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Articles from the November 28, 2017 edition


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  • Obituary - Marilyn Potter Paternoster

    Updated Dec 1, 2017

    Marilyn Potter Paternoster of Tampa, Florida passed away Nov. 16, 2017. She was born May 7, 1942, and graduated from Havre High School in 1960. She leaves behind children Debbie Thompson of Tampa, Mark Thompson of Great Falls, Christen Cole of Missoula and Robby Cole; grandchildren and-great grandchildren; two sisters, Dee Pope and Karen Ware, and many long time friends in Havre, Montana. and Tampa, Florida....

  • Piano and Pipes concert set for Sunday

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Press release The annual Piano and Pipes Concert will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Lutheran Church at 303 Sixth Ave. in Havre. People are asked to bring donations of nonperishable food items for the Havre Food Bank....

  • Woman gets probation for injuring sister and sister's boyfriend

    Paul Dragu|Updated Nov 28, 2017

    A Harlem woman received three years probation for drunkenly attacking her sister and hitting her sister's boyfriend with a bottle. injuring both. Amber (Black Lance) Lawrence, born in 1985, received a three-year deferred imposition of sentence Monday morning in District Court in Havre. The sentence is part of a no contest plea deal in which Lawrence pleaded nolo contendere to a felony count of assault with a weapon. Three other charges were dismissed in the plea agreement:...

  • Casino embezzler's sentencing postponed to investigate accomplices

    Paul Dragu|Updated Nov 28, 2017

    A Havre woman's sentencing hearing has been reset so she can provide police with information about accomplices in a $45,000 embezzling scheme from Crystal City and Hi-line Gold casinos. Kyra Lynne Gerber, born in 1988, who will be ordered to pay $45,530 in restitution for two felony counts of theft by embezzlement she pleaded guilty to early September, is set to be sentenced Jan. 8 at 10 a.m. in District Court in Havre. Investigation of Gerber's theft started Sept. 19, 2016,...

  • NAMI offers Family-to-Family education program

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Press releass National Alliance on Mental Illness-Havre is offering a 12-session Family-to-Family education program to help caregivers understand and support individuals with serious mental illness while maintaining their own well-being. The program is free for family members, partners and friends of people with major depression; bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression; schizophrenia; borderline personality disorder; panic disorder; obsessive compulsive disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD; co-occurring...

  • Elks to hold annual Memorial Service

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Press release Havre Elks Lodge, BPOE 1201, will conduct their annual Memorial Service Sunday at 5 p.m. in the Lodge Room located at 321 Second St. Lodge Exalted Ruler Kyle Leeds said this annual service honors the memory of Elks members who have passed away during the past year as well as remembering those Elk members who have gone on before. This years’ Memorial Service speaker will be District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Bob Nieuwenhuyse. The Havre Elks Lodge officers will perform the Memorial Ritual and special music w...

  • Protect net neutrality

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Protect net neutrality. Neutrality on the Internet is the only way to allow democratic participation in communication, education, employment, community and public service, and to access to health, safety and other information. Do not allow a few corporations to rule the internet, to censor what we see, to charge higher fees and deliver less. None of the internet service providers invented or developed the internet and the web. U.S. taxpayers paid for the early development. The defense and research network called ARPANET was o...

  • We had a great Thanksgiving; I hope you all had the same

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Having spent the last week with two of our children and six grandkids, we had the opportunity to share our pictures of our European trip. It was pointed out quickly that Judy and I experienced the vacation in two different ways: The Hallmark version and a Tim The Tool Man version. The Hallmark version was pictures of back yards, pretty flowers, grandkids riding bikes, angles in window, all very nice. The Tim version is of dudes drinking beer, 1929 BMW motorcycles, farm sites, roundabouts being built; you get the idea. This...

  • Say thanks for special session

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Montana, and especially I, say thank you to the Montana 2017 special session House and Senate leadership for helping the legislature provide our state with $230 million to replenish the fire fund and provide dollars to shore up the budget problems. Like many situations, there are differences of opinions, but someone must make the final and best decision at the time. I feel the legislators for the 2017 special session did that. In times of trouble we all must partake. The largest users of the tax dollars, DPHHS, education and...

  • For the record, Nov. 28, 2017

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Havre Police Department Officers arrested Wendall Van Kee Howard of Havre, 24, on a Justice or City court warrant and charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and violation of child restraint Monday at 1:11 p.m. during a motor vehicle stop on 13th Street West. —— Officers arrested a 14-year-old on a pick up and hold after the Missoula Police Department requested Monday at 1:50 p.m assistance with a runaway juvenile. —— Officers investigated after a woman reported Monday at 2:42 p.m. that she needed to...

  • Obituary - Karen Sloan

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Karen Sloan, 75, of Havre passed away Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, in Helena due to natural causes. A funeral service will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Havre with burial in Chester Cemetery at 3 p.m. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements....

  • Obituary - Delores E. Tudor

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Delores E. Tudor, 87, passed away due to natural causes at Renaissance Senior Care in Helena Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at Immanuel Baptist Church with Pastor Chris Richards officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Delores’ online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com....

  • From the courts: City Court

    Updated Nov 28, 2017

    Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Virginia Seigel in April. —— Tracey Descharm Watson, born in 1967, was given a deferred imposition of sentence, ordered to pay $2 restitution and sentenced to 180 days in jail, all days suspended, for theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, second offense. —— Cody Michael Anderson, born in 1...

  • Northern's Reeves earns Frontier honor

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 28, 2017

    For the first time this season, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has a Frontier Conference Player of the Week. On Monday, Northern's Ryan Reeves was named Frontier Men's Player of the Week. Reeves, a 6-10 senior, was dominant in Northern's two wins at last weekend's AmericInn Thanksgiving Classic in Havre, as well as last Monday's victory at Portland Bible College. Northern won three games over the weekend with wins over Portland Bible College...

  • Five things to watch for this season in local high school girls basketball

    Chris Peterson|Updated Nov 28, 2017

    The start of high school basketball season is always exciting, especially along the Hi-Line. And why not? With Havre a perennial contender in Class A and looking strong again heading into this season, as well as a host of local schools ready to make some noise, there is plenty to look forward to with the girls basketball season. Over the past few years, Hi-Line basketball fans have seen state championship teams, a state runner-up in Box Elder and numerous individual...