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  • Park committee focusing on upgrading park area

    Larry Lease|Updated Apr 15, 2019

    Editor’s note: This version corrects that the grant proposal is only in planning stages and still has to be presented to the Hill County Park Board for approval, that the committee does not spend anything as it is an advisory committee and that Lou Hagener is a community member who participated in Thursday’s meeting. The Hill County Park Board’s Finance and Planning Committee Thursday discussed advising the Hill County Park Board to create a matching grant program to help groups fund park projects, saying work has begun draft...

  • IGA evacuated after report of smoke filling store

    Larry Lease|Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Havre Fire Department and the Havre Police Department responded to a report of smoke at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods Thursday that led the store's evacuation. Police officers and store management escorted everyone out of the stores at 3:45 p.m. The store began to fill with smoke as routine maintenance was being done, "the heater somehow stayed on while the blower was off," said store co-owner John Malisani. Malisani said that there was no fire in the building. Assistant Fire...

  • Playing for police: Little Texas rocks Armory

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

  • Havre local group participating in 6K for Water walk

    Larry Lease|Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Six kilometers is the average distance women and children in the developing world walk for water that is often unsafe to drink, World Vision reports. Havre resident April Taber has launched her own team that will walk the six kilometers May 4 as part of World Vision’s Global Walk for Water event. Taber said she first got involved with World Vision by sponsoring a child in 2014. She first wanted to do the 6K walk, but there was no team in Montana to join. “This year there are two teams in the state, but they are four to fiv...

  • Questions raised about road restrictions at MDT meeting

    Derek Hann|Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson and Havreite Bob Sivertsen asked Thursday at a Montana Department of Transportation meeting with local officials if counties could put weight restrictions on county roads. “We are going to look at it, talk about it and see what can be done,” Peterson said during the meeting in the Blaine County Library in Chinook. He said the issue came up Wednesday at a public meeting about the county’s plan to apply for a $25 million BUILD grant. The restrictions discussed would apply to trucks such...

  • Obituary - Don Harshman

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Don Harshman, 89, quietly passed away from natural causes on April 2, 2019, surrounded by family members at his home in Chinook. He was the last of the many children in the blended families of Albert and Fern (Mom) Harshman. Albert's children were Vernon, Gladys Daugherty, baby Kenneth, Zelpha Weidner, Mildred McIntyre, and Dwight. Mom's children were Herb Moore, Helen Easbey, and Miriam Tucker. The children of Albert and Fern were Clark, Maurice, Burvil "Bud," Don and baby Ma...

  • Obituary - Alan O. Schubert

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Alan O. Schubert, formerly of Great Falls, MT, passed away peacefully among the love of family on the evening of April 1st in Billings, MT. He was born on May 15, 1930, to Oliver W. and Marie (Roth) Schubert in Chinook, MT. Alan was the oldest of a combined family of twelve siblings. Alan, known to many as "Bud," attended school in Chinook, graduating from Chinook High School in 1948. When his family moved temporarily to Utah during WWII to support U.S. troops by working in a...

  • Obituary - Gloria Leeds

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Gloria Leeds of Havre, 65, passed away due to natural causes, on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at Northern Montana Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of Gloria’s life will be held at a later date. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Gloria’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com....

  • For the Record, April 12, 2019

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Havre Police Department Officers made an arrest on Fifth Street Thursday at 8:20 a.m. and Michael James Gregori, named in the dispatch log as being involved in the call, was listed in the jail roster as being held on pending felony charges of possession of dangerous drugs and possession with intent to sell. -- A Second Street caller reported possible vandalism at a residence Thursday at 9:01 a.m. -- A newer iPhone and case were reported lost by an 11th Avenue caller Thursday a...

  • Milk River Watershed Alliance meeting in Havre

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    The Milk River Watershed Alliance Quarterly Board Meeting is set for Wednesday at 10 am at the Duck Inn in Havre. For information call Deb Clayton at 717-514-7623. The Milk River Watershed Alliance is a locally led organization of Conservation Districts working together to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources within the Milk River watershed, while maintaining the quality of life....

  • Earth Day should inspire us to recycle

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. The passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed. Twenty years later, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in more than 190 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. One example of this movement, Earth Day Network works year...

  • View from the North 40: The news is falling my way today

    Pam Burke|Updated Apr 12, 2019

    For the record, I don’t need anyone to applaud me or approve of the way I negotiate life for me to feel validated, but sometimes that kind of support makes me want to laugh like a jerk, “haaaa haaa hah!” while pointing my bust-a-cap fingers in that sort of “middle-aged white woman tryin’ a be all gansta” way. A clean house? Overrated. And now they’re also a waste of taxpayer dollars in Beaverton, Oregon, where a babysitter got several cops, including a canine unit, involve...

