Week of November 14, 2024
Week of November 14, 2024
Births A boy was born Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, to Sharetha Buffalo and Joseph Camacho-Otero of Rocky Boy. Editor’s note: Due to time constraints, deadlines and being short-staffed, Havre Weekly Chronicle has been unable to publish the full For the Record as it has in the past. The Chronicle intends to start printing this report again...
Press release Hill County has been chosen to receive a Phase 39 award of $6,933, Phase 40 award of $4,542, and Phase 41 award of $5,041.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. Funds must be spent by December 31, 2024. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army; American Red Cross; United Jewish Communities; Catholic Charities,...
Press release The planning for the 2024 Community Thanksgiving dinner is in progress. The intention of this dinner is to provide a free Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings to all who wish to participate rich, poor, young, old, singles, couples and families. The spirit of the project is to bring our community together as one big extended family to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday. All supplies are paid for by an anonymous donor and are prepared by volunteers and IGA. The dinner is held at the St. Jude Thaddeus...
Press release November 1 marked the official open enrollment period for Americans to enroll in the marketplace, apply for Medicaid, or change their health care plans to better meet their needs. This open enrollment period is crucial for the 2,120 Hill County residents who lost Medicaid or Healthy Montana Kids coverage because the window for people to reenroll is closing quickly. People have until January 15, 2025, to reapply, or they may have to wait until November 2025 to apply again. “Over the past year and a half,...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A federal judge Nov. 6 sentenced a Havre woman to 19 months and 24 days in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for lunging at the controls of a small commercial airplane as the plane was landing, causing it to accelerate and turn on the runway, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Tracy Lynn Eagleman, aka Tracy Badmoccasin, 36, pleaded guilty in August to interfering with an aircraft in flight. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian...
Havre Weekly Chronicle staff Havre Community Food Bank is offering holiday food baskets to low-income and needy families in Hill County. To sign up, people can contact The Salvation Army Havre Service Center at 460-265-6411 or stop in at 328 Third St. to sign up. Required documentation is: Photo ID for the head of household, Social Security Card for all household income, proof of residence in Hill County — a power bill or rent receipt suffices — and proof of income. Sizes and gift ideas for children zero to 12 years of...
Sunnyside Intermediate School students did a preview of the famed Brawl of the Wild MSU Bobcat UM Grizzly football game set for this weekend, with the Cats coming out on top. Sunnyside flew a MSU flag today in honor of the victory. Sunnysidede librarian Jade Miller said the school held a reading Brawl of the Wild Challenge using the Accelerated Reader program utilized by the school. In the program, students take a comprehension test an earn points for reading books throughout...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Fort Belknap man who admitted stabbing a woman multiple times during an argument on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced Nov. 6 to three years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich. The defendant, Leon Boyd Messerly, 64, pleaded guilty in July to assault with a dangerous weapon. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In court documents, the government alleged that on...
Havre Weekly Chronicle staff The Foundation for Rural Service and Triangle Communications are inviting high school juniors served by Triangle to apply for a chance to travel to the nation's capital. The Foundation and Triangle each year sponsor up to two high school juniors to a trip to Washington every proudly sponsors up to 2 high school juniors each year for a trip of a lifetime to Washington, D.C., every summer. Any 16-17 year old high school junior who is a dependent of...
Press release The North Star Speech team clinched first place in their season opening meet hosted by CJI and placed third in Drama. In speech, C.J. Berton took first in spontaneous oral interpretation of literature, Ecko Fraser placed second in original oratory, Troy Barrett took third in humorous oral interpretation and Aydan Bettelyoun placed sixth in Lincoln-Douglas debate. In drama, trio Jon Schaumloeffel, Joshua Campbell, and Cooper Clawson placed third in humorous...
MELINA WALLING, Associated Press and AYURELLA HORN-MULLER, Grist Associated Press Editor's Note: A version of this was in the November Farm and Ranch special section. HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his five-acre farm - and how bad it was for the planet. Earlier this month, Ford installed an...
