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Business owners in the community gave a mixed response to having a business license in the city. Fifty-three, or roughly 20 percent, of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's members, responded anonymously to a survey sent through www.surveymonkey.com that sought feedback on whether business owners were in favor of a business license. "A lot of them felt they already pay taxes ... ," the Chamber's executive director Debbie Vandeberg said. "So why couldn't the city get the information off of that?" Another concern was the speed...
Andrew Car l son and Rober t Connors will be interviewed Monday to fill the superintendent's position with Havre Public Schools. Connors serves as the junior high principal and high school vice principal at Stevensville Schools in Ravalli County. Carlson, who also wears the hat of director of education in the district, is serving as Havre's interim superintendent. The applicants were chosen from a pool of four after submissions closed in mid-April. Members of the superintendent search committee, Shad Huston, Norm Proctor and...
The community is mourning the death of Shaina Evans after the news of her death early Sunday. "She did light up every room she walked into," her father Gary Evans said this morning, calling her a beautiful, caring person and friend. "And, most importantly, a wo n d e r f u l daughter," he said. Evans, of Kalispell, died a f t e r t h e c rash. The A s s o c i a t e d Press reports that the vehicle she was driving rolled several times on Secondary 236 when she failed to negotiate a long, left hand curve and slid off the...
Economic development and community involvement in Hill County government were the themes of Tuesday evening's forum held at the Hill County Electric Hospitality Room. Democrats Mike Anderson, an incumbent, and James Catt Jr. Spoke about their experience and ties to the community while answering questions about issues facing them if elected to a six-year term on the Hill County Commission. Democrat Bert Corcoran did not attend the forum because of a previous commitment out of state. "I think the future of Hill County looks...
A Havre tradition continues this year, despite a case of theft and arson that threatened to end it. The night display for the Fourth of July, sponsored by the Havre Jaycees, will light up the sky Sunday, July 4, at d a r k a t the Gre a t No r the r n Fairgrounds. A holiday favorite, the show is funded through the sale of fireworks from the organization's fireworks booth. This year's display will be one of, if not the, largest, said Charmene Plum, a Jaycee. "And that is because of all the support we got last year," she said....
Plans will be drawn and costs more firmly estimated for a third phase of construction to add a multi-purpose room/cafeteria to Highland Park Early Primary School South. Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees Tuesday directed administration to actively pursue a plan to add the building as an extension of the current addition work that is adding classrooms and office space. By completing all three phases of the addition at one time, engineers have estimated that the district will experience a savings of $150,000, Clerk Zella...
The sale of Devlin School to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line might not be official, yet, but the club has begun adapting the extra space to accommodate more members with more activities. The four classrooms and office space that Highland Park Early Primary School North teachers vacated to move to an expanded Highland Park south campus are being converted into activity centers. A new music and media center, arts and crafts center, and a Wal-mart Bright Spot For Reading will be added, said Tim Brurud, director of the...
Highland Park students could have more than new classrooms and office space this fall, depending on whether or not school trustees decide to move forward with the third phase of an addition project. Last year, Havre Public Schools Trustees approved the first two phases of an addition that will add classrooms and office space to Highland Park Early Primary School South. The addition allows all K-1 students to be in one building, with access to library resources, technology and an in-house principal. Trustees were scheduled to...
An organization that gives people a lift every day received a lift of its own Monday during United Way's Day of Action. "It means a lot," Leann Johnson, director of Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen, said about the landscaping work done by volunteers that morning. The work, that put new rocks and sod in front of the building and added splashes of color from flowers, makes the building cleaner, neater and morehomelike for the dozens of people served daily, she said. The landscaping is not the only thing Feed My Sheep has received...
"Good" is how Andrea Schlimgen felt after racing in the 100 meter walk event Wednesday at the regional Special Olympics games. Since the 36-year-old was 8, the fun of competing in different events and meeting new people has kept her coming back to the games, she said. Eighty-one athletes joined her in the Great Northern Area Games with events ranging from bowling and swimming to track and field events like wheelchair races and jumping events. Each athlete received an average of three to five medals, with a total of 180...
An application for a grant to build a recycling center at the new landfill will not be submitted after all. "Our idea of a recycling facility in partnership with the city and the county failed," said Candi Zion, the chairperson of Recycle Hi-Line. The recycling group asked for support from government bodies in Hill, Blaine and Chouteau counties to submit a Montana Department of Environmental Quality energy efficiency and conservation block grant. Only governments can apply for the funding, and the recycling group planned to...
The state Legislature will not convene until January, but a grassroots education funding organization is already looking at ways to make sure that it lives up to its responsibilities when it comes to funding public schools. Over time, more and more of the responsibility for funding public schools has been placed on local taxpayers in the form of mill levies, said Mark Lambrecht, executive director of the Montana Quality Education Coalition. That trend is expected to continue, but his organization is traveling from town to...
The speed limit on 9th Street West will remain 25 mph despite a request by a resident of the street that it be changed to 15 mph. Instead, members of the Havre Streets and Sidewalks Committee recommended during their meeting Thursday that the police department increase patrols of the area. "And, I mean, I feel bad because that's what we recommend a lot," commi t tee member Al len "Woody" Woodwick said. He can understand the need for 15 mph speed limits in certain areas with high numbers of children or dangerous driving...
