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"I never said I never said it. I said that I never said that I didn't say that I said it." With those convoluted words of denial, the former Governor of Michigan, George Romney, only worsened the confusion. To avoid "Romney speak," I'll be concise. Earlier this month I made a public speech about Montana's economy and how we might improve it through better governance of our public lands. The press accurately reported my remarks. However, in response to those news stories, columns and letters to the editor have accused me of ha... Full story
Anyone listening to the drought-silenced crops? Our view Some Montanans must feel as if they're crying in the wind. North-central Montana has the worst drought conditions in the nation, and yet Montana's congressional delegation hasn't been able to convince the rest of Congress that we need disaster relief here. Too bad the rest of the nation hasn't seen the parched fields that can't produce wheat, or feel the fear and pain of a ranching family as the last of the cattle are hauled away because the family can no longer afford...
CHINOOK Anna Mary Caroline "Carrie" Poppler, 93, died Thursday, May 23, 2002, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Rosary will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Caroline was born to H.A. and Mary (Pasthauer) Hebbelman on May 23, 1909. She grew up on a farm six miles south of Zurich. Caroline married William Poppler in Harlem on April 24, 1928. They had an irrigated farm six miles...
What was once a principal's office is now that of Robin Morris and Krista Solomon. What was once a teacher's lounge is now a board room. And what was once a place for elementary education is now a club for kids ages 6 to 18 to hang out. The Hi-Line Boys & Girls Club expects to open its doors at the former Devlin School on First Avenue on July 1. Right on schedule. "What started in November as a plan is almost a reality. It's all falling into place," said Solomon, the club's program director. "We're getting a lot of calls...
Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., has introduced a bill that would make the 81,000 acres of private land within the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument exempt from ever becoming part of the monument. If passed by Congress, the bill would keep the acreage, much of which is ranchland, in the hands of the private property owners forever. "Congressman Rehberg sees this as a private property issue," Dallas Lawrence, a Rehberg spokesman, said today. The private property owners inside the boundaries and the commissioners from...
Havre community leaders cancelled a rally for Amtrak when the network news crew it was designed to impress didn't show up on the eastbound Empire Builder. But a gathering occurred Thursday afternoon just the same. "We just wanted to rally anyway," Jean Butler of Box Elder said. Mark Good's CBS news team has been in Montana to talk about the local impact if Amtrak eliminates the Empire Builder, and had planned to arrive here Thursday by train. Mayor Bob Rice and Debbie Vandeberg, Havre Area Chamber of Commerce executive... Full story
Farmers and ranchers in north-central Montana are facing a fourth straight year of severe drought and some may not make it without federal help, local bankers and government officials say. "If they don't receive disaster relief, it's going to be very tough for some of these individuals," said Bill Keller, vice president of Independence Bank in Havre. "Three or four years of consecutive drought and no crops has made it very tough." There's no telling when or if disaster aid will be passed by Congress. "It's anybody's guess...
Havre golfer Dennis Bymaster hit a hole in one Tuesday at Beaver Creek Golf course. Bymaster's shot came on the 180-yard hole No. 17. He used a Pinnacle ball and a 9-wood. Bymaster, 65, is retired and was at one time the Havre Blue Pony Golf Coach. Bill Filler and Paul Dees witnessed the event....
Former Havre High basketball standout Jason Wirt has been named as the new girls basketball coach at Class A Ronan High School. Wirt, who replaces Bill Buckless, has been an assistant coach for both the boys and girls basketball programs at the school for the past two years. Wirt was an all-state basketball player at Havre High. He played college ball at Montana Tech for two seasons before transferring to Montana State University-Northern, where he finished his collegiate career. He graduated from Northern in 1999 with a...
The Hi-Line United high-school age soccer team traveled to the state soccer tournament in Stevensville last weekend. The Hi-Line team played four games and finished in second place. In the championship game, the Hi-Line team played Florence and lost 4-3 in a shootout. The two teams were tied, 2-2, at the end of regulation play. To advance to the championship game, the Hi-Line team defeated Whitehall, 3-2, in a shootout. The two teams were also tied, 2-2, at the end of regulation play. In other games Saturday, the Hi-Line... Full story
The Havre U-14 Big Sky Soccer team capped an undefeated season last weekend, bringing home the state championship in the Big Sky Soccer League. The team traveled to Stevensville for the double-elimination tournament and went undefeated to take the title in the 14 and under age group. Havre was the favorite going into the tournament with a perfect 9-0 record. After the tournament, the team remained undefeated at 13-0. The team defeated Plains, 12-0, in its first game, then Lewistown, 2-1, in the second game. In the... Full story
The KG KouGars enter this weekend's State Class C Track Meet as the favorites to win their fourth-straight state title. The KouGars dominated the District 9C boys meet two weeks ago, scoring 307 points 208 more than Blue Sky in second place. At the divisional tournament, the KouGars racked up 174 points. Geraldine came in second place with 50 points. KG won last year's state meet by 5 1/2 points over Arlee. Aaron Smith and Casey Crites return as a state champions on the boys side with Roger Larson placing in two events. Eleve... Full story
WOLF POINT Mary Della Isle, 103, died May 22, 2002, at the Faith Home in Wolf Point. Visitations will be from noon to 8 p.m. Monday at the Clayton Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Clayton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Carey Olson of Bloomington, Minn., officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Wolf Point. Mary was born April 11, 1899 at Spaulding, Iowa, to William and Myrna Thomas Schmuck. In early life, the family moved to a farm near Albion, Neb., where she...
