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There is something really special about small town libraries, and Montana, that attracts many people from all different walks of life, Jamie Ford said. Ford, an internationally recognized and New York Times best-selling author, said that, although his books are well known across the world, he still enjoys coming to rural libraries in Montana because of the people. "They are really vital to those communities and they are really well supported usually," he said. Ford, who has...
Local ham radio operator Lloyd Stallkamp said he was into radios long before he came to Havre almost 40 years ago. "I've always been interested in electronics," he said. "I built little versions of crystal radios when I was in school, but I never lived near anyone who was a ham radio operator." Stallkamp said that when he arrived in Havre, a local ham radio club was active with an average of 20 members. He said that in Havre ham radio has been active a long time, though now...
A local stay-at-home mom transitioned a year ago into making it her business to beautify Havre one window at a time. "I could think of a lot worse ways to spend my time," window-painter Tracy Carroll said. "It's fun to do something creative." Carroll said she has operated her business since fall of last year, adding that Infinity Bake Shoppe and Valley Furniture were her first two businesses. Since then, she has expanded to doing work for five to six different businesses...
"I think it is very important for having a safe place for animals to go," Havre Animal Control Officer Peter Federspiel said. Federspiel took the job as animal control officer in May of 2016 after spending 20 years as a deputy sheriff with Hill County Sheriff's Office. Federspiel said the job encompasses many things besides maintaining the shelter. He said as animal control officer, he goes out in the community, deals with the animals in the community and helps the animals...
"My motto is, when I am reviewing my lines, learning what my character is doing, is saying, 'If I don't believe myself, if I don't believe what I'm saying, if I don't believe what I am doing and if I'm not authentic, then how can I expect an audience person to believe me?' That is what I work for is authenticity and making it real," local thespian Pam Veis said. An acclaimed local actress and director and a major player in Fort Peck Summer Theatre, Veis, originally from...
Montana State University-Northern has partnered with several different agencies and the Hill County Park Board to start a long-term monitoring program for Beaver Creek Park to collect data on the changing ecosystem in the park. "Her database is something that we can use 100 years from now," community member Lou Hagener said of Northern Associate Professor Terri Hildebrand's research, "to say here, OK, this is what we had." Hagener has been helping Hildebrand with her study of...
A small business started with a bait machine listed for sale on Facebook, and two sisters who are passionate about fishing. Gracee Hencz, 13, an upcoming eighth-grader at Havre Middle School and Hallee Hencz, 9, an upcoming fourth-grader at Sunnyside Intermediate School, are co-owners of G & H Bait. "We provide bait for fishermen who want to go fishing," Gracee Hencz said. G & H Bait is located outside of Bear Paw Meats at 1705 Fifth Ave. in Havre. G & H began July 2017 when...
In Montana, agriculture is not only an industry but a way of life, and some farmers are seeing the reintroduction of hemp as an opportunity to give new life to the family farm. "You stop at the Town Pump and you talk to the local farmers, and all of them say the same things, something's gotta change or their going to go out of business, because they are just scraping by," Harlem-area producer Rob Klingaman said. Hemp is also known as cannabis, which is also a term for...
A local musician has turned her love of using music as a ministry into heading a worldwide network of musical healing. Mary Stevens of Havre is the head of and a program mentor for Harps for Healing. Harps for Healing is a form of therapeutic music that meets the immediate needs of a patient or client from a trained professional musician who adapts the music playing style to provide that individual a place of healing or peace. Stevens said she became involved in music at an ea...
Big Sandy rancher and horse breeder Stan Weaver always wanted to have a production sale, but he never dreamed that his annual sales would lead to him taking the helm of the world's largest horse breed registry and membership organization. Weaver, who has already served four years on the American Quarter Horse Association executive committee, was appointed committee president during the organization's annual meeting in March. Ironically, though, even at the helm of an...
It's hard to look through Havre - and much of north-central Montana - without seeing something touched by Bear Paw Development Corp. Montana's oldest economic development district, Bear Paw is celebrating its 50th year serving this region. "I think the proof is in the pudding when it comes to successful projects we have been involved with over the past few decades," Bear Paw Executive Director Paul Tuss said. Bear Paw Development, started in 1969, covered Hill and Blaine...
People thronged in the Havre area Saturday to events showcasing the area's rich history including bootleggers, gamblers, military and Native Americans. "That's what I like about Living History so much is the incredible diversity of our history and how we each have an important story to tell, but they are all intertwined with each other," H. Earl Clack Museum and Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump Manager Emily Mayer said. Saturday included activities at Havre Beneath the Streets, H....
