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  • Giant Springs flows as it did when Lewis and Clark first saw it

    On June 18, 1805, William Clark of the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition came upon Giant Springs on the banks of the Missouri River in north-central Montana. Ever since, untold numbers of visitors, retracing the expedition's route, have found Giant Springs to be the pleasant spot described 200 years ago. "We proceeded on ... to the largest fountain or spring I ever saw," Clark wrote, "and doubt if it is not the largest in America known." Today a state park, complete with picnic areas, a visitors center and fish hatchery...

  • Bear Paws afford beautiful nooks and vistasHowdy Beaver

    Bear Paws afford beautiful nooks and vistas Howdy Beaver Whether you are spending time like us, driving tourists through Glacier, or spending your time on good old Beaver Creek, this is the most beautiful year for at least three or four. So far even the open prairies of Montana are staying as green as the mountain valleys usually are. And the mountains are just as green and lush and full of flowers as they have ever been. The water is still running very well, too. In upper Beaver Creek, folks who have been walking to Rainbow...

  • Skylights volleyball signs Walker

    Skylights volleyball coach Lisa Handley announced Wednesday the signing of Melanie Walker from San Clemente, Calif. Walker is a 6-foot middle with experience starting for her Regional Championship and state runners-up team. She has been named twice to the Coasta Mesa Tournament and Woodbridge Classic all-tournament teams. Walker also has club experience, playing against some of the best club teams in the country, on her Saddleback Valley Volleyball Club and Los Angeles Athletic Club, Handley said. "Melanie really impressed...

  • Lights land two transfer guard standouts

    Montana State University-Northern head basketball coach Shawn Huse announced today the signing of two more recruits for the Lights upcoming season. Brothers Lamar Morinia and Larry Morinia of Albuquerque, N.M. have signed letters to compete for Northern. Lamar is a point guard while Larry plays the two-guard position. Last season Lamar averaged a team-high 15 points per game. He dished out five assists and led his team's region in steals with 3.3 per game. Larry averaged 14 ppg, 3.2 rebounds and three assists per game. He sho...

  • Public comments on Breaks management

    BIG SANDY A federal agency held a meeting in Big Sandy Wednesday about how to manage the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. The meeting in Big Sandy was the third of 11 public meetings the federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the monument, has held to collect ideas and concerns and answer questions about the plan being designed to manage it. "We're here to answer your questions and find out issues you think are important and should be addressed in the resource management plan," monument manager Gary S...

  • Mayors efforts for businesses draw praise, criticism

    You can thank Havre Mayor Bob Rice for the new 3-inch-wide, yellow stripes marking the Atrium Mall parking lot on Third Street. Or you could find him in the wrong. Rice said today he volunteered to paint the stripes, primarily because Atrium owner Richard Hanson couldn't afford to. Hanson, who owns Western Drug Co. in the Atrium, couldn't be reached for comment today. "The parking lot has been in need for a long time, and Mr. Hanson is trying," Rice said. "Unfortunately, I think he's struggling to make ends meet." The lot,...

  • BURDIS UNRUH, Obituary

    Burdis "Bert" James Unruh, 67, former Havre Parks and Recreation director, died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Funeral service will be 10 am, Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Bert was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Topeka, Kan., to Henry and Louise (Base) Unruh. With his stepfather being in the military, Bert moved around a lot. His family settled in Havre and Bert graduated high school in Havre in 1953. In...

  • LORRAINE MCDANIEL, Obituary

    ROCKY BOY Lorraine Day Child McDaniel, 66, died Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at her residence in Rocky Boy of brain cancer. Wake began today at her residence in Rocky Boy. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday at her residence with Pastor Ruth Votaw officiating. Burial will be at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Fellowship is to follow burial at her home. Lorraine was born Oct. 5, 1935, to Joe and Agnes (Gopher) Day Child at Rocky Boy. She was educated at Rocky Boy and graduated from Flandreau Indian High School in Flandreau, S.D....

  • Giant Springs flows as it did when Lewis and Clark first saw it

    On June 18, 1805, William Clark of the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition came upon Giant Springs on the banks of the Missouri River in north-central Montana. Ever since, untold numbers of visitors, retracing the expedition's route, have found Giant Springs to be the pleasant spot described 200 years ago. "We proceeded on ... to the largest fountain or spring I ever saw," Clark wrote, "and doubt if it is not the largest in America known." Today a state park, complete with picnic areas, a visitors center and fish hatchery...

  • Bear Paws afford beautiful nooks and vistasHowdy Beaver

    Bear Paws afford beautiful nooks and vistas Howdy Beaver Whether you are spending time like us, driving tourists through Glacier, or spending your time on good old Beaver Creek, this is the most beautiful year for at least three or four. So far even the open prairies of Montana are staying as green as the mountain valleys usually are. And the mountains are just as green and lush and full of flowers as they have ever been. The water is still running very well, too. In upper Beaver Creek, folks who have been walking to Rainbow...

  • LORRAINE MCDANIEL, Obituary

    ROCKY BOY Lorraine Day Child McDaniel, 66, died Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at her residence in Rocky Boy of brain cancer. Wake began today at her residence in Rocky Boy. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday at her residence with Pastor Ruth Votaw officiating. Burial will be at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Fellowship is to follow burial at her home. Lorraine was born Oct. 5, 1935, to Joe and Agnes (Gopher) Day Child at Rocky Boy. She was educated at Rocky Boy and graduated from Flandreau Indian High School in Flandreau, S.D....

  • Skylights volleyball signs Walker

    Skylights volleyball coach Lisa Handley announced Wednesday the signing of Melanie Walker from San Clemente, Calif. Walker is a 6-foot middle with experience starting for her Regional Championship and state runners-up team. She has been named twice to the Coasta Mesa Tournament and Woodbridge Classic all-tournament teams. Walker also has club experience, playing against some of the best club teams in the country, on her Saddleback Valley Volleyball Club and Los Angeles Athletic Club, Handley said. "Melanie really impressed...

  • Lights land two transfer guard standouts

    Montana State University-Northern head basketball coach Shawn Huse announced today the signing of two more recruits for the Lights upcoming season. Brothers Lamar Morinia and Larry Morinia of Albuquerque, N.M. have signed letters to compete for Northern. Lamar is a point guard while Larry plays the two-guard position. Last season Lamar averaged a team-high 15 points per game. He dished out five assists and led his team's region in steals with 3.3 per game. Larry averaged 14 ppg, 3.2 rebounds and three assists per game. He sho...

  • Public comments on Breaks management

    BIG SANDY A federal agency held a meeting in Big Sandy Wednesday about how to manage the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. The meeting in Big Sandy was the third of 11 public meetings the federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the monument, has held to collect ideas and concerns and answer questions about the plan being designed to manage it. "We're here to answer your questions and find out issues you think are important and should be addressed in the resource management plan," monument manager Gary S...

  • Mayors efforts for businesses draw praise, criticism

    You can thank Havre Mayor Bob Rice for the new 3-inch-wide, yellow stripes marking the Atrium Mall parking lot on Third Street. Or you could find him in the wrong. Rice said today he volunteered to paint the stripes, primarily because Atrium owner Richard Hanson couldn't afford to. Hanson, who owns Western Drug Co. in the Atrium, couldn't be reached for comment today. "The parking lot has been in need for a long time, and Mr. Hanson is trying," Rice said. "Unfortunately, I think he's struggling to make ends meet." The lot,...

  • BURDIS UNRUH, Obituary

    Burdis "Bert" James Unruh, 67, former Havre Parks and Recreation director, died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Funeral service will be 10 am, Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Bert was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Topeka, Kan., to Henry and Louise (Base) Unruh. With his stepfather being in the military, Bert moved around a lot. His family settled in Havre and Bert graduated high school in Havre in 1953. In...

