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Editor, Now, more than ever, it is imperative for us to be the champion of girls. In today’s world, girls need girl-only spaces where girls are the first thought not an afterthought. Girls need to feel safe and encouraged by positive female role models to be a G.I.R.L. — where they are Go-Getters, Innovators, Risk-Takers and Leaders. Girl Scouts provides the necessary space for girls to learn and thrive. Girl Scouts works! We stand firm in our belief that Girl Scouts is the best leadership experience for girls in the wor...
Money is the lifeblood of our economy, but our financial system is a train-wreck in slow motion. After the banking system collapsed in 2008, only ruinous borrowing has even allowed us to pretend that our economy is recovering. If you borrow credit card money, has your income gone up? No. If you subtract all the borrowing, our economy has actually been shrinking. We face an economic catastrophe when the bill comes due. Our banking system has been giving us a false recovery and transferring wealth from the poor to the rich in...
Dear Editor, I look at all at all the downed trees and branches across town and see free firewood, free building supplies, free craft supplies, community activities for a group/club and tax write-offs for a business! I see wood in all shapes and sizes. I envision a rough-hewn park-bench or plant stand. I imagine a beautifully stained slice of trunk hanging as a wall clock. I see service organizations organizing a truck convoy, hauling branches away. I see businesses using what little is left of this year accruing a write-off...
Editor, The Republican Party must shape up if it wants to be a force for good. We must begin measuring success or failure on a person-by-person basis. If one person fails, all of society fails. Any politician who does not accept personal responsibility for every failure will not push through the cocoon to find the amazing solutions that are hidden in plain view. Leaders must accept responsibility. I am responsible for every person who does not have access to excellent medical care. I am responsible to build and implement an...
Editor: As a caregiver and a former para-educator, I’ve seen firsthand how important our state services are to Montana’s most vulnerable people. I’ve known families that had to live in their cars because they couldn’t afford anything else, and their kids depended on low-income school lunches for their survival. It’s also critical to their education. If you’re worried about where your next meal is coming from you’re not going to be focused on algebra or history. Family support services have already been cut in Great Falls a...
Editor, I am happy to endorse Lindsey Ratliff for Havre’s City Council. The first impression I had of Lindsey when she came to Havre in 2013 to teach history at Havre High School was “This is an intelligent young woman with enthusiasm and energy.” That impression has not changed. However, I have learned a few other things about her since then. I learned that she is community- and government-minded. One of the first things she did at the high school was create a Current Issues class to encourage students to learn about their c...
Editor, Montana, the Big Sky State, and also the state where if you don’t like the weather just wait five minutes. This was definitely proven true this week. What was also proven true was the hardiness of the men and women who helped and are still helping dig us out and get people back on the grid. I’m not here to write complaints or run anyone down … Ahem, state road department with the snow plows, North 40 started a sale Saturday on snow shovels. Just saying. But I do want to praise what an awesome community and Hill County...
Editor, I would like to give a big thank you to all the folks who pitched in and helped out during our recent snowstorm. Of course, thank you to our city services and community members for tree and snow removal, our broadcasters for keeping us updated, our utility services and service people in the field for their timely response in restoring services, for neighbors helping neighbors and checking in on one another. Specifically, thank you to my neighbors who helped me remove fallen limbs from my car and from in front of my...
Editor, What a great Festival Days celebration we just had! This town never ceases to amaze me, and that’s why we live here! My list of people and organizations to thank is long. Thanks to everyone who participated in any way, large or small in Havre Pride Town Wide in an effort to make Havre look tidy before Festival Days. Thanks to the city of Havre and Mayor Tim Solomon for all they do. Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped with the parade and all the other activities that went on this weekend. The police d...
Editor, With the drought and fire our part of the world has taken some natural resource “hits” this year. These have led to some personal losses. Though personal losses from the fire are substantial for a few folks, overall our region will suffer more from the drought than from the fire. Our part of the world is subject to fires and droughts just like the Gulf and East coasts are subject to hurricanes. Regardless of the origin of the fire and drought and weather, the progression of each has its own momentum. Droughts, fir...
Editor, As the Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department are released and make their way home, they look back on these past weeks at the major accomplishments this community pulled together to achieve, we are truly amazed and humbled. The East Fork Fire pushed many of us to our limits and everyone pushed back with 110 percent. We want to thank the local community and surrounding areas for all they contributed to this effort. Many local businesses and people stepped up and provided for our firefighters, local ranchers and...
To our great firefighters: We would like to extend our deepest appreciation to all the regional volunteer fire departments, Beaver Creek Park employees, state and federal fire crews who worked diligently to minimize the structural losses in Beaver Creek Park. We visited our cabin last night and we could see the hard work and dedication it took to save our cabin from burning to the ground. We know you all worked tirelessly and put your lives on the line to defeat this fire and its destructive forces. Thank you. Darlene...
Editor, The Hill County Ambulance Service would like to publicly thank Triangle Communications and Town Pump for the recent generous donations we received from them. We will use the funds to help train new EMT’s and emergency medical responders this fall in Rudyard. We appreciate these businesses’ help as we seek to provide the best ambulance service we possibly can on the Hi-Line. Thank you Town Pump and Triangle Communications for your part in making our communities such a great place to live. Hill County Ambulance Pau...
