Answered prayers for St. Jude Thaddeus School

Persistent rainfalls flooded and caused damage to parts of the area along the Hi-Line. In some areas, the damage left people praying for a miracle. Yet for St. Jude Thaddeus School, the heavy rainfall was the answer to its prayers.

Over the Fourth of July weekend, St. Jude physical education instructor Dana Roe stood in a "lake" of water covering the Havre Central Gymnasium floor. In the ball room and physical education room, the carpet squished beneath his feet.

Roe said needles from a pine tree, located on the west side of Havre Central, loosened clogging the drain pipe from the roof. The...