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Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson responded Thursday during and after this week’s meeting of the Hill County Commission to the ongoing issue of complaints that the pay scale is low at the Hill County Health Department. During the public comments segment of the meeting, Hill County resident Rickie Magnussen brought up the issue, having read and heard about it before, and said he was concerned that the commission wasn’t addressing the issue with the urgency required. For the last few years, members of the Hill County Hea...
This version corrects a typo in the menu. North Central Senior Center March 6-10 Menu Monday, March 6 — French toast, bacon, fruit Tuesday, March 7 — Spaghetti, garlic toast, green beans, salad, dessert Wednesday, March 8 — Fried fish, bake potatoes, peas Thursday, March 9 — Lemon pepper chicken, rice, pie Friday, March 10 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Tax time: We started taking reservations for tax preparation Jan. 23. Give us a call at 406-265-5464. March 2, we are continuing to take names. Bits and Pieces: We are happ...
Press release A Havre writer has received a top book award in the state for a collection of poetry with photographs by a Montana photographer. Charles Finn was awarded the 2022 Montana Book Award for "On a Benediction of Wind: Poems and Photographs from the American West." "I'm thrilled," Finn said in a press release. "I'm shocked, honored, and humbled." "Montana has such a rich, rich, literary history, it's hard to believe I've been given this honor," he added. Finn said he...
Montana Actors’ Theatre and KNMC will be hosting a one-night only event Saturday at 8 p.m., “The Concert That Never Was” a tribute concert by local bands covering the music of David Bowie, his influences and those he influenced. The program, sponsored by Bergren Transmission, is an endeavor MAT Artistic Director Grant Olson said they undertook due to the overwhelming success of last year’s “Last Best Waltz,” an homage to “The Last Waltz” by The Band that MAT put on in November of 2021. Olson said that was a really enjoyabl...
From Carla Jenewein Local Red Cross blood drive coordinater According to the Red Cross, a recent decline in blood donations may soon make it tough to keep blood products stocked on hospital shelves. We are asking all eligible donors to come forward and give at our upcoming blood drive Tuesday, March 7, from noon till 6 p.m. at the community commercial building, 300 Cleveland Road, at the fairgrounds in Chinook. Donors with all blood types are needed. Remember, blood is a perishable product that can only come from blood...
The Havre-Hill County Library will be opening late Friday, March 10. Library hours that day will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m....
The Havre-Hill County Library has announced that it again will have weekly music for its patrons. Barb Zuck will be playing harp at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoons starting March 21. The event is free and open to the public....
I sound bonkers, even to myself, when I talk about how this whole kitchen sink project has affected me. I mean, it’s a sink — houses have them in 21st century U.S.A. They do. Except mine didn’t, and it didn’t for 106 days. Give or take a few hours. Sure, there was a reason. The place is under construction and we weren’t meant to be moved in right now but life happens, as it will. And certainly, in the larger scheme of life it’s not the worst thing to happen to either my h...
“The Democrats killed two of my brothers.” That was the reply my 9-year-old father received from his great grandmother on her rural Iowa front porch when he asked her why she was such a strong Republican. Her comment reflected the bitter legacy of the Civil War. As it left the American South solidly Democratic for decades, it also made the Union upper Midwest just as solidly Republican. My father couldn’t remember ever knowing a Democrat until moving to Montana in his early teens. My mother’s family, on the other hand, was gr...
Is this the last time we’ll get to call Montana the “Last Best Place?” It seems that it could be the case if some Montana lawmakers get their way. As of this writing, more than 60 constitutional referenda have been drafted, some of which would change Montanans’ right to “a clean and healthful environment.” In 1972, I was one of 100 Constitutional Convention Delegates that enshrined this groundbreaking, first-in-the-nation right to protect Montana’s land, air, and water for future generations. Like others, as a candidate for...
Back when the earth was still cooling, back when I was a student at Harlem High, algebra was a high school subject. Now they start the kids learning simple equations in pre-school. Or near enough. Up until algebra, I’d made A’s in math. Our algebra teacher was an aerospace engineer the year the field was overbooked, clogged, with aerospace engineers and those who could not follow that path, taught math. Class consisted of Mr. X, or was it Y, ordering us to memorize the equ...
Leah Elizabeth Shepherd Bennett was born March 5, 1923, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to Willard and Mary Frances (Oxford) Shepherd. Leah was the youngest of three girls. The family lived briefly in Oklahoma then moved to Havre, Montana, when Leah was 6. She graduated Havre High School in 1941. She worked at four different Air Force bases during WWII, and lived in Montana, Washington, California, and Wyoming at various times. Leah played drums in dance bands, and loved to sing,...
