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Articles from the February 17, 2023 edition


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  • Top-seeded Bears roar in win over the Thunderbirds

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 20, 2024

    As the top seed in the District 9C boys tournament, the Box Elder Bears wanted to get the week started on the right foot. Mission accomplished. Thursday afternoon in Havre, Box Elder opened the 2023 9C tourney with a 94-58 win over Hays-Lodge Pole, advancing to tonight's semifinals in the process. "There's always things we can do better, we're always looking to improve,' longtime Box Elder head coach Jeremy MacDonald said. "But as far as this game goes, I am pretty happy with...

  • Commission continues public comment restriction despite criticism

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Feb 18, 2023

    At their business meeting Thursday, the Hill County Commission heard another objection to a recent decision to restrict public comments at their weekly business meetings. Rickie Magnussen, a resident of Havre and former administrator of a now-closed nursing home, said he’s concerned with the recent decision to restrict public comments and the way the change was handled. Two weeks ago, Hill County Commission Chair Mark Peterson announced that from now on, the public and county officials will no longer be permitted to speak d...

  • Students back at HMS after bomb threat

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Students are back at Havre Middle School after a bomb threat forced an evacuation Thursday, and the incident is still being investigated by Havre Police. A release from the school yesterday said students and staff were all safe and were bused to Fifth Avenue Christian Church to be reunited with their parents or guardians after the threat was found. Havre Chief of Police Gabe Matosich said this morning that no device was found and students are back in school today. The release said, a note found in a middle school bathroom at...

  • From the Fringe ... I've always felt the 9C Tournament was the biggest show in town

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Inside what I consider to be the best hospitality room each year, a close friend of mine walked up to me and quietly said: "You're going to miss this." The "this" he was referring to, in the moment anyway, was covering the 9C tournament and he isn't wrong. In my humble opinion, there is nothing quite like the 9C tournament, a tournament I've covered for almost my entire time at the Havre Daily, save last year when COVID-19 put me out of commission at the worst possible time....

  • REAL Montana Class V learns about state government in Helena January 19-21

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Press release Havre resident Katie Kuhr just returned from Helena as part of REAL Montana - Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership. For Kuhr and other members of REAL Montana Class V, this was the third seminar in their two-year educational program. The focus of the seminar was state government and the legislative process. While in Helena, the class toured the Capitol building, learned how a bill becomes a law, and attended committee hearings. Seminar speakers included...

  • Participation in CACFP food program encouraged

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Press release Attention child care centers and homes: The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services encourages people’s participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program — CACFP — of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. CACFP provides reimbursements for nutritious meals served to children enrolled in child care. Child care centers may contact the state agency at MT CACFP, PO Box 202925, Helena, MT 59620, 406-444-4347 or 888-307-9333. Child care homes may contact a sponsoring organization listed below. The C...

  • Letter to the Editor - Friends looking for more friends of Beaver Creek Park

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Editor, The Friends of Beaver Creek Park was organized in December 2011 to help support our most-beloved park in the Bear Paw Mountains. We assist in off-setting costs associated with maintaining such a large, beautiful facility. Friends’ mission statement is: The Friends of Beaver Creek Park foster recreation and preservation of the park for generations to come. It is at this time that we look to you to join us in our efforts and invite you to attend our next meeting; exact date and location to follow. For more i...

  • Letter to the Editor - It has been my pleasure serving at the museum

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Dear editor, It has been my pleasure and joy to serve the people of Hill County as the Clack Museum and Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump manager for the past nearly five years. From greeting visitors at the museum and buffalo jump, to giving school group tours of the buffalo jump with Kelly and Judy Jones and Bev Kologi, giving presentations in the Faber Schoolhouse (mostly in the heat during the Great Northern Fair!), writing some columns to introduce residents to the wonderful treasures in the Clack Museum’s collections and hel...

  • Letter to the Editor - VICTORY! – But who's the biggest loser?

