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Cynthia Laufer has coped with mental health issues her entire life. She says that it can be tough having mental health issues in the city. “There is a real stigma to it,” she said. But she is bound to help other people with the same problems. Together, she said, they can improve their lives. She sees it as her role bringing people together. “I believe this is why God put me on this Earth,”she said. So she is involved in the organization of a NAMI chapter in Havre. NAMI — National Alliance on Mental Illness — is a group that...
The Town Pump Charitable Foundation will match up to $7,500 on behalf of Havre Food Bank, and $1,000 on behalf of Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen between now and the end of November. That will be part of the $3 million the foundation hopes to raise for food banks and soup kitchens around Montana this year. Anyone who donates to any of the food banks will have their donation matched by the foundation. The money is used to purchase perishable food items such as milk, bread, fruit and vegetables. The funds are becoming more crucial...
Going back to fourth or fifth grade, Lynette Crasco remembers Red Ribbon Week as one of her favorite times of the school year. The girl who loved bright colors, remembered feeling a certain sense of empowerment from sporting the red ribbon. "I put on the ribbon, and I was like, 'yes, I'm going to be a drug-free person,'" said Crasco, now a second-grade teacher at Lincoln-McKinley Primary School. "I didn't know exactly which drugs they we're, but I knew that was something that...
Havre Police Department An officer investigating suspicious activity at Havre High School at 8:02 a.m. Tuesday issued a summons or made an arrest, but no further details were provided. —— A 2nd Avenue caller at 11:04 a.m. Tuesday reported a stolen credit card. Officers are investigating. —— Officers investigated a vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 2 East reported at 12:26 p.m. Tuesday. An ambulance was dispatched to the scene, but everyone refused medical treatment. One driver was issued citations on charges of driving with a...
GILROY, Calif. - Louise L. LaFramboise Bautista passed away of natural causes at her home Oct. 24, 2015. Louise was born in Rocky Boy, Montana, on Aug. 22, 1929, to Beatrice and Charles LaFramboise and became part of a family of eight children. She graduated from Rocky Boy High School. In 1946 she married the late John A. Bautista. A Gilroy, Calif., resident since 1947, Louise worked at Gilroy Foods as a coordinator for 25 years. After retiring in 1987, she kept in touch with...
Ida M. Ritchie, 92, passed away on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, of natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at Highland Cemetery with Ila McClenahan officiating. Memorial donations in Ida's name may be made to the Salvation Army or to the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Ida's online memorial page and leave a message of...
Alma I. Seidel, 81, of Havre passed away on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, of natural causes at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Vigil services will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, also at St. Jude Thaddeus, with Fathers Daniel Wathen and Curtis Seidel officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Alma's family has requested that memorials be made in her name to...
If there is an award for the most competitive district tournament in Class C volleyball, that title would almost always go to the District 6C East. And this week in Rudyard, the competitiveness will play at yet again. The 2015 6C East tourney will run Thursday and Friday at North Star High School in Rudyard, with the top three teams advancing to next week's Northern C Divisional. And while three teams will advance on to Belt for the Northern C, the district championship is...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team finished the 2015 season with a trip to the NAIA Elite 8, and a No. 8 national ranking in the last NAIA Women's Coaches Poll of the spring. Now, the Skylights are in the midst of a brand new season, and they are ranked even higher. The 2015-16 NAIA Women's Preseason Coaches Poll was released Tuesday afternoon, and Northern is ranked No. 6 - the highest national ranking for an MSU-Northern team in any sport in the...
Last weekend was a good weekend for women’s athletics at Montana State University-Northern, and three MSU-N athletes were honored for that good weekend. In volleyball, the MSU-Northern Skylights beat UM-Western last Saturday night in four sets, and two Northern players earned Frontier Conference Player of the Week honors as a result. Northern junior Jacy Vining was named Frontier Defender of the Week for the second time this season. Vining averaged 6.25 digs per set. She w...
Tennis season is a long way off, but Chinook's Lauren Harshman is having a big impact on the volleyball court The Chinook Sugarbeeters have been a powerhouse in a girls sport in every season. In the fall, it's volleyball. In the winter it's basketball and in the spring, it's tennis. And Chinook's Lauren Harshman is a big part of two of those powerhouse programs. Right now, Harshman is in the middle of Chinook's front line as a middle blocker on the volleyball court. And she...
Monte Fox Sr., 55, of Hays passed away on Oct. 26, 2015, in Great Falls. Wake services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, at 5 p.m. at the Mission Rec Center Center in Hays. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the Mission Rec Center in Hays. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com....
Jesse Snell Sr., 78, passed away Oct. 27, 2015, at his home in Lodge Pole. Wake services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 at 6:30 p.m .at the Enemy Killer Center will be held on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the Enemy Killer Center Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http:// www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com....
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is about to get a brand new season underway. And while there will be some new faces on the mat for the powerful Lights this season, some things remain the same. In particular, the Lights, who fought through an injury-plagued 2014-15 season to finish eighth at last spring NAIA national tournament, are under the leadership of veteran head coach Tyson Thivierge. And, they have a host of experienced wrestlers returning to lead...
Thursday High School Volleyball 6C East at Rudyard College Volleyball Skylights at LC State, 8 p.m. Friday High School Volleyball Havre at Lewistown 6C East at Rudyard 1B at Fairfield 2B at Glasgow College Basketball Lights vs Warner-Pacific, 7 p.m. Hockey Glacier at Bozeman Saturday High School Football Chinook vs Culbertson, 1 p.m. C/J-I vs Broadus, 1 p.m. Box Elder vs Jordan, 1 p.m. High School Volleyball 1B at Fairfield 2B at Glasgow College Football Lights at Carroll, 1...
