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3: School Board's year of excitement For the Havre Public School District, 2010 has ended with a bang and a crash, as the roof over Havre High School's library and cafeteria collapsed Thursday morning. This is just the last occurrence in what has been an interesting year which most of the administrators and trustees look back on, for the most part, with satisfaction. David Mahon The year started off in controversy with the sudden resignation of Superintendent David Mahon, which generated a lot of interest, particularly...
After Havre Public School's structural engineer assessed the damage of Thursday's collapse, Superintendent Andy Carlson said that classes at Havre High School would be cancelled on Monday to allow the district more time to plan for how to deal with safety concerns. "We're not going to have school on Monday, " Carlson said. "There's so much to plan. You're dealing with 600 kids. We're not quite ready to make that call. We've got to secure this area. We're erring on the side of caution. " The engineer determined that the high...
BOZEMAN — Dozens of travelers flocked to shelters opened along Interstate 15 after the roadway was closed Thursday from south of Dillon to the Idaho border because of blizzard conditions. The American Red Cross of Montana says more than 50 people registered at a shelter set up at the University of Montana-Western campus, where a line formed out the door late Thursday. More than 40 stranded travelers were at a second shelter opened by the Lima Volunteer Fire Department. The Montana Department of Transportation closed the i...
HELENA (AP) — A group of two dozen people plan to begin the new year by taking an icy plunge into the frigid waters of the Missouri River in western Montana. The chilly tradition in the small town of Craig, north of Helena, started about a decade ago when Uncle Joe's Craig Bar owner Joe Duvall and some friends jumped into the river on a dare. Now, it's an annual tradition. Duvall says around 20 people usually make the leap, and many more come just to watch the group plunge into the freezing cold waters. HELENA (AP) — A group...
The lead appellant in a case trying to overturn the results of the Tribal council primary election at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation said Wednesday that the Chippewa Cree Tribal appellate court judge is taking arguments on the appeal. Stacey Small, who lost in the October primary election for Rocky Boy's Business Committee, the reservation's Tribal council, said Appellate Judge Torian Donahoe denied motions by the Tribal attorneys to dismiss his appeal and set a Jan. 17 deadline to file responses to the appeal. "It's not...
NEW YORK (AP) — Still digging out from a debilitating blizzard, New York was poised to welcome nearly a million visitors to Times Square on Friday for the country's largest annual New Year's Eve celebration. Nationwide, revelers set aside concerns about the winter weather and even potential terrorist threats to ring in 2011 at large and small gatherings. From California, where waterlogged residents have contended with record winter rainfall, to the snowbound states along the Eastern seaboard, New Year's Eve celebrations b...
HAMILTON (AP) — A 44-year-old Stevensville man who stabbed his friend in the leg during a fight over the merits of Christmas has pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault. Daniel J. Kohlruss entered his plea in District Court on Thursday as part of a deal that includes a five-year suspended sentence and 30 days in jail. Court records say Kohlruss was arrested Dec. 24, 2009, after he and housemate Jerry Jordan got into a lively argument over Christmas. Kohlruss said he did not like Christmas, and Jordan countered by s... Full story
"Are you a cat person or a dog person?" a friend asked one day. "Yes," I answered. I like pets. I haven't had a cat or dog for some years now because I travel a lot. So why was I driving home from Seattle in the middle of winter with Fat Louie and Penguina perched on a chair in the back of my van giving me the evil eye? I'm a sucker. I am easily had. I have known these two critters since they were pliant kittens, dragged around in doll clothes by my granddaughter. I was there...
