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Fans across the Hi-Line were treated to good basketball all season long. And now even after the season has ended, fans can catch one last tournament. The Armory Gymnasium at Montana State University-Northern will host the 24th Annual Hi-Line Invitational Tournament today through Saturday. The Lights head basketball coach Shawn Huse and Skylights head basketball coach Chris Mouat will host the tournament where eight teams made up of 67 of Montana's top boys and girls basketball players will participate. The tournament will...
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...
The carvings are done for a mural depicting the local bison kill site, and the Canadian artist said he expects to finish firing the bricks and start bringing them down to Havre in April. "The mural has been carved and colored and is in the drying stage right now," Jim Marshall of Medicine Hat, Alberta, said Tuesday. The mural depicts two Native Americans driving bison over the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump north of the Holiday Village Mall in Havre. The 16-foot wide, 10-foot high mural is planned to be incorporated into the...
The first candidate for vice chancellor and provost at Montana State University-Northern said he thinks the position might be a good fit for him and his family, both on a personal and professional level. During an open forum at Northern's Student Union Building Ballroom this morning, Peter Johnstone said he thinks both the community and the university exemplify what he is looking for — a friendly, quality community and a university with a close relationship between the students and the faculty and staff. "It's extremely h...
A hitchhiker originally sentenced to be executed for the 1951 killing of a Montana man who picked him up during a blizzard has been found running a wedding chapel under an assumed name in Arizona 38 years after he skipped out on parole. Frank Dryman was found after the victim's grandson hired an investigator who tracked the fugitive to his Arizona City notary and chapel business, where he was known as Victor Houston. Now 78, Dryman was awaiting extradition proceedings after his Tuesday arrest by the Pinal County sheriff's...
To the person who hit my husband's car and then ran: The other morning as I was leaving for work, I looked outside the back door and did not see my husband's car where he usually parked it. I thought maybe he parked it in front of our house. It wasn't there either. I turned and looked to my left and there his car sat, about 10 to 15 feet from where it had been parked. The front end was completely smashed in and the hood was folded so much that it looked like a tent. Whoever you are, you should have stopped and found out...
I've been thinking about how all along the Hi-Line small towns are shrinking and how we need to give serious thought to economic development. Actually, I was giving serious thought to my next vacation when this problem and its perfect solution popped into my brain. What started this thought process was my fingernails. After this long and bitterly cold winter, my fingernails are fragile, almost brittle. Contemplating my nails led me to memories of my last vacation in Mazatlan, along the west coast of Mexico, with my friend...
The relationship between a newspaper and the community it serves is unique and special and unlike any other business/customer relationship. Every day we manufacture an entirely new product — no other industry comes to mind that can make that claim. And when one thinks that we have been doing this for five generations it is no wonder that our readers take their newspaper personally, like an heirloom being passed down from generation to generation. It is a strong statement when one hears the Havre Daily News referred to as, "...
Brushing off a snag in the Senate, House Democratic leaders said they are prepared to finish work by late today on a package of fixes to the big health care law signed by President Barack Obama. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in a statement this morning that if the Senate finishes its work by the afternoon, as expected, the House will immediately take up the bill. Democrats are saying they do not expect any major problems — but they're also keeping their fingers crossed. "The Senate is expected to complete work t...
Benjamin Jeremy "BJ" DeCora, 28, died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at his residence in Rocky Boy, Mont. The cause of death has not yet been determined. His wake service will began Wednesday with his funeral service 10 a.m. Thursday, March 25, 2010, all at the Old Stone Child College Gymnasium. Burial will follow at the Russette Family Cemetery. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. BJ was born May 10, 1981, in Havre, Mont., to Roger and Nita (Russette) DeCora. He was raised and educated...
Dorothy Helen Curfman, 83, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Northern Montana Hospital. Her funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 2010, at the Gildford Baptist Church, with Pastor Eddie Fallo officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately after the service. Her burial will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Highland Cemetery in Havre, Mont. Memorial contributions in Dorothy's honor may be made to the First Baptist Church, Gildford, Mont., or to a charity of one's choice. Services and arrangements have been...
Pauline (Jergesen) Conrad, 90, died Tuesday at Sweet Nursing Home due to natural causes. Her funeral Mass services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, in St. Gabriel's Catholic Church with burial at Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Rosary will be recited Friday at 7 p.m. at the church. Memorials may be sent to St. Gabriel's Catholic Church or St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home, Chinook....
It's meant to jolt borrowers from the complacency of debt: A new credit card statement that spells out the price of making only minimum payments. Yet the shock factor may be lost on the growing number of cardholders who bank online and no longer check their paper statements. As part of the credit card law that went into effect Monday, banks are now required to present some jarring math. Namely, how much you need to pay each month to wipe your balance clean within three years, and how long it would take to be debt-free if...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana is set to refund about $2.35 million to the state after an internal audit of the state's Health Care and Benefits Division found that Montana has overpaid the insurer to administer parts of its health insurance plan since 2002. Division administrator Connie Welsh said this week the overpayment was discovered during an investigation spurred by the Gov. Brian Schweitzer's request for additional cost savings and efficiencies. The money will not be refunded to policyholders, but will be...