While looking into how to revamp zoning in the city while incorporating medical marijuana and the roughly 100 properties annexed at the end of last year into the code, the Planning and Development Committee realized that Havre has little concrete idea of how many and what type of businesses are within its limits. Also, where those businesses are located is relatively unknown as well. A way to identify businesses and the zones in which they are located would enable the committee to better determine if zoning codes need to be...
One of three Havre housing assistance programs' funds could soon be returned to the state if a letter asking to retain control of the program funds is not accepted by the state Department of Commerce. City Council members voted unanimously to send a letter to the state asking that the city be allowed to maintain its own Home Investment Partnership Program funds and have Bear Paw Development Corporation administer them, after hearing from Annmarie Robinson that the state is instituting changes in its U.S. Department of...
Two fishing derbies will be held this weekend on Father's Day as an opportunity for fathers to spend the day with their children. The Havre Rotary Club Annual Fishing Derby, a decades-old event, will be at Rotary Pond in Beaver Creek Park Sunday, with registration running from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Despite higher-than-normal water levels, the pond is safe, said Pat Lamphier, president of the Rotary Club. From 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., children in boys and girls divisions in age groups of 3 to 6, 7 to 10 and 11 to 14 will fish...
For the next several months, area residents can do some late spring cleaning and give to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line at the same time. The Cars for Kids program at the club is asking people to donate old clunker cars. "Now that we have our building, we are looking to raise some money so we can open our new centers," Rachel Dean, endowment director, said about the summer fundraiser that runs this week through Fest ival Days in September. Dean referred to the four new rooms vacated by Havre Public Schools that are...
Months after beginning the process of drafting a business license, Havre's Planning and Development Committee will recommend a version that requires city businesses, as well as outlying businesses that do business in the city, to the City Council Monday. To keep with the intent of the license as a way to know what business is where when revising zoning codes, the committee decided to forgo a fee for at least the first year. The process was sparked when it was realized that city officials did not know where medical marijuana...
One hundred years in the making, Hingham celebrated itself and remembered its roots over the weekend. Coming home for the celebration was tinged with sadness for Cindy Keaster, who grew up in Hingham and moved away before finishing high school. Now she lives in Belt. Seeing all of the changes to the town was kind of sad, she said. "Sad that I've lost touch with so many people." Kathy Preeshl agreed that the town has changed. She remembered walking along the street to school and popping in and out of businesses to keep warm...
Because of a more than $800,000 grant, Havre Public Schools will likely not have to take out a loan to pay for an addition at Highland Park Early Primary School South. Interim Superintendent Andy Carlson received the $881,875 Quality Schools Project Grant funding Tuesday f rom Montana Depar tment of Commerce Director Tony Preite. "It validates the reason for that building project," he told Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees members that night. "It was an exciting moment today," he said, touting that the grant is roughly o...
More awareness and education about bullying contributed to higher percentages of Havre High School students saying that it is somewhat of a problem at the school. That was what Kyle Fisher, who administered a 2010 bullying survey and compiled the results against the same survey from 2005, told Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees members Tuesday. The percentage of students feeling that bullying is somewhat of a problem jumped from 65 percent in 2005 to 68 percent this spring. "These numbers bothered me," high school...
Andy Carlson will remain at the helm of Havre Public Schools until a full-time superintendent is hired. Havre Public Schools trustees voted unanimously during a meeting Tuesday evening to appoint Carlson, also the district's director of education, as the interim superintendent, after chairperson Shad Huston gave the recommendation of the superintendent committee to appoint him. After the meeting, Carlson said he realizes that some community members feel frustrated and angry about the turn of events, but that he wants to...
People touched by cancer will gather Friday to remember loved ones and to share hope. "There's a lot of excitement that goes along with the relay because it is truly a celebration," said Paulette Preeshl-Shipp, the event's chairperson. "It's to celebrate the lives of anybody who has been touched by this disease." A survivor barbecue will kick off the evening's activities at 5:30 p.m. at the practice track at Havre High School. Nineteen teams will walk the track through the night until the pancake breakfast, sponsored by the...
In a much talked about mill levy request by Havre Public Schools on Tuesday's ballot, voters narrowly approved a $44,552 mill levy for the high school district in the closest vote of the night, 642 to 629. "This is the closest the mill levy has ever been," said Shad Huston, the current board of trustees chairperson, calling that vote the most important one of the election. "I hope that the district can gain the trust back." Huston, a one-term incumbent, lost the trustee election with 455 votes to newcomer Mark Magelssen, who...
An election for selling Impact Aid Revenue Bonds to pay for an expansion at Rocky Boy schools originally scheduled to end Wednesday has been postponed. "There was a paper shuffle delay," Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre said, adding that a form to hold a mail ballot election was not submitted to the Secretary of State's office in time. "It was just an oversight, and since we didn't meet that mandatory part of the law, we were not able to conduct the election." Instead, the election will be held as a poll election Friday, Aug....
