Big things happen in small towns

"Big things are happening in small towns."

That's the encouraging message Sarah Calhoun had for Havre Area Chamber of Commerce members.

Calhoun spoke at the Chamber's annual luncheon at the Duck Inn Wednesday.

Calhoun is the founder of Red Ants Pants, the Red Aunts Summer Festival and the Red Ants Pants Foundation.

She told the audience of how she moved from Connecticut to Montana settling temporarily in Bozeman.

But she said she never felt at home in Bozeman, it was just too large.

Montana author Ivan Doig wrote of his hometown of White Sulphur Springss, and she decided to open her business,...