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  • Havre office gets second employee

    The Social Security Administration will add a second employee to the Social Security field office in Havre. The office has been staffed solo by Tom Mathis, a claims representative, since December. Since that time, he has worked 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., wrote a letter to the Social Security Administration last month urging that another employee be hired to help handle the caseload. "There is a delay in the required processing of the work due to the fact that the single employee...

  • Rocky Boy man sentenced and fined in meth case

    Rueben McDowell, a resident of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison last Thursday. McDowell had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon in Great Falls. Along with the prison sentence, McDowell is to pay $100 and serve five years of supervised release. The sentence stems from a two-year investigation by the FBI and the Cascade County Sheriff's Office, according to a press release from the U.S....

  • Water restrictions eased in some north-central communities

    While more of the country is slipping into drought, some communities in north-central Montana are easing their water restrictions. Bob Painter, supervisor of the Chinook water treatment plant, said today that the amount of dirt in the water he's treating has decreased enough that the city has completely lifted its water restrictions. "It's been pretty good for the last couple of days," he added. The Chinook City Council lifted the restrictions July 11. The Hill County Water District, which serves much of the county from the... Full story

  • Skylights volleyball wraps up recruiting

    Montana State University-Northern head volleyball coach Lisa Handley finished her recruiting for the Skylights upcoming season with the signing of 5-foot-10 setter Christine Smith. Smith, from Victor, played varsity volleyball for four years, was named to the all-conference honorable mention team twice and first team all-conference once. "Christine is a pleasant surprise for us," Handley said. "She came in and tried out and impressed me, and other members of the team, with her setting abilities and attitude. She loves...

  • Erickson inks three transfers for Skylights

    Montana State University-Northern basketball coach Mike Erickson has added three more recruits to his Skylights team for the 2002-2003 season. Michelle Jackson, a 5-foot-9 forward from Tucson, Ariz., is transferring to Northern from Arizona Western. Jackson averaged 6.2 points points per game and six rebounds per game last season. She is a physical player who the Skylights expect to contribute at both forward positions, Erickson said. "She is a tweener type player who can work you inside or knock down a three," Erickson said.... Full story

  • Comets shut out, then lose to Tri-County

    Havre catcher Garrett Drake said Tuesday after the Comets beat Medicine Hat in two games that they couldn't take their Wednesday doubleheader with first-year team Tri-County lightly. If his teammates had heard him, maybe things would have been different. The Comets were on a hot streak heading into the American Legion doubleheader at Legion Field in Havre. But they were quickly cooled off by the young Cardinals, who despite losing the opener 10-0, defeated the Comets, 6-2, in the nightcap. Backed by Trent Normandy's strong...

  • ELIE BRUNER, Obituary

    Elie Agnes (Skram) Bruner, 87, Choteau, retired homemaker and former Havre-area resident, died Sept. 26, 2001, of natural causes at a Choteau medical center. A memorial service will be July 23 at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Havre. A memorial service was Sept. 26 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Choteau, the Rev. Jerry Olson officiated. Cremation took place under the direction of Gorder Funeral Home of Choteau. She was born Nov. 6, 1913, in Havre, the daughter of Ingebrigt and Anna (Stove) Aardal. She was raised and...

  • Beavers readers offer a variety of viewsHowdy Beaver

    Beavers readers offer a variety of views Howdy Beaver From time to time we get correspondence from this one and that one, particularly now that our e-mail address is included with most columns. And, although we do not have time to answer them all personally, we do attempt to answer some of the more interesting in a column once or twice a year. Here are some of the questions and comments we have gotten recently. "How dare you! In one column you say that there is still a drought on in the Bear Paws. The very next week you... Full story

  • Bowdoin prepares for National Wildlife Refuge Systems centennial

    On March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt set aside tiny Pelican Island on Florida's east coast as the first national wildlife refuge. Since then, this one island monitored by one man in one small boat has grown into a vast network of federal lands consisting of more that 535 refuges and covering more than 94 million acres across the United States and its territories, an area about the size of Montana. Although the National Wildlife Refuge System is dedicated specifically to wildlife conservation, these lands are also...

  • Havre office gets second employee

    The Social Security Administration will add a second employee to the Social Security field office in Havre. The office has been staffed solo by Tom Mathis, a claims representative, since December. Since that time, he has worked 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., wrote a letter to the Social Security Administration last month urging that another employee be hired to help handle the caseload. "There is a delay in the required processing of the work due to the fact that the single employee...

  • Rocky Boy man sentenced and fined in meth case

    Rueben McDowell, a resident of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison last Thursday. McDowell had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon in Great Falls. Along with the prison sentence, McDowell is to pay $100 and serve five years of supervised release. The sentence stems from a two-year investigation by the FBI and the Cascade County Sheriff's Office, according to a press release from the U.S.... Full story

  • Bowdoin prepares for National Wildlife Refuge Systems centennial

    On March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt set aside tiny Pelican Island on Florida's east coast as the first national wildlife refuge. Since then, this one island monitored by one man in one small boat has grown into a vast network of federal lands consisting of more that 535 refuges and covering more than 94 million acres across the United States and its territories, an area about the size of Montana. Although the National Wildlife Refuge System is dedicated specifically to wildlife conservation, these lands are also... Full story

  • Water restrictions eased in some north-central communities

    While more of the country is slipping into drought, some communities in north-central Montana are easing their water restrictions. Bob Painter, supervisor of the Chinook water treatment plant, said today that the amount of dirt in the water he's treating has decreased enough that the city has completely lifted its water restrictions. "It's been pretty good for the last couple of days," he added. The Chinook City Council lifted the restrictions July 11. The Hill County Water District, which serves much of the county from the... Full story

  • Skylights volleyball wraps up recruiting

    Montana State University-Northern head volleyball coach Lisa Handley finished her recruiting for the Skylights upcoming season with the signing of 5-foot-10 setter Christine Smith. Smith, from Victor, played varsity volleyball for four years, was named to the all-conference honorable mention team twice and first team all-conference once. "Christine is a pleasant surprise for us," Handley said. "She came in and tried out and impressed me, and other members of the team, with her setting abilities and attitude. She loves...

