Articles from the July 1, 2003 edition

Despite the bats being made out of a different material, the Havre Northstars didn't seem to mind much. The Northstars, playing with wooden bats for the first time this season, adjusted quickly and finished with a 3-2 record at the Vester Wilson Wood Bat Tournament in Hamilton this past weekend. Havre made the adjustment to wooden bats look pretty easy as it opened the tournament on Friday with an impressive 11-1 six-inning win over the Salmon (Idaho) Mariners. The Northstars pounded out 13 hits in the win. Havre exploded...

BIG SANDY - Eugene D. "Gene" Reichelt, 78, of Great Falls, a former Big Sandy farmer and business- man, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. Visitation was today at Schnider Funeral Home in Great Falls. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy, with burial with military honors in Big Sandy Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the church. Gene was born on April 21, 1925, at Verona to Benjamin and Jennie (Larson) Reichelt. he attended school at Verona...

LODGE POLE - Robert Messerly, 40, a rancher died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at his home after suffering a heart attack at his home. A wake service will be this evening at the family home at mile marker 2 on the road north of Lodge Pole. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the family home. Cremation will follow the service. Robert was born on June 17, 1963 at Fort Belknap to Glen and Leona (Longfox) Messerly Jr. He was raised at Fort Belknap and attended school at Harlem. At Harlem he met Pat Crantz and after many...

DALLAS - Gay Duane Kravik, 64, died Friday, June 27, 2003, from cancer. A celebration of his life was scheduled for this morning at the Wildwood Chapel at Restland Funeral Home, with a graveside service following. Gay was born on March 27, 1939, at Havre to Gay Laverne and Breta (Anderson) Kravik. He grew up on a dairy farm in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. After attending Montana Tech University, he graduated with a master's degree in petroleum engineering from Penn State University. He worked in the oil and...

HELENA (AP) - NorthWestern Energy has won narrow approval from the Public Service Commission to raise natural gas rates temporarily, but for less than the company wanted. The temporary rate increase was approved Monday, but the exact amount was being worked out today. NorthWestern had requested an increase of 45 percent for its 151,000 gas customers in Montana. PSC adjustments are expected to lower the increase to about 30 percent, partly because the 3-2 commission majority found NorthWestern hadn't prudently lined up...

The Judicial Nomination Commission has recommended that Gov. Judy Martz consider all four applicants for the district judge position in Havre left vacant when Judge John Warner accepted a seat on the Montana Supreme Court. The commission forwarded the names of Havre lawyer Stephen Brown, Glasgow lawyer James Rector, Hill County Attorney David Rice and Havre lawyer Kathleen Richardson to Martz on Monday. Martz has 30 days to make a decision. Martz selected Warner, who had won election as district judge three times starting in...

Dense gray smoke from a grass fire obscured U.S. Highway 2 west of Havre on Monday, causing a two-vehicle crash that injured a Hill County sheriff's deputy, the Sheriff's Office said. Deputy Cory Matkin, a four-year member of the sheriff's department, was taken to Northern Montana Hospital in an ambulance after his cruiser was rear-ended by a Dodge pickup. He was treated and released, Sheriff Greg Szudera said today. The driver of the pickup, 63-year-old Wallace Tweden of Seattle, was not injured in the wreck. The crash occur...

Editor's note: The following is a statement by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus on the Senate floor on June 26 about former Havre resident Tony Preite. Mr. President, I rise today in celebration of a great Montanan and American, Anthony J. Preite. Today, Mr. Preite, the director of the Denver Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration is retiring. I have known Tony Preite for about 30 years. He was raised on Montana's Hi-Line in Havre, Montana. After a short time as a high school teacher and...

ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - For Steve Galbavy, Stone Child College is a work in progress. Galbavy, who has been president of the college for seven years, can look out his new office window at an impressive prospect. Like most tribal colleges, he said, Stone Child's origins were humble. "You held classes where you could - in vacant buildings, garages, wherever. That's where we started," Galbavy said. The contrast to the college's new home, complete with vaulting entryway fringed by two curving staircases and supported...

Too many people still don't understand that alcohol, drugs and driving don't mix. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers the following points to emphasize the life-threatening situation of this fact: Impaired driving is a serious crime. As a community we all support law enforcement efforts to protect us from theft, burglary, assault and terrorism. Yet, many otherwise law-biding citizens continue to view impaired driving merely as a traffic offense. Don't be fooled. Impaired driving is no accident nor is it...

The Federal style of architecture was popular around 1780 to 1820. Also known as the Adam style, this style is defined by use of classical elements. The exterior of the home contains a central entryway, usually pedimented, and is flanked by multipane sash windows. The exterior is symmetrical. The interior revolves around a central hallway and contains many classical motifs like urns, Greek and Roman figures, dentil moldings and columns of the classical order. Havre's example of this style is also one of its nicest homes....

ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - For Steve Galbavy, Stone Child College is a work in progress. Galbavy, who has been president of the college for seven years, can look out his new office window at an impressive prospect. Like most tribal colleges, he said, Stone Child's origins were humble. "You held classes where you could - in vacant buildings, garages, wherever. That's where we started," Galbavy said. The contrast to the college's new home, complete with vaulting entryway fringed by two curving staircases and supported...

