Articles from the April 26, 2004 edition

This week marks the 10th annual TV-Turnoff Week. TV-Turnoff Week is an event that encourages adults and children to watch less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities. Watching less television allows more time for physical activity and family time. According to the TV-Turnoff Network, cutting back on television time now can have significant health benefits for adults and for our children. Studies strongly link excessive television watching, one of the least stimulating activities in which we engage,...

To say that the Havre High track teams stepped up a level in competition this past weekend would be an understatement - like saying weather during track season can be a little unpredictable. Both the Havre High girls and boys teams attended separate Class AA meets in Butte and Great Falls on Saturday. For some of the young Ponies, the day was an eye-opening experience, and for others it was a chance to see how they fared against the best track and field athletes that Montana has to offer. "Our young kids were very nervous at...

The Havre High tennis team picked the right weekend to play its best tennis. The Ponies had solid showings in both the girls and boys divisions at the extremely competitive Helena Invitational tennis tournament. "This was the best weekend of tennis we have had so far," said head coach George Ferguson. "The competition was very tough on both sides, and all of our kids really started to take their game to the next level. The girls scored 42 team points, which would have had them placing pretty high. The boys scored 39 points,...

The Havre fast pitch softball club team got its first real taste of established softball competition this past weekend. And it was pretty sour. Havre finished the weekend with an 0-4 record and struggled at times against more experienced teams and players. "It was definitely an eye-opening experience for our girls," said head coach Kim Staudinger. "They learned a lot about what it takes to be successful. To their credit, they improved with every game they played." It wasn't difficult to improve on Havre's opening...

JoAnne Weyh Schubert, 63, died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at her home after a long illness. Her funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Holland and Bonine Chapel with the Rev. Catherine Card officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Eagles immediately following the services at the graveside. JoAnne was born on Oct. 6, 1940, in Havre to Arthur and Dorothy (Thomas) Weyh. She was raised and educated in Havre. She married Larry Schubert on Dec. 10, 1966, in...

Wanda Lucille (Robinson) Osterberg, 73, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at her home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Messiah Lutheran Church with the Rev. Rodney Mruk offici- ating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately following the service. Wanda was born July 28, 1930, at the family home in Garfield Township, Michigan to Everett D. and Tillie (Hahn) Robinson. She attended school in Engadine Michigan and graduated from Engadine...

CHESTER - Inga (Skari) Haugen, 105, a native North Dakotan, died of natural causes Thursday, April 22, 2004, at a Chester nursing home. A funeral service will be held at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with reception following at the Sweetgrass Lodge. Additional services will be held at the Mayville Lutheran Church in Mayville, N.D., at 3 p.m. Friday. Burial will follow at the Mayville Cemetery. Inga Haugen was born on Jan. 27, 1899, on a farm near Kindred, N.D. to Iver Skari and Marie (Anderson) S...

Editor's note: This is the first of four profiles of candidates running for two seats on the Havre school board. Bonnie Benson has little problem naming the skills she says she has that suit her for a seat on the Havre school board. She understands a budget from years of running her own barber shop, she said. She also tells it as she sees it. "I'm not afraid to speak my mind," said Benson, 43. "I think (board members) have to have a backbone and they have to be pretty tough-skinned because you have to make hard decisions...

Two grant-funded construction projects - a new sidewalk at the Hill County Fairgrounds and the beautification of Kremlin's community park - are being planned and could be finished as early as this fall. Craig Erickson, the community planner for Bear Paw Development Corp., said the sidewalk project is a 750-foot cement path along the north edge of the fairgrounds. "It'd be nice for people walking into the fairgrounds or who park on the north side of the fairgrounds to have that sidewalk," Erickson said Thursday. "It's a nice...

School board and levy elections will be held in a number of north-central Montana communities on May 4. All now have absentee ballots available. Three candidates will vie for a spot on the Rocky Boy school board. The candidates for one three-year term on the Rocky Boy board are Larry Morsette Jr., Matthew Denny Sr. and Thelma Stanley. Voting will be held between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. in the gymnasium at Rocky Boy Elementary School. In Chinook Public Schools, four candidates are running for two three-year seats. Incumbent Scott...

The chancellor of Montana State University-Northern is a finalist for president of a college in Wyoming. Alex Capdeville is one of three finalists for the presidency at Sheridan College in Sheridan. Capdeville could not be reached for comment this morning. Wendy Smith, information director at Sheridan College, said the college board of trustees hopes to have the new president hired in time to take the position by July 1. Sheridan College President Steve Maier has announced he will step down at the end of June. MSU President...

Havre Pride organizer Kim Cripps said she has heard from many volunteers for Saturday's cleanup of the city, but more are always needed. "I'm excited. It's going to be great weather. People can come and have breakfast and come clean Havre," she said Thursday. The twice-a-year event, sponsored by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, asks people to come out and pick up trash in the community. Cripps said she wants to concentrate on the east edge of Havre this year to give people coming into town a good impression as they...

