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Havre Daily News/Floyd BrandtSteve Lockwood opens the reading Tuesday at Voices of the Hi-Line in Montana State University-Northern with “Dies Irae” which he read in Latin. The event organized by Northern's Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs celebrated National Poetry Month by inviting people from the community to read poetry and plays and sing songs in the dialect in which they were written.

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Old building in Beaver Creek coming down A ramshackle old building in Beaver Creek Park’s Camp Kiwanis is sched-uled to be razed, park Superintendent Chad Edgar said during Monday night’s Hill County Park Board meeting. LT Construction won the contract for the teardown at about $14,000, Edgar said, adding it may happen as soon as next week. The building, which used to house the park caretakers, was built sometime in the 1930s, Edgar said Tuesday, but hasn’t been inhabited since the ’50s or ’60s. “It’s been there a long time,” he said. Lately, it had been used for storage, tires and things of that sort, Edgar said. Estimating it to be about 600 square feet, Edgar said that, at one point, it housed a family of five. Although it has a fireplace, Edgar said it might have been hard to keep warm in the winter

since the house doesn’t seem to have ever been very well-insulated. It had gone through a few phases before ending up with tires in it, and ultimately, an eyesore for Edgar, he said. On the ceiling, Edgar said, are names that have been spray painted by employees of the park over the years. He said he might spray paint his name on there before it comes down. Edgar said he doesn’t know of any plans to replace the wooden building with any other kind of structure. He said a road grader will probably be parked in its place.

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Havre Daily News/Floyd BrandtAn old building constructed in the 1930s at Camp Kiwanis in Bea-ver Creek Park stands at the camp Tuesday. Park Superintendent Chad Edgar told the Hill County Park Board that the building, generally unused for years except for storage, will be torn down likely next week.

By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press BILLINGS — Government inspec-tions of railroads that haul volatile crude oil across the United States have uncovered almost 24,000 safety defects, including problems similar to those blamed in derailments that trig-gered massive fires or oil spills in Oregon, Virginia, Montana and else-where, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. The safety defects were discovered during targeted federal inspections on almost 58,000 miles of oil train routes in 44 states. The inspection program began two years ago following a string of oil train accidents across North America, including a 2013 derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people. Federal regulators said the inspec-tions resulted in 1,118 violation recom-mendations, prompting railroads to become more responsive to concerns raised by track inspectors and to improve safety. Problems identified by federal inspectors included worn rails and other equipment; bolts meant to hold tracks in place that were broken, loos-ened or missing; and cracks in steel

bars joining sections of track. They also noted failures by railroads to quickly f ix problems identif ied through inspections. Such issues are not uncommon across the nation’s 140,000-mile freight rail network. But they’ve received heightened attention after rail ship-ments of crude oil increased and the number of major derailments spiked following a surge in domestic energy production. A violation recommendation occurs when an inspector finds something

serious enough to warrant a potential penalty, or a railroad fails to address a defect that’s been found. Federal officials declined to say how many penalties had been issued under the crude-by-rail inspection program. A former senior official at the Federal Railroad Administration, Steven Ditmeyer, reviewed the inspec-tion data obtained by the AP. He said

it reinforces the need for railroads to stay on top of regular maintenance for their sprawling networks of track. Many of the defects found by inspectors posed serious safety issues, Ditmeyer said, adding that it can be difficult for railroads to know when a seemingly small problem will result in a derailment.

APNewsBreak: Thousands of defects found on oil train routes

AP Photo/Steve Helber, FileSurvey crews in boats look over tanker cars May 1, 2014, as workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va. Inspectors have found almost 24,000 safety defects over a two-year period along United States railroad routes used to ship volatile crude oil. Data obtained by The Associated Press shows many of the defects were similar to problems blamed in past derailments that caused massive fires or oil spills in Oregon, Virginia and Montana.

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H i l l Coun ty Weed D i s t r i c t Supervisor Terry Turner said he has perked the interest of an invasive plant publication editor and hopes for an article on the Hill County weed problem in a national magazine. At best, Turner said, the attention might lead to receiving money to spray against noxious weeds and at the least, a “huge article in a national magazine.” Turner told Beaver Creek Park Board members Monday night at the board’s monthly meeting that he had spoken to Celestine Duncan, who is listed as the editor of TechLine

Invasive Plant News, about possibly writing an article about the weed problem in Hill County. Duncan’s b iography on the TechLine website says she writes arti-cles about the latest in invasive plant management research for TechLine, as well as conducts field research, environmental assessments, and train-ing programs throughout the Northwest on invasive plants. If Duncan decides to write the arti-cle, she would publish it in June, Turner said. Since his time with Hill County began in 1986, Turner said, the nox-ious weed list has grown from 15 to 35. And among the problems, he said, is

the county fighting prevalent invasive weeds with the same budget when there were 15 on the list. An informational pamphlet by the Montana Weed Control Association says the invasion of aggressive, non-native plant species, noxious weeds, is a serious and growing problem in the West. “Typically, they are plants that grow aggressively, multiply quickly without natural controls, and adverse-ly affect native habitats,” the informa-tion says. The weed problem in Hill County is significant, Turner said. They take over land, increase soil erosion, raise water temperature and cause prob-

lems for the fish. “We’re waving the white flag and saying ‘help,’” Turner told board mem-bers Monday. Turner told the board that the weeds arrive in various ways, includ-ing carried by people accidentally, planted by some on purpose or carried by the creek. The latest noxious weed, Turner said, is one so new the pamphlet doesn’t even list it, phragmites. Turner said that weed, which is from eastern Europe — he said Hungary or Russia — was “dropped off by the railroad.” At 13 feet high, he said one is grow-ing by the railroad tracks just about three miles into Blaine County.

Hill County courting national article on weedsPaul Dragupdragu@havredailynews.com

Budgetdiscussion tops list at legislativevideoconference

The $10.3 bil l ion budget that passed the Senate Monday will likely pass the House, state Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, said at the weekly legislative video conference Tuesday in a Northern Montana Hospital conference room. “My feelings is that most House Democrats are going to vote no on the bill, and I would say most House Republicans will vote yes on the bill,” said Bachmeier, the only area lawmaker at the video conference. “I have a feeling that it is close but it will pass the House.” When it passed the Senate 29-20, Republican Sens. Mike Lang of Malta and Russ Tempel of Chester voted for it, while Democrat Frank Smith of Poplar voted against it. Lawmakers have spent much of the session figuring out how to craft a budget that will leave at least $200 m i l l i o n i n t h e state’s rainy day fund, a f t e r the state received less than expected oil and gas revenue. Republican legisla-tors want to build this fund through cuts to the state b u d g e t , w h i l e Democrats led by Gov. Steve Bullock want to do so through a mix of tax increases and smaller cuts. Bachmeier said some areas will see a rise in spending from the 2016-2017 biennium budget. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services budget will increase, most of which will go toward senior and long-term care. The budget for general govern-ment will be 7.6 percent less and judiciary will see a 0.7 percent reduc-tion. Natural Resources and trans-portation will have to absorb cuts of 10.7 percent. The Senate revised version will go back to the House, and if the House changes it again, the budget will go to a conference committee. That committee, composed of members from both parties and legislative houses, will have to come up with a compromise. Bachmeier said he heard when a budget goes to commit-tee more money is usually put into the budget not taken out. The budget will then go before Bullock who can either sign it, veto it or let it become law without his signature. Bachmeier said he does not know what the governor plans to do. “He is playing his cards pretty close to his chest,” Bachmeier said.

