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It may be hard to believe, but after trips to Browning and Belgrade over the past five days, the Havre High golf team's season is now half over. The Ponies recently completed a tournament at East Glacier last Friday and the Belgrade Invitational in Bozeman on Tuesday. "I am pretty happy with where we are at right now," said HHS head coach Carla Bolken. "We have some kids on our team that are shooting good scores right now and we're getting better every tournament." At East Glacier on Friday, the Havre High girls team had a...
POLSON - Alice Currie Berthelote, 90, of Polson died on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at St. Luke Extended Care Facility in Ronan. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Foster-Durgeloh Funeral Home in St. Ignatius. Burial of cremains will be held at Pleasant-view Cemetery. Alice was born on Nov. 1, 1913, in Butte to Henry and Alice (Moore) Mueller. She attended Butte schools and graduated from Butte High School in 1932. Alice married Jack Currie on Sept. 17, 1933, and became a rancher's wife, spending a...
A local stockgrowers association is trying to increase the budget of a program to reduce the numbers of predators of cattle. The North Central Montana Stockgrowers Association is circulating a petition in Hill, Blaine and Chouteau counties that would add a fee of 50 cents for each head of cattle to the owners' property taxes. The money would go into a county fund to pay for the services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services predator control program. The stockgrowers association needs to collect the...
The Havre chapter of the Montana Landlords Association has filed a lawsuit against the city of Havre over a city policy about water-service billing. The lawsuit asks that the 1997 city ordinance that makes landlords responsible for the water bills of renters be declared unconstitutional and that the city pay damages to the landlords. The association filed the suit after trying unsuccessfully for 10 months to convince the Havre City Council to change the ordinance. The landlords said it's not fair to hold them responsible for...
The Hill County Park Board has scheduled cabin inspections in response to problems with abandoned cabins in Beaver Creek Park, as well as cabins that exceed the total square footage allowed by their lease. Inspections are scheduled for Sept. 30. The board conducts annual inspections, but this year it plans to deal with violations of lease agreements and use the inspections to draft a new set of leasing rules. There are 120 cabins sitting on land that is leased from the park. Currently, a lease holder is allowed to build a...
After emerging last week from a single-vehicle car crash that left her nearly untouched, MaryEtta Sohm, a retired Havre school teacher, has referred to herself as a "walking miracle." She counts surviving the crash as one among many blessings in a long, active life. Sohm taught fifth and sixth grade at the Devlin School for 28 years, until retiring in 1976. She is still greeted by her former students, but now she is also known for other community work. After retiring, she began running the gift shop at the hospital, a...
Story by Patrick Winderl Perched high in a tower on the Montana State University-Northern campus is a small studio crammed with computers, switchboards, microphones and recording equipment. To reach it, you must ascend two flights of stairs hidden behind a door on the third floor of Cowan Hall that is marked only with a small sign reading "KNMC 90.1." It is here that a small but dedicated group of disc jockeys keeps Havre's only alternative radio station on the airwaves. The deejays receive nothing for their service other tha...
While most people know that exercise is a great thing for our bodies, many people are unaware that exercise is also very beneficial to the mind as well. Regular exercise has been shown to deliver an emotional and mental boost along with enhancing self-esteem and brain activity. When people are physically active, their bodies release natural painkillers and stress reducers called endorphins. Endorphins help to lower levels of anxiety and depression and create a sense of well-being called an exercise "high." Duke University...
