Articles from the June 2, 2003 edition

Two years ago, Margaret Kucera didn't expect to be running marathons. She was making other plans. Half of her ashes were to be scattered in the mountains of Montana, the other half into the Pacific Ocean from California's Hurricane Point. All that seemed very far away earlier this month as the lean 41-year-old sat in the pleasant afternoon light shining into the living room of her parents' Havre home. On the table in front of her was a page from her training log: six miles on Monday, eight miles on Tuesday, five miles on... Full story

Fresh off a fourth straight Class A state team tennis title as well as his first state doubles championship, recently graduated Havre High senior Jeremy Heninger has signed an NCAA national letter of intent to play tennis for the Division II Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets of the Pacific West Conference. The opportunity to step up to the next level of tennis and play for Montana tennis guru and MSU-Billings head coach Jerry Peach is a dream come true for Heninger. "This is a great opportunity because not a...

Beaver Creek Golf Course in Havre was the site of a lot of activity over the past 10 days. Memorial Day weekend brought the first real summer weather to Havre and golfers took advantage of the fine conditions. The Havre Golf League Associations also took advantage of the fine weather this past week, as scores were consistently low over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday nights. And even the BCGC grounds crew took advantage of the good weather conditions, as they were able to aerate the greens in preparation for the heavy...

Three things were constant in the Havre Northstars' three home games this past weekend - good pitching, and inconsistent hitting and fielding. The Havre Comets, however, experienced the opposite against their older cohorts in their only home game this past weekend. On Saturday night, the Comets picked up a rare 8-4 win over the Northstars at Legion Field in Havre. The Comets were guided to victory via a solid pitching performance by Trent Normandy, who went the distance, giving up just three earned runs while scattering...

BOX ELDER - Charles Norman Swan, 84, retired farmer and machinist for Burlington Northern Railway, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, at a Havre care facility of natural causes. The wake will begin 4 p.m. today at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Box Elder with the rosary service at 7:30 p.m. The funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. The committal rite will be at the Highland Cemetery with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. The Unified Veterans Council assisted by The Rocky Boy Warr... Full story

CONRAD - Daniel J. Schaub, 67, former Havre resident, died Tuesday, May 27, 2003, in Conrad of natural causes. A service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Pondera Funeral Home in Conrad, followed by graveside service at the Hillside Cemetery. He was born in 1935 in Belle Fourche, S.D. He attended school in Fairview. He married Edna DeBoer in Great Falls in 1967. He worked as a brakeman for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Havre. Survivors include his wife, Edna of Conrad; sons, Gary and Dennis Schaub of Havre...

HARLEM - Joshua Thomas Raven Chief (Kuxi Hunpa) Rutherford, 28, a Blaine County deputy sheriff, died on Thursday, May 29, 2003, after responding to a domestic disturbance. A wake and rosary was Sunday at the Fort Belknap Agency in the Red Whip Recreation Center. A funeral Mass was this morning at the Harlem High School gymnasium with the Rev. Joseph Retzel, S.J., officiating. Joshua was born on Aug. 16, 1974, in Denver, Colo. He was educated at Edgewater Elementary School, Wheat Ridge Junior High School and Harlem High...

Howard Glenn Olson, 79, retired railroader, died Friday, May 30, 2003, at a Great Falls Hospital of natural causes. A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church in Havre with the Revs. Catherine Card and Brad Ulgenes officiating. The committal service will be held at the Highland Cemetery in Havre following the funeral services. There will be a fellowship reception at the church following the committal rite. Howard was born March 9, 1924, to Halvor and Gunda (Aamot) Olson in Havre. He was raised and...

A Harlem man has been charged with murder in the Thursday shooting death of a Blaine County Sheriff's deputy. Laurence Dean Jackson Jr. , 25, was charged Saturday with one count of deliberate homicide and one count of attempted deliberate homicide, Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis said Sunday. Jackson, who was convicted of aggravated assault in 1999, made an initial appearance before Blaine County Justice of the Peace Perry Miller, Huestis said. During the hearing, Miller appointed Jackson a public defender and denied...

The members of the Montana Board of Regents who lost their leadership positions said they intend to continue their work on the board. Richard Roehm of Bozeman, who was removed as chair of the board Friday on a 4-3 vote, was not available for comment today. His wife, Carol Roehm, said he intends to serve out the remainder of his seven-year term, through 2005. "He's not quitting," she said this morning. "He plans to stick it out." Richard Roehm left Saturday morning for an Alaskan vacation that had been planned for several...

Two years ago, Margaret Kucera didn't expect to be running marathons. She was making other plans. Half of her ashes were to be scattered in the mountains of Montana, the other half into the Pacific Ocean from California's Hurricane Point. All that seemed very far away earlier this month as the lean 41-year-old sat in the pleasant afternoon light shining into the living room of her parents' Havre home. On the table in front of her was a page from her training log: six miles on Monday, eight miles on Tuesday, five miles on...

Fresh off a fourth straight Class A state team tennis title as well as his first state doubles championship, recently graduated Havre High senior Jeremy Heninger has signed an NCAA national letter of intent to play tennis for the Division II Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets of the Pacific West Conference. The opportunity to step up to the next level of tennis and play for Montana tennis guru and MSU-Billings head coach Jerry Peach is a dream come true for Heninger. "This is a great opportunity because not a...

