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Voters in Liberty County this week voted against a pair of $3.1 million bonds Chester-Joplin-Inverness Public Schools put on the ballot for building improvements, repairs and renovations. The bonds would have raised taxes annually for those with a $100,000 home by $51.83 per year for those who live in both the elementary- and high-school districts, or $103.66 for a home worth $200,000. CJI Superintendent Tim Bronk said the schools have a variety of projects that these bonds would have paid for that will now need to be...
Hi-Line Arts Council and the Downtown Havre Matters! Arts and Beautification Committee, with the help of funding from the Hill County Community Foundation, is having a new mural put up in town on the back of the Elks Lodge building. Community Foundation Executive Director Pam Veis said Arts Council Member Dave Martens is the one who's making the project happen, but Martens said the idea of putting a mural there has been floating around the organizations for a while, he just...
Press release The Bearpaw Bowmen Spring 3-D Shoot was held Sunday at Eagle's Campground in Beaver Creek Park. An open and informal shoot, archers shot at 25 life-like targets set up on a hiking course along the creek bottom and on the hillsides around the campground. 4-H members provided lunch. Chicks Barebow 1st place, Emma McMurray, 137 Chicks Longbow 1st place, Marin Alisch, 304 2nd place, Lilly Ophus, 131 3rd place, Aylah Hipple, 90 Chicks Recurve 1st place, Josie Mehmke, 315 Cubs Barebow 1st place, Asics Hipple, 333 2nd...
Judy Vosen Local Red Cross blood drive volunteer coordinator The next Havre Community Red Cross Blood Drive will be Monday, May 9, at the St. Jude Parish Center from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Appointments are still required. If you would like to join the ranks of these every day heroes, you may schedule an appointment at this blood drive by calling 1-800-RedCross or you can register by going online at http://redcrossblood.org, click on “Find a Drive,” and enter the sponsor code “havre.” You can download the Red Cross Blood D...
From Montana Farmers Union A new role within Montana Farmers Union is an extension of the organization’s work to strengthen family farms and rural communities. The new Membership Ambassador position was created earlier this year to coordinate grassroots efforts through MFU on behalf of agriculture operations across the state. “This position is focused entirely on drilling down to the local issues and supporting our rural communities and family farms,” MFU Member Services Director Rachel Prevost said. So far, ambas...
Any person raised on the Montana plains knows how precious is every sprout, blade or leaf of green. Precious. We baby each new evidence of life, coddle it, rejoice when it survives the season. Living here in central Mexico with year-round green, flowers, fruits, one learns to do differently. I had to discover how to prune all manner of precious greenery before they morphed into Audrey, the blood-sucking terror from “Little Shop of Horrors” and took over my whole garden wor...
One of the most distinguished wrestlers in recent memory for Havre High School has finally made his decision. On Wednesday afternoon, Havre's Orion Thivierge announced he would be signing with the United States Naval Academy wrestling program. After months of deliberation, Thivierge was happy to finally announce his decision to the public. "It's pretty awesome for it to be official," Thivierge said. "It's a lot of stress off my shoulders and I just feel it's a good thing to ha...
It feels like the season just started yesterday, but the Havre High softball team is already set to finish off its conference season with a slate of games this weekend. The Blue Ponies will first head on the road to play Lewistown Friday. They will then return home to play a doubleheader against Glendive and Sidney at Sixth Avenue Memorial Field Saturday. The Ponies will be coming off a weekend where they competed in a tournament in Frenchtown. Against some top-level teams in...