Articles from the January 31, 2002 edition

Five Montana State University-Northern volleyball players have been named to the Frontier Conference 2001 Academic All-Conference Volleyball Team. To qualify for the team, students must be at least sophomore standing and maintain a 3.0 grade point average. Students also must have participated in at least one half of the team's games. Also named to the team was Marca Compton, formerly of Havre. Compton is a senior majoring in elementary education at Rocky Mountain College. The following are the members from MSU-Northern:...

People are encouraged to show up early for the Havre game against Browning Friday night. The varsity game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., but a sell-out crowd is likely. The Browning Indians (13-1) are currently ranked first in the most recent Class A power poll. The Ponies (3-11) are seventh in the Central A Division. The Indians are the defending Class A State Champions....

The Havre Ice Hawks Squirt B team played three weekend games at the Havre Ice Dome Saturday and Sunday. The Havre team won one, tied one and lost one game. The first two games were against the Bozeman Stingers with the third and final game against the Glasgow Ice Dogs. The first game against the Stingers ended in a 4-4 tie. Jesse Majeres led with two goals and one assist in the game. Kyle Miller followed with one goal and three assists. Tyler Miller added the final Havre score. Alex Sinclair had 24 saves as goalie. Following...

Havre tops the last wrestling poll before the divisional meet this weekend in Livingston. The Ponies have seven individuals placing in the top six, led by Jeff Hedges, Chad Hedges and Garrett Hanson in first. Look for a divisional preview in Friday's paper. The following are the latest team standings: Havre Libby Corvallis Polson Dillon Colstrip Laurel Columbia Falls Sidney Hardin. The following are the individual standings: 98 1. Cole Myers, Laurel; 2. Kaine Zetterberg, Polson; 3. Greg Smith, Anaconda; 4. Kevin Velk, Havre;...

The Havre Syntech Ice Hawks traveled to Billings for four games Saturday and Sunday, winning three and the other ending in a tie. Against the Miles City Generals Saturday, Willy Schilling scored two unassisted goals leading to a 2-2 tie. Schilling moved from his normal defeseman position to play center. After the first period of the game, neither team had scored. Miles City scored the first two goals of the game during the second period. Schilling responded during the second period on a breakaway. He later scored the tying...

LOMA Cecil "Bud" Page Heidelbaugh Jr., 73, passed away at a Fort Benton medical center Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Benton Elementary auditorium. Burial will follow at the Riverside Cemetery. Bud was born Oct. 14, 1928, to Cecil and Florence Heidelbaugh. He grew up in Great Falls, Fairfield and Fort Benton. Bud lost vision in his right eye when he saved his teacher's life during a high school fire in 1945. He graduated from Fort Benton High School. After high school, Bud farmed...

FORT BELKNAP William J. "Billy Rose" Azure, 77, a retired farm and ranch laborer, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, at a Phillips County care center. Wake and rosary will be 7 p.m. today at the Red Whip Recreation Center at Fort Belknap. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Red Whip Recrea-tion Center with burial in the Hi-Way Church Cemetery. Survivors include his sons, Joe "Shorty" Azure and Jess "Buzz" Azure, both of Havre; sister, Kathleen Poncelet of Butte; brother, Donald Clark of Denison, Iowa; numerous grandchildren,...

Opal Marie Jones, 83, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at her residence of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A private family ceremony for burial of ashes will take place at a later date. Opal was born July 25, 1918, to Glen and Electa Mae (St. Peter) Duhamel at Aure, Minn. She was educated at a nearby rural country school. In 1938, Opal married W. H. "Harold" Jones in Bemidji, Minn. To this couple, five children were born. The family moved to the Hi-Line in 1948 for Harold's employment with the C.C. Lumber and Timber...

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks internships offer a variety of "hands-on" work experiences that enable a student to combine career goals with on-the-job training. For the past 10 years this program has benefited both students and FWP. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 4. The typical internship is 12 weeks long, totaling 480 hours with an average wage of $8 per hour. Students are encouraged to contact the career service office, work-based learning center or job opportunity placement center at...

The Fourth Annual Super Bowl Ice Fishing Derby is scheduled for Sunday at Bonneau Dam near Rocky Boy. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with the derby to follow from 9:30 to 2:30 p.m. More than $1,500 will be given away in prizes. Prizes include fishing poles, tackle, etc. for all age groups. Award categories include first fish caught, largest fish, ugliest fish, smallest fish, and more. The grand prize is a portable ice house for combined weight of two trout caught with a team member. One team member must be under the age of...

The next selection of the luncheons at the Heritage Center will feature several local celebrities a troupe of actors. Montana Actors Theatre will perform at the luncheon Wednesday. Gary Wilson of the Heritage Center foundation board, who coordinates the luncheons, said he's been trying to schedule a MAT luncheon with Jay Pyette of the troupe for some time. "He's been on my list," Wilson said. "(MAT is) becoming a very important part of the arts on the Hi-Line." MAT actors Donald Mayer and Grant Olson will perform a section...

A former Havre convenience store clerk received a two-year probationary sentence after she was caught stealing cash during her work shifts. Dawn Denise Bowers, 24, of Havre pleaded guilty on Nov. 15 to the charges of theft by common scheme and deceptive practices by common scheme, both felonies. On Jan. 28, District Judge John Warner handed Bowers a two-year deferred imposition of sentence, which means the crime will be stricken from her record if she remains law-abiding during that time period. Bowers will remain under the s...