Infrastructure bonding Two bills are being considered by state lawmakers — one crafted in the House and the other in the

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History not held this year

For the first time since it started in 2004, the H. Earl Clack and Margaret Turner Clack Museum Foundation will not hold their popular Hands on History fundraiser this year and will instead raise money with an equipment rodeo. H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas said the Foundation opted to forgo Hands on History after Allison Keeley, a Foundation member and one of its chief organizers, died in December. “She passed away right after Christmas, and I guess everyone was just so deflated,” Dritchulus said. Dritshulas said Hands on History will resume next year. Hands on History is a fundraiser to benefit the museum and Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump. Dritshulas said the event, held at the Holiday Village Mall, had 30 separate stations where children would engage in old-fashioned activities such as candle making, tooling leather, gold panning and doing laundry using a washboard. Volunteers supervised the stations. Dritshulas said that last year, about

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Digging Up History set for April 22

Senate — that would allow bonding for infrastructure and capital projects, though in dif-ferent amounts. House Bill 645, introduced by state Rep. Mike Cuffe, R-Eureka, fell two votes short of the two-thirds supermajori-ty needed to authorize $33.3 million in bonding. Bachmeier and state Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, voted for it, while Reps. Casey Knudsen R-Malta, and James O’Hara, R-Fort Benton, voted against it. T h e b i l l wa s rev i ve d Saturday to be reconsidered by the House and the amount for bonding has been increased to $78.8 million. An alternate bill, Senate Bill 367 introduced by Sen. Fredrick Moore, R-Miles City, would authorize up to $98.8 million in bonding. The bill just made the 34 votes needed to authorize bonding Thursday, passing 34-16, with Tempel and Smith voting for it and Lang against it. It has been trans-

mitted to the House for a hear-i n g T h u r s d a y i n t h e Appropriations Committee. Bachmeier said both bills include funding for a state vet-erans home in Butte, the reno-vation of Romney Hall at Montana State University in Bozeman, and expansions of both a science technology cen-t e r a t M o n t a n a S t a t e University-Billings and a den-tal hygiene building at Great Falls College. “They feel like these are the essential projects needed to get the bonding bill passed, so that is why they are includ-ed in both (bills),” Bachmeier said, Members of the Senate and House Democrats prefer the S e n a t e b i l l , b u t H o u s e Republicans favor the House bill, Bachmeier said. “It will be one or the other, t h ey wo n ’ t p a s s b o t h , ” Bachmeier said. Both bills authorize money for 50 school facility improve-men t p ro j ec t s i nc lud ing

$525,000 in upgrades to the ventilation system at Havre High School and $763,620 for a replacement air handler at Rocky Boy High School on R o c k y B o y ’ s I n d i a n Reservation. Hays-Lodge Pole school is also authorized to receive a grant of $4,025,500. House Democrats are seek-ing to use a House bill for rural water projects as lever-age against Republicans to pass other bills such as the bonding bill that originated in the Senate, Bachmeier said. The bill, House Bill 8 intro-duced by Jim Keane, D-Butte, would offer loans including one of $10,000 to the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority. Bachmeier said he is confi-dent that the bill will eventu-ally be passed.

Personhood amendment Efforts to get a proposed personhood amendment on the ballot failed Thursday with legislators failing to obtain the

two-thirds majority needed for passage, Bachmeier said. House Bill 595, introduced by state Rep. Derek Skees, R-Kalispell, would amend the state constitution to define a person as “all members of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development, includ-ing the stage of fertilization or conception, regardless of age, health, level of functioning, or condition of dependency.” The bill received 58 votes. Reps. Windy Boy, O’Hara and Knudsen voted for it while Bachmeier voted against it.

Cigarette tax increase Bachmeier said he is unde-cided how he will vote on leg-islation that would raise the tax on cigarettes and smoke-less tobacco. The bill says that some of the $70 million in additional r e v e n u e g e n e r a t e d would increase the pay of nurses and long-term care staff caring for state patients. Remaining funds would go to

the state general fund and a long-range building program. Senate Bill 354 introduced by S e n . M a r y C a f f e ro , D-Helena passed last week on third reading 27 -22 , with Tempel and Smith voting for it and Lang against it. The bill would up the tax from $1.70 to $3.20 on a pack of 20 cigarettes, increasing from 50 percent to 74 percent of the wholesale price. Taxes would also increase on smoke-less tobacco and be imposed

on e-cigarettes and vaping products. Bachmeier said he is con-cerned the increase is too much, too fast and that it wou ld d i spropor t ionate ly af fect people wi th lower incomes. He said that he could potentially support a smaller increase. “I’m really up in the air,” Bachmeier said. He added that he would be more comfortable supporting a $1 increase.

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“All of this is a call for con-t i n u e d v i g i l a n c e, ” s a i d Ditmeyer, who directed the railroad administration’s Office of Research and Development for eight years. “One defect or one violation of the right kind can cause a derailment. These statistics give a good indica-tion of the track quality, but most (defects) won’t cause a derailment.” Some safety gaps found by inspectors bear similarities to the circumstances surrounding prior accidents. In Lynchburg, Virginia, cracks in the track that went unrepaired led to a CSX Transportation oil train com-ing off the rails and exploding along the James River in 2014. In Culbertson, Montana, a 2015 accident that spilled 27,000 gal-lons of oi l from a BNSF Railway train was blamed on defective or missing fasteners used to hold the tracks in place. And in Mosier, Oregon, broken rail bolts were blamed in a Union Pacific oil train derailment and fire last year. The rail industry views safe-ty defects as warnings from regulators that action is neces-

sary, said Associat ion of American Railroads spokes-woman Jessica Kahanek. She said violations are a better indicator of safety problems because not all defects pose an immediate risk. Hundreds of the violation recommendations on oil train routes were “paper-work-related,” Kahanek said, such as railroads not providing required forms to government inspectors. Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific received most of the violation recommendations issued under the targeted inspection program, with more than 800. A breakdown for vio-lations involving other rail-roads was not available. Union Pacific agreed to increase its inspection frequen-cies fol lowing the Mosier derailment under an agree-ment with federal regulators who said the railroad’s inspec-tion program was too lax. Union Pacific spokeswoman Calli Hite said the railroad shares the Federal Railroad Administration’s dedication to safety and safety compliance. “Union Pacific has always paid close attention to track

conditions and inspections,” Hite said. Most violations were found in the months after the inspec-tion program began in January 2015 in the U.S. Southwest, where officials said Union Pacific runs a majority of the oil trains. In many cases, viola-tion recommendations came after the railroad did not respond quickly enough to problems found by inspectors, said Marc Willis, a spokesman for the railroad administration. Subsequent inspect ions turned up thousands of addi-tional safety problems but far fewer recommendations for violations. That was because the high number of violation recommen-dations for Union Pacific sent a message to the entire indus-try to quickly address any issue raised by inspectors, offi-cials said. “Railroads are paying closer attention,” Willis said, adding that derailments have fallen 10 percent since the inspection program began. “Although many minor defects still are being identified ... both FRA and railroad inspectors are

finding fewer serious condi-tions, resulting in significant safety improvements.” It’s uncertain whether the targeted inspection program for oil trains will continue under the Trump administra-tion, he said. Since 2006, the United States and Canada have seen at least 27 oil train accidents involving a fire, derailment or significant fuel spill. Besides the targeted inspection program, U.S. and Canad ian o f f i c i a l s have responded with more stringent construction standards for tens of thousands of tank cars that haul oil and other flammable liquids. The amount of oil moving by rail peaked in 2014 then dropped after crude prices col-lapsed. Major railroads report-ed moving more than 43,000 carloads of crude in the fourth quarter of 2016, down almost 50 percent from a year earlier, according to the railroad asso-ciation. —— Follow Matthew Brown on Twitter at https://twitter.com/matthewbrownap

$5,000 was raised through busi-ness and individual sponsors of the event, as well as tickets pur-chased to participate at the sites. In lieu of Hands on History, the Foundation will hold Digging

Up History, an equipment rodeo, Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. A flyer provided by Dritshulas said that for $10, par-ticipants of all ages will get to use a mini-excavator, skid steer

or backhoe for five minutes to dig through dirt for items that could then be exchanged for priz-es. Businesses who sponsor the equipment rodeo will be able to

display signs at the site where the digging will take place. A release also provided by Dritchulus said that businesses which donate $100 will be “shovel sponsors” and recognized

through special signs posted at the site of the event and in thank-you ads. For $250, a business can be an event sponsor which will be recognized in advertising for the equipment rodeo and allowed

to display a banner advertising their business at the rodeo. Businesses who are interested in sponsoring Digging Up History can contact Lanny Wilke at 265-3196.

