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William Norman Koepke Jr., 67, died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at Northern Montana Care Center, of complications from progressive supranuclear palsy. Cremation has taken place, and at his request, no services will be held. Private family burial will be held at a later time. Memorials in Bill's honor may be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. William was born Oct. 9, 1942, in Cut Bank, Mont., to William Norman and Mary (Nanini) Koepke Sr. He was raised in Cut Bank...
Frank Adam (Edamo) Filicetti was born Aug. 4, 1927, in Havre, Mont., the youngest son of Rosario and Luigina Filicetti. He passed away after a longterm illness at Hillcrest Manor in Sunnyside, Wash., Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, two days shy of his 83rd birthday. A graduate of Havre High School in Havre, Mont., he served in the Army during the Korean War as a chaplain's aide. He came home and completed his education at Washington State University, where he majored in pharmacy and always remained a loyal Cougar fan. He was a member...
Recreational boaters are back and the fish are biting in the u p p e r r e a c h e s o f t h e Mi s s o u r i Ri ve r sys t em. Hundreds of miles downstream, fully laden barges are again plying the Big Muddy without worry of hitting bottom. Low river levels caused by a decade of dry conditions in the Missouri River basin have been reversed by rains and robust snow runoff, and the warring over water among downstream and upstream states has ebbed until the next drought hits. Now, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages...
Raspberry jam on toast — a treat to the tongue; raspberry jelly — a ruby jewel; raspberry syrup drizzled on pancakes — perfection; raspberry pie — divine. At the rear of my lot sits a cabin. Originally it sat where my house is now, home to one of Harlem's original families. At present it houses garden tools and junk. Since my only tools consist of trowel, shovel, rake, pitchfork, and two hand-held whickerwhackers, the cabin mostly holds junk. Its chief purpose is to provide a backdrop for my raspberry patch, for the ground...
There is no doubt, the 2010 Frontier Conference football season will feature a league loaded with individual talent. But perhaps no position in the league is more talented from top to bottom then the most prestigious position of them all — quarterback. And this season, the Frontier might have the best crop of quarterbacks in all of NAIA football. Heading into the season, which gets under way on the final Saturday in August, five of the six teams in the league return their starting signal callers, and all five of those p...
A 3-year-old boy from Washington state was struck and killed by a vehicle at a wedding near Havre over the weekend. Dustin Baxter says he, his wife Karrie and their three boys were visiting Karrie's family near Great Falls. They were at a family wedding in Beaver Creek Park on Saturday when the tragedy happened. Dustin Baxter says he had gone inside to ask for the quickest route back to Great Falls when the tragedy happened. When he came back outside, Baxter learned that someone leaving the wedding had accidentally backed...
A 24-year-old Havre woman was killed early this morning in a one-vehicle rollover about four miles south of town on Beaver Creek Road. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of her family. The Montana Highway Patrol crash report says the woman was driving a 2001 GMC Sierra pickup north on Montana Highway 234 at 2:30 a.m. when she went off the road on a curve. The vehicle went into the ditch and hit an approach, flipping at least three times and landed on its wheels. The driver, who was alone in the...
In a much talked about mill levy request by Havre Public Schools on Tuesday's ballot, voters narrowly approved a $44,552 mill levy for the high school district in the closest vote of the night, 642 to 629. "This is the closest the mill levy has ever been," said Shad Huston, the current board of trustees chairperson, calling that vote the most important one of the election. "I hope that the district can gain the trust back." Huston, a one-term incumbent, lost the trustee election with 455 votes to newcomer Mark Magelssen, who...
Wind was roaring through the state Tuesday with the Havre-area getting its fair share, uprooting trees, taking out power and even closing schools in north-central Montana. Darin Hannum, vice principal of Box Elder High School and assistant superintendent for the Box Elder District, said the schools there were closed shortly after the day started. "About 9 a.m. we lost power, and we did not get it back till about 8:10 last night," he said. That closed the school, with no electricity and no water. Students were back in class...
This letter is written in support of retaining Gina Dahl as Hill County attorney. Gina has the breadth and depth of experience necessary in order to keep the office of county attorney running smoothly and effectively. The position requires more than prosecuting cases in the courtroom. The entire county government relies upon the person in this position to provide legal advice and assistance on a daily basis as well as guiding the deputy county attorney, staff attorneys and administrative staff in their daily work. In...
Just two days after both the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams faced a tough Great Falls High team, the Blue Ponies hand their hands full with an even tougher Class AA program. On Monday both Central A Pony squads faced the always tough Class AA CMR Rustlers. The HHS girls hosted the Rustlers and lost 52-34 at the Havre High gymnasium, and the HHS boys were on the road where they lost 78-44 in Great Falls. Playing at home, the Pony girls knew they had a challenge awaiting them. And in the first half, the Ponies were...
Esther K. Jones, 87, died Feb. 5, 2010, in Victorville, Calif. She was born on Sept. 4, 1922, to Yetta and Morris Kornberg in Philadelphia, Pa. The family moved to Los Angeles when she was 3 years old. World War II interrupted her college education. She contributed to the war effort by working as a riveter in the aircraft industry. After the war, she gave free reign to her independent spirit and worked her way north at jobs such as migrant fruit picker, waitress and cook. She met Norman A. Jones in Cheyenne, Wyo. They married...