Despite the bats being made out of a different material, the Havre Northstars didn't seem to mind much. The Northstars, playing with wooden bats for the first time this season, adjusted quickly and finished with a 3-2 record at the Vester Wilson Wood Bat Tournament in Hamilton this past weekend. Havre made the adjustment to wooden bats look pretty easy as it opened the tournament on Friday with an impressive 11-1 six-inning win over the Salmon (Idaho) Mariners. The Northstars pounded out 13 hits in the win. Havre exploded...

BIG SANDY - Eugene D. "Gene" Reichelt, 78, of Great Falls, a former Big Sandy farmer and business- man, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. Visitation was today at Schnider Funeral Home in Great Falls. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy, with burial with military honors in Big Sandy Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the church. Gene was born on April 21, 1925, at Verona to Benjamin and Jennie (Larson) Reichelt. he attended school at Verona...

LODGE POLE - Robert Messerly, 40, a rancher died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at his home after suffering a heart attack at his home. A wake service will be this evening at the family home at mile marker 2 on the road north of Lodge Pole. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the family home. Cremation will follow the service. Robert was born on June 17, 1963 at Fort Belknap to Glen and Leona (Longfox) Messerly Jr. He was raised at Fort Belknap and attended school at Harlem. At Harlem he met Pat Crantz and after many...

DALLAS - Gay Duane Kravik, 64, died Friday, June 27, 2003, from cancer. A celebration of his life was scheduled for this morning at the Wildwood Chapel at Restland Funeral Home, with a graveside service following. Gay was born on March 27, 1939, at Havre to Gay Laverne and Breta (Anderson) Kravik. He grew up on a dairy farm in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. After attending Montana Tech University, he graduated with a master's degree in petroleum engineering from Penn State University. He worked in the oil and...

HELENA (AP) - NorthWestern Energy has won narrow approval from the Public Service Commission to raise natural gas rates temporarily, but for less than the company wanted. The temporary rate increase was approved Monday, but the exact amount was being worked out today. NorthWestern had requested an increase of 45 percent for its 151,000 gas customers in Montana. PSC adjustments are expected to lower the increase to about 30 percent, partly because the 3-2 commission majority found NorthWestern hadn't prudently lined up...

The Judicial Nomination Commission has recommended that Gov. Judy Martz consider all four applicants for the district judge position in Havre left vacant when Judge John Warner accepted a seat on the Montana Supreme Court. The commission forwarded the names of Havre lawyer Stephen Brown, Glasgow lawyer James Rector, Hill County Attorney David Rice and Havre lawyer Kathleen Richardson to Martz on Monday. Martz has 30 days to make a decision. Martz selected Warner, who had won election as district judge three times starting in...

Dense gray smoke from a grass fire obscured U.S. Highway 2 west of Havre on Monday, causing a two-vehicle crash that injured a Hill County sheriff's deputy, the Sheriff's Office said. Deputy Cory Matkin, a four-year member of the sheriff's department, was taken to Northern Montana Hospital in an ambulance after his cruiser was rear-ended by a Dodge pickup. He was treated and released, Sheriff Greg Szudera said today. The driver of the pickup, 63-year-old Wallace Tweden of Seattle, was not injured in the wreck. The crash occur...

Editor's note: The following is a statement by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus on the Senate floor on June 26 about former Havre resident Tony Preite. Mr. President, I rise today in celebration of a great Montanan and American, Anthony J. Preite. Today, Mr. Preite, the director of the Denver Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration is retiring. I have known Tony Preite for about 30 years. He was raised on Montana's Hi-Line in Havre, Montana. After a short time as a high school teacher and...

Too many people still don't understand that alcohol, drugs and driving don't mix. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers the following points to emphasize the life-threatening situation of this fact: Impaired driving is a serious crime. As a community we all support law enforcement efforts to protect us from theft, burglary, assault and terrorism. Yet, many otherwise law-biding citizens continue to view impaired driving merely as a traffic offense. Don't be fooled. Impaired driving is no accident nor is it...

The Federal style of architecture was popular around 1780 to 1820. Also known as the Adam style, this style is defined by use of classical elements. The exterior of the home contains a central entryway, usually pedimented, and is flanked by multipane sash windows. The exterior is symmetrical. The interior revolves around a central hallway and contains many classical motifs like urns, Greek and Roman figures, dentil moldings and columns of the classical order. Havre's example of this style is also one of its nicest homes....

ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - For Steve Galbavy, Stone Child College is a work in progress. Galbavy, who has been president of the college for seven years, can look out his new office window at an impressive prospect. Like most tribal colleges, he said, Stone Child's origins were humble. "You held classes where you could - in vacant buildings, garages, wherever. That's where we started," Galbavy said. The contrast to the college's new home, complete with vaulting entryway fringed by two curving staircases and supported...

Despite the bats being made out of a different material, the Havre Northstars didn't seem to mind much. The Northstars, playing with wooden bats for the first time this season, adjusted quickly and finished with a 3-2 record at the Vester Wilson Wood Bat Tournament in Hamilton this past weekend. Havre made the adjustment to wooden bats look pretty easy as it opened the tournament on Friday with an impressive 11-1 six-inning win over the Salmon (Idaho) Mariners. The Northstars pounded out 13 hits in the win. Havre exploded...

BIG SANDY - Eugene D. "Gene" Reichelt, 78, of Great Falls, a former Big Sandy farmer and business- man, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. Visitation was today at Schnider Funeral Home in Great Falls. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in Big Sandy, with burial with military honors in Big Sandy Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the church. Gene was born on April 21, 1925, at Verona to Benjamin and Jennie (Larson) Reichelt. he attended school at Verona...