As the morning sun hung three-quarters up in the sky Saturday, downtown Havre was filled with the sound of motorcycles as the Seventh Annual Spring Opener Poker Run for Montana Wounded Warriors got underway. "We all like to ride," Kindred Spirits President Randy Iverson of Shelby said. "It's fun to ride in a group, amazing how many people you get to know every year." Montana Wounded Warriors uses funds raised, such as by the Eagle Riders Poker Run, to send Montana veterans...
Tensions about funding and operations of long-distance rail only underscores the legacy that service has on Montana's Hi-Line. At the National Rail Passengers Association Northwest Division annual meeting in Cut Bank last weekend, part of the discussion was of the importance of passenger rail service and its continuation in the United States, but a large portion was also celebrating the 90th anniversary of The Empire Builder, the premiere passenger rail service that has run...
Goldie Maze has lived most of her life on the Hi-Line and recently moved back to Havre. Sunday, she and relatives and other Eagles Manor residents gathered for a celebration of her 101st birthday. Family came from across the country - her son, Larry, came from Kentucky, where she lived with him before coming back to Havre last fall. "She wanted to move back to where her roots are," Larry Maze, Goldie Maze's son said. And she is popular at the manor. "Goldie's one of our...
Graduation at Montana State University-Northern last weekend marked the start for many students entering the professional field, but also marked the completion of the first year of Northern's College of Health Sciences. The college was created in response to the demand for nurses on the Hi-Line. The state received a federal grant six years ago specifically to observe the current needs in the state's health care system. Northern was of the state's 15 colleges seen as playing a...
As graduation draws closer, many Montana State University-Northern students are preparing to enter the workforce, for some, in a worldwide arena, for others, locally or in their hometowns. One student, Associated Students of Montana State University-Northern President Christopher Brekke-George of Bozeman, is preparing to move back to his hometown to start his career. Brekke-George, a diesel technology student, started at Northern in the fall of 2013, after graduating from...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of High Horizon Gardens. It also corrects that the greenhouse did not use one treatment to repel ladybugs, which, as Aricka Turner says, “are good bugs,” but problem bugs. Cody Miles said that after moving back to Havre two years ago he wanted to contribute something to the community. “I’ve been watching Havre my whole life” he said, “… I come back home and I can do something new for the community.” After spending hundreds...
The presence of the U.S. Border Patrol in north-central Montana has changed since the Spokane District established a sub-office in Havre July 31, 1924, and since it became the Havre Sector Headquarters in 1933, but its role is the same - protecting the U.S. border. The presence of the U.S. Border Patrol has increased significantly in north-central Montana in the last 20 years. The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002, integrating part or all of 22 different...
Farmer and businessman Bob Quinn said that in 1978, when he returned home from California to the family farm in Big Sandy with his with his wife and children, he simply intended to make a living on his family's farm. What he did though, was become a leader in organic farming in North America, start an international grain business with an ancient grain he brought back to prominence from one jar of seed stock and become a leading advocate in the movement to change standard pract...
In the beginning of 2018 when Havreite Sarah Manuel started the Streatery, from it’s first day, local, organic food has been a priority of the business. “I would rather have it be tons of extra work to source things locally and source things organically to make sure the quality is there, rather than lowering the standards just to keep the business going,” Manuel said. “Because at that, the mission is gone, and you can’t have a successful business without a solid mission....
Last week, former Blaine County Museum Director Jude Sheppard, made her last goodbyes to a position she held for more than two decades. "It's something that I truly enjoyed and always have," Sheppard said. "I've always liked history. It was a perfect job." Last week, Sheppard handed the reins over to Havre High School graduate Samantha French. Sheppard officially retired at the start of March, but had been coming in to help French get started in the position. She said that...
With three breweries and distillery, Havre's locally produced alcohol market has grown in a big way in Havre in the past five years. Havre went from not having a single brewery since the mid-1900s to having three - Triple Dog Brewing Co., Old Station Brewing Co. and Vizsla Brewing - and a distillery, Cawford Distillery, in the past five years, which have all been a huge success. All of them are planning to grow their businesses in the next year. An evolving trend, evolving mar...
Editor's Note: This is second in a series of features about local groups, clubs and activities for youth Havre may not be close to many centers of Spanish language and culture, but that doesn't stop Havre High School students from learning the language and about the culture - even on-site. The Havre High School Spanish Club is gearing up for a trip in the summer of 2020, with the club working now on organizing fundraisers and picking a location for the trip. Havre High Spanish...
Middle school choir students from across the Hi-Line congregated at Havre High School Monday for the annual choir festival. Event organizer and Havre Middle School choir teacher Ronda Minnick said Monday before the concert that March is Music in Our Schools Month and the festival is just one way to celebrate students in musical programs. “It’s been going on for years,” she said. “It’s kind of a tradition.” This is Minnick’s seventh year teaching choir at Havre Middle School...
