Articles from the February 7, 2006 edition

Chris Peterson Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com If the rest of the state hasn't noticed the Havre High girls basketball team, it had better start. The Blue Ponies came into their contest against the Butte Central Maroons on Friday night at the HHS gymnasium looking to take their winning streak to nine. The Ponies did just that as they completely overwhelmed a young, inexperienced Butte Central team, 76-32, improving their record to 7-1 in conference play and 11-4 overall. The win also... Full story

Havre High sophomore Katie Mariani goes up for a shot over a Butte Central defender Friday night at the HHS gymnasium. The Ponies earned their ninth straight victory with a 76-32 win over the Maroons....

story by: angela brandt photo's by: nikki carlson page design by: stacy mantle One of Beryl Arvin's earliest memories involving art is sitting on her father's lap when she was growing up on a farm southwest of Opheim and asking him to draw for her. He would pull out the short pencil he always kept in his overalls and draw a “stick horse” for her. Arvin took pastel classes in grade school. She remembers thinking, “If I could get some of that colored chalk the teachers use, I could do really big things.” “I mar... Full story

Chris Peterson Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Great teams find a way to win. No matter what the circumstances, they always seem to come out on top, even when it seems like they shouldn't. On Friday, with their undefeated season in jeopardy, the Harlem Wildcats did what all great teams do. The No. 1 Wildcats battled tooth and nail to come out with a victory over Shelby. The Wildcats held a slim, one-point advantage heading into the halftime break, 23-22. Harlem could not pull away...

Chris Peterson Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com It was dj vu all over again for the Havre High boys basketball team as crucial mistakes once again cost the Ponies a chance to win a big game. In a matchup of the top two teams in the Central A Conference, the No. 2 Butte Central Maroons all but ended Havre's chance at a conference title on Friday night with a 56-47 win in Butte. Down three points with just a little over a minute to go and having possession of the ball, Havre was right... Full story

George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected]@havredailynews.com One week. That is all that stands between local girls basketball teams and the postseason. This past weekend Big Sandy solidified its hold on the District 9C girls standings and Chester/J-I did the same in District 10C. In Class B action on Friday night, the Harlem Wildcats picked up a much-needed win in Shelby. Harlem defeated the Coyotes 51-36. Leandra Thomas continued her fine play by scoring a game-high 15 points. Danie... Full story

BREAUX BRIDGE, La. - James “Jamey” or “J.T.” Weatherly, 27, of Breaux Bridge, La., died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, at St. Martin Hospital in Breaux Bridge. Funeral services were scheduled for 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church of Breaux Bridge. Interment will be in St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2 in Breaux Bridge. Jamey was born in Havre on Aug. 16, 1978. He spent most of his adult life in the Breaux Bridge area. He was a jockey at Evangeline Downs Race Track; he had a real love for horses. He enjoyed Sunday barbecues wi... Full story

MESA, Ariz. - Ricky Myles Simonson, 43, of Mesa, Ariz., died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, due to heart disease. A memorial will be held at a later date. Ricky was born Oct. 4, 1962, in Libby. The family moved to California in 1962. Ricky loved the ocean and everthing to do with it. In 1979, the family moved back to Montana. Ricky worked at several jobs. Ricky met and married Connie Ahlert, and they moved back to California. They had one daughter and later divorced. Ricky got into the plumbing trade and worked at it ever since....

Wally F. Rathbone, 81, of Havre died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. His memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. John Chapman officiating. A private family interment will be held at a later time. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately after the service in the church Fellowship Hall. Wally was born June 12, 1924, in Harlem to Fay and Cora (Dolven) Rathbone. He lived in Harlem until he completed the... Full story

Alice Livingston, 88, of Havre died Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place. Her memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Gail Wheatley officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the memorial service. Alice was born Dec. 27, 1917, in Glasgow to Victor and Mabel (Johnson) Archambeault. She was raised and educated in Glasgow. She graduated from high school in 1935. She then moved to...

Charles “Trent” Hiatt, 49, of Havre died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, at Northern Montana Care Center due to complications from cancer. His funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Rice officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held in the back room of the Oxford Bar immediately after the service at the graveside. Trent was born April 28, 1956, in Havre to Charles and Alice (Smith) H...

Ruth Hentschel, 92, a Havre resident since coming to America with her family in 1952, died in her sleep Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, while staying in loving care with her daughter, Inga Goebel. A prayer vigil and rosary will be held at 7 p.m. today in the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel, with her funeral Mass at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert D. Grosch officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately after the graveside service at St. Jude Parish...