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspon-dent WASHINGTON — Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s national secu-rity adviser and the latest target for Donald Trump’s embattled defenders, firmly denies that she or other Obama officials used secret intelligence reports to spy on Trump associates for political purposes. “Absolutely false,” Rice said Tuesday. The White House has seized on the idea that the Obama administration improperly sur-veilled the Republican during and after the November election

— an accusation Democrats say is just another red herring thrown out to distract attention from investigations of Russian interference in the campaign on behalf of Trump. Presidential spokesman Sean Spicer cast Rice’s handling of intelligence in the waning days of Obama’s term as suspicious, although he did not detail what he found to be inappropriate. “The more we find out about this, the more we learn there was something there,” Spicer said. According to a U.S. official, Rice asked spy agencies to give her the names of Trump associ-

ates who surfaced in intelligence reports she was regularly briefed on. Rice’s official role would have given her the ability to make those requests for national security purposes. Rice, in an interview with MSNBC, acknowledged that she sometimes asked for the names of Americans referenced in reports. She would not say whether she saw intelligence related to Trump associates or whether she asked for their identities, though she did say that reports related to Russia increased in the final months of the presidential election. The Trump White House has

been particularly incensed that intercepted conversations between national security advis-er Michael Flynn and Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. surfaced in news reports before the inau-guration. Flynn was fired after it became clear that he misled Vice President Mike Pence and others about the content of those discussions. Rice denied that she had leaked details about Flynn’s call, saying, “I leaked nothing to nobody.” The U.S. official said Rice’s Trump-related requests were discovered as part of a National Security Council review of the

gove rnmen t ’s p o l i cy on “unmasking” — the intelligence community’s term for revealing Americans’ identities that would otherwise be hidden in classified reports. The review was prompt-ed by a belief that there were inefficiencies in the current pro-cedures and concerns over a policy change made in the clos-ing days of the Obama adminis-tration, according to the official, who insisted on anonymity in order to disclose the sensitive information. In January, the Justice Department and intelligence officials agreed on new rules giving more U.S. agencies

access to raw information picked up abroad by the National Security Agency. Privacy advocates have raised concerns that the new rules — which are yet to be fully imple-mented — would lead to the information being shared too broadly. The unmasking review was led by Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the NSC’s senior director of intelli-gence. Cohen-Watnick has clashed with the CIA and was on the verge of being moved out of his job until Trump political advisers Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner stepped in to keep him in the role.

Obama aide says intel not used to spy on Trump advisers

MSU News Service BOZEMAN — A Montana State University research scien-tist who for nearly 30 years has worked to combat invasive weeds in Montana has been honored for his efforts. Jeff Littlefield, entomologist in MSU’s Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agriculture, has received the B a r b M u l l i n L i f e t i m e Achievement Award from the M o n t a n a We e d C o n t r o l Association, or MWCA. The award recognizes an agency employee, official or private individual who has been active in the MWCA for at least 10 years, demonstrates leadership abilities and successfully deals with agencies and the public in the MWCA noxious weed effort. Littlefield is quarantine director of MSU’s Biological Containment Facility, where he researches the use of insects and mites as a biological way to control the spread of noxious weeds that threaten Montana’s environment. According to the MWCA, state-listed noxious weeds infest approximately 7.6 million acres of Montana land, with new and potentially devas-tating invaders ever present. In his role as director of the b i o c o n ta i n m e n t fa c i l i t y Littlefield imports, rears and field tests biological control insects that might serve as nat-ural enemies of noxious weeds. For new insect agents, he devel-ops and submits risk assess-ments to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, for the field release of potential agents. He also works to maintain the facility’s accreditation with APHIS and supports research efforts of o ther b i o l og i ca l con t ro l researchers by providing quar-antine space. Littlefield’s colleagues and Montana agency stakeholders nominated him for the award, citing in the nomination letter Littlefield’s “clear vision for the ecological sustainability of using insects to suppress weed populations. “This is most evident when the noxious weeds are on a scale that simply cannot be approached using herbicides, often on thousands of acres of range and wildlands,” the nomi-nation states. “In other words, because of Dr. Littlefield, man-agers of private and publicly owned lands have the option of biological control to manage noxious weeds as part of an integrated pest management approach.” Littlefield’s research has led to the release of many potential biocontrol insect species that are impacting noxious weeds introduced from Europe and Eurasia that have taken over

Montana’s landscapes, said Steve Siegelin, MSU Extension director for analysis, planning and evaluation, in the nomina-tion letter. “As a result of his work, native species are returning and the landscape is more diversified,” Siegelin said. “His efforts epitomize outreach and engagement in a land-grant university. A need was identi-fied; he has been actively involved in discovery, develop-ment and implementation strat-egies that are solving a prob-lem facing land managers in Montana and throughout the region.” Littlefield serves on or leads a number of consortia groups that pool their resources for projects overseas, as well as task forces made up of state and regulatory personnel and local land managers that focus on the importation, release, establishment and monitoring of biological control insects that target noxious weeds in Montana and neighboring states. He also led the develop-ment of the Montana Action Plan for the Biological Control of Invasive Plants. Littlefield’s colleagues call him the “go-to person” for infor-mation on biological control of noxious weeds for Extension faculty, county weed coordina-tors, state and federal agency personnel and researchers who are interested in weed manage-ment but lack expertise in ento-mology. He has also shared his knowledge by training graduate students who have gone on to further biological control in Montana and by helping the Montana War on Weeds pro-gram develop an insectary at Whitehall High School for rear-ing and distributing new insect agents to combat Russian knap-weed. “The department is so proud of Jeff and his accomplish-ments, which have made Montana a leader in biocontrol agent implementation for the region,” said Tracy Sterling, head of MSU’s Department of L a n d R e s o u r c e s a n d Environmental Sciences. “He implements these unique tools using his incredible knowledge base and the rich relationships he has built with practitioners

across the state. This recogni-tion is so very well deserved.” In the nomination letter, Dave Burch, state noxious weed coordinator and program man-a g e r i n t h e M o n t a n a Department of Agriculture, called Littlefield “a true pioneer in the field of biological control programs for noxious weed management. “Montana would not be as successful in the management of noxious weeds if it were not for Jeff and his lifelong dedica-tion and accomplishments in the world of biocontrol,” Burch said. Littlefield said he is honored to receive the award for a line of work in which results can take years to be seen, and that he didn’t do it alone. “I have found that with bio-logical control it helps to be an optimist and look to the long-term, for any success may not be measured for decades,” Littlefield said. “Such awards give one pause to reflect on their career and life. I am resigned to the fact that in some cases I may never know how successful my efforts have been. “However, I feel and have felt very fortunate to have worked with a number of won-derful and dedicated people over the years — those that I continue to work with today and those who sadly are no longer with us,” he added. “I feel in many ways that I am only a custodian of this award since I have relied on the advice, sup-port and efforts of these peo-ple.” In January, Littlefield also received MSU’s Excellence in Outreach Award for his tireless service in managing noxious weeds around the state.

From Montana Legal Services Association Do you know how to dis-pute a debt that you don’t owe? You can send a debt col-lector a “Debt Dispute Letter” asking the collector to verify that you actually owe the debt and the exact amount they claim you owe. A debt collec-tor must then respond to your letter before trying to collect the debt, or else they are breaking the law. To find the Debt Dispute

Letter, please visit the Money Problems section of www.MontanaLawHelp.org. If you can’t find the information you want, click on the LiveHelp button, or call the Montana Legal Services Association HelpLine at 1-800-666-6899.

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Today “Screenagers,” a documenta-ry on youth, family and use of elec-tronic devices, Boys & Girls Club Multi-purpose Room, 5:15 p.m., steak dinner following screening. Everyone is welcome to this free event. Early childhood screenings, 3-5 years, and Havre Public Schools Kindergarten registration, free ser-vice, Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, 410 5th Ave., 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Immunizations, car seat checks, vision, dental and hearing screen-ings are also available. To schedule an appointment, call 395-8550. Story Time, 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Havre-Hill County Library. Free, and public is welcome.

