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Articles from the April 20, 2018 edition


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  • Williams stumps for Congress while in Havre

    Alex Ross|Updated Apr 23, 2018

    Democratic candidate for the U.S House of Representatives Kathleen Williams talked with voters at Triple Dog Brewing Co. Thursday, part of her eight- day Opportunity tour across Montana. She said in an interview that in the past three days the tour has taken her from Opportunity to Anaconda, Chouteau, Browning, Cut Bank and Shelby. Today she will have meetings with Bear Paw Development Corp. Executive Director and Montana Senate candidate Paul Tuss and Montana State...

  • Lights excited and ready for spring finale

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 20, 2018

    The Montana State University-Northern football team has been practicing nearly a month and after today, the Lights will have 14 practices in before the MSU-N spring game which is scheduled for Saturday. Yet over the past few weeks, the Lights have become a vastly different team according to first-year head coach Andrew Rolin, and he said the spring game is just the finishing point for what has been a successful spring. "We have seen a lot of growth," Rolin said following pract...

  • Havre community service organizations honor their volunteers

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated Apr 20, 2018

    The Salvation Army-Havre Service Center, Feed My Sheep Community Soup Kitchen and Havre Food Bank will be coming together to honor and show appreciation for their volunteers and the community businesses that support them. Tuesday at 6 p.m., in St. Jude Parish Center, these three service organizations will hold their Annual Dinner and Volunteer Appreciation. The dinner is free and everyone in the community is invited to join. The dinner is planned to correspond with National Vo...

  • Expo aims to provide goods and services to the women of Havre

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Today and Saturday more than 50 vendors will be gathered at the former Serve-Ur-Self Furniture store to provide services and goods for the women of the community. The Havre Tourism Committee will be sponsoring the 2018 Women’s Expo at 48 Second Ave. Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event was run in previous years by committee member Tera Verploegen, but this year she has turned it over to the tourism committee to run and sponsor. Julea Robbins of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce said they a...

  • 'IT'S JUST NOT STOPPING'

    Tim Leeds|Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Floodwater continues to rise in the Milk River, although official reporting stations show that the worst may be over - for now - in some locations, but where it will stop downstream still is unknown. A National Weather Service gauge reported the Milk River near Harlem was at 24.18 feet at 9:30 this morning - up about an eighth-of-an-inch from 8:30 a.m.. The record flood level is 25.7 feet. Blaine County Public Information Officer Mark Weber said this morning the river is still...

  • Celebrating History: War effort and anti-German sentiment

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    By Emily Mayer In its April 20, 1918, edition, The Havre Plaindealer released the names of 51 of Hill County’s lads who would be going to training camps to get them ready to fight in the trenches in Europe. It was also announced that merchants across the state were required to report any excess flour to the state food administrator and that flour mills could not sell their product outside the established rules. Liberty Bond holders were reminded that sums under $5,000 were not taxable, and the Salvation Army was ramping up e...

  • Montana is not Washington, D.C.

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Montanans expect a lot out of their elected officials, as well they should. Without regard to political party, they expect us to work together when we can and explain our differences with honesty when we cannot. They expect us to spend less time on spats in Helena, and more time on getting to work and strengthening our communities. More than anything, Montanans expect their elected officials to talk straight and be honest. Unfortunately for all Montanans, some Republicans in Montana are starting to act a lot like Republicans...

  • Things we can agree about

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    We perhaps agree that we will continue to use some form of energy for industry, home heating and lighting and transportation. We need energy to continue to live a lifestyle similar to what we have now. We will continue to eat. Food production will need to continue on a commercial basis to produce enough food for there to be opportunity for every citizen in the USA to consume adequate nutrients. We can agree that open spaces are important for many reasons, wildlife habitat, recreations and solitude and agriculture production....

  • View from the North 40: Laugh me a river

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    It’s a pretty sure sign I’m in a crabby mood when I read the headline “Homeowner finds naked intruder in her tub, eating Cheetos,” and my brain says “Meh, whatever.” The story seems to have all the elements I would normally find appealing: the suspense of a break-in, the mystery of the man who supposedly told the female intruder to intrude, the surprise of finding her naked, the absurdity of her lounging in the tub rather than ransacking the house and the confusion of the intruder having brought her own cooler full of foo...

  • For the Record, April 20, 2018

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Havre Police Department Officers made an arrest Thursday at 2:23 p.m. on Second Street after a report of suspicious activity. No further details were given. —— Sade Rochelle Stearns of Harlem, 20, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Thursday at 2:52 p.m. on 11th Street after a caller reported they would like to speak to an officer about their rights as a roommate. —— Officers investigated a report of possible elder abuse Thursday at 7:40 p.m. on 11th Street. —— Evelyn Frances Foursouls of Havre, 35, was arreste...

  • Correction - Herberger's closing

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    A front-page story in Thursday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about the closure of the Havre Herberger’s misreported the number for a California company hiring people to carry signs during the liquidation. The number is 831-345-3778....

