Havre Love packages on their way to U.S. sailors

More than 500 care packages are on their way to sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

The 25 boxes - enough for more than two 200-member crews - were mailed at the Havre post office about 1 p.m. Tuesday, said Jean Smith, 61, who organized Operation Havre Love.

"All I can say is one word: fabulous," Smith said. "I had wonderful helpers."

Smith said it took her and four helpers two half-days to put together all the packets, which each include home-baked cookies, store-bought granola bars, microwave popcorn, letters from area residents and students, and a humorous informational pamphlet about Havre...