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  • A century celebration: Rudyard is 100

    Emily Vaughn Special to Havre Daily News

    Rudyard's centennial celebration and all-class reunion was held this weekend, compete with parades, beard contests, toilet races, fireworks and more. On Saturday morning, sirens from the local volunteer ambulance and fire department signaled the start of the parade Along the Main Street route, everything from kids on bicycles and pulling wagons to antique cars and tractors was on show for the community Area royalty was present as well. The reigning Miss Rodeo Montana, Jourdon Han of Rudyard, and Miss Teen Rodeo Montana, Libby...

  • Donating time fun, rewarding

    Emily Vaughn Special to Havre Daily News

    National Volunteer Week is hitting full stride, but life is business as usual for the many volunteers of Havre. Although many feel that they lead busy lives already, volunteering is a source of pride and accomplishment for most. At Northern Montana Hospital and Care Center, volunteers are greeting visitors, passing around flowers, running the gift shop and simply making the stress of being in the hospital a little less so. "Extremely vital" is how Claire Wendland, the volunteer manager at Northern Montana Hospital, described...

  • Highlighting space

    Emily Vaughn Special to Havre Daily News

    "Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship, I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!" These words were spoken by Yuri Gagarin, following his first venture around Earth in 1961. Yuri's Night started 40 years later on April 12, 2001, by the United Nation's Space Advisory Counsel to bring people together to celebrate the huge accomplishments of worldwide space exploration and the hope that Yuri himself had that people preserve the beautiful p...

  • Military message to young people: Don’t smoke, kick butts

    Emily Vaughn Special to Havre Daily News

    Wednesday morning, winds gusted up to 40 mph, but by 4 p.m., the weather cooperated and the Montana Army National Guard 1970 OH-58 "Jet Ranger" helicopter circled above the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line twice and landed gracefully on the blacktop playground. Jay Schuschke, HELP Committee prevention specialist, was in charge of planning this landing followed by an anti-tobacco program. "This is the second time we have held the Drug Demand Reduction Program," said Schuschke. "When we first did this two years ago, we had the...

  • Walleyes Unlimited spread the love of fishing to those in need

    Emily Vaughn Special to Havre Daily News

    When David Gonzales, 16, went in for a check-up at the Bullhook Community Health Center, a chain of events that will hopefully benefit many more minors began to take effect. Michael Schnittgen, a Medicaid case manager with the clinic, began talking with the 16-year-old and discovered that despite health problems, David truly loves to fish. The problem was purchasing a conservation license. With all the other expenses in their lives, the Gonzales family just could not afford the cost of the license. Schnittgen took that...