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Editor: The Blue Ponies are marching in Washington, D.C., on July 4. They are going to be absolutely fantastic. I have been hearing them practice over the past month and driven over to watch them for a few moments as they diligently practiced in the heat of the day on the dirt track at Havre High School. As they marched down 5th Avenue Tuesday afternoon I was so filled with pride knowing that in a few short days they would be representing our community and our state in the nation’s capital city in the National Independence Da...
Editor: Water is our state’s most valuable resource. Montana’s farmers and ranchers livelihood depends on access to water for their crops and livestock. I am writing in support of the Confederate Salish and Kootenai TribesWater Compact. Montana Farmers Union is proud to be collaborating with fellow agriculture groups in supporting the compact as it is mutually beneficial for the tribe and Montana’s agriculture producers. The compact will save individuals years of litigation, protect current uses, ensure that commu...
Editor: Havre Elks Lodge 1201 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks again was very proud and honored to be part of the community Memorial Day Service, melding our Flag Day tradition with their Memorial Day service, exemplifying the motto “One Nation, Under God” — one community, one nation, honoring our flag, our country our troops. Throughout our American history, the significance of the U.S. flag’s colors has come to correspond with those of the Great Seal of our country — white signifying purity and innocence...
Editor: Spring rains came at the right time this year, and our Town Square is looking great. The reason for this letter is to personally thank the Havre Chamber Town Square Committee members for more than 16 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, Garrett Edmonds, John Mclain, Jennifer Kinsella, Tim Callahan and Debbie Vandeberg. Havre … did you know that fo...
Editor: We have a granddaughter who loves to go and play at the Hospital Park. As grandparents, we love going with her to play and watch her. However, we don't like to watch out for the dog poop. At the park there are stands that have bags for people to pick up after their dogs. Dog owners, please think of the families that go to the park with little children and pick up after your dogs. Your dog poop is not Tootsie Rolls. It is dog poop. Tammie Dibblee Havre...
Editor: Friday was quite a day. Friday was the type of day that should remind everyone what makes Havre so special and encourage people to think about what Havre really can be. On Friday, Gov. Steve Bullock attended two ceremonial events in Havre. After eight years of fundraising and planning, Montana State University-Northern hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a state-of-the-art Diesel Technology Center, and Havre Trails formally accepted a $15,000 grant for updates to the US Bank Park trail across the street from...
Editor: On Wednesday, I came home to read the front page of the Havre Daily News article about the retirement of the Highland Park Early Primary School children’s librarian ShirLee Perrodin. I had just come from a meeting between Havre-Hill County Library board members and the Hill County commissioners. We were discussing how the library can best cope with a $30,000 reduction in the library budget. Mrs. Perrodin’s words have encouraged me, as the current president of the library’s governing body, to keep working to provi...
Editor: I am a proud supporter of the Havre Marching Band, and would like to personally invited the Havre community to come out and support the band in its fundraiser, 6 to 8 p.m. today at Havre High School. The band will be having a spaghetti dinner, silent auction and a mini-concert with the proceeds paying for the Fourth of July trip expenses. The band will be traveling to Washington, D.C., to march in the Fourth of July parade. The band was nominated and chosen from other schools around Montana. What an exciting honor to...
Editor: As my husband, Paul, drove me home after the Streets and Sidewalks Committee meeting Monday night (where the possibility of an infrastructure mill levy on the November ballot was discussed), I winced at every jarring bump in the road as we drove down 4th Street to 12th Avenue and to Spruce Drive. My wheelchair does not have shock absorbers, and my wheelchair van is a very low rider, so I feel every road flaw in my whole body. It hurts. I know I'm not the only Havreite affected like this. We need to pass an...
Editor: On Saturday, April 30, at approximately 6:30 p.m., an item was taken from the Duck Inn Restaurant. It was a blue and black Camelback 14er backpack. While it is disheartening to accept the fact that a thief took it, what is more difficult to accept is that one of the backpack contents was a black and red journal filled with pictures and words. Each entry was addressed to the backpack’s owner’s goddaughter who was to receive all of journals after the owner had passed away. Other content of the backpack can be rep...
Editor: May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, a time when we focus on the need to reduce teen pregnancy in our communities. If parents, youth, schools, businesses, faith leaders and health care providers join together to address teen pregnancy, we can make a difference. Each day in Montana, approximately three teens give birth. Teen childbearing has serious consequences. Parenthood is the leading reason why teen girls drop out of school. Only 40 percent of teen mothers graduate from high school, and fewer than 2 percent...
Editor: Need assistance paying your heating bill? Low Income Energy Assistance Program, or LIEAP, is Havre and the Hi-Line’s home heating help program. This year, the program has extended the application deadline until 5 p.m., Monday, May 2. If you live in the counties of Hill, Blaine or Liberty, our office wants to help you. Please contact us for the low income eligibility requirement. The program, pronounced LEE-APP, is a supplement for paying home heating costs through the winter season. Such heating costs may be n...
