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A last-minute $1 million appropriation to Montana State University-Northern will put the university over the top in its goal to build a new auto- diesel facility on campus. Sen. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, added an amendment to a long-range building appropriation bills that gave Northern the money it needs to construct the facility. The bill sailed through the Senate and the Montana House with little opposition. All Hi-Line lawmakers voted for it. It now goes to Gov. Steve Bullock...
Kelly Cunningham hasn't been in business with AMP'D Fitness for a year yet but has seen some very quick success. AMP'D offers Oula, Oula Power, Junior Oula, belly dancing, pilates and piyo classes. "Oula is a high-energy, high-octane group fitness dance class," Cunningham said. Oula takes its name from Missoula, where it was created. "We get loud, we get crazy, we get big and wild - we're all sweating for one whole hour," she said, laughing. Oula Power is 45-minutes long and i...
Last week, Montanans were honored at the annual Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Conference in Helena for their work on preventing child abuse and neglect. Mark Douglass, executive director of Hill County's Court Appointed Special Advocate organization, was among those awarded April 14. Douglass was named CASA Program Director of the Year. He said he is very honored to have received the award. "I am very humbled by it," Douglass said. "To be honest, the work that I do wouldn't...
At Montana State University-Northern's annual TekNoXpo, Kiewit Corp. announced they are giving $250,000 to the university's planned Automotive-Diesel Technology Center. Keith Sasich, the vice president of Kiewit, spoke at a press conference Thursday. "We're really excited about the new facility you're building for the auto-diesel technology group," Sasich said. "In our industry, we see a lot of opportunity for folks in that area and we think this is going to be a great...
Special to the Daily News Weather service is presenting a Skywarn class to train people to be weather spotters, and an announcement of the class says all are welcome to attend the free event. According to the Skywarn website, the federal National Oceanographic and Admospheric Administration’s National Weather Service, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established Skywarn with partner organizations to obtain critical weather information on the local level. Skywarn is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained s...
Special to the Daily News Living History will be held June 6. Fort Assiniboine is looking for groups or organizations that would be interested in attending the event at the fort to showcase their items or set up a booth. Selections will be picked by May 5. People who want more information on this event or to pick up a form to register their organization can contact Becky Miller at 945-2339. Havre Beneath the Streets is looking for volunteers for Living History Day. Anyone who is interested or wants more information can...
Havre has been chosen as the next site for Hometown Humanities, a Humanities Montana initiative that brings a year’s worth of humanities-based programming to a community. Kim Anderson, associate director of programs of Humanities Montana, said nine communities applied for the program. “We were really impressed with the quality of the application from Havre,” she said. “There was a strong commitment to do a great diversity of programming. There were great partnerships between MSU-Northern, the public schools, the library...
The 39th annual Sweetgrass Society Powwow’s grand entry begins tonight at the Montana State University-Northern Armory Gymnasium. The adviser for the Sweetgrass Society, Jamie Underwood, said this is the biggest event of the year for the club and one of the biggest for the university. “This has been an ongoing tradition at Northern for a long time,” Underwood said. The Sweetgrass Society is a Native American club at Northern that has roots back to the 1960s and has been a force on campus for just as long. “We win the most po...
Press release To commemorate Memorial Day and recognize Montanans for their service to our nation, U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., is seeking photos of Montana veterans and current service members to permanently display in the nation’s capital and to honor the week of Memorial Day. Loved-ones are encouraged to mail a copy of their photos of the veteran/service member, with details of the individual’s service — branch, years active, etc. — and the veteran/service member’s hometown to Zinke’s Billings office: Hon. Ryan K. Zin...
Laurel — The Montana Legislature has given final approval to a proposal to help preserve Montana’s Native languages. Gov, Steve Bullock is almost certain to sign it. Sponsored by Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, the bill would help school districts create language immersion programs whereby students would spend at least half of their day in classes spoken in Native languages. Locally, that would almost certainly be in Cree. Native languages are dying out, and Windy Boy’s bill will hopefully stop that trend. Young peopl...
Sometimes the Universe stops orchestrating ironic life twists — and creating cracks in the sidewalk of life just to laugh at seeing you trip and fall — long enough to do you a favor. A real favor. Sometimes that real favor feels like a sucker punch to the solar plexus. You’re just lying there in the dirt with your mouth gaping uselessly like a fish on a dry bank waiting for the clubbing that’s sure to follow to put you out of your misery. The knock-out blow doesn’t come, but the air does, eventually, and that means you gotta...
