Mosquito district may take another year

Havre-area residents seeking relief from mosquitoes will have to wait until 2005.

Funding for the proposed mosquito district wouldn't become available until November 2004, meaning pesticide applications would not begin until the following summer, the Hill County Commission said Tuesday.

A planning committee for the district said it may try to speed up the project by raising donations during a petition-signing campaign.

The planned mosquito district would cover an area that extends eight miles west of Havre, six miles north, five miles south, and east to the Blaine County line. The district wou...