Articles from the May 19, 2003 edition

A series of problems, including mistaking Chester for the town of Creston near Flathead Lake, led to a former Californian starting a successful business pressing plants in Joplin and turning them into works of art. "It's the best mistake we ever made," Cherie Moss said about coming to north-central Montana. Her business, Montana Naturally Inc., made some 21,000 pieces for sale last year. The business' gross income, which has grown more than 700 percent in the last five years, was about $175,000 last year, she said. Montana...

The Havre High boys track and field jumped out to a commanding 71-point lead in the first six events Friday at the Central A Divisional Track and Field meet. The Pony boys kept jumping Saturday to claim the Central A Divisional title with 192 points, 107 more than runner-up Belgrade High at the Havre Middle School track. Running and jumping were the operative words for the Ponies over the two-day meet, as they put together a quality team performance by dominating the sprints and jumps while capturing first in 11 of the 17 eve...

One goal down, one to go. The Havre Blue Pony boys tennis team accomplished its quest to capture a fifth-straight Central A Divisional championship by running away from the field on Saturday at the Central A Divisional tennis tournament in Butte. The Pony boys team racked up 62 team points en route to the team title with Havre players finishing first and second in both singles and doubles. While the results did not surprise Havre High head coach Sam Dierman, he is still very proud of what his team accomplished this weekend. "...

The first half of the 2003 golf league season is in full swing at Beaver Creek Golf Course in Havre. However, the weather once again played havoc with some of this week's golf schedule. In Tuesday night men's league action, the Elks Club brought home high- team honors with 26 points. The Elks team consists of Nathan Pitcher, Ron Surber, Jerry Olson and Bill Schilling. Dan Wagner garnered low-gross honors with a score of 36, while Jerry Olson won low-net score honors with a 31. On Wednesday night, Taco Johns captured...

The Havre Blue Pony girls used teamwork, tenacity and depth to offset the five-event sweep of Belgrade super junior Kalindra McFadden and capture the Central A Divisional track and field title in weekend action at the Havre Middle School track. In the process, Havre qualified 11 girls for two-day the Class A state track and field championships that begin Friday morning in Missoula. The Ponies scored 115 team points followed by Belgrade with 108 and Anaconda with 81. Havre's only individual firsts came from Alicia Overcast in...

William P. Wagner, 77, of Havre, who was a parts manager at Eaves Equipment and Big Bud/Meissner Tractor, died May 15, 2003, at a Havre hospital. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday at the St. Jude's Catholic Church, with graveside services to follow at the Highland Cemetery. William was born in Carrington, N.D., to William P. Wagner and Ethel Mathews on Sept. 19, 1925. He graduated from Dakota Business College in Fargo, N.D. William married Irene Sondag on Sept. 25, 1950, in Sykeston, N.D. In 1954, they moved to...

Joshua Dale Gormley, 17, died April 24, 2003. Funeral services were May 1 at the Olinger Chapel at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Joshua was born Feb. 4, 1986, in Wolf Point to Keriba Jean Gormley. When Joshua was three years old, he loved to go with his grandmother Patty and family to the Optimist Park in Highland Park. A beautiful tree will be planted in the Optimist Park the end of this month with a plaque dedicating this tree to him. Joshua liked baseball hats, sandals and beaded necklaces. He loved to...

The opening of the Tiber Marina at Lake Elwell is being delayed as the new operators of the marina work on getting all their licensing and remodeling requirements completed. "We're hoping to be open by the Fourth of July, but it might be open by the end of June," said Janice Oehlke of Brady, who was awarded the 10-year contract to manage the marina with her sister-in-law, Sarah Oehlke of Conrad. The contract was first offered last summer by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the reservoir. The bureau withdrew the...

Five Havre High School seniors were awarded scholarships worth as much as $1,000 each from local benefactors on Sunday. The awards were presented at a luncheon hosted by the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money to support public education in Havre. Names of scholarship winners were released by Havre Public Schools Superintendent Kirk Miller this morning. Three of the five scholarships were memorial scholarships. Angela Adams and Mario Pizzini were awarded the Dr. James and Kay...

HELENA (AP) - Gov. Judy Martz hasn't decided yet if she will seek a second term in office, but will probably make an announcement before June's state GOP convention, said Chuck Butler, her communications director. Martz's approval rating had been hovering at around 25 percent before the legislative session, but Butler said the governor has been getting positive feedback from Republicans as she tours the state. ''People are saying, 'Governor, despite what people may have had to say about the legislative session, you've done a...

HELENA - A man released from a Dillon hospital earlier this week has tested positive for hantavirus but is expected to recover fully, state health officials said Friday. It is the second reported hantavirus case in a week in Montana. Department of Public Health and Human Services spokesman Ken Pekoc said the man, identified only as a Dillon resident in his 60s, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and stayed for five days before being released. Early Friday, state health officials at the department's public health lab in...

A series of problems, including mistaking Chester for the town of Creston near Flathead Lake, led to a former Californian starting a successful business pressing plants in Joplin and turning them into works of art. "It's the best mistake we ever made," Cherie Moss said about coming to north-central Montana. Her business, Montana Naturally Inc., made some 21,000 pieces for sale last year. The business' gross income, which has grown more than 700 percent in the last five years, was about $175,000 last year, she said. Montana...

