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In support of Special Olympics athletes, local law enforcement agents will make the more-than 100-mile trek to Great Falls by foot or bicycle Tuesday. "It's just a great cause," said David Bischoff, a supervisory Border Partrol agent who is a leg leader for the run. "It's a chance for us to give a little bit back to the community." At least 10 Border Patrol agents will be involved in the Law Enforcement Torch Run, along with members of other area law enforcement agencies. The runners take their time at first after leaving...
Art is more than paint on a canvas or clay shaped like an object and can help teach young minds everything from math and literacy skills to motor skills. Saturday at the Holiday Village Mall from 1 to 4 p.m., area families will be able to participate hands-on in several different mediums as part of the Day at the Museum. Art is intertwined in lots of everyday aspects of life, from cooking to how people dress, said Jen Graham, a teacher advocate at Northern Montana Child Development Center's head start program who is...
Four local hotels are requesting through the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce that Havre create a tourism district to increase funding for marketing. T h e c i t y ' s P l a n n i n g a n d Development Committee will discuss the possibility of creating the district during their meeting Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. in City Hall. The creation of the district would allow a bed tax to be collected from AmericInn, Super 8, TownHouse Inn and the Great Northern Best Western Inn. The money would be used for marketing and advertising of Havre,...
When faced with the challenges of peer pressure and fitting in with the crowd, teenagers have enough hard decisions to make about the direction of their lives. While it's difficult to say no to drugs and alcohol, if teens say yes, they face an equally difficult struggle to end that addiction. "It's hard to appreciate the battles that people deal with daily," said Judge David Rice, district judge for the 12th Judicial District serving Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties. He tells people in his courtroom that they have the key...
The first, and possibly last, two applicants will be interviewed in early May to fill the position of superintendent of Havre Public Schools. Board of Trustees Chairperson Shad Huston at a board planning meeting Tuesday night declined to name the individuals until they can be notified. The position is currently filled by Interim Superintendent Andy Carlson, who was appointed to the post after Dave Mahon resigned for "personal reasons" in January, after not even seven months in the post. Carlson, who is working to attain his...
Imagine a city boy who got mixed up with the wrong crowd is sent by his parents to live in an idyllic country setting to keep him away from life in the fast lane fueled by drugs and alcohol. Some of those city kids might end up in Havre and the surrounding area, but parents might not be getting their children as far from trouble as they think, said Jerry Nystrom, Havre's police chief. "Everybody's got the same problem," he said. "It's just proportionate to your size." The area has generational ties to strong work ethic and...
The race for Havre Public Schools trustees will not be uncontested, with Mark Magelssen filing a petition Thursday, the filing deadline. He will face current Chairperson Shad Huston and trustee Norm Proctor in the May 4 election. Each of those two terms are for three years. Trustee Cindy Erickson also is running for election to a one-year term. She was appointed by the board of trustees after Les Odegard resigned his seat last spring and must now run for election. He thought about running in the last election, but after talki...
The general consensus during a Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees meet ing was that the Highland Park Early Primary School North building should be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. The building, also known as the Devlin School, has been shared by the club and the school district for the past three years, but the club had used the full building from 2001 until then. By this fall, an addition to Highland Park's south campus will create enough room to house all kindergarten and firstgrade students in that...
The warmer weather and longer days are putting an extra bounce in people's step, and the Spring Fling April 9 at Montana State University- Northern will give them a chance to kick up their heels a little. For the fourth year, people will gather for a good time and to raise money for athletic scholarships during the Fling. Not only does the event give people a chance to gather together before the college breaks for the summer, but, last year alone, the event raised $50,000, said Mickey Williams, the executive director of the...
After waiting to allow time for the new mayor and new Havre City Council member Janet Trethewey to become familiar with the city and its issues, a joint committee of the Parks and Recreation and Ordinance committees decided Monday evening to move forward with changing an ordinance to allow alcohol in certain city parks with a permit. Parks and Recreation Director Chris Inman said she's pleased with the change. "It was such a mess (before)," she said, when Council members had to vote to give exceptions to the ordinance on a...
The annexation of roughly 100 outlying properties into Havre's borders is of f icial according to the stat e Department of Revenue, but a group of property owners is disputing the legality of the action and requesting a restraining order to halt the process. Securi ty Nat ional Propert ies Funding II LLC, the owner of Holiday Village Mall, Northern Borders LLC CP Properties LLC, David Clausen and Patrick Newton filed the class action suit in District Court Monday, with the Hill County and Havre government named as...
Eighty-one athletes are set to compete in the regional Special Olympics games Wednesday. "It's just overall great competition, and it's amazing the wonderful zest for life that people have," said Shaylee Lewis, the Great Northern Area director. Seeing what the athletes can do is a wonderful thing, Lewis, who has been working to organize the games for six years, said. The national Special Olympics organization is celebrating 40 years this year, she said. The games provide opportunities for people with special needs to compete...
After going back to look at a proposed ordinance to place a moratorium on marijuana operations in the city, the City Council will vote on an ordinance banning the substance's sale from vehicles or temporary locations. The ordinance bans the sale of medical marijuana by itinerant vendors, which was a concern raised during a Planning and Development Committee meeting last month. An ordinance placing a moratorium on new medical marijuana grow operations and dispensaries will be discussed during tonight's meeting as well. A...
