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The All-State Music Festival is starting today in Missoula and seven of the participants are students from Havre High School. This year, the University of Montana is hosting the event. David Johnke, Havre High band director, said that it is an honor for students to be invited to participate in this festival. “The All-State Music Festival involves about 500 to 600 students from across the state of Montana that have auditioned through each of their individual schools to be one of the top musicians in the state,” he said. Joh... Full story
Charles H. Bottom Jr., 78, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and at his request, no memorial services will be held. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.... Full story
Havre Police Department An officer assisting another agency at the Amtrak station arrested Titus Jacob Marty, 30, of Madison, Wisconsin, on a state District Court warrant Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. —— Officers investigated a report made at the police station Tuesday at 3:18 p.m. of forgery. —— A 15-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of driving without a driver’s license and Richard Shane Carlson, 46, of Havre was issued a summons on a charge of permiting an unauthoized minor to drive, after an officer initiated a motor veh... Full story
Sylvia Sara Schafer Kafka, 91, passed away Oct. 9, 2014, at the Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook. As per her final wishes, cremation has taken place, and a private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Sylvia was born on New Year's Day 1923 to Jacob and Matilda Schafer in Chester. She was the last surviving member of her four... Full story
Judy A. Litzinger, 55, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Benefis Medical Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and the rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made in Judy's name... Full story
The board of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum heard Monday about the death of the last surviving child of the Havre businessman for whom the museum is named, and the condolences the museum is sending to the family. Board Chair Judi Dritshulas said she had already contacted the family of Margaret Clack Askew Hood Cooper of Memphis, Tennessee, to offer the board’s sympathy. Cooper, born in in Havre Oct. 8, 1911, to H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack, died Sept. 28, 10 days before her 103rd birthday. Elaine Morse of the m...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board heard an update of upcoming events during its monthly meeting Monday in the Holiday Village Mall. Clack Foundation President Elaine Morse and the Clack Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas, also an ex officio member of the foundation, told the board about the upcoming foundation annual meeting, set for the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Vineyard Room in the Duck Inn Restaurant. Morse said the program will start at 4 p.m. and will include a meeting of the foundation at the end after...
More travelers have been stopping in Havre this past year, and it could be due to nearby tourist attraction, Glacier National Park. According to The Associated Press, Glacier National Park has had a record number of tourists visiting this year, with 2.25 million people visiting so far in 2014. The last record-breaking year was in 1983, with 2.2 million visitors. With Havre being so close to Glacier, local businesses have been noticing an increase in their visitor rates as well. Christi Owens, the office manager for Havre Bene... Full story
As the youth branch of the International Kiwanis Club, Key clubs also focus their efforts on making a difference in their communities, and this fall Havre High School Key Club is working to paint the town blue to raise money for a classmate with cancer and her family. Havre Key Club works each year to do service for and in their homes, schools and community, said John Ita, high school teacher and the club's faculty adviser. At the beginning of the school year, club members... Full story
Press release H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum According to local author Gary A. Wilson, in his book, “Honky-Tonk Town, Havre, Montana's Lawless Era,” a young Jeannette Rankin came to town in October and November 1914 to speak on behalf of “prohibition, but also for social, labor and political reform.” She also urged the adoption of women’s suffrage, which passed by a small margin in the election on Nov. 3, 1914. Women’s suffrage set the stage for her election as the first woman to the U.S. House of Representatives, Nov. 7, 191...
Press release Opportunity Link Inc. A streets and trails workshop will take place in Havre Tuesday, Oct. 21, at HRDC, 2229 5th Ave.from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This workshop is open to the public, and residents are encouraged to attend and gather information and resources on planning, design and funding of town and city streets as well as walking and biking trails. This workshop has been developed from resident input gathered at more than 30 community meetings during the Vibrant Futures Regional Planning Project. Community leaders... Full story
As we pulled out of Thompson Falls the Sunday that my wife, Faye, and Lynn Crossley bowled in the Senior Tournament, I mentioned how good both of them bowled. “I said you both might get a nickel or two back.” Little did I realize that Faye would be in first and Lynn in third in their respective divisions, with just one week left. TOURNEY TRAIL: Keglers may still sign up for the State Seniors Tournament in Thompson Falls. Entry blanks are at the Lanes. BOWLING TRIVIA: Everyone knows that bowling peaked during the 196...
The Frontier Conference basketball seaAs we pulled out of Thompson Falls the Sunday that my wife, Faye, and Lynn Crossley bowled in the Senior Tournament, I mentioned how good both of them bowled. “I said you both might get a nickel or two back.” Little did I realize that Faye would be in first and Lynn in third in their respective divisions, with just one week left. TOURNEY TRAIL: Keglers may still sign up for the State Seniors Tournament in Thompson Falls. Entry blanks are...
I’ve been a fan of the University of Montana football program for as long as I can remember. I’ve covered UM and Montana State football for more than a decade now. And for us, here in Montana, those two programs are big time. But, every once in a while, when I get a chance to get out of Montana, and that doesn’t happen too often, I’m reminded of just how different college football is on our great state, and that things are a lot, lot bigger in lands that seem far, far away. N... Full story
Often times, college basketball isn’t easy. In fact, it’s very hard. And it can be really hard when you come from one school, where you were a star player and the focal point of the team, to a new team, where finding your place and role is never easy. But, Montana State University-Northern senior forward Taybra Teeters has done just that. Teeters was a star post player at Lower Columbia College in Washington, before transferring to Northern for the 2013-14 season. And at the... Full story
