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Articles from the February 24, 2023 edition


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  • Box Elder, Big Sandy keep rolling at Northern C

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 27, 2023

    On Thursday at the Great Falls Four Seasons Arena, three boys basketball teams from the Hi-Line and the District 9C competed in the Northern C Divisional Boys Basketball Tournament. With a spot in the semifinal on the line, some 9C teams played well while others faltered. The District 9C champions Box Elder Bears started the tournament Thursday afternoon with an 84-45 win over Cascade. The Bears and Badgers went back and forth early in the first quarter. But after an early...

  • Chinook, Fort Benton advance to Northern C semifinal

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 27, 2023

    The Northern C Divisional Girls Basketball Tournament got rolling Thursday at the Great Falls Four Seasons Arena. Hi-Line girls basketball teams from the District 9C looked to do well as they tried to win Thursday and clinch a spot in the tournament semifinal. Some were able to do so while some now have to play in loser-out games to try to keep their seasons alive. The undefeated Chinook Sugarbeeters kept rolling Thursday morning with a 62-39 win over Cascade to advance to...

  • Agenda: Hill County Commission weekly calendar

    Updated Feb 27, 2023

    Editor’s note: Havre Daily News did not receive this calendar until after printing deadline Friday. Monday 10 a.m. — Many Rivers Whole Health Meeting in Great Falls. 11 a.m. — Montana Association of Counties Insurance Renewal Meeting in Commissioners Office. 1 p.m. — Cushing Terrell HVAC System Check In. Zoom meeting in Timmons Room. 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in Commissioners Office. 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in Commissioners Office. Tuesday 10 a.m. — Road Department meeting in Commissioners...

  • From the Fringe ... Thank you all: I got to live out all my dreams these last 22 years

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 24, 2023

    All good things must come to an end, they say. They also say, it's hard to say goodbye. Well, I'm here to tell you, in my case, it's all true. Come Sunday, my wife, Amy, and I will be leaving Havre. For a plethora of reasons, family, friends, careers, the Blue Ponies, and this just being our home, it was the hardest decision I've ever been faced with. And that includes leaving my current position at the Havre Daily News. I've spent 22 years at the HDN in many different...

  • Havre panel talks issues in the next Farm Bill

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Montana Sen. Jon Tester held a listening session with local agriculture producers Thursday at Montana State University-Northern, where he heard from a panel of people representing agricultural organizations as well as local producers and citizens about their desires for this year's Farm Bill. Tester said this year's Farm Bill will have wide-reaching effects and it's important that Congress gets it right as it will have a significant impact on people looking to keep feeding...

  • In-person hunter education classes offered in Havre

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Editor’s note: This version corrects an incorrect telephone number submitted with the original release. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education classroom course dates have been set for the Havre area for this year. There will be at least two regular youth classroom courses offered this year. The courses will be held at Montana State University-Northern at Cowan Hall, Room 300, and are free of charge. The course dates are: Class 1: • March 16, 6-7 p.m., orientation • March 20-24, 6-9 p.m., class • March 25- field d...

  • Montana Seed Show Bread Show just around the corner

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Press release Spring will soon be just around the corner, and with that comes the Montana Seed Show. The Show runs March 9-11, and Friday, March 10, is bread entry day from 8-9:30 a.m. at Harlem High School big gym. Again, entry areas for both youth and adults are white bread, 100% whole wheat bread, machine white bread, machine 50% combo whole wheat and specialty yeast bread. If you have questions, consult your Seed Show book or contact bread chair Karolee Cronk at 406-353-2874. Whole grain wheat bread Ashlea Schroeder,...

  • View from the North 40: It's when that sinking feeling gushes over you

    Pam Burke|Updated Feb 24, 2023

    In a good two week’s worth of miscues and mishaps and daily trips to the plumbing store on our way to a fully functioning kitchen sink, my husband, John, won the Video-worthy Fail Moment of the Project award, which doesn’t exist, but should. We’d been trading off different duties on the project and John tagged in one morning last week to install the shut-off valves on the hot and cold water lines — a task for which he had formulated a plan. I suspect somewhere there exists...

  • Historic victory results in drug price relief for Montanans

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Here in Montana, tens of thousands of seniors will get relief thanks to a new law that helps to reduce out-of-control drug prices. After years of urging Congress to make prescription drugs more affordable, older Americans won the fight for Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices and help millions save money on their medications. Two key provisions of the new law took effect Jan. 1 of this year: First, the new law limits the out-of-pocket costs of insulin to $35 a month for people on Medicare, saving money for an estimated...

  • A report from the House

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    The Montana Legislature is in full swing. Over 1,000 bills and resolutions are making their way through the House and Senate. As busy as it has been, the pace will pick up as we near the first transmittal deadline on March 4. The deadline requires bills without spending or revenue attached to them to transfer from one house to the other to survive. It also marks the halfway point of the 90-day session. I am fortunate to serve on the Appropriations Committee. This is the busiest committee in the Legislature, as we are...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Spring, Sprang, soon to be Sprung

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Please don’t grimace like that, Mrs. Hunter. I’m drunk on spring love and language is ours to play games. Spring arrives quickly here in Jalisco, the Garden State of Mexico. I declare, we are definitely in the Sprang stage of Spring. Boing. Boing. Boing. What fun it is. Light opens the sky a little bit earlier. Not much, here closer to the Equator, but a little. And it stays around a little bit longer in the evening before it drops behind the mountains. And the day warms up...

