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Betty Ann Callison Villett Betty Ann Callison Villett, 69, was welcomed by the angels of heaven on Jan. 4, 2013, after complications from a series of strokes. Her memorial service will be 11 a. m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with Pastor John Ulrich officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service. Memorials in Betty's honor may be made to Kitty Keepers of Havre. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Betty...
The holiday break went by fast. And before fans knew it, high school girls basketball team's were back at it. This weekend saw the resumption of the high school season, and also the start of the drive towards postseason play. The action was fast and furious right from the start this weekend with the renewal of an old rivalry Thursday night in Rocky Boy. The Rocky Boy Morning Stars and Big Sandy Pioneers battled for many years in the District 9C, and were two of the most...
After a good holiday break, with not too many basketball games being played on the Hi-Line, boys basketball teams finally returned to the hardwood over the weekend. On Thursday, the rolling Class B Rocky Boy Stars remained undefeated on the season with a 96-77 win over the Class C Big Sandy Pioneers. The Pioneers are still fighting to stay atop the 9C, while the Stars have surprised a lot of teams with their flawless 1B record. The Stars were in control of the game from the get go, leading 20-12 after the first frame. They...
Betty Ann Callison Villett Betty Ann Callison Villett, 69, was welcomed by the angels of heaven on Jan. 4, 2013, after complications from a series of strokes. Her memorial service will be 11 a. m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with Pastor John Ulrich officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service. Memorials in Betty's honor may be made to Kitty Keepers of Havre. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Betty...
The Havre Public Schools and Havre Area Chamber of Commerce again are teaming up to provide a connection to local lawmakers while they legislate in Helena. Starting Tuesday, Jan. 15, the partners will offer a video conference with local legislators. Local residents are invited to go to the video conference, scheduled to run from noon to 1 p. m. in a meeting room on the second floor of the Robins Administrative Building on 6th Street, across from Dairy Queen, to ask their legislators about issues and hear updates on what is ha...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured. Giffords and Mark Kelly wrote in an op-ed published in USA Today that their Americans for Responsible Solutions initiative would help raise money to support greater gun control efforts. "Achieving reforms to reduce gun violence and prevent mass shootings will mean matching g...
The trial of a Chester man accused of sexually molesting minor-aged girls during the 1990s started Monday in Havre, with the trail scheduled to last up to five days. The state charged Donald Wayne Pulst June 5 with three felony charges, two counts of sexual assault and one of sexual intercourse without consent, and a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure. State District Judge Dan Boucher scheduled the trial to last up to five days. The trial was moved to Havre from its jurisdiction in Liberty County, where Boucher also...
After an intense discussion on an idea to charge cabin owners in Beaver Creek Park the fees to pay for garbage removal, the Hill County Park Board set a committee to look at that idea along with other items on the board agenda including regulations on dogs, outbuildings at cabins and using hanging park permits. "These are all kind of contentious items, " said board member Robbie Lucke. It was Lucke who suggested at the board's December meeting that board members talk to cabin owners about charging a garbage fee. He requested...
People arrested on drug or alcohol-related crimes in Hill County have a new option, with Havre's branch of the 24/7 Sobriety Program which officially started this morning. The program requires participants to come to the Havre Police Department twice a day, between 7 and 8 a. m. and again between 7 and 8 p. m., to take a breathalyzer test every day. They can be assigned to the program as a condition of release, while they wait for trial, or as a corrective action in a final sentencing. This method first appeared in Montana...
The Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line is undertaking an ambitious program to remodel its facilities, expanding its space to provide additional resources to its members and the community at-large. The expansion will make the building more attractive and help enable the club to increase the number of kids who can use the facility every day. Of course, it will cost money to build the expansion., but probably not as much as it might cost other agencies. The Boys & Girls Club, in its decade of existence, has built a reputation of...
The Montana Legislature opens its session this week with lawmakers on all sides promising that this will be a productive session with people working across the aisle to find solutions to problems. We'll see. The Montana constitution mandates that lawmakers meet for 90 days every two years. As the session began Monday, the oft-heard joke was repeated: Montanans would be better off if the Legislature meet for two days every 90 years. John Kelleher It wouldn't be better for the news media that covers the session. Lawmakers this...
More than a decade ago, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously summarized a quandary we face in national security: there are things we know, things we know we don't know, and things we don't know we don't know. Rumsfeld took flak in the media for his wordplay, but the concept he tried to express is one that we face both in and out of the national security arena. In health insurance, for example, we know the cost of insurance and the cost of health care are out of control. Chalk that one up in the "things we know"...
0MISSOULA (AP) — A parolee suspected of running over a Missoula police officer who was trying to arrest her is being held under guard in the hospital where she is being treated for a gunshot wound, the Missoula County sheriff's office said Tuesday. Dawnette Eaton, 47, was shot when Lt. Rich Stepper fired at her car after she backed over another police officer, Deni Poling, on Monday night at a fast-food restaurant and dragged Poling under the vehicle, police said. Poling's injuries included a fractured hip, fractured leg and...