Editor: With recent anti-vaccine articles and presentations taking place in our community, I wanted to take this time to step forward, as a mother of two, and express why I choose to protect my family through vaccination. I grew up with a mother who made sure I was up-to-date on all of my immunizations. I never questioned why because it was simple in my eyes, my mother wants what’s best for me, so this must be it. In college I chose to get my degree in health promotion, which focuses on the importance of prevention. P...
Editor: Climate change is harming Washington’s shellfish industry. According to its Department of Health: “As CO2 reacts with seawater, it lowers pH and reduces the concentration of carbonate ions … .” Shellfish are less likely to form shells in an acidic environment. That endangers this valuable high-protein, low-fat food source. Evidence of ocean acidification in the Pacific Northwest is compelling. Some can be found online at http://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/ClimateandHealth/Shellfish. Also, harmful algal b...
Editor: Hi-Line United Soccer Club would like to thank the Havre and Hi-Line community for their support. We had over 40 organizations, businesses, and individuals help us during our month of fundraising in February. Equally important, members of the community purchased a lot of pizza, ate stacks of pancakes, bought numerous raffle tickets and placed generous bids on auction items. Each dollar raised has ensured that local youth will continue to have an opportunity to play the world's most popular sport, right here on the...
Editor: Regarding the March 22 story in the Havre Daily News quoting former councilman Bob Kaul on the subject of using hands-on cellphones while operating a motor vehicle in Havre: Let me say, I couldn’t agree more. I also am a former Havre city councilman (1996-2000), and I am concerned that when the City Council passes ordinances, sometimes it appears as if they go unheeded by city departments who are tasked to enforce them. In the case of drivers using using cellphones while driving, I am aware that there is an o...
Editor: Thank you to all who contributed in any way at the Jason Groseclose Memorial Basketball Tournament over the last 20 years. It is a bittersweet time of the year for us as we say goodbye to this event. We will miss the players, fans and the friendships that have been made. A total of $47,072 has been given over the past 20 years for North Star academic scholarships, athletic scholarships, school organizations and school projects. We want to thank the sponsors of the teams, the businesses that made donations and the...
Editor: It’s Red Cross Month, a month during which we like to recognize everyday heroes who reach out to help their neighbors when they are in need. March has been recognized as Red Cross Month for more than 70 years. All of our presidents, including President Barack Obama, have designated March as Red Cross Month to recognize how the American Red Cross helps people across the country and around the world. Our Montana communities are full of everyday heroes. They are our dedicated volunteers, blood donors and financial c...
Editor: Re: Public hearing for public input, Tuesday, March 8. Your Havre City Government Study Commission has spent the last 18 months reviewing our duties, reviewing appropriate documents, establishing a budget for the Study Commission, establishing questions deemed appropriate for gaining useful information and interviewing department heads current and past, city clerks past and present, city judge, all city councilpersons (including the two new members) and the mayor. We went to a familiarization class in the fall of 2014...
Editor: The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum of Hill County will re-open in its current location, Holiday Village Mall's east end, Thursday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. The museum has been closed since Jan. 18 to update exhibits and deep clean the entire premises. Our new home in the Havre History Center in downtown Havre is being readied for us, but our move-in date has yet to be determined. Grants are in the works for needed renovations and the addition of a public elevator. This is a major undertaking for the Clack Foundation and a...
Editor: I was in town with a friend over the weekend and stayed at the AmericInn. I was resigned to being kept awake part of the night given our adjacent rooms were filled with wrestlers attending a tournament. Kudos to the adults chaperoning these students and to the students themselves who comported themselves as responsible young adults. You all were as quiet as church mice. We appreciated it. Linda Haughey Helena...
Editor: There is an opportunity of a lifetime for preschool-age residents of Hill and Blaine counties. Dolly Parton Imagination Library is sponsored by Plant a Seed...READ! This program provides children from birth to 5 years with an age-appropriate book each and every month. This is an opportunity to get books into the hands of our young children. As a grandparent and a former teacher, I wholeheartedly support this program. My grandson has been receiving a book every month for nearly three years. It is wonderful to see his...
Editor: I wanted to take this opportunity to comment on a very special group of people you have in your community at Northern Montana Care Center. My mother, Delores Hutchison, passed away at Northern Montana Care Center on Dec. 9. She had been a patient for the past couple of years and had declined rapidly around Thanksgiving. Although I live in southern California, I was able to visit her in the Care Center. I was deeply touched by the care and attention she was given by the staff and nurses. The staff was very attentive...
Editor: Gov. Bullock could have gone lots of other places, but he went to Colstrip. Beneath massive smoke stacks that have dumped more carbon into our atmosphere than any but a dozen other power plants in the nation, he announced the names of the people he’s asking to come up with a plan to reduce Montana’s carbon emissions. Montana is home to many successful renewable energy projects, like the Judith Gap wind farm and going to any of them might have better suggested an economically vibrant future. Instead, sadly, he cho...
Editor: This year, access to Montana’s natural resources was threatened in Congress by agendas that simply don’t understand our traditions and heritage. The Land and Water Conservation Fund became an unnecessary political football, officially expiring Sept. 30, despite pleas from Republicans and Democrats alike for the program to remain intact. This year our congressional delegation made this issue a top priority. Congressman Ryan Zinke followed through on his unwavering support for the LWCF when he made the tough decision to...
