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Articles from the September 1, 2023 edition


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  • Senior Center News, Sept. 1, 2023

    Updated Sep 5, 2023

    North Central Senior Center Sept. 4-8 Menu Monday, Sept. 4 — Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 5 — Salisbury Steak, Mash Potato/Gravy, Green Beans, Wednesday, Sept. 6 — French Dip, Fries, Pears Thursday, Sept. 7 — Club Sandwich, Chips, Cookies Friday, Sept. 8 — Soup, Chef’s Choice, Dessert News from our gift shop: The gift shop is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. New items are added often. Fall has arrived — in the gift store, new items include fall centerpieces and decorations, priced just rig...

  • Havre's annual Air Fair set for Sept. 9

    Christy Bambrough|Updated Sep 2, 2023

    Editor's note: This version corrects that the Air Fare breakfast is free with free-will donations accepted. A tradition more than eight decades long continues next week, with the North Central Hangar of the Montana Pilot's Association hosting the Air Fair Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Havre City-County Airport. "One of our goals here is to bring awareness to the public that we actually do have an airport, and it's a fairly busy airport, when you look at a community this size,"...

  • Coal Ridge fire at 1,200 acres as containment efforts continue

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Sep 1, 2023

    In the past day, the Coal Ridge Fire in Blaine County, 5 miles North of Stafford Ferry, has remained at 1,200 acres despite a day of erratic winds as firefighters establish a perimeter around most of the blaze. A release from the Montana Bureau of Land Management Thursday said the fire has now been mapped at 1,200 acres, up from the previous estimate of 450 acres Tuesday. Wednesday, BLM said the fire had burned 790 acres of private land, 166 acres of BLM managed lands, including areas within the Upper Missouri River Breaks...

  • Cattle return to Beaver Creek Park Tuesday

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Beaver Creek Park staff and Montana Department of Transportation are again urging drivers to use caution when driving on Montana Secondary Highway 234 - Beaver Creek Highway - and other roads in Beaver Creek Park starting next week as cattle will again be on the park starting Tuesday. Every year, the Hill County Park Board leases grazing land to area ranchers from the day after Labor Day to the first of the next year, with the season sometimes shortened due to weather or...

  • Letter to the Editor - Montana deserves a new governor in 2024

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Editor, Gov. Greg Gianforte is hiding massive property tax increases behind one-time rebates and, possibly illegally, blocking our state’s largest conservation funding bill. Montana property taxes increased by an average of 43% this year. That’s an average of $630 more per year. Meanwhile, Gov. Gianforte’s one-time tax rebate of $675 is certainly getting a lot of attention. This tax rebate was only possible due to federal pandemic relief and high income folks moving to Montana from out-of-state. And it was...

  • Fixing the Cattle Price and Transparency Act

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    After years of depressed prices, we ranchers and cattle feeders are desperate for Congress to do something — do anything! It was in this context that the 50/14 concept was conceived. When the “negotiated spot market” for fat cattle got down to less than 20% of the total, it became a problem that obviously needed correction. Particularly since the prices derived in this very thin market are used by the packer cartel to buy the remaining 80% of cattle — the “captive supply.” Clearly, the cattle industry has a...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: EPs and MPs

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Sep 1, 2023

    While waiting for my daughter to get okayed for an operation at the hospital in Billings, I dumped a puzzle onto my table. Jigsaw puzzles are a good distraction. I had loaned this particular puzzle depicting an antique car show in front of a typical diner to snowbird friends to work last winter. Intact. One thousand pieces in the box. It is a particularly challenging puzzle, fun, so I borrowed it back. When I finished the car puzzle, on the day of Dee Dee’s surgery, I had...

  • Obituary - Michael Dennis Brandon

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Michael Dennis Brandon passed away August 29, 2023, at his home in Havre, Montana. A funeral service will be held at Wilderness Funeral Homes, 500 Indiana St., Chinook, MT 59523, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. followed by a burial at Chinook Cemetery. Viewing starts at 12 noon. Mike was born June 6, 1953, in Havre, Montana, to Ray and Ruth (Thompson) Brandon. He attended Havre High School until the summer of 1970 when at the age of 17 he felt a call to serve in the United States Army. He... Full story

  • Obituary - Ephraim H. Evans May

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Ephraim H. Evans May of Elkford, British Columbia (BC), Canada, passed away August 22, 2023. He was born April 21, 1943, in Havre, MT, to Conrad and Frances (Evans) May of Inverness, MT, and was the youngest of six children. He attended grades 1-12 in Inverness and fondly reminisced about his school years and friends. His love for sports was born during these formative years, especially football and track. He was proud to say that he still held the record for the 100-yard... Full story

