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The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club was excited to open Northern District play Sunday afternoon. But the North Stars had to face one of the best teams in the Northern A in that opener. Havre took on the Great Falls Electrics Sunday afternoon in Great Falls and came away with a pair of losses. The North Stars fell in game one 9-3, then dropped the nightcap 11-1. Offense was hard to come by for Havre in both games. In the first outing, the North Stars collected...
The weekend plans for the Havre high softball team included winning a couple of games, and gaining some momentum heading into the postseason. And, after a clean sweep of the competition, the Blue Ponies accomplished both. In nonleague action, the Central A Ponies faced four teams while attending the Laverne Combo Softball Invitational in Butte. The Ponies went 4-0 Friday and Saturday. Friday, the Ponies started the weekend with a 5-1 win over Corvallis. The Ponies then followed with a dominating 18-2 win over Thompson Falls....
The Havre High boys and girls tennis teams had work left to do before this week’s Central A Divisional tournament. And the Blue Ponies completed that work Saturday at the Lewistown Invitational. Havre faced off against Central A rivals Livingston, Lewistown and Anaconda, as well as took on Butte Central Saturday in dual action, and with mixed results, according to HHS head coach George Ferguson. “There was a lot of importance on the Lewistown Invite and the kids knew that going in,” Ferguson said. “We needed to be at our bes...
On April 24th, at 9 a.m., in a crowded suburb of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, the eight-story Rana Plaza building, completed in 2010, collapsed, killing more than 800 workers trapped in the rubble, with more still missing. In 2007, the local mayor had illegally issued a building permit for a five-story building. The owner, Muhammed Sohel Rana, a wealthy member of the ruling national Awami Party, had added another three stories, without adequate foundation, and without any permit. According to the building's architects,...
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried last week at a small Muslim cemetery in rural Virginia, far away from the massive chaos he created while detonating bombs that disrupted the Boston marathon, killing and dismembering many people. During the search for him, a police officer was killed and a city was kept in terror. Tsarnaev is the face of evil, and it’s easy to understand why people in the Boston area were reluctant to see him buried in their area. Still, I’m glad they found a place for him to rest in peace — the kind of peace that...
Things have been rather tumultuous at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in recent months. The newly elected chair of the Business Committee was tossed out of office by committee members either because he sexually harassed some employees or, as many believe, because he was talking to federal officials about widespread corruption. Six people are facing charges from said corruption. In a controversial decision, the election board has refused the former chairman and opportunity to run for the seat he has been booted from.The s...
Havre Police Department During a motor vehicle stop on 9th Street at 7:56 a.m. Friday, an officer issued a summons to a 49-year-old Havre woman on charges of violation of child restraint, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and driving without liability insurance, first offense. ——— Friday at 8:23 a.m. a 10th Avenue caller reported finding a gun under is vehicle. ——— During a motor vehicle stop on 11th Street Friday at 10:25 a.m., an officer arrested a 35-year-od Havre man for driving with a suspended o...
Evelyn Viola (Anderson) Bond, 90, passed away on Feb. 2, 2013, of natural causes in Malta. Cremation has taken place and Kirkwood Funeral Home in Malta is in charge of arrangements. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. A memorial service will be held at First Lutheran Church in Havre at 11 a.m. on May 18, 2013. Burial will be at Little Big Horn Battlefield National Cemetery where she will be laid to rest by her husband. Evelyn was born April 30, 1922, in Culbertson. She grew up on the family...
Lyle A. Gone “Black Coyote,” a member of the Aaniiih Nation, 56, of Harlem, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Hays Mission Recreation Center, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2013, with Joseph Ironman, Sr. officiating. Burial will be in the Hays Mission Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arr...
A memorial service for Mark Richard will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 18, at Eagles Campground at Beaver Creek Park....
Ivan Dibblee, 79, of Malta, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Military honors will follow. The family has requested that memorials be made in Ivan’s name to the Hill County Shooting Sports Recreation Area or to the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements, and you...
“Pat” Robinson was born Geraldine Patricia Sticka in Havre, Mont., on April 10, 1925. Pat grew up on a ranch 20 miles out of Havre. She attended a one-room country grade school which had 10 or 12 students in all eight grades. She also attended the Catholic school in Havre for two years, as well as Havre High School. Pat met her husband, Truman Willis “Bill” Robinson, on just her second night in California. The two were married in San Juan Capistrano on Aug. 3, 1946. They honeymooned in the small village of Ensenada, Mexico....
Paul Carl Seagraves was born June 30, 1929, in Elbert, W. Va. He was one of six children born to Curtis and Nancy (Owens) Seagraves. Paul grew up in West Virginia, where he received his formal education and then began working in the coal mines. In the early 1950s, Paul enrolled in the International Bible College at Estevan, Saskatchewan, to study the ministry. While there he met Darlene Rae Whitson, a Havre native who was also attending Bible school. Paul and Darlene were married in Havre on July 26, 1951. After Paul was...
Gerald Basler, 79, passed away on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Jerry was born on July 11, 1933, to Arthur and Eloise (Snellert) Basler in Phillipsburg, N.J. Following high school graduation, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, and served his country, retiring...
Donald B. Milam passed away Friday, May 3 following an extended illness. His memorial service will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 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...
Chuck Lewis says he has learned a lot during the first phase of his nationwide walk to raise funds and awareness for wounded and fallen veterans. He’s learned there are a lot of good people out there who share his concerns about veterans, and there are a lot of young people eager to learn about what veterans have done for them. And, he said, he’s learned to appreciate the plains of northern Montana after walking through the hills of Oregon. Lewis a Ronan resident, started on...
The group that used to organize a major summer camp in Hill County has stepped back into the picture, and organizers are looking for up to 50 children who want to spend a week in the Bear Paw Mountains in the 2103 Farmers Union Kamp for Kids. Organizer Ursula Brese said the Hill County Farmers Union board has signed on as a major sponsor for the camp, along with Sheila Forshee’s Forshee Agency. Brese and Forshee organized the camp last summer, held at Camp Kiwanis in Beaver Creek Park, after Farmers Union canceled the d...
Authorities released the name of a man who died in a car crash in Havre Thursday. Hill County Sheriff and Coroner Don Brostrom said Wesley B. Collier, 31, was the victim who died of injuries sustained in the crash about 11 p.m. Thursday. Havre police reported last week that Collier apparently was traveling west on the 1100 Block of 9th Street when his vehicle left the road and struck a tree near the Havre Skate Park. He was taken to Northern Montana Hospital and life flighted to Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, where he...
Now that the 2013 Legislature has wrapped up, two groups that helped people connect with lawmakers during the session are holding an after-session forum to hear a recap of the work in Helena. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce and Bear Paw Development Corp., who sponsored a mid-session forum in Havre Feb. 28, are sponsoring the post-session forum, set for Tuesday, May 21. “We already have commitments from most of our area’s legislative delegation to attend this post-session event, so I think this will be very helpful in deter...
