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Editor: As a former chairman of the Board of Regents I wish the current board well. I am especially interested in the success of our students and wonder if there are significant efforts to resolve the following: 1. What is being done to reduce the time to graduation? It used to be four years but currently a very large number of our students must stay for almost six. If there is not a consistent understanding of why students don't graduate in a timely manner and general agreement about what needs to be done, I am not sure the...
BILLINGS (AP) — Kevin Reski thought the "Dirty Jobs" staff from the Discovery Channel TV show had made a mistake when they called to ask him about filming an episode with his tower-building crew. "This is no dirty job, it just sucks," he said he told them. "Living on the road sucks. Staying in hotels sucks. Eating restaurant food sucks. The other guys in the crew suck. "They said sucky is good, we're down to sucky jobs." The episode ends the show's 50-state tour and airs on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Dramatic aerial video clips from t...
FALL RIVER, Mass. — A former Massachusetts dentist was sentenced to one year in jail Monday for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. Dr. Michael Clair pleaded guilty earlier this month to a list of charges, including assault and battery, defrauding Medicaid of $130,000, illegally prescribing medications and witness intimidation. Prosecutors said Clair sometimes used sections of paper clips when performing root canals in an effort to save money. Some of his patients reported infections and o...
Over the next six months, Havre will be challenged to come up with the image it wants to present to the rest of the world. A series of meetings will be held to get people's ideas on what the city's "brand" ought to be. Guiding the discussion will be Johna Wilcox, an account manager for Great Falls-based Wendt Integrated Communications. The program is being paid for by the Tourism Business Improvement District, which is funded by a $1 per bed tax volunteered by four major hotels in Havre. The brand, Wilcox told the tourism...
A local communications cooperative has received a national award for its work … in economic development. Foundation for Rural Service selected Triangle Communications as the 2011 recipient of their Community Development Award, representatives of Triangle announced in a press release. The award comes after four years of a Triangle team — Marketing and Public Relations Manager Christy Keto, Public Relations Specialist Kev Campbell and Economic Development Specialist Anne Boothe — working on Triangle's public relations and e...
FALL RIVER, Mass. — A former Massachusetts dentist was sentenced to one year in jail Monday for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. Dr. Michael Clair pleaded guilty earlier this month to a list of charges, including assault and battery, defrauding Medicaid of $130,000, illegally prescribing medications and witness intimidation. Prosecutors said Clair sometimes used sections of paper clips when performing root canals in an effort to save money. Some of his patients reported infections and o...
Nearly a year to the day after Havre High School's roof collapse, "Hill County High School District No. A" filed a complaint against the groups responsible for the destruction. A complaint was filed Dec. 29 against Dick Anderson Construction, which built the roof; Springer Group Architects, the Bozeman-based firm that designed the roof; and a list of 25 "John Does, " or "currently unidentified persons or entities potentially liable. " According to a spring-time report by TD&H Engineering from Great Falls, which formed the rec...
Dorothy Ann Langel was born Jan. 20, 1945, to Arnold and Helen (McCann) Langel in Havre, living most of her life on the farm at Goldstone north of Rudyard until she moved with her mother to the Liberty County Nursing Facility in Chester. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, Dorothy peacefully passed away. She enjoyed a long, stress-free life and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at 11 a. m. at the Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chester. A reception will follow at the...
CAPTION Bernice Rose Peterson, 87, of Havre, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. In accordance with Bernice's wishes, cremation has taken place, and a memorial service will take place at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church at 1 p. m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, with Father Dan Wathen officiating. The family plans a reception following the service at St. Jude's Parish Center. Her ashes will be placed next to her loving husband in Highland Cemetery in a private family ceremony. Memorials in Bernice'...
Last week, 24 U.S. senators, including Montana's Tester and Baucus, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging the members to take "the necessary actions to protect consumers and ensure that the widespread and frequent occurrence of undelivered calls to rural areas is addressed." Rural telecom networks, which consistently provide superior voice and data services to their customers, are getting blamed for the failure of telephone calls to reach their customers. In fact, the calls are blocked "upstream;"...
WASHINGTON — Whether negotiated in a rush before the new year or left for early January, the fiscal deal President Barack Obama and Congress cobble together will be far smaller than what they initially envisioned as an alternative to purposefully distasteful tax increases and spending cuts. Instead, their deal, if a deal they indeed cut, will put off some big decisions about tax and entitlement changes and leave other deadlines in place that will likely lead to similar moments of brinkmanship, some in just a matter of w...
WASHINGTON — The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the "fiscal cliff" offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every worker. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he's yet to receive a response to an offer he made on Saturday evening to Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., the top Democratic negotiator. The Kentucky Republican said he's reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in hopes of breaking the impasse a...
HELENA — New laws going into place with the new year will require Montanans seeking state services to prove they are U.S. citizens, and require minors under 16 to receive parental permission for an abortion. The laws were enacted last month by voters and are by far the most significant of a handful of legislation that will be taking effect. Nearly 80 percent of voters approved a measure that requires every person who seeks any state service to prove that they are a U.S. citizen or in the country legally. Supporters argue i...