Thursday, April 6 Early childhood screenings, 3-5 years, and Havre Public Schools Kindergarten registration, free ser-vice, Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, 410 5th Ave., 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Immunizations, car seat checks, vision, dental and hearing screen-ings are also available. To schedule an appointment, call 395-8550. Plant a Pinwheel Garden with CASA in observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, noon, Town Square. For info, call Mark, 265-6743, ext. 1135, or email CASA@HRDC4.Org. Relay for Life of North Central Montana team and indi-vidual sign-up and registration, 6 p.m., Gram's Ice Cream, 50 percent off ice cream with registration. Contact Reba Domire, 390-1343 or Colleen Mulonet 357-3837. Fort Assiniboine Genealogy Society, 7 p.m. LDS Family History Center, at Washington Ave. and 13th St. W. Discussion on military records. Everyone welcome. Popcorn and a Movie Night, Havre-Hill County Library, 7 p.m., showing "Edge of 17." Free and open to the public. Lego Time and Robotics, 3:30 - 5 p.m., Havre-Hill County Library. Free, and open to the public. For info, call 265-2123.

Friday, April 7 Pachyderm Club, noon, Duck Inn Vineyard Room. Guest speaker Larry Johnson, a Kremlin landowner and farmer, will provide an oppos-ing view to the cemetery and weed district mill levies on the upcoming ballot. Black Comedy Dinner Theatre, a MAT production, Beaver Creek Golf Course in Havre, begins 6 p.m. for cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner and 8 p.m. show. Tickets $30. The Bears Paw Babes Chapter of the Red Hat Society, Duck Inn, at 11 a.m.

Saturday, April 8 Black Comedy Dinner Theatre, a MAT production, Beaver Creek Golf Course in Havre, begins 6 p.m. for cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner and 8 p.m. show. Tickets $30. CASA of Hill County Hospitality Table, Holiday Village Mall, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Learn more about CASA and upcoming Pre-Service Training. For info, call Mark, 265-6743, ext. 1135, or email CASA@HRDC4.Org. Blue Horizon Camping Club, noon, North Central Senior Center, dinner, meeting and cards. Everyone welcome. For info, 265-7579.

Sunday, April 9 Soup-N-Bread lunch, noon, Eagles Club with all-you-can-eat of a variety of soups and breads, $5. Proceeds to go to Eagle Riders Club charities.

Monday, April 10 MSU-Northern Chancellor’s Lecture Series, “Solo Violin Recital” with Jack Glatzer, Hensler Auditorium in Northern's Applied Technology Center, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Open House for incoming freshmen, Havre High auditorium, 6:30 p.m., providing curriculum info-packets, pre-registration details and course-selection guidance. Free tax preparation aid for any low- to moderate-income taxpay-ers, AARP sponsored. For an appointment, call 265-5464. The North Central Hangar of the Montana Pilots Association monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m., terminal, Havre City-County Airport. Friends of Beaver Creek Park monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Van Orsdel United Methodist Church.

Border Patrol swears in former HillCounty sheriff as communications assistantFrom Havre Sector Border Patrol Havre Sector Border Patrol has sworn in retired Hil l C o u n t y S h e r i f f D o n a l d Brostrom as a law enforce-ment communications assis-tant. Brostrom spent more than 28 years in a career in law enforcement and will continue his service with the Havre S e c t o r C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Center. Law enforcement communi-cations assistants receive and transmit information in real time via radio, telephone, and computer. Brostrom has an extensive background working with other law enforcement agencies during his nine-year tenure as Hill County sheriff and his previous work in the sheriff’s poffice. His insight, leadership and technical knowledge makes him a valu-able asset to the Havre Sector Communications Center, a rep-resentative of the sector said. Law enforcement communi-cations assistants also provide a critical link to members of the community by receiving reports of suspicious activity and relaying that information to agents and officers securing

the border. People who have suspicious activity to report can call 1-888-700-6781, 24 hours

a day, seven days a week and a law enforcement communica-tions assistant will answer.

Photo courtesy U.S. Border PatrolFormer Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom, left, shakes hands with U.S. Border Patrol Havre Sector Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin after McGoffin swore Brostrom in as a law enforcement communications assistant with the Border Patrol.

MAT changes some dates on ‘Black Comedy’

ICCW seeks Excellence in Leadership award nominations

How to dispute a debt you don’t owe

Havre Daily News staff The local acting troupe has changed the dates on its din-ner-theater production of Peter Sha f f e r ’s fa rc e “B l ack Comedy.” The productions will run Friday and Saturday, April 7-8 and April 14-15, in Havre at the Beaver Creek Golf Course clubhouse and Friday and Saturday April 22-23 at the Eagles Club in Chinook. No performances will be given the Thursdays of the weeks of production. Tickets are $30 each, which includes dinner, or $200 if bought in advance for a table of eight for the second and

third weeks, by April 10 for the second weekend and April 17 for the third. The advance pur-chase deadline for this week-end’s performance already is past. The night includes a no-host social hour at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and the show starting at 8 p.m. The play, which first opened in 1965, tells the antics of a man who “borrowed” some items from his neighbor to impress his fianceé’s father and a wealthy art collector, and what happens when the neighbor returns when the lights go out from a power out-age.

From ICCW The Interagency Committee for Change by Women has said the deadline for nomina-tions for the 2017 Excellence in Leadership Awards is Wednesday, April 12. ICCW is looking for nomi-nations of people who are making a difference in the lives of others, who recognize the value of women in the workplace and encourage women to move forward through their leadership. T h e E x c e l l e n c e i n Leadership awards, once known as the “Breaking the Glass Ceiling Awards” are given each year in three cate-gories: •StateGovernment—ser-vice in executive, legislative or judicial branches, • Public Sector — local,nonprofit, tribal or federal governments, • Private Sector — busi-ness, entrepreneur, executive management or other areas. The ICCW seeks to honor people for exemplary leader-ship or for outstanding efforts to assist women to excel in the workplace. To nominate someone, peo-ple can fill out the nomination packet posted online at http://hr.mt.gov/iccw. The nomina-tions must include a complet-ed nomination form, a nomi-nee description — outlined in

the packet — a biography and resume of the nominee, a let-ter of endorsement and any support ing mater ia ls to enhance the nomination. The postmark deadline for submissions is April 7 and the electronic submission — email or fax — deadline is April 12 The award recipients will be chosen by a selection panel. Winners will be recog-nized at a ceremony in Helena at the State Capitol on the afternoon of Thursday, May 18. ICCW, es tab l i shed by Execut ive Order o f the Governor in 1976, creates pos-itive change for all state employees by promoting the full participation of women in state government. These awards are a part of the orga-nization’s ongoing mission, which also includes such other events as Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, participation in the Equal Pay for Equal Work Task Force and numerous other volunteer and civic activities. For pictures and informa-tion on past ELA ceremonies, people can visit the ICCW Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/montana-ICCW.

