Articles from the May 26, 2000 edition

JOE ZYGMOND It seems like ancient history to the young, but to those who served in America's wars, the memories and the sacrifices are often all to recent. "I think about it every day," said Joe Zygmond, a World War II veteran who was in the battered and surrounded city of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. The German dictator, Adolf Hitler, was gambling everything he had on one last ditch attack through the Ardennes a heavily wooded area in Belgium the Americans were using as a rest area for troops just coming off the...

Viola C. Jacobson, 84, Havre, died Sunday, May 21, 2000 at a Havre care center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. There will be no services at her request. Jacobson was born Oct. 15, 1915 in Devils Lake, N.D. to Robert E. and Clara (Bergeth) Stoesser. She attended schools in Churchs Ferry, N.D. and graduated from high school there. She married Theodore (Ted) Jacobson in Churchs Ferry on Oct. 5, 1948. He was employed by the Great Northern Railroad and they moved with his job to Havre in 1948. He was a motorcyclist...

BIG SANDY Donald Ray Courtnage, 78, died Wednesday, May 24, 2000 at a Big Sandy hospital of natural causes. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor Rich Jespersen officiating. Burial to follow in the Big Sandy Cemetery with military graveside honors. Courtnage was born May 23, 1922 on the Courtnage homestead southeast of Big Sandy. He graduated from Big Sandy High School in 1941 and worked in Carssow's Confectionery (now Courtnage and Sons) until he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air...

Dorothy Anderson, 93, died Wednesday, May 24, 2000 at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with Pastor Kathy Young officiating. Burial to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Anderson was born March 15, 1907 in Osseo, Wis. She attended country schools in Osseo. She worked for her cousin in Osseo and met Alvin Anderson there. The couple married June 12, 1928 in Minneapolis, Minn. He moved to Havre to work for H. Earl Clack and she came out to Havre...

Let's try something a little less contentious this week, OK? How about we look at what's coming in September Fossil Festival and Festival Days. I'm sure there's more to do then, too, such as homecoming. But then, there's always more to do in Havre. We'll just stick with the three F's and a D for now, OK? For those who don't know, yet, what Fossil Festival is, it has nothing to do with the historic prehistoric digs near here. It has everything to do with the 1960s in Havre. The brain child of Sandy Anderson (I suspect her olde...

Although you need to learn the calls and listen to the caller, my husband Art and I feel that for pure relaxation and fun nothing is better than square dancing. It's also a great way to meet interesting people as we did during our dance across Europe in May 1985. Guide Bart had a birthday and ordered a cake; then asked us to share the "wedding cake" they did bake. It's no wonder the poor lad was badly confused; his parents and fiance had joined us and all were amused. Later we got the chance to lovingly dance! From Britain...

The Havre City Council will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30 to try to resolve differences on a proposed contract for dispatch services. Hill County has been providing dispatch services for several years although the contract for such services had expired. Havre Chief of Police Mike Shortell said they sent Hill County Sheriff Tim Solomon a copy of a contract to review and come back with figures for the cost of services. Solomon sent Shortell a letter saying he has some concerns about the contract. He wrote...

The Havre Day Activity Center, Inc. held an open house Thursday to show off its new assisted living complex at 304 Seventh St. The complex has 10 apartments with bathrooms and kitchenettes, a utility room, a communal kitchen and dining room, a communal living area and a communal kitchen. All areas of the complex are handicap-accessible. There is off-street parking with four handicap spaces and ten non-handicap spaces. HDAC Executive Director Gary Nimmick said the complex will be for developmentally disabled people who are pas...

A few months ago, I published a review about a best selling book called Rogue Warrior, by Richard Marcinko, an ex-Navy SEAL, it chronicles his years in service of his country in Vietnam and of the creation of SEAL Team Six and Red Cell. For those of you that read Rogue Warrior and enjoyed like I did, you will be happy to know that Richard Marcinko has written several books that, while fictional are truly and thoroughly enjoyable tales of his further adventures. Rogue Warrior: Red Cell, Green Team, Task Force Blue, and Seal Fo...

Every day, letters are sent worldwide with methods taken to ensure the relative secrecy of the contents. The method most used is an envelope, and it imparts security not only from its opaqueness, but from its tamper-resistance. Letters are also sent without such precautions, most of them postcards, but the bulk is in envelopes. Why do we use envelopes? Do we all have something to hide? Are we all criminals? Of course not. We use envelopes because we value our privacy, and even mundane things deserve to be kept away from...

The Havre Middle School Culture Club closed a successful year learning about cultures around the world at its last meeting Wednesday afternoon. The meeting started with the students building care packets to donate to The Salvation Army. They then celebrated with some pizza before advisor Daisy Sherman presented certificates of appreciation to people who had helped with the club, certificates of achievement to some of the students, and jackets to all of the club members. Sherman, who started advising the club this year, said...

There will be a rally held in Pepin Park Thursday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Pepin Park for the National Stand for Children Day. The rally will highlight programs and activities available in Havre for the children of the community. There will be children's activities for all ages from 11 a.m. to noon. From noon to 1 p.m., Mayor Phyllis Leonard, Pastor Steve Flateau, HRDC Director Tom Bolan and representatives from the police department and HELP will speak about the many opportunities for the children of Havre. Marit...

