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I am sadly reserving judgment about whether to continue membership in the National Rifle Association. I own about 20 guns, and have taken elk, antelope, whitetail mule deer and many game birds. If all the gophers gunned down by me were placed end to end they would probably extend from Whitefish to somewhere east of Billings. As a state legislator I was proud to receive a commendation from the NRA for my support of gun rights. I am a firm believer in our Second Amendment right, as individuals, to bear arms. Bob Brown The... Full story
Roman Surber leads the way with his second 297 game of the season. Once again, he had a shot at the exclusive 300. Some bowlers never get a chance at even one in their lifetime, but two is a rarity, especially about a month apart as he just received his award for the first one being eleven-in-a-row plaque. The question now becomes. when he will shoot the 300 that has slipped through his fingers twice. In this writer's opinion, I don't think it is too far away. Once again Hi Line Lanes is offering bowlers a special from Dec....
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is coming off its best season in a long, long time. And already, MSU-N head coach Bill Huebsch is busy building for the future. Huebsch recently announced the signing's of middle blocker Jessica Scarber of Broadus, as well as defensive specialist Sydney Stolearcius from Saskatoon, Sask. The 6-1 Scarber had a stand-out career at Broadus, which included being named First-Team All-Conference this past season, and Second-Team...
Sugarbeeter Grant Tilleman makes a successful transition from football to basketball every year There have been many big-time names to wear a Chinook Sugarbeeter basketball uniform over the years. And over the last couple of seasons especially, Grant Tilleman has made a strong case to be one of them. Tilleman is a 6-3 senior who has made his mark on the gridiron and hardwood for the Beeters. And with his final football season now behind him, Tilleman was a two-year varsity starter who claimed Class C All-Conference and... Full story
The Hays-Lodge Pole School Board's controversial chairman John Doney is suspended until criminal charges against him are settled. Blaine County Commissioners held a hearing at 1:30 p.m. Monday to discuss what to do after County Attorney Don Ranstrom filed seven misdemeanor misconduct charges against Doney. The commissioners heard from a few of the dozen community members, parents and school staff who attended the hearing. Doney, nor any of his board except George Horse Capture Jr., came to the hearing and no one spoke in...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Twinkies will live to see another day. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed on Monday to try to resolve their differences after a bankruptcy court judge noted that the parties hadn't gone through the critical step of private mediation. That means the maker of the spongy cake with the mysterious cream filling won't go out of business yet. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley Twinkies baked goods are displayed for sale at the Hostess Brands' bakery in Denver, Colo. The news comes after the maker of H... Full story
Phoenix Cole Windy Boy-Eagleman Phoenix Cole Windy Boy-Eagleman, 2 weeks, of Box Elder, passed away Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, at his residence, of undetermined causes at this time. Wake services will begin at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy at 3 p. m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, and will continue until his funeral service at 10 a. m. on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Phoenix was born on... Full story
Arthur Lorence Neiffer Arthur Lorence Neiffer, 81, passed away on Nov. 16, 2012, at Glendive Medical Center in Glendive. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p. m., on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Glendive, with Pastor James Hageman officiating. Interment will be in Dawson Memorial Cemetery in Glendive. Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Art was born...
Pauline Barbara Theresa Burtness Kvamme Pauline Barbara Theresa Burtness Kvamme, 82, died Nov. 1, 2012, with her husband by her side in Billings, Mont. A local family memorial service was held Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Seeley Lake, Mont., the Rev. Jean Hurd officiating. Pauline was born on Dec. 14, 1929, to Adolph and Selma Burtness in Minneapolis, Minn. Her father and mother came from the Elbow Lake area of Minnesota. She grew up in Minneapolis and enjoyed archery and ice skating, and graduated from Roosevelt High School....
The holidays should be a time for giving, but the Havre Police Department has noticed a lot of taking lately. Havre Police Chief Kirk Fitch sent out a press release Friday announcing "a string of thefts from vehicle (gun) cases, with suspects targeting unlocked vehicles. " The thefts have mostly been firearms during this recent spat, though other valuable items like tools and iPods have been popular among thieves who just check car doors and take what they find. Fitch also said that the thefts are not isolated to any particul... Full story
Just in time for the holiday season, the Havre Food Bank saw a successful week in drives last week, with thousands of pounds of food and thousands of dollars helping it help people in need. Karen Thomas, executive director of District 4 Human Resources Development Council, which oversees food bank operations, said the Havre firefighters' Everybody Loves Firefighters food drive brought in more than 7,700 pounds of nonperishable food for distribution, while the first A Chair at the Table fundraiser Friday brought more than... Full story
Havre Daily News/George Ferguson The Big Sandy Pioneers football team players pose with their second-place plaque after Saturday's game against the undefeated Hot Springs Savage Heat. The Big Sandy Pioneers were one of the last prep football teams playing over the weekend, but things didn't end quite as planned. Saturday in Hot Springs, the Pioneers took the field with the hopes of claiming a Class C Six-Man state title. However, the Pioneers ran into another Class C powerhouse in the undefeated Hot Springs Savage Heat. The... Full story
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A sign on the Sweetheart Bakery Outlet reads "Tuesday 20th will be the last day our store will be open." The fallout from the great Twinkie Wars of 2012 is reaching to the Hi-Line this week. Sweetheart Bakery Outlet, known as Eddy's Bakery or the Bread Store, on 2nd Street is the largest casualty, closing its doors at the end of business Tuesday. The store employs three people. Employees of the store said they couldn't comment and referred all requests to the Interstate Brands headquarters in Bi...
