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NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders — a potentially dramatic retreat from an exclusionary nationwide policy that has provoked relentless protests. Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining an exclusion of gays, as is now required of all units, or opening up their membe...
Despite some hiccups and problems along the way, with the support of the north-central Montana community and the Havre Public Schools administration, teachers and staff, the Havre High School speech and debate team held the Class A state speech, debate and drama tournament over the weekend that was complimented by coaches from other schools. Havre hosted the state tournament, the first times since January 2002, which brought competitors, coaches and family members from 20 Class A schools around the state. The tournament...
Several years ago, students at Hays-Lodge Pole High School took state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy's challenge to get involved in Montana politics When Windy Boy attended a class, students wanted to know why there were St. Patrick's Day and Columbus Day to honor the Irish and Italians, but there was no holiday to honor Montana's Native Americans. The Irish and Italians had lobbied in behalf of their days, the senator said. No one had lobbied for a Native American day. So the students began a letter-writing campaign that morphed...
NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders — a potentially dramatic retreat from an exclusionary nationwide policy that has provoked relentless protests. Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining an exclusion of gays, as is now required of all units, or opening up their membe...
Montana's federal lawmakers are starting a new push to pass a bill, which stalled in Congress last session, to help Montana's major industry — agriculture. "One in five Montana paychecks relies on our agriculture industry. Passing a full five-year Farm Bill will support our number one industry in Montana while helping reduce the deficit by $23 billion, " Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said in a press release. "Reducing the deficit while supporting jobs is a win-win, and I'll keep working to make sure the Farm Bill works for M...
Saturday, March 23, will be the date that Hingham's population will more than double. People from throughout the Hi-Line will be at the Hi-Line Community Center to celebrate the annual "Men Who Cook for Women Who Wine. " The annual fund drive provides money to families in need who are experiencing serious medical conditions. Aid is given for travel and lodging for qualifying families who live in Phillips, Blaine, Hill and Liberty counties and the Big Sandy area. The event has become one of the main social events in the area....
While sluggish job growth continues to cloud the post-recession recovery, Montana offers a bright spot. Approximately 22,000 of Montana's lowest-paid workers got a raise this January, as the state's minimum wage increased by 15 cents to $7.80. Thanks to a ballot initiative supported by labor and approved by more than 70 percent of Montana voters in 2006, the state's minimum wage automatically adjusts every year to keep pace with the rising cost of living — this key policy reform, known as "indexing," has already been a...
I was watching Mayor Michael Bloomberg on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" recently, and he and Kimmel talked about an app that New York City has launched under his watch: NYC 311. The way they described it on the show, anyone with the app can press a button to report graffiti or a pothole or a crime. You send along your position, and the city will send someone to try and solve the problem. Zach White I know some people in Havre would love to have such a direct line into City Hall, but I'm not sure how easy it is to send a...
Editor: Please help save Glacier's historic red buses that have served visitors since 1936. Ford contributed $6.5 million to completely refurbish the buses from 1999 to 2002. The buses have new chassis, transmissions and power trains, and they are now ultra-low emission vehicles. I drove a red bus in 1967, and I know how popular they have been with park visitors. The park service wants to retire the buses without consulting the public. Help Montana preserve this unique part of its cultural history. With complete public...
Rita E. Eagleman Rita E. Eagleman, 63, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Wake services began at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 27, 2013, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, and continued until her funeral service, which were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow in the Eagleman Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements, and you can leave your memories and con...
Norman Bernstein Last month, after the fire and explosion in West, Texas, and shortly after one of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's business recruiting trips to California, to lure companies to relocate in "business friendly" Texas, a cartoon appeared in the Sacramento Bee, showing the governor making one of his pitches for businesses to come to Texas where there are "Low Taxes" and "Low Regulations" and where "Business is booming in Texas!" The next panel of the cartoon shows the blast at West Fertilizer, exclaiming a large "BOOM!"...
Little Chazlie Cripps, 4 1/2, and Tristan Riggle, 6, gave me a lot of hope Monday morning. They were standing on the sidewalk awaiting the start of the annual Memorial Day services at the Hill County Courthouse. John Kelleher Tristan was in his little car, and Chazlie was passing out poppies to the crowd, a fundraising event to help area veterans. Chazlie's grandma, Kim Cripps, and Tristan's grandpa, Keith Doll, were talking about how they can explain Memorial Day to kids that young. It's not easy to talk about death to...
HELENA (AP) — Columbia Falls police officers were justified in using a stun gun on a 77-year-old Alzheimer's patient who had wandered away from the Montana Veterans' Home and died a few weeks after the confrontation, an attorney for the city said in a court filing Tuesday. The filing by attorney William L. Crowley is in response to a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of Stanley Downen, who died three weeks after he fell and struck his head on the pavement in the encounter with two police officers on June 1, 2012. D...
BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana wildlife officials said Tuesday they have ruled out a disease transmitted by sheep as the cause of death of a bison found in the Yellowstone River. Fish, Wildlife and Parks veterinarians reached the conclusion while investigating whether the introduction of sheep on land north of Yellowstone National Park had resulted in the spread of catarrhal fever to three dead bison. Sheep can carry the fever without showing any symptoms, but it can be fatal if transmitted to bison. The Gallatin Wildlife A...