All businesses with a 59501 zip code will be required to register with the city for a business license, Planning and Development Committee members agreed Tuesday, ideally making the future growth of Havre orderly. Also, businesses located outside that zip code that do business in city limits will be required to register for a business permit. The city attorney will draft the license/permit that will then go before full City Council for approval. Once approved, business owners will be given 60 days to register. The purpose of...
A third judge is scheduled to hear a lawsuit against the City of Havre and Hill County by several annexed parties pertaining to the city's annexation of property in December. May 20, Jason Holden, representation for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, requested that a judge other than David Rice hear the case. Judge Laurie McKinnon of Choteau was appointed. Hill County then on June 3 requested another judge be substituted, and E. Wayne Phillips, based out of Lewistown, assumed the case. A hearing had been set for Thursday, but...
After a flurry of public comment against alcohol being allowed in city parks, the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting was quiet Monday night with no residents in attendance as committee members and several members of City Council worked to finalize a permit process. The permit for alcohol use in the parks now allowed by an ordinance change must be applied for by all wishing to consume alcohol in either Deaconess, Pepin or Optimist parks, as well as the Sixth Avenue Softball Complex and the men's slowpitch softball field...
Michael Scott Red Door, 5, from Rocky Boy, was discovered in Lower Box Elder Creek Monday afternoon by search and rescue teams and volunteers. Red Door was reported missing after a boy he was playing with said he had fallen in the creek at approximately 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Search and rescue volunteers were unable to find him before the search was suspended that night at 9:30. The search resumed the next day along the stretch of the creek off of Bonneau Dam, with volunteers and law enforcement from Chouteau and Hill countie...
An employee has filed an employee discrimination complaint against Havre Public schools, leading trustees to call a closed session to discuss litigation strategy Tuesday. The circumstances leading to the complaint being filed wi th the Montana Human Rights Bureau have not been disclosed and neither has the complainant's name. Under Montana code, public entities are allowed to close meetings for litigation strategy only after litigation has been filed. Jeff Hindoien, the lawyer retained by the district for the case who works...
Montana's attorney general has declined a request by Tribal leaders for an investigation into the death of Allen John "A.J." Long Soldier, 18, while he was incarcerated at the Hill County Detention Center. "Under Montana law, the inquest following the death of a person while incarcerated is narrow in scope, and does not touch on many of the issues you raise in your letter," Attorney General Steve Bullock wrote in a response. In May, the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, chaired by James Steele Jr., sent a letter...
More than a third of an acre of grass on the 10th block of 4th Street is now charred earth after a grass fire early Wednesday evening. "It was obviously near some structures that are in town, but none of those were damaged," Fire Chief Dave Sheppard said this morning. Two firefighters responded in one truck to the scene at 5:04 p.m. Even though the fire came within eight feet of two structures, no one was evacuated because there was no real threat, he said, and no buildings sustained damaged. It took approximately 40 minutes...
The public conversation about how to regulate medical marijuana has been an emotional one, with people from both sides of the issue making their points. Some people want a moratorium, some want an out-and-out ban and some want its use to continue under state law. All who have spoken have agreed that more regulation of the substance is not an option, but a necessity. Medical cannabis user Ric Cecil, who holds a doctorate in psychology and a license in family therapy, said that patients who use cannabis are not as adverse to...
Photographs of residents of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation were posted on the walls behind speakers Thursday during the third and final day of the Chippewa Cree Tribal History Summit. The photographs depicted families, workers, industry and everyday life on the reservation. They also told the story of the Tribe's struggle, said Alvin Windy Boy Sr., historic preservation officer for the Tribe. By the Tribe's centennial on the reservation, Windy Boy said he hopes that it can be said that the Tribe is strong. "We want to be...
The cold, blowing snow and rain had nothing on Joe Hayes' smile this morning as he waved the Special Olympics torch in the air before beginning the Law Enforcement Torch Run to Great Falls. Hayes was excited about running the first bit of the distance of the torch run into the headwind down 1st Street. "It makes me exercise my body," the 10-year veteran of Special Olympics said, adding that his favorite sport is basketball. Last year it was windy but sunny the day of the run, David Bischoff, the leg leader who worked to organ...
Personnel at Harlem High School and residents within a three-block area were evacuated after a gas leak was discovered outside the school's little gym Thursday morning. The evacuees were inconvenienced for about an hour and a half while NorthWestern Energy fixed the highpressure relief valve that burst and caused the leak. "It's my understanding that the leak had actually been going for about a half hour prior to that before 911 was called," said Vic Miller, public information officer for Blaine County commissioners. Roughly...
Drugs and alcohol have been around for centuries, and most agree that neither is going anywhere anytime in the near future. How to reasonably regulate drugs and prevent youth from ever beginning to use them will be a conundrum future generations will have to deal with. The social acceptability of alcohol and drugs isn't going to change anytime soon, either. "If I knew how to change that, I'd be ahead of the game," said Tim Brurud, director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. "It takes a very long time," Krista Solomon,...
