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With good weather holding, the Montana State University-Northern football team took full advantage. In their first full scrimmage of the spring, the Lights moved the ball well on offense, made several big plays, and all-in-all had a strong first week of drills, which concluded with Sunday's scrum at the Havre High practice fields. In a the situational, almost 90-minute scrimmage on Sunday afternoon, the Lights' offense scored four times and had five big plays. The battle for starting quarterback position is underway at...
Tim Leeds — City looks at preliminary budget tonight [email protected] The Havre City Council tonight will take a vote on adopting a preliminary budget, then setting a public hearing on the budget and setting a date to vote on its final adoption. City Clerk Lowell Swenson said the preliminary budget was finalized last week. The council could vote to set the public hearing on the budget in two weeks, on Sept. 13, and in the past typically has set a vote on its adoption two days after the hearing, he said. The p...
Annexation lawsuit delayed until next year Tim Leeds — [email protected] A hearing on the lawsuit filed against the City of Havre and the Hill County government on pending annexation has been delayed until next year, and still will be held outside of Havre. On March 30 in Lewistown, Judge E. Wayne Phillips will hear arguments on whether the annexation should be delayed until the case is resolved. The judge will also decide who among those annexed would be able to join the suit. In his order, Phillips — the third jud...
Montana Family Foundation: Traditional family values are under assault John Kelleher — [email protected] Traditional family values are under assault from many sides, a crowd at Havre's Town Square was warned Friday night. But if people who support traditional values fight vigorously but with civility, they will succeed, said Jeff Laszloffy, the president of the Montana Family Foundation, a group that works closely with national lobbyist Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family. The Helena-based Family Foundation l...
A decade in the making, Rocky Boy radio nears completion John Kelleher — [email protected] The effort to get a radio station at Rocky Boy has had its up and downs over the years, the most recent setback being the flood that damaged parts of the reservation. The idea for a radio station was conceived more than a decade ago, and work with federal agencies to obtain grants and licenses was started in 2007. Efforts are under way now to construct a building to house the station. The station, KHEW, was to be located o...
Stampede: Ponies overwhelm Whitefish Daniel Horton — [email protected] Rivalry Conquered Havre 66, Whitefish 21 Quick Kicks: The Blue Ponies retained the BNSF Traveling Trophy for a third straight season with Saturday's win in Havre. Saturday also saw HHS debut its new helmet style for the 2010 season, stripes through the middle and the player's number on each side. The Ponies' offensive output surpassed any total of their eight games from a year ago, and they averaged a whopping 22 yards per play from s...
DILLON — The Montana State University-Northern football team brought the lightning — literally. But what the Lights brought back to Havre on Saturday night was much more spectacular, and even more rewarding. The Lights returned home with a season-opening win, a Frontier Conference victory and plenty of good feelings and confidence from a game which included a 20-minute weather delay in the second quarter. On Saturday, Northern snapped a seven-game losing skid dating back to last season with a resounding 20-3 win over the UM-...
A proposed $200,000 federal grant that would enable Montana State University-Northern to undertake a program to train people in energy fields has cleared a major U.S. Senate hurdle. The proposal won approval from the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday. Sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., the proposal now heads to the Senate floor. Tester, a member of the Appropriations Committee, said he hopes the proposal will be voted on by the end of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. "I think this will be good for...
Everett Antoine III said he was stuck in a rut. The young Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation resident had no job and lacked skills. He wasn't sure where his life was taking him. Then he got a call from Barb Stiffarm, the executive director of Opportunity Link Inc. A new program, Project GreenBuild, was going to rehabilitate the building where the North Central Montana Transit system was headquartered. When Opportunity Link bought the building, it had been vacant for five years. The building was jammed with junk, it was poorly...
Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill today morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official. The oil giant said Dudley would be in Biloxi, Miss., to announce that former Federal Eme rge n cy Ma n a geme n t Agency head James Lee Witt will support its recovery efforts. Local officials, especially in Louisiana, have been clamoring for more long-term commitments in the face of reports...
A federal judge has ruled that the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is arbitrarily excluding "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx, which were listed a decade ago as threatened. U. S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled Wednesday the agency excluded large swaths of Western habitat from protection when it recommended in 2009 that 39,000 square miles in Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington be designated as critical habitat. He said in his ruling that tens of thousands of acres...
In Virginia, squirrels and other wildlife stay away from you. They know they likely will end up on a plate if they get too close. So imagine my surprise when a mountain goat comes tramping down the High Line Trail in Glacier National Park, just out for an amble like he owned the place. Other hikers who stood off to the side of the path to let him pass joked with the hikers trailing the goat that they lucked out with their tour guide assignment. One hiker, a boy, about 9, was particularly jealous of the people on the tour....
Former Havre Blue Pony Loree Payne has done a lot in her basketball career. Now Payne can add collegiate head coach to that resume. With seven years of collegiate coaching experience and extensive recruiting ties in the West, the University of Puget Sound has selected Payne as its head women's basketball coach. Payne, a University of Washington basketball standout, emerged as a leading candidate among a strong and diverse pool after a nationwide search. "I am so excited to be part of the University of Puget Sound family,"...
