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Staff and wire report The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service announced this week it is working on providing assistance to Milk River irrigators impacted by the catastrophic failure of two siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that provides much of the water in the Milk River most years. “While the Bureau of Reclamation and other key partners coordinate the essential repairs to the St. Mary Canal Siphon and other components of the Milk River Project, we are working to create and fund an initiative t...
Editor’s note: The agenda also is posted on the city website at https://www.ci.havre.mt.us/council-agenda and is posted in Havre City Hall. Through an error at Havre Weekly Chronicle, the Wednesday budget meeting agenda was left out. The full Wednesday agenda is included here. Havre City Council will meet Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 6. For items not on this agenda, public c...
The Great Northern Fair Board last week heard about a successful summer with the 2024 Great Northern Fair seeing a 16 percent profit overall. An extra thanks was given out to AmericInn for donating rooms for the traveling entertainment during the Havre fair, and to "Rocky Boy for staying in Havre for a third year and helping make the fair successful," board memberKenny Erickson said. New bathrooms at the fairgrounds are in the final stages of being finished. The board is looki...
Work finally is underway to replace a section of one of Havre's top tourist attractions that has been shuttered since 2017. A new sidewalk is being made by C/T Smith Enterprises of Havre to replace the sidewalk on the 100 Block of Second Street, next to the Eagles Club, that started leaking through glass prisms that had let light through into the basements and steam tunnels in the early days of Havre. Havre Beneath the Streets had to close some of its exhibits and had been see...
Press release The boards of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum announced a special display is available for viewing at the museum. "We are pleased to announce the public opening of the special Dritshulas Collection at the Clack Museum," a release said. "The collection is on loan from Bill Dritshulas and features his private collection of local memorabilia. The release said the display includes a large variety of Native American artifacts, antique musical instruments, Oriental...
Cory B. Springer, formerly of Havre, 52, passed away from natural causes recently at his mountain home near Park City, Montana. No services are planned....
Justin Ray Smart passed away in his home August 23, 2024, at the age of 33, after a long battle with a tumor located in his brain stem. Justin was born on July 23, 1991, to Mark and Deb Smart in Great Falls, MT. He graduated in 2010 from Great Falls High School and later from MSU-Northern in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Operation Technology and Business Minor. He worked for CG Consulting for a time and later as a Manager Trainee for Columbia Grain in...
Lyle LaRue Glee of Galata, MT, passed away peacefully at the Chester hospital July 15, 2024, at the age of 97. Lyle was born to Arthur and Clara (Hornbacher) Glee on September 23, 1926, near Hayes Center, NE. After his mother died unexpectedly in mid-1927, Lyle and his older siblings, Darlene and Verl, lived with their maternal grandmother, aunts, and uncle for about four years until their father remarried. Lyle grew up working on family farms, riding horseback to rural grade...
United States Navy veteran Leonard Everett Johnson, 81, passed away in Great Falls, Montana Tuesday, August 6, 2024. A memorial service to celebrate Leonard's life will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, September 5, 2024, at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Pastor Curt Curtiss officiating. His burial will follow with military honors at the Highland Cemetery in Havre. Memorial contributions in Leonard's honor may be made to a memorial of one's choice....
Births A boy was born Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, to Hanna Pearl Mejia and Aristotle Mejia of Turner. -- A girl was born Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 to Ashley Windy Boy and and Anthony Windy Boy. Editor's note: Havre Weekly Chronicle was unable to complete the complete dispatch log by printing deadline Tuesday. The full report will be printed Sept. 5....
North Central Senior Center Sept. 2-6 Menu Menu subject to change Monday Sept. 2, 2-24 — Center Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 — Chicken Alfredo, Bread & Butter, Corn, Pears Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 — Personal Pan Pizza, Green Beans, Oranges Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 — Tuna Casserole, Salad, Pears, Rice Crispy Treats Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 — Lasagna Soup, Egg Salad Sandwich, Mixed Fruit, Frosted Cake Rudyard Center News: Starting next week, Jessie is gone. We be back to delivering for Home Delivered Meals. IMPORTANT...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team stayed hot this past weekend in Great Falls. Coming off three straight wins, the Skylights got two more at the Providence Tournament last Saturday. Northern beat Ottawa of Arizona in the first match of the day, by scores of 25-14, 24-26, 26-24 and 25-20. MSU-N then won a thriller over Evergreen State in five sets. The Skylights won that match by scores of 25-14, 22-25, 25-21, 20-25 and 15-9. Led by seniors Alana Graves and...