The year 2010 will be long remembered in most of Montana for green grass all summer, low fire danger and heavy calves. For a change, Montana farmers and ranchers could really smile about the price they received for their commodities, from cattle to wheat and wool to sugar beets. Sure, there were a few times this summer and fall when you wondered if it would stop raining long enough to get your hay baled or your grain harvested, but Montanans will rarely cuss moisture, and we had moisture aplenty. It's a real pat on the back... Full story
A snowflake is formed when water molecules in the air freeze and bind together forming a six-sided shape that can look like six feathers attached in a pinwheel or like a plate with six sides to its rim. A snowflake is a delicate and beautiful thing. A driveway full of 1 billion-gazillion flakes is a menace. And a nation inundated with countless flakes during the holiday season is a nightmare at best — a nuisance to the degree of the eighth level of hell actually. As if getting around outside bound in layer upon layer of c... Full story
Damon Andrew Owens, 77, died Wednesday evening, Dec. 29, 2010, at his home with his family surrounding him. Viewing for Damon will be from 1 to 4 p.m., Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. His funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, at the Immanuel Baptist Church with Pastor Dan Whitaker officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship will be held at the church immediately after the services at the...
Raymond O. Vogel of Kremlin, died Dec. 30, at Big Sandy Medical Center. A full obituary will follow. -+Raymond O. Vogel of Kremlin, died Dec. 30, at Big Sandy Medical Center. A full obituary will follow....
Monday High School Basketball Havre High girls at Malta, 6 p.m. Havre High boys at Malta, 7:30 p.m. High School Wrestling Havre Match-up, 6 p.m. Tuesday High School Basketball Box Elder girls at Malta JV, 6 p.m. Thursday High School Basketball Turner vs Saco/Whitewater, 6 p.m. Friday College Basketball Skylights at UGF, 6 p.m. Lights at UGF, 8 p.m....
Year and in a year out, Frontier Conference women's basketball is arguably the premier conference in all of the NAIA. The Frontier is loaded with good teams and very good players at both the guard and post position, and the 2011 season will be no different. Already, Lewis-Clark State and Westminster are ranked in the Top 10 nationally, and Carroll College, Montana Tech and MSU-Northern look to have deep and talented teams as well. And when talking about Frontier teams, it isn't just the teams that are good. On any given...
The Havre High boys and girls basketball teams were not set to return to action until Jan. 7. But because of this notoriously rough winter on the Hi-Line, plans have changed. The Pony boys and girls teams will return from the holiday break on Monday night when they make up their postponed season-opening games in Malta. The games were to take place back on Dec. 10 but were postponed because of a winter storm which pounded the area that week, which in turn resulted in poor travel conditions. But on Monday night, the Ponies...
When the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team went to Las Vegas for the annual Las Vegas Shootout earlier this week, the Skylights had three games in which to prepare for the upcoming Frontier Conference season. So playing well in Las Vegas was at a premium. And after a hard-fought 75-62 win over Siena height College out of Michigan on Thursday night, the Skylights can come home feeling prepared for the start of conference play. "Overall, I think we played four halves of basketball this week where were ve...
Marc Mariani got a phone call on Tuesday afternoon from Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher. In the call, Fisher reminded Mariani that Sunday was the Titans final game of the 2010 NFL season. He then went on to tell Mariani that Sunday's game in Indianapolis wasn't going to be his last this season. Instead, the longtime veteran head coach of the Titans was calling to tell his rookie, seventh-round pick from the University of Montana that his last game will come Jan. 30 in Hawaii when Mariani suits up for the AFC in the an...
It would have been easy for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team to let down following Wednesday night's big win over Black Hills State. Instead, at least for the first 30 minutes of Thursday night's finale at the AmericInn Classic inside the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Lights played even better. Northern opened Thursday night's game against the University of Lethbridge with seven straight points from junior Shaun Tatarka, and the Lights never looked back, crushing the Pronghorns 77-58. "Shaun...
With Rocky Mountain College winning an NAIA national championship, and Westminster College making a great three-year run at the NAIA tournament, there's no question the Frontier Conference is loaded with talented men's basketball players. But the 2011 Frontier season will look a little different. There's plenty of talent in the league and the basketball should be as exciting as ever. But new faces dot the league this year and that will make things even more challenging than ever as 17 2009-2010 Frontier All-Conference... Full story