The Bureau of Reclamation said Tuesday that it will increase access to the popular fishing site on Milk River near Fresno Dam. Access was cut off after the Sept. 11 attacks. "After listening to comments from the public and evaluating the situation, Reclamation has determined that our safety and security needs can be met while accommodating additional public access." said Mike LaFrentz, BOR's Marias-Milk Rivers division manager. Fencing will be installed as part of the changes in security, he said. Construction should be...
Kade Rismon, Havre Boys Basketball The Havre High boys basketball team had a big weekend, winning its first two games of the season. And junior forward Kade Rismon was a big reason why the Blue Ponies swept Lewistown and Shelby. Rismon scored 16 points and pulled down seven rebounds in Havre's 60-53 win over the Eagles Friday night at the HHS gymnasium. He Kade Rismon added 10 points in Saturday's 57-34 win at Shelby as Havre improved to 2-5 on the season. Rismon is in his third year of varsity basketball at Havre, where...
Class A Invite At Havre Community Pool GIRLS TEAM SCORES Havre 501, Billings Central 422, Hardin 159 BOYS TEAM SCORES Billings Central 484, Havre 331, Hardin 258 Girls 200 Medley Relay – 1. Billings Central 2:13.09; 2. Havre A (Smith, Reighgard, Pepprock, Martin), 2:31.39; 3. Hardin, 2:42.84; 4. Havre B (French, Price, Jappe, Barkus), 2:49.90. Boys 200 Medley Relay – 1. Billings Central, 2:00.04; 2. Hardin, 2:11.98; 3. Havre A (Riphenburg, Fialkosky, O'Leary, Rhines), 2:1...
Lights Football Camp Montana State University-Northern football coaching staff is putti9ng on a day came for grades K-8. The camp will run from June 3-5 with grades K-4 going from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and grades K-5 going from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $60 per camper and they can register at 8 a.m. June 3 at the Armory Gymnasium lobby, or by going to www.msun.edu/athletics. Lights Basketball Camps Northern head coach Shawn Huse is offering three youth basketball camps this summer. Lights Basketball Camps are open to all...
Once again, the Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Courts in Havre will be the sight of some intense tennis action. Friday-Saturday, Havre will host the Northern B-C Girls Divisional Tennis Tourmament, with coveted berths in next week's B-C state tourney on the line. Chinook's Mariah Swank hits a forehand during a dual against Havre High earlier this spring in Havre. The Beeters host the Northern B-C Girls Divisional Friday-Saturday in Havre. The Northern B-C features defending...
After multiple knee injuries, Blue Pony senior Roxanna Jensen is having a big senior season on the diamond One of the most devastating things that can happen to an athlete in any stage of his or career is to suffer a major injury. Knee injuries seem to be more and more common, and while they may be serious, they can be overcome. Havre High senior Roxanna Jensen has had to come back from a serious knee injury, not once, but twice. Havre High's Roxanna Jensen has returned from a devestating knee injury to have a big senior...
Nina T. Brown Nina T. Brown, 79, of Havre, director of Child Evangelism for the Hi-Line, went to her final rewards in Heaven at 4:30 a.m. on May 5, 2013. Nina's Memorial Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2013, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home with Chad Leathermon officiating. Nina has been cremated and will be buried with her husband at East Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Brunswick, Ohio. The family has requested that memorials be made to a mission of your choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
Mark Richard, 58, passed away in his home in Denver, Colo. He was very passionate about his job driving the city transit bus and about all of his family. He loved his artwork, woodworking, camping and fishing. He was proud to serve in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged. He was preceded in death by his father, Gerald Richard, and survived by his daughter, Tana Richard; mother, Donna Richard; sister, Debby Joy; niece, Erin; nephew, Ryan; girlfriend, Crystal Sparks, and her son, Jason Jordan. Services are...
The Hill County Park Board heard about activities at a special meeting at Beaver Creek Park Monday, complete with a potluck dinner served by the Friends of Beaver Creek Park. Board Chair Steve Mariani echoed board member Robbie Lucke in thanking the group, formed to help raise funds for maintenance and improvement at the park and to provide volunteers, for the dinner. "As Robbie said, we need to do this more often," Mariani said. The board then approved, by acclamation with no votes against, keeping Mariani as chair and...
The Hill County Park Board heard during its monthly meeting Monday a preview of the budget proposal and an update on Beaver Creek Park rules, as well as a discussion of setting up a reserve account and possibly setting some new fees for campers or RV dumping at Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar gave the board his draft budget and asked them to review it to discuss in depth at the next board meeting. The budget is due to go before the Hill County Commission for approval in June. "I'd like some input on...
Directors of "Winter in the Blood" had hoped to premiere their movie in Havre, but they will have to settle for the prestigious Los Angeles Film Festival. Festival organizers announced that 12 movies, including "Winter in the Blood," have been chosen to premiere at the festival, which runs June 13-23. Co-director Andrew Smith said he was "thrilled and honored" that the film was chosen to debut at LAFF." Most of the film was shot on the Hi-Line, especially in Havre, Chinook and Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, in the summer of...
A day after the tribal government at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation issued a press release denouncing allegations of misuse of federal money, the federal government unsealed indictments on six people including two prominent tribal officials. The indictments allege embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal stimulus money for a regional water project. Chippewa Cree Business Committee member and former chair John "Chance" Houle, 47, who is also vice chairman of the Chippewa Cree Construction Corp. and...