Jerome Souers is on a mission to make sure the Montana State University-Northern football program is headed in the right direction. And as a new season dawns, in more ways then one, it looks like he's doing just that. Northern opens their season tonight at Mayville State, a squad the Lights beat Mayville 14-0 a year ago for their only victory. But more then just winning, Souers is trying to rebuild the program to be sustainable longterm, and with 100 players out for the team...
Last fall, the Havre high football team went on an exciting run to end the season the Class A Final Four. But, with so much talent returning, head coach Jake Eldridge's team has their sights set even higher as they return to the field this week to open the season at Eastern A rival Hardin. "The expectation never changes," Eldridge said. "Each year we want to reach our full potential as a team. If we can work hard, consistently, day in and day out without looking into the futur...
The Havre Blue Ponies are ready to go, as the new high school volleyball season gets underway., Tryouts are over and the Ponies, under head coach Cassie Krueger, are ready to make their season debut. The Ponies will play in the Eastern A Tip-off this weekend in Helena. It's a big season for the Ponies as they return tons of talent. Of course, that talent will have to fight through a tough Eastern A schedule, and plenty of fun preseason tournaments. The HHS schedule will includ...
After only getting in half of the season-opening Great Falls Invitational to start the 2024 high school golf season, the Havre Blue Ponies playeds a whirlwind schedule their first week. Havre opened the week at the Class AA Great Falls Invite last Monday and Tuesday, then came home for the annual Havre Invitational held at Prairie Farms and Beaver Creek Golf Courses. Havre won their tournaments inn the varsity competition, and individualll the Ponies swept the titles as Matt...
After a season in which Montana made an almost surprise run to the FCS national championship game, expectations are gong to be sky-high when the Grizzlies open their season this Saturday in Missoula. Montana went on an epic run last fall, a run that including winning a Big Sky championship for the first time since 2009, beating North Dakota State in overtime in the FCS semifinals and playing South Dakota State in the championship game. Yes, it would be hard for the Griz to...
Press release FAIRFIEL — The 8K Shooting Challenge, an initiative of 127 Sports Intensity in partnership with the Fairfield Basketball Club, concluded on August 23 after a demanding 114-day period that commenced May 1. This athletic event challenged 75 young basketball enthusiasts from various Montana communities to enhance their shooting skills during the offseason. The program concluded with notable improvements in participant abilities and fostered a strong sense of community and competitive spirit among young athletes. Th...
Press release The Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame’s annual fund-raising banquet and induction ceremony is Oct. 5 at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center, starting at 5 p.m., and includes two local rodeoers being honored. Rocky Boy’s John Colliflower is being inducted as a legend and Bud Walen of Havre is included in the list of Great Montana Rodeo Families The 2024 Hall of Fame Legend inductees have been chosen by the Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame. Each year, awards are given to individuals, fam...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced over $3.1 million in funding awarded to Montana through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). Through this program, the Montana Department of Agriculture will fund projects that strengthen Montana’s specialty crop industry through marketing, education, and research. “We are happy to once again be partnered with Montana on the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program,” said USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester...
Exodus 20:3 - 'You shall have no other gods before Me' Out our way, a well-trained cowpony hardly needs the reins, but aside from the circus, I haven't seen many riders who ride without them. Ole Doc was pretty well-trained when I got him and he attended to my leg directions, "clicking" and "kissy" sounds. But even so, I never let go of the reins ... just in case. There were times when he needed to back up or make a hard turn and I needed to use the reins. I never abused...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting offers for more than 2.2 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Grassland, General, and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signups administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency. With these accepted acres, enrollment is very near the 27 million CRP acreage cap. “The popularity of our suite of Conservation Reserve Programs, including the significant success of Grassland Conservation Reserve Program a...
The Scripture Readings for last Sunday were Joshua 24: 1-2a,15-17,18b also Ephesians 5:21-32 as well as John 6:60-69. The reading from Joshua presents Joshua confronting the Hebrew people with a time of decision. They are to choose which God they are going to worship. They can choose between the God who led them from slavery to the promised land or they can choose to worship other gods. Then Joshua states as for he and his household they will worship the one true God. The...
You know, Lord, several of us girls were together, enjoying our time when Alyson spoke: "My grandmother emigrated from England in the early 1900's with her husband and two little girls. Their home was a simple bungalow. Water came from a cistern, the toilet was at the end of the garden, and the heat was a wood stove." We perked up our ears. Alyson sighed and continued: "The family had little by today's standards. They lived on my grandfather's income as a streetcar conductor...
