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Widening a road is no guarantee Our view The Burton K. Wheeler Center forum last week on the relationship between highway improvements and economic development was a real eye-opener. It covered lots of ground, but the most startling fact to emerge was this: No one has a crystal ball to predict the economic outcome once a highway is expanded. People in this area of expertise are working on developing more reliable computer models to examine the consequences of highway improvements. But those tools aren't yet available. Those...
Havre High School's Mike Schnittgen has signed to play college football for the Montana State University-Northern Lights, coach Walt Currie announced. Schnittgen, a 6-foot-5 280 pound defensive tackle, received honorable mention all-conference honors for the Central A. He also received acadmeic all-state honors for the Ponies. "Mike has the size to be a very good lineman at the Frontier level," Currie said. "Mike is also a very good student and we are excited to have him playing for the Lights."...
The following are the results from a track meet Chinook, Harlem, Turner and Hays-Lodge Pole participated in Thursday: Boys: Team scores Malta, 219 Chinook, 115 Saco, 47 Dodson, 36 Hays-Lodge Pole, 27 Harlem, 26 Turner, 0 100-meter dash 1. Kris Simanton, Malta, 11.90 seconds; 2. Colby Fetter, Harlem, 12.18; 3. Kelan Broadhead, Chinook, 12.38; 4. Ty Salsberry, Malta, 12.48; 5. Kevin Hansen, Malta, 12.49; 6. Dusty Freeman, Saco, 12.87. 200-meter dash 1. Kris Simanton, Malta, 24.07; 2. Kelan Broadhead, Chinook, 24.58; 3. Ty Salsb...
Sterling College assistant coach Shawn Reed was the second candidate to complete the interview process for the head women's basketball coaching position at Montana State University-Northern. Tuesday night Reed greeted various community members and explained his goals, plans and expectations for the future of the Skylights basketball program. Reed, who has been an assistant for the small NAIA Division II college in Sterling, Kan., for nine years, told the group his job goes beyond the duties of a typical assistant coach....
CHESTER Kenneth Raymond "Kenny" Tempel, 76, died Sunday, April 21, 2002, at a Chester hospital of natural causes. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Chester United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Chester Cemetery. Kenneth was born Sept. 22, 1925, to Gus and Louise (Heyen) Tempel on the family homestead in the Alma community 20 miles northwest of Joplin. Kenny grew up on the family farm and received his formal education at the Tingdahl School near there. Following his school years, he pursued his...
The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce will have its quarterly meeting at the Holiday Village Shopping Center community room on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Scott Patera with NorthWestern Energy will have a roundtable discussion on "How much will electricity cost me on July 1, 2002?" Everyone is welcome to attend. The seminar will present information on: What portion of your business's electric bill is actually subject to increase on July 1. NorthWestern's role as your default electric supplier. Montana Public Service Commission's role...
Name: Thomas Marshall Class: Junior School: KG Sport: Track and Field As the KG boys track team continues to show its power, so does junior Thomas Marshall. Marshall finished first in two events, second in one and third in the other en route to the KouGars' runaway first-place finish at Saturday's Rocky Boy Invitational Track Meet at Havre Middle School. Marshall came in first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds and second in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.30 seconds. He also took first in the long jump with a...
The Havre-Hill County Library will be closed Thursday and Friday so the library staff can attend the Montana Library Association Conference in Great Falls. Regular hours for the library will resume on Saturday, when the library is open from noon to 5 p.m. "The Sky's the Limit at Montana Libraries" is the convention, expressing what's happening in public, academic, special and school libraries. One of the advances is an effort across the state, with the help of grant funding through the Library Services and Technology Act,...
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Foundation has awarded Montana State UniversityNorthern a $100,000 donation for the planned Applied Technology Center at the university. "This level of support from the BNSF Foundation is a major achievement in our ongoing campaign to raise funds for the $5 million Applied Technology Center," Chancellor Alex Capdeville said in a press release. "We are proud of our longtime association with the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company and we are excited about this newest...
For Steve Helmbrecht, art isn't a way of life. It is life. "Art inspires us to think outside the box, outside our everyday routine," he said. "It's an inspiration to everyone. If we don't have it, what's to live for?" Helmbrecht, a 50-year-old potter who owns Helmbrecht photography studio in Havre, is the featured artist at the H. Earl Clack Museum Gallery from Wednesday to May 5. His work, which encompasses a broad range of ceramics, is on display Wednesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. A wine...
His home in Highland Park is situated on what he calls a drag strip and the city calls Grant Avenue. At times, the man said, he hears cars several blocks away speeding up his street with his front door closed. Monday night, Dave Vaughn was one of three Havre residents to attend a police and fire committee meeting at City Hall to address the issue of speeding on neighborhood streets. "There's a lot of it that goes on in the Highland Park area," he told Police Chief Kevin Olson and the four city council members in attendance....