Beaver Creek Golf Course in Havre was the site of a lot of activity over the past 10 days. Memorial Day weekend brought the first real summer weather to Havre and golfers took advantage of the fine conditions. The Havre Golf League Associations also took advantage of the fine weather this past week, as scores were consistently low over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday nights. And even the BCGC grounds crew took advantage of the good weather conditions, as they were able to aerate the greens in preparation for the heavy...

Three things were constant in the Havre Northstars' three home games this past weekend - good pitching, and inconsistent hitting and fielding. The Havre Comets, however, experienced the opposite against their older cohorts in their only home game this past weekend. On Saturday night, the Comets picked up a rare 8-4 win over the Northstars at Legion Field in Havre. The Comets were guided to victory via a solid pitching performance by Trent Normandy, who went the distance, giving up just three earned runs while scattering...

BOX ELDER - Charles Norman Swan, 84, retired farmer and machinist for Burlington Northern Railway, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, at a Havre care facility of natural causes. The wake will begin 4 p.m. today at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Box Elder with the rosary service at 7:30 p.m. The funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. The committal rite will be at the Highland Cemetery with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. The Unified Veterans Council assisted by The Rocky Boy Warr...

CONRAD - Daniel J. Schaub, 67, former Havre resident, died Tuesday, May 27, 2003, in Conrad of natural causes. A service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Pondera Funeral Home in Conrad, followed by graveside service at the Hillside Cemetery. He was born in 1935 in Belle Fourche, S.D. He attended school in Fairview. He married Edna DeBoer in Great Falls in 1967. He worked as a brakeman for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Havre. Survivors include his wife, Edna of Conrad; sons, Gary and Dennis Schaub of Havre... Full story

HARLEM - Joshua Thomas Raven Chief (Kuxi Hunpa) Rutherford, 28, a Blaine County deputy sheriff, died on Thursday, May 29, 2003, after responding to a domestic disturbance. A wake and rosary was Sunday at the Fort Belknap Agency in the Red Whip Recreation Center. A funeral Mass was this morning at the Harlem High School gymnasium with the Rev. Joseph Retzel, S.J., officiating. Joshua was born on Aug. 16, 1974, in Denver, Colo. He was educated at Edgewater Elementary School, Wheat Ridge Junior High School and Harlem High...

Howard Glenn Olson, 79, retired railroader, died Friday, May 30, 2003, at a Great Falls Hospital of natural causes. A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church in Havre with the Revs. Catherine Card and Brad Ulgenes officiating. The committal service will be held at the Highland Cemetery in Havre following the funeral services. There will be a fellowship reception at the church following the committal rite. Howard was born March 9, 1924, to Halvor and Gunda (Aamot) Olson in Havre. He was raised and...

A Harlem man has been charged with murder in the Thursday shooting death of a Blaine County Sheriff's deputy. Laurence Dean Jackson Jr. , 25, was charged Saturday with one count of deliberate homicide and one count of attempted deliberate homicide, Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis said Sunday. Jackson, who was convicted of aggravated assault in 1999, made an initial appearance before Blaine County Justice of the Peace Perry Miller, Huestis said. During the hearing, Miller appointed Jackson a public defender and denied...

The members of the Montana Board of Regents who lost their leadership positions said they intend to continue their work on the board. Richard Roehm of Bozeman, who was removed as chair of the board Friday on a 4-3 vote, was not available for comment today. His wife, Carol Roehm, said he intends to serve out the remainder of his seven-year term, through 2005. "He's not quitting," she said this morning. "He plans to stick it out." Richard Roehm left Saturday morning for an Alaskan vacation that had been planned for several... Full story

Two years ago, Margaret Kucera didn't expect to be running marathons. She was making other plans. Half of her ashes were to be scattered in the mountains of Montana, the other half into the Pacific Ocean from California's Hurricane Point. All that seemed very far away earlier this month as the lean 41-year-old sat in the pleasant afternoon light shining into the living room of her parents' Havre home. On the table in front of her was a page from her training log: six miles on Monday, eight miles on Tuesday, five miles on...

Fresh off a fourth straight Class A state team tennis title as well as his first state doubles championship, recently graduated Havre High senior Jeremy Heninger has signed an NCAA national letter of intent to play tennis for the Division II Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets of the Pacific West Conference. The opportunity to step up to the next level of tennis and play for Montana tennis guru and MSU-Billings head coach Jerry Peach is a dream come true for Heninger. "This is a great opportunity because not a...

Beaver Creek Golf Course in Havre was the site of a lot of activity over the past 10 days. Memorial Day weekend brought the first real summer weather to Havre and golfers took advantage of the fine conditions. The Havre Golf League Associations also took advantage of the fine weather this past week, as scores were consistently low over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday nights. And even the BCGC grounds crew took advantage of the good weather conditions, as they were able to aerate the greens in preparation for the heavy...

Three things were constant in the Havre Northstars' three home games this past weekend - good pitching, and inconsistent hitting and fielding. The Havre Comets, however, experienced the opposite against their older cohorts in their only home game this past weekend. On Saturday night, the Comets picked up a rare 8-4 win over the Northstars at Legion Field in Havre. The Comets were guided to victory via a solid pitching performance by Trent Normandy, who went the distance, giving up just three earned runs while scattering...

BOX ELDER - Charles Norman Swan, 84, retired farmer and machinist for Burlington Northern Railway, died Sunday, June 1, 2003, at a Havre care facility of natural causes. The wake will begin 4 p.m. today at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Box Elder with the rosary service at 7:30 p.m. The funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Pete Guthneck officiating. The committal rite will be at the Highland Cemetery with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. The Unified Veterans Council assisted by The Rocky Boy Warr...