Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament to help clean skatepark Saturday

Pearl Jam bass player Jeff Ament will be in Havre at noon Saturday to clean graffiti off the Havre Skatepark and a release from the Havre Parks and Recreation Department says the public is invited to come.

Ament grew up in Big Sandy and was an avid skateboarder in his youth, and often came to Havre to indulge his passion.

In an interview back in 2016 he said his passion for skateboarding dates back to a family vacation he took to California when he was 12 or 13 years old. He said he had a cousin who lived in the San Jose area who was an avid skater who made his own board.

"He actually gave me...