Board responds to lawsuit over Community Giveaway House

Less than a week after holding what it called a successful reopening of the Havre Community Giveaway House, a group responded to a lawsuit that claims it has no authority to operate the charity — in a battle between two boards that each say they represent the charity.

A press release sent out by Roberta Beute, chair of the board that reopened the North Havre location of the Giveaway House Saturday, April 20, said that more than 90 people attended the reopening from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The charity was founded about 1970 by Ruth Nystrom and Ann Friesen, who both have since died, to provide donated...