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The decision of what the Havre Public Schools' calendar for the 2023-2024 school year will be has been delayed again after a contentious meeting Thursday evening. At the beginning of the meeting HPS Interim-Superintendent Brad Moore, said he will continue to support the Havre Education Association's request to delay voting on this issue until after the election. The issue of whether to move to a four-day school week with extended class periods has been discussed by the school...
Daniel S. Henry, 65, passed away due to natural causes Friday, April 28, 2023, at his residence. Wake services will begin at 5:00 p.m., with his Rosary at 7:00 p.m., all today, April 1, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2023. All services will be at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Box Elder....
Editor’s note: This version corrects the time of service. Raymond J. “Ray” Thackeray, 92, passed away Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Northern Montana Care Center due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and Ray’s services will be held Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 10 a.m. at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. His family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to Van Orsdel United Methodist Church or the charity of the donor’s choice....
James S. Rosien Anaconda Leader Editor This story originally ran in The Anaconda Leader March 10. The Montana Legislature is on its midsession break this week as lawmakers return to their constituencies following a marathon voting session in which 180 bills passed the Montana House of Representatives in roughly 48 hours before the March 3 adjournment. But before that marathon kicked off, the Anaconda Leader caught up with a pair of freshman representatives at the 2023...
Hands on History, a long-running event put on for local youth by the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation, will be returning, after three years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Event co-chairs Claudia Howard and Cindy Lamb said the event features 20 activities ranging from beading, to leathercraft, to instruments and an Atlatl cost. Howard said one of the big themes of the event is to let children make something with their own hands that...
Press release Karen Vosen from Havre has been juried in as a semifinalist for the 2023 American Quilt Show Week in Paducah, Kentucky, this week, April 26-29, 2023. Her quilt Rosemaling is in the show. "(American Quilter's Society) has a longstanding history of having the best in our contest," American Quilter's Society President Bill Schroeder said. "Just when we thin the quality of the quilts can't get any better, quilters step up the relativity even more and set a new...
We Human Beans are strange creatures, are we not? Oh, maybe not you, but me, my hand is raised. My mind works in strange ways. Take yesterday. Yesterday, I seemed determined to feel sorry for myself. Temperatures were flirting with 100 degrees, a mere kiss away, lips smooched into a pucker. It is our hot season. Not unusual for here. April, May, mid-June. Then the blessed, glorious rains and cool perfection at 85. Big deal, right? In July and August in North-central Montana,...
At the point my friend, Kerri, asked me last weekend what I was doing, I was at the tipping point into the realm of too tired to make words happen, so I let my cellphone camera do the talking, snapped a photo and hit send. I’m so modern and tech-savvy. Kerri messaged back: “What am I looking at?” What? Duh. She wanted my tired brain to type words using my overworked and blocky peasant fingers on this cellphone’s teeny tiny screen-typewriter? Sure, my photo wasn’t a professio...
A bill to prohibit critical health care for transgender Montana youth sits on Gov. Gianforte’s desk. His signature will come despite the objections of Montana’s health experts, child advocates, parents and the people who will be directly impacted. The Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization representing pediatric care providers in Montana, has sought to give clear and consistent information on the harmful health impacts of this bill, SB99, on a small but vulnerable group of Montana youth. For...
Earth Day 2023 was April 22 – that date marked 53 years since the first Earth Day in 1970. On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet. The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event. This led to passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States,...
Havre City Council will meet Monday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports 1 through 6. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Resolution No. 3879 — A resolution recognizing the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce as the local non-profit Convention and Visitors Bureau in Havre, Montana. 2. Ratification of Montana Federation of Public Emp...
Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, May 1, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is; 1) Approval of minutes 2) Approval of agenda 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda requests for next meeting 4) Cabin business Cabin inspections dates 5) Old business Lodge Planning Committee Clarification of the agenda-setting process and follow up action(s) 6) New business Marathon Committee reappointments and committee restructuring Park Budget Park fire truck 7)...
Havre Police Department A caller from Fifth Street at 8:15 a.m. Thursday reported someone had broken their windshield. -- Officers issued a written or verbal warning after a caller from 11th Street and Fifth Avenue reported at 8:27 a.m. Thursday a German shepherd was sitting in the road with a broken back leg. -- A caller from the 200 Block of Montana Avenue reported finding a bicycle. -- Officers issued a written or verbal warning after a caller from a business on the 1100...
Ephesian 6: 13 " Put on the whale armor of God, so when the day of evil comes you will stand, and having stood it all, remain standing." Out our way, there are no time clocks or union stewards up on the Tiger Ridge When Charlie and I drive through the lower pasture gate, unload Doc and Jet and saddle up, we don't worry about watching the clock. We simply plan to do whatever it takes for however long it takes. Some days the fence is secure and needs no repairs. Some days there...
The fourth Sunday of the Easter season is always Good Shepherd Sunday. Some years, this church commemoration is the same day as Blue Sunday, when churches around the country and around the world pray for the safety and protection of children who are in abusive situations. It's a day when we give thanks for the many organizations and individuals who dedicate themselves to alleviating the suffering of children. The organizers write: "April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. It...
You know, Lord, sometimes we need to stop and take a breath - like, whoa, May is almost upon us - Wow! What do we expect with May? Well, a friend decided to share some thoughts about May - like about how their wild crabapple blossoms are about to open, they already know that they will be so lovely! That is enough joy for any month. The wealth of aroma drenches the air. Before the blooms come, one anticipates their color, their perfume, their wild-wood wonder. When the...
North Central Senior Center MAY 1-5 Menu Monday, May 1 — Eggs Benedict, hash browns, fruit Tuesday May 2 — Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, veggies, dessert Wednesday, May 3 — Spaghetti, garlic toast, salad, dessert Thursday, May 4 — Baked chicken, baked potatoes, veggies, cake Friday, May 5 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert News from our gift shop: Hot specials! Any item that hangs on the wall and is marked “Make an Offer.” These include pictures, frames, wall hangings and decorations. Beautiful clear glass serving d...
After opening the season with a trip to Kalispell, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club will compete in the friendly confines of Legion Field for the first time this season. This weekend, the Northstars will host the Billings Expos AA team and the Kalispell Lakers A team, which Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes gives the Northstars an opportunity to find their footing early in the season. "The expectations are the same as always, just to try and get...
The Havre High softball team has been rolling to start the season, but it will face a tough test this weekend when it competes in the Frenchtown Tournament. The Blue Ponies will face many tough teams at the tournament, so HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti believes it will be a good chance for them to continue improving. “We want to keep getting better every day and I think we’re doing that. It’s going to be a great opportunity for us,” Vigliotti said. “It’ll be a good test for us...
The Havre High track and field teams are in the thick of their season, which will continue with the Whitefish Invitational this weekend. With important meets coming up, HHS head coach Kari Filius hopes to see the Blue Ponies continue to improve their times this weekend. “Hopefully, we can keep getting our times down. It’s our last meet before the top 10, so I want to get a few more kids qualified in the region to go to that top 10 meet on Tuesday,” Filius said. “Just keep ge...