The Havre school board will meet at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the Robins Scool Administration building. Board members will act on personnel actions and hear about the year-end audit....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 10:55 a.m. Thursday call from a motor vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 2 East. —— Officers investigated a 12:55 p.m. Thursday call from Sunnyside Intermediate School about a disruptive student. —— Officers investigated a 4:27 p.m. Thursday call from 9th Avenue Northwest about a stolen laptop charger. —— Sunny Rae Ramirez, 34, of Box Elder was issued a summons on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license, violation of child restraint and driving with no insur...
Roy P. Christenson, 87, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 1, 2015, at First Congregational Church, 629 2nd Ave. N, Glasgow, with Pastor Rick Thompson officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Roy's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at...
Monday 10 a.m. — Center for Mental Health Board meeting 10:30 a.m. — North Havre Waste Water — conference call Tuesday 10 a.m. — Beaver Creek Dam bid opening 10:30 am — Road Supervisor Otto Wednesday Office hours Thursday 9 a.m. — Payroll approval 10 a.m. — Business meeting: manual claims; employment review; resolutions; tax adjustments; county permit approval; subdivision/survey approval; time for comments from the public 1:30 pm — Claims approval Friday Office hours...
Robert E. Azure, 85, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. At Bob's request, cremation has taken place, and the family will hold a celebration of life later this year. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Bob's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www.hollandbonine.com. Bob was born on May 23, 1929, in Zortman to Peter and Mary (Lavadure)...
For the second straight weekend, the Havre High softball team has a critical conference doubleheader on tap. Only this time, it’s on the road against the Livingston Rangers. The Blue Ponies come into the weekend with a 5-6 record overall and a 2-2 mark in Central A conference play. But after dropping two games against Belgrade last weekend in Havre, the Ponies will be playing another one of the conference’s top teams in Livingston and getting at least a split would be ver...
Some people are never sure of what they want to do with their lives. But for others, it's ingrained into them, almost predetermined, even if they don't know it. And that is exactly how it is when it comes to Dick Fuzesy and coaching - you could almost say it's what he was born to do. "It was just kind of ingrained into me," Fuzesy said. "My dad was a coach, my grandpa was a coach, my uncle was a coach, so it was just part of our culture. As a I got older, I wanted to find a...
The Havre High track teams have been busy lately and that hectic schedule will only continue Saturday as both Blue Pony squads will be in Whitefish for the A.R.M. Invitational. One good thing about heading all the way to Whitefish for a track meet is that HHS will get the benefit of seeing different athletes and different teams than they have so far this season. The meet will get underway at 9:30 a.m. “It’s always good to get out there and compete and measure yourself aga...
Emily Mayer Havre and Hill County continued to be very busy according to the newspapers 100 years ago. The Hill County Democrat's April 24, 1915 issue had some news on the new courthouse under the "Commissioners Proceedings" column. Here is an excerpt of that column: ... Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Hill County Montana will be held on the 14th and 15th days of April 1915, for the examination and final acceptance of...
North Central Senior Center, April 27 to May 1 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except for medical, people have to call in early to make arrangements; Painting at 1 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except for medical, people have to call in early to make arrangements; Bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except for medical, people have to call in early to make arrangements; TOPS at 8 a.m.; cards at 1 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except...
In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called. He was a devout man who feared God with his entire household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God. One afternoon about 3 o'clock he had a vision in which he clearly saw and angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius!" He stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" He answered, "Your prayers and amour alms have ascended as a...
Pastor John Ulrich Van Orsdel United Methodist Church When bad things happen, you have choices: 1.You can let it define you. 2. You can let it destroy you. 3. Or you can let it bring you closer to God every day. February 2013 I was diagnosed with melanoma cancer. I had it surgically removed from my chest. Then I turned it all over to God and proceeded on with my life. One year later it not only returned, but it had metastasized into the sentinel lymph node under the right arm and the lungs. Again I turned to God as I do...
Press release A duo touring the nation is set to make a stop in Havre May 6. After uprooting from their Nashville home and full-time jobs in June of 2012, the husband and wife indie folk-rock duo Karisa and Cie Hoover of You Knew Me When set plans to tour the nation for a full year ...then they never stopped. Since that time they have been serving up their craft brewed compositions coast to coast throughout the USA and into Canada and released their first studio album "You,...
