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page design and photos by nikki carlson story by krista corner One veteran's tour of duty in World War II took him to many of the most famous battles of the South Pacific, and his ship was one of the first inside the harbor at Tokyo. Earl Pollington reminisced Wednesday about life in Kremlin, coming to Montana from Michigan, the U.S. Navy and a marriage of almost 60 years. Pollington, 92, served his country in World War II aboard the U.S.S. San Diego, an anti-aircraft cruiser. He has lived a colorful life, coming to Montana f...
Daniel Horton Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com It is finally that time. Basketball across the Hi-Line is back, and after weeks of practice and preparation, area boys teams flooded the hardwood for their season tip-offs. Big Sandy was the site of the Big Sandy Preseason Tournament, and making their season debuts were the 9C North Star Knights and the Big Sandy Pioneers. On Thursday, the Knights got a 39-26 victory over Augusta, but it wasn't until the second half when the Knights...
World War II Navy veteran Walter John Stark, 87, of Great Falls and formerly of Havre, a retired material supervisor for the Great Northern and Burlington Northern Railroad, died of a head injury sustained in a fall Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at his home. Services will be held Friday, December 19, 2008, 2 p.m. at The Lodge in Great Falls. Schnider Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Walter J. Stark was born Nov. 30, 1921, to Louis and Emma (Platt) Stark in Sayk Rapids, Minn., where he was raised and educated. He served in the...
HDN Staff and wire report Continuing his fight to increase benefits for military veterans, Sen. Jon Tester teamed up with Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer in the U.S. Senate Thursday. Tester introduced Schweitzer during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee, which examined the Iraq war's impact on rising health care costs for veterans, a release from Tester's office said. Schweitzer talked about the “unseen costs” of caring for veterans wounded in the war, especially veterans living in Montana and rural America. “Ha...
WASHINGTON With the recession dragging down consumer prices and home construction, the Federal Reserve is prepared to slash a key interest rate perhaps to an all-time low in a desperate bid to stem the country's economic slide. Consumer prices fell by a record amount in November, while home building plunged by the most in a quartercentury, according to government reports released Tuesday that underscored the economy's weakening state. Falling prices for goods and services at first blush might sound like a good thing. But if...
MISSOULA About 800 gallons of unleaded gasoline spilled onto Interstate 90 on Monday after a fuel tanker sideswiped a tractor trailer east of here, authorities said. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Sean Finley said the tractor trailer was trying to pull to the side of the highway when it was struck by the tanker at about 11:40 a.m. The accident briefly closed both eastbound lanes. Traffic was limited to one eastbound lane throughout the early afternoon, but both lanes were open by 4 p. m. A Montana Rail Link train also was del...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The new patrol station for U.S. Border Patrol is set to open early next year, slightly delayed from the planned opening date. “We will move in as soon as the building is complete, right now we are looking at February to take possession,” said Jade Matzel, spokesperson for the Havre Sector Border Patrol, adding that the exact time the facility will be ready is not yet known. Matzell said the station, which was originally advertised in Fed Biz Opportu...
page design and photos by nikki carlson story by krista corner One veteran's tour of duty in World War II took him to many of the most famous battles of the South Pacific, and his ship was one of the first inside the harbor at Tokyo. Earl Pollington reminisced Wednesday about life in Kremlin, coming to Montana from Michigan, the U.S. Navy and a marriage of almost 60 years. Pollington, 92, served his country in World War II aboard the U.S.S. San Diego, an anti-aircraft cruiser. He has lived a colorful life, coming to Montana f...
Daniel Horton Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com It is finally that time. Basketball across the Hi-Line is back, and after weeks of practice and preparation, area boys teams flooded the hardwood for their season tip-offs. Big Sandy was the site of the Big Sandy Preseason Tournament, and making their season debuts were the 9C North Star Knights and the Big Sandy Pioneers. On Thursday, the Knights got a 39-26 victory over Augusta, but it wasn't until the second half when the Knights...
World War II Navy veteran Walter John Stark, 87, of Great Falls and formerly of Havre, a retired material supervisor for the Great Northern and Burlington Northern Railroad, died of a head injury sustained in a fall Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at his home. Services will be held Friday, December 19, 2008, 2 p.m. at The Lodge in Great Falls. Schnider Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Walter J. Stark was born Nov. 30, 1921, to Louis and Emma (Platt) Stark in Sayk Rapids, Minn., where he was raised and educated. He served in the...
