Articles from the March 23, 2001 edition

Getting eliminated in the second round of the NAIA national tournament in Jackson, Tenn. last weekend did little to quell the pleasure Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Kevin Emerick took from the experience. After all, just eight NAIA schools in the entire nation advanced further than the Skylights did. "We just played great in both games," Emerick said of the win against Brescia and loss to Southern Nazarene. "(Against Southern Nazarene) we had open looks and just didn't make them. We played great... Full story

EDWARD MOORE BISMARCK, N.D. Edward "Ed" Moore, Sr., 70, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001 in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. CST Monday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in fort Yates, N.D. with Fr. Terry Wipf officiating. Burial will be 1:30 p.m. at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 7 p.m. Sunday at the Old Gym in Fort Yates. Monday visitation will continue one hour before the services at St. Peter's. Moore was born on July 24, 1930 in Fort Totten, N.D. to Samuel and Mary (King) Moore. He is a...

Recently a group of old-time Havre Elks members got together at the Eagles Manor to share stories about the colorful history of the Elks in Havre. That group included Dwayne Kretchmer, Ken Hafdahl, Jim Flynn, Clarence Ratchye, Mike Farley, Nick LaFrantz, Cy Morrison, Louis Clack, Jim Dowen, Clark Streeper, Jose Guevara, Louis Lucke and Leonard Wavrick, present Havre Elks exalted ruler. The group shared when they became Elks and their favorite memories of Elkdom in their lives. Jim Flynn became an Elk in 1948. "I was afraid... Full story

RITA SEAMAN CHINOOK Rita Berneice Seaman, 70, Chinook, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at a Great Falls hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the LDS Church in Chinook. Seaman was born Nov. 12, 1930 in Moab, Utah to Enos John and Stella Berneice (Perkins) Beard. When she was 14, she moved to Montana with her family. She attended school in Utah in her early years, Simms for about two years and finished her education in Chinook. She went to beautician school and was a beautician for a short...

Some 500 miles north of Havre in Canada lies the town of Battleford and the Fort Battleford National Historic Site at the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Battle rivers. The former river was the northern commercial waterway equivalent to the Missouri River, only the main midwestern marketing center was at Fort Garry (Winnipeg) not St. Louis. At this confluence, the town of Battleford was established in 1875. In many ways, it was similar to Fort Benton with its fur trading posts, and steamboats plying up and down the... Full story

The 2001 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Training Academy held a workshop Thursday titled "Stewardship and Use along the Lewis and Clark Trail" at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls. The workshop was one of several educational classes being held throughout the year to prepare Montana for the 2003-2006 Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebration. Workshops range from information for educators to ideas for starting up Lewis and Clark events and activities in rural communities. Thursday's workshop focused on being...

The Hill County Health Department reported Friday that a 12-year-old Helena patient was confirmed to have contracted a case of pertussis, or whooping cough as it is more commonly known. The department has also confirmed that several suspected cases of the disease have been reported in Hill County, but none have been confirmed at this time because the patients were on antibiotics which makes confirmation difficult. More than 100 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the northern counties of the Idaho panhandle. Cindy Smi...

The retrial of Debra LaTray vs. the City of Havre entered what both sides said should be its final day this morning. LaTray and her husband, Marlin, who lost their lawsuit against the city and police department in June 1998, were granted a retrial by the Montana Supreme Court. The trial began Tuesday in 12th Judicial District Court here. Channing J. Hartelius, representing the LaTrays, and Brian Lilletvedt, representing the city, agreed before court convened this morning that the case would be presented to the 12-member jury...

Dont make promises you should not keep Our View It's always a bad idea to make promises you can't keep. It's an even worse idea to make promises you shouldn't keep. George Herbert Bush found out about the first problem when he made the famous promise "No new taxes" during the 1988 presidential campaign. A short time later he found out that the federal government didn't have enough revenue and he had to break his promise. Many Montana politicians, Gov. Judy Martz in particular, made the same promise during last year's...

Debbie Otto has a great job. Or at least she is convinced it is. She is the food supervisor for all meals for the school system in Havre. Think that is not much? Well, think again. That means that she supervises a staff of 20 and puts out from 800 to 1,000 meals each day that school is in session. Not only that, but there are 330 breakfasts served each day, as well. For Otto, it all started in 1987. "I applied for a job here in 1987," Otto said. "I had kids in school and I thought it would be wonderful to have weekends and...

Recently a group of old-time Havre Elks members got together at the Eagles Manor to share stories about the colorful history of the Elks in Havre. That group included Dwayne Kretchmer, Ken Hafdahl, Jim Flynn, Clarence Ratchye, Mike Farley, Nick LaFrantz, Cy Morrison, Louis Clack, Jim Dowen, Clark Streeper, Jose Guevara, Louis Lucke and Leonard Wavrick, present Havre Elks exalted ruler. The group shared when they became Elks and their favorite memories of Elkdom in their lives. Jim Flynn became an Elk in 1948. "I was afraid...

Getting eliminated in the second round of the NAIA national tournament in Jackson, Tenn. last weekend did little to quell the pleasure Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Kevin Emerick took from the experience. After all, just eight NAIA schools in the entire nation advanced further than the Skylights did. "We just played great in both games," Emerick said of the win against Brescia and loss to Southern Nazarene. "(Against Southern Nazarene) we had open looks and just didn't make them. We played great...

