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After the project stagnated for a few years, the disc golf course is complete and open for competition in Beaver Creek Park. "It's not that difficult of a course. It's definitely for all ages, elderly to young children," course designer and lead construction person Jake Rodgers said. Located on the east side of Rotary Pond, the nine-hole Normandy Coulee Disc Golf Course opened to the public June 14 thanks to the efforts of Jake Rodgers, a disc golf enthusiast for at least 20...
Brandon Jay Young, 35, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements have been made with Holland and Bonine Funeral Home, with Pastor Sean Janssen officiating the service. A celebration of Brandon's life will be held at the Messiah Lutheran Church on June 26, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. A luncheon will follow at the Lions Campground in Beaver Creek Park. Brandon was born November 15, 1985, to Dennis and Sandy (Staples) Young. He lived in Hermosa, South...
A large number of children and their families braved cool, windy and even rainy weather during the early part of the Havre Rotary Club's Father's Day Fishing Derby, though the sun was out by the end of the derby. The Rotarians said 36 boys and 30 girls signed up for the derby, which is coming back after being canceled due to COVID-19 last year. Rotarian Dawn Ward said, with the derby being canceled last year, the club thought numbers might be down, but attendance in the...
Father's Day this year, Sunday, June 20, will see the return of the Havre Rotary Club's annual Fishing Derby at Rotary Lake in Beaver Creek Park after its cancellation last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brian Lilletvedt, one of the event's organizers, said signup and registration for the event begins at noon and fishing begins at 1 p.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Lilletvedt said the event is free for children who will be divided into two categories, younger than 10 and 10 to 15....
The Hill County Commission, Havre Mayor Tim Solomon and representatives from the North Havre County Water District met with Susan Brurud of Bear Paw Development Corp. and Craig Erickson of Great West Engineering to discuss how the county can and should best use the funds it’s been allocated from the American Rescue Plan. Among the plans discussed were improvements to the RSID 29 and 30 lift stations, upgrading the Milk River Levee, installing a new air handler and broadband in the Hill County Courthouse, addressing revenue l...
Havre Trails is encouraging the community to get outside over the next several months by participating in the 2021 Havre Trails Outdoor Challenge, which started June 7 and closes Sept. 6. After having hikes in different locations throughout the summer in past years, Havre Trails was forced to get creative as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a successful first year of this challenge. “Last year, because of COVID, we didn’t really think we should be doing (or...
We at the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural Bear Paw Marathon this last weekend. With both in-person and virtual events we had a combined 306 registrants! We could not have put this amazing event together without the help of our supporters. Thank you to our sponsors that gave both monetarily and in the form of donations: Enell, Havre/Hill County Tourism Business Improvement District, BNSF, Treasure State Title Company, NorthWestern Energy,...
At the monthly meeting of the Hill County Park Board Monday evening, Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the the lodge at the park has been stabilized, but further repairs will be needed in the coming months. Edgar said Korb Construction was able to complete the initial stabilization project in time for the lodge to function all summer, and they’ve received no complaints about its condition from users since work was completed. He said they paid for the project using money from their capital improvement fund as w...
For runners from Havre, and all across the country, the wait was worth it, as they finally got run in the inaugural Bear Paw Marathon. Over 300 runners competed on Saturday morning across three events. The premier event was the full marathon itself that began at Sucker Creek Road and ended at the Montana State University-Northern campus. Out of all the runners that competed in the marathon, Havre local Chris Durward had the best finish. "It's been pretty special. I've only...
After losing his sense of purpose following the death of his wife in 2013, Everett Tyrrel said he began to get his purpose back thanks to fitness trainer Tami Nystrom of Physical Therapy Down Under and Fitness Center in Havre - including hiking miles of trail in Beaver Creek Park and other spots in the Bear Paw Mountains. "For three days a week for two years, I had Tami as a trainer and mainly, for me, was as a listener. After my wife passed away, I needed someone to talk to...
Havre Police Department A 15-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of juvenile curfew violations after people reported at 6:14 a.m. Thursday that their child had not come home the previous night. -- A 9:10 a.m. Thursday caller at Fifth Avenue and a Ninth Street reported a vehicle crash between and Lincoln and a Ford. -- Aaron Carl Lamere of Box Elder, 39, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, and Travis Vaughn Standinghorn of Box...