The Havre High boys track and field jumped out to a commanding 71-point lead in the first six events Friday at the Central A Divisional Track and Field meet. The Pony boys kept jumping Saturday to claim the Central A Divisional title with 192 points, 107 more than runner-up Belgrade High at the Havre Middle School track. Running and jumping were the operative words for the Ponies over the two-day meet, as they put together a quality team performance by dominating the sprints and jumps while capturing first in 11 of the 17 eve...

One goal down, one to go. The Havre Blue Pony boys tennis team accomplished its quest to capture a fifth-straight Central A Divisional championship by running away from the field on Saturday at the Central A Divisional tennis tournament in Butte. The Pony boys team racked up 62 team points en route to the team title with Havre players finishing first and second in both singles and doubles. While the results did not surprise Havre High head coach Sam Dierman, he is still very proud of what his team accomplished this weekend. "...

The first half of the 2003 golf league season is in full swing at Beaver Creek Golf Course in Havre. However, the weather once again played havoc with some of this week's golf schedule. In Tuesday night men's league action, the Elks Club brought home high- team honors with 26 points. The Elks team consists of Nathan Pitcher, Ron Surber, Jerry Olson and Bill Schilling. Dan Wagner garnered low-gross honors with a score of 36, while Jerry Olson won low-net score honors with a 31. On Wednesday night, Taco Johns captured...

The Havre Blue Pony girls used teamwork, tenacity and depth to offset the five-event sweep of Belgrade super junior Kalindra McFadden and capture the Central A Divisional track and field title in weekend action at the Havre Middle School track. In the process, Havre qualified 11 girls for two-day the Class A state track and field championships that begin Friday morning in Missoula. The Ponies scored 115 team points followed by Belgrade with 108 and Anaconda with 81. Havre's only individual firsts came from Alicia Overcast in...

William P. Wagner, 77, of Havre, who was a parts manager at Eaves Equipment and Big Bud/Meissner Tractor, died May 15, 2003, at a Havre hospital. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday at the St. Jude's Catholic Church, with graveside services to follow at the Highland Cemetery. William was born in Carrington, N.D., to William P. Wagner and Ethel Mathews on Sept. 19, 1925. He graduated from Dakota Business College in Fargo, N.D. William married Irene Sondag on Sept. 25, 1950, in Sykeston, N.D. In 1954, they moved to...

Joshua Dale Gormley, 17, died April 24, 2003. Funeral services were May 1 at the Olinger Chapel at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Joshua was born Feb. 4, 1986, in Wolf Point to Keriba Jean Gormley. When Joshua was three years old, he loved to go with his grandmother Patty and family to the Optimist Park in Highland Park. A beautiful tree will be planted in the Optimist Park the end of this month with a plaque dedicating this tree to him. Joshua liked baseball hats, sandals and beaded necklaces. He loved to...

The opening of the Tiber Marina at Lake Elwell is being delayed as the new operators of the marina work on getting all their licensing and remodeling requirements completed. "We're hoping to be open by the Fourth of July, but it might be open by the end of June," said Janice Oehlke of Brady, who was awarded the 10-year contract to manage the marina with her sister-in-law, Sarah Oehlke of Conrad. The contract was first offered last summer by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the reservoir. The bureau withdrew the...

Five Havre High School seniors were awarded scholarships worth as much as $1,000 each from local benefactors on Sunday. The awards were presented at a luncheon hosted by the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money to support public education in Havre. Names of scholarship winners were released by Havre Public Schools Superintendent Kirk Miller this morning. Three of the five scholarships were memorial scholarships. Angela Adams and Mario Pizzini were awarded the Dr. James and Kay...

HELENA (AP) - Gov. Judy Martz hasn't decided yet if she will seek a second term in office, but will probably make an announcement before June's state GOP convention, said Chuck Butler, her communications director. Martz's approval rating had been hovering at around 25 percent before the legislative session, but Butler said the governor has been getting positive feedback from Republicans as she tours the state. ''People are saying, 'Governor, despite what people may have had to say about the legislative session, you've done a...

HELENA - A man released from a Dillon hospital earlier this week has tested positive for hantavirus but is expected to recover fully, state health officials said Friday. It is the second reported hantavirus case in a week in Montana. Department of Public Health and Human Services spokesman Ken Pekoc said the man, identified only as a Dillon resident in his 60s, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and stayed for five days before being released. Early Friday, state health officials at the department's public health lab in...

A series of problems, including mistaking Chester for the town of Creston near Flathead Lake, led to a former Californian starting a successful business pressing plants in Joplin and turning them into works of art. "It's the best mistake we ever made," Cherie Moss said about coming to north-central Montana. Her business, Montana Naturally Inc., made some 21,000 pieces for sale last year. The business' gross income, which has grown more than 700 percent in the last five years, was about $175,000 last year, she said. Montana...

The Havre High boys track and field jumped out to a commanding 71-point lead in the first six events Friday at the Central A Divisional Track and Field meet. The Pony boys kept jumping Saturday to claim the Central A Divisional title with 192 points, 107 more than runner-up Belgrade High at the Havre Middle School track. Running and jumping were the operative words for the Ponies over the two-day meet, as they put together a quality team performance by dominating the sprints and jumps while capturing first in 11 of the 17 eve...

One goal down, one to go. The Havre Blue Pony boys tennis team accomplished its quest to capture a fifth-straight Central A Divisional championship by running away from the field on Saturday at the Central A Divisional tennis tournament in Butte. The Pony boys team racked up 62 team points en route to the team title with Havre players finishing first and second in both singles and doubles. While the results did not surprise Havre High head coach Sam Dierman, he is still very proud of what his team accomplished this weekend. "...