EDWARD MOORE BISMARCK, N.D. Edward "Ed" Moore, Sr., 70, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001 in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. CST Monday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in fort Yates, N.D. with Fr. Terry Wipf officiating. Burial will be 1:30 p.m. at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 7 p.m. Sunday at the Old Gym in Fort Yates. Monday visitation will continue one hour before the services at St. Peter's. Moore was born on July 24, 1930 in Fort Totten, N.D. to Samuel and Mary (King) Moore. He is a... Full story

RITA SEAMAN CHINOOK Rita Berneice Seaman, 70, Chinook, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at a Great Falls hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the LDS Church in Chinook. Seaman was born Nov. 12, 1930 in Moab, Utah to Enos John and Stella Berneice (Perkins) Beard. When she was 14, she moved to Montana with her family. She attended school in Utah in her early years, Simms for about two years and finished her education in Chinook. She went to beautician school and was a beautician for a short...

Some 500 miles north of Havre in Canada lies the town of Battleford and the Fort Battleford National Historic Site at the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Battle rivers. The former river was the northern commercial waterway equivalent to the Missouri River, only the main midwestern marketing center was at Fort Garry (Winnipeg) not St. Louis. At this confluence, the town of Battleford was established in 1875. In many ways, it was similar to Fort Benton with its fur trading posts, and steamboats plying up and down the...

The 2001 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Training Academy held a workshop Thursday titled "Stewardship and Use along the Lewis and Clark Trail" at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls. The workshop was one of several educational classes being held throughout the year to prepare Montana for the 2003-2006 Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebration. Workshops range from information for educators to ideas for starting up Lewis and Clark events and activities in rural communities. Thursday's workshop focused on being... Full story

The Hill County Health Department reported Friday that a 12-year-old Helena patient was confirmed to have contracted a case of pertussis, or whooping cough as it is more commonly known. The department has also confirmed that several suspected cases of the disease have been reported in Hill County, but none have been confirmed at this time because the patients were on antibiotics which makes confirmation difficult. More than 100 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the northern counties of the Idaho panhandle. Cindy Smi...

The retrial of Debra LaTray vs. the City of Havre entered what both sides said should be its final day this morning. LaTray and her husband, Marlin, who lost their lawsuit against the city and police department in June 1998, were granted a retrial by the Montana Supreme Court. The trial began Tuesday in 12th Judicial District Court here. Channing J. Hartelius, representing the LaTrays, and Brian Lilletvedt, representing the city, agreed before court convened this morning that the case would be presented to the 12-member jury... Full story

Dont make promises you should not keep Our View It's always a bad idea to make promises you can't keep. It's an even worse idea to make promises you shouldn't keep. George Herbert Bush found out about the first problem when he made the famous promise "No new taxes" during the 1988 presidential campaign. A short time later he found out that the federal government didn't have enough revenue and he had to break his promise. Many Montana politicians, Gov. Judy Martz in particular, made the same promise during last year's... Full story

Debbie Otto has a great job. Or at least she is convinced it is. She is the food supervisor for all meals for the school system in Havre. Think that is not much? Well, think again. That means that she supervises a staff of 20 and puts out from 800 to 1,000 meals each day that school is in session. Not only that, but there are 330 breakfasts served each day, as well. For Otto, it all started in 1987. "I applied for a job here in 1987," Otto said. "I had kids in school and I thought it would be wonderful to have weekends and...

Recently a group of old-time Havre Elks members got together at the Eagles Manor to share stories about the colorful history of the Elks in Havre. That group included Dwayne Kretchmer, Ken Hafdahl, Jim Flynn, Clarence Ratchye, Mike Farley, Nick LaFrantz, Cy Morrison, Louis Clack, Jim Dowen, Clark Streeper, Jose Guevara, Louis Lucke and Leonard Wavrick, present Havre Elks exalted ruler. The group shared when they became Elks and their favorite memories of Elkdom in their lives. Jim Flynn became an Elk in 1948. "I was afraid...

Getting eliminated in the second round of the NAIA national tournament in Jackson, Tenn. last weekend did little to quell the pleasure Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Kevin Emerick took from the experience. After all, just eight NAIA schools in the entire nation advanced further than the Skylights did. "We just played great in both games," Emerick said of the win against Brescia and loss to Southern Nazarene. "(Against Southern Nazarene) we had open looks and just didn't make them. We played great...

EDWARD MOORE BISMARCK, N.D. Edward "Ed" Moore, Sr., 70, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001 in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. CST Monday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in fort Yates, N.D. with Fr. Terry Wipf officiating. Burial will be 1:30 p.m. at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 7 p.m. Sunday at the Old Gym in Fort Yates. Monday visitation will continue one hour before the services at St. Peter's. Moore was born on July 24, 1930 in Fort Totten, N.D. to Samuel and Mary (King) Moore. He is a...

RITA SEAMAN CHINOOK Rita Berneice Seaman, 70, Chinook, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at a Great Falls hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the LDS Church in Chinook. Seaman was born Nov. 12, 1930 in Moab, Utah to Enos John and Stella Berneice (Perkins) Beard. When she was 14, she moved to Montana with her family. She attended school in Utah in her early years, Simms for about two years and finished her education in Chinook. She went to beautician school and was a beautician for a short...

Some 500 miles north of Havre in Canada lies the town of Battleford and the Fort Battleford National Historic Site at the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Battle rivers. The former river was the northern commercial waterway equivalent to the Missouri River, only the main midwestern marketing center was at Fort Garry (Winnipeg) not St. Louis. At this confluence, the town of Battleford was established in 1875. In many ways, it was similar to Fort Benton with its fur trading posts, and steamboats plying up and down the... Full story