Rice targets east end park for upgrade

Children on the east side of Havre may soon have a nicer place to play. Havre Mayor Bob Rice hopes to revamp the park in the the 1100 block of First Street - once known as Tourist Park - beginning this summer.

"Right now it's useless," Rice said this week. There is a rusty swing set with only one swing, and bars for a teeter-totter without the boards.

"Kids can't play there," he said, adding that the parks on the east side of town "are not as nice as some of our other parks, so I'd like to see them upgraded."

At the Havre City Council meeting Monday night, Rice and community member Charlie Gra...