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Articles from the July 4, 2019 edition


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  • Cross-country walker raising awareness of foster care, adoptive needs

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Glenn J. Koster is a double product of the foster care and the adoption systems. By the age of 6, he was abandoned, the only one of six children to be left behind by his parents, with his siblings having people to go to. He was soon adopted, then pulled from that home 13 months later and went back through the system, then was re-adopted when he was 10 years old. He is in Havre Wednesday and today, taking a break for the Independence Day holiday during his cross-country walk...

  • Solomon, Peterson dispute disputed water bills at fairgrounds

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Two local officials are at odds over a billing mistake that happened on and off for decades at the Great Northern Fairgrounds, formerly the Hill County Fairgrounds. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson spoke during the public comment portion of the Havre City Council meeting Monday, saying double billing caused by a water meter at the Hill County Shop on a line that had another meter caused tens of thousands of dollars of incorrect billing to the county. He suggested that...

  • This is Montana: Modern Malta offers much to explore - Part 2 of 2

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    By Hillary Sward UM Graduate Student Malta has an appealing downtown that includes a state-of-the-art movie theater with surround sound joined by a healthy, self-sufficient variety of other businesses. You can find two lumberyards, a hardware store, three banks, a pharmacy, a new brewery and a farm store, currently under construction. A once-vacant storefront is home to Family Matters, a family clothing store established and successfully owned by community members for over 18...

  • Celebrating History: Hot, dry weather decimates local ag

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    The ongoing drought was the big news in the Havre Plaindealer in its July 5, 1919, edition. A lengthy article titled “DROUTH IS WORST IN HISTORY OF MONTANA” was prominently featured on the top of the front page, and there was to be a conference in Havre to discuss the situation. The problems started a couple of years earlier, and would lead to an economic depression in the area, for not only was there a prolonged drought, grain and livestock prices would plummet after the boys “over there” came home and production land in Eur...

  • View from the North 40: Winner, winner, Chicken Dinner Road

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Caldwell, Idaho, Mayor Garret Nancolas received a written request Wednesday from a national animal rights organization urging him to rename his county’s Chicken Dinner Road to the kinder, gentler, simpler Chicken Road. Boring. “PETA is asking Mayor Nancolas to change this road’s name to one that celebrates chickens as individuals, not as beings to kill, chop up, and label as ‘dinner,’” said People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in her letter. KTVB News 7 reported that the road ga...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Nothing changed; everything different

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Jim picked me up at the airport in Guadalajara. Once we exited the labyrinth of parking and hit the straightaway, I requested, “Tell me all the news.” “There is no news,” Jim responded. “Everything is the same as when you left.” I’d been gone a month, so I treated his statement with skepticism. And over the course of the trip home learned much. Among several small rains, two devastating storms hit our town. Trees and branches down all around. We had driven a mere five kilometers down the road when the sky opened. At ti...

  • For the Record, July 4, 2019

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Havre Police Department A First Avenue caller reported receiving a FedEx package belonging to a neighbor and asked officers at 9:03 a.m. Wednesday for assistance delivering it to the correct address. -- James Cole Burns of Box Elder, 32, was arrested on a state District Court warrant and Jarason Louis Oats of Box Elder, 28, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant, after a caller at the hospital reported a man looking in vehicles Wednesday at 3:12 p.m. -- Glenn Scott...

  • Correction - Woman sentenced to probation on reduced charge from crash

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    The headline for a Page A5 story in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about a court sentencing misidentified Birgin Lane Billy as a man. The story correctly identified her as a woman....

  • Hill County seeks superintendent of schools

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Press release The Hill County Commission has announced that the position of Hill County superintendent of schools, a half-time position, is open immediately. Starting wage is $23,648.83 with a county benefit package prorated for half-time. Interested people may submit letter to Hill County Commission. For more information, people can contact the commissioners’ office at 265-5481, ext. 2327...

  • Agenda - Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business D. New business 1. Trustee committee appointments for 2019-20 2. 2019-20 district educational work plan 3. Consideration of Havre High School fall activity schedule Open...

  • Sports Photos: Kids go for wild rides in Chinook ...

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

  • Hi-Line Living - Healing with harps on the Hi-Line

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 4, 2019

    A local musician has turned her love of using music as a ministry into heading a worldwide network of musical healing. Mary Stevens of Havre is the head of and a program mentor for Harps for Healing. Harps for Healing is a form of therapeutic music that meets the immediate needs of a patient or client from a trained professional musician who adapts the music playing style to provide that individual a place of healing or peace. Stevens said she became involved in music at an ea...

  • Chinook's Thompson graduates from OCU

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Tiffany Thompson of Chinook graduated from Ohio Christian University with an Associate of Arts in business....

  • Senior Center News, July 4, 2019

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    North Central Senior Citizens Center, July 8-9 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m.; Mall shopping 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance. March Menu by Earlene DeWinter (Subject to Change) Monday — Chicken marengo with penne salad...

