Food drive organizers looking for more volunteers tonight

The first night of the Everybody Loves Firefighters food drive was a difficult but successful night, an organizer said today, adding that he hopes more volunteers can help tonight.

Havre Food Bank manager Don Bleak said only seven volunteers joined him and Havre firefighters Tuesday night to collect nonperishable food for the food bank and the Salvation Army. They collected about 3,000 pounds, he said, as much as both nights during the drive a couple years ago and three times as much as last year.

Bleak said he hopes more volunteers join the group tonight, to cover the west side of Havre an...