Representatives of a Minneapolis-based firm plan to be in Havre early next year to start studying the possibility of building a special-events center here.

Paul Tuss, executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp., said Tuesday the local committee examining the idea selected Conventions, Sports & Leisure International to conduct the study, at a cost of $35,000.

Tuss said the committee is waiting to see what the recommendations of the study are, whether it's to go ahead with the project as planned, change the scope or purpose of the project, or give up the idea.

"If it says we shouldn't do...