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CAIRO— With protests raging, Egypt's president named his intelligence chief as his first-ever vice president on Saturday, setting the stage for a successor as chaos engulfed the capital. Soldiers stood by — a few even joining the demonstrators — and the death toll from five days of anti-government fury rose sharply to 74. Saturday's fast-moving developments across the north African nation marked a sharp turning point in President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule of Egypt. Residents and shopkeepers in affluent neigh...
Editor's note: The times for viewing and funeral have changed from earlier post. There is a delay because of Hi-Line weather conditions. Doris Adeline Zellmer, 84, passed away Jan. 26, 2011, at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook, Mont., following complications of a stroke suffered on March 30, 2010. Visitation will be at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook on Monday, Jan. 31, from 4-5:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, at 1:30 p.m., in the Hogeland American Lutheran Church with burial to follow...
Our Creator took one of his angels to be with him. Our loving wife, mother, grandma, sister, and friend, Joanne Arkinson Williams, 61, of Billings went to be with the Lord on Jan. 26, 2011. She was born April 24, 1949, to Joseph Arkinson Sr. and Theresa Small in Fort Belknap, Mont. She was an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree tribe of Rocky Boy, Mont., where she was raised until she went off to Job Corps in New Mexico to pursue an education in secretarial school. She later came back to Montana living in Great Falls, where...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A plan to use only mail-in ballots for the state's main elections, which haltingly moved forward with fragile bipartisan cooperation, failed Friday after allegations of racism from a Native American lawmaker and defensive counter-accusations. The simmering tensions between Republicans and Democrats erupted, somewhat surprisingly, over a bill that modifies the way elections are run. The House had abruptly changed its mind on the proposal after endorsing the proposal a day earlier. The bill failed after man...
The Montana House of Representatives Saturday overwhelmingly stood behind opponents of the proposed national monument in northeast Montana. In a preliminary move, the House voted 76-23 to tell Congress and President Barack Obama that Montanans don't want any national monuments in the state without the approval of the governor and Legislature. Final action is expected Monday. State Reps. Wendy Warburton, R-Havre, Kris Hansen, R-Havre, and Tony Belcourt, D-Box Elder, voted for the resolution, designated as HJ 4. It now goes to...
The fourth-ranked Class AA CMR Rustlers broke open a three-point halftime game to beat the Havre High boys basketball team 55-33 Saturday at the HHS gymnasium. The Ponies trailed just 16-13 at the half, but the Rustlers went on a 18-6 run to take control of the game. Anfernee Standing Rock and Logan Connor combined to score 26 points for Havre, which fell to 5-8 on the season. The Ponies travel to Lewistown on Friday night, then host Butte Central at the Havre Central Gym next Saturday. The Havre High girls also fell to CMR,...
The MSU-Northern women's basketball team dropped its second straight road game to a nationally-ranked Frontier Conference power Saturday night. In Salt Lake City, the Skylights fell to the No. 11 Griffins 66-53. Northern dropped to 2-5 in conference play and 11-12 overall. The Skylights return home to face UGF this Saturday. For full coverage, see Monday's HDN....
The No. 19 MSU-Northern men's basketball team suffered a disappointing road loss at No. 23 Westminster College Saturday night in Salt Lake City. The Lights lost to the Griffins 55-44, but it was an 18-6 Westminster run at the start of the second half which did Northern in. The Lights and Griffins also combined to score just 31 points in the first half. Shanu Tatarka paced the Lights with 14 points. The loss dropped Northern to 4-3 in the Frontier Conference and 15-7 overall. The Lights also fell out of first place in the...
Saturday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Alberton 57, Victor 46 Arlee 69, Two Eagle River 60 Bigfork 85, Thompson Falls 51 Broadview-Lavina 84, Reed Point-Rapelje 79 Browning 50, Shelby 48 Columbia Falls 74, Missoula Big Sky 49 Cut Bank 82, Harlem 56 Denton 64, Moore-Judith Gap 38 Drummond 62, Valley Christian 39 Dutton-Brady 62, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 45 Ennis 63, Lima 26 Fairview 51, Grenora/Westby, N.D. 44 Florence 63, Missoula Loyola 59 Foothills Christian 73, Gallatin Valley Christian 45 Great Falls 61,...
There will only be two games in this year's AmericInn Classic, but they'll be good ones. Today, the three-team men's basketball tournament at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse gets underway with Frontier Conference powerhouse UM-Western taking on the University of Alberta. The Lights will then take the floor against Alberta on Friday at 6 p.m. This weekend's tournament, which is the final week before Frontier Conference play begins was supposed to feature the Lights and Bulldogs...
The 2012 Frontier Conference football season is eight months away. In fact, it was just two weeks ago that it truly ended as the Ca MSU-Northern's Kyle Johnston helped the Lights return to prominence in football this season, as well as emerged as one of the top wide receivers in the Frontier Conference. rroll College Fighting Saints made it all the way to yet another NAIA national title game appearance. And while it's too early to look ahead to what will be a much different...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team reached some ultimate successes less than a year ago. The Lights cut down the nets as Frontier Conference champions last March in Helena, then a week later, made a trip to Kansas City for the NAIA national tournament. That success seemed likely to carry over to the 2011-12 season given the fact Northern head coach Shawn Huse returned his entire team and even added more quality players. So it would have been easy for...