The best short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be headed out to sea today in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away. At about midday, a barge will haul the 100-ton contraption 50 miles offshore to a spot where a mile-deep gusher from a blown-out undersea well has been spewing at least 210,000 gallons of crude a day into the Gulf for two weeks. BP spokesman John Curry said it would be...
Great Falls police officers serving a warrant in a burglary case discovered 40 cats in the suspect's trailer house. The cats were moved to the Great Falls animal shelter, where they are being quarantined. Shelter manager Jamie Bennett says some of the cats had upper respiratory problems, but were doing OK for the most part. Sgt. Jeff Newton said Billy Ray Hackler was arrested last Friday on a warrant accusing him of burglary and theft. Officers ended up calling Animal Control, Great Falls Fire/Rescue and others, who spent...
For the last four years it's been school, volleyball practice, choir and then homework. Or depending on what time of year it is, it's been school, track practice, choir and then homework. And in the busiest of times, Havre High senior Karla Hellegaard may have even added another round of choir practice or performances to her demanding daily routine as a very active member in the St. Jude's Catholic Church. To say the least, Hellegaard's high school career hasn't been a cakewalk. And though she is keen on the fact that her rig...
When vintner Randall Grahm chose the softly sloping hillside and time to plant his new pinot noir vines, he weighed all the things farmers usually consider: drainage, soil quality and weather. Then he considered less orthodox factors: the cosmic and seasonal rhythms at play and how they might be harnessed to help the clippings take root. Grahm, who owns Bonny Doon winery on the Northern California coast, is one of a growing number of farmers in the United States employing a holistic farming philosophy sometimes called...
The public conversation about how to regulate medical marijuana has been an emotional one, with people from both sides of the issue making their points. Some people want a moratorium, some want an out-and-out ban and some want its use to continue under state law. All who have spoken have agreed that more regulation of the substance is not an option, but a necessity. Medical cannabis user Ric Cecil, who holds a doctorate in psychology and a license in family therapy, said that patients who use cannabis are not as adverse to...
Montana wheat farmers, who already pay more to get their grain to market than farmers just about anywhere else, will see another rate hike for their 2010 crops, an industry group said Friday. BNSF Railway Co. Is increasing its rates beginning Aug. 1 by 2½ cents per bushel on its 110-car and 48-car trains, and by 4½ cents per bushel for smaller trains, the Montana Grain Growers Association said in an e-mail to its members on Friday. BNSF is increasing its rates systemwide, the association said. Lola Raska, head of the M...
A Montana lawmaker plans to examine emerging legal problems concerning medical marijuana later this month when she calls together a legislative committee. Rep. Diane Sands of Missoula chairs the Children, Families, Health, and Human Se rvi c e s Int e r im Committee. The Democratic lawmaker said she wants the committee to help identify problems, prioritize them and develop a list for the 2011 legislative session. One legal question is whether a patient or caregiver who lives within the 1,000-foot drug-free zone of a school...
Come on, Sandra! Don't even think about forgiving that two-timing Jesse James creep. And REALLY! What a pathetic apology. Scrape the jerk off and get on with life. We're turning into jellyfish do-gooders — obsessed with forgiveness and it's undermining the very foundation of our society — turning us into absolution wimps. Doesn't anybody remember the self-gratifying feeling of seeking revenge, wanting to see the looser who violated us squirm, holding a simple grudge, or playing a prank involving plastic wrap and a toi...
We seniors need the modest Social Security cost-of-living adjustment which we should get every year but Obama needs to pay for health care. Gas prices, poser bills, prescription drugs, insurance keep rising in cost and we seniors struggle to pay for them, Congress and Obama need to stop spending for "tunnels for turtles" and focus on the elderly — instead of taking our Medicare money which will put us on Medicaid. Our purchasing powers have been diminished, and we need to call our congressmen to support and vote for e...
Leslie S. Zygmond, 70, died March 29, 2010, of heart failure. She was born in Wichita, Kan., to Eunice M. and Chester K. Shore. In 1962, she married Jack J. Zygmond in Helena, Mont. They lived in Helena, Mont. And Santa Fe, N.M. In 1969, they moved to Larned, Kan., where they purchased a family newspaper, The Tiller and Toiler. They owned and operated this daily newspaper until 1987. Leslie was a photojournalist and served as editor of The Tiller and Toiler until it was sold in 1987. She became an LPN in 1987 and worked many...
Wilma J. (Morsette) Lavenger, 53, passed away on April 1, 2010, in Billings, due to cancer. Funeral services will be Monday, April 5, 2010, at 10 a.m., in the Rocky Boy Senior Citizen Center, with burial following at Rocky Boy Cemetery. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook...
Jeanice Downhour, 75, passed away on April 1, 2010, at her residence in Chinook due to cancer. Her funeral Mass will be Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at 11 a.m,. in St. Gabriel's Catholic Church with burial following in Harlem Cemetery at 2 p.m.The rosary will be recited on Tuesday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in St. Gabriel's Catholic Church. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
The retirement savings and assets of an entire generation of Americans are stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable t o t h e S o c i a l S e c u r i t y Administration. It's time to start cashing them in. For more than two decades, Social Security, the federal pension system, collected more money in payroll taxes than it paid out in benefits — billions more each year. Not anymore. This year, for the first time since the 1980s, when Congress last o...
