Havre teacher wins national award

Carol Pleninger, a chemistry teacher at Havre High School, can already count most of her students and colleagues among her fans, but now she can add President Barack Obama to the list.

The White House announced this week the 97 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, including Pleninger as the premier science teacher in Montana.

"These teachers are the best of the best, and they stand as excellent examples of the kind of leadership we need in order to train the next generation of innovators and help this country get ahead, " Obama said in the press rel...