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Fundraising for Special Olympics is underway with teams collecting pledges for the SubZero SuperHero Polar Plunge, scheduled for Nov. 26, Thanksgiving weekend. The Plunge is scheduled to happen the same day as Havre's Community Tree lighting, both at Town Square. Registration will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. and participants will start plunging into the icy water at 2 p.m. Anyone can plunge. All it takes is $125 in pledges and "nerves of steel," a news release of the event...
All Lives Matter, a forum about the causes and consequences of recent police-involved shootings of African-American men throughout the U.S., will take place Monday at 7 p.m in Montana State University-Northern’s Student Union Building Ballroom. Christina Estrada-Underwood, director of the Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs, said the event is not meant to place blame but spark a peaceful dialogue that can ease tensions and address the issue that has made recent headlines. The event is open to the public....
The Hill County Conservation District is holding its annual Legislative Dinner Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building Ballroom. A no-host meet and mingle social hour will start at 5:30 p.m., followed by a prime rib buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. Cost for the dinner is $25 per person. Candidates for federal, state and local races have been invited to give short presentations, and the Hill County Conservation District Board will briefly outline their accomplishments in the past year and...
We tried a new restaurant, and it was extraordinary. I gave it four stars. One entire wall was a giant television screen — the football players on it were larger than life. It was as if you were on the field with them. Every second, I kept expecting one of them to lean over the table and say “Hey, if you’re not gonna eat that, can I have it?” Of course, I’m kidding. The sound was off. If all the 30 or 40 other 50-inch TVs hanging on the other walls had the sound on, how would people hear their cellphones ring? How would they...
Remember a time when autumn meant burning leaves instead of burning Samsung Note7 phones? It’s hard to believe, but on October 27 the animated TV classic “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” celebrates its 50th anniversary. It was the third “Peanuts” special, following “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and the mostly forgotten “Charlie Brown’s All-Stars” (which, if it took as long as a typical Major League Baseball game, would be reaching the seventh inning stretch any day now). Of course the characters remain frozen in time...
I’ve lost my robe. I’m beside myself with anxiety. I didn’t realize it was gone. In fact, I have no idea exactly when I misplaced it. Surely, I couldn’t have thrown it away. I depend on that robe. It is a piece of me. My hermit robe. A “security blanket.” I wore it from the day I moved to Mazatlan. Protection in my desert of solitude. It circumscribed my hermitage, defined my retreat. Yesterday, Bonnie said, “Sondra. You look so different.” We met in March, when I bought my ca...
Like most Montanans, we were horrified as we watched footage of Donald Trump boasting about sexually assaulting women while Access Hollywood reporter, Billy Bush, laughed and egged him on. We were horrified because we are women and mothers, sisters and daughters. The men and boys in our lives were also horrified. All decent people should be horrified when they hear a man bragging about violently forcing himself on women. Over the last two weeks, many high ranking Republicans, well-known religious leaders, and other public...
Editor, I recently came across a Letter to the Editor claiming that Ryan Zinke is not suitable to serve in Congress. As a 25-year Montanan who has personally seen Zinke at work, I would like to argue just the opposite and here’s why: Ryan Zinke stays true to his word and does not waiver on the issues he is fighting for--even when that means straying from his own party. A U.S. Navy SEAL himself, Zinke understands America’s duty to assist our allies when necessary if it means keeping the homeland safe and secure. He voted to st...
Richard “Dick” Brown, 80, formerly of Ulm, passed away Oct. 18, 2016. Funeral Services will be held in the Rose Room Chapel at Croxford Funeral Home, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at 1 p.m., with a graveside service to follow at the Ulm Cemetery....
MISSOULA (AP) — The University of Montana has notified students of a reported sexual assault that occurred in a residence hall involving someone the victim knew. Students were notified Tuesday night via email and text. UM spokeswoman Paula Short said the university is working with local police as the case is investigated. Federal law requires campus officials to notify students of significant emergency or dangerous situations. Short said that university officials decided to notify students about the reported assault to ...
Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission will meet Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 4:05 p.m. in the Havre/Hill County Public Library. The meeting agenda is: Call to Order Previous Minutes Financial Report Quarterlies Due Correspondence Old Business Fort Report Oral History Project Havre Revitalization Group/Main Street Program Residential Map Distribution Residential District Banners 2016 Ornament Sales New Business Shambo Schoolhouse-MHF Grant Public Comment: Any public matter that is not on the agenda of this meeting and...
HELENA — A Lincoln County official says she has a constitutional right to call herself a Republican while campaigning in the county’s nonpartisan elections, and she is seeking to strike down a Montana law that bars her from doing so, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. If Lincoln County Clerk and Recorder Robin Benson is successful in her lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Helena, candidates in counties that hold nonpartisan elections would be able to identify themselves as “Republican” or “Democrat” on the campaig...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after a caller near a First Street business reported a “fender bender” Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. in the parking lot. —— Officers investigated a fraud report after a citizen came into the police station Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. to report that her Ebay account had been hacked. —— Jessie Leeann Manuel of Hays, 28, was arrested on three Justice or City court warrants and charges of obstructing a peace officer and driving without insurance Wednesday at 1:31 p.m. durin...
