Stamp Out Hunger collects 1.5 tons of food

In conjunction with local United States Postal Service workers, the Havre Food Bank collected 2,913 pounds of non-perishable food items Saturday, May 11, as part of the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Sam Nimmick, director of the Havre Food Bank, said the drive collected 249 more pounds than last year and that it is at least the fourth year in a row that Havre's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive has increased its total collection.

"Every year that I've been here, we've gone up in numbers," she said. "I think that every year our community seems to be giving more and more. And this year was a...