  • Obituary - Robert 'Bob' Dean McLaughlin

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Robert "Bob" Dean McLaughlin, 71, moved on to his next journey February 19th, 2023. He passed peacefully, in his home, with his wife and son by his side. Bob was born in Bowman, ND, July 20th 1951. He graduated from Rhame HS in 1969 and moved to Minneapolis to pursue his First Class Radio License from the Brown Institute. This led him to Havre, where he was disc jockey for KOJM and KPQX. It was in Havre that he met the love of his life, Shirley Smith, in 1976. They got...

  • Obituary - Jackee Rae Morse

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Jackee Rae Morse, 63, passed away due to natural causes at her residence Sunday, February 19, 2023. A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at First Lutheran Church. Her funeral service will begin at noon Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at First Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Cottonwood Cemetery. Jackee's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to First Lutheran Church or Friends of Beaver Creek Park. Holland &...

  • Agenda - Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday. Feb. 28, at 12:15 p.m. in the Robins School Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Old business C. New business 1. Personnel 2. Ratify superintendent three-year contract Public Comment — An opportunity for any member of the audience to bring to the attention of the board questions or relevant c...

  • Correction - Hunter education in Havre

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    A press release about upcoming live hunter education courses in Havre listed the wrong number to contact Scott Hemmer. The correct number is 406-357-7524....

  • For the Record, Feb. 24, 2023

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a two-vehicle crash at Sixth Avenue and Fifth Street Thursday at 1:17 p.m. -- Karin Parker Sunchild of Havre, 54, was arrested on five Justice or City court warrants and Joshua Daniel Napoose of Havre, 24, was arrested on three Justice or City court warrants and charges of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, operating a vehicle without a valid registration, failure to carry proof of vehicle insurance and driving...

  • Blue Ponies lose to Billings Central to start Eastern A Divisional

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 24, 2023

    After several months of hard work, the Havre High boys basketball team finally began the postseason Thursday at the Metra in Billings. But in their first game of the Eastern A Divisional, the Blue Ponies suffered a 49-46 loss to Billings Central. It was a tight game throughout the afternoon, but the Rams had the lead late into the game. The Rams had a 49-46 lead with less than 20 seconds left on the clock, but the Ponies got the ball back with a chance to tie the game....

  • Lights, Skylights ready for Frontier Conference Tournament

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 24, 2023

    For the first time in more than a decade, the Montana State University-Northern basketball teams are not playing the Frontier Conference playoffs. Because there are none. Instead, the Frontier is returning to a tournament format, which will be played Sunday through Tuesday at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. Both Northern teams will be in action with the Skylights taking on Rocky Mountain College and the Northern men facing Montana Western. The Skylights (8-20) are the...

  • Senior Center News, Feb. 24, 2023

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    North Central Senior Citizens Center Feb. 27 to March 3 Menu Monday, Feb. 27 — Breakfast burritos, hashbrowns, fruit cocktail Tuesday, Feb. 28 — Indian tacos, fruit Wednesday, March 1 — Pork chops, mashed potatoes, veggies, apple sauce Thursday, March 2 — Sloppy Joe’s, fries, dessert Friday, March 3 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Tax time: We started taking reservations for tax preparation Jan. 23. Give us a call at 406-265-5464. Bits and Pieces: We are happy to announce the hiring of our new cook, Connie Duran. We hav...

  • Out Our way: Before you hang 'em up ...

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Out our way, even the best of us are tempted to eventually hang up our spurs, When Charlie's horse fell on him and ended his days as a cowboy, and eventually his life; Charlie never quit being Charlie. Charlie and I worked out at the hospital therapy room all that winter and although he came and went in a wheelchair and knew this was the end of the trail (he died a few months later), he kept going. One of the proudest days (and saddest) was when he called me up and asked me...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    You know, Lord, one can certainly be caught off guard if someone asks us, "What has God done for you today?" Our minds freeze, that's almost like a pop-quiz teachers like to give, right? That question keeps one thinking about You all day, Lord. We notice Your fingerprints, Your goodness and faithfulness or more specific things like a glorious sunrise, lovely colorful sunsets, finding a penny in a parking lot or a favored item on sale at the grocery store, or even a hug from a...

  • Havre's Johnson inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    BATON ROUGE, La. — Kassie Johnson of Havre, a student at Montana State University, was among the people recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Johnson is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of ju...

  • VFW presents Voice of Democracy, Patriot's Pen awards

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    From Dale Herd, VFW Post 497 Havre's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 has presented awards to local students Porter Blackwell and Grayden Blackwell in its patriotic speech and essay programs. Voice of Democracy Since 1947, the Voice of Democracy has been the VFW's premier scholarship program. Each year nearly 80,000 high school students compete for more than $2 million in scholarships. This year's theme is "Why is the Veteran Important." We are proud to present this year's...

  • Stortz presented VFW Teacher of the Year Award

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    From Dale Herd, VFW Post 497 One of the primary goals of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is to promote civic responsibility and patriotism, and to support youth and local programs across America. We understand that the youth of today will be the leaders of tomorrow and that is why the VFW remain dedicated to establishing programs designed for young people and educators. Each year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars selects elementary, middle and high school teachers to participate in...

  • Local students received Good Citizens Awards from local DAR Chapter

    Updated Feb 24, 2023

    Press release The Daughters of the American Revolution Black Eagle-Assinniboine Chapter in Great Falls presented 11 Good Citizen Awards at its Feb. 11 meeting and George Washington Tea. Chapter Regent Selene Thomas and Good Citizen Chair Char Ross awarded Good Citizen certificates, pins and wallet cards to students including Lance Rutledge from Big Sandy High School, Bree Swanson from Chinook High School, Rayna Johnson from Havre High School and Rainee Watson from North Star H...