Editor, I feel compelled to write this letter to point out a few facts and perhaps raise a question or two. I have done a fair amount of business with Wells Fargo in recent years, the Wells Fargo Bank in Big Sandy, the Wells Fargo Investors Offices in Great Falls. I have found the Wells Fargo personnel in this area honorable and pleasurable with which to work. But I received a pamphlet from Wells Fargo recently pertaining to the upcoming election, which I interpreted as supporting the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Clinton...
MISSOULA (AP) — Montana’s attorney general will issue a legal opinion on a Missoula ordinance requiring background checks for private gun sales. The Montana Department of Justice received a formal request for an opinion on the measure from Austin Knudsen, the Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives, department spokesman John Barnes said. The Missoula ordinance takes effect in late October and will require the background checks for most private gun sales or trades. The rule makes some exceptions for family transfers, h...
The Montana Chamber of Commerce will discuss its past year at the Annual Board of Directors meeting this fall. As part of the meeting, Montana Chamber members, and the public, are invited to attend a luncheon Thursday, Oct. 27, at noon, featuring gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte. The luncheon will be held at the Northern Hotel in Billings. New directors, officers and initiatives will be announced at the meeting as well. For registration and additional information, visit http://bit.ly/2dmeN2x. To sponsor this event,...
Elk shoulder seasons in Montana have gotten off to a quiet but effective start. Wildlife managers in the regions with active shoulder seasons are seeing hunters taking a few elk and being effective at reducing late summer and early fall landowner conflict with the animals. “Landowners have seemed to be satisfied that early shoulder seasons provided them with a tool to get trusted hunters on their croplands with a minimum of hassle,” said Mike Thompson, wildlife manager for FWP region 2 in Missoula. “We’ve received reports...
It's mostly silent now outside in the morning. Snow's predicted for the high country with a slow, dreary rain on the prairie. Fall is here. And yet the meadowlark sings. Bird breeding season is long gone and the vast majority of migratory songbirds have left for points south. And yet the meadowlark sings. In the spring, the western meadowlark is harbinger of better times ahead, and we love it. Some people even make note of the day each year they first hear a meadowlark;...
It’s just October, but, tonight, fall becomes basketball season. Inside the Armory Gymnasium, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights will make their season debut when they host Mount Royal University tonight. The Skylights have two games this weekend, while the Northern men make their season debut Friday night. The MSU-N women begin a season-opening, three-game home stretch with Mount Royal, and the Skylights will turn around and play a very tough University of L...
The season is winding down for the Havre High volleyball team, but with four conference home matches on the horizon, the Blue Ponies have a definite chance to make up some ground in the Central A standings, starting this weekend. The Ponies, who are 5-10 on the season and 1-3 in the Central A, sit fourth in the league standings. But with back-to-back matches against Livingston Friday and Belgrade Saturday, and with each coming inside the HHS gymnasium, there is a real chance...
George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected] The Montana State University-Northern Lights have two tuneups before the wrestling season begins in earnest. The second of those tuneups came Wednesday night inside the Armory Gymnasium. Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge watched as his Lights competed in their annual Maroon/Gold Dual, just nine days ahead of their season-opener against North Idaho College, which comes next Saturday night in Havre....
For what must have seemed like an eternity now for Montana State University-Northern head men’s basketball coach Shawn Huse, roster continuity has been hard to come by. In recent years, the Lights have had to reload on a yearly basis, and that has been due to graduating great talent. And while Northern did lose several big-time players from last year’s squad, as a new season dawns, roster continuity isn’t something Huse has too much concern with. Northern, which went 19-12 a y...
Wednesday's Scores The Associated Press PREP FOOTBALL Big Sandy 66, Augusta 32 Cut Bank 28, Shelby 0 Ennis 74, Lone Peak 14 Fort Benton 54, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 14 Fromberg 71, Northern Cheyenne 21 Geraldine/Highwood 52, North Star 15 Hays-Lodgepole 24, Chinook 22 Poplar 56, Rocky Boy 6 Sunburst 45, Heart Butte 40 Winnet-Grass Range 31, Reed Point-Rapelje 14...
Prep Football Standings Central A Conf. Overall Belgrade 3-0 5-2 Lewistown 2-1 5-2 Havre 2-2 5-3 Livingston 1-2 1-7 Browning 0-3 0-8 Eastern A Conf. Overall Sidney 4-0 7-1 Billings Central 3-1 5-2 Laurel 3-1 5-2 Miles City 1-3 3-5 Hardin 1-3 3-5 Glendive 0-4 1-6 Northwest A Conf. Overall Polson 3-0 6-1 Columbia Falls 1-1 6-1 Whitefish 1-2 3-5 Frenchtown 0-2 2-6 Southwest A Conf. Overall Dillon 3-0 6-1 Hamilton 3-1 5-3 Butte Central 2-1 4-4 Corvallis 0-3 3-5 Stevensville 0-3 2-6 2B Conf. Overall Glasgow 3-0 5-2 Malta 3-0 4-3...