This is one dedicated coffee club. Each weekday around mid-morning, they meet at the Quench & Bench, located in the lower level of the Atrium Mall, for about an hour. Five hours later, at 3 p.m., they repeat the caffeine routine. "We need two breaks out of the day. Everybody needs two breaks," said Lyle Watson, one of about 12 members of the group. "We just make them a little bit longer." Though most of the coffee clubs in Havre consist of either men or women, this group is coed. Five married couples make up the majority of...
Beyond the tractors, pickups and garbage trucks, five teenagers apply water sealant to long slabs of cedar. The smell, mixed with that of the garbage trucks, is an unpleasant one. One look at these kids' faces and you know they're not here for fun. You know they're not enjoying the task at hand. They'd rather be elsewhere, anywhere. But they can't be. They have court-mandated community service hours to perform. The courts have labeled them as juvenile offenders. Havre Mayor Bob Rice calls them good kids who've made a...
There are the reporters, computers, telephones and the guys in the back shop, but nothing is more crucial to the survival of the Havre Daily News than one man with a tray, a paragon in an otherwise cookieless world. You know him as Jim Gabriel. We call him the bakery man. At the beginning and end of each week, he enters our office, a tray piled with cookies, cakes and sandwiches in hand, a Northern Lights Bakery hat on his head and a smile on his face. Gabriel is morning coffee to those of us who don't drink coffee. It's usua... Full story
"I never said I never said it. I said that I never said that I didn't say that I said it." With those convoluted words of denial, the former Governor of Michigan, George Romney, only worsened the confusion. To avoid "Romney speak," I'll be concise. Earlier this month I made a public speech about Montana's economy and how we might improve it through better governance of our public lands. The press accurately reported my remarks. However, in response to those news stories, columns and letters to the editor have accused me of ha...
Anyone listening to the drought-silenced crops? Our view Some Montanans must feel as if they're crying in the wind. North-central Montana has the worst drought conditions in the nation, and yet Montana's congressional delegation hasn't been able to convince the rest of Congress that we need disaster relief here. Too bad the rest of the nation hasn't seen the parched fields that can't produce wheat, or feel the fear and pain of a ranching family as the last of the cattle are hauled away because the family can no longer afford... Full story
CHINOOK Anna Mary Caroline "Carrie" Poppler, 93, died Thursday, May 23, 2002, at a Havre care center of natural causes. Rosary will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Caroline was born to H.A. and Mary (Pasthauer) Hebbelman on May 23, 1909. She grew up on a farm six miles south of Zurich. Caroline married William Poppler in Harlem on April 24, 1928. They had an irrigated farm six miles...
What was once a principal's office is now that of Robin Morris and Krista Solomon. What was once a teacher's lounge is now a board room. And what was once a place for elementary education is now a club for kids ages 6 to 18 to hang out. The Hi-Line Boys & Girls Club expects to open its doors at the former Devlin School on First Avenue on July 1. Right on schedule. "What started in November as a plan is almost a reality. It's all falling into place," said Solomon, the club's program director. "We're getting a lot of calls...
Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., has introduced a bill that would make the 81,000 acres of private land within the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument exempt from ever becoming part of the monument. If passed by Congress, the bill would keep the acreage, much of which is ranchland, in the hands of the private property owners forever. "Congressman Rehberg sees this as a private property issue," Dallas Lawrence, a Rehberg spokesman, said today. The private property owners inside the boundaries and the commissioners from...
Havre community leaders cancelled a rally for Amtrak when the network news crew it was designed to impress didn't show up on the eastbound Empire Builder. But a gathering occurred Thursday afternoon just the same. "We just wanted to rally anyway," Jean Butler of Box Elder said. Mark Good's CBS news team has been in Montana to talk about the local impact if Amtrak eliminates the Empire Builder, and had planned to arrive here Thursday by train. Mayor Bob Rice and Debbie Vandeberg, Havre Area Chamber of Commerce executive...
Farmers and ranchers in north-central Montana are facing a fourth straight year of severe drought and some may not make it without federal help, local bankers and government officials say. "If they don't receive disaster relief, it's going to be very tough for some of these individuals," said Bill Keller, vice president of Independence Bank in Havre. "Three or four years of consecutive drought and no crops has made it very tough." There's no telling when or if disaster aid will be passed by Congress. "It's anybody's guess... Full story
Havre golfer Dennis Bymaster hit a hole in one Tuesday at Beaver Creek Golf course. Bymaster's shot came on the 180-yard hole No. 17. He used a Pinnacle ball and a 9-wood. Bymaster, 65, is retired and was at one time the Havre Blue Pony Golf Coach. Bill Filler and Paul Dees witnessed the event....
Former Havre High basketball standout Jason Wirt has been named as the new girls basketball coach at Class A Ronan High School. Wirt, who replaces Bill Buckless, has been an assistant coach for both the boys and girls basketball programs at the school for the past two years. Wirt was an all-state basketball player at Havre High. He played college ball at Montana Tech for two seasons before transferring to Montana State University-Northern, where he finished his collegiate career. He graduated from Northern in 1999 with a...