MSU scientist earns recognition for his threedecades of work to manage Montana’s noxious weeds

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At the CapitolLegislature:Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester 265-0990 russ tempel@gmai l .comSen. Frank Smith, D-Poplar 942-0615 wol fpointaog@nemont.netSen. Mike Lang, R-Malta 654-1117 Sen.mike. lang@mt.govRep. Jim O’Hara, R-Fort Benton 799-2992 jamesohara23@hotmai l .comRep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre 879-6427 jbachmeier4hd28@gmai l .comRep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Rocky Boy 945-1805 senator jwb@gmai l .comRep. Casey Knudsen, R-Malta 390-0274 c jamesknudsen@gmai l .com

Editor: Republicans, like Greg Gianforte, say they are all about a “right to life.” But their recent efforts to repeal Obamacare prove how dishonest they are. The recent plan to replace Obamacare that Trump and congres-sional Republicans proposed would have dramatically cut taxes for the rich while raising costs for everyone else, making health care unaffordable not only to the poor but to many in the middle class. To put it in blunt terms, it would have killed people that Obamacare is now giving lifesaving care to. I don’t know how Greg Gianforte can honestly say he believes in a “right to life” when he supported Trump’s effort to repeal Obamacare. But I do

know that Rob Quist is going to work hard to make sure that everyone, regardless of how much money they have, has the health care they need if we elect him. Rich lives are not more valuable than anyone else’s. We need to elect politicians like Rob Quist who care about our health, who won’t abandon the sick, the poor, and the desperate to cruel indifference. This special elec-tion on May 25, please vote as if the lives of your family, your friends, and your neighbors matters to you. If Greg Gianforte gets his way, they actually could be left without the health care they need to stay alive.Wade SikorskiBaker

Repealing Obamacare shows no right to life

Schiff mum on what he saw at White House Adam Schiff, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, has been sharply critical of the panel’s Republican chairman, Devin Nunes, for visiting the White House to view classi-fied documents that Nunes says show the Obama administration intercepted the communications of Donald Trump asso-ciates before the president took office in January. Among other things, Schiff slammed Nunes for viewing the documents by himself and not sharing them with Democrats on the committee. So last week, White House counsel Don McGahn invited Schiff to come see the documents for himself. Schiff did so on Friday. Now, both the Republican chairman and the Democratic ranking member on the Intel Committee have seen the docu-ments. And now, the public has a chance to hear another assessment to balance Nunes’ claim that he saw “dozens” of intelligence reports involving the inci-dental collection of Trumpworld figures in Obama administration intercepts, with the names of some of them “unmasked,” and that none of it had to do with Russia. In other words, Nunes suggested the Obama administration misused its wiretapping powers to gather information on the Trump team. So with Schiff’s visit to the White House, a chance for balance. But after viewing the documents, Schiff has gone nearly completely silent about what he saw. He has kept up his criticism of how Nunes came to view the material, but on what’s actually in the documents, Schiff has said virtually nothing. On Friday, immediately after viewing the documents, Schiff released a state-ment in which he declined to say any-thing about substance and repeated ear-lier criticisms of Republicans’ handling of the matter. “While I cannot discuss the content of the documents,” Schiff said, “if the White House had any concern over these mate-rials, they should have been shared with the full committee in the first place.” Schiff made no public comments on

Saturday, and then on Sunday morning appeared on CNN, where Jake Tapper asked Schiff if, having seen the docu-ments, “can you understand why Chairman Nunes might have some issues with the surveillance that was going on?” “I can’t go into the contents of the documents, Jake,” Schiff said, before a quick pivot to Nunes’ methods. “I can say I don’t agree with the chairman’s characterization, which is exactly why it’s so important you don’t share docu-ments with just one person or even two people. They need to be shared with both full committees.” Continuing, Schiff said “the most important thing” about the documents is not what is in them but how they were handled: “But the most important thing people need to know about these documents is not classified, and it’s a couple of things. First, the deputy assistant to the White House informed me when I went to see them that these are exactly the same materials that were shown to the chair-man. “Now, this is a very interesting point. How does the White House know that these are the same materials that were shown to the chairman, if the White House wasn’t aware what the chairman was being shown? “And the second point was also made to me. And this is — I think was also underscored by Sean Spicer — and that is, it was told to me by the deputy assis-tant that these materials were produced in the ordinary course of business. “Well, the question for the White House and for Mr. Spicer is the ordinary

course of whose business? Because, if these were produced either for or by the White House, then why all of the subter-fuge? There’s nothing ordinary about the process that was used here at all.” All the talk about intercepts, Schiff said, was just an attempt by Trump and Republicans to distract from questions about Trump and Russia. By that time, anyone interested in the substance of the issue — Do the docu-ments show that Obama administration officials picked up Trumpworld figures in electronic intercepts and then identi-fied them by name? — was entirely frus-trated. Schiff appeared determined to say nothing about substance. “I guess the question that Nunes is asking or suggesting that we should be asking in the media,” Tapper said to Schiff, “(is) who unmasked these Trump advisers, and is it possible that any of this unmasking was being done for politi-cal reasons, instead of for legitimate ones?” “Well, first of all, I can’t talk about, as I mentioned, the contents of any docu-ments,” Schiff said. “So at this point, I can’t say whether anything was masked or unmasked improperly.” Schiff then pivoted again to criticize Republican procedures. Monday morning, Bloomberg’s Eli Lake reported that former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice “requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign, accord-ing to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.” If that is accurate, it seems unlikely that the “most important” thing about the documents is how they were handled. After seeing the documents with his own eyes, Schiff had a chance to shed some light on what has become a key question in the Trump-Russia matter. He didn’t take it. —— Byron York is chief political corre-spondent for The Washington Examiner.

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Byron YorkGutting climate protections won’t bring back coal jobs When Barack Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, Scientific American used his own words to criti-cize it for not going far enough. “There is such a thing as being too late when it comes to climate change,” Obama said. “The science tells us we have to do more.” Scientific American analyzed the Clean Power Plan and agreed, con-cluding that Obama’s plan didn’t go far enough, and would fail to prevent catastrophic climate change. Now, Trump is dismantling even that. Obama’s insufficient effort to address climate change is gone with a stroke of Trump’s pen. The plan was to go into effect in 2022, reducing pollution in three ways. First, by improving the efficiency of coal-fired power plants. Second, by swapping coal for cleaner natural gas. And third, by replacing fossil fuel energy with clean, renewable energy sources like solar and wind. Trump claims the plan puts coal miners out of work. But it hadn’t even been implemented yet. In reality, cheap natural gas and the use of machines instead of people to mine coal are responsible for putting far more miners out of work. In other words, Trump is using sym-pathetic out-of-work miners as a cover for what is really just a handout to dirty industry. Meanwhile, Trump is cutting job training programs for coal country. Given that, it’s hard to believe he cares at all about jobs for coal miners. And, with a surge in cases of fatal black lung disease among miners in Appalachia, anyone who truly cared about miners would preserve the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which helps coal miners get black lung benefits. In short, Trump’s killing of the

Clean Power Plan is a handout to dirty industry with no regard for the well-being of coal miners. And it’s putting us even further behind in our efforts to leave the next generation a habitable planet. A better leader would find a way to promote clean forms of energy while simultaneously creating good jobs for Americans. Of course, that’s exactly what Obama’s one-time “green jobs” czar Van Jones called for, and the Republicans hated him. But the fact of the matter is that climate-smart policies create jobs. They create jobs retrofitting buildings, manufacturing solar panels and wind turbines, innovating to create more efficient batteries, and discovering the best way to upgrade our power grid. It seems that, if we installed a wind turbine near the White House, Trump could single handedly provide the nation with clean energy from all of the bluster coming out of his mouth. In the meantime, catastrophic cli-mate change is as much of a crisis as ever, and the clock is ticking. —— OtherWords columnist Jill Richardson writes about food, agricul-ture, the environment, health, toler-ance, and well-being. Currently pursu-ing a PhD in sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, she’s the author of “Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It.”