While this area pretty well followed the rest of the state in statewide elections, and the state and nation in the presidential elections, Democrats dominated Tuesday in local contested elections, while the area also supported putting the right to choose an abortion in the state Constitution and a Hill Count road mill levy passed and a Liberty County hospital levy passed. The area followed the rest of Montane in re-electing former Republican President Donald Trump to a new term in the office and elected Republicans to the...
Senior Center News Nov. 18-23 Menu Menu subject to change Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 — Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, Salad, Oranges Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 — Thanksgiving Dinner Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 — Roast Beef, Mash Potato/Gravy, Corn, Frosted Cake Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 — Ham Slices, Baked potato, Mixed Veggies, Rice Crispy Treats Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 — Potato Soup, Chicken Salad Sandwich, Salad, Peaches Brad Taylor: Tuesday the 19th of Nov. Music 10:AM -12:PM Bingo: Tuesday the 19th of Nov. 1:00PM-3:PM $1. per...
ISSUED November 14, 2024 DUE 3:00 PM December 16, 2024 I. Background II. Scope of Work III. Qualifications IV. Proposal Requirements V. Timeline VI. Evaluation VII. Additional Information and Conditions VIII. Exhibits and Attachments I. BACKGROUND Havre, Montana is the 11th largest city in the State of Montana, home to just over 9,300 residents. The town is developed along the Milk River and is flanked by wheat fields and rangeland in the plains. The Bears Paw Mountains and badlands are within view from the city limits....
Havre Weekly Chronicle staff Gov Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation recently entered into a $26 million loan agreement with the Milk River Joint Board of Control to help fund repairs on the St. Mary Canal. June 17, a catastrophic failure of siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance works shut down the diversion that supplies much of the water in the Milk River each year. The river where it enters into Fresno Reservoir has been dry for most of the summer....
A calendar for the Hill County Commission submitted to Havre Weekly Chronicle and printed in the Nov. 14 edition on Page A6 listed the wrong time and location for a Great Northern Fair Board meeting. The board meets Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the fairgrounds conference...
Great Northern Fair Board Meeting, Tuesday, November 19th 2024 @ 5:30 p.m., Fairgrounds Conference Room CALL MEETING TO ORDER: ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: • Michelle • Bob • Ken • Kaleb • Casey • Briana RECOGNIZE AND RECORD PUBLIC ATTENDEES: APPROVE MINUTES — PUBLIC COMMENT (ANYTHING BROUGHT UP HERE WILL BE ADDED TO NEXT MONTH’S NEW BUSINESSS TO BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON) FAIR MANAGER’S REPORT CIVIC GROUPS REPORT DONATED HOURS REPORT COMMITTEE REPORTS • BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS • COMMISSION POLICY • FINANCIAL...
You know, Lord, it might be fun to go back in time (for a short time) when life moved at a slower pace. We'll leave behind: high speed internet, cell phones, telephones, T. V., GPS and electricity. Back then, for us, was daily chores: milking cows, gathering eggs, cleaning chickencoop and barn, slopping pigs, feeding bucket calves, hoeing garden and plum trees, cooking meals from scratch, and in Autumn, making jams, jellies, canning fruits, vegetables and meat, making soap,...
Havre Public Works announced this morning that it was notified of a water main break on the 400 Block of Fourth Avenue. The department said crews will be on scene soon to start repairs, and people are asked to avoid the area to let personnel work safely and efficiently to make he repairs and get service back to residents in the...
We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express (Romans 8:26). "Pastor, I made a big mistake in my prayer life," said the parishioner. "I asked God for something, and I got it!" "I shouldn't have prayed that way," comments, another parishioner. "I forgot to add, 'If it be Your will, O Lord.' I was concentrating on what I wanted!" How often we misunderstand how to pray and what to pray for. We err when we...
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the Apostles ... At the round up and drives. Out our way, as I have explained before, the folks in back who push the herd and eat the dust, are usually the least skilled and hands. Given the woke media's fascination with sexual deviations, to say I rode "drag" is often misunderstood by urban folk; so now I simply refer to my normal position on roundups and cattle drives as that of the "dust eater." Interestingly, some of you have...
