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Voters in the Havre school districts received mail ballots this weekend on a proposal to give facelifts to Havre High School and Sunnyside Intermediate School. Though the rate hikes will be minimal if the proposal passes, nobody wants to see taxes increase. But we think that Havre residents get a pretty good bang for their buck from the school system. Havre students do well on standardized tests. Graduates recall fondly their classroom learning and outside-the-classroom activities. Schools are the center of Havre community li...
I’ve been covering the Montana State University-Northern football team since Lights’ standout Donny Saisbury was running and catching passes out of the Lights’ backfield. Not to make Donny feel old or anything, but that was already nine seasons ago. And starting with Saisbury, it’s incredible to me just how many good running backs the Lights have had in my short, or long time at the HDN, depending on how you look at it. When Saisbury’s career came to an end, there were ques...
Last month, the Montana State University-Northern Lights managed just 14 points in their season-opening, shutout win at Dickinson State. That’s 14 points in 60 minutes of football. In their rematch with the rival Blue Hawks, it took the Lights just under four minutes to equal that total. In a game of big strikes, long runs, and defensive highlights, the Lights celebrated homecoming by running away from the Blue Hawks, 49-24, Saturday afternoon at sun-drenched Blue Pony S...
All around us in Montana, there are hundreds of people in recovery from mental and substance use disorders. They are contributing to our businesses, connecting with their families and giving back to the community. Every day someone begins their journey of recovery. However, too many people are still unaware that prevention works, and that mental illness and substance abuse are conditions that can be treated, just like we can treat other health disorders such as diabetes and hypertension. We need to work together to make...
I remember the first time I voted an official ballot. It was 1973, just two years after 18-year-olds were granted the right to vote. I remember walking into the voting booth and closing the curtain behind me. As I started to mark my ballot, I realized how important it was to never miss an election. I was a senior in high school, and I was voting in a local election. It was a huge responsibility, as local elections directly impact our daily lives. They affect our living and working conditions, schools, and neighborhoods. They...
Shots rang out again this week in yet another mass shooting. We've seen too many of these in recent memory. The shooting of Congresswoman Gabriel Gifford in Tucson. The Aurora, Colorado movie theater massacre. The shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. And now a rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. I am a proud gun owner and a firm believer in the Second Amendment in its strictest, word-for-word interpretation. I believe that our founders wanted each individual to have the right to own a gun for th...
A major goal has finally been scratched from the Havre High football team’s to-do list. And from the players to the coaches, the entire Blue Pony program can breathe a sigh of relief. Sitting at 0-2-1 on the season, the Central A Ponies were not in panic mode, but a win was strongly needed. And after a couple of tight matchups the last couple of weeks, that win finally came. Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium in Havre. The Ponies defeated the Eastern A Glendive Red Devils 3...
A dual announcement was made during the annual Hill County Democrats’ Pasma-Peck Dinner Friday in Havre, both of a new address and a re-election bid. “I now want to introduce a really good friend of mine and a neighbor of mine,” former Hill County Democrat Chair John Musgrove, who was master of ceremonies at the fundraiser, said when introducing State Sen. Greg Jergeson, formerly D-Chinook. “My name is Greg Jergeson, and I hail from (8th Avenue and 5th Street), Havre, Mont., and I am a candidate for re-election as your st...
The incumbent mayor said Friday during the Pasma-Peck Democratic fundraiser in Havre that the operation of the government has improved in his first term, and he wants to continue that. “We are moving forward,” Democrat Tim Solomon said. Solomon faces former Republican Mayor Bob Rice, whom Solomon defeated in Rice’s bid for a third term in 2009. The speakers at the dinner also featured U.S. Senate candidate Dirk Adams, former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger, Lt. Gov. John Walsh, state Sen. Greg Jergeson, D-Havre, and U.S. Sen. Jon T...
Former mayor BobRice met with the Pachyderm Club at the Duck Inn to give a casual speech to members about his candidacy and his life. “I’m going to be more vocal than I ever have been,” Rice said. “I’m going to work for votes.’ Rice gave much praise to Andrew Brekke, Ward 4 councilman and Hill County Republican chair. “Andrew is a promising young man and smart as a whip,” Rice said. Rice also spoke of what happened after the last time he ran for mayor to explain why he “disappeared.” He said his mother developed Alzheimer...
A Havre police officer this morning said law enforcement still is looking for any tips that might help in the investigation of the death of a Havre man in Idaho. Lt. Aaron Wittmer said Kendall Quinnell, 36, who was found dead Sept. 8 in Shoshone Park in the Idaho Panhandle off Interstate 90, had lived in Havre in the past year, along with staying in other Montana towns including Great Falls and Missoula. The police are looking for any information people might have about why Quinnell may have been in Idaho or about his death,...