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Monday 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health meeting in Great Falls 6 p.m. — Rural Fire 1 District Board meeting Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Weekly Road Department meeting 1 p.m. — North Central Regional Advisory Meeting in Great Falls Wednesday Noon — Board of Health meeting at the Hill County Annex 2 p.m. — Sheriff meeting Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public Friday 1:30 p...

  • Agenda - Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Robins School Adminsitration Building. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, if any B. New business 1. Personnel Open Agenda — An opportunity for any member of the audience to bring to the attention of the board questions or relevant comments concerning district matters not on the agenda. The board will not discuss or take action on items n...

  • Obituary - Bruce James Kellam, 80

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Bruce James Kellam was born Jan. 26, 1938, in Havre, Montana, to Bruce M. and E. Gertrude Kellam. He died April 6, 2018, at his home in Spokane, WA. He graduated from Havre High School in 1956 and from Northern Montana College. He owned Beau Monde Salon, Havre. Bruce graduated from California State University, Sacramento, CA. He was an instructor and professor at Dahl’s College, MT, Eastern Washington University, Fort Wright College, Columbia College and Spokane Art School in Washington. Bruce volunteered at Holy Trinity E...

  • HHS tracksters headed to Belgrade

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 20, 2018

    After an unusually long wait to start the season, the Havre High track teams got their seasons started last Monday in Glasgow and Saturday, both Blue Pony teams will take part in the Gallatin Valley Invitational in Belgrade. The Ponies, led by head coach John Ita, annually attend the meet in Belgrade. However, they normally have a few more meets under their belt by the time they do so, which means this time around, Havre will be playing a little bit of catch as it gets set to...

  • Pony netters start a key stretch in Lewistown

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 20, 2018

    The weather caused a slow start to the 2018 tennis season. But, moving forward, nothing will be slow for the Havre Blue Ponies. While HHS has been like so many of the spring sports teams around Montana, hampered by the late start to the spring, the Ponies' season is already half over, and heading into three matches this weekend in Lewistown, Havre High head coach George Ferguson said, the time is now for his teams to progress. "I think we've made some big strides in the last...

  • Senior Center News, April 20, 2018

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    North Central Senior Citizens Center, April 23-27 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m.; cards at 1 p.m.; mall or Walmart shopping from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance. Pinochle — First place, Bill Nelson; second place, Elva...

  • Local competitors among winners of SkillsUSA conference

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Jim Potter Montana State University-Northern hosted the 2018 SkillsUSA Montana State Leadership and Skills Conference, with several local competitors, listed below, earning awards. The event began Monday morning, April 9, and concluded with an awards ceremony Wednesday, April 11. During that time, 300 students came from 29 Montana high schools and two colleges to participate in 34 different competitions. This is the 46th year Northern has hosted the SkillsUSA competition,...

  • Hello God. It's me, Mara

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    You know, Lord, a friend shared an interesting site telling about the Bible being the inspired Word of God, by Jason and Ron Carlson. Who among us ever thinks that the Bible is more than a single book? It was reported that during a question and answer session at a speaking engagement, a university student asked: “Why do you believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God?” When and where this happened is not recorded. The subject matter was fascinating so it seemed fitting to pass it along. Who answered the stu...

  • The Scripture on Finance: The uses of money - Give and Grow

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    This article continues to look at material from the book “Never Enough?” by Ron Blue with Karen Guess. 1 Timothy 5:8 “But if anyone does not provide for his own, that is his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” When I make a decision in one area of my finances it impacts my financial situation in other areas as well. I can only spend or give away a dollar once. God owns everything but I do not. I need to remember to spend less than I earn because my financial success depends on develop...

  • Out Our Way: Back in the saddle again

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Out our way, folks that ride know it's not a question of if they will be tossed and hurt, but when. As gentle as Doc is, he has a hitch in his giddyap that flares up and he bucks at unexpected times when that sore hip of his zaps him. He also tends to stumble over his own feet and trips - and he has never gotten his leads right. All of which has lead me more than once to be "launched" and tossed to earth. Cactus, rocks and just hard-packed soil have all taken their toll. More...

  • Quick Pics: Nault's 'Snowed In' featured at Artitudes

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

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  • Montana Magazine has Albert Bierstadt, John Owen, the Baker Massacre and more

    Updated Apr 20, 2018

    Press release The Spring 2018 issue of Montana The Magazine of Western History begins with a look at the role of artist Albert Bierstadt in the genesis of the conservation ethic in the United States. Through his artwork, Bierstadt expressed genuine concern for the Native people and wildlife of the West and helped inspire the protection of its landscapes. The author of this piece is Peter Hassrick, Ph.D., director emeritus and senior scholar at the Buffalo Bill Center of the...

  • Hi-Line Living: Weather won't cut road crews a break

    Alex Ross|Updated Apr 20, 2018

    The winter was like just one big blizzard for Hill County Road Department Supervisor Andy Hanson and his 19-member crew. "It just seemed like it was never ending," he said. The heavy snowfall, subzero temperatures and fierce winds of this winter led to Havre being named by Weather Channel as the city that had the worst winter weather of 2017-18. For Hanson and his crew, it was a source of stress, frustration and sleepless nights, he said. Department employees would make...