Articles from the January 24, 2003 edition

[email protected]@havredailynews.com It was a night of highs and lows for the Havre Blue Pony wrestling team on Thursday at the Havre High gymnasium. The Ponies opened the evening with a rout of Class AA CMR and then finished off the night by falling to the second-ranked Great Falls High Bison. It was also senior night as Havre High said good bye to several seniors as a result of the last home meet of the season. In between duals, the Ponies honored seniors Rick Griffis, Chad Zuelke, Greg Leyba, Nick Johnson, Matt...

One of my favorite things about being a sportswriter is when people come up and ask me who is going to win certain games. This week in particular, I have had a several people ask, "Who's going to win the Super Bowl?" To be fair, I never really give an answer. Instead, I go the psychiatrist route and ask them who they think is going to win, then ask why and then usually agree with them It's a cheap cop out, but come on does anyone really care what I think? Yeah, I know I'm sportswriter and it's my job to know everything there... Full story

[email protected]@havredailynews.com A few words of advice to the Rocky Mountain College women's basketball team. You know that game tape from your 78-62 win over the Montana State University-Northern Skylights on Dec. 6 - don't spend too much time studying it because the Northern team on that tape doesn't even compare to the Northern team on the floor right now. A completely different Skylight team in terms of attitude, style of play and intensity will take the floor tonight in a rematch with the Battlin'...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre High girls basketball team comes into Saturday night's visit to Lewistown off of a very tough loss, but some encouraging rest and a chance to regroup. The Ponies dropped a rare Tuesday night home game to the CMR Lady Rustlers, 57-33, giving them just one game on the docket this weekend, and plenty of time to rest and collect themselves. Havre will need to do more than just collect themselves as they face a talented Eagle team on its home floor according to veteran head...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com After three Frontier Conference games, Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse isn't ready to crown his team the conference champs. With a perfect 3-0 record, Northern is a game behind Westminster College in the conference standings. Not bad for a team picked to finish second to last, but there is still plenty of season left including this weekend's very tough road trip as the Lights face Rocky Mountain College tonight in Billings and Carroll...

CHESTER - June Amy Kelley, 89, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, at a Chester nursing home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chester. June was born in Lamont, Iowa, to Ray and Amy (Lewis) Toole on Oct. 30, 1913. She grew up and received her early education in Iowa. At age 10, she moved with her family to Bozeman, where she finished her formal schooling. June married Marion F. Kelley in Bozeman on Nov. 27, 1930. They made their home in Bozeman, where she was a homemaker and mother of...

Sheree Lee Antley, 46, a licensed practical nurse, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at her home of natural causes. A funeral service will be in Chipley, Fla. A memorial service will be at a later date at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Havre. Sheree was born on Oct. 9, 1956, to Jerry and Bobbie (Dixon) Livingston in Miami, Fla. She graduated from Lively Vocational-Technical College in Bremen, Ga., as a licensed practical nurse. In 1993 Sheree married Brad Antley in Florida. They moved to Havre in 1995 to be near his family.... Full story

[email protected]@havredailynews.com ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - Two men were honored for their work in diabetes prevention and education at a cultural event at Rocky Boy Thursday night. Dr. Sanford Garfield and Dr. Lawrence Agodoa of the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., were participants in a round dance in the former Stone Child College gymnasium. The two men were presented symbolic gifts during the ceremony by Alvin Windy Boy Sr., chairman of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. Thursday,...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com Havre Mayor Bob Rice would like to see the regular City Council meetings changed from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m. At a recent City Council meeting, Rice asked council members to consider changing the council's regular meeting time because he said he thinks "it's a waste of time to go home after work at 5 and sit around in a suit and tie" for three hours until the meeting starts at 8. The meeting day, the first and third Monday of the month, should remain the same, Rice said. In...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com Hill County is one step closer to a better, more efficient emergency response system. The Hill County Commission on Tuesday submitted Tuesday an updated map of the county to a company hired to bring the next generation of dispatch services to Hi-Line residents. The map is part of the enhanced-911 program, a statewide effort to provide better emergency services to rural residents. The new program will use the global positioning system to accurately route responders to...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com When Victor Spinler was about 30, he took a job for a couple of days helping John Hary do some work on Hary's building, the Park Hotel. Nearly 43 years and about seven owners and managers later, Spinler is still at the hotel, serving as custodian, caretaker and handyman. Hary had seen Spinler helping a man move some displays out of a store while Spinler was visiting Havre, in from his family's farm north of Hingham. "I had come into town - I was a man of leisure," he said....