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Trump’s chaotic launch is mostly his fault WASHINGTON — President Trump’s job approval polls are plunging to histor-ic lows as voters realize that he may not be able to keep some of his top campaign promises. The Gallup Poll, one of the oldest and most respected surveys in American politics, reported this week that his approval rating was a dismal 40 percent. While Gallup said that was “a three-point improvement from last week’s record low of 37 percent,” his numbers were still at historically low levels in the third month of his presidency. Barack Obama’s approval score was around 60 percent at this point in time, though it dropped to 40 percent in the first two years of his presidency and was below 50 percent for much of his two terms in office. What has caused Trump’s polls to drop to such deeply embarrassing lev-els? First and foremost was his humiliat-ing failure to pass Republican legislation that would have erased key parts of Obamacare, while keeping other insur-ance portions of the law intact. It was the biggest test of Trump’s promise to “repeal and replace” Obama’s signature accomplishment, one that he said would be done relatively “quickly.” But not only did he fail to deliver on that promise, in a Congress controlled by his own party, he also wasn’t even able to get a vote on it. House Speaker Paul Ryan was forced to pull the bill after a bloc of conservatives threatened to vote against what they correctly called “Obamacare-lite.” Then came Trump’s request of $33 billion in new funds for defense and for building his wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. The money was in a stop-gap spending bill to keep the government open past April 28, but included $18 bil-

lion in cuts to medical research and job training. But the bill was opposed by House Democrats, and even some con-servative Republicans, who feared it would lead to a government shutdown. Missing from news reports on the issue was another of Trump’s repeated promises relating to the giant wall across the 2,000 mile-plus southern bor-der: that Mexico would pay for it at an estimated cost of $30 billion. “And who will pay for the wall?” Trump would ask at his campaign rallies. To which all of his supporters would reply in unison, “Mexico.” Despite repeated statements from Mexico’s government that it will never pay for any wall, Trump still insists he will make it pay through a border export tax or some other still-unknown scheme. But most economists say that a border tax is nothing more than a “consumer tax” that Americans would pay in the end. What is clear right now is that Trump wants Congress to pony up the money, which of course comes from American taxpayers. As for Trump’s sweeping budget-cut-ting blueprint that he sent up to Capitol Hill earlier this month, things aren’t going so well on that front either. GOP defense hawks think his plan to sharply raise the Pentagon’s budget falls far short of what they believe is really needed. And a number of rural conserva-tives are in rebellion over Trump’s domestic spending cuts that they say will hurt constituents in their states and dis-

tricts. The harsh political reality that is slowly dawning on the White House is that the Trump budget will be designed by Congress. “While we have a responsibility to reduce our federal deficit, I am disap-pointed that many of the reductions and eliminations proposed in the president’s skinny budget are draconian, careless and counterproductive,” said former House Appropriations Committee chair-man Hal Rogers of Kentucky. “We will certainly review this budget proposal, but Congress ultimately has the power of the purse.” It’s hard to recall a more chaotic launch of any other president in modern U.S. history, most of it due to remarks and controversies of Trump’s own mak-ing. I mean, who was the last chief exec-utive who began his presidency being investigated by Congress after key men in his campaign and his administration had suspicious and possibly illegal con-tacts with America’s chief adversaries in Russia? Perhaps the biggest mistake by Trump and the GOP’s leaders in Congress was to make Obamacare its No. 1 priority, instead of leading with tax reform and job creation. In the past eight years, the underperforming econo-my was the No. 1 concern of most Americans in just about all the polls -- not Obamacare, and not illegal immigra-tion. Now the plan is to wait until April or even later to tackle the tax-cutting reforms needed to get America’s econo-my moving again. What a mess. —— Donald Lambro has been covering Washington politics for more than 50 years as a reporter, editor and commenta-tor.

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Travis Leon First Raised Travis Leon First Raised, “Grizzly Bear Boy,” 24, passed away April 2, 2017. His wake will start at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at the Sacred Heart Church in Fort Belknap Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 6, at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap. At the conclusion of the rosary, his wake will con-tinue until his funeral service at 11 a.m., Friday, April 7. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Travis’ online memorial page at www.hol-landbonine.com to leave a mes-sage of condolence.

Phyllis L. Speak Thunder Phyllis L. Speak Thunder, 66, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Great Falls. Wake services will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2017, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be at 11 a.m., all at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Phyllis’ online memorial page and leave a

message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com.

Louis M. Voss Louis M. Voss, 93 passed away April 1, 2017, at The Beehive Nursey Home. He is survived by his four children, Lindalee Cleveland, Joe Voss, Arlene Fish and Larry Voss. No services are planned at this time. Columbia Mortuary is car-ing for the Voss family.

Tom Watson Tom Watson, farmer/ranch-er and musician, passed away peacefully April 2, 2017, at his home with his family at his side after a brief illness. Memorial services will be 11 a.m., Friday, April 7, at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Interment with military honors will be in the Malta Cemetery. He leaves behind his wife, Lorraine; daughters, Lorna (Dale) Krause and Barbara (Bruce) Christofferson; broth-er Ken Watson of Victor; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren with one on the way He was preceded in death by his parents Ray and Laura Watson; brother, Don Watson; son, John Watson; and grand-son Tyler Christofferson.

By KEITH RIDLER,Associated Press B O I S E , I d a h o — Environmental and animal-welfare groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the U.S. gov-ernment is v io lat ing the Endangered Species Act by allowing the use of two preda-tor-killing poisons employed by federal workers on rural Western lands to protect live-stock. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Montana by the Center for Biological Diversity and others seeks an immediate ban of the poisons where they could harm federally protected spe-cies including grizzly bears and Canada lynx. One kind of device, called an M-44, is embedded into in the ground and looks like a lawn sprinkler but sprays cya-nide when triggered by ani-mals attracted by bait smeared on the devices. A 14-year-old Idaho boy was injured last month when he checked one out with his dog on federally owned land near his house on the outskirts of the small city of Pocatello. His Labrador retriever dog died. “Cyanide bombs are indis-criminate killers,” said Collette Adkins, an attorney and biolo-gist at the Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity. “These dangerous pesticides need to be banned, but until then, they shouldn’t be used where they can hurt people or kill family pets and endangered wildlife.” Interior Secretary Ryan

Zinke and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are named in t h e l aws u i t . T h e U . S . Department of Justice, which defends the government in law-suits, did not immediately respond Tuesday to emailed a n d t e l e p h o n e m e s s a ge requests for comment. M-44s are planted to kill coyotes and other livestock predators. They killed about 12,500 coyotes in 2016, mostly in Western U.S. states. Other environmental groups in a peti-tion last week said the devices over the last 20 years have ki l led about 40 dogs and injured a handful of people. In March, an M-44 killed a wolf in northeastern Oregon. Wolves in the eastern part of that state are not federally protected but are protected by that state’s wolf plan. Oregon’s plan calls for increasing wolf populations to the point where federal protections for wolves can be rescinded so the popula-tions are managed by state officials. “The recent tragedies prove current restrictions are failing to ensure people, domestic ani-mals and imperiled wildlife are not at risk from these danger-ous and outdated tools,” said Bethany Cotton, wildlife pro-gram director for WildEarth Guardians, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is also tak-ing part in the lawsuit. The other poison targeted in the lawsuit is a pesticide called Compound 1080 that’s placed in collars worn by livestock and ingested by attacking preda-

tors. The lawsuit says the collars can harm nontargeted preda-tors as well as carrion feeders, including birds. The groups also say the collars can be lost or punctured by vegetation, leaving behind poison that can kill non-targeted wildlife. The lawsuit seeks to force the fish and wildlife service to complete a consultation with t he U .S . Env i ronmen ta l Protection Agency about how the poisons could harm feder-ally protected species and their habitat. It says that is required under the Endangered Species

Act but claims the service has not completed its part of a con-sultation launched by the EPA more six years ago. The groups in the lawsuit asked a judge to ban use of the two poisons until the consulta-tions are completed. “The agency’s delay in com-pleting the required consulta-tions allows deadly poisons to continue to harm protected wildlife and contaminate their habitats,” the lawsuit says. The Humane Society of the United States and The Fund for Animals, both based in Washington, D.C., also joined the lawsuit.

Groups sue to stop US use of cyanide predator killing traps

Bannock County Sheriff's Office via APA cyanide device is deployed March 16 in Pocatello, Idaho, The cyanide device, called M-44, is spring-activated and shoots poi-son that is meant to kill predators. Environmental and animal-welfare groups have filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the U.S. government is violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing the use of two predator-killing poisons.

Montana lawmakers advance bill on youth concussions HELENA (AP) — The Montana Legislature is advancing a bill that would extend safeguards against youth concussions to pri-vate schools and sports associations. State lawmakers passed a bill in 2013 requiring student ath-letes in public schools to be removed from play after showing signs of having a concussion. The measure the state Senate endorsed Tuesday 50-0 would require youth leagues and non-public schools to also establish protocols for an athlete’s return to play after suffering a concus-sion. Republican Sen. Daniel Salomon of Ronan says the bill will take pressure off coaches to put athletes who may have suffered concussions back into competitive games. The bill must pass a final vote in the Senate and the House must agree to the Senate’s changes before the measure goes to Gov. Steve Bullock.