Three little girls ran down a block, said Grandma was the best! They'd sing and play, read some and dance, then sit down for a rest. Their Dad and Mom encouraged them, they knew Grandma loved girls. Gram helped them pick out pretty clothes and loved their long blond curls. They always loved when Grandma read, for that they'd sit and wait, She'd talk with them, and then she'd read - her reading was so great. She told them just WHO JESUS was, and how to find Him, too. They...
Havre City-county Airport Board agenda for meeting at the airport terminal November 21, 2024 3 P.M. 1. Approval of October minutes. 2. Correspondence 3. Reports: (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public Comment on Agenda Items 5. Unfinished Business (A) Terminal Air Conditioner (B) Airport Manager Intern 6. New Business (A) Big Hangar Rent Postponement 7. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items 8. Approval of the November...
Commissioner’s Weekly Calendar for November 18 - 22, 2024 MONDAY — November 18, 2024 9:00 a.m. — Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 10:00 a.m. — County Canvass in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p.m. — Unified Disposal Board Meeting TBD 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director Meeting in the Commissioner Office TUESDAY — November 19, 2024 8:30 a.m. — Wage Proposal Meeting in the Commissioner Office 10:30 a.m. — Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner Office 2:00 p.m. — Commission to...
Press release The Montana Department of Transportation and its contractor, Wickens Construction, have paused the project to reconstruct a portion of US Highway 2 (US 2) between Zurich and Harlem for the winter. This project will widen a 7-mile stretch of US 2 between the intersections with Eight Mile Road, 4 miles east of Zurich, and Thirty Mile Road, just west of Harlem. It will include 12-foot travel lanes and 8-foot shoulders, adding 2 miles of passing lanes in both...
Percy E. Nordrum Jr., 65, passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. His celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Monday, November 25, 2024, at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Rick Hodshire officiating. Please visit Percy's online memorial page at www.hollandbonine.com to send a card or leave a message of condolence for his family. Memorials in Percy's honor may be made to the Gildford or Kremlin Volunteer Fire Departments or a memorial of...
Matias M. Riotutar, “Pimihawin kikiw napew” Soaring Eagle Man, 30 passed away at his residence November 7, 2024. Wake services began at 3:00 p.m. Monday, November 11, 2024, and continued until his funeral service, which was at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 12, 2024, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church with Kelly Eagleman officiating. Burial followed in the Summer Hill Drive...
Kenneth J. Huntsinger, 48, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Cremation has taken place, and private family memorial services will be held. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Kenneth's online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for his family at https://www.hollandbonine.com...
John L. Gilbert, 90, passed away due to natural causes at his residence on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Megan Hoewisch officiating. John’s family has suggested memorial donations be made to First Lutheran Church or the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit John’s online memorial page to send a...
Patricia Ann Gillen, 74, passed away Nov. 13, 2024, at her home in Havre of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and her memorial mass will be held 11 a.m. on Monday, December 2, 2024 at the St. Jude Catholic Church with the V. Rev. Monsignor Daniel Wathen officiating. Her burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Memorial in Pat's honor may be made to St. Jude Thaddeus School or the Havre Hill County Library. Please visit Pat's online memorial page at...
Michelle Nelson, 45, Phoenix, AZ, died on Friday, October 18, 2024, at Valleywise Memorial Health Hospital, Phoenix, AZ. Memorial Service is Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 1 PM at West Funeral Home, Casselton, ND, with visitation one hour before...
Long-time Simpson and Havre resident Betty Flechsig passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Friday, November 15, 2024. Betty was the wife of Walt Flechsig and mother of Janice (Rolland) Reinhart of Peoria, Illinois, and Linda Flechsig of Billings. Betty was born on April 13, 1929, and attended Havre schools and went to Montana State College for a year. On October 18, 1950, she and Walt married and settled on the family farm, where they raised their...
Roberta L. Sutherland-Saddler, 71, passed away due to natural causes at Providence Holy Family Hospital in Spokane, WA, on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Wake services will begin at 3:00 p.m. with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 22, 2024, also at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the New Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit...