BILLINGS - Terry Dee Sather passed away Feb. 28, 2023, in Billings, surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his adoring wife of 51 years (in fact, on March 21, it would have been their 52nd anniversary), Kathleen Faye Sather, and their devoted children and grandchildren, April Sather (Harper and Beckett), Amber Sather and Matt Banbury (August and Willie) and Ben Sather (Evey and Nora). He is also survived by his three siblings, Lynn Sather of Billings, Candice Dunn...
Havre Police Department Shawna Faye Daychild of Box Elder, 31, was arrested on three Justice or City court warrants and a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a Thursday 11:54 a.m. caller reported "a very messed up female" outside a First Street business. -- A caller asked Thursday at 9:31 p.m. if officers could check on employees at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business. -- Lateisha Ganuelas of Havre, 25, was arrested on charges of obstructing a...
Havre City Council will meet Monday, March 6, at 6 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 3. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. North Central Montana Regional Water Authority Pipeline Easement approval. 2. Public Works Director Dave Peterson retirement letter. 3. Approval of February claims and manual w...
Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is 1) Approval of minutes 2) Approval of agenda 4) Cabin business #12 Pine Coulee Lane (new outhouse tank/decking) 5) Old business Lodge Planning Committee 6) New business Commissioner grazing committee appointment Clarification of the agenda-setting process and follow up action(s) 7) Committee reports Rules and Regulation Committee Finance and Planning Committee Grazing Committee 8) Group reports...
Press release Cottonwood Schools March special meeting is set for Tuesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. at the West School. People can contact the clerk at 406-265-6970 to find out how to attend via electronics....
Press release Davey School regular and quarterly safety board meetings will be Monday, March 6, starting at 5 p.m. at the school. People can call 406-265-6970 to find out how to attend electronically....
Out our way, one of the training issues for horses is helping them smooth out their lope by developing their right and left leads. Riders also need to develop and find the rhythm to keep it smooth. That was always an issue for me. My percussionist youngest son used to kid me about having "rhythm deficit disorder"- which makes my riding - and dancing - difficult if not impossible. However, like Doc learning his leads, over time I began to develop a certain rough rhythm when at...
Thank You, dear Lord, for our great guys; neighbors, family, and friends. They come when called or just show up - they've helped us through our "bends." They're likable and merry, too, they're popular and blessed. It's fun to have them visit us, they care and they're the best. They're friendly guys, devoted, too, sensible and supreme, Occasionally, they share a meal and some do like ice cream. Some "arty" ones just love to paint, they're thoughtful, skillful, good. And some...
When the news of the war in Ukraine first broke out, I reached out to one of my old Bible school instructors who had been traveling and ministering in Ukraine for over 15 years. Over those 15 years, he and his wife had formed friendships in Ukraine and Russia, and so I knew that he would be able to provide an inside perspective on the war between Russia and Ukraine. Jim King, my previous Bible school instructor, prefaced his statement by saying that it was "his own opinion."...
A special day, has gone on by with hearts and flowers, too. Remembering times of long ago of what you used to do. Another day soon will arrive, your Aunt wore green that day! That "Family Line" went longways back; for them we'd always pray. Soon SPRING arrives - your Mom loved help; your Mama taught you well. You liked gardening when you were small, at least that's what you'd tell! So, now you're with the Lord above; has He a gardening plan? Just know you're missed - each...
For many players on the Havre High boys basketball team, the game is life for them. That is especially true for Shane Patacsil, who grew up with the game of basketball thanks to his family. Along with his family getting him into the game, Patacsil fell in love with the game thanks to its popularity in Rocky Boy. "Growing up on the reservation, basketball was a big thing," Patacsil said. "We just all played together and had fun and always went hard 24/7." Since joining the HHS...
With a fourth-place finish at the Eastern A Divisional last weekend, the Havre High boys basketball team will have to compete against Columbia Falls in a play-in game this Saturday in Butte. The winner of the game will clinch a spot in the Class A State Tournament in Bozeman while the loser's season will come to an end. With the season on the line for both teams this weekend, HHS head coach Walynn Burgess expects a fight. "We just know that it's going to be a battle no matter...
After several seasons leading the Havre High volleyball team, head coach Stephanie Huse has decided to step down from her position. With all the time that was required of her to continue coaching the Blue Ponies, Huse believed she could not devote enough time to continue leading the program. "At the end of the year, evaluating where my family was at and what we are taking on each and every day, it was just starting to become evident that the time I was going to have just...