Thousands of people lined 5th Avenue Saturday for the annual Festival Days parade. The parade was the highlight of events that took place across the community this weekend. “I thought it was a great parade,” said Debbie Vandeberg, the executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. “I thank everyone who took the time to make a float and all of those who came out to watch.” The winners of the parade were: • Northern Montana Hospital for the category of best commercia...
Havre Police Department A 64-year-old Havre man was issued a summons for his dog biting someone, having a vicious dog and dog at large after officers investigated a 7:54 a.m. Friday call from the Montana State University-Northern gymnasium. ——— A 50-year-old Box Elder man was arrested for disorderly conduct, obstructing a peace officers, resisting arrest and trespassing after officers investigated a 4:10 p.m. Friday call from a 1st Street business about suspicious activity. ——— A 15-year-old was arrested for juvenile cu...
John Stump Jr., 81, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, at a residence of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, at 135 Haystack Drive in Rocky Boy, and will continue until his traditional funeral services, which will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, also at 135 Haystack Drive. Burial will follow in Rocky Boy Cemetery with military honors. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and...
Mary Ann Riley, June 2, 1936 – Sept. 17, 2013. Mary Ann was born June 2, 1936, in Wanda, Minn., to Mathilda “Tillie” Jenniges and Clinton Evans. She grew up in Rudyard where she married Adrian Riley. They eventually moved to Salem, Ore. Mary Ann tended bar at the Canton Garden restaurant in Salem for 30 years. She loved canning, quilting and crocheting, visiting her family in Montana and teaching her grandkids how to bake and sew. She is survived by her siblings: Tiger (Loll...
Sandra Butler, 63, of Havre, passed away of natural causes on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at the Care & Comfort Home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Donald Holden officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made in Sandi’s name to the Care & Comfort Home or to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted...
The Havre High boys and girls golf teams are ready for the postseason. And, specifically, this Saturday’s Central A Divisional tournament at Prairie Farms Golf Course. The Blue Ponies wrapped up the regular season competing at the Laurel Invitational on Friday. The 18-hole tournament was held at the prestigious Laurel Country Club, and the Ponies had a strong showing. Especially, the Havre High girls. Just one day after winning the Billings Central Invite, the Havre girls shot...
It was another solid dayof running for the Havre High boys and girls cross country teams, but there is still plenty of room for improvement before the postseason races. Thursday, the Central A Ponies faced some good talent in Lewistown. Tturning in some very good performances, the HHS boys finished as the No. 7 team overall with 181 points. The Havre girls also had some very nice individual performances, but did not record a team score as just six runners finished the race. But the boys looked very good on a tough course in...
For the second straight Frontier Conference match, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights were looking to avoid an emotional letdown after a huge win. And for the second straight match, there was no such letdown. The Skylights stormed into Dickinson, N.D. on Saturday afternoon and swept the winless Dickinson State Blue Hawks by scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-12. The win improved Northern to 3-0 in the Frontier and came on the heels of an emphatic sweep at Rocky Mountai...
Being a balanced offense in football can certainly give opposing defenses fits, and coming into the 2013 season, the Montana State University-Northern Lights looked like a team which had a chance to be that type of team. Saturday, MSU-N showed that it’s not just balanced on paper, the Lights showed they are for real. In a 49-24 win over Dickinson State Saturday at Blue Pony Stadium, the Lights rushed the ball 36 times for 276 yards. That’s pretty impressive. What’s even more...
Daniel Horton Havre Daily News sports witer [email protected] Playing on the road is never an easy task, and the Havre High volleyball team is very much aware of that fact, as the Blue Ponies have yet to play at home to this point in the season. But things got a little bit better for the Central A Ponies Saturday, as they found a way to pick up two wins on the road. Saturday, the Ponies were in Lewistown for two more nonconference matches. The Ponies hadn’t earned a win since the opening weekend of the season, a c...
Chris Maristuen takes a swing Saturday in the home run derby during the annual 48-Hour Softball Tournament at the 6th Avenue Memorial Softball Complex in Havre. The annual tournament, held during Festival Days, has become a popular event, attracting teams from across the state....
Before Friday night’s prep football game in Havre, the Havre High football team thought it might have secret weapon. It turns out the Blue Ponies were right, but freshman Parker Filius will not be a secret moving forward. Filius has burst onto the Blue Pony scene as a freshman athlete, and before Friday night, more people may have been waiting to see what he could accomplish for the HHS wrestling program. But after Friday’s 33-0 win over Glendive, more people will surely be tu...
MISSOULA (AP) — Backup quarterback Shay Smithwick-Hann threw two touchdown passes Saturday to lead Montana to a 47-14 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State. The No. 9 Grizzlies scored on seven of their first eight possessions as the Division II Aggies fell to 1-3. Montana starting quarterback Jordan Johnson gave way to Smithwick-Hann late in the first quarter after staking the Grizzlies to a 17-0 lead. Johnson attempted only six passes on the day, one of them a 17-yard scoring strike to Ellis Henderson less than a minute into t...