Tribal Chairman since 1996, Rocky Boy native son Bert Corcoran is retiring this year. Born the son of Delia and Joe Corcoran, Bert Corcoran has had most all jobs in education fields that Rocky Boy and many other places could offer. "I graduated from high school in Box Elder and went two quarters to school at Northern," Corcoran related. "But then that summer my mother passed away and I just wanted to go some place, and a teacher said I would like Western Montana College at Dillon. I did like it and worked and went to school...

Karl Ohs, Republican candidate for Lt. Governor on the Judy Martz ticket, said during a swing through Havre recently that the special session of the Montana Legislature accomplished some pretty good things in a short period of time. "Some of the things that we laid out in our JOBS (Jobs and Opportunities for a Better State) plan we were able to get done in that special session," he said. He said the session had been able to give some tax breaks to the home owners by back-filling to the counties and school districts. "Some of...

ROCKY BOY Several elected positions with the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Reservation are up for grabs during the primary and general elections this year. The process for electing a new tribal chairman to replace Chairman Bert Corcoran gets under way with the primary tribal elections on June 6. Corcoran has decided to retire and is not seeking re-election. The election, held in conjunction with the national, state and local primaries, will be in the Stone Child College gym. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m....

A flag retirement ceremony will signal the start of a full weekend of Memorial Day activities in Havre that is expected to include Canadian veteran organizations and a keynote address by Attorney General Joe Mazurek, Democratic candidate for governor. The flag retirement ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 27, at 9 a.m. in the VFW Club parking lot. Bob Rice, commander of VFW Post 497, said the purpose of the retirement is to allow anyone in the community with an old or worn flag to properly disposed of it. Rice invites...

Like Plato, the philosophy has never changed. Win, place, or set a personal-best record. The Havre Blue Pony track team will have one last opportunity to do just that this weekend at the State A track meet, held at Memorial Stadium in Butte. "I think we have put kids in the position to place or win their events," Havre head track coach John Ita said. "I think, realistically, we got a wake-up call at divisional. It takes depth and quality of depth to compete." The Blue Pony boys placed third at the Central A divisional last...

JOE ZYGMOND It seems like ancient history to the young, but to those who served in America's wars, the memories and the sacrifices are often all to recent. "I think about it every day," said Joe Zygmond, a World War II veteran who was in the battered and surrounded city of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. The German dictator, Adolf Hitler, was gambling everything he had on one last ditch attack through the Ardennes a heavily wooded area in Belgium the Americans were using as a rest area for troops just coming off the...

Viola C. Jacobson, 84, Havre, died Sunday, May 21, 2000 at a Havre care center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. There will be no services at her request. Jacobson was born Oct. 15, 1915 in Devils Lake, N.D. to Robert E. and Clara (Bergeth) Stoesser. She attended schools in Churchs Ferry, N.D. and graduated from high school there. She married Theodore (Ted) Jacobson in Churchs Ferry on Oct. 5, 1948. He was employed by the Great Northern Railroad and they moved with his job to Havre in 1948. He was a motorcyclist...

BIG SANDY Donald Ray Courtnage, 78, died Wednesday, May 24, 2000 at a Big Sandy hospital of natural causes. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor Rich Jespersen officiating. Burial to follow in the Big Sandy Cemetery with military graveside honors. Courtnage was born May 23, 1922 on the Courtnage homestead southeast of Big Sandy. He graduated from Big Sandy High School in 1941 and worked in Carssow's Confectionery (now Courtnage and Sons) until he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air...

Dorothy Anderson, 93, died Wednesday, May 24, 2000 at a Havre hospital of natural causes. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with Pastor Kathy Young officiating. Burial to follow at the Highland Cemetery. Anderson was born March 15, 1907 in Osseo, Wis. She attended country schools in Osseo. She worked for her cousin in Osseo and met Alvin Anderson there. The couple married June 12, 1928 in Minneapolis, Minn. He moved to Havre to work for H. Earl Clack and she came out to Havre...

Let's try something a little less contentious this week, OK? How about we look at what's coming in September Fossil Festival and Festival Days. I'm sure there's more to do then, too, such as homecoming. But then, there's always more to do in Havre. We'll just stick with the three F's and a D for now, OK? For those who don't know, yet, what Fossil Festival is, it has nothing to do with the historic prehistoric digs near here. It has everything to do with the 1960s in Havre. The brain child of Sandy Anderson (I suspect her olde...

Although you need to learn the calls and listen to the caller, my husband Art and I feel that for pure relaxation and fun nothing is better than square dancing. It's also a great way to meet interesting people as we did during our dance across Europe in May 1985. Guide Bart had a birthday and ordered a cake; then asked us to share the "wedding cake" they did bake. It's no wonder the poor lad was badly confused; his parents and fiance had joined us and all were amused. Later we got the chance to lovingly dance! From Britain...

The Havre City Council will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30 to try to resolve differences on a proposed contract for dispatch services. Hill County has been providing dispatch services for several years although the contract for such services had expired. Havre Chief of Police Mike Shortell said they sent Hill County Sheriff Tim Solomon a copy of a contract to review and come back with figures for the cost of services. Solomon sent Shortell a letter saying he has some concerns about the contract. He wrote...

The Havre Day Activity Center, Inc. held an open house Thursday to show off its new assisted living complex at 304 Seventh St. The complex has 10 apartments with bathrooms and kitchenettes, a utility room, a communal kitchen and dining room, a communal living area and a communal kitchen. All areas of the complex are handicap-accessible. There is off-street parking with four handicap spaces and ten non-handicap spaces. HDAC Executive Director Gary Nimmick said the complex will be for developmentally disabled people who are pas...