License suspended for nurse fired for stealing narcotics HELENA (AP) — The Montana Board of Nursing has sus-pended the license of a registered nurse who was fired from Billings Clinic for stealing narcotics intended for patients and replacing the drug with saline. The board issued an emergency suspension of Donald Mills’ license on March 30 after he acknowledged diverting fentanyl from a dispensing cabinet in the cardiac catheter lab and using it without a prescription. The board’s notice said Mills reported he began using fentanyl left over from patient procedures in November 2016 and later used syringes to remove fentanyl from vials and replaced it with saline. Fentanyl is used to treat pain and for sedation. Mills’ license may be revoked after further investigation. Billings Clinic recently notified 341 patients that their treat-ment may have been affected by the theft without identifying the nurse involved.

Bill wouldn’t allow governor to use state plane to campaign HELENA (AP) — The Montana Senate has advanced a bill seeking to prohibit the governor from using the state’s aircraft for campaign purposes in the two months before an election. The Senate endorsed the measure Tuesday, 30-17, while the House approved it in February. Both votes were mostly along party lines. Gov. Steve Bullock’s use of the state airplane became a hot political issue during the 2016 campaign. His opponent Greg Gianforte and other Republicans accused Bullock of misusing state resources. Bullock argued his primary use of the aircraft was for official business, but acknowledged that he also held campaign activi-ties, including fundraisers, during those same trips. His office said the governor’s re-election campaign reimbursed the state $4,700.

The bill also requires the governor to disclose fundraiser attendees.

Montana official to lead North Dakota state park system BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The assistant administrator and operations chief for Montana State Parks is the new leader of North Dakota’s Parks and Recreation Department. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announced the appointment of Melissa Baker Tuesday. She will begin her duties April 24. Baker currently leads regional park managers and all field-level parks staff within the 55-unit Montana State Parks system. She also oversees various programs within the system and direct-ed the development of a statewide Heritage Resources Strategic Plan. In North Dakota, she’ll oversee the management of 14 state parks and eight state recreation areas. Baker was born in California and grew up in Tennessee. She previously worked for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and also has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and the University of Maine.

Montana officials search for owner of dead cows along river BILLINGS (AP) — A total of nine dead cows have been found along a Montana river and wildlife officials say while it’s not common, it’s also not unheard of. Officials have not found an owner to claim the cow carcasses that have been appearing on the banks of the Yellowstone River since February. Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder says he has some dep-uties on the case, trying to track down an owner. Montana Department of Environmental Quality Public Policy Director Kristi Ponozzo says it is the owner’s responsibility to remove the dead cows because the carcasses can produce pollu-tion.

City of Missoula to pull $2.6M from Wells Fargo accounts MISSOULA (AP) — The Missoula City Commission has voted to pull $2.6 million of the city’s money from Wells Fargo accounts because the bank is invested in the Dakota Access Pipeline and because employees opened fraudulent customer accounts to gen-erate fees and bonuses. The resolution that passed 12-0 Monday says the city is com-mitted to conduct business with partners that engage in fair and socially responsible business practices. The city previously passed a resolution in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to construction of the oil pipeline In February, the city of Seattle voted to cut ties with Wells Fargo over its role as a lender to the pipeline project. Wells Fargo officials have said it is providing only $120 million of the $2.5 billion in financing.

Havre Police Department Sandra Gail Sutherland of Box Elder, 53, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after a Tuesday 12:03 p.m. report from a First Street business of a shoplifter in custody. —— An officer assisting another a g e n c y o n S e c o n d StreetTuesday at 3:46 p.m. made two arrests. No further information was provided on the arrests. —— Officers investigated a vehi-cle crash into a pole reported on First Street West at 7:29 p.m.

—— Robert Manuel Arellano of Havre, 35, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a First Street Northeast caller reported a fight. —— Officers investigated a Tuesday 9:28 p.m. report that someone had been in the Fifth Street caller’s backyard then the person ran down the alley to a yard four houses. The call-er also said her daughter’s car window was also broken out. —— Charles Glynn Plante of Havre, 39, was arrested on a

charge of disorderly conduct after a Third Street reported at 11:57 p.m. Tuesday that he was at her house, intoxicated and trying to fight his kids. —— Albert Kenneth Fisher of Havre, 76, was arrested on charges of criminal trespass to property and having an open container in the city, after a caller at BNSF Railway train yard reported this morning at 12:35 an intoxicated man lying on the ground said he was hurt jumping off a train.

Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies investigated a bur-

glary reported Tuesday at 3:09 p.m. from north of Rudyard.

Havre Fire Department Emergency medical person-nel responded to seven calls Tuesday and one today.

Havre Animal Shelter The animal shelter held this morning a male shepherd, a female German shepherd, a male Labrador-pit bull terrier mix and a dachshund-Jack Russell terrier. —— The animal shelter held this morning three female short-haired cat.

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Long distance is Havre’s Jakob Keller's thing

Chris PetersonHavre Daily Newscpeterson@havredailynews.com Running isn’t something that comes naturally to everyone, and even though running isn’t his first love when it comes to athletics, Jakob Keller just happens to be one of those people. The Havre High sophomore, who is one of the top returning athletes on the Blue Pony boys track team, has been running competitively since he was in the eighth grade and over the past few years, it’s a sport where he has grown tremendously. After trying out track for the first time in middle school, Keller chose to pursue cross country in high school and has excelled for the Havre cross country team in each of the last two seasons. As a freshman in 2015, Keller finished 13th at the Central A Divisional meet, before competing at state and finishing 65th. Then, last spring, Keller tried his hand at track and competed for the Ponies in both the 800-meter dash and the 1,600-meter run. Ultimately, Keller performed well enough to go to state, but ended up not taking the trip. However, after another solid sea-son in cross country last fall, that saw him take 10th place at divisionals and finish 47th at the Class A state meet, the three-sport athlete, who also plays basketball, looks primed for a break-out campaign in track. The track season officially started for both HHS teams last Saturday in Lewistown, when both Pony squads competed in the Central Montana In-vitational. And true to form, Keller opened his season in impressive fash-ion, finishing fourth in the 800 and sixth in the 1,600. Yet, in terms of local track compe-tition, the season gets an unofficial start today as Keller and both Havre teams will join a slew of local teams in participating at the Cal Wearley In-vitational today at the Havre Middle School track. While the Ponies will compete against just about every Class C and Class B team in the area today, it’s simply the start of a busy week that concludes Saturday with the Havre Lions Track meet, which will also be hosted at HMS. Keller, who has big goals for the 2017 season, will be one of the many Havre athletes in action this week and be-

fore taking part in his first meets at home this season, the Havre Daily News caught up with the sophomore for five questions.

HDN: What is it that has gotten you so into running these past few years?

Keller: “My friends and family keep me going. They tell me to do it, so I do it, and they like watching me run.”

HDN: Do you like running?

Keller: “I don’t really like running, no. I got into it when I was in eighth grade and I was pretty good at it, so I just kept doing it.”

HDN: How much do you think doing cross country helps you prepare for track?

Keller: “I think that it helps me a lot. It helps me stay in better shape and keeps me from sitting around on the couch and doing nothing.”

HDN: Are you a fan of sports or do you have any other hobbies?

Keller: “I am not a big fan of sports. I watch football and I am a Broncos fan because both of my parents are, but mostly I just like to hang out with friends and play video games.”

HDN: What are your goals for this season?

Keller: “I want to run the mile in 4:50 and I want to make it to state. It’s re-ally hard to run the mile in under five minutes. The fastest time I have got so far is 5:06, so I am really close and I really want to beat it.”

