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The Great Northern Area Special Olympic Games began in 1989 and the tradition continued Thursday as more than 110 area athletes competed in events like running, throwing and, for the first time, cycling. Keeley Wilson of Havre was the lone cyclist this first year of the event. "I think I did pretty well," she said. Wilson, 18, said she has been participating in the Special Olympics for 10 years and likes running best. Athletes from Malta, Turner, Turner, Chinook, Harlem, Big S...
Montana Actors’ Theatre and KNMC, Montana State University-Northern’s campus radio station, are holding Tribute!, a multi-performer concert, Saturday at the amphitheater behind Northern’s Pershing Hall. Dave Martens, manager of KNMC, said the collaborative effort between MAT and KNMC was an idea that came about at a meeting of station volunteers months ago as a way to increase their visibility within the community. The radio station and MAT decided it would be an effective, inexpensive way to celebrate and to promote the p...
An earlier version of the story online at www.havredailynews.com misreported the date of Tribute!, a collection of tribute bands playing in the amphitheater behind Pershing Hall at Montana State University-Northern. The concert starts at 3 p.m. Saturday.... Full story
Sometimes, things have a way of coming full circle and the naming of LaVon Myers as boys head basketball coach in Box Elder, is one of them. Myers, a former NAIA All-American for Montana State University-Northern, has been around the game of basketball his whole life. His dad was a coach and he himself was a great player. Then, he followed his father’s path and got into coaching. The rest as they say is history. “I wasn’t really planning on getting into coaching or anyth...
Hays locals Ken Morin and Josie Cliff are running for the lone open school board member position on the Hays-Lodge Pole school board. Election day is Tuesday, and Cliff and Morin both said they hope they will be given a chance to impact curriculum as a board member Cliff grew up in Lodge Pole and has 8- and 10-year-olds in the school district. She said she had plenty of time to get to know people in the area, many of whom, she said, have asked her to run for the position. “I know pretty much everyone out here,” she said. Cli...
Montana State University-Northern’s Extended University will feature a presentation by a Flathead County illustrator and graphic novel author who will focus on alternative and creative teaching tools educators can teach with. Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, who has written two historical graphic novels, will be presenting in Hensler Auditorium in Northern’s Applied Technology Center Wednesday at 6 p.m. and the public is invited. Fetter-Vorm’s presentation is part of the Alt-Text Festival. The purpose of the festival, a press relea...
Havre Public Schools are inviting senior citizens to a celebration of their support Sunday at Havre Middle School. “If you qualify for any ‘senior’ discount, consider yourself invited as we celebrate the contributions you’ve made to our schools,” the district said in a press release. This year’s version of the annual event starts at noon Sunday with a free brunch served at 12:30 p.m. followed by a program of student entertainment. People can look at student artwork and industrial arts projects displayed for viewing in...
by Havre Daily News staff A Hi-Line Church is holding an event Saturday to share ideas on how to have a healthy stepfamily relationship. Jim Erickson, pastor of Community Church in Gildford, said he wanted to participate in the live-streamed “Blessed and Blessed” event because many people in the church and in the region are blended families, stepfamily couples, single parents, dating couples with kids and people who care about blended families. The event will be livestreamed to communities throughout the nation, although Eri...
Havre Daily News staff American Legion is reminding Havre HIgh School juniors that applications are due Monday for Montana Boys State/ At Boys State, students become part of the operation of local city, county and state government. Boys State exposes boys to the rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and practical where students are elected to various offices, and function in those offices. Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement...
From Bike Walk Montana Spring is in the air, so it is the perfect time of year to invest in yourself and our beautiful state of Montana. Bike Walk Montana and PacificSource Health Plans are challenging you to take the active transportation plunge by ditching your car and having a blast bicycling, walking, or riding the bus to work for the month of May. Bicycling and walking to work is a fun and efficient way to get your exercise and it also cuts down on carbon emissions. A win for you and a win for Montana. Join the...
With appropriate apologies to Willie Nelson, I’ll soon be “making music with my friends.” We all know that I haven’t a musical molecule in my body, much as I love a wide variety of music. But this music to which I refer is metaphorical music. Tomorrow I’ll board the posh Primera Plus autobus from Zapopan to Mazatlan where I’ll meet Kathy, who will fly in from Victoria, B.C. Rock and roll! This is a special time for us. Over years of vacationing together, Kathy and I grew accus...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a theft report after a Washington Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 1:11 p.m. that aluminum stolen windows were stolen from the shed. —— Officers made an arrest after a First Street establishment caller reported Wednesday at 2:15 p.m. that two males were fighting outside the bar. No further information was provided. —— Officers investigated a report after a Washington Avenue caller said Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. that she was assaulted and the people who did so were running away. ...
An entry in “For the Record” in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News could be read to imply that Donald Charles Salonen of Great Falls, 55, was arrested on a charge of assault. Salonen was not charged with assault and, in fact, made the call reporting an assault.... Full story
The Havre Jaycees will be hosting the free Scotts Pitch, Hit and Run national competition on May 6 at Legion Field. The competition will start at 1 p.m. and is open to boys and girls in the age divisions of 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14. The individual champions, along with the all-around champion will advance to the Sectional Competition later this summer. All participants must bring a copy of their birth certificate and have their parent or guardian there to fill out a registration form. For more information, contact Kyle...
The Havre High tennis teams were supposed to play nine duals against top-flight competition this week. But after rain interrupted Tuesday's action in Great Falls, the Blue Ponies will have to settle for six matches. And yet, Havre High head coach George Ferguson says those six matches will all be big ones, as the Ponies battle the Eastern A this weekend in Glendive. Havre attends the Elks Invitational Friday and Saturday, and will play Eastern A stalwarts Billings Central, Mil...
The 2017 recruiting class for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is becoming a stellar one. And Northern head coach Chris Mouat added to it last week. Mouat announced the signing of former Browning star forward Tiara Gilham to an NAIA national letter of intent. Gilham is transferring to Northern after redshirting at UM-Western this past season. “We are excited to have Tiara join our program," Mouat said. "She is very skilled and can play a number o...