As a candidate for mayor, Bob Rice had reservations about the city's relationship with Bear Paw Development Corp., a full-service economic organization that, among of other things, lends money to prospective businesspeople unable to secure a loan otherwise. Now, as the town's mayor, Rice's perspective has done a 180. "I've checked them out since then. I think they do a good job and are a vital part of this community," Rice said today. Over the years, Bear Paw's infrastructure department has worked with Havre in developing...

On his right foot, Greg Szudera wore a polished black leather shoe. Laced on the other was a sneaker. The Hill County sheriff also wore a hooded camouflage jumpsuit with a scarf tied around his waist and a lime-green cloth concealing his face. Then Szudera and his secretary, Vicky Thomas, who was also incognito, drove to the office of local cable provider AT&T Broadband, and robbed them with a handgun and pepper spray. "I scared the hell out of them," Szudera said. "I screamed at everyone to get down on their knees and to giv...

The annual interagency Northern Yellowstone coopera-tive elk count has been completed, and this year's total of 11,969 elk is 11 percent below last year's count of 13,400 elk. Annual elk counts are a group effort by the National Park Service, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Forest Service. The counts are typically made from four fixed-wing airplanes flying the same day over 68 winter range count units inside and outside Yellowstone National Park. This year the surveys...

For the family that wants a winter getaway but can't get away overnight, don't overlook Beaver Creek Park in the winter. Remember that often when there is not a tad of snow in Havre or on the prairie and not enough snow to ski on at the Bear Paw Ski Bowl, things are not that way in the upper reaches of the park. From Mooney's Coulee, south to the end of the park, cross-country and snowmobile trails hold their snow as they wind through thick aspen and pine forests. As the Beaver Creek Canyon narrows, it provides a natural...

Is that snow atop that dome? Howdy Beaver Can you believe it? This is already the end of January and we don't even have the Christmas decorations put away yet. Well, maybe this year we will turn them all into Easter decorations and be just that much ahead of the game. This last weekend we did not get much catching up done as we got our driver's license renewed and headed over the divide to Missoula, Lakeside and Glacier. We think that even though we got around five inches of new snow in our part of the beautiful Bear Paws...

Five Montana State University-Northern volleyball players have been named to the Frontier Conference 2001 Academic All-Conference Volleyball Team. To qualify for the team, students must be at least sophomore standing and maintain a 3.0 grade point average. Students also must have participated in at least one half of the team's games. Also named to the team was Marca Compton, formerly of Havre. Compton is a senior majoring in elementary education at Rocky Mountain College. The following are the members from MSU-Northern:...

People are encouraged to show up early for the Havre game against Browning Friday night. The varsity game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., but a sell-out crowd is likely. The Browning Indians (13-1) are currently ranked first in the most recent Class A power poll. The Ponies (3-11) are seventh in the Central A Division. The Indians are the defending Class A State Champions....

The Havre Ice Hawks Squirt B team played three weekend games at the Havre Ice Dome Saturday and Sunday. The Havre team won one, tied one and lost one game. The first two games were against the Bozeman Stingers with the third and final game against the Glasgow Ice Dogs. The first game against the Stingers ended in a 4-4 tie. Jesse Majeres led with two goals and one assist in the game. Kyle Miller followed with one goal and three assists. Tyler Miller added the final Havre score. Alex Sinclair had 24 saves as goalie. Following...

Havre tops the last wrestling poll before the divisional meet this weekend in Livingston. The Ponies have seven individuals placing in the top six, led by Jeff Hedges, Chad Hedges and Garrett Hanson in first. Look for a divisional preview in Friday's paper. The following are the latest team standings: Havre Libby Corvallis Polson Dillon Colstrip Laurel Columbia Falls Sidney Hardin. The following are the individual standings: 98 1. Cole Myers, Laurel; 2. Kaine Zetterberg, Polson; 3. Greg Smith, Anaconda; 4. Kevin Velk, Havre;...

The Havre Syntech Ice Hawks traveled to Billings for four games Saturday and Sunday, winning three and the other ending in a tie. Against the Miles City Generals Saturday, Willy Schilling scored two unassisted goals leading to a 2-2 tie. Schilling moved from his normal defeseman position to play center. After the first period of the game, neither team had scored. Miles City scored the first two goals of the game during the second period. Schilling responded during the second period on a breakaway. He later scored the tying...

LOMA Cecil "Bud" Page Heidelbaugh Jr., 73, passed away at a Fort Benton medical center Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Benton Elementary auditorium. Burial will follow at the Riverside Cemetery. Bud was born Oct. 14, 1928, to Cecil and Florence Heidelbaugh. He grew up in Great Falls, Fairfield and Fort Benton. Bud lost vision in his right eye when he saved his teacher's life during a high school fire in 1945. He graduated from Fort Benton High School. After high school, Bud farmed...

FORT BELKNAP William J. "Billy Rose" Azure, 77, a retired farm and ranch laborer, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, at a Phillips County care center. Wake and rosary will be 7 p.m. today at the Red Whip Recreation Center at Fort Belknap. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Red Whip Recrea-tion Center with burial in the Hi-Way Church Cemetery. Survivors include his sons, Joe "Shorty" Azure and Jess "Buzz" Azure, both of Havre; sister, Kathleen Poncelet of Butte; brother, Donald Clark of Denison, Iowa; numerous grandchildren,...

Opal Marie Jones, 83, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at her residence of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A private family ceremony for burial of ashes will take place at a later date. Opal was born July 25, 1918, to Glen and Electa Mae (St. Peter) Duhamel at Aure, Minn. She was educated at a nearby rural country school. In 1938, Opal married W. H. "Harold" Jones in Bemidji, Minn. To this couple, five children were born. The family moved to the Hi-Line in 1948 for Harold's employment with the C.C. Lumber and Timber...