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Washington's land preservation obsession Just before Christmas with Congress in recess and the public on holiday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued Secretarial Order 3310 that puts the creation of de facto wilderness areas back in the Bureau of Land Management's preservation tool kit. Environmentalists love it; landowners and resource providers not so much. What is particularly egregious about Salazar's order is that it enables the BLM to create wilderness-like areas without the consent of Congress. In the long run it...
Businesses that won't accept Canadian money don't deserve Canadian business Editor: I am a frequent visitor to Havre for family and pleasure purposes. We shop here and come to Havre often. I live in Canada and have been there 35 years, and in that 35 years we have been to Havre many many times. But in the last few months we have been getting negative feed back on the exchange of our money. We have been in a number of places that will not take Canadian money. Why not? It spends like the American dollar. Many of you should know...
No breast cancer golf tournament this year Editor: Hi-Line Women Against Breast Cancer is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that was formed to raise funds for breast cancer patients in our immediate area. We are now in our 11th year. We have had great success in helping local patients with travel expenses including gas, lodging and meals, medication, medical bills, day care, wigs, prosthesis, deductibles and co-insurance payments, and other financial help. Thanks to your support we were able to pay out over $33,000 in aid in...
HELENA — They call it the Constitution Caucus, and its message rang clear as veteran Rep. Krayton Kerns rose in the state House Friday to oppose a bill to provide counseling for children from violent homes. "Don't vote your heart on this one, vote your oath," Kerns urged his fellow legislators. "The constitutional vote on this is no because it will grow government." Rep. James Knox, a freshman Republican from Billings, couldn't have agreed more. Killing the bill wasn't the easy thing to do, he said, but it is why he and o... Full story
HELENA — Republicans running the Legislature made it clear that their opposition to abortion won't get lost amid the push on leading platform issues. About two dozen Republicans appeared at an anti-abortion rally at the state Capitol on Monday. They touted several pieces of GOP-backed legislation that are likely to get support from most of the caucus. GOP leadership has put its focus on such issues as making it easier for natural resource industries to do business in the state and cutting the state budget. But Republicans who... Full story
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Lawmakers scheduled to look at long list of DUI proposals this week were told that juveniles that kill while driving drunk in some cases need to be tried as adults. Rep. Janna Taylor of Dayton told the House Judiciary Committee Monday that her house Bill 18 would let prosecutors try juveniles as adults for vehicular homicide while under the influence. She said prosecutors are currently getting around the problem by trying extreme cases where drunk minors kill others in a crash with a reduced crime of n...
The Havre High boys basketball team nearly upset the Class AA GFH Bison Monday night at the HHS gymnasium. Instead, the Bison nipped the Blue Ponies 53-52. No score for the HHS girls game in Great Falls has been reported... Full story
After a storied comeback, Montana State University-Northern junior defensive end Will Andrews has earned one of the NAIA's highest honors. Late last week, Victory Sports Network, one of the leading authorities on NAIA athletics released its 2010 NAIA All-American Team, and Andrews earned second-team honors at defensive end. Andrews came back for the 2010 season after missing almost two full years with a leg injury, and it was like he never left. He finished second on the Northern defense in sacks, and was among the Frontier...
The Havre High swim teams have already seen plenty of stiff competition in the water this season. But this weekend, the Blue Ponies got a good look at what they will be up against next month at the state meet in Butte. The HHS boys and girls swim teams were in the Swarthout Pool in Great Falls Saturday for the Great Falls Invitational. The nine-team meet featured some of the top Class AA swimmers, as well as Class A rivals Billings Central and Hardin. And since all swimmers race together at the state meet, Saturday's... Full story
Being shorthanded isn't easy, especially when it looks like the women's side of the Frontier Conference is loaded yet again. But being shorthanded on the road is an even more daunting task, and winning on the road is hard enough, even at full strength. And this weekend, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team found life on the road to be difficult yet again, as the Skylights lost at Montana Tech 64-54 on Friday, then fell at UM-Western 70-59 Saturday night in Dillon. Northern has now dropped three... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team didn't accomplish everything it set out to do in Clackamas, Ore., but the Lights came pretty close. Northern was in Clackamas for two days of wrestling, including a close 22-20 dual loss to the Clackamas Cougars in a Friday night dual. Clackamas is the top-ranked NJCAA team in the country, and the Lights were open at 125 pounds, or the dual might have come out differently. But as tough a loss as it was on Friday night, MSU-N bounced back in a big way during Saturday's...
With the Class A duals and post season looming just around the corner, the Havre High wrestling team continues to grow stronger. Friday and Saturday the Central A Blue Ponies were in Missoula for the 34th annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic. And after moving into the No. 7 spot on Friday, the Ponies finished the tournament as the No. 8 team on Saturday with 126.5 points. And though every team present would have liked to grab the No. 1 spot, the Ponies were satisfied with where they finished up. "After you acknowledge you... Full story
After the dust settled on this weekend's Frontier Conference men's basketball games, one thing has become quite clear – the league is wide open. And that's precisely why this weekend's road split was very big for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Northern captured a hard-fought 67-61 win at Montana Tech on Friday night, before dropping its first league game of the season, a 69-64 loss at UM-Western on Saturday night. The split left MSU-N at 2-1 in conference play, but just a half game behind Lewis-Clark State f... Full story
A win is a win, and teams will take them anyway they can. But next time around the Havre High girls basketball team would probably like to do so with five players on the court. Saturday in Conrad the Ponies were able to get back to the win column. The Central A Blue Ponies defeated the Class B Conrad Cowgirls 49-46. But after a strange series of events, the Ponies played the last 1:30 or so with just four girls on the court. And despite the disadvantage, the Ponies were still able to come from behind and capture the nonconfer...
