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Editor: Thanks to the Havre community for its hospitality in hosting the Montana State Speech, Debate and Drama Championship tournament. Hosting requires a lot of commitment from the Havre High coaching staff, administration and the hundreds of hours of volunteer judges from your community. Thanks again for making us feel welcome. Jeff Lowe, Assistant Coach Hamilton High School Speech, Debate & Drama...
Editor: We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the many people and organizations who came together to make the Community Christmas Dinner a success. There are so many who are deserving of a thank-you. There is no way we can list them all without overlooking someone. Please know that whatever your part, you were most appreciated and valued. Thank your for your community spirit. Thanks to those from PJs staff and the many community members who gave their Christmas Day to help us host the meal. Thanks to Robert...
Editor: Please help save Glacier's historic red buses that have served visitors since 1936. Ford contributed $6.5 million to completely refurbish the buses from 1999 to 2002. The buses have new chassis, transmissions and power trains, and they are now ultra-low emission vehicles. I drove a red bus in 1967, and I know how popular they have been with park visitors. The park service wants to retire the buses without consulting the public. Help Montana preserve this unique part of its cultural history. With complete public...
Editor: As recognition to National Volunteer Week, I would like to take the time to thank our many volunteers who enhance our services here at The Salvation Army. Last year (Oct. 1, 2011, to Sept. 30, 2012) we had 113 volunteers who put in 456 hours of volunteer time. At The Salvation Army, we figure that volunteers are worth $20 an hour, so we were able to save around $9,000. This savings was able to be put back into the community in means of emergency utility assistance, emergency rental assistance, permanent housing...
Editor: At a time when the United States desperately needs to develop clean alternative fuels, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality is fast-tracking the permitting process for Arch Coal's Otter Creek Mine. Not only would the mine development seriously damage agricultural land and water quality, it would be a catalyst for building the Tongue River Railroad which would transport coal in open boxes to the west coast for export to China. Air pollution from coal dust is a terrible health hazard. Regulations for...
Editor: For many years, Montana has developed our natural resources — we can think of timber in Western Montana, copper in Butte, coal throughout many parts of the state and again a resurgence of oil and gas in Eastern Montana. At their economic peaks, each energy industry has created a quick demand for additional services and infrastructure. Communities like Sidney, Glendive, Bainville and Culbertson have and continue to feel the strain of a quickly growing oil and gas industry. Recently, House Bill 218, a bill meant to s...
Editor: This past week, myself and 200 other community members attended Family Night at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. The staff did a great job of providing fun activities for families to participate in, and you could not have asked for better weather. But what really impressed me was the cooking crew. NorthWestern Energy donated all of the food that night, plus they hauled in a commercial barbecuer to cook all of the burgers. They also provided volunteers to cook and serve the meal. George Flammond, a NorthWestern...
Editor: I want to offer another perspective to the May 12 article (online at http://www.havredailynews.com) titled "AP Exclusive: Mont. goes its own way on marijuana." The story details a crackdown on businesses in plain sight and says the resulting prosecutions were "widely seen as a success and possibly a model for others." The author forgot to account for some things in his "final scorecard" of 33 convictions. Most importantly, a death toll is omitted. Richard Flor was a registered caregiver in Montana and the first...
Editor: In regards to Mr. Donald Kaul's column ("If you deploy satire, you do so at your own risk," Page 4) in the Jan. 8 Havre Daily News, I wish to remind him that people have been killing each other for hundreds of thousands of years. What did Cain kill Abel with? A club. Mr. Kaul, you're missing the point of the Second Amendment. It is the right to bear arms. It is for the people to keep the government in control. Look at Hitler! It took at least 20 years for him to control the German people with laws that prevented them...
Editor: Today, Saturday, I left my apartment on 4th Avenue to take out the trash. As I came to the sidewalk, I noticed that the sidewalks were pretty icy, but the roads weren't an option either, as they were probably in worse condition that the sidewalks. I walked very carefully. A few steps from the building where I live, I ended up falling on the ice, when I tried to get up it was next to impossible due to the ice buildup. I tried on several occasions to get up and couldn't. As I was trying to get up yet again I saw two...
Editor: With each season's sporting events Havre Daily News Sports Editor George Ferguson keeps sports enthusiasts up to date on the current activities on the Hi-Line. This fall, winter and spring, I have enjoyed reading and look forward to reading future sports columns written by George Ferguson covering Hi-Line and Havre student athletes. George has done a great job in community awareness by informing us about upcoming events and the results of events. His winter articles congratulating Montana State University-Northern's...
Editor: Shortly the white stuff will be gone and we will have our green world back. We will be going on more road trips and life will be good. We would like to remind you of a few facts that should come into play when we are driving down the road. In 2000 car crashes cost Montana $621 million. That is about $688 for each resident of Montana. This would be a good reason to wear your seatbelts. Montana's seat belt usage has remained consistently lower than the national average — 78.9 percent vs. 85 percent. If we were to i...