  • Obituary - Larry Claude Petersen

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Larry Claude Petersen, 75, died Saturday, May 27, 2023, at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, WI. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Highland Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Great Northern Inn. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or donor's choice.... Full story

  • For the Record, Sept. 1, 2023

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Havre Police Department Amari Love Longknife of Havre, 18, was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation at 8:04 a.m. Thursday at the police station. -- Martin Duane Flying Jr. of Havre, 31, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation reported at 8:08 a.m. Thursday at the police station. -- Neil J. Burkstrand of Havre, 37, was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary, partner or...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly calendar and business meeting

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Monday, Sept. 4 Hill County Courthouse offices closed for Labor Day holiday Tuesday, Sept. 5 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation regional fire update call in the commissioners office 9:30 a.m. — Health department director meeting in the commissioners office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in the commissioners office Wednesday, Sept. 6 8:30 a.m. — Great Northern Fair Board meeting in the commissioners office for final discussion regarding office employee 12 p.m. — Meeting via phone with...

  • Out Our Way: Over the ridge

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Matthew 15:14 - Do not listen to them, for they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, will not both fall into the ditch? Out our way, as you may recall, we often have tourists driving through the area on their way to Glacier National Park. Granted, the Bear Paws are not as spectacular as the Rockies, nor do we have the multi-millionaires from California and Texas building their majestic mansions along the way. So it is not too surprising to hear some remark as th...

  • Pastor's Corner: 'I know that my redeemer lives'

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Let me tell you a story about a very wealthy rancher who lived a long time ago. He and his wife had 10 children, a thriving ranch teeming with herds and flocks. In one day, this man and his wife lost all 10 of their children to a severe windstorm. On one day shortly after that, they had all of their livestock either stolen or killed. On another day shortly after that, this man - most probably very healthy normally - this man was struck with a severe case of boils. When all of...

  • Finishing Well Ministries set in Havre

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Press release God’s purposes for His people do not change at the age of retirement. As followers of Christ, we are called to keep growing spiritually, to keep being conformed to the image of Christ, to keep building the church, to keep sharing the Gospel, to keep on being ambassadors for Christ, to keep using our giftedness, and to keep on making disciples in every one of our retirement years. To encourage this biblical mindset in retirement is the purpose of this study. It is particularly designed with retired and aging...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    You know Lord, it was interesting to read what Ms. Kathy K. was sharing about the word “yet.” She wrote: “Near the end of this month, I will turn sixty, and, though the number seems big, I know that, in the review mirror, it will shrink, as did 50, 40, 31, 21 and 16. At each milestone, I looked forward, imagining my future life. Now I can say without hesitation: almost nothing turned out as I expected. “I can also say that I have lost my faith that things would be the way I wanted. Instead, I have found faith in the...

  • Grief Poem  - Keep On - Persist

    Updated Sep 1, 2023

    We count the days and then the weeks - though 'lone-ness' feels like years. A picture, dream, or special thought is sure to bring on tears. As parent, child, sibling, or spouse; will we survived this pain? They're gone ahead; they're just 'beyond'! We'll see them once again. Grief and onions - do they compare? Peel one, you'll cry a lot. This time of grief, will we survive? It's not what we've been taught. We're not to panic, hurry, hide; we'll 'peel' - not hold tears in. God...

  • Lights to face Rocky Mountain in conference opener

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Off to a 1-0 start for the first time in four seasons, the Montana State University-Northern Lights are riding high. And they should be. After all, the Lights gave second-year head coach Jerome Souers his first win at MSU-N last Saturday when they beat Mayville State 14-0. Now though, things will get much more difficult in week two. This Saturday, Northern will host Rocky Mountain College in a rare non-conference game between two Frontier Conference rivals. The game kicks off...

  • Blue Ponies face tough road test at Billings Central

    Kason Clark|Updated Sep 1, 2023

    Coming off a dominant home victory over Hardin to open the season, the Havre High football team will have a road test tonight against the Billings Central Rams. As the Blue Ponies head into enemy territory, HHS head coach Jake Eldridge expects a battle. "It's going to be a great ballgame. Billings Central is consistently one of the top teams, not only in our conference but in the entire state," Eldridge said. "They're well coached both schematically and fundamentally and...

  • Havre cross country set for first meet under Danielle Parsons

    Kason Clark|Updated Sep 1, 2023

    In their first action under first-year head coach Danielle Parsons, the Havre High cross country teams will begin the season today with the Hardin Invitational. Hardin offers a tough course to start the season, so Parsons hopes that her runners will use this weekend as a learning experience. "Our goal at this meet is to go and get a time and to learn," Parsons said. "This course will definitely expose to an athlete their weaknesses so after we come back from Hardin, we'll...

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