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Articles from the September 20, 2018 edition


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  • Blue Pony spikers ready for some homecoming fun on the court

    Chris Peterson|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    It's been almost a month since the Havre High volleyball team has played a match on its home court. However, with the next five contests set for the HHS gymnasium, the Blue Ponies better get used to their friendly confines. The five-match homestand for the Ponies will begin tonight, as Havre will host old Central A rival Browning. The two teams will get things underway at 7 p.m. Then Saturday, Havre will host Cut Bank as part of homecoming festivities this weekend. That match...

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    Updated Sep 20, 2018

  • Firefighters filling the boot for MDA during Festival Days

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Havre firefighters will be on the streets during Festival Days with boots in hand asking people to help them help Muscular Dystrophy Association. Local 601 of the International Association of Fire Fighters will be on First Street from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m Friday, on the intersections with Third and Fourth avenues, in the annual Fill the Boot Campaign. The fire fighters will be asking people to stop and make a donation in the campaign, with the proceeds going to Muscular Dystrophy Association. Members of the firefighter union have...

  • Burnham School featured in 2018 preservation ornament

    Derek Hann|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Members of the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission traveled west of Havre Wednesday to present the first 2018 Preservation Ornament to the owners of the building featured on the ornament, Charlie and Burnie Inman at the Burnham Schoolhouse. The building is the most-photographed schoolhouse in the entire state, appearing in many different pieces of artwork, book covers and other places, said Havre/Hill County Preservation Commission Historic Preservation Officer...

  • Havre Middle School students look through 'Purple Glasses'

    Derek Hann|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Havre Middle School students Wednesday worked on an exercise to teach them the importance of understanding what other people have gone through. During the school's advisory periods Wednesday, the teachers showed their students the video "Purple Glasses" and talked about the importance of empathy. Vice Principal Jeremiah Nitz said the program is part of the Havre Public Schools Trauma-Sensitive Schools Initiative. During August, teachers at Havre Middle School took...

  • Home Course: Havre hosts Central A golf

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    There was a time when the Havre High golf teams thought they would be playing their biggest tournament of the season at the Laurel Country Club. Now however, that tournament, the one the Blue Ponies want to succeed at the most, is being played on their home course. And on top of that, it's being played on Havre High's homecoming weekend. On Friday, the Blue Ponies will tee it up at the 2018 Central A Divisional Tournament, with a 9 a.m. start at Prairie Farms Golf Course....

  • Argos spike Skylights in Great Falls

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    The young Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is trying to jump-start its 2018 Frontier Conference season. But Wednesday night in Great Falls, the University of Providence Argos weren't in the mood to let the Skylights get going. In a Frontier rivalry match inside the McLaughlin Center, the Argos swept the Skylights by scores of 25-16, 25-21 and 25-11. The loss dropped Northern to 0-3 in conference play ahead of Saturday's home match against Carroll College....

  • For the Record, Sept. 20 2018

    Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Havre Police Department Brandy Leian Stimson of Havre, 19, was issued a summons on charges of driving without a driver's license and failing to yield right of way and Carleen Ann Stimson of Havre, 56, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct during a vehicle stop on First Street at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday. -- Casey Gerald Dupris of Box Elder, 46, was arrested on a charge of driving without a driver's license and on two Justice or City Court warrants during a vehicle stop...

  • Corrections - Great Northern Fair Board

    Updated Sep 20, 2018

    A front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about this week’s meeting of the Great Northern fair mistakenly referred to the board as the “Park Board” on second reference and misreported the dates selected for next year’s Great Northern Fair, July 17-21....

  • Agenda - Havre-Hill County Library Board

    Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Havre-Hill County Library Board will meet today at 5 p.m. in the Havre-Hill County Library Genealogy Section. The meeting agenda is: Minutes Sign monthly budget Library Director’s Report • Debbie and Shelma attended Fall Workshops • Starting to plan Winter Reading Series Old business • Robotics • Outdoor furniture • Community health grant New business • Debbie and Shelma will give a brief report from Fall Workshops Policy Review — Section A Correspondence Public comment Adjournment Upcoming library schedule: • Books and Bab...

  • Obituary - Lourice Fay (McHoes) Rutters

    Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Lourice Fay (McHoes) Rutters was born on May 8, 1961, in Havre, MT, to Mae and Leslie McHoes. She died on September 14, 2018, of heart failure. Lourice attended school in Havre and had many friends while growing up. She lived and raised show horses in Sheridan, WY. While living there, she also managed a shoe store. Later, she moved to Livingston, MT, with her brother Tom. There, she managed a Taco John's and a KFC store and worked at the family's motel for several years....

  • No parking on Third Street Saturday morning

    Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Havre Daily News staff Due to the new route for the Festival Days Parade Saturday, no parking will be allowed on Third Street between First and Fifth avenues from 7 a.m. to noon that day. The parade is taking a new route, south on Fifth Avenue to Third Street, where it will proceed to the U.S. post office. The parking is not allowed to make room for the parade. Cars parked in violation will be towed. Third Avenue will be closed Saturday from Second to Fourth streets from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to allow for Festival Days vendor...

  • Grandcares program offered in Havre

    Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Press release Family Connections, in collaboration with Montana State University’s Hill County Extension, will be presenting Grandcares at District 4 Human Resources Development Council in Havre beginning Oct. 2. The free, six-week strengths-based workshop series will provide information for grandparents, kinship caregivers and child care providers on taking better care of themselves; reducing stress; caregiver guilt, anger and depression; communicating effectively; and setting goals and problem solving. The dates for the w...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Blue-haired lady on the move

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    When this gray-haired grandma left Mexico for Washington I filled two suitcases, large and small, with clothing I have yet to wear, with gifts to give, with everything possible I think I might need, most of which I have not needed. Or wanted. At home in Mexico I live a minimulist life. On the road, I have not learned how to survive with two pants, two shirts and a toothbrush. Sadly, I am constitutionally incapable of traveling lightly. Not to mention, my minimal (?) shopping...

  • Support I-186 to protect Montana's waters

    Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Not just one, but many, rivers run through Montana. They are the arteries that nourish and bring life to our state’s cities and towns. Montana’s communities depend on these waterways to provide safe and healthy drinking water for our wells and municipal water systems, and to irrigate our fields. And, more and more, our rivers and streams fuel our local economies, putting Montanans to work, bringing visitors to our restaurants, hotels and stores, and creating new opportunities for local investment. Much of the economic gro...

  • I-186 will hurt Montana's economy

    Updated Sep 20, 2018
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    Out-of-state environmental groups are using litigation as a tool to stop future mining in our state and I-186 does nothing but make it easier for them to do just that. What these misleading, out-of-state activists ignore, is the fact that Montana has some of the strictest environmental protections in the world when it comes to permitting new mines. Permits approved in Montana have made it through years of review and scrutiny, but environmental activists don’t want to acknowledge that Montana’s existing regulatory str...