Marc Mariani has called Montana home for the last 23 years. But over the last two years, Mariani has spent a lot of time in the state of Tennessee, first, playing in two FCS title games with the Montana Grizzlies, then with workouts for the Tennessee Titans. Now, he'll try to make Nashville his new home. Mariani, a seventh-round draft pick of the Titans back in April, is about to embark on a brand new, and most harrowing journey — his first NFL training camp. And in order to be able to take up residence permanently in the M...
Edwin Lewis Ordway, 97, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and his memorial service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father Dale Yurkovic officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the St. Jude Parish Center immediately after the graveside services. Memorial contributions in Edwin's honor may be made to Knights of Columbus, c/o Robert Christeck, 220 Centurion St., Ha...
Charles Bernard Bailey, 85, formerly of Hingham, Mont., passed away at Missouri River Manor in Great Falls on July 14, 2010. He is survived by his nephew, Gibson H. Bailey of West Yellowstone, Mont.; nieces, Grace Bailey of Hingham, Mont., Karen McGregor of Great Falls, Mont., Jeannie Bailey Martin of Kremlin Mont., and Judy Rassmusen Hoiland of Marion, Mont.; and a sister-in-law, Donna Howe of Great Falls, Mont. Charles (Chuck) was born May 12, 1925, in Hingham to Herman W. and Grace Stafford Bailey. His family later moved...
Florence Marie Cross, 89, died Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and her memorial service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Rowlie Hutton officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service. Burial will be held at 2 p.m. at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Florence's honor may be made to a charity of one's choice. Services and arrangements have been...
The winds sweeping across the Northern Plains could soon help farmers fertilize their crops of corn, wheat and sorghum. Minnesota researchers have designed a $3.75 million carbonfree system that uses wind power from a towering turbine to produce anhydrous ammonia, a common nitrogen-based fertilizer. It's a perfect supply-anddemand match, as the region has no shortage of wind and U. S. farmers use millions of tons of fertilizer, said Michael Reese, director of the University of Minnesota Renewable Energy Center at Morris. The...
Business owners in the community gave a mixed response to having a business license in the city. Fifty-three, or roughly 20 percent, of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's members, responded anonymously to a survey sent through www.surveymonkey.com that sought feedback on whether business owners were in favor of a business license. "A lot of them felt they already pay taxes ... ," the Chamber's executive director Debbie Vandeberg said. "So why couldn't the city get the information off of that?" Another concern was the speed...
The local university was not violating the Constitution by having a prayer at its graduation ceremony, a legal counsel said in reply to a complaint. Leslie Taylor, counsel for the Montana State University system, said case law does not support the American Civil Liberty Union of Montana's complaint that having a Christian prayer at Montana State University-Northern's 2010 graduation ceremony violated the separation of church and state. "Therefore, I cannot join in your conclusion that the invocation and benediction in this...
After two days of unsuccessfully combing the rough, wild terrain of northwestern Montana, authorities pledged Tuesday to keep looking for four people who never returned from an afternoon of sightseeing in a small airplane. The 1968 Piper Arrow single- engine plane was rented by a recent University of Montana graduate who had gotten his pilot's license about a year ago, with his friend and two newspaper reporters from the Daily Inter Lake of Kalispell as passengers. Sonny Kless, 25, flew Brian Williams and reporters Melissa...
The high school basketball summer circuit is a voluntary thing for all high school boys and girls players. But its also become a hotbed for games and teams looking to improve. This past weekend, Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse hosted the Lights team camp which ran Friday and Saturday and featured local teams like Havre, Chinook and Rocky Boy. Also in attendance was Malta, which wound up capturing the team title, as well as two teams from Medicine Hat, Alberta and a second team from Havre....
Edith Mae Weaver, 81, a retired state and federal employee, died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and her memorial Mass will be 11 a.m. Friday, at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, with Father Dale Yurkovic officiating. Memorial contributions in Edith's honor may be made to St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, P.O. Box 407, Havre, MT 59501, or to the Havre Senior Center 2 W. 2nd St., Havre, MT 59501. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland &...
Emma Gertrude Bailey was born on Dec. 27, 1918, to Wilbur and Lena Bailey at Havre, Mont. She was married to Bruce M. Kellam by her father, the Rev. W. M. Bailey, at the family home on June 16, 1937. She was preceded in death by her husband Bruce; sister, Florence Miksch Edwards; and brothers, Marion and Wilbur (Bill) Bailey. She is survived by her daughter, Anne Marie Kellam of Kalispell, Mont.; her sons, Patrick (Blanche) of Chinook, Mont., and Bruce of Spokane, Wash.; and grandchildren, Michael (Lindsey) Kellam, Dawn...
The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill gave rise to the corporate social responsibility movement. The BP oil disaster may mark its collapse. Over the past two decades, many organizations and investors have conducted an experiment in corporate behavior modification. An array of well-intentioned organizations promoted the idea that large corporations could be made to do the right thing, by urging them to sign voluntary codes of conduct and adopt other seemingly enlightened policies on environmental and social issues. At first,...
