, but around here, we always say it's not over till we (end the session), " she said. The bonding bill requires a two-thirds majority, 67 votes in the House, to pass. The vote dropped in support even fro...
More than 30 community members gathered in the Havre Middle School auditorium on Wednesday night to talk to U. S. Postal Service officials about consolidating sorting operations in Great Falls. Those who spoke up ranged from wanting simple clarifications of what the change would entail to wanting the USPS to reconsider. The main post office speaker was John DiPeri, the manager of the Big Sky District and soon to be head of the Dakotas District, which will include Montana and the Dakotas. "We're just like any other business,...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Montana Secretary of the State Linda McCulloch explains what her job is to Havre High School government students Wednesday afternoon. Havre High School seniors in John Ita's government class got a lesson from one of the state of Montana's highest officials. While in town to speak at the U. S. Postal Service meeting, Secretary of State Linda McCulloch came into two government classes on Wednesday morning and afternoon. "It was really fun. I love to be in the classroom, " McCulloch said. "Havre...
Havre Middle School seventh-grader Jerod Boles is off to Springfield, Mass., to compete in the national Elk's Hoop Shoot this weekend. Havreites have been wishing Boles good luck throughout the week as he prepares to shoot in the national event this weekend. Boles will also participate in several events for all of the finalists, including a trip to the National Basketball Hall of Fame. Boles qualified for the national hoop shoot by winning the regional championship last month in Rapid City, S.D. He also won the Montana state...
The Havre High tennis teams have already had a busy week. And the Blue Ponies are in the toughest portion of their 2011 schedule. But on Friday and Saturday, HHS will face competition that few HHS tennis teams have ever seen before in the regular season. On Friday, the Ponies will trek to Corvallis where they'll play two days worth of tough tennis against the likes of the host Blue Devils, Hamilton Broncs, Whitefish Bulldogs and others. That action includes participating in Saturday's Bitterroot Invitational. This weekend is...
Despite low numbers roster-wise, the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team put together a successful 2010 campaign. Now, a relatively new group of North Stars, mixed with some quality veterans and a legendary head coach will try and do the same this spring and summer. After going 31-21 a year ago, but missing out on the Class A state tournament, the North Stars are back for another season of baseball, and a familiar face will be in the dugout and on the third-baseline. Longtime Havre manager Mickey Williams is back...
I leaned against my kitchen stove talking with a friend, mindlessly staring at the cupboard across from me. Suddenly my eyes popped. "That pull on the bottom drawer next to the sink is crooked. I have lived here five years and I have never seen it until just this moment. I can't believe I never noticed it before." Sondra Ashton In half a heartbeat I crossed to the drawer, pulled it out, and checked to see if one of the screws had fallen out. My house is old. My kitchen is old. My cupboards are old. And the drawer pulls are...
Editor: Thanks to the Havre Daily News for publishing my guest column on Tuesday April 26. In the sixth paragraph a key sentence was not completely printed. The sentence should have read: Just as Montana and Idaho received an exemption from the Endangered Species Act, over one thousand entities have received waivers or exemptions from Obamacare. Thanks to the Havre Daily News for providing a forum where a diverse selection of opinions can be be presented. Rick Dow Havre...
Editor: In a recent newspaper article, Rep. Wendy Warburton said she supported the idea of a referendum on the right-to-life issue so the people could decide. Sounds like a great idea. But I have to question her support of letting the people decide, since she has voted to overturn voter-passed initiatives. Wendy, do you really support the vote of the people or do you only support our vote if it goes the way you want? Raela Hulett Havre...
After hearing about Montana State University-Northern's excellence in biodiesel research, several community leaders took the opportunity to see where the magic happens on Thursday. Area leaders get tour of Northern biodiesel lab Zach White Northern's Dean of the College of Technical Sciences Greg Kegel led a tour of the university's laboratories and other research facilities in the Applied Technology Center and the adjacent future home of the Bio-Energy Research Center, where the researchers are extracting oil from oilseeds...
