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From debuting a custom license plate design to adopting a highway, the Friends of Beaver Creek Park have been carrying out big plans this year and will continue to do so. Lesley Zellmer, board secretary of the Friends, said custom Beaver Creek Park license plates were released in February. Loretta Widdekind of Havre took the photograph that is the face of the new license plates. The design depicts a scene of Bear Paw Lake during fall with Mount Otis and the Bear Paw Mountains... Full story
In the sixth year of operations for North Central Montana Transit, the buses are seeing more business than ever. Jim Lyons, the director of NCMT, said the system serves more than 2,000 people a month. They started with two yellow buses in 2009 and exceeded capacity in the first day, Lyons said. Their aim was 100 to 300 passengers a month, and they have expanded multiple times since that first day in order to keep up with demand. Lyons said that this summer, they will be...
Havre Public Schools will pay tribute to the Havre community Sunday, May 3, at the 25th annual Salute to Senior Citizens. The occasion, sponsored by the school system, will take place at the Havre Middle School at 12:30 p.m. A free brunch will be served in the cafeteria followed by a program spotlighting student entertainment for people's enjoyment. The brunch and program are organized by Havre school officials in appreciation of the support citizens in Havre have shown the...
Press release Montana Healthcare Foundation is offering more than $1 million in grants to address key health challenges, and is asking for grant proposals to address the state’s most pressing health problems. The foundation expects to issue more than $1 million in grants under this call. The deadline for submitting grant proposals is June 30, and information about how to apply can be found at the Foundation’s website, www. mthcf.org. Grants offered under the foundation’s first call for proposals will address key health chall...
Press release Anderson ZurMuehlen is hosting the Second Annual Advanced Accounting Issues for Nonprofits seminar in Bozeman Thursday, May 14. The full-day seminar includes topics on cost allocation, in-kind gifts, accounting for fundraising, fraud, and industry updates for Montana nonprofits. It is designed for nonprofit chief financial officers, controllers and others who record and report financial transactions. The cost is $195 for the first participant and $150 for additional attendees. Continuing professional education...
Press release Paul Techo has been named the student success adviser at Montana State University-Northern. Techo is a former educational researcher and teacher, who has experience at every level of education, including tutoring and working with at-risk students and nontraditional students. He has also worked as a law clerk in private law firms and for a judge in the interesting town of Pahrump, Nevada. As an undergraduate, he graduated with a degree in psychology with a minor in chemistry. Paul finished his master’s degree i...
Press release Stan Weaver of Big Sandy has been elected a member of the American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee. The election took place in March at the association’s convention in Fort Worth at the 2015 AQHA Convention. Weaver has been an AQHA director since 2011. He has served as a member of the studbook and registration, public policy and Hall of Fame selection committees and member of the marketing and membership and ranching councils. He has also been the chair of the ranching council since 2011. Weaver i...
Editor: I am asking for your help in a matter of great personal concern to me. Montana Developmental Center in Boulder is on the verge of closing. Senate Bill 411 passed in the Senate and House. There are just a few more steps until it reaches the governor's office for him to sign or veto If MDC closes, a lot of clients will be lost in the shuffle with little or no help at all, as some of them have tried and failed to find the help they need. So we would end up with even more homeless people, some ending up in prison...
Montanans love to talk about how special our state is. For those from some place other than Montana, you may think that we mean our beautiful mountains, the vast golden prairies, and incredible blue sky that never seems to end. And you would be right — we do mean that. But what really makes Montana special is the people. The people of our state are kind and generous. We are the type of people who celebrate together during the good times, and look out for each other when times get tough. Montana is particularly lucky because t...
Even Solomon knew we need to hear a familiar voice from time to time. And what could be more familiar than the mournful Coo-OOO-oo-oo-oo of the bird that in our country is called the mourning dove. In Mexico she is la paloma. But that doesn't mean I invited her to stake out a homestead in the hanging planter outside my back door. The planter itself is colorful, a traditional flat-backed, painted hanging wall planter. I suppose Senora Paloma looked around and decided the many...
By Young Republican Caucus You often hear Republicans talking about the downfalls of big government. The face of the Republican Party is changing and as members of the “next generation” we feel it’s vital to the state that we serve to explain why we must uphold this ideal, and why you should, too. There are four principal areas that our joint Republican caucus agreed on at the beginning of the session to guide our priorities: • Strengthening jobs and the economy; • Putting students and parents first; • Safeguardin...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 7:08 a.m. Wednesday call from 14th Avenue about a wallet that was turned in to the calling party the night prior. —— Officers investigated an 8:25 a.m. Wednesday call from 3rd Avenue about a 15-year-old who refused to go to school and then took the child to Northern Montana Hospital for evaluation. —— Officers responding to a report of a possibly intoxicated juvenile at Havre High School made an arrest, but no further details were provided. —— Philip Neri Sayers, 41, of Havr...
Alvin L. Krejci, 89, retired Rudyard farmer, died Nov. 13, 2014, in Whitefish. Rosary prayers will be 7 p.m. today, Thursday, April 23, at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Graveside services with burial of ashes will be 11 a.m. Friday, April 24, at Rudyard Cemetery with military rites. A reception will follow at the Holy Family Youth Center in Rudyard.... Full story
Karen (Midge) Fenger, 67, longtime Chester resident who was born and raised in the Ledger community east of Conrad, died Nov. 29, 2014, in Billings. Her memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, east of Ledger. Burial of ashes will follow in the St. Olaf Church Cemetery. A reception will follow at the church. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester.... Full story
Spring is in the air and when the weather gets nice that means it’s soccer season in Havre and this past weekend the Hi-line United soccer club continued its 2015 campaign as the U-14 team traveled to Butte for a pair of games last Saturday. The United U-14 team opened its season back on April 11 in Havre. The team lost its first two games and, unfortunately, things did not go any better for the United in Butte as they dropped back-to-back games to Red Lodge and Polson, by t...
Montana State University-Northern head volleyball coach Bill Huebsch has had an excellent recruiting season. And he's not done yet. Huebsch recently announced the signing of Taleah Ross, A 5-9 middle blocker from Holy Cross Collegiate High School in Alberta to an NAIA national letter of intent. Ross began playing volleyball competitively in grade 10 and is looking forward to taking it to the next level as a Skylight in Fall 2015. She was a part of the victorious 1A/2A South...
The Havre High tennis teams found success on a hot, sunny day in Great Falls Tuesday. Now, the Blue Ponies are headed right back to the Electric City. Friday and Saturday, the Ponies will be in Great Falls for the annual Great Falls Invitational, a dual tournament where Havre will play four times, including three matches against Class AA opponents. And HHS head coach George Ferguson said the timing of the tournament couldn’t be better. “We’re in the stretch run of our seaso...
Montana State University-Northern head basketball coach Shawn Huse is adding size to his 2015 recruiting class. One week after announcing the signing of Broadview-Lavina big man Seth Christians, Huse has added another big post player. The Lights announced recently that Justin Dunsmore, a 6-6 forward from Zillah, Washington, has signed an NAIA national letter of intent to play at Northern. “Justin is not just another good forward, but someone who has the ability to raise his g...
