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Editor, Our Great Northern Fairgrounds holds a special place in everyone’s heart. Not one of us who has been here long does not have a fond memory of the fair or using the grounds in some way. It may be 4-H, rodeo, derby, Indian relay races, auctions, car shows, Rod Run, the beer gardens — whatever it is, the fairgrounds is the heart of our community. We simply do not adequately fund our fairgrounds. It is impossible to make improvements with the limited funding available. Therefore, every year our fairgrounds becomes mor...
Editor, I grew up in eastern Montana, swimming in the Missouri River and Fort Peck Reservoir. Water was, and is, a significant part of life for me. I feel very fortunate to have been able to stay in Montana throughout my life; and clean water is something we sometimes take for granted in rural places such as this. My husband and I are raising our children in Montana for many reasons, and clean water is one of them. Now living in western Montana, every summer, we’re out on the rivers and lakes near our home and the kids are p...
To the Editor, I write this letter in a small coffee shop just after touring an 800-year-old cathedral in Salamanca, Spain. As a study-abroad student almost 5,000 miles away from my home university of Montana State University, I reflect on my experience in higher education and the frightening reality that many students could face this fall. Right now, higher education in Montana is at risk of seeing major funding cuts if the 6-Mill Levy ballot initiative doesn’t pass in November. This levy has been providing funding for h...
To the Editor, Be it Flathead County or Gallatin Country, I have lived in this beautiful state for my entire life. Montana is my home. As a third-year student at Montana State University pursuing a degree in economics with an emphasis in community health, I reflect back to five years ago when I was 16 years old and my father unexpectedly lost his business. This was my family’s main source of livelihood and in the midst of financial strife, my parents broke the news that if I wanted to attend college, I would need to find a w...
Editor, Hello. I am currently a full-time student at Montana State University, where my father, aunt and two cousins attended university as well. Studying here has given me a sense of purpose and I have found a new home here in Bozeman; I owe my (sometimes stressful) life as a young adult seeking independence to this university. For context, as an out-of-state student, this opportunity to seek success in my fields of interest is a special one. That is not to say that the schools in Colorado are not wonderful in themselves...
If you would like more information about Relay For Life, please stop by the Chinook Senior Center throughout the rest of the month of October and learn how you can become involved with the North Central Montana Relay For Life. You can also stop by Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods in Havre Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to get information about Relay For Life. You will be able to get general information, including how you can form a team or join one of the committees. You will also be able to purchase luminaries and r...
After decades of supporting the Montana 6 mill levy, I’ll be voting no this November. Here are but two of many reasons: By and large most institutions of “higher learning” seem to be losing their way. Political correctness, lower academic standards, poor graduation rates, useless degrees, ever higher student debt and frivolous spending, the diversity delusion and a group-think atmosphere indicate “higher” education is headed the wrong way. No longer allowing the past to inform and guide the present, it colors the past to f...
Editor, I have “politic-iris!” I am so tired of hearing all the promises you politicians have. I know it’s a free country — freedom of speech, etc. — which is a true blessing. Each day, I receive a letter from children across the country begging for food. Why don’t you politicians spend your money on children of the world, food, clothing? How about hurricane victims? No homes, food, clothing or anything. Please help these people and save your millions for something more constructive. You will be blessed and perhaps att...
Editor, The family would like to take this time to thank Dr. Varghese Parambi of Great Falls, Dr. Mohammed Kanaan of the Sletten Cancer Center in Havre and Tonya Paulsen, the director of the Dialysis Unit at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre for their care of our brother Robert for the past 12 months. Thank you to the Rocky Boy Health Board Transportation Department for providing our brother rides to and from his appointments. Thank you to Merle Tendoy, Alvin Windy Boy Sr., Jonathan and Sam Windy Boy for their cultural...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the amount of the gift cards given to former Kmart employees to $75. Editor, We made it! Generous people donated to Blessed to Bless NOW in excess of the matching money challenge! We want to thank the many people from the Hi-Line for their donations. We received donations from as far east and west as Fargo and Seattle, and south to Billings. Out-of-area and out-of-state mechanics, veterans, truck drivers, photographers, tour bus drivers, and bank employees gave. Retired ranchers and a...
Editor, I am a member of the Hill County Park Board and we would like to give a special thanks to Associate Professor Terri Hildebrand, Ph.D., from Montana State University-Northern’s College of Art, Sciences and Education. Terri, with assistance from Lou Hagener, who is part of the grazing committee for Beaver Creek Park, and some of her students have taken on a long-term project to create and maintain a set of natural resource monitoring data on the ecological health and functioning of natural resources of Hill C...
Editor, “It’s the economy, stupid,” was once a campaign motto. Likewise in this election it’s no surprise the current ruling politicos claim credit for a thriving economy. I believe any economy-related credit or blame we ascribe is oversimplified, overrated and is not what this election is about. I believe this big flap about the economy is covering the more important issue of moral integrity. Our choices should be measured by values such as equity, fairness, civility, truth and what serves the greater common good. I see tho...
Dear Editor, I am fed up with my telephone, television, radio, computer and mailbox pushing simplified, limited political messages at me. I am asked to donate to candidates, sign petitions, listen to slanted poll questions and attend rallies. Believe this, hate that, donate, donate — a flood of mud and dramatic cries that only my dollar can prevent catastrophe. Candidate views on issues I care about — like ending the drug war, reducing military spending, reducing fossil fuel dependence, improving education, and expanding Mon...