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Department of Transportation has more than $400 million to spend on highway and bridge repair projects this year — work that could create more than 12,000 jobs. The 2013 Legislature gave the department the authority to spend $438 million in federal and state money this year, agency director Mike Tooley said. About 85 percent of that, or $372 million, will be spent this spring, summer and fall, Lee Newspapers of Montana reported. "Business is booming in Montana," Tooley said. "The Legislature treated...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices are surging, job growth is strengthening and stocks are setting record highs. All of which explains why Americans are more hopeful about the economy than at any other point in five years. Investors on Tuesday celebrated the latest buoyant reports on consumer confidence and housing prices, which together suggest that growth could accelerate in the second half of 2013. Greater confidence could spur people to spend more and help offset tax increases and federal spending cuts. And the fastest rise in...
Energy NorthWestern Energy Corp. has agreed to purchase Devon Energy Co.'s natural gas production interests in the Bear Paw Basin. A NorthWestern spokesman said the purchase is part of the company effort to create "vertical integration," meaning the company will both produce and transmit natural gas. The purchase includes Devon's 82 percent ownership in Havre Pipeline Co. of Chinook, the company announced Tuesday. NorthWestern spokesman Butch Larcombe said 48 employees are affected by the sale. No decision has been made on...
KALISPELL (AP) — An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 1-year-old Montana boy who has been found in Washington state. The Flathead County Sheriff's Office says the boy was found Sunday morning in Fife, Wash. Authorities issued the alert earlier in the day for Brayden Blasius after reporting he had been abducted by his non-custodial parents....
MISSOULA (AP) — The tight ends coach for the University of Montana football team has been demoted following an incident in downtown Missoula in which a bar window was broken Head coach Mick Delaney tells the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/18aecb4) that first-year assistant Kade Rannings is no longer the tight ends coach but remains with the team. No charges resulted from the April 21 incident that resulted in the broken window. Delaney declined to say what duties Rannings now has with the team, but the school's athletics w...
BUTTE (AP) — Police in Butte say the body of a woman was found Sunday in a large trash bin. Butte police Capt. Jerome McCarthy tells the Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/12SJvaA) the 49-year-old woman was likely rummaging through the bin when she fell into it. Her car was found parked nearby. McCarthy says police do not suspect foul play but the body has been sent to the Montana Crime Lab in Missoula, and the death is under investigation. Her name hasn't been released....
Fairfield-Belt Invitational In Great Falls GIRLS Belt 89, North Star 75, Fairfield 54, Chinook 47.5, Hobson 31, Geraldine 30, Power 26, Shelby 25, Cascade 24.5, Choteau 20, Chester-J-I 16.5, Denton 16, Great Falls Central 12, Simms 10, Valier 6.5, Centerville 6, Moore 2, Augusta 2, Big Sandy 2, Dutton 1 100--1, Rettig, Tylynn, North Star, 14.31. 2, Justice, Rachel, Great Falls Central Catholic, 14.57. 3, Meissner, Ginny, Belt, 14.77. 4, Spicher, Graysen, North Star, 14.94. 5, Tyler, Leah, Moore, 15.13. 6, BullChild, Stephanie...
The pool of talent was deep over the weekend, and the Havre High track and field program found itself competing in one of the tougher meets so far this season. On Saturday, the Central A Blue Ponies competed at the Whitefish ARM Invitational in Whitefish. A handful of Pony athletes placed in the top six, but HHS did find it hard to come up with team points throughout the afternoon. The HHS girls finished in tenth place with 24 points, while the HHS boys finished in ninth place with 14. Plains won the girls title with 78, whil...
For the Havre High tennis teams, the Great Falls Invitational duals was going to be a brand new experience. After all, the Ponies hadn't made the trip to Great Falls in four seasons due to bad weather. But wasn't new to the Ponies was the conditions, or tough opponents. Friday and Saturday, Havre played four duals, three against Class AA squads, and with cold, warm and windy conditions, Havre head coach George Ferguson saw a little bit of everything from his teams. "We played really well at times," Ferguson said. "We didn't p...
The American Legion baseball season was supposed to begin a week ago for the Havre North Stars. However, weather always plays a factor in early season baseball. So the North Stars instead traveled to Great Falls on Sunday for a pair of season-opening games against the Class AA Great Falls Chargers at Centene Stadium. The Chargers are typically one of the top Legion programs in Montana, and they showed why on Sunday, sweeping the North Stars in a pair of five-inning games....
After earning two very important conference wins on Friday at home, the Havre High softball team couldn't get the job done on the road on Saturday. After two wins on Friday over Browning, and two conference losses on Saturday against the hosting Livingston Rangers, the Central A Ponies now sit at 3-4 in the conference. The Rangers defeated the Ponies 9-0 in the first game, and 12-2 in the second game. But the Ponies had a real shot at taking game one, but one poor quarter let a tight game turn into a blowout loss. "They...