Larry Kline Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Some Havre City Council members have once again questioned the payment of city bills associated with a December retirement party for two longtime employees. During a meeting Monday night, City Council members Pam Hillery and Allen “Woody” Woodwick asked why taxpayers should pay a $153 bill the city incurred to advertise the retirement party for former deputy public works director Gary Schaub and former wastewater treatment plant s... Full story

Angela Brandt Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com State District Judge David Rice and Shirley Isbell, Hill County superintendent of schools, have filed for re-election. They join six other local incumbents who have filed for re-election, including the sheriff/coroner, a county commissioner, the clerk and recorder, justice of the peace, county attorney and county treasurer/assessor. The deadline for filing is March 23. The primary will be held June 6 and the general election is Nov. 7. Rice...

Larry Kline Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com A study of a section of U.S. Highway 2 in eastern Montana will do something that a study of a section near Havre a few years ago did not: examine the economic conditions along the entire east-west corridor. Montana Department of Transportation director Jim Lynch said the department will study the feasiblity of building four lanes on U.S. Highway 2 from Culbertson to the North Dakota state line, and on a section of Montana Highway 16 north from... Full story

Angela Brandt Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Chippewa Cree tribal council members are working to detain juvenile offenders on the reservation instead of paying for them to be housed elsewhere. Council members Friday voted unanimously to seek a waiver of the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act mandate that juveniles must be detained in a separate building from adults. Currently, juveniles are sent to the Blaine County Detention Center, which costs $195 per day, tribal... Full story

Larry Kline Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Some called for a change, but the majority thought what wasn't broke didn't need fixing. The Havre City Council will continue to meet twice a month after its members voted 6-2 Monday night against a proposal to meet only once each month. Council members will consider starting the meetings an hour earlier, at 7 p.m. Before voting, each City Council member weighed in on the possibility of switching to one meeting a month, as suggested by new City...

Larry Kline Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com In the coming weeks, the Havre City Council's Ordinance Committee will consider several items, including the way City Council members are paid. Additionally, the executive director of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group will be in Havre to update City Council members and the public on the group's efforts to secure funding to repair the aging canal system. Here's a quick look at what's coming: The current ordinance dictates that City Council... Full story

Associated Press Writer BOX ELDER - An 18-mile stretch of railroad track in the heart of Montana's grain country has become a parking place for some 2,000 idle rail cars, a use some people on the state's northern tier find disconcertingly symbolic. BNSF Railway parked the flatcars on the tracks between Big Sandy and Havre in mid-December and they will remain there into the spring, spokesman Gus Melonas said Monday. BNSF's critics, some in the grain industry, say using the tracks for storage is oddly symbolic of the railroad's...

story by: angela brandt photo's by: nikki carlson page design by: stacy mantle One of Beryl Arvin's earliest memories involving art is sitting on her father's lap when she was growing up on a farm southwest of Opheim and asking him to draw for her. He would pull out the short pencil he always kept in his overalls and draw a “stick horse” for her. Arvin took pastel classes in grade school. She remembers thinking, “If I could get some of that colored chalk the teachers use, I could do really big things.” “I mar...

George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected]@havredailynews.com Not to take anything away from the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team, but if someone had said before Saturday's game with No. 9 UM-Western that the Skylights would take the lead early and never trail again, most people would of thought that person was crazy. That is exactly what transpired at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse as the Skylights trounced the highly touted Bulldogs, 72-57, in Frontier...

Chris Peterson Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre High wrestling team proved once again that in Central A wrestling, the Ponies are in a class all by themselves. The Ponies captured 10 individual titles on their way to an easy victory at the Central A divisional wrestling tournament in Belgrade on Saturday afternoone. The win was Havre's fourth straight Central A title. The Ponies, who scored 308 points on the day, ended up 135.5 points better than the second-place Lewistown Ea...

George Ferguson Havre Daily News sports editor [email protected]@havredailynews.com Just when it appeared that the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team's 2005-06 season was being chalked up as a rebuilding year, the Lights decided otherwise. On Friday night at the Havre Middle School gymnasium, the Lights stormed from behind to stun seventh-ranked Southern Oregon, 22-21, in an NAIA dual. Northern trailed the Raiders 21-18 heading into the heavyweight bout. But Brian Fritchman, who normally...

Chris Peterson Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com If the rest of the state hasn't noticed the Havre High girls basketball team, it had better start. The Blue Ponies came into their contest against the Butte Central Maroons on Friday night at the HHS gymnasium looking to take their winning streak to nine. The Ponies did just that as they completely overwhelmed a young, inexperienced Butte Central team, 76-32, improving their record to 7-1 in conference play and 11-4 overall. The win also... Full story

Havre High sophomore Katie Mariani goes up for a shot over a Butte Central defender Friday night at the HHS gymnasium. The Ponies earned their ninth straight victory with a 76-32 win over the Maroons.... Full story