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From Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Perseverance, determination, and good management were essential to survive the homesteader days, according to a Hi-Line homesteader. "We worked hard at everything," said Eva Amundson, whose family homesteaded near Joplint. "It was tough. You had to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and make do." In 1911, Amundson's family moved from Langdon, North Dakota, to Montana when she was an infant. She said she recalls the hard...
Clement R. Hobbs, age 85, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes Monday, April 10, 2017. Wake services began at noon today, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, and funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Clement's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www.hollandbonine.c...
A victim’s advocate at District 4 Human Resources Development Council opened up to her co-workers and the community Monday about an abusive marriage she had been in that led to the death of her toddler daughter. Kathleen Whitaker made a victim statement during an all-staff meeting in HRDC’s Fireside Room as way to mark National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Whitaker said she met Jason Garrymore while a single mother, a few months after the birth of her daughter and youngest child, Tylin. Whitaker said Tylin’s biolo...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host an open house in Havre Wednesday to discuss the upcoming watercraft inspection season, new regulations, and Local Boater Program certification. The open house will also focus on Montana's plan to detect, contain, and prevent the spread of invasive mussels and other aquatic invasive species, and will go over new rules regarding transportation of aquatic bait such as minnows and leeches. The open...
From Havre Area Chamber of Commerce With the hint of spring comes a weekend activity in the Havre community - garage sales. And with garage sales comes the posting of signs all over the community. The Downtown Revitalization Group has worked to add art and color to the community through the pictures that cover nine traffic control boxes in the community. This group is asking that signs, posters and such, not be taped to this boxes. They also hope that community members...
Members of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board discussed three upcoming events at their monthly meeting Monday night at the Havre Inn and Suites. Elaine Morse, president of the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation, said the foundation will hold it’s Digging Up History, an equipment rodeo fundraiser for the museum and the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump, Saturday, April 22, at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. For $10, participants of any age will have the chance to spend five minutes digging through dir...
Larry Johnson, a farmer in Kremlin spoke out against mill levies at a meeting of the Pachyderm Club at the Duck Inn Friday, saying they force property owners to bear too much of the cost of providing more county services. The criticism comes as the Hill County Cemetery District and the Hill County Weed Control District will each ask county voters for up to four mills in the May 25 special election. The two mill levies were among four that Hill County voters did not approve in November’s election. A fifth mill levy, for two m...
Press release The Hill County Democratic Central Committee announced it changed the name of its annual spring dinner to the Pam Hillery Spring Dinner in honor of the longtime local Democratic activist and former vice chair of the party. This year’s dinner is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, at 6 p.m. at the Eagles Club, located at 202 First Street in downtown Havre. “It was important for us to recognize and honor the indelible mark Pam Hillery made on Havre and Montana, which included a deep commitment to progressive pol...
Spring is in the air! Many of you are already planning your gardens, looking forward to sunshine and rejoice as trees begin to bud and flowers start to emerge. Here at Plant a Seed … Read!, we are anxious for our Spring Planting for Literacy campaign from April through June to enable us to: • Increase the awareness of the benefits of reading aloud to children from birth; • Provide books through the Imagination Library to all children from birth to age 5 in Blaine and Hill Counties; • Offer workshops to parents on purpose...
At present, most things are all hinging on the House Bill 2, which is the budget bill that pays for the operation of the state. The Appropriation Committee is sorting out the costs and income from all the bills that have been presented. There is revenue potential for tax dollars from the tobacco tax, reappraisal changes, and bills giving abatements. The idea now is to balance the budget with the newly available information. Education Committee was presented with a bill that I see as good one. It is an add-on to the loan...
Montana’s two U.S. senators were split on the vote that last Friday confirmed Neil Gorsuch as the next lifetime member of the US Supreme Court. Senior Sen. Jon Tester voted against the successful nominee, citing, among other things, Gorsuch’s propensity to judge cases in a way that empowers corporations over individuals. Specifically, Tester said he believed that Gorsuch supports the massive intrusion of corporations into our election processes, a political disaster that has allowed almost unmeasurable corporate inf...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a complaint after a Seventh Avenue caller reported Monday at 7:57 a.m. that someone entered their vehicle. —— Officers investigated a complaint after a report was made Monday at 8:49 a.m. regarding an illegal bus pass. —— Officers investigated a found property complaint after a Third Avenue caller reported Monday at 12:39 p.m. that a 10-speed bicycle was found on the front porch and doesn’t know where it came from. —— Officers investigated an identity theft report made Monday a...
John A. "J.C." "Johnny" Cline, 65, passed away surrounded by his family Friday, April 7, at Benefis Hospital due to injuries he had sustained after falling from a rooftop. J.C. was born on Dec. 13, 1951, in Havre, Montana, son to Marvin and Jeanette (Whetham) Cline. He grew up on the family farm located west of Big Sandy, attending Mountain View grade school and Big Sandy High School. J.C. married Sandra (Chamberlain) Temple in 1981, giving birth to his only daughter, Nancy,...
Press release The Northern Montana Health Care Foundation received a grant from a health information technology firm to help people dealing with a serious medical condition with travel and lodging expenses Cornerstone CAres, the non-profit charitable program of Cornerstone Advisors Group, LLC, of Georgetown, Connecticut, awarded a grant to the foundation’s A Serving of Hope. The program was one of six receiving a total of $32,000 in grants, funded through personal contribution of Cornerstone’s associates. “Entering its fifth...
From Health and Human Services As Montanans look to enjoy the great outdoors this spring and summer, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and local public health officials urge everyone to follow a few simple steps to prevent tick bites and their illnesses: Limit, repel and inspect. On average, state public health officials receive an average of eight tick-borne illness reports every year, including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tularemia, Colorado Tick Fever and Tickborne Relapsing Fever. Other reported...
Logan Huebsch, Havre High Track The high school track and field season is off and running, and so is Havre High junior Logan Huebsch. In the Lions Havre Invite last Saturday, Huebsch won the 300 hurdles with a time of 49.6 and added a second place in the 100 hurdles. Earlier in the week, Huebsch, who also competes in volleyball at HHS, finished 3rd and 4th, respectively in the same events. Huebsch is in her third season of varsity track for the Blue Ponies and is a returning...
A former Havre Blue Pony is now an NCAA Division I basketball coach. And Montanan’s who remember Loree Payne will even get to see her coach a couple of times per year in the Big Sky Conference. Last Friday, Payne was introduced as the new women’s basketball coach at Northern Arizona University. Payne had previously been the head coach at NCAA Division III Puget Sound for the last seven seasons. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be the next women's basketball coach at...
Over the past two seasons, one of the big problems that the Montana State University-Northern football has had is a lack of big plays in the passing game. However, it's an issue the Lights are hoping to address next season, and to do so they have put a focus on it right now, during spring practice. "That's something that we talked about," Northern head coach Aaron Christensen said. "To make big plays you have to do all the other stuff and execute, but we are trying to put...