[email protected]@havredailynews.com It was a night of highs and lows for the Havre Blue Pony wrestling team on Thursday at the Havre High gymnasium. The Ponies opened the evening with a rout of Class AA CMR and then finished off the night by falling to the second-ranked Great Falls High Bison. It was also senior night as Havre High said good bye to several seniors as a result of the last home meet of the season. In between duals, the Ponies honored seniors Rick Griffis, Chad Zuelke, Greg Leyba, Nick Johnson, Matt... Full story

One of my favorite things about being a sportswriter is when people come up and ask me who is going to win certain games. This week in particular, I have had a several people ask, "Who's going to win the Super Bowl?" To be fair, I never really give an answer. Instead, I go the psychiatrist route and ask them who they think is going to win, then ask why and then usually agree with them It's a cheap cop out, but come on does anyone really care what I think? Yeah, I know I'm sportswriter and it's my job to know everything there... Full story

[email protected]@havredailynews.com A few words of advice to the Rocky Mountain College women's basketball team. You know that game tape from your 78-62 win over the Montana State University-Northern Skylights on Dec. 6 - don't spend too much time studying it because the Northern team on that tape doesn't even compare to the Northern team on the floor right now. A completely different Skylight team in terms of attitude, style of play and intensity will take the floor tonight in a rematch with the Battlin'...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre High girls basketball team comes into Saturday night's visit to Lewistown off of a very tough loss, but some encouraging rest and a chance to regroup. The Ponies dropped a rare Tuesday night home game to the CMR Lady Rustlers, 57-33, giving them just one game on the docket this weekend, and plenty of time to rest and collect themselves. Havre will need to do more than just collect themselves as they face a talented Eagle team on its home floor according to veteran head...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com After three Frontier Conference games, Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse isn't ready to crown his team the conference champs. With a perfect 3-0 record, Northern is a game behind Westminster College in the conference standings. Not bad for a team picked to finish second to last, but there is still plenty of season left including this weekend's very tough road trip as the Lights face Rocky Mountain College tonight in Billings and Carroll... Full story

CHESTER - June Amy Kelley, 89, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, at a Chester nursing home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chester. June was born in Lamont, Iowa, to Ray and Amy (Lewis) Toole on Oct. 30, 1913. She grew up and received her early education in Iowa. At age 10, she moved with her family to Bozeman, where she finished her formal schooling. June married Marion F. Kelley in Bozeman on Nov. 27, 1930. They made their home in Bozeman, where she was a homemaker and mother of...

Sheree Lee Antley, 46, a licensed practical nurse, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at her home of natural causes. A funeral service will be in Chipley, Fla. A memorial service will be at a later date at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Havre. Sheree was born on Oct. 9, 1956, to Jerry and Bobbie (Dixon) Livingston in Miami, Fla. She graduated from Lively Vocational-Technical College in Bremen, Ga., as a licensed practical nurse. In 1993 Sheree married Brad Antley in Florida. They moved to Havre in 1995 to be near his family.... Full story

[email protected]@havredailynews.com ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - Two men were honored for their work in diabetes prevention and education at a cultural event at Rocky Boy Thursday night. Dr. Sanford Garfield and Dr. Lawrence Agodoa of the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., were participants in a round dance in the former Stone Child College gymnasium. The two men were presented symbolic gifts during the ceremony by Alvin Windy Boy Sr., chairman of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. Thursday,... Full story

[email protected]@havredailynews.com Havre Mayor Bob Rice would like to see the regular City Council meetings changed from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m. At a recent City Council meeting, Rice asked council members to consider changing the council's regular meeting time because he said he thinks "it's a waste of time to go home after work at 5 and sit around in a suit and tie" for three hours until the meeting starts at 8. The meeting day, the first and third Monday of the month, should remain the same, Rice said. In... Full story

[email protected]@havredailynews.com Hill County is one step closer to a better, more efficient emergency response system. The Hill County Commission on Tuesday submitted Tuesday an updated map of the county to a company hired to bring the next generation of dispatch services to Hi-Line residents. The map is part of the enhanced-911 program, a statewide effort to provide better emergency services to rural residents. The new program will use the global positioning system to accurately route responders to...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com When Victor Spinler was about 30, he took a job for a couple of days helping John Hary do some work on Hary's building, the Park Hotel. Nearly 43 years and about seven owners and managers later, Spinler is still at the hotel, serving as custodian, caretaker and handyman. Hary had seen Spinler helping a man move some displays out of a store while Spinler was visiting Havre, in from his family's farm north of Hingham. "I had come into town - I was a man of leisure," he said.... Full story

[email protected]@havredailynews.com It was a night of highs and lows for the Havre Blue Pony wrestling team on Thursday at the Havre High gymnasium. The Ponies opened the evening with a rout of Class AA CMR and then finished off the night by falling to the second-ranked Great Falls High Bison. It was also senior night as Havre High said good bye to several seniors as a result of the last home meet of the season. In between duals, the Ponies honored seniors Rick Griffis, Chad Zuelke, Greg Leyba, Nick Johnson, Matt...

One of my favorite things about being a sportswriter is when people come up and ask me who is going to win certain games. This week in particular, I have had a several people ask, "Who's going to win the Super Bowl?" To be fair, I never really give an answer. Instead, I go the psychiatrist route and ask them who they think is going to win, then ask why and then usually agree with them It's a cheap cop out, but come on does anyone really care what I think? Yeah, I know I'm sportswriter and it's my job to know everything there...

[email protected]@havredailynews.com When Victor Spinler was about 30, he took a job for a couple of days helping John Hary do some work on Hary's building, the Park Hotel. Nearly 43 years and about seven owners and managers later, Spinler is still at the hotel, serving as custodian, caretaker and handyman. Hary had seen Spinler helping a man move some displays out of a store while Spinler was visiting Havre, in from his family's farm north of Hingham. "I had come into town - I was a man of leisure," he said....