Editor: I was appalled to hear that the scheduled Chippewa Cree tribal council Friday morning wasn't attended by the eight councilmen who, instead of trying to go through with the meeting, chose to run away from it. Instead, they sent the cops to deliver a impeachment or "suspension" notice, which by the way was illegal in itself being there is a six-month grace period for doing such things in the first place, not to mention Chairman St. Marks is protected by a whistleblowers program by talking to the inspectors general. To...
Editor: This is in response to Norman Bernstein's commentary comparing Texas to Bangladesh. Wow. All I can say is "Wow." This article was very poorly written. I can see now why Norman Bernstein is a roving correspondent. He doesn't get his facts right, nor does he know anything about Journalism 101 or how to write an article. While I am not a Perry fan, he has done some things that are great for our state. We have a great school system in most of your mid-large cities. We have job growth. Our worker's here have incredible rig...
Editor: Spring is finally here and our Town Square was mowed and cleaned by a few of us from the Havre Chamber Town Square committee during Havre Pride Day. The reason for this letter is to personally thank my committee members for more than 10 years of dedication in this project. Havre, did you know that this committee of people mow, clean and maintain our community square each week. A big thank you goes out to David Clausen, Tracy Job, Rick Sedahl, Mike Palmer, Garrett Edmonds, John Mclain, Jennifer Kinsella and Debbie...
Courtesy photo Seth Ironchild poses with teachers and staff at Harlem Elementary School who shaved their heeds as part of a fundraiser for the now 6-year-old kindergartner. (Harlem Elementary School kindergartner Seth Ironchild's condition has been a concern for people on the Hi-Line ever since he was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year. Seth's father, Marcel Ironchild, provides an update on his condition.) Seth completed five different types of therapies at St. Luke's Rehabilitation center in Spokane, Wash., on March 22....
Editor: From Culbertson to Miles City, cities are being hit hard by the costs of oil development. Sidney is expected to need $47 million dollars in improvements to accommodate Bakken newcomers. Bainville, population 200, is expected to accommodate a 350-person man-camp because of a new frack-sand facility. In Culbertson, the sewer lagoons are at capacity. Who pays for these infrastructure costs? Not the companies making the profits from the oil wells. The oil and gas companies escape almost all taxes on Montana's Bakken wells...
Editor: I want to say thank you to the community of Havre for its support of Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen. Saturday night, 127 people attended our fund-raising benefit dinner. It was a successful night bringing in over $5,500 to help the soup kitchen — just short of our goal of $6,000. The Duck Inn did a great job providing the meal — thank you to Trudy and Gary for all your help. Havre Daily News went beyond the call of duty with helping to get the word out. Radio stations KOJM and KXEI put us on the air. The ent...
Editor: A 2004 economic study titled "The Economic and Ecological Benefits of Recycling in Montana" found recycling created at least 300 full-time jobs, generating $89,120,000 in revenues in 2003. Recycling collection, processing and manufacturing provide an opportunity to create environmental and economic resources from what would otherwise be waste. Communities across the state are working hard to do their part for recycling, but being a rural state far from markets creates many challenges. To help address these challenges,...
Editor: Claims of sovereignty abound when tribal officials push their agenda. Given recent revelations, I have a suggestion in regards to sovereignty. The Business Committee members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe are representatives of the people and thus their representatives in regards to sovereignty, no problem. However, when people ask for transparency, when people want the Business Committee to publicly reveal their financial and procedural activities somehow their representation for the people reaches a snag. Recently, I...
Editor: The Hill County centennial is now history, and it was my pleasure to submit the series of articles commemorating that important once-in-a-lifetime milestone. So many people stopped me on the street and in the grocery store, called me at home or wrote me a letter to express their gratitude regarding those articles, and I appreciate every one of them. John Kelleher, editor of the newspaper, has graciously and enthusiastically agreed to publish articles submitted to celebrate another milestone. Havre's 120th anniversary...
Editor: We would like to once again thank the Havre community for the support given to the Festival of Trees for the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. The Presbyterian ladies once a year have a dinner out and invite a guest speaker. About six years ago, Krista Solomon from the Boys & Girls Club was invited to be that speaker. She, at that time, told us what the club was about, that it was there for the youth of the community. At this particular meeting, Linda Johnson was attending, having just moved back to Havre from...
Editor: The "Home Free" service provided on New Year's Eve is a critically important part of our holiday Sober & Safe Campaign. This was our 17th year, and we are very grateful to those who make it all possible. This year, 333 rides were provided on New Year's Eve so that people could come and go from parties and taverns in our community more safely. As a result, the whole community was safer on New Year's Eve. Havre Ford is due a special word of appreciation for dispatching the calls and providing the drivers, cars, and...
Editor: Havre is a great place for a lot of reasons. However, this holiday season was proof, once again, that this city has a deep and robust arts community that adds significantly to the livability of this special place. The performances I attended weren't run-of-the-mill events by uninterested people going through the motions until the curtain dropped. While I realize I experienced only a small sampling of the talent on display this Christmastime, what I saw was superb. From the newly formed Havre Community Orchestra to...
Editor: Whoa! Please! Three rings on the telephone does not provide adequate time for many of us to respond. Six rings will get you more completed calls. Count them. You will be surprised at the increased number of friends you will get to visit with. Thank you, Noel Davidson Havre...
