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Our beloved sister Lena Belcourt. "E-o-skah-Ski-wahk Ma-Sko-Ski Sk-wew" Green Grass Woman, passed away Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, after spending a wonderful year with us upon her diagnosis of kidney cancer in June 2011. Lena was born June 10, 1959, in Japan, at Johnson Air Force Base, to Levi and Chieko Belcourt. She attended various elementary schools in Kansas, Greece, California and Box Elder, Mont., where she graduated early to attend Northern Montana College. Lena also attended the University of Montana and the University...
HELENA — Dale Specht of Great Falls is a retired school janitor who goes to the same barber as U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, but also appreciates the assistance U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg once offered him on a veteran's issue. And he could be just about the most valuable voter in Montana: one of the few remaining undecideds who is paying attention and plans to vote. AP photo/liza Wiley Independent Record U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg spoke Thursday in the Montana state capitol after filing for office earlier this year. Rehberg said he is c...
GAPYEONG, South Korea — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a worldwide religious movement and befriended North Korean leaders as well as U.S. presidents, has died, church officials said Monday. He was 92. Moon died Monday (Korean time) at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong, northeast of Seoul, two weeks after being hospitalized with pneumonia, Unification Church spokesman Ahn Ho-yeul told The Associated Press. Moon's wife and children were at his side, A...
By Havre Daily Staff Here are the results from the 2012 Blaine County Kids Rodeo, held last month during the 2012 Blaine County Fair in Chinook. Blaine County Kids Rodeo Results 4-8 Goat Ribbon Tying 1. Kellen McCalmont, Chinook; 2. Kyler Bender, Havre; Bree Swanson, Chinook. 4-8 Barrel Racing 1. Mary Gibson, Chinook; 2. Savanna Jones, Harlem; 3. Bree Swanson, Chinook. 4-8 Flag Race 1. Mary Gibson, Havre; 2. Bree Swanson, Chinook; 3. Kyler Bender, Havre. 4-8 Sheep Riding 1. Falyn Cecrle, Chinook; 2. Fletcher Anderson,...
As of today, the Montana State University-Northern football team has exactly 22 days to prepare for its season-opening game against mighty Carroll College. The Lights and Saints kick off the 2012 season on Aug. 24 with a night game at Blue Pony Stadium. So, it's time for the Lights to get ready and the work begins Sunday evening when the 2012 Lights take to the pract Montana State University-Nrothern's Kyle Johnston (right) runs away from Eastern Oregon defenders during a...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is reloading the cupboard for the upcoming 2012-13 NAIA basketball season. And the Lights just got some local talent to help out. On Wednesday afternoon, MSU-Northern head coach Shawn Huse announced that he has signed former Rocky Boy and Havre High ho Former Havre Blue Pony and Rocky Boy standout Anfernee Standing Rock has decided to play basketball for the Montana State University-Northern Lights starting this...
On Friday, starting at 9 a. m., a large crowd will walk from the Rocky Boy Agency to the powwow grounds and back — a total of three miles. The Sobriety Walk will be good exercise, a key component of the fight against diabetes, which is a plague on the reservation. It will be a good way to kick off the weekend's activities at the powwow, which is attracting thousands of people to Rocky Boy. And will be be a good reminder that people should stay sober for powwow weekend. That's according to Barb Friede, a lifestyle coach for t...
National Night Out has become a celebration in more than 15,000 communities throughout the United States, and next week it will be coming to Havre. The community gathering will feature a barbecue with food donated by many local businesses, possibly a visit by a U. S. Border Patrol Blackhawk helicopter and booths by a variety of local service groups. It will be 6 to 8 p. m., Tuesday, in front of Montana State University-Northern's Student Union Building. The intent of the program is to promote police-community partnership,...
As drought conditions continue to worsen across the nation, the U. S. Department of Agriculture has added Hill County to the list of counties where haying and grazing of land in the Conservation Reserve Program will be allowed. The announcement comes as National Weather Service is again announcing red flag fire warnings across much of the state from noon to midnight today, including in Blaine, Chouteau and Hill counties. A cropland blaze burned 50 acres between Havre and Kremlin Tuesday night. The announcement also comes...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Havre Parks & Recreation employees Tuesday afternoon begin erecting the new Odyssey play tower in Pepin Park. Though the Havre skyline probably won't be affected, there's a new tower going up in the middle of town by next week. The first phase in an ongoing upgrade to the playground of Pepin Park is scheduled to be completed soon, with the erection of the Odyssey Play Tower, a central unit in a new modular playground. Havre Parks and Recreation Director Chris Inman said this morning that this...
Mary 'Louise' Anderson Mary "Louise" Anderson, 82, of Great Falls, a retired accounts payable clerk at Buttrey's, passed away on Friday, June 29, 2012, of natural causes, at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel, Friday, July 6, at 2 p. m. Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Mary Louise was born on May 17, 1930, in Great Falls, Mont., to Thomas and Mary Rickard. She was raised in Burlingame and attended Great Falls High School. She met James R. Anderson and...
