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For the first time this season, the Havre High volleyball team will be in the friendly confines of the Havre High Gymnasium as they take on the Chinook Sugarbeeters Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Ponies (4-4, 2-0) are coming off of two very tough weeks of competition in which they played several games in the same day. In particular, last Friday where they played seven games in one day at the Electric City Classic in Great Falls. Havre head coach Lacy Anderson is looking forward to her team getting a little rest as they only...
Earning a graduate degree in education will be more convenient through a new weekend master's degree program at Montana State University-Northern. "This quality, 36-credit-hour program is designed to assist education professionals by focusing on the discipline of learning and its applications," said associated professor Curtis Smeby. The program will bring together up to 30 students for classes. They will take classes three weekends per course, including Friday evenings and Saturdays, including summers. Two courses are taken...
A proposal to bring better water to some 30,000 north-central Montana residents has cleared one hurdle. The House Committee on Resources on Thursday unanimously passed legislation introduced by Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont. The legislation, which authorizes creating the Rocky Boy/North Central Montana Regional Water Supply System, will now go to the full House for debate. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., has introduced identical legislation in the Senate. Annmarie Robinson of Bear Paw Development Corp., who has been coordinating...
INVERNESS Esther Aileen Han, 83, Inverness, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, at a Chester nursing home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Chester. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Highland Cemetery in Havre. Aileen was born April 9, 1919, to Robert and Esther (Strissel) Woods on the family homestead near Inverness. The family moved to Alberta in 1920. She received her early education at Warrick, Legreville and Lavoy. The Woods' returned to Inverness in 1937, so Aileen finis...
AUBURN, Wash. William "Dean" Howard, 66, Auburn, Wash., formerly of Havre, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002, at a Seattle hospital of natural causes. A memorial service will be held in Havre at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Elks Club hospitality room with a celebration-of-life potluck dinner to follow. The family encourages friends and family to write down their most memorable moments to be shared at the gathering. Howard was born Sept. 22, 1935, in Sumner, Wash. He married Doris Boucher on Oct. 17, 1956, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The...
Lillie G. Whitaker, 72, a retired homemaker and caregiver, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, at a hospital in Great Falls of natural causes. Public viewing will be Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Holland and Bonine Funeral Home. Funeral service is 10 a.m. Monday at the Immanual Baptist Church with Dr. Curtis Ellis officiating. Burial is to follow at the Highland Cemetery. There will be a fellowship following the committal rite at the Immanual Baptist Church. Lillie was born March 4, 1930,...
It's a pretty simple request really. Hang onto the ball, protect it, love it, cherish it and above all else don't turn it over. But Montana State-Northern head football coach Walt Currie is past the point of requesting. He's demanding it. After fighting turnovers in the past two seasons and last week's six turnover performance in a 35-14 loss to Dickinson State, Currie has seen enough. The Lights open the Frontier Conference season on Saturday when they travel to Billings to take on the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears....
When I was 8 years old, there was nothing more exciting to me than going to Blue Pony Stadium on Friday nights with my friends. At that time we didn't necessarily watch the game. Instead, we played football in the endzones emulating our favorite Blue Pony players. We knew most of their names. But did it really matter? No, we just were happy to be there, to be part of the excitement that came with those games. When I got to high school, I decided not to play football but many of my close friends did. And consequently, my love...
About 60 Legionnaires and members of the Auxiliary are expected to attend the Spring meeting of District No. 2 on Sept. 29 in Malta. Malta Commander Ernest Becker said there are about 500 Legionnaires in District No. 2. The Posts are located in Havre, Rocky Boy, Chinook, Big Sandy, Malta, Hogeland, Saco, Chester, Turner and Harlem. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. at the Vets Club in Malta. The adjutants, commanders and membership workshops will be held beginning at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m., the veterans' benefits workshop will...
The Havre Fire Department, the current state champions in hose-coupling, is challenging Havre businesses and residents to a hose-coupling contest. The Fire Department will hold the contest on Sept. 21 in conjunction with Havre Festival Days. The contest will start at 1 p.m. in the 200 block of Third Avenue in front of the Atrium Mall. The hose-coupling contest is a timed event that consists of a four-person team attaching three lengths of fire hose and a nozzle to a water supply and knocking over a target and then changing ou...
The Montana Department of Transportation is holding the first series of public meetings for the environmental impact statement for the widening of U.S. Highway 2 between Havre and Fort Belknap. The open house meetings will be held at the following locations along the corridor, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. each night: Sept. 30, in the Student Union Building Ballroom at the Montana State University-Northern campus in Havre Oct. 1 at the Chinook Motor Inn in Chinook Oct. 2 at the Harlem City Hall Oct. 3 at the Bingo Hall in Fort Belknap....
The Havre community will have the chance to clean up the city's street trash Saturday and get a free lunch from the Havre Fire Department for their efforts. The Havre Pride Committee of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its biannual community effort to clean up the streets of Havre on Saturday morning, beginning at 8:30. Community volunteers will pick up loose trash throughout the city, and local business managers and owners are asked to sweep out, wipe down and clean up areas around their stores. The blue Pride...
As Michelle Bibeau and her husband, Tony, were unloading some yard trimmings Sunday night at the Fresno dump, she heard the faint sound of puppies crying. Michelle listened closer and realized that the whimpers were coming from the bottom of a trash bin filled with garbage. Michelle started digging through the trash and found a white plastic grocery bag at the bottom of the bin with something moving inside. Michelle opened the bag and found four newborn puppies with their umbilical cords still bloody and wet and six newborn...