  • Blue Ponies ready to roar

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 12, 2019

    The season has started about as well as anyone could have expected for the Havre High girls track team, which is seeking its fourth-straight team title at its home meet this Saturday. The Blue Ponies will be competing at the Havre Middle School track for the second time this season on Saturday, but this time, they will be the host team as they welcome a number of teams from across the Hi-Line to take part in the Lions invitational track meet. The events are scheduled to get...

  • Watercraft inspection season underway in Montana

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    From Fish, Wildlife and Parks Boaters anxious to get on the water after a long, cold winter are reminded to ensure their watercraft are Clean, Drained and Dry to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Montana remains vigilante in stopping the spread of aquatic invasive species that can devastate aquatic habitats, ruin fishing and boating opportunities, and damage pipes and pumps used for agriculture and industry. Boaters who have used their watercraft in any water outside of Montana must have the boat inspected befor...

  • Celebrating History: Elections and a Havre soldier's story

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    By Emily Mayer Election results, meeting secrets and news from one of Havre’s doughboys were all in the April 12, 1919, edition of The Havre Plaindealer. Let’s start with those election results for the Havre city council and school district. Phil Jestrab Overcomes Opponents Lead by Vote in City Precinct In the city election held Monday, Hanson, Jestrab and Cruzen were elected aldermen. These were over twice as many votes cast in the second ward as there were in the other two together. In this contest, Phil Jestrab won by a ma...

  • Hi-Line Living: Harvesting a farmer's wisdom

    Pam Burke|Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Farmer and businessman Bob Quinn said that in 1978, when he returned home from California to the family farm in Big Sandy with his with his wife and children, he simply intended to make a living on his family's farm. What he did though, was become a leader in organic farming in North America, start an international grain business with an ancient grain he brought back to prominence from one jar of seed stock and become a leading advocate in the movement to change standard pract...

  • Edmonds earns degree from WGU

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    From Western Governors University SALT LAKE CITY — Christina Edmonds of Havre has received her Bachelor of Arts in special education from Western Governors University The online, nonprofit university held its 67th (Austin, Texas); 68th (Washington, DC); 69th (Indianapolis, Indiana) and 70th (Orlando, Florida) commencement ceremonies last fall and earlier this year to celebrate the recent graduation of nearly 22,000 students from across the country....

  • Senior Center News, April 12, 2019

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    North Central Senior Citizens Center, April 15-19 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m..; Walmart shopping from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Great Falls trip at 8 a.m. Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance. March Menu by Earlene DeWinter (Subject to Change) Mo...

  • Nash Fung performing magic at Northern

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Havre Daily News staff A man hailed as an innovator in the field of magic "who routinely creates never-before-seen illusions" is performing in Havre Wednesday courtesy of the Montana State University-Northern Program Council. "Using a stunning mix of humor, magic and mind-reading, Nash mesmerizes audiences," a release from the council said. Nash, who has more than 18 years experience, has performed around the world and gained national exposure as a featured performer on Penn...

  • Out Our Way: The dude at the H-O - Luke 18:9-14

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    Out our way, most folks who look like cowboys probably are. Even exceptions like me — an amateur greenhorn — have chaps that are discolored and scratched up from working cows in the thickets, boots well-broken-in from hours of riding and a battered old hat worn in wind, rain, snow and soaked with sweat. But now and then, one runs across a “dude” who wants to look the part but has never done it. A friend of mine in Great Falls owned a ranch store called the H Bar O — H-O — where he regularly helped outfit local ranchers and fa...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    You know, Lord, comfort and safety, that’s our motto. It’s so easy to hide our heads in the sand, pretending there are no problems. We’re like everyone else, aren’t we, Lord, wanting to wash our hands of the whole affair. One chap with that attitude is written about in the Gospels. The scene, so long ago, was dramatized in the city of Jerusalem. We picture the event which unfolds involving Pontius Pilate, the governor (recorded in Matthew 27). Pilate, a procurator, was in the judgment hall of the palace. A crowd watched...

  • Pastor's Corner: Holy Week 2019

    Updated Apr 12, 2019

    In the Roman Catholic faith we begin Holy Week on Psalm Sunday the Sunday before Easter. We are all invited to take full part in the celebration of the Lord’s Paschal Mystery with the following words: “Dear brothers and sisters, since the beginning of Lent until now we have prepared our hearts by penance and charitable works. Today we gather together to herald with the whole Church the beginning of the celebration of our Lords Paschal Mystery, that is to say his Passion and Resurrection. For it was to accomplish this mys...

  • Havre Northstars spring into a new season

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 12, 2019

    The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team is hoping to start their 2019 season this Sunday in Lewistown and for the second straight year, they will start with a new manager. But while Patch Wirtzberger, the new head coach for the Northstars will be coaching his first game as a full-time manager Sunday, he has held the position before on an interim basis and now is ready to lead the Northstars on their 2019 campaign. "So far things have been going well," Wirtzberger...