Skate park efforts hit speed bump

While Havre has plenty of playing fields and facilities for kids to participate in sports like baseball, basketball and football, the city's skateboarders are still waiting for a place they can call their own - a skate park, complete with ramps and half-pipes, where they can perfect their skating skills.

"These kids are athletes, talented athletes," Lita Thisselle, secretary of the Havre Skateboard Association, said Wednesday. "Just like the kids playing basketball and baseball, skateboarders need a place to practice. A skate park would provide that."

Recognizing the community's growing need f...