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Articles from the July 25, 2013 edition


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  • Stand-alone photo: Blue Ponies take annual Hoop Fest by storm

    Updated Jul 25, 2013

    Members of the Havre High girls basketball team pose for a photo at the annual Hoop Fest in Spokane last month. Pictured left to right, Brandy Lambourne, Dani Wagner, Morgan Mazurkiewicz, Peyton filius, Haley Ohm, Tori Mazurkiewicz, Lindsey Kudrna and Lacey Waid. The team of Wagner, Tori and Morgan Mazurkiewicz and Kudrna took first place in their division, while Lambourne, Filius, Waid and Ohm placed second in their division.... Full story

  • Lights release exciting hoops schedule

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 25, 2013

    The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team has went to three straight NAIA national tournaments. The Lights are also in the midst of one of the most winninegst runs the program has seen in some time. Northern has recorded eight straight 20-win seasons under veteran head coach Shawn Huse. And though summer is here to stay for a while, and the Lights won’t get things cranked up until October, the march for more Frontier Conference supremacy is already under way... Full story

  • Harlem Class of '63: Go, Pork Chop, go!

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jul 25, 2013

    Our class was small (graduating only twenty-three) but we were tight. Whatever we set our collective mind to do, we did it up right. Year after year we had the best float in the Home-Coming Parade, the best skit at the Carnival, the most innovative dance theme. Best of all, we were pals. Then we graduated and scattered to the winds. Back in ’05 while we were lined up for a class photo at the All-School Reunion, an every five-year event, Karen and Jesse suggested, “Why don... Full story

  • Hospital's foot clinic is a necessity for Hill County seniors

    Bobbi Teasley|Updated Jul 25, 2013

    The discontinuation of the foot care clinics that have been provided to the residents of the Havre Eagles Manor as well as many other locations along the Hi-Line was announced last Thursday. It appears that the desire of Northern Montana Health Care is to gain and maintain financial advancement rather than provide adequate health care to the Hi-Line residents. The provision of the foot clinic at the Manor has been more than a convenience; it has been and continues to be necessary. Many seniors are unable to attend clinics at... Full story

  • Bullock visits troops in Afghanistan, Kuwait

    Matt Volz - Associated Press|Updated Jul 25, 2013

    Gov. Steve Bullock made a surprise visit to Afghanistan Wednesday to meet with Montana troops in his first trip overseas since taking office in January. The Democratic governor was in Kabul as part of a delegation that included Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. The two-day trip to Afghanistan includes meeting members of the Montana National Guard's 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion operating in the country's southwestern sector. Tuesday, Bullock was in Kuwait to visit... Full story

  • First trials planned in Catholic sex-abuse cases

    Matt Volz - Associated Press|Updated Jul 25, 2013

    HELENA — Attempts to settle allegations that hundreds of Montanans were sexually abused as children by Roman Catholic clergy have been stymied by challenges from the church's insurers over which claims they are obligated to cover. So attorneys representing the 360 alleged victims, along with lawyers for the Helena diocese, the Ursuline Sisters of the Western Province and District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock began laying out plans Wednesday for the first of what could be many trials beginning in December. Attorneys for both s... Full story

  • Loren Victor Rasmussen

    Updated Jul 25, 2013

    Loren Victor Rasmussen, 97, a retired rancher, passed away July 17, 2013. Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 1 p.m. at the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.... Full story

  • Betty (Passon) Fisk Shropshire

    Updated Jul 25, 2013
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    Betty (Passon) Fisk Shropshire, 70, formerly of Havre, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in Broomfield, Colo., of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2013, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Tim Maroney officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements, and memories and condolences may be left for the family at... Full story

  • St. Jude to get new playground, parking lot

    Shelby Stormer|Updated Jul 25, 2013
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    St. Jude Thaddeus Parish and School is currently undergoing construction for a new parking lot and playground. The playground and parking area have been a source of displeasure for some time now. The Rev. Daniel Wathen, pastor at St. Jude’s said, “part of the problem with the parking lot is it’s disintegrating.” The asphalt was laid directly over the ground, and over time, has shifted and settled, causing crumbling. Water management is particularly difficult, because the aspha... Full story

  • 'Midsummer/Jersey' opens tonight at Little Theatre

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 25, 2013

    The Montana Actors’ Theatre youth production company starts a two-week run of something old and something new tonight, with a mixture of Shakespeare and MTV. “Midsummer/Jersey,” a blend of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Jersey Shore,” opens at 8 p.m. at the Little Theatre at Montana State University-Northern. The play runs nearly to the start of another MAT summer tradition, its children’s theater camp, which is set to run Aug. 5-9. “Midsummer/Jersey,... Full story

  • Hospital cancels foot clinics, blames Obamacare

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jul 25, 2013
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    Some local retirees are up in arms at a cost-saving measure by Havre’s hospital; cancellation of a nearly 20-year-old program of traveling foot-care clinics, with the clinics now being offered only at the hospital itself. Some 40 residents of Eagles Manor retirement home signed a letter to Northern Montana Healthcare CEO Dave Henry, asking if other parts of the budget could be trimmed to save expenses rather than the program, part of the hospital’s Senior Connection. “The provision of the foot clinic at the Manor has been... Full story