When Michael Jordan hit the famous shot to beat Georgetown in the 1982 NCAA national cham-pionship game, I was but seven years old. But, I still remember it like it was yesterday. That night was the birth of me being a North Carolina Tar Heels fan — and I’ve been a rabid, die-hard Heel’s fan ever since. So, you can imagine Monday night was a big night for me. It was, the sixth time I’ve watched perhaps the sports team I’m most passionate about outside of Griz football, win a national championship. And, it never gets old. Watch-ing North Carolina play in the last game of the season is always gut-wrenching, it’s also nerve-racking, and it always gives me a stomach ache. But it never gets old. All of Carolina’s champion-ships have been intense. They’ve never been the type of game like the night UNLV beat Duke by 30 points — which as a Caro-lina fan, I loved by the way. No, North Carolina’s championships seem to come with a heart-stop-ping 40 minutes of agony. And Monday night was no dif-ferent, as the Gonzaga Bulldogs pushed UNC to its limit, and nearly to devastation, for what would have been a second year in a row. Yes, as much as I will never forget M.J.’s sweet jumper from the wing in the Superdome, I will also never forget Villano-va crushing all my hopes and

dreams a year ago when they beat my Tar Heels at the buzzer for the title. Gonzaga nearly did the same Monday night, and of not for the fact that the Heels just finished perhaps the greatest display of rebounding in a single season in NCAA history, the Zags would probably be national champions right now. And that brings me to the real point of this diatribe. It re-ally has little to do with Carolina winning. I don’t need to gloat be-cause, North Carolina is one of the kings of college basketball. The Heels have been for a cen-tury, and they will continue to be. No, this is a note to Gonzaga fans. It’s time for you to get over your little-man, small-school, Cinderella mentality. That is played out. Face the facts Zag fans, you can’t hide behind that anymore. You’re a true national power-house. You just played North Carolina down to the wire in the national championship game. You’re just not Cinderella at the ball anymore, and quite frankly, I wanted to puke last night as Jim Nance and those at CBS still tried to paint you as one. It’s true, from an enrollment standpoint, Gonzaga is indeed a small, private college. But, it’s also a very well-funded, private institution of higher learning. It’s also true Gonzaga is located in Spokane, a city I really enjoy. But it’s not a major sports mar-ket. Yes, those things are true. But, when it comes to NCAA men’s basketball, the days of Gonzaga being Cinderella at the ball, or an upset-minded mid-major are long, long gone, and many people need to stop using the mantra, because it’s just not true. Yes, when you had Matt Santangelo,

yep, you guys were still the little guy trying to climb the NCAA mountain. Now, however, you have play-ers like Nigel Williams-Goss and freshman Zach Collins. You just saw Przemek Karnowski end his playing career having one more total college basketball games than any player in NCAA history. You have first-round picks now playing in the NBA, First-Team All-Americans, and you’re on a streak of making the NCAA Tour-nament for 20 straight years. You don’t do those things as the little guy. No, Gonzaga, you’re one of the big dogs and you have been for a while, and it’s time to stop feeling sorry for yourselves and just step up and accept that role in the college basketball landscape. You also have one of the win-ningest and most respected head coaches in all of college bas-ketball. Trust me, if you were still just a little guy, Mark Few wouldn’t be you’re coach any-more. He’d be at Michigan or Cal or UCLA or Washington. He wouldn’t have stayed this long if he didn’t know he’d already built you into a national powerhouse. If you can’t tell by now, I’m not a fan of Gonzaga. Those who know me already know that. I respect the hell out of what that program has become but a fan, no way. I didn’t used to dislike Gon-zaga, but a couple of things led me there. First, as the Zags got better and better, I noticed Mon-tanans starting to adopt them as their team more and more. Why? We have two NCAA Divi-sion I programs right here in our state, the Griz and the Cats, and they are true mid-majors. When Montana knocked off Ne-vada and nearly beat third-seed-ed Boston College not long ago

in the big dance, that was a true Cinderalla story. Anymore, any-thing Gonzaga does is definitely not a Cinderella story. And the whole Cinderalla thing is the other reason why I went from being indifferent about the Zags to not liking them at all. As they won, more and more, I just got tired of hearing it. Oh yeah, and I’m not a John Stockton fan either. So, on Monday night, it was poetic justice for me. My team beating a program I’ve pretty much come to loathe over the years for the national champion-ship. After watching Villanova’s last-second win over Carolina a year ago, after crying my eyes out over that one, last night was as sweet as it gets. My personal feelings aside though, Gonzaga has an incred-ible thing going right now, and they proved it on the biggest stage last night. They were one more 3-pointer, or a couple of defensive rebounds away from knocking my Tar Heels off. They were that close to winning a na-tional championship. And you just don’t get that close without being really, really good. North Carolina, they’re never Cinderella. They’re always get-ting to the ball, and Cinderella never goes back to the ball. Well, I think it’s safe to say, Gonzaga is in that class now. The Zags are always going to the ball, and going further and further. They’re just not Cinderella any-more, and they actually haven’t been for a long time. The Tar Heels will always be a big dog. Even when the great Roy Williams retires. That won’t change. So don’t fret too much Bulldog fans, because you’re a big dog now too, and you’re going to be that way for a long time to come.

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Julie RodgersGuest Columnist The season at Harvest Moon Lanes is winding down, but bowlers are still racking up some good scores. Some are also on their way to state tournaments, and we wish them all good luck. Harvest Moon Lanes hopes to see all the youth bowlers back next season, and remember the Kids Bowl Free program this summer. Women’s high game for the week was Delonna Malone, 204, and Dawn Burrington, 547, while Julie Rodgers had a 236-596. On the men’s side, Nick Turner had a 279-670 and a 269-703. Sunday Keglers: Dawn Burrington 179, 176, 192-547, Dawn Crowder 163, 163-460, 180, Jeana Stiles 161-476, Shari Robinson 173-447, Donna Til-leman 203, 188-540, 176-484, Alicia Burrington 176-449, Michele Denny 182, 162-473, Connie Faldalen 177, Pam Con-aster 469, Brian Anderson 205, Shawn Burrington 209, 241, Mike Breum 229, Barry Crowder 205, Jay Burrington 217, 215-584, Ryne Antley 219, 191-585. High Team Series: Ed’s Team 2,619, Split Hapapens 2,665. 1st Place: Indepen-dence Bank.

Women’s City: Lisa Overlie 164-475-176, Donna Tilleman 169-453, 176-484, Delonna Malone 204-482, Christy Holden 181, 179-497, Julie Mariani 176, Kristi Kline 475, Maxine Munson 177, 175-505, Tammy LaFond 183-471, Kaye Young 171, Julie Rodgers 236-590, 223-594, Terry Wright 171-467, Pam Ehlert 172-452, Lisa Ophus 165-467, Jackie Mayer 194-494, Kim Purkett 180, Ali Ward 173, 174-488, Tammy Omlie 180, 179-476. High Team Series: Lelok Travel 2,367. 1st Place Crystal City.

Men’s City: Paul Jensen 223, 213-644, 226, Ryne Antley 230, 210-639, Spencer Ross 205, Gary Peterson 203, Kyle Fan-ning 212, 234-631, Harold Powell 218, Chris Owens 223, 226-631, Robert

Sparks 248, 213, 615, Barry Crowder 233, Ken Erickson 222, Jason McDonald 235-630, Shawn Mariani 211, 212-622, 230, 235-671, Ron Turner 223-607, Nick Turner 279-690, 225, 214, 264-703, Dean Person 214, 212-618, Cody Thompson 217, Shawn Burrington 211, 208, Jay Shulund 226, Arnie Shulund 228, Joe Johnson 213, Dustin Kinsella 235, 236-664, Brad Corneilius 223, Cory Winsor 232-621. High Team Series: Diversified Surveying 3,236. 1st Place Nalivka’s.

Thursday Mixers: Dianne Watson 461, Sarah Randolph 179, Donna Tilleman 191, 179-529, Christy Owens 167-437, Randy Randolph 207, Jacob Anderson 225-607, Andy Owens 205, 226-622, Doanld Linderman 203. High Team Se-ries: Gram’s Ice Cream 1,281. Final 1st Place: Watson Trucking.

Thursday Morning: Dianne Watson 201-479, Becky Blake 166-432, Delonna Malone 180-494, Losa Ophus 198-518, Julie Mariani 170, Pati Killebrