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Mike Lamebull has gone to powwows throughout his life, and he continued the tradition this past Saturday when he was at the 41st Annual Montana State University-Northern Sweetgrass Society Powwow with his family. "My grandmother used to take me to powwows," said Mike Lamebull, a member of the Gros Ventre Tribe who lives on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation with his wife, Lisa Crain. Lamebull, 62, helped his grandsons Mason Lamebull, 15, and J'Reece Sutherland, 8, dressed in...
The first Montanan presidential cabinet member will address Montana State University-Northern's class of 2017 at its graduation next month. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will be the commencement speaker at Northern's May 6 graduation. "For me, the message he is going to carry regarding the merits involved with being a leader will be as good as any commencement speaker we've ever had," Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel said Friday. He said Zinke agreed in March to give the...
The Havre High track teams got their seasons underway Saturday in Lewistown at the Central Montana Invitational and had some good performances from both the boys and girls teams. The Central Montana Invite features teams from Lewistown and the surrounding area, as well as fellow Central A member Browning. And while no team scores were kept, both the Blue Pony boys and girls had a number of athletes that turned in point-getting performances. “We were hoping to a look at the a...
Havre’s Boys & Girls Club is bringing a movie to town Wednesday that looks at a common question in the digital age: How much time is too much for children and youths to spend looking at a screen? Gal Phillips, development director at Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line said everyone is invited to the showing of “Screenagers,” which starts about 5:15 p.m. “This isn’t good information for only children and youth in today’s society,” Phillips said, “but also for parents and grandparents or guardians to learn how they can try to...
Havre’s Salvation Army is going through a financial crisis, Social Services Director Trina Crawford said. “We are $5,000 down from this time last year with the needs greater than before,” Crawford said Sunday in an email. The money shortage, caseworker Heather Hummert said today, is the result of multiple factors, including that the long winter has demanded more from their emergency services budget. “It’s been a sliding slope since December,” Hummert said. Expenses from helping people with utility bills, lodging and gas are...
from Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is seeking public comment on a draft management plan for the Fresno Reservoir Wildlife Management Area. The comment period will run from March 29 through April 27. The Fresno Reservoir WMA is located in Hill County just upstream of Fresno Reservoir. The WMA is on Bureau of Reclamation property, but is managed by FWP under a joint management agreement between FWP and BOR. The management plan identifies the objectives for wildlife habitat, weed management,...
Montana State University-Northern will mark national poetry Month Tuesday with Voices of the Hi-Line, an international poetry reading event starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Northern’s Little Theater in Cowan Hall. Director of the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Programs Christina Estrada-Underwood said the reading was the idea of Northern English Professor Valerie Guyant. Estrada-Underwood said 15 people from the campus and surrounding communities will perform poetry readings, chants and songs that are in languages o...
Havre Daily News staff Quality Life Concepts has invited people to register for its Second Annual Autism Awareness Fun Run, Walk and Stroller Roll, set for Saturday, April 22. People are invited to come dressed as their favorite super hero and participate on the 1-mile or 5k routes. The event includes water stations, snacks at the end and prizes for first-place participants and for best costumes, as well as door prizes for registered participants. The event is held to raise awareness of autism and to raise funds fro summer...
In 1981, North Dakota’s gambling industry experienced a sudden boom. The state began raking in gambling tax revenue, which was pledged to charities and non-profit organizations. And while the gamblers would of course get to keep their winnings, groups across the state and local communities benefited from the sudden increase in revenue. Montana is now in a position to pass similar legislation and bring in needed revenue to our state at a time when we are in desperate need of a boost. House Bill 578 gives establishments the o...
The sad legislative story of the Montana Historical Society Museum goes back to before Montana was a state — though the story wasn’t sad then. The Montana Historical Society was chartered by the Territorial Legislature in 1865, 24 years before Montana became a state, because those leaders believed the history and heritage of the area needed to be preserved. Since then, the society has collected items and documents ranging from millions of dollars worth of Charles M. Russell artwork to documents ranging from territorial docume...
True health care reform will require more than partisan ideologies. Our state and federal leaders need to be reminded that polarized objectives will always fall short of collaborative solutions based on expert recommendations from those who work in the field. Montana health care workers know that increasing the number of individuals and families covered by health insurance is fundamental to addressing today’s health care challenges. Individuals with health insurance are more likely to access the care they need to be h...
Havre Police Department Officers assisted a citizen after a caller asked to speak to an officer about a juvenile Friday at 12:54 p.m. —— Officers investigated a theft report after someone reported at the police department Friday at 4 p.m. that a gun had been stolen. —— Officers investigated a complaint after a Bonine Drive caller reported Friday at 4 p.m. that someone had violated a protection order. —— Officers investigated an assault report after a caller from Montana State University-Northern reported Friday at 11:30 p....
Mary Ann Peterson, 77, passed away March 28, 2017, after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Mary Ann was born in Havre, Montana, June 24, 1939, to Woodrow "Mac" and Ann (Bolta) McLain. She married Ira F. "Pete" Peterson Feb. 7, 1959, in Havre at St. Jude Catholic Church. They had four children, Greg, Barbara, Tammy and Tim. Mary Ann chose to be a stay-at-home mom. She took pride that everyone left the house freshly pressed, with no hair out of place. Mary Ann drove the...
The Havre High softball team opened its season Saturday at the Great Falls Jamboree and despite going winless against some difficult competition, the Blue Ponies are pleased with the results. “We had to play a really tough schedule,” HHS head coach Whitney McNally said. “And the schedule changed and we didn’t even know it. We were supposed to play Laurel, and then we ended up playing four Class AA schools, but it was a good for us either way.” While Havre had to play up in cla...