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Editor, Apparently, somebody won something last week, because MEIC and other anti-coal groups are claiming a VICTORY! On Friday February 10, 2023, Donald W. Molloy, U.S. District Court Judge, Missoula, ordered that mining cease at Bull Mountains Underground Mine in the five sections of federal coal that have been leased since 2012, until a new environmental report can be written (20 months). This is not a new or future mining area. This “expansion” area has had all the state and federal approvals necessary to mine since 201...

  • View from the North 40: OK … but what aren't they saying?

    Pam Burke|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    My bar for evaluating news content is pretty old-school: Is it factual, truthful and unbiased? Sometimes, though, I desire more of this than is provided in article, not in the sense that “Oh, that has inspired me to know more on the topic,” but rather wanting to know “What in the heckfire aren’t they telling us, here?” WSAZ News Channel 3 out of Huntington, West Virginia, reported Tuesday that police in Anchorage, Alaska, responded to a call from a concerned citizen in the cit...

  • Amending Montana's Constitution thoughtfully

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    6 was the year of celebrating the 50th birthday of Montana’s Constitution — its visionary provisions and the unique bipartisan approach adopted by the citizen delegates who wrote it. Our perspective is from a combined total of over 30 years of legislative experience under both our current Constitution, as well as the one that preceded it. We see Montana’s Constitution as a truly glorious document. It has honorably served our citizens as well as our landscape for half a century, and we are dismayed that, out-o...

  • Looking out my Backdoor - To the tune of, "Will you still love me, when I'm 95!"

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    I went to Oconahua to Jane’s birthday celebration for cake and homemade ice-cream. Ninety-five full years. From the stories Jane has told and from stories her daughters told with great glee, that woman was a pistol. She’s still a pop gun. She lived fully and outrageously, a registered nurse, from NYC to Alaska to Washington to Mexico. In what order, I don’t know. There are chapters I’ve not heard. Jane is Michelle’s mother and has a casita on Ana and Michelle’s land a shor...

  • Notice - Davey School Board meeting

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Press release Davey School’s regular board meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. at the school. To find out how to attend by electronics, people can call 406-265-6970....

  • Obituary - Emory Mae (Brockie) Champagne

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Emory Mae (Brockie) Champagne, 'C'cccniinen'i (White Clay), or Gros Ventre name Niihcc'eihk, Nee-haw-A (Yellow Hair), born January 10, 1944, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls, MT. Her wake will begin at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2023, at the Fort Belknap Community Center and will continue until her Rosary, which will be said at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 2023, at the Community Center. Emory's funeral Mass will begin at...

  • Agenda - Great Northern Fair Board

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    The Great Northern Fair Board will meet Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 5:30 p.m. at the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment — anything brought up here will be added to the next month’s new business to be discussed and voted on Fair manager’s report Civic groups report Donated hours report Committee reports Buildings and Grounds Commission Policy Financial Planning Old business • Bathrooms; Heberly engineering is work...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Monday Courthouse closed in observance Presidents’ Day Tuesday Commissioners will be attending the 2023 Midwinter MACo Conference in Helena Wednesday Commissioners will be attending the 2023 Midwinter MACo Conference in Helena Thursday Commissioners will be attending the 2023 Midwinter MACo Conference in Helena Friday Regular business hours....

  • For the Record, Feb. 17, 2023

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Havre Police Department A Thursday 11:40 a.m. caller at a Fourth Avenue business reported a theft, forgery or fraud via a check written from an account. -- A bomb threat was reported at Havre Middle School at 11:41 p.m. Thursday. -- Officers were asked Thursday at 2:20 p.m. to assist Child Protective Services on Third Street. -- Clarissa Mae Messerly of Havre, 31, was arrested on three Justice or City court warrants served at District Court Thursday at 4:54 p.m. -- Officers...