Havre native Fawn Stephens said the two weeks she spent taking part in the Haiti relief effort were at the same time wonderful and horrible. She saw human suffering at its worst, total destruction and city blocks where thousands of people lived in canvas and tarp buildings in the aftermath of a terrible earthquake. And she saw Haitian people who maintained their hope, determination and willingness to help others in the midst of devastation. Fawn, the daughter of J.D. and Nonna Cass, is a 1997 Havre High School graduate. Her...
Montana State University President Waded Cruzado told community members Wednesday that she wants MSU's units to work together to provide the best education possible to the most people it can. "In the end, I want the students that we have to be not only great professionals, we want them to be productive citizens," she said. "All of that is part of what we do, part of what we accomplish in the university setting, and the more people have access to that the better society will be." Cruzado spoke in a forum during her third day...
Six former employees of the Fort Peck Tribes' Credit Department have been charged with stealing at least $1 million from the organization through fraudulent loans and lost interest payments over a 10-year period. From August 1999 through May 2009, the group issued and approved fraudulent loans and other payments for themselves and family members, and then altered records to conceal the loans from authorities, prosecutors said. Shelley D. Pipe, 44, of Wolf Point along with Poplar residents Paul J. Bemer, 41, Dolly D. Crowe,...
Last fall in Chinook I saw a marvelous play about the great storyteller, Edgar Allen Poe, presented by the talented young actors of the Montana Repertory Theatre. One thing I took home from this play, and that has stuck with me, is the idea of "Poe Moments." Poe Moments are those wonderfully evil thoughts we all typically have when confronted with an annoying person or situation. Unless one is a psychotic serial killer, and let's assume we are not, we do not act on the thoughts; we sweep them beneath the rug of consciousness....
President Barack Obama argued this morning that a sweeping overhaul of America's broken health care system is needed, setting off an immediate clash in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit with Republicans who want far more modest changes. "We believe we have a better idea," retorted Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander. Obama has made health care reform his top domestic priority, and its success or failure could determine his political future. With the daylong policy debate available from start to finish to a divided public, Obama...
It's tournament time once again, and the Central A boys divisional basketball tournament should be a close one. Today through Saturday the Central A tournament will take place in Great Falls at the CMR Fieldhouse. The Blue Ponies will open up their tournament against No. 5 Lewistown (2-8, 3-15) today at 2:30 p.m. Joining the No. 4 Blue Ponies (4-6, 8-10) will be the No. 1 Browning Indians (8-2,14-4), No. 2 Butte Central Maroons (8-2, 12-6), No. 3 Belgrade Panthers (7-3, 13-5) and the Livingston Park Rangers (1-9, 5-13). And...
Even though the Havre High girls basketball team got off to a slow start this year, the Blue Ponies' season was never in question. And after a strong second half the Ponies are ready to take on the divisional tournament. Today through Saturday the No. 3 Ponies (6-4, 8-10) will join the rest of the Central A at the CMR Fieldhouse in Great Falls for the Central A Divisional tournament. In round one HHS will face No. 6 Lewistown (0-10, 0-18) tonight at 7. Also making an appearance will be the No. 1 Livingston Rangers (10-0,...
Margaret O'Brien Taylor passed away with her family at her side on Jan. 20, 2010, at Sweetwater Retirement Community. Margaret was born in Chinook, Mont., to Thomas and Edna O'Brien on Feb. 22, 1925. She was raised and educated in Chinook and graduated in 1943. Margaret worked for various banks in Portland, Ore., San Diego, Havre and Chinook during the World War II era. Margaret met her lifelong husband, E.S (Ternie) Taylor, in 1946. They were married on April 3, 1948. Born to this union were five children, Margaret Mary,...
An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early today, setting off a frantic search as passenger seats, baby sandals and other debris washed ashore. At least 34 bodies were recovered. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has seen stormy weather since Sunday night, with crackling thunder, lightning and rain. "We saw fire falling down from the sky into the sea," said Khaled Naser, a gas station attendant who saw the plane go...
It was another good weekend for the Havre High wrestling program, but this time around the top-ranked Blue Ponies came up one dual short of their normal dominance. Friday and Saturday the Ponies were in Lewistown for the Class A Duals. While in Lewistown the Ponies went 4-1 against the competition, losing only in the championship dual to the new and improved Belgrade Panthers. "We wrestled well with a lot of confidence for four duals," Havre High head coach Scott Filius said. "But the one dual where we had an opponent stand...
The snow didn't stop the Havre High girls basketball team this weekend, and on their two-game conference road trip, the Blue Ponies were able to come away with another win. On Friday the Central A Ponies were in Livingston, where they suffered a 52-28 loss to the Rangers. But back in action on Saturday, the Ponies defeated the Belgrade Panthers 49-47 in Belgrade. After dropping the conference matchup on Friday, the Ponies were able to bounce back and capture the win on Saturday. And after losing to the Panthers the first...