Editor, Thank you for the media coverage to locate owners of restitution; and a big thank you to the all the community members who assisted Havre City Court in locating people owed. Due to this journey of discovery, the power of social media was revealed to me as an amazing tool of community connection. So citizens will now be able to contact Havre City Court through Facebook — see the new page at https://www.facebook.com/JudgeSeigel. It is truly my honor to serve the city of Havre and it is no cliché to say, “Havre, it’s...
Editor, The Havre firefighters would like to thank everyone for their extraordinary efforts with the East Fork Fire. The generosity of this community was an amazing thing to see. We offer a differing explanation to what we have been hearing from the public about the Havre firefighters and why we did not respond to this fire. A Hill County water tender and a command unit from the Havre Fire Department responded to the fire, operated by the HFD chief and assistant chief, however, the firefighters were not requested by HFD...
Editor, I wrote this letter to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. I ask you to do the same. Dear Montana FWP, I am writing to ask that you close the 2017 hunting season until there is sufficient rain or snow across our state to alleviate the dry conditions. Make no mistake; I am an avid deer and elk hunter. Like many Montanans, I look forward to our hunting season every year and I even drew a cow elk tag for the Bears Paw Mountains this season. This year, however, we are in a precarious situation with our drought,...
Editor, Please help me thank our local law enforcement Saturday, Sept. 16. National Tell a Police Officer Thank You Day takes place Sept. 16. The initiative has been started by the Whole Truth Project and Wives Behind the Badge, an organization with a mission to promote a pro-police message. It’s held every year on the third Saturday of September just like Festival Days. Police officers risk their lives to protect and serve their communities. Chances are, at one time or another, a police officer has been there to assist you o...
Editor, For decades now, the world’s climate scientists have been insisting that global warming would increasingly cause extreme weather events — things like floods, flash droughts, fires and heat waves. Who could have imagined they would be right? Now that Hurricane Harvey has set a new record for rainfall in the United States, dropping more than 50 inches on Houston, and Montana is enduring an epic drought, with fires turning the air across the whole state into a health hazard, there is no longer any doubt. This summer is...
Editor, When times are tough, Montanans rise to the challenge. That’s what we do. And that’s been the case during a difficult wildfire season that has touched all corners of our state. Neighbors have helped neighbors, donating hay, offering up a safe place to stay and a warm meal. They’ve also opened their pocketbooks, donating thousands to Montana Red Cross. This allowed us to provide food, shelter and comfort to those who have been forced to evacuate their homes, sometimes with little warning. We have opened 16 shelt...
Editor, As our annual Festival Days weekend approaches, I would like to invite everyone out for our annual Festival Days Fun Run. This year’s run/walk is planned at the RC Model Flying Club located south on Fifth Avenue just before the ball park Sunday, Sept. 17. Registration starts at noon with the run/walk to start at 1 p.m. We have a 1 mile and a 5K to choose from for a cost of $10 (without a shirt) and $25 (with a shirt). We have a lot of great prizes. All proceeds go toward the Havre High School Boys Cross Country t...
Editor, I applaud President Trump’s executive order of the review of the relatively recent designations by former presidents under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The Antiquities Act, signed into law, by President Roosevelt was designed to preserve our antiquities for educational, scientific and historical purposes. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, The Archaeologist Resource Protection Act of 1979 and the National American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 provide additional and specific guide-lines f...
Editor, Congratulations to our senators, representative and governor for moving the Rocky Boy’s/North Central Regional Water Project forward. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the repair of the St. Mary Canal System. This project, in operation since the early 1900s, is a system of canals and siphons that delivers water to the Milk River, fills both Fresno and Nelson Reservoirs and provides irrigation water to the Milk River Basin. Most of the structures have exceeded their design life, and the disrepair has been l...
Editor, My town has no monuments to heroic Confederate generals waving swords or hats. The closest we come to that is a statue of a mild fellow with hat lowered at his side, the other hand holding his coat open in oratorical style. This monument, rising next to our railroad depot, depicts James Hill, 19th century railroad baron. What could be more fitting than a memorial to James Hill, a prophetic entrepreneur who helped make the great “Westward ho!” expansion possible? Without his railroad, very likely there would be no tow...
Editor, Everyone has a cause they care about. And with more than 1.2 million charitable organizations to choose from, finding one aligned with your values can be deeply rewarding. While the vast majority of soliciting charities act responsibly and deserve your support, Americans must remember that not all organizations are created equal. Case in point: In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia, charged four sham cancer charities with bilking donors of $187 million over a five-year...
Editor, So Havre, here we go again … city of Havre wants four more property tax levies. Only 2,400 votes last time. Our city needs to do more with less. Purchasing a new vacuum truck for $350,000. The library now has adult coloring night and an eclipse party … with snacks. I voted to keep the library open, not for the extras. I have a budget, I must live by. If I don’t, I have to find a second job or cut back. Shelley Weivoda Havre...
