Hi-Line Living: Working and shopping at Sally Ann's

Matt Montagino walked into Salvation Army's Sally Ann Thrift Store, 23 years ago, and he has been working there ever since.

At the time, Montagino and his wife had just moved from Seattle to Havre and he was looking for a job.

"My wife and I walked in here and she said 'you can do this,' and I found that I could," he said.

Montagino said that, when he was growing up, his father was a hoarder, so he is used to having lots of items around. He said jokingly that organizing items in the store serves as therapy for him.

The store, though it operates as a separate entity from the Salvation Army Emer...