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I love this time of year. The world is so green and shiny it looks expensive. From a distance the green expanse is like a bit of emerald perfection because — and this is the important part — if I don't look too closely I can imagine that it's all green grass. Lovely grass, lush and splendid, for as far as the eye can see. Of course, that's a sham, a lie, a weak grasp at selfdeception. This isn't the lush, expanse of sod-o-glamor it appears to be, for hidden among the grass, waiting to overwhelm it, is a mess of [insert curse...
I am writing in support of Gina Dahl for Hill County attorney. I have known Gina Dahl for four years and have always found her to be extremely knowledgeable and capable. It is truly important for our Hill County attorney to have the experience and familiarity with the responsibilities and obligations that come with this very important position. I have had many occasions to work with Gina on a variety of issues, and she has always been well-informed, professional and competent. I know Gina has built good working relationships...
To the residents of Havre: I am writing a letter of support for the candidacy of Mike Anderson for Hill County commissioner. I have known Mike Anderson for the 13 years that I have lived in Havre. I have known him in both his roles as fire captain for the Havre Fire Department and as county commissioner. Mike is a man who has spent his life in service to the public. Here is an individual who, through his tenure in the fire department, risked life and limb for complete strangers, asking nothing in return except for a city...
Ruth M. (Carlson) Minnehan, 93, a former Hi-Line school teacher who enjoyed reading and playing bridge, died Monday at a Bozeman nursing home. Graveside services will be 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Hingham Cemetery. Viewing will be at the Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester on Tuesday and Wednesday. Survivors are two sons, Tom Minnehan of Boise, Idaho, and Joe Minnehan of Joplin; eight grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John; and daughter, Lori....
John F. Tempel, 87, a retired Joplin farmer who loved fishing, golfing and snowmobiling, died Wednesday at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre. His funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial with military rites will follow in the Joplin Cemetery. A reception will be held at the church. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Survivors are his wife, Ruby Hagen-Tempel of Clifton, Kan.; seven children, Linda Moore of Butte, Butch Tempel of Joplin, Dolores Cicon of Chester, Rod...
After interviewing two finalists in March, Havre's u n i v e r s i t y i s bringing in two new candidates for the position of vice chancellor and provost. Montana State U n i v e r s i t y - Northern is looking to fill the position of second-incommand at the u n i ve r s i t y, i n charge of academic issues at the institution, due to the retirement of current Provost Joe Callahan. He announced his retirement in January, effective June 30. Northern's search committee had a difficult time narrowing down the field of the 70 outs...
The first, and possibly last, two applicants will be interviewed in early May to fill the position of superintendent of Havre Public Schools. Board of Trustees Chairperson Shad Huston at a board planning meeting Tuesday night declined to name the individuals until they can be notified. The position is currently filled by Interim Superintendent Andy Carlson, who was appointed to the post after Dave Mahon resigned for "personal reasons" in January, after not even seven months in the post. Carlson, who is working to attain his...
Montana's medical board wants to curb the practice of mass screenings and remote doctor teleconferences to certify new medical marijuana patients in a state where the number of registered users has boomed from 800 to 12,000 in about two years. A Montana Board of Medical Examiners review suggests people are being added to the state's medical marijuana registry who do not suffer from the chronic and debilitating conditions that are required for certification, Dr. Dean Center, a Bozeman physician and board member, told state...
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the University of Wyoming must al low 1960s radical William Ayers to speak on the school's campus in Laramie. The university had cited threats of violence in not allowing Ayers to speak at a campus event planned for Wednesday. U.S. Di s t r i c t Judge William Downes said Tuesday that violent threats can't be used as a reason to deny Ayers' right to speak on campus. Ayers, a professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, now plans to speak at UW on Wednesday at the invitation of a...
The creators of "South Park," Trey Parker and Matt Stone, get it. They get the free-speech significance of the Danish Muhammad cartoons epitomized by Kurt Westergaard's bomb-head Muhammad. They even get it across. "It's so sad, the whole Muhammad, the whole Danish cartoon thing," said Stone, Parker seated beside him during a joint interview with the entertainment website Boing Boing. Don't laugh. "Boing Boing" here goes where "elite" media fear to tiptoe, let alone tread. The subject was the 200th episode of "South Park,"...
Gavis A. Schafer, 78, of Havre, died at her home surrounded by her loving family on April 26, 2010, from lung cancer. Gavis was born Jan. 17, 1932, in Almont, N.D., to Bernard E. and Rena (Johnson) Ringham. She attended school in Almont and also attended Dickinson State University. Gavis met and later married Richard Schafer on Sept. 2, 1953, in Almont, N.D. To this union were born two daughters, Cheryl and Julie, and one son, Kelly. Richard and Gavis lived in Billings, Mont., and Jamestown, N.D., before coming to Havre in...