John L. Gilbert, 90, passed away due to natural causes at his residence on Sunday, November 17, 2024. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Megan Hoewisch officiating. John's family has suggested memorial donations be made to First Lutheran Church or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please...
Lynn Preston Rominger, 76, passed away peacefully Thursday, October 31, 2024, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, Montana after a brief illness. Cremation has taken place, and a Celebration of Life was held Tuesday, November 12 at 5:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall of Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, 410 5th Ave., Havre, a short devotional, light supper, and sharing memories. Lynn’s family has suggested memorial donations be made to the veteran’s organization of the...
Havre High's Kaydance Reiter is the school's newest NCAA Division I athlete. Earlier this week, Reiter announced she is signing an NCAA letter of intent to run track and field for the Montana Grizzlies women's team starting next season. A senior Blue Pony, Reiter is the defending 100-meter champion in Class A after winning the state championship last spring. She also finished second in the Class A state 200 meters, and overall, she has won seven medals in track and field at...
The Havre High football team seems to have a flare for the dramatic. And that was on full display in the Class A quarterfinals last Saturday in Frenchtown. Taking on the Frenchtown Broncs, undefeated and champions of the Western A, the Ponies erased a 23-13 deficit and wound up crushing the Broncs in the second half for a 47-30 win, earning Havre High a trip to the state semifinals. Pony quarterback Griffin Terry started off the game finding running back Tate Nelson for a...
The Montana State University-Northern football team struggled to a loss at Montana Tech 54-14 in Butte last Saturday. Northern tallied 295 yards of total offense (201 on the ground), while the Orediggers accounted for 512 yards, of which 299 yards were on the ground. Both teams scored one touchdown in the first quarter. Montana Tech took a good leading going into halftime 30-7. The Lights scored again in the third quarter, while the Orediggers added two touchdowns. Montana...
The Frontier Conference Volleyball Tournament is coming to the Armory Gymnasium. And the Montana State University-Northern Skylights couldn't be more excited. Northern, which is the No. 5 seed in the tournament, ended the regular season with a thrilling five-set win over Carroll College last Saturday in Helena. MSU-N beat the Saints by scores of 18-25, 19-25, 25-23, 26-24, 15-10. Alana Graves had a team-high 14 kills and eight blocks, while Lexa Stock played her best match as...
Oh so close. The Havre High football team's run through the Class A playoffs nearly took them all the way to the state championship game. Leading Laurel 20-14 at halftime, the Loctomotives steamrolled their way past the Ponies in the second half as they ended Havre's season with a 35-28 win in the Class A semifinals last Saturday in Laurel. The Ponies beat the Locomotives in the regular season in Havre, and things looked good again when Havre took a 12-0 lead in the first...
Another Saturday, and the Box Elder Bears are one game closer to playing for a state football championship. In the Class C Six-Man playoffs last Saturday in Box Elder, the Bears outlasted Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Geraldine in a wild shootout, 74-64. The Bears stayed ahead for much of the high-scoring game as they advanced to the state semifinals. Box Elder, which won Northern Division regular season, will have to face a perennial Six-Man powerhouse with a berth in the state...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights got a much-needed win. And it came on the last day of the 2024 Frontier Conference football season. On senior day at Tilleman Field, the Lights beat Rocky Mountain College 19-13 for their first Frontier Conference win in over two years. The Lights scored 19 unanswered points after trailing 7-0. Devin Shelton caught a 22-yard RD pass and Lucas Thacker scored on a run to put the Lights up 12-7 at halftime. Zach Brooks then capped off...
The Big Sandy Pioneers are headed to Bozeman. Last weekend in Fort Benton, the Pioneers beat Belt twice to capture the Northern C crown, and earn a coveted trip to this weekend's state tournament. Big Sandy defeated Belt in two championships matches, both by 3-1 scores. That came after the Pioneers outlasted rival Chester-Joplin-Inverness 3-1 in the third-place match earlier in the day, as the Hawks came up one match short of making it to state. Fort Benton was also...