  • Knights outlast the Longhorns in a slugfest

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    In probably the most exciting game of the District 9C Girls Basketball Tournament so far, the North Star Knights and Fort Benton Longhorns went back and forth at Havre High Gymnasium. With a spot in the 9C championship game on the line, neither team wanted to lose. Trailing 47-46 late in the game, Emerson Giese took the ball to the basket and scored to give Fort Benton a 48-47 lead with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game. But Laynie Sattoriva answered with a layup of...

  • Chinook rolls past Box Elder to advance to the District 9C title game

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    As they have done all season long, the Chinook Sugarbeeters looked like the team to beat in the District 9C Girls Basketball Tournament Thursday night at Havre High Gymnasium. In their semifinal game against the Box Elder Bears, they pulled away to win, 68-27, to stay undefeated and advance to the championship game. "I thought we played great defense. It was a fun, energetic environment and our girls responded pretty well," Chinook head coach Mike Jones said. "We came out in...

  • Longhorns stampede their way back against Turner

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    The Turner Tornadoes were on the verge of the District 9C boys semifinals. The Fort Benton Longhorns, though, said not so fast. In the opening round of the 2023 9C boys tournament Thursday afternoon in the HHS gymnasium, Fort Benton ripped off 19 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to complete a 58-54 comeback win, and advance to today's semifinal. "We just didn't give up on each other," veteran Fort Benton head coach Tyler Pasha said, "We stopped playing 1-on-5 and...

  • Defending champion Hawks fly past the North Star Knights

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    The first step in defending their Distinct 9C championship had little resistance for the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks. On Thursday afternoon, the Hawks took apart the North Star Knights, 69-32 in a 2023 9C boys first-round game inside the HHS gymnasium. The win pushed CJI (15-4) into tonight's semifinal game, and one win away from having a shot to repeat as 9C champions. "I thought we played really well defensively," CJI head coach Joe Horel said. "Offensively, once we got...

  • Lights host Diggers in huge senior day game

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    The Montana Tech Orediggers clinched the Frontier Conference' regular season title. But, when they come to Havre Saturday afternoon to close out the regular season, it's still going to be a huge game for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. The Lights (18-9, 7-7) face the No. 11 Orediggers (23-5, 11-3) on what will be senior day, Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Armory Gymnasium. The game closes out the regular season for both teams. Because the Frontier switched back to a...

  • Skylights aim for some senior day magic against Tech

    George Ferguson|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    Senior day is always emotional in the Armory Gymnasium, And though the Montana State University-Northern Skylights are a young team this season, Saturday's game against Montana Tech will be very emotional. Senior guard Abigail Keltner, a former Chinook standout, along with former Havre Blue Pony Abbey Morse (manager) will be honored for senior day for the Skylights, who tip off against the Orediggers at 2 p.m. "Abbey Morse has been with us as a manager for the past four...

  • Pioneers get going in second half to defeat Sugarbeeters

    Kason Clark|Updated Feb 17, 2023

    The first day of the 2023 District 9C Boys Basketball Tournament at Havre High Gymnasium wrapped up with a meeting between No. 2 seed Big Sandy and No. 7 seed Chinook. It was a tight game at first as the Sugarbeeters played well and even had a lead in the third quarter. The Pioneers did get going in the second half to win, 65-52, to avoid the upset, but Big Sandy head coach Rhett Simanton wished his team had played better to open the tournament. "They brought it to us tonight...

  • Senior Center News, Feb. 17, 2023

    Updated Feb 17, 2023

    North Central Senior Citizens Center Feb. 20-24 Menu Monday, Feb. 20 — Closed for President’s Day Tuesday, Feb. 21 — Pork roast, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, apple pie Wednesday, Feb. 22 — Tator tot casserole, corn, dessert Thursday, Feb. 23 — Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, veggies, Jell-O/fruit Friday, Feb. 24 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert. Tax time: We started taking reservations for tax preparation Jan. 23. Give us a call at 406-265-5464 . Bits and pieces: We are happy to announce the hiring of our new cook,...

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