For the second Friday night in a row, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team found itself embattled in a five-set marathon. Only this time, the Skylights came out on the winning end. Friday night in Butte, Northern defeated Montana Tech in a wild five sets by scores of 33-35, 25-15, 20-25, 25-21 and 15-13. Northern staved off elimination in the fourth set and won a nip-and-tuck fifth to end a three-game losing streak. Abby Nicholas totaled 20 kills, while Hillary Isleifson had 17 and Kelsey Williams added 13...
It wasn't the ending to the regular season the Havre High football team was looking for. But the Blue Ponies are headed to the Class A playoffs anyways. Friday night in Livingston, the host Rangers clobbered the Ponies 64-32 in the final Central A Conference game of the season. Despite the loss, the Ponies still finished third in the Central A due to Belgrade's 27-14 win over Lewistown on Friday. Havre fell behind the Rangers quickly as Livingston led 24-0 early on, then extended thier lead to 44-12 at halftime and the...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team hasn't lost a single game since Nov. 5. That's an impressive 11 in a row, which includes a 3-0 start to Frontier Conference play. The Lights also haven't played a road game since Nov. 19. Tonight, however, the No. 12 Lights will take their impressive resume' on the road when they visit Carroll College at 7:30 in Helena. Northern comes into tonight's MSU-Northern's Shaun Tatarka lets go of a shot during a Frontier...
The Montana Grizzlies are suffering through their most difficult season in two decades. And while mistakes and costly turnovers seem to keep haunting the Griz, the opponents don't get any easier either. On Saturday, the Griz (1-3, 3-4) will attempt to win their second Big Sky Conference game of the season when they go on the road to face a high-powered North Dakota team in Grand Forks. Montana is coming off a shocking 30-20 home loss to Southern Utah in which the Grizzlies...
It hasn't been this tight of a race in the Central A in several years, and with that, the season is on the line for the Havre High Blue Pony football team. Several different things can happen tonight, but the general idea is that the playoffs are on the line. Not only do the Ponies have a chance to either make the postseason or be eliminated, but they also have a chance to be a No. 3 seed, or even reclaim their divisional title tonight in Livingston. "We have had a couple of really good days of practice and the kids... Full story
The last time the Havre High Ponies and Browning Indians met on the volleyball court, the Blue Ponies struggled, but still managed to come away with the win. Now when they meet for the second and final time, the Ponies are hoping for a much more convincing win. The Central A Ponies are sitting at 7-7 overall and 1-3 in the conference, with that one conference win coming over the Indians las Havre High's Lacey Waid (left) and Sarah Armstrong go for a block during a Central A Conference volleyball match against Browning last...
For the first time this season, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is mired in a slump. It's not a slump in which the Skylights are playing poorly, and it's as much a result of a brutal schedule as it is anything else. But no matter what it is, Northern has lost three of its last four matches and now must try to right the ship on the road. Montana State University-Northern's Abby Nicholas (left) and Victoria Polo go for a block against UGF last Friday night...
On Tuesday night, the Chester/J-I Hawks completed a perfect regular season by dismantling the Cascade Badgers in Chester. To Northern C football fans, the fact that a Hi-Line team rolled to a conference championship shouldn't come as a surprise. In fact, it's becoming the norm. Just 81 miles separate the Hawks and the Chinook Sugarbeeters and together, between that stretch of U.S. Highway 2, they have ruled the Northern C for the last four years. The Beeters had won the previo...
The Havre High cross country teams have had another solid season to this point, but with just one weekend left on the schedule, everything the Blue Ponies have worked for is on the line. Saturday the Central A Ponies will run in the Class A state meet in Helena. The HHS girls enter the state meet as back-to-back c Havre High senior Jess Wiken runs in the Central A race last Saturday in Havre. Wiken and the Blue Pony girls a re a trophy contender at Saturday's Class A state meet, which will take place at Bill Roberts Golf...
Week-in-and-week-out, there's something big riding on seemingly every game in the Frontier Conference. That's just life in college football. But when the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Carroll College Fighting Saints hook up, it just seems like it's a bit bigger than the rest of the games that week. And this Saturday in Helena is no exception as the Lights (2-4, 2-4) take on the No. 7 Saints (5-1, 5-2) inside famed Nelson Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m....
So far this season, tonight's football game will be the most important game for the Havre High Blue Ponies. Sitting at 2-1 in the Central A conference, and currently in third place, the Ponies' postseason hopes are on the line. Tonight they will battle the first-place, Livingston Rangers (3-0) in Livingston, knowing a Blue Pony win will ensure a postseason berth for the Ponies, and even possibly a conference title for the second straight season. "Our focus is on the fact that the conference championship is still on the...
Michael Dean Mikota, 62, died of a heart attack Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. He is predeceased by his parents, John and Aileen Mikota of Medford, Ore. Mike is survived by his wife of 39 years, Karen Leaphart Mikota; and their children, Abe and Brigit Mikota of Helena. He leaves behind three younger brothers and two younger sisters: John (Shirley) Mikota of Kimberly, Idaho; Ray and Bryan Mikota, both of Ashland, Ore. ; Chris Mikota of Medford; and Pat (Buzz) Hettick of Laramie, Wyo. Mike is survived by several nieces and nephews and... Full story