After a tough weekend of competition in Belgrade, the Havre High boys and girls track teams wasted no time finding another invitational to attend. On Tuesday, the Central A Blue Ponies were in Malta where they participated in the Malta Athletic Club Invitational. The girls squad had another strong weekend with a second-place finish, scoring 80 points and falling only to Malta (166.5). Wolf Point took third with 62 points. On the boys side, the Ponies earned a third-place finish with 65 points. Malta earned another...
The Hill County Park Board during its meeting Monday evening will look at how to update and codify regulations on grazing cattle in Beaver Creek Park. Steve Mariani, who chairs the park board, said the board is simply looking at tweaking the rules if necessary and primarily writing down procedures that have been followed for decades. "We want, in writing, the policies and procedures we already know, and it has worked for 50 years and worked very well," he said. Mariani said the board's Grazing Committee already has met and...
The Havre Health & Safety Fair at Holiday Village Mall often attracts thousands of people interested in learning more about ways to detect and prevent disease. Organizers think that will be true again Saturday, when Holiday Village Mall and Northern Montana Health Care sponsor the event, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Holiday Village Mall. Like other organizations, Northern Montana Health Care employees will be volunteering their time to help the crowds of interested people, said Gina Barker, Northern Montana Health Care's director...
Two orphans from Haiti who were adopted by a Glendive family have arrived in Montana. John and Kristen Marble had been working for four years to adopt now 9-year-old Florencia and 8-year-old Viergine. The paperwork was nearly complete when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, devastating Port-au-Prince, where the girls lived in an orphanage. Since then, the Marbles and a dozen other Montana families who were adopting Haitian orphans sought to speed up the process, getting help from Sens. Max Baucus and John...
Hearing that funds for the new automotive technology center were cut from the state budget was a difficult pill to swallow, the dean of Montana Stuate University- Northern's College of Technical Sciences said this morning. "This isn't good news," Greg Kegel said. "This is heartwrenching," he said, adding that Northern will continue to rally support for the idea and proceed with work, using what funds still will be available. Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced Wednesday $56 million in cuts he plans to make in the state budget by...
A drop in new jobless claims came in short of expectations and factory orders rose only slightly, fresh evidence the economy is recovering at a slow, uneven pace. The Labor Department said this morning that first-time jobless claims dropped by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 470,000. Analysts had expected a steeper drop to 450,000, according to Thomson Reuters. The four week average, which smooths out volatility, rose for the second straight week to 456,250. The average had fallen for 19 straight weeks before starting to...
Democratic lawmakers must soon decide whether President Barack Obama is leading them toward statesmanlike courage or political folly with his take-no-prisoners reassertion of an ambitious social agenda. Obama used his first State of the Union speech Wednesday to push nervous Democrats to forge ahead on health care, despite voters' worries and opposition from newly strengthened Republicans. Sharpening his focus on the economy, he offered a hodgepodge of tax breaks and other incentives to create new jobs. For Republicans,...
When I was growing up I learned that it was important that I always get it "Right", do things the "Right Way". The "Right Way" was never spelled out for me. So I had to watch like a hawk and hope to figure "It" out. But, if I did not catch on in time, I caught a different "It." This "It" meant a willow switch to the back of my legs or humiliation or harsh words. "Antoinette insisted we put together a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle," my daughter announced with laughter. "Five hundred pieces! But Annie is only 4. She won't have the...
This is a thank-you letter to all the very kind neighbors and friends who have so kindly kept my driveway and sidewalks shoveled this long, ongoing, cold and snowy winter. Some of you are so bundled up against the elements that I don't recognize you but thank you and those I do know: Pat Ettien, Brent Melle, Mrs. Biem, Chris Obresley and her son Spencer, Val and Randy Hanson, and Jennifer and Tyson Thivierge. I live in a wonderful neighborhood, and you people are part of it. I can certainly attest to some of the advantages...
Margaret "Peggy" (Anderson) Wicks, 82, a North Joplin farm wife and homemaker, who moved to Rudyard in 1984 and was active at the Rudyard Senior Center, died from cancer on Saturday at the Liberty Medical Center in Chester. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rudyard. Following burial at the Rudyard Cemetery, a reception will be held at the church. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester. Peggy was preceded in death by her husband, Bertram, and an infant daughter, Norma...
The nonconference schedule is used to make teams better for when they face conference opponents. And with two more nonconference games scheduled for the Havre High girls basketball team, the Blue Ponies are in for a big test. Tonight the Central A Ponies (3-4, 3-8) are in Great Falls where they will face the Class AA CMR Rustlers at 7. And on Saturday the Ponies will return to the Havre High gymnasium where they will host the Class AA Great Falls High Bison at 5 p.m. "You learn from these games that don't mean anything in you...