HDN Staff and wire report Continuing his fight to increase benefits for military veterans, Sen. Jon Tester teamed up with Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer in the U.S. Senate Thursday. Tester introduced Schweitzer during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee, which examined the Iraq war's impact on rising health care costs for veterans, a release from Tester's office said. Schweitzer talked about the “unseen costs” of caring for veterans wounded in the war, especially veterans living in Montana and rural America. “Ha...
WASHINGTON With the recession dragging down consumer prices and home construction, the Federal Reserve is prepared to slash a key interest rate perhaps to an all-time low in a desperate bid to stem the country's economic slide. Consumer prices fell by a record amount in November, while home building plunged by the most in a quartercentury, according to government reports released Tuesday that underscored the economy's weakening state. Falling prices for goods and services at first blush might sound like a good thing. But if...
MISSOULA About 800 gallons of unleaded gasoline spilled onto Interstate 90 on Monday after a fuel tanker sideswiped a tractor trailer east of here, authorities said. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Sean Finley said the tractor trailer was trying to pull to the side of the highway when it was struck by the tanker at about 11:40 a.m. The accident briefly closed both eastbound lanes. Traffic was limited to one eastbound lane throughout the early afternoon, but both lanes were open by 4 p. m. A Montana Rail Link train also was del...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The new patrol station for U.S. Border Patrol is set to open early next year, slightly delayed from the planned opening date. “We will move in as soon as the building is complete, right now we are looking at February to take possession,” said Jade Matzel, spokesperson for the Havre Sector Border Patrol, adding that the exact time the facility will be ready is not yet known. Matzell said the station, which was originally advertised in Fed Biz Opportu...
page design and photos by nikki carlson story by krista corner One veteran's tour of duty in World War II took him to many of the most famous battles of the South Pacific, and his ship was one of the first inside the harbor at Tokyo. Earl Pollington reminisced Wednesday about life in Kremlin, coming to Montana from Michigan, the U.S. Navy and a marriage of almost 60 years. Pollington, 92, served his country in World War II aboard the U.S.S. San Diego, an anti-aircraft cruiser. He has lived a colorful life, coming to Montana f...
Daniel Horton Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com It is finally that time. Basketball across the Hi-Line is back, and after weeks of practice and preparation, area boys teams flooded the hardwood for their season tip-offs. Big Sandy was the site of the Big Sandy Preseason Tournament, and making their season debuts were the 9C North Star Knights and the Big Sandy Pioneers. On Thursday, the Knights got a 39-26 victory over Augusta, but it wasn't until the second half when the Knights...
World War II Navy veteran Walter John Stark, 87, of Great Falls and formerly of Havre, a retired material supervisor for the Great Northern and Burlington Northern Railroad, died of a head injury sustained in a fall Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at his home. Services will be held Friday, December 19, 2008, 2 p.m. at The Lodge in Great Falls. Schnider Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Walter J. Stark was born Nov. 30, 1921, to Louis and Emma (Platt) Stark in Sayk Rapids, Minn., where he was raised and educated. He served in the...
HDN Staff and wire report Continuing his fight to increase benefits for military veterans, Sen. Jon Tester teamed up with Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer in the U.S. Senate Thursday. Tester introduced Schweitzer during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee, which examined the Iraq war's impact on rising health care costs for veterans, a release from Tester's office said. Schweitzer talked about the “unseen costs” of caring for veterans wounded in the war, especially veterans living in Montana and rural America. “Ha...
WASHINGTON With the recession dragging down consumer prices and home construction, the Federal Reserve is prepared to slash a key interest rate perhaps to an all-time low in a desperate bid to stem the country's economic slide. Consumer prices fell by a record amount in November, while home building plunged by the most in a quartercentury, according to government reports released Tuesday that underscored the economy's weakening state. Falling prices for goods and services at first blush might sound like a good thing. But if...
MISSOULA About 800 gallons of unleaded gasoline spilled onto Interstate 90 on Monday after a fuel tanker sideswiped a tractor trailer east of here, authorities said. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Sean Finley said the tractor trailer was trying to pull to the side of the highway when it was struck by the tanker at about 11:40 a.m. The accident briefly closed both eastbound lanes. Traffic was limited to one eastbound lane throughout the early afternoon, but both lanes were open by 4 p. m. A Montana Rail Link train also was del...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The new patrol station for U.S. Border Patrol is set to open early next year, slightly delayed from the planned opening date. “We will move in as soon as the building is complete, right now we are looking at February to take possession,” said Jade Matzel, spokesperson for the Havre Sector Border Patrol, adding that the exact time the facility will be ready is not yet known. Matzell said the station, which was originally advertised in Fed Biz Opportu...