The incoming chair of the state House of Representatives Education Committee has some issues she wants to look at for the future of Montana education, but the likely state Superintendent of Public Education says pushing for changes on those issues would be a mistake. Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, said in an interview last week that she wants to look at some things when she takes over as chair of the committee, including loosening the state government's grip on details of local school operation, and finding ways to give parents...
Local complaints failed to hold up the state Land Board during their Nov. 19 meeting, where board members unanimously approved the state's purchase of the Milk River Ranch, though they hold out hope for the final step in the purchase, the Dec. 10 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission conference call. The 4,500 acre ranch is being split, with nearly 3,000 acres being sold to FWP for $4.7 million and the other 1,500 acres being sold to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation for about $1 million. Local landow...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Cindy Erickson, Havre Public Schools trustee, joins in with a sixth-grade social studies class Thursday afternoon at Havre Middle School. The Havre Public Schools' Board of Trustees like to see what's happening in the schools, and this year they're getting a better view than usual, from the students' desks. In place of an annual bus tour, called the Yellow Bus Tour, the trustees have begun a new program, Big for a Day, in which each board members follows a student's schedule at a particular...
Joseph 'Joe' Peter Folk Joseph Peter Folk, 80, of Havre, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, Mont., of natural causes. His memorial Mass will be 1 p. m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery. Memorials in Joseph's honor may be made to the St. Jude Parish Center. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Joe was born March 14,...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — At least one person was killed and another wounded Friday morning in an attack at a central Wyoming community college. Police took into custody one person who was injured and may also have died following the attack that happened just before 9 a.m. at Casper College, school spokesman Rich Fujita said. Authorities were searching the campus for any additional suspects, Fujita said. "They are reasonably certain that the one and only suspect is in custody, but they told us they can't be 100 percent certain th...
CHEYENNE, Wyo.— An attack at a community college in central Wyoming and another location nearby left three people dead Friday morning — a faculty member, another person, and the suspect, who police say used a sharp-edged weapon in the killings. Police found two of those killed at a science building on the Casper College campus and the third at another location about 2 miles away. AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers Law enforcement officers from various agencies prepare to sweep the Wold Physical Science Center aft...
It's the holiday season, and there is not much to dart along the Hi-Line. So here are some laurels: Laurel — The Hill County Conservation District is completing a restoration of land at Beaver Creek Park. A road was in disrepair, so people created other paths to their cabins. That left some of the tender land with ruts all over it. That endangers the creek and the soil with the water runoff. The district's efforts are an important part of maintaining the park, Hill County's real jewel. Laurel _ Harley Edmonds, a Havre M...
My needs were simple enough. From time to time I make custom lamp shades. Recently two different people brought me two sets of lamps for new shades. Unfortunately, the old shades were missing. Most lamps come to me with their old shades, ragged and pitiful, but the frames are usable once I strip them down. I have a generous collection of my own vintage frames, but as I sorted through them I discovered that I had none that could be used for these jobs. Sondra Ashton So I fired...
The committee charged with a remap of the state legislative districts will meet in Helena Friday. The bipartisan panel has already designed the new state House districts, and the process thus far has had mixed results for the Hi-Line. The city of Havre will be one district, meeting the requirements that districts be compact and contiguous. The districts covering the rural areas of the Hi-Line are oddly shaped districts that meander through hither and yon. The Helena panel now has to pair two House districts together to form...
Editor: I enthusiastically support the decision of Gov. Brian Schweitzer and the Montana Land Board to purchase for the state of Montana the large acreage along the upper Milk River and in the Sweet Grass Hills. For too long the striking scenery and historical significance of the upper Milk River has been overlooked. Even Captain Meriwether Lewis made a significant error of his expedition when he failed to trace the Milk River to its source in the Rocky Mountains. Lewis and his fellow explorer, William Clark, decided on an...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team got the annual Battle of the Rockies off to a perfect start by going 3-0 in the dual portion of the tournament Friday in Great Falls. Northern beat NCAA DII McKendree College 30-18 Friday afternoon, then beat 15th-ranked Indiana Tech 26-24. The Lights capped the day with a dominant 37-18 win over Western Region rival Embry-Riddle Friday night. Ethan Hinebauch, Cameron Neiss, Hunter Azure and Duell Stadel all went 3-0 on the day for the No. 7 Lights. Northern will compete...
MSU-Northern's Corbin Pearson, middle, splits two Carroll College defenders during Friday night's Frontier Conference men's basketball game in Havre. Talk about a hot start. The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team began defense of its Frontier Conference title in the best way possible - by thrashing rival Carroll College 85-66 Friday night at the Armory Gymnasium in Havre. The Lights rode the wave from the 3-point-line as they went 12-of-20 and shot better...