  • LORRAINE MCDANIEL, Obituary

    ROCKY BOY Lorraine Day Child McDaniel, 66, died Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at her residence in Rocky Boy of brain cancer. Wake began today at her residence in Rocky Boy. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday at her residence with Pastor Ruth Votaw officiating. Burial will be at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Fellowship is to follow burial at her home. Lorraine was born Oct. 5, 1935, to Joe and Agnes (Gopher) Day Child at Rocky Boy. She was educated at Rocky Boy and graduated from Flandreau Indian High School in Flandreau, S.D....

  • Giant Springs flows as it did when Lewis and Clark first saw it

    On June 18, 1805, William Clark of the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition came upon Giant Springs on the banks of the Missouri River in north-central Montana. Ever since, untold numbers of visitors, retracing the expedition's route, have found Giant Springs to be the pleasant spot described 200 years ago. "We proceeded on ... to the largest fountain or spring I ever saw," Clark wrote, "and doubt if it is not the largest in America known." Today a state park, complete with picnic areas, a visitors center and fish hatchery...

  • Bear Paws afford beautiful nooks and vistasHowdy Beaver

    Bear Paws afford beautiful nooks and vistas Howdy Beaver Whether you are spending time like us, driving tourists through Glacier, or spending your time on good old Beaver Creek, this is the most beautiful year for at least three or four. So far even the open prairies of Montana are staying as green as the mountain valleys usually are. And the mountains are just as green and lush and full of flowers as they have ever been. The water is still running very well, too. In upper Beaver Creek, folks who have been walking to Rainbow...

  • Skylights volleyball signs Walker

    Skylights volleyball coach Lisa Handley announced Wednesday the signing of Melanie Walker from San Clemente, Calif. Walker is a 6-foot middle with experience starting for her Regional Championship and state runners-up team. She has been named twice to the Coasta Mesa Tournament and Woodbridge Classic all-tournament teams. Walker also has club experience, playing against some of the best club teams in the country, on her Saddleback Valley Volleyball Club and Los Angeles Athletic Club, Handley said. "Melanie really impressed...

  • Lights land two transfer guard standouts

    Montana State University-Northern head basketball coach Shawn Huse announced today the signing of two more recruits for the Lights upcoming season. Brothers Lamar Morinia and Larry Morinia of Albuquerque, N.M. have signed letters to compete for Northern. Lamar is a point guard while Larry plays the two-guard position. Last season Lamar averaged a team-high 15 points per game. He dished out five assists and led his team's region in steals with 3.3 per game. Larry averaged 14 ppg, 3.2 rebounds and three assists per game. He sho...

  • Public comments on Breaks management

    BIG SANDY A federal agency held a meeting in Big Sandy Wednesday about how to manage the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. The meeting in Big Sandy was the third of 11 public meetings the federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the monument, has held to collect ideas and concerns and answer questions about the plan being designed to manage it. "We're here to answer your questions and find out issues you think are important and should be addressed in the resource management plan," monument manager Gary S...

  • Mayors efforts for businesses draw praise, criticism

    You can thank Havre Mayor Bob Rice for the new 3-inch-wide, yellow stripes marking the Atrium Mall parking lot on Third Street. Or you could find him in the wrong. Rice said today he volunteered to paint the stripes, primarily because Atrium owner Richard Hanson couldn't afford to. Hanson, who owns Western Drug Co. in the Atrium, couldn't be reached for comment today. "The parking lot has been in need for a long time, and Mr. Hanson is trying," Rice said. "Unfortunately, I think he's struggling to make ends meet." The lot,...

  • BURDIS UNRUH, Obituary

    Burdis "Bert" James Unruh, 67, former Havre Parks and Recreation director, died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Funeral service will be 10 am, Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Bert was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Topeka, Kan., to Henry and Louise (Base) Unruh. With his stepfather being in the military, Bert moved around a lot. His family settled in Havre and Bert graduated high school in Havre in 1953. In...

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