Twelve years of hard work at the animal shelter

Tim Leeds

Gordon Inabnit is getting some volunteer help at the Havre animal shelter to give him a break in his work week.

"For 12 years I've been up here seven days a week cleaning and feeding," Inabnit said.

This weekend will be the first that two volunteers are working on their own at the shelter. Inabnit, the Havre animal control officer, has been training them the last two weekends.

At first, the volunteers will just clean the shelter and feed the animals, but in a couple of months the shelter might open on the weekends to allow people to view the animals.

"That's part of our goal for now,...