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Articles from the May 10, 2013 edition


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  • HHS tennis teams finish in Lewistown

    Daniel Horton|Updated May 10, 2013

    One weekend, four duals, and a few matches is all that stands between the Havre High tennis teams and the postseason. Thursday, Havre will travel to Lewistown for the Central A Divisional, but before the Ponies get there, they’ll head to Lewistown Saturday for the annual Lewistown Invitational. And the dual-format tournament is the biggest on Havre’s schedule according to veteran Blue Pony head coach George Ferguson. “We play bigger events with Class AA schools and maybe a few tougher teams during the season,” Ferguso...

  • North Stars begin league play in Great Falls

    Daniel Horton|Updated May 10, 2013

    It is still early in the American Legion baseball season, and the competition is only going to get tougher from here for the Havre North Stars baseball program. The North Stars dropped three games to a very good Redbirds team out of Calgary last weekend and are now prepared to take on a very tough team out of Great Falls. Sunday the North Stars will face the hosting Great Falls Electrics in Great Falls in a double-header beginning at noon. The doubleheader is the Northern District opener for both squads. Havre has yet to face...

  • For the Record, May 10, 2013

    Updated May 10, 2013

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report made Wednesday at 1:40 p.m. of a possible break in on 3rd Street. A caller at a 1st Street business reported a theft at 2:42 p.m., and officers arrested a 21-year-old Harlem man for theft by shoplifting. Responding to a report of suspicious activity on 3rd Street Wednesday at 5:48 p.m., officers arrested a 36-year-old Havre woman on a charge of assault of a minor. Officers assisting another agency Wednesday at 5:48 p.m. on 17th Street West arrested a 20-year-old Havre man...

  • F. Collin Campbell

    Updated May 10, 2013

    F. Collin Campbell, 83, passed away May 7, 2013. Memorial services will be held Monday, May 13, 2013, at 1 p.m., at the St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Havre. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....

  • Donald B. Milam

    Updated May 10, 2013

    Donald B. Milam passed away Friday, May 3, following an extended illness. His memorial service will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Kalispell on June 14, 2013, at 3 p.m. A private burial will precede the service. Donald was born April 21, 1927, in Stockham, Neb. to Glover and Albertina Milam. He grew up in Nebraska and attended school there. After high school he served in the military and was a proud Marine. He returned to Bozeman and attended Montana State University. He met his wife Joan while living at her mother’s b...

  • Douglas Stiffarm

    Updated May 10, 2013

    Douglas Stiffarm, 64, of Harlem, passed away May 4, 2013. Rosary services will be held Friday, May 10, 2013 at 7 p.m., at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 11, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....

  • Tester wants action to clean budget problems

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 10, 2013

    U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked Thursday about several issues dealing with federal spending, and said he wants to see Congress take action to clean up the budget on both the spending and revenue sides. “The problem is, we can’t get both sides to sit down at the table and look at the expenditures and look at the tax code,” he said from Washington during a telephone press conference. Tester talked about several issues regarding federal spending and budgeting, from cuts proposed to SNAP, formerly known as food stamp...

  • Baucus sets tax revision website

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 10, 2013

    Montana’s senior senator is joining his counterpart in the House of Representatives to ask for ideas on what should be done to clean up the U.S. federal tax code. “Our tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years, and it’s full of dead wood and red tape that hurts working families and small businesses and slows down our economy,” Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said in a press release announcing a new update. “Tax reform is about making the tax code simpler and fairer. It’s time to cut out loopholes and bring tax rates down. We’ve g...

  • Rockin' the Hills fundraiser concert set for Saturday

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 10, 2013

    The fundraising foundation for the Great Northern Fairgrounds again is set to rock the fairgrounds, with a concert set for Saturday. The seventh “yes, seventh,” annual Rockin’ the Hills fundraiser is set to start at 7 p.m. in the Bigger Better Barn, Missy Boucher of the Great Northern Fair Foundation said. Proceeds at the gate, and from the beer garden, will go to the foundation to fund improvements to the fairgrounds. The event started seven years ago as a battle of the bands, but the organizers later changed the forma...

  • Man killed in Havre crash

    John Kelleher|Updated May 10, 2013

    A 31-year-old man was killed in a car crash on 9th Street late Thursday night. Police are withholding the man's name until relatives are notified. Police Chief Kirk Fitch the vehicle appeared to be traveling west on 9th Street from 11th Avenue shortly after 11 p.m., when the car left the road and struck a tree near the Skate Park. Police said the driver, the only occupant in the car, was unresponsive at the scene. He was taken to Northern Montana Hospital and flown by helicopter to Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, where he...

  • Big Sandy man claims $100K Montana Cash jackpot

    Updated May 10, 2013

    HELENA (AP) — A Big Sandy man has claimed the $100,000 Montana Cash jackpot from the May 1 drawing. Montana Lottery officials say John Limback purchased his winning ticket at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods in Havre. Limback says he had to read his numbers three times to believe he won. The Montana Cash jackpot is $40,000 for Saturday's drawing....

  • Election board kills St. Marks run for Rocky Boy chair

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 10, 2013

    The Chippewa Cree Tribal Election Board of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has removed the former chair of the tribal council as a candidate for the chair, three days after it certified him as a candidate. The Election Board issued a press release Thursday saying Ken Blatt St. Marks is ineligible as a candidate in the May 21 election being held to fill the spot, vacated when the other board members removed him from office. He was listed as one of the certified candidates authorized by the board Monday. The other candidates ann...