  • Imagining Heaven: Remember, we reap what we sow

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Many of the ideas and Scriptures used in this article are from the book “Heaven” by Randy Alcorn. Psalm 16:11 states, “In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forever more.” God invented fun. On the New Earth we will be free from sin so that we can experience joy and eternal pleasure. We will grow in knowledge and develop our skill sets. Since Adam and Eve sinned, man’s best days have been in the past. When we are no longer under the effects of the Curse our best days will be in the future. W...

  • Out Our Way: Stuck in the mud - Psalm 40:1-2

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Out our way, looks can be deceiving. Charlie and I were riding fence for a friend of ours, and one corner section was blocked by thorn bushes and trees. There was a cow path through the trees but the overhang was so low I could not follow on Doc, so I dismounted and walked the trail myself. It was a nice cool in the tunnel made of the thorny hedges and overhanging branches — and I was glad to see the trail flattened out into a wider bare patch deep within. However, in two strides I found the sandy patch wasn’t sand at all, bu...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    You know, Lord, there are as many ideas and thoughts about anything as there are unique individuals! If ten people were discussing firecrackers, Fourth of July picnics, America, freedom of speech, war, you name it, and there would be 10 different strong feelings about any one of those topics. Your word, (1Peter 2:17) tell us to “… Fear God and honor the government, (king, ruler, emperor).” May America continue to be a country in which everyone has an equal opportunity to be what they desire to become. Thank You, Lord, that...

  • Grief Poem - Sunshine and Shadows

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Shall we wither and then fall down like a golden Autumn leaf? We’re all been there through deep sorrow, how painful is our grief. Sometimes we miss the days gone by, we long for yesterdays’ Know that you’re missed, your gentleness, your understanding ways. Sunshine does pass and shadows fall[1], but love outlasts it all, Through the past years, many or few, memories we do recall. Periods of rain bring on new life, but Grief’s like winter snow. Nature brings change and offers hope, the “way” is oh, so slow. Grief is like Spr...

  • OUTDOORS: FWP says be mindful of young wildlife this summer

    Fish Wildlife and Parks|Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Montana FWP Each spring and summer, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks receives several calls from people who have picked up deer fawns or other wildlife. FWP advises against this practice for several reasons. The agency does not accept, hold or rehabilitate deer and elk because the animals rarely survive the stress of captivity, and because of concerns with the spread of disease. So FWP's likely response would be to tell people to leave the animals alone or return them to...

  • OUTDOORS: What you should do in a Mountain Lion Encounter

    Fish Wildlife and Parks|Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Montana FWP A brief encounter involving a mountain biker and a family group of mountain lions on a forested trail system north of Whitefish highlights the need to be aware of possible wildlife encounters in the outdoors and to follow safety precautions. On the afternoon of June 28, an adult male riding a mountain bike reported encountering a group of 3-4 mountain lions on the Whitefish Trail system near Haskill Lake. The biker said the lions briefly followed him down the...

  • Boyce & Berry moving to Third Street

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jul 4, 2019

    Boyce & Berry Flowers is moving downtown to 327 Third St. next to Cavalier’s for Men & Women to kick off Great Northern Fair Week with a grand re-opening planned for Monday, July 15. “Grand opening day, we are going to have, like, cookies, tea, fun little sales and new products, too, ’cause it’s a lot bigger for people to see,” Boyce & Berry Flowers owner Kimmi Boyce said. She gave a sneak peak of one thing customers can expect to see more of in the new location: an expansion of the children’s and babies’ items and gifts, al...

  • Independence Day has a special meaning for Montana's small businesses

    Updated Jul 4, 2019

    The United States is a nation founded by entrepreneurs who were, by definition, risk takers. In fact, many of America’s founding fathers were small business owners who provided needed goods and services in the growing colonies. Alexander Hamilton, who founded the Bank of New York by the age of 29, was even called “America’s first capitalist.” Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, a printer and a newspaperman. George Washington was a farmer, a landowner and owned a distillery. Most of us remember that Thomas Jefferson was a farme...

  • George Ferguson Column: Sports always help me celebrate Independence Day

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 4, 2019

    What does the Fourth of July mean to you? That’s an interesting question we hear often this time of year. For me, it’s evolved over the years. Obviously, there was a time when the Fourth of July was about fireworks and barbecues, hot dogs and hot sun. Over the years, that’s changed for me. At least the fireworks aspect of it anyway. That’s because I’m a Lab owner, and anyone will tell you, Labs hate fireworks. They’re terrified of them, even if they’re hunting dogs. It’s ju...

  • Northstars excited to return to Legion Field

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 4, 2019

    At this point in the Legion baseball season, every game is important. But when the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team hosts Lethbridge Saturday, the No. 2 spot in the Northern A district could be on the line. Starting the week, both the Northstars and the Miners had 10 wins within the district. Yet at 10-6, Havre held a two-game edge in the loss column with Lethbridge at 10-8. Havre was swept at Vauxhall on Wednesday night though, so that will make the...