  • Erickson inks three transfers for Skylights

    Montana State University-Northern basketball coach Mike Erickson has added three more recruits to his Skylights team for the 2002-2003 season. Michelle Jackson, a 5-foot-9 forward from Tucson, Ariz., is transferring to Northern from Arizona Western. Jackson averaged 6.2 points points per game and six rebounds per game last season. She is a physical player who the Skylights expect to contribute at both forward positions, Erickson said. "She is a tweener type player who can work you inside or knock down a three," Erickson said....

  • Comets shut out, then lose to Tri-County

    Havre catcher Garrett Drake said Tuesday after the Comets beat Medicine Hat in two games that they couldn't take their Wednesday doubleheader with first-year team Tri-County lightly. If his teammates had heard him, maybe things would have been different. The Comets were on a hot streak heading into the American Legion doubleheader at Legion Field in Havre. But they were quickly cooled off by the young Cardinals, who despite losing the opener 10-0, defeated the Comets, 6-2, in the nightcap. Backed by Trent Normandy's strong...

  • ELIE BRUNER, Obituary

    Elie Agnes (Skram) Bruner, 87, Choteau, retired homemaker and former Havre-area resident, died Sept. 26, 2001, of natural causes at a Choteau medical center. A memorial service will be July 23 at 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Havre. A memorial service was Sept. 26 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Choteau, the Rev. Jerry Olson officiated. Cremation took place under the direction of Gorder Funeral Home of Choteau. She was born Nov. 6, 1913, in Havre, the daughter of Ingebrigt and Anna (Stove) Aardal. She was raised and...

  • Beavers readers offer a variety of viewsHowdy Beaver

    Beavers readers offer a variety of views Howdy Beaver From time to time we get correspondence from this one and that one, particularly now that our e-mail address is included with most columns. And, although we do not have time to answer them all personally, we do attempt to answer some of the more interesting in a column once or twice a year. Here are some of the questions and comments we have gotten recently. "How dare you! In one column you say that there is still a drought on in the Bear Paws. The very next week you...

  • Bowdoin prepares for National Wildlife Refuge Systems centennial

    On March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt set aside tiny Pelican Island on Florida's east coast as the first national wildlife refuge. Since then, this one island monitored by one man in one small boat has grown into a vast network of federal lands consisting of more that 535 refuges and covering more than 94 million acres across the United States and its territories, an area about the size of Montana. Although the National Wildlife Refuge System is dedicated specifically to wildlife conservation, these lands are also...

  • Havre office gets second employee

    The Social Security Administration will add a second employee to the Social Security field office in Havre. The office has been staffed solo by Tom Mathis, a claims representative, since December. Since that time, he has worked 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., wrote a letter to the Social Security Administration last month urging that another employee be hired to help handle the caseload. "There is a delay in the required processing of the work due to the fact that the single employee...

  • Rocky Boy man sentenced and fined in meth case

    Rueben McDowell, a resident of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison last Thursday. McDowell had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon in Great Falls. Along with the prison sentence, McDowell is to pay $100 and serve five years of supervised release. The sentence stems from a two-year investigation by the FBI and the Cascade County Sheriff's Office, according to a press release from the U.S....

  • Water restrictions eased in some north-central communities

    While more of the country is slipping into drought, some communities in north-central Montana are easing their water restrictions. Bob Painter, supervisor of the Chinook water treatment plant, said today that the amount of dirt in the water he's treating has decreased enough that the city has completely lifted its water restrictions. "It's been pretty good for the last couple of days," he added. The Chinook City Council lifted the restrictions July 11. The Hill County Water District, which serves much of the county from the...

  • Skylights volleyball wraps up recruiting

    Montana State University-Northern head volleyball coach Lisa Handley finished her recruiting for the Skylights upcoming season with the signing of 5-foot-10 setter Christine Smith. Smith, from Victor, played varsity volleyball for four years, was named to the all-conference honorable mention team twice and first team all-conference once. "Christine is a pleasant surprise for us," Handley said. "She came in and tried out and impressed me, and other members of the team, with her setting abilities and attitude. She loves...

  • Erickson inks three transfers for Skylights

    Montana State University-Northern basketball coach Mike Erickson has added three more recruits to his Skylights team for the 2002-2003 season. Michelle Jackson, a 5-foot-9 forward from Tucson, Ariz., is transferring to Northern from Arizona Western. Jackson averaged 6.2 points points per game and six rebounds per game last season. She is a physical player who the Skylights expect to contribute at both forward positions, Erickson said. "She is a tweener type player who can work you inside or knock down a three," Erickson said....

  • Comets shut out, then lose to Tri-County

    Havre catcher Garrett Drake said Tuesday after the Comets beat Medicine Hat in two games that they couldn't take their Wednesday doubleheader with first-year team Tri-County lightly. If his teammates had heard him, maybe things would have been different. The Comets were on a hot streak heading into the American Legion doubleheader at Legion Field in Havre. But they were quickly cooled off by the young Cardinals, who despite losing the opener 10-0, defeated the Comets, 6-2, in the nightcap. Backed by Trent Normandy's strong... Full story

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