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Beer seemed to flow like water Saturday as microbrewers from across Montana and legions of beer enthusiasts flocked to the Havre Central Gym for the Hi-Line Winter Brew Fest. Hill County Homebrewers and the nonprofit Snowdance Ski Association hosted the event to raise money for the Bear Paw Ski Bowl. The ski bowl, nestled in the Bear Paw Mountains on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation land owned by the Chippewa Cree Tribe, is only a short drive from Havre. Dave Martens Jr., who...
International crime cartels are selling hard drugs along the Hi-Line and the FBI has confirmed the Mexican border is the most “prevalent route” by which drugs are arriving in the U.S. and, consequently, into Montana. An agent with the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force, who prefers not to be identified by name, said cartel members have been selling methamphetamine, heroin and opioid pills along the Hi-Line since before the Bakken oil boom started in 2007. But the flood of people and high oil wages opened the floodgates of dru...
Families will have three options this weekend when it comes to taking part in the annual ritual of Easter egg hunts. The Eagles Club and the Jaycees will jointly hold one on Saturday as they have for decades, and the Optimists will conduct a hunt on Sunday. New to the mix this year is the Havre High School Key Club, which will hold an Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. on the practice field west of the school. Kids up to 18 will be able to take part at the high school, with the...
Lincoln-McKinley Primary School joined several schools across Montana to raise money for Havre 14-month-old Finnley Foster, who has severe combined immune deficiency, by wearing hats at school. Finnley is the daughter of Katie and Havre sports referee Pat Foster. When she was 4-months-old, Finnley was taken to an immunologist at Seattle Children's Hospital where she was diagnosed with a form of immunodeficiency that leads to susceptibility to infections. Lincoln-McKinley...
Jerry LaBuda of Big Sandy won a jackpot of $37,210 playing Montana Lottery's Treasure Play games at Gallery Lounge in Havre early in March. LaBuda, 49, said he was at the Gallery Lounge with friends, says to the Montana Lottery news release. "The whole bar was playing," LaBuda said, referring to the games. LaBuda's friends left, and he played the MT Slots and that's when he won. Afterward, he said, he had to sit for a while and absorb what had happened. "The bartender didn't...
By Emily Mayer There were a couple of news stories in the papers 100 years ago that caused quite a stir. Two appeared on the front page of the March 25, 1916 issue of The Havre Plaindealer, complete with misspelling: BABY ABANDONED IN HOTEL DOORWAY Mother Aprehended and Arrested at Poplar A bright little girl baby, abandoned in the door-way of the Windsor hotel, in First street some time during Thursday night, is now at Sacred Heart hospital awaiting whatever action the state department will take upon it. The baby was found...
Two Hi-Line educators have been named to a 33-member panel that will assist the Montana Office of Public Instruction develop Montana’s education accountability system. Bart Hawkins, superintendent of North Star Schools, and Reyna Perez, Hays-Lodge Pole’s academy administrator, were named by OPI Superintendent Denise Juneau to serve on the committee that will develop the systems under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaces the No Child Left Behind program. OPI will transition from No Child Left Behind during the...
Dart — The National Association for Gun Rights is back in court trying to strike down provisions of Montana’s strict campaign finance laws, They tried the same tactic four years ago, when the group wanted to send out leaflets attacking Gov. Steve Bullock’s position on guns. They’re gearing up to do the same this year. Montana’s laws are clear. If you spend money trying to influence the outcome of an election, the public is entitled to know where you got your money, There are many examples of rich people seeking special l...
Psychologists love, love, love their theories, and the one I find most refreshing is called the horizon of possibilities. This says that given all the factors in our lives from boring facts like age, physical attributes, finances, location and internal drive, we have a certain number of things we can do or be. It’s a vast number, but it’s not infinite. For example, I am 50, not in particularly good shape, don’t feel much like putting in the effort to change that shape and I’m a touch claustrophobic, so my odds of being a...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a Thursday 10:25 a.m. report from a Havre service organization that a man was threatened by woman who also was taking money from him. —— Cody Allen Robinson, 25, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant at the police station Thursday at 3:26 p.m. —— Officers were called from 4th Street Thursday at 3:36 p.m. to perform a welfare check. —— Officers investigated an 11th Street report Thursday at 4:52 p.m. that a little girl’s bike was abandoned in the alley. —— A 1...
A front-page story in Thursday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about Cody Welch livestreaming Havre City Council meetings misreported the name of his business, Live Real Media....