Dear Havre Daily News Editor, Thank you to the Havre community for putting on such a great Festival Days weekend. There are so many people that put so much time and effort into the event that I am hard pressed to thank everyone and not forget someone! We must thank the Havre Police Department, Havre Fire Department, Hill County Sheriff’s Office and the Montana Highway Patrol for the excellent work they did monitoring the parade. The Havre city crew also was very helpful with the barricades and making sure we had everything w...
Editor, Just two days after my son was born, we found out that he had a potentially fatal heart defect. At 4-months-old we took him to have a procedure done on one of the valves on his heart. The valve will have to be replaced again, eventually. Luckily, thanks to Montana’s Medicaid we have access to good doctors and annual check-ups that are affordable. Currently, I have some security in knowing that when the time comes to replace the valve, we can do it and he will live. The thought of losing protections for people with pre...
Editor, The word “bamboozled” isn’t one we use often nor understand anymore. However, if I-186 passes we’ll get a darn good reminder of its proper use. Bamboozled means the use of a ploy, ruse or scheme to achieve a specific goal. An example would be, “Tom Sawyer ‘bamboozled’ the neighborhood boys into doing it for him.” The proponents behind I-186 are presenting it as a much-needed solution, when in reality I-186 creates more problems than it solves. I-186 is a proposal to stop the future of mining in Montana that is being p...
Editor, As a mother of two children with autism, I know the fear of not being able to afford to keep my family covered with health insurance to keep them healthy. We all need to realize, we are one stroke, one heart attack, one car wreck, one birth away from being in a situation of having a pre-existing condition that you didn’t have two days ago! Ending protections for people with pre-existing conditions could happen if the Affordable Care Act is dismantled. 425,900 Montanans live with preexisting conditions. If this h...
Editor, I enjoyed your article about the renewed interest in Burnham School on the Fresno Road west of Havre. The old school when it closed consisted not only of the stately school building itself but also a tool/wood/coal shed and a four-horse stable, and also a playground, grove and bomb shelter (Since the time was World War II and there was still fear of bombing attacks on western states). There were eight students — five boys and three girls — as a part of the student body on that final year, all in the same cla...
Editor, Native American Week is coming soon — Sept. 24–28. The local schools of Hays-Lodge Pole, Dodson and Harlem are working together to create an amazing week of activities that has never been done before. Our Native culture and heritage is strong, and it will be celebrated in this multi-school event that will involve over 1,000 students, dozens of speakers and 100 staff. Here are some of the activities: • Buffalo Hunt that includes a pipe ceremony, demonstration of dressing and skinning, uses of various parts of the b...
Editor, Just days after EPA acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited Superfund sites in Butte and Anaconda, he announced a plan to weaken common-sense health protections that limit harmful pollution from oil and gas drilling. Montana has more than 14,000 oil and gas well sites around the state, and Wheeler’s rollbacks mean that hundreds of Montana communities, from Broadus to Browning, will face more air pollution in the form of excess methane, volatile organic compounds and toxic emissions. The EPA has a responsibility t...
Dear Editor, I would like to clear up a misconception regarding the nonprofit Blessed to Bless NOW. As the name implies, Blessed to Bless NOW is about people who feel blessed, or grateful, who want to bless others and get a tax-deduction/write-off at the same time. Because of a matching fund offer of $2,500 from out-of-state, we will have a fundraiser dinner Saturday, Sept. 29, at the HRDC Fireside Room. The purpose of Blessed to Bless NOW is a way to express gratitude by giving to working neighbors who have been hit with a...
Editor, Be careful what you ask for: The stated agenda of Montana Republicans is to transfer federal lands to the state of Montana. (Individual GOP candidates may now deny this but it is in writing). A lot of people are concerned about this, not just hikers and birdwatchers. No one should be more concerned than those who have federal grazing permits. The federal — BLM and U.S. Forest Service — grazing fee for 2018 is $1.41 per animal unit month. The state of Montana Grazing Fee for 2018 is $11.03 per AUM. In the recent past t...
Dear editor, It has come to my attention that Ryan Zinke, Andrew Wheeler, and their federal agencies are helping ensure that the oil and gas industry can continue to carelessly leak millions of tons of methane pollution and chemicals into our air. We had protections around methane that limited this type of pollution. Created in 2016, the methane protections limited the flaring and venting of natural gas to cases of emergencies or when capturing flared gas was technically infeasible. Montanans demand that Washington put politi...
Editor, As the Montana Association of Christians, we advocate for a more compassionate and just world that recognizes the inherent dignity of each person, regardless of economic status. Jesus both models feeding the hungry and teaches that when we feed or quench the thirst “of the least of these” we are blessing God (Matthew 14:13-21 and Matthew 25:31-46). On behalf of our neighbors grappling with hunger and economic insecurity, we write this letter to express our support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. We...
Editor, I’m writing to express my sincere gratitude for all of those who supported the Edward Jones Inaugural School Supply Drive. Special thanks to Havre Daily News and New Media Broadcasters for help in spreading the word. The commitment and dedication our community has shown to the education of our youth was evident in the results of the drive. The supplies were delivered to classrooms the week prior to school starting and will be put to good use by students and teachers immediately. We wish all a safe and happy school y...