Out our way, most cattle are raised in a fenced pasture. Granted, the area is still huge and takes some riding and exploring to find them all, but we know they are there. However it wasn’t always like this, and in some places it still isn’t. South of town and bordering the Chippewa Cree reservation is Beaver Creek Park. Every year, for a time, it is free range and the cattle wander at will. Come round up time, there is no guarantee where one will find them. Now, it happened one day that I was hauling Doc out to an old hom...
Get ready runners because the Bear Paw Marathon will finally be coming to Havre this Saturday. The marathon was originally set to hold its inaugural run last year but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented it from going forward. With the marathon finally set to go, Julea Robbins, from the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce which is putting on the marathon, is ready to get it started. "It feels fantastic and I think having that extra year definitely gave us the push that we need to make...
Decisions are not easy sometimes, and late Monday night, I was facing a tough call. No, it wasn’t some monumental quandary I was in, but it was a decision on whether or not to put myself in a possible jam. And in the end, I guess you can say, I chickened out, or decided not to find out if I would end up in one or not. You see, at 11:59 p.m. Monday, registration for the first annual Bear Paw Marathon expired. No, I wasn’t considering running in the marathon, or the half mar...
Thomas M. Farnham, 64, lifetime Havre resident, died Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place at Schnider Funeral Home in Great Falls. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Information will follow once details are finalized. Tom was born on November 2, 1956, in Havre to William and Helen Farnham. He attended grade school and middle school at St. Jude's and Havre High School, where he graduated in 1975. Tom married...
The Hill County Park Board's Rules and Regulations Committee met Wednesday night to discuss beaver management in Beaver Creek Park, a long controversial subject, and local wildlife experts invited to the meeting advocated for a more comprehensive approach to beaver management, not just lethal trapping. This is the third in a series of meetings meant to evaluate what the Hill County Park Board should do to manage beaver in the park. The speakers at the meeting were Amy...
In the wake of announcements about the dispersal of over $28 million in American Rescue Plan funds to counties and cities across north-central Montana little guidance has been issued by the federal government about how these funds can be used. While some county- and city-level officials in the area have general ideas about where this money will be spent, few concrete plans are being made because so little is known about how the money can legally be spent. “We know we need to be accountable for how it’s spent and we have not...
The Hill County Park Board’s Rules and Regulation Committee is holding the third meeting Wednesday in a series of meetings on a controversial topic — beaver management in Beaver Creek Park. An agenda sent by Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson says three speakers will present at the meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Peterson said this morning that while the speakers have been confirmed, he is unable to release their names. Use of trapping to control the beave...
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said at a meeting of county officials Thursday COVID-19 continues to affect younger people in the community as cases steadily continue to crop up. Berg said a possibility exists that these latest case may be the result of a variant, not just because of the age group it affects but because there seems to have been a noticeable shift in symptoms. She said fewer and fewer people seem to be losing their sense of taste, but chest congestion and breathing difficulties...
At the May Park Board meeting we were told that the park will continue to lethally trap beavers until the “population is under control.” When questioned “what will be the standard for the population being under control,” other than a comment about activity, there was not an explanation of what the standard and or measure of population will be. When further pressed about the consensus of the board considering wildlife or wildlife habitat in decisions for the park, the response from the chairman was: It will be conside...
Editor, I have been following the debate over the beaver situation in our Hill County Beaver Creek Park. We are losing a tremendous amount of trees and access to the creek itself by a common rodent. The beaver. Now that the anti-trapping people and other humane special interest groups have been called to graciously help solve our problem there have been many questions left unanswered. 1. How much will these Beaver Deceivers, pond levelers, cost? (I was told it was $12-15,000 each. 2. What is the effective range of a Beaver...
As local conflict over the future of beaver population management in Beaver Creek Park continues, a billboard sponsored by Trap Free Montana Public Lands has been set up on U.S. Highway 2 at the east end of town. The Hill County Park Board's Rules and Regulations Committee has been holding a series of meetings meant to gauge the public's opinion on the long-controversial issue of beaver trapping, which some argue is the only efficient way of controlling beaver populations in...
Editor, Hopefully most of the citizenry of Havre have become aware of the billboard along the highway east of Havre. If not, please check it out. The billboard was paid for by an anti-trapping organization, “Trap Free Montana Public Lands” based in Hamilton. Their anti-trapping activity has been concentrated mostly in the western part of the state. It seems coincidentally suspicious that a billboard with a message to “Protect Beaver” appears in Havre while meetings addressing the management of beaver in Beaver Creek Park th...