Editor: It is time, nay, past time for Gov. Brian Schweitzer to understand that his office is to govern, not to dictate. I would also remind him that our immigrants departed their various countries to be free from under the authority of eminent domain. Our forefathers replaced the dreaded power of eminent domain with an allodial system, meaning "free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord." This word is also expressed in another form, allodium, meaning "land owned absolutely; land owned and not subject to any rent or...
Raymond "Ray" Huff, 92, of Harlem, passed away of natural caucses at Sweet Nursing Home on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Funeral services will be on Friday, April 29, at 11 a.m. in the Turner American Lutheran Church with burial following in Wing Cemetery. Arrangements are handled by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Raymond "Ray" Huff, 92, of Harlem, passed away of natural caucses at Sweet Nursing Home on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Funeral services will be on Friday, April 29, at 11 a.m. in the Turner American Lutheran Church with burial following in Wing Cemetery. Arrangements are handled by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Year in and year out, the Class AA produces some of the best basketball talent in the state, and with another solid tournament roster this weekend, the Class AA was able to show off some of that talent. Over the weekend the 25th annual Hi-Line Invitational Tournament (HIT) was held at the Montana State University-Northern Armory Gymnasium in Havre. Some of the best prep basketball talent from the Class AA, A, B and C was on display in the three days of action, but it was the Class AA proving their dominance and beating the Cl...
It was another great season of boys basketball on the Hi-Line and the annual Havre Daily News All Hi-Line Boys Team reflects just that. Individually, there were great performances all over the area this winter. This year's All Hi-Line Team features just four repeat performers and no players which have made the list more than twice. The team is also senior-laden with seven players who just wrapped up great careers leading the way, while only one underclassmen made the list. It's also a balanced list as no team has more than...
Long day at Mont. Senate to approve GOP budget MATT GOURAS, Associated Press HELENA — The Senate has started a long day of tinkering with the state budget by putting money back in for electronic medical records as sought by the governor. Republicans running the Senate largely agreed the state should take about $35 million in federal money to help hospitals and local clinics transition to electronic medical records. Supporters say the change will speed up transfers of patients and reduce the chance for making mistakes. But H...
'Clean and healthful' constitutional change fails The Associated Press HELENA — A Republican plan to dilute the Montana Constitution's guarantee of a "clean and healthful environment" to help industry won't be going to the 2012 ballot. The declaration in the Constitution's inalienable rights has long been a sore point for those who say it gets in the way of energy and other development. But conservationists and others have hailed it as forward-thinking language that has helped preserve the state. The failed Republican proposa...
U. S. sustainability leaders visit Hi-Line Zach White Federal leaders met with local leaders on Saturday morning to discuss sustainable communities, and how Havre and the Hi-Line is or can become one. Mariia Zimmerman, deputy director of the Office of Sustainable Housing & Communities for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Tim Torma, deputy director of the Office of Sustainable Communities in the Environmental Protection Agency, met with leaders from local organizations such as Opportunity Link Inc., North...
Local residents warned to continue watching water levels Tim Leeds The flooding situation is virtually unchanged for local flood watchers since last week, with the Hill County Disaster and Emergency Service Coordinator urging residents to continue to keep a watchful eye on water levels. "As long as (the runoff is) not too fast we'll be in good shape, " Joe Parenteau said this morning, adding that people still need to be watchful. "We're still just in a holding pattern, waiting for the temperature to do what it will do, " he...
HPS seeks input from community Zach White If anyone in Havre has questions or opinions on what Havre Public Schools do, or how they do it, the administrators will be happy to hear those questions tonight. The latest in a growing number of community outreach efforts, the district will host a public forum at 6:30 p. m. today in the Triangle Communications Hospitality Room on U. S. Highway 2. Superintendent Andy Carlson and individual school administrators will be available to try and clear up any questions or concerns people...