This year's A Taste of Jazz will feature bassist Clipper Anderson when it hits the state Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Havre High School. Anderson has been described by Seattle's "Earshot" jazz magazine as "a player for the connoisseur to savor." A native of Polson, he graduated from the University of Montana, where he studied bass with Frank Diliberto. After a professional stint in the Spokane area, he moved to Seattle. Anderson has toured and played with a number of internationally known jazz artists, including Randy and Michael...

Imagine a post-war world, where families have to hide from enemies seeking to capture and imprison them, learn to live on the land, without electricity, without cars or tractors, without modern conveniences. Imagine a family trying to do that in the Bear Paw Mountains south of Chinook. That is the story told in the first work of fiction by a Hi-Line native whose love of children and the outdoors, combined with a disabling illness, led her to a new career as an author. BilliJo Doll's first novel, "The Seekers," hit the...

This week marks the 10th annual TV-Turnoff Week. TV-Turnoff Week is an event that encourages adults and children to watch less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities. Watching less television allows more time for physical activity and family time. According to the TV-Turnoff Network, cutting back on television time now can have significant health benefits for adults and for our children. Studies strongly link excessive television watching, one of the least stimulating activities in which we engage,...

To say that the Havre High track teams stepped up a level in competition this past weekend would be an understatement - like saying weather during track season can be a little unpredictable. Both the Havre High girls and boys teams attended separate Class AA meets in Butte and Great Falls on Saturday. For some of the young Ponies, the day was an eye-opening experience, and for others it was a chance to see how they fared against the best track and field athletes that Montana has to offer. "Our young kids were very nervous at...

The Havre High tennis team picked the right weekend to play its best tennis. The Ponies had solid showings in both the girls and boys divisions at the extremely competitive Helena Invitational tennis tournament. "This was the best weekend of tennis we have had so far," said head coach George Ferguson. "The competition was very tough on both sides, and all of our kids really started to take their game to the next level. The girls scored 42 team points, which would have had them placing pretty high. The boys scored 39 points,...

The Havre fast pitch softball club team got its first real taste of established softball competition this past weekend. And it was pretty sour. Havre finished the weekend with an 0-4 record and struggled at times against more experienced teams and players. "It was definitely an eye-opening experience for our girls," said head coach Kim Staudinger. "They learned a lot about what it takes to be successful. To their credit, they improved with every game they played." It wasn't difficult to improve on Havre's opening...

JoAnne Weyh Schubert, 63, died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at her home after a long illness. Her funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Holland and Bonine Chapel with the Rev. Catherine Card officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Eagles immediately following the services at the graveside. JoAnne was born on Oct. 6, 1940, in Havre to Arthur and Dorothy (Thomas) Weyh. She was raised and educated in Havre. She married Larry Schubert on Dec. 10, 1966, in...

Wanda Lucille (Robinson) Osterberg, 73, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at her home of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Messiah Lutheran Church with the Rev. Rodney Mruk offici- ating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately following the service. Wanda was born July 28, 1930, at the family home in Garfield Township, Michigan to Everett D. and Tillie (Hahn) Robinson. She attended school in Engadine Michigan and graduated from Engadine...

CHESTER - Inga (Skari) Haugen, 105, a native North Dakotan, died of natural causes Thursday, April 22, 2004, at a Chester nursing home. A funeral service will be held at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with reception following at the Sweetgrass Lodge. Additional services will be held at the Mayville Lutheran Church in Mayville, N.D., at 3 p.m. Friday. Burial will follow at the Mayville Cemetery. Inga Haugen was born on Jan. 27, 1899, on a farm near Kindred, N.D. to Iver Skari and Marie (Anderson) S...

Editor's note: This is the first of four profiles of candidates running for two seats on the Havre school board. Bonnie Benson has little problem naming the skills she says she has that suit her for a seat on the Havre school board. She understands a budget from years of running her own barber shop, she said. She also tells it as she sees it. "I'm not afraid to speak my mind," said Benson, 43. "I think (board members) have to have a backbone and they have to be pretty tough-skinned because you have to make hard decisions...

Two grant-funded construction projects - a new sidewalk at the Hill County Fairgrounds and the beautification of Kremlin's community park - are being planned and could be finished as early as this fall. Craig Erickson, the community planner for Bear Paw Development Corp., said the sidewalk project is a 750-foot cement path along the north edge of the fairgrounds. "It'd be nice for people walking into the fairgrounds or who park on the north side of the fairgrounds to have that sidewalk," Erickson said Thursday. "It's a nice...

School board and levy elections will be held in a number of north-central Montana communities on May 4. All now have absentee ballots available. Three candidates will vie for a spot on the Rocky Boy school board. The candidates for one three-year term on the Rocky Boy board are Larry Morsette Jr., Matthew Denny Sr. and Thelma Stanley. Voting will be held between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. in the gymnasium at Rocky Boy Elementary School. In Chinook Public Schools, four candidates are running for two three-year seats. Incumbent Scott...

The chancellor of Montana State University-Northern is a finalist for president of a college in Wyoming. Alex Capdeville is one of three finalists for the presidency at Sheridan College in Sheridan. Capdeville could not be reached for comment this morning. Wendy Smith, information director at Sheridan College, said the college board of trustees hopes to have the new president hired in time to take the position by July 1. Sheridan College President Steve Maier has announced he will step down at the end of June. MSU President...