Christopher Patera and Frank Benjamin have been friends since Patera moved to Havre when he was in sixth grade. Now Patera is in need of help, and Benjamin is leading the way to help him. Patera has stomach cancer, and he has been in and out of hospitals for months, undergoing chemotherapy and surgeries. He has been able to obtain insurance, but he still has massive medical bills to deal with, while he and his wife, Kiera Peterson Patera, raise their two daughters, ages 8 and 1 1/2. Benjamin and some friends have planned a sp...
Havre Daily News/Zach White This composite image shows the Landusky water treatment plant. In the background to the left is a mountain untouched by mining. To the right is Gold Bug Mountain, which was covered with cyanide-soaked rock piles in the 1980s and filled over with topsoil and vegetation during reclamation after Pegasus Gold declared bankruptcy in the late 1990s. This is the version run in the Dec. 29 issue of the Havre Daily News. To read the unabridged version, with additional information, photos and other...
Daniel D. Messerly Jr., 33, of Lodge Pole, a construction worker, died Monday, Dec. 26, in an automobile accident near Zortman. A wake rosary will be 7 p. m., Thursday, at St. Paul's Mission in Hays. Mass will be 11 a. m., Friday, at the Mission. Condolences may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com....
Ford Johnson On Dec. 1, 2011, our dear brother and uncle, Ford Henry Johnson, 81, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Services and cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Holland and Bonine Funeral Home. Ford was born on Aug. 25, 1930, in Cottonwood, Mont. He was the eighth of eight children of Henry and Bernice Johnson. He attended Cottonwood school. Ford and his brother Ellis worked the family farm north of Havre until they moved to Havre in...
Alvin Arnold Deppmeier Alvin Arnold Deppmeier, 59, passed away on Nov. 2, 2011, at a Billings nursing home, due to complications from cancer and Alzheimer's. We are very grateful to the services of hospice during his last days. Alvin has been cremated, and a memorial service will be on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at 10 a. m. at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Burial of the ashes will follow at Highland Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society for research or to your local hospice. Services and...
HELENA — A 2006 Big Sky Conference championship ring belonging to a former University of Montana quarterback was seized in a series of raids on medical marijuana providers this month. Federal agents executed 12 search warrants on Nov. 16 on businesses, homes and warehouses related to three medical marijuana operations. The warrants called for the seizure of drugs, firearms, records and proceeds from drug sales, including cash and jewelry. Among those targeted but not arrested was Jason Washington, a medical marijuana b...
Editor: Are people from Havre, the nicest people on the planet? I'll say yes, based on last weekend's trip to your great town for a midget hockey tournament. I have three examples. First, the members of the Havre Hockey Association treated us like family. They helped answer all our questions and provided assistance at every turn. Secondly, the hotel staff at the Best Western bent over backwards to make our stay perfect, including providing an extra room to air out stinky hockey gear. If you have ever smelled hockey gear,...
Editor: Many thanks to the Havre Community for the countless blessings we have been provided. First of all to our generous benefactor for providing all the groceries and supplies for the Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Thanks to St. Jude Parish Center, Father Dan Wathen and Tim Maroney for the place to prepare and share the meal. Thanks to the team at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods for cooking the turkeys, baking the pies and rolls, and for compiling the two-page grocery list. Thanks to the North Central Senior Citizens Center for...
Editor: Thank you to the folks who put up the artistic Christmas decorations in Memorial Park on 5th Avenue. You guys did an especially nice job this year. I think passersby will really enjoy it. Frank Miller, M.D. Havre...
Signs warning motorists that the city of Havre bars cellphone use of any kind while driving are now at the four major entrances to the city. People entering the city limits are now aware of the ban. It's hard to imagine, given the widespread coverage and constant controversy, that any resident drivers would be unaware of the ordinance. Havre was in the forefront of the progressive movement to ensure safety on city streets. Helena and Bozeman have recently adopted similar measures. The I's are dotted and the T's are crossed....
After a week of Montana football fans bombarding ESPN with calls and emails, and Montana's congressional delegation putting pressure on the sports mega-giant, the network has decided to air the University of Montana and Montana State football playoff games on television. The second round playoff games will air via ESPN GamePlan, a pay-per-view network, on Saturday December 3rd. The week long dispute over how Montanan's would be able to watch the Cats and Griz play on Saturday went to the top of the company with broadcast...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices and labor struggles. The nation's third largest airline also said its CEO Gerard Arpey will step down. He's being replaced by Thomas Horton, currently the company's president. Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp., along with its regional affiliate AMR Eagle Holding Corp. said Tuesday that they filed voluntary petitions to reorganize. AP P...
With winter just around the corner, fall has flown by already, and so have the fall sports seasons at Havre High. Now with boys and girls Havre High's Ashlynn Van Voast races in the Havre Invitational cross country meet last month. basketball, wrestling and swimming gearing up to start their seasons, they too are hoping for the same success already found by the Blue Pony athletics this season. The Havre High Blue Pony volleyball, cross country and golf programs all found good success this season. Both the boys and girls...