The Havre High girls basketball team is preparing to play its third game against a tough opponent in five days. And after coming off of a 49-46 win over Conrad on Saturday, the Central A Blue Ponies are hoping to continue in their success. But facing a mysterious Class AA Great Falls Bison team won't be easy. And facing them on the road in Great Falls won't be easy either. The Ponies and Bison will tip off tonight at 5:30 p.m. "I know that they are down a little bit this year," Havre High head coach Dustin Kraske said. "But...
Heading into Friday night's game, the Havre Blue Pony boys had spent a lot of time preparing for the conference rival Browning Indians. But even with the prep time, the Indians' pressure proved to be too much. Friday at the Havre High gymnasium the Ponies hosted the Indians in Central A action. But in a dominant win, the Indians defeated the Ponies 70-48. The big difference in the conference matchup was the Indians' pressure defense and high-tempo style of play. "It's one of those deals where if you make mistakes anywhere...
Just one night after a tough loss to a conference opponent, the Havre High boys basketball team was able to come away with a win. Saturday at the Havre High gymnasium the Central A Blue Ponies improved to 3-5 overall with a 51-46 win over the Class B Conrad Cowboys. "That was kind of a gut check," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "We were disappointed with how we played against Browning, we didn't do a good job whether it was offensively or defensively. But I thought the kids came out and played awfully hard on... Full story
The Havre High Blue Ponies are at the tail end of a three game home stand, and as they say, they may have saved the best for last. Tonight at the Havre High gymnasium the Central A Ponies will host the Class AA Great Falls Bison at 5:30 p.m. And sitting at 3-5 overall and 2-3 in league, the Ponies are embarking on their third home game in four days. "We want to go in and compete," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "They (Bison) have an awfully good team and they are athletic. They are going to press us, they are a lot...
HELENA — Eminent domain is again a hot topic at the Legislature. Lawmakers are taking their first look at a bill from landowners and ranchers who feel they have been treated unfairly under eminent domain laws. The landowners argue those behind big projects, such as the Department of Transportation or utilities building transmission lines, can unfairly force them to take bad offers. State Rep. Kelly Flynn of Townsend pitched his proposed fix to the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. It aims to give landowners more power i...
At the end of the second week of legislative control, area Republicans got more good news Friday afternoon. Montana State University-Northern's Dean of Technical Science Greg Kegel spoke to the North Central Montana Pachyderm Club, an "officially recognized allied organization of the Republican Party," n Wolfer's Diner during a lunch meeting Friday. Kegel gave a presentation as a demonstration of what he will be telling the state legislature in the near future. The presentation covered current and upcoming activities on the...
An issue supported by a local group trying to reduce underage drinking is coming up for a hearing this week in the state House of Representatives. House Bill 20, sponsored by Rep. Gordon Hendrick, R-Superior, would allow counties to set social host ordinances that could hold adults responsible when underage drinking occurs on their property. A hearing before the House Local Government Committee will be Thursday. The Hill County Coalition for Rethinking Drinking advocates social host ordinances. It is researching and pushing...
Grant applications, buffalo jump center, are discussed The Hill County Commission heard several requests from the county museum board during a meeting Friday, saying some of them would have to be referred to the Hill County Attorney. That referral specifically regarded the best way to build a new visitors center for the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump archaeological site behind the Holiday Village Mall. John Brumley, the archaeologist at the site, said a new center would help promote the site, but he wants to know more about...
Debate: Would moving from mall be worth the effort? A topic at the meeting Friday between the board of the county museum and the Hill County Commission was whether moving the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum back to the Hill County fairgrounds would be a good idea or even a possibility, with one member of the museum board coming out strongly against it. "I see no advantage to it, personally," board member Gary Wilson told the commissioners. "I think we belong in the (Holiday Village) Mall until we have our...
Rosalind L. Harris, 89, died in the Roundup hospital on Jan. 9, 2011, after complications with Alzheimer's disease. She was born Rosalind Lillian Merten on June 29, 1921, at the family homestead in Petroleum County near Winnett. Her parents, Velma R. Woodard and John F. Merten, came to Montana in 1914 from Nebraska. Her father died when she was 18 years old and, being the oldest of five children, she helped raise her younger siblings, three sisters and one brother. Her mother, Velma Merten, was Clerk and Recorder of Petroleum...
Anne Bachini, 88, peacefully passed away from natural causes on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at Northern Montana Care Center. Anne was born the eighth child of Alfred and Agnes Rehbein in Enid, Mont., on May 10, 1922, and was raised on the family farm near Lambert, Mont. She was the middle child of 15 children. She had seven brothers and seven sisters who all called her 'Sis.' After graduating from high school, she moved to Havre to attend Northern Montana College where she met Vasco Bachini. They were married on July 15, 1941,...