Melba Hunter, Havre resident from 1961-1970, died March 17, 2016. She was 97. A memorial service will be Friday, April 15, at Centennial United Methodist Church, Roseville, Minnesota....
MONDAY 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health Board meeting TUESDAY MACRS Convention WEDNESDAY MACRS Convention THURSDAY 9 a.m. — Payroll approval 10 a.m. — Business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public 1:30 p.m. — Claims approval 2 p.m. — Water well agreement FRIDAY Office hours...
Joseph E. Davis, 72, passed away of natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital on March 21, 2016. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Joe's life will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at the Havre Eagles Club. Joe's family has requested that memorials be made in his name to Walleyes Unlimited, 1260 Road 425 S, Havre, MT 59501, or to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek, Missoula, MT 59808. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted...
MaryEtta Sohm, 95, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, in Surprise, Arizona. She was born Jan. 16, 1921, in Sheldon, Iowa, to Edna and Cashius Whitmyer. She was raised on a dryland farm in Molt, Montana, and graduated high school from Park City. She attended Eastern Montana College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in education. During World War II, she worked in airplane factories in San Diego, California. In 1953, she married Eugene Sohm in Havre. There she taught in the...
Dan Gibbons, 52, of Havre, Montana, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at University Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a result of complications during surgery. Dan was born Sept. 17, 1963, in San Bernardino, California, to Floyd and Marjorie Gibbons. The family moved to Havre in 1974 where Dan graduated from Havre High School in 1981. Dan lived in Salt Lake City for many years and returned to Havre where he lived until his death. Dan was a wonderful son, brother,...
Neil F. Johnson, born May 20, 1934, died Jan. 15, 2016. Neil was born in Havre and raised in Kremlin, where he graduated from high school in 1952. Later he entered the U.S. Army, becoming a paratrooper stationed in Greenland. He met and married Jean Whitzel in Pennsylvania, later returning to Kremlin for a few years, then moving to Hillsboro, Oregon and then to Arlington, Texas, where he worked for Western Kraft. After his retirement he moved to Red Rock, Texas, where he...
Gerald Ray of Big Sandy and Penny Velk of Havre, along with Emil and Anca Petca of Romania are proud to announce the marriage of their children, Preston Ray, Big Sandy High School Class of 2000, and Raisa Petca, Havre High School Class of 2006. The couple exchanged wedding vows at the Juno Garden of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 4, 2016, in the presence of close family and friends. They are pursuing graduate degrees at Ohio University. Gifts and cards can be sent...
North Central Senior Center, March 28 to April 1 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; AARP tax aides 8:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.; Painting & Adult Coloring Group at 1 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; AARP tax aides 8:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; TOPS at 8 a.m.; cards at 1 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; cards at 1 p.m. Friday — Medical transportation is available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., but people need to notify th...
Staff and wire report The Filharmonic will perform Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Fifth Avenue Christian Church, sponsored by Student Activities at Montana State University-Northern. The performance will be free of charge. With Los Angeles as home base, The Filharmonic is a band unique in their musical talent and cultural diversity. The group of Filipino-American youngsters were featured in NBC's hit musical competition "The Sing-Off." Making the semi-finals, finishing the first...
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.” PS 18:2 This week is pretty special in that we celebrated Palm Sunday, Purim, and this Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior. When we speak of Jesus as our deliverer, we are not talking about pizza delivery, a baby due or special mail delivery. The Hebrew word for “deliverer” comes from the root “yasha’” meaning to save, help, deliver, defend, or rescue. As a side note the word “Savior” is “Yashua,” meaning “God saves,...
"Go therefore and teach all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all I have commanded you; and remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." - Matthew 28:19-20 Goliath, Charlie and I were riding fence for a friend up in the Bear Paws and part of the area was heavily wooded. Most of the cattle stayed amongst the trees while we road about. I suppose because of all the cattle, there wasn't much...
When the Havre High softball team takes the field for the first time this season, there will have been a changing of the guard of sorts. And that’s because the Blue Ponies will have a new head coach, Whitney McNally. McNally, who was an assistant for the Ponies last season and has been an assistant for the volleyball team for the past two years, has taken over the helm for long-time head coach Bob Evans Sr., who stepped in to be the head coach last season after the d...
When it comes to success in the spring, it’s hard for anyone to match the run the Havre High tennis teams have been on for nearly two decades now. And, with a new season about to begin, there’s no reason to think that run is going to end anytime soon. The Blue Ponies, under the direction of George Ferguson, now in his 14th season at the helm of both the boys and girls programs, start their season Saturday at the annual Cut Bank Invitational, and, while he has coached for man...