BILLINGS — Two fast-moving wildfires triggered new evacuations in southeastern Montana on Monday as firefighters battled a potent combination of lightning strikes, dry weather and flame-whipping winds. The Horse Creek fire south of Hysham quickly grew from 3 to 9 square miles overnight. It was the largest of more than a dozen new fires sparked by weekend lightning strikes. Most were quickly contained, but residents along the Horse Creek and Sarpy Creek basins in Treasure County were evacuated, said Paula Short with the s...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The deadly crash of a military cargo plane fighting a South Dakota wildfire forced officials to ground seven other Air Force air tankers, removing critical firefighting aircraft from the skies during one of the busiest and most destructive wildfire seasons ever to hit the West. AP Photo/The Denver Post, Helen H. Richardson A United States flag flies on a burnt car as residents were allowed back on Sunday, into the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo., to visit their homes after the...
What started out 11 years ago as a group of friends gathering at Pepin Park for burgers and hot dogs on the Fourth of July has turned into a massive community celebration. Vince and Allen "Woody" Woodwick are prepared to feed a crowd of about 1,500 people at the Wednesday festivities. The celebration will start at noon when Boy and Girl scouts will join veterans group with a presentation of the colors, and Donna Tilleman will sing the national anthem. "As soon as she is done, we will start with the food, " said Vince...
The recount on a legislative primary race that was decided by three votes starts today, with the last counts scheduled Thursday and the results due back to the Montana Secretary of State by July 10. Hill County Clerk and Recorder Darla Dahl said this morning that Rep. Tony Belcourt, D-Box Elder, who lost to Clarena Brockie of Hays 368-371, requested the recount in the five counties through which House District 32 stretches. "We will be having a recount, " Dahl said. "Mr. Belcourt has paid the bond and petitioned for it. "...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Board President Susan Sommers, front, and club Campus Corps volunteer Karlee Young, right, serve birthday cake to Nita and Gerald Johnson during club's 10th anniversary barbecue next to Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods Saturday afternoon. The birthday bashalso included music from the Other Brothers & Sisters while children and families ate lunch and birthday cake and played games. Krista Solomon, executive director of the HELP Committee, looked out over the crowd on 2nd...
Dearling "Del" Daphne Reid died from cancer May 20, 2012. A service honoring Dearling's memory will follow at a later date....
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The more than 1,200 firefighters who are battling the nation's largest wildfire in rugged mountains and canyons of southwestern New Mexico are racing to build lines to corral the massive blaze. The fire had charred more than 354 square miles by Saturday morning, and crews were bracing for more dry and windy conditions. Fire information officer Lee Be AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service Gila National Forest, Brandon Oberhardt This photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a hotshot during burnout o...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The more than 1,200 firefighters who are battling the nation's largest wildfire in rugged mountains and canyons of southwestern New Mexico are racing to build lines to corral the massive blaze. The fire had charred more than 354 square miles by Saturday morning, and crews were bracing for more dry and windy conditions. Fire information officer Lee Be AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service Gila National Forest, Brandon Oberhardt This photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a hotshot during burnout o...
HELENA — Old emails indicate former congressman Rick Hill's agreements to lease office space to the state could have benefited from his wife's position in former Gov. Judy Martz' office, helping support a competitor's allegation that the GOP gubernatorial front-runner got a "sweetheart deal." An Associated Press analysis of emails originally received a decade ago in a records request on another matter help shed light on recent attacks from Corey Stapleton, a former state senator from Billings. Hill is considered the f...
HELENA — Republicans see a golden opportunity to retake a governor's mansion after nearly eight years of living under the shadow of Brian Schweitzer — but first the party has to pick a nominee from a crowded and increasingly contentious primary battle. Former congressman Rick Hill, considered by many in the party to be the front-runner for the nomination heading into Tuesday's primary, is being targeted by the other candidates. At the same time, the candidates are getting into a war with increasingly large job creation pro...
The Montana State University-Northern men's and women's rodeo teams are in the midst of the annual Big Sky Spring Seanson. And this past weekend, the Lights and Skylights competed at the Dawson Community College Rodeo in Glendive. It was a good weekend for Northern's Robert Wagner, who won the saddle bronc riding in the long go around last Friday. Wagner also finished sixth in the saddle bronc in the short go and took third in the average for the weekend. MSU-N's Charlie Mack...
The Hi-Line always houses some of the top athletes in the state, in any sport, and the results of the Top 10 meet in Glasgow proves that to be true about track and field once again. Tuesday night in Glasgow, area athletes competed at the Top 10 meet. And while it was an extremely tough field, plenty of area talent shined above the rest. Chinook stole the show. The subarbeeter boys claimed three top spots, placing in the 800-meter, discus and high jump. It was Kaylan Johnson placing in the 800 with a time of 2:06.9, while...
The Top 10 Meet in Glasgow is without a doubt one of the tougher meets the Havre High Blue Pony track and field team attends each season. And while the entire team doesn't make the trip, a select few from those who do qualify, normally stand out. This season was no different, as the Central A Ponies took a solid group of athletes to Glasgow on Tuesday night. Combined, HHS qualified 11 times, six from the boys' team and five from the girls. Leading the way for the HHS boys, Mason Case placed in both the 100-meter and 200...
It took just five innings for the Havre High softball program to take care of business on Tuesday, proving the Central A Blue Ponies are still hungry for a post season birth. In a make up game, the Ponies hosted the conference rival Browning Indians for one game at the Sixth Avenue Memorial field on Tuesday. The Ponies and Indians previous scheduled meeting was canceled due to poor weather over the weekend. But making sure not to miss any opportunity to play, the Ponies were quick to reschedule, and happily walked away with...