It was a tough weekend on the road for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team as the Lights fell to both Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon in Helena. Last Friday, Northern fell to Southern Oregon University 82-61 in Helena. Southern pushed the lead early in the first half 19-10. The Lights cut into the lead to seven. The Raiders went on a run to extend the lead to 15 points going into half. Southern was able to just keep a good lead for the rest of the...
DAVIS, Calif. — Tommy Mellott threw two touchdown passes in a 30-point run by Montana State, but the Bobcats needed an interception from McCade O'Reilly on a 2-point conversion try to hold off UC Davis 30-28 in a battle of Top-5 teams in the FCS coaches poll on Saturday night. No. 2 Montana State (11-0, 7-0) clinched the Big Sky Conference title with the victory over No. 4 UC Davis (9-2, 6-1) and finished the regular season unbeaten for the first time in program history. It...
The Havre High volleyball team had a strong season, but, the Blue Ponies' dream of making it to the state tournament came up a bit short. Last weekend in Lewistown, the Blue Ponies lost to Lockwood in the first round and then were eliminated by Laurel at the Eastern A Divisional Tournament. The Ponies were swept in both matches. Billings Central ended up winning the Eastern A by beating Hardin the title match, 3-1. Lockwood finished third, while Lewistown took fourth, The top...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basektball team faced some big challenges last weekend in Great Falls. On Friday, The Skylights lost against NAIA power The Master's University 85-63.. The Mustangs got a jump on the Skylights outscoring them 26-11 in the first quarter. They extended the lead going into halftime 50-28. The Skylights took the third quarter 21-19, but it wasn't enough. The Skylights were led by Taya Trottier who had 17 points, five rebounds and...
Making the long-awaited home debut, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team beat an old rival, and a future Frontier Conference foe. The Skylights beat Dickinson State University in their home opener 76-58 Monday night in the Armory Gymnasium. It wasn’t easy as Northern trailed 40-30 at halftime. From there though, head coach Chris Mouat’s team absolutely dominated the Blue Hawks. The Skylights went on a 23-9 run in the next eight minutes and ended...
It’s been an honor serving as chair of the Hill County Democratic Party over the last 2.5 years. This election cycle saw many ups and downs, but for Hill County, it was mostly ups. Last summer the Hill County Democrats hosted a “We Love the Montana Constitution” Rally in Pepin Park featuring an impassioned and educational presentation by Mae Nan Ellingson, the youngest delegate to attend the 1972 Constitutional Convention. This June we hosted over 250 people from across the state at the Montana Democratic Party...
Once upon a time, in the far northern reaches of China, bordering Mongolia, there lived a beautiful princess. Oh, wait, wrong story. Start again. Once upon a time, in the far northern reaches of China, bordering Mongolia, a factory dedicated to producing the best umbrella clotheslines in the world, meticulously began to piece together the very Prince of All Clotheslines. Disclosure: Parts of this story have been fictionalized. However the main thread of the story is absolute...
There will be monks here tomorrow morning,” is what I figured Jorge was telling me. In Spanish, “monks” sounds like “monkeys” in English. But I was pretty sure we were not having monkeys over for breakfast. Jorge is my landlord here in Mexico, and he speaks only Spanish to me. He will speak some English when my husband, Peter, is around. But if it’s just me, he’ll stick to Spanish, and I am fine with that, but it doesn’t mean I get 100% of what he says....
By Greg Cappis, MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Military challenge coins serve as an easy conversation starter. Some are tokens of time spent overseas, while others are a remembrance of rank or an award. Now, a new set of challenge coins minted by the state of Montana - and designed by a Montana State University student - are intended to aid in preventing suicide among veterans. Dubbed 988+1 suicide prevention coins, the coins will be distributed to veterans across the state in an...
ERLANGER, Ky. — DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and RecruitMilitary® will co-host the National Government Agency Virtual Veterans Career Fair, November 19 from 11:00am – 3:00pm Central. The event is free to veterans, their spouses, active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and Reserve. More than 15 employers actively seeking the unique talents of America’s veterans will be on-site representing a range of industries, from construction to medical to administrative and logistics, with career...
