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Since 1990, culminating with Obamacare, progressives progressively destroyed health insurance. How? By switching definitions. Old Definition: Insurance — current fixed, smaller payments to protect yourself from future potential unforeseen larger catastrophic events, based on actuarial equations. The potential future loss times percentage probability of occurrence equals cost of insurance. Example: $1 million catastrophe exposure times 1 percent probability equals $10,000 insurance cost. The equation was a square deal … not...
Trina Crawford from the Havre Salvation Army warned Havre City Council last week about a crisis looming in the city. The number of homeless people is on the rise because of a housing shortage and a host of other problems, she said. The Salvation Army budget is quickly becoming depleted, she said. The housing crisis became especially acute during January and February, when the Montana weather was especially bad. The shortage affected not only the transients and single males, though they certainly deserve help, too, but entire...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 9:47 a.m. Monday call about a temporary restraining order violation. ——— Wesley James-David Hansen, 27, of Havre was arrested on a state District Court warrant after officers served the warrant at 4:18 p.m. Monday at the police station. ——— Officers investigated a 5:36 p.m. Monday call from 5th Street about the calling party’s niece being punched at school. ——— Allen Taylor Parsons, 22, of Great Falls was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s li...
Allan Faechner, 80, of Great Falls, passed away on March 8, 2014. Al was born in Havre and always considered Havre and Box Elder a special place and cherished the friendships he made. A memorial service will be Thursday, March 13, 2014, at 1 p.m., at Hillcrest Lawn Chapel. Schnieder Funeral Home of Great Falls is handling arrangements....
Jay-Donn Francis Standing Rock of Rocky Boy, infant stilborn son to LaToya (Spang) and Anthony “Bucky” Standing Rock, died on March 7, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre. Traditional Native American services were conducted at Rocky Boy. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. You may express your condolences and memories at www.hollandbonine.com. He was preceded in death by his brother J’Shon Standing Rock. Jay-Donn is survived by his parents, Anthony “Bucky” and LaToya Standing Rock; his...
John T. Oxford Jr., 27, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at his residence. Wake services began at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 10, 2014, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rocky Boy and will continue until his traditional funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements, and you can leave your memories and condolences for the...
Blaine County saw some of the impacts of the recent flooding that is devastating areas in southwestern and central Montana and led to a disaster declaration for the state, with more storms and precipitation increasing concerns in those areas. Flooding levels in Clear Creek were dropping this morning and no precipitation is in the forecast for this part of Montana, but a new storm brought more snow to areas of Montana where hundreds of people have been left cut off by swollen...
Bridgett Kallenberger is a big fan of the Plant a Seed, Read program. She’s on the board of the organization and has two children who have taken part in the organization’s activities. The program is designed to get kids reading at a young age, and Kallenberger says that is so important today. The program will be helped by a “Breakfast for Literacy,” event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Havre Eagles Club. Parents and their children are encouraged to come, said Lorraine Verploegen, executive director of the organiz...
With the last day of main-party candidate filing on the books, some local races have gone from uncontested to contested including some primaries, on the county and legislative level, with both the Democrat and Republican local chairs saying they are happy with their candidates. In Hill County, former Democratic Treasurer Carrie A. Dickson has filed as a candidate and will face incumbent Democrat Sandy Brown, who defeated Dickson in the 2010 election. On the legislative level,...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board again took up what name should be used for the county museum, with the head of a committee that is rewriting its bylaws suggesting the board approach the county government about a name change. Among other topics covered at the monthly meeting Monday at the museum office in the Holiday Village Mall was work to eventually move the museum downtown and upcoming events, as well as an annual report from the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump archaeological site north of the mall. Board member Raela H...
At the start of the 2014 Northern B girls divisional tournament, few teams likely saw the Rocky Boy Morning Stars as a big threat to get to the Class B state tournament. But somebody forgot to tell Rocky Boy that. Over the weekend at the Northern B in Conrad, the Morning Stars played their best basketball of the season and wound up finishing in third place. Rocky Boy didn’t earn a challenge game due to Fairfield beating Malta in the championship game Saturday night, but n...
Jude The Boy, Rocky Boy Basketball The Rocky Boy Morning Stars came within one win of reaching the Class B state tournament this weekend in Butte. And they did it by turning in an impressive performance at last weekend’s Northern B divisional in Conrad. Rocky Boy placed third and won three straight games to do it. And a big reason why was sophomore Jude The Boy. She scored a career-high 20 points in Rocky Boy’s crucial loser-out win over Conrad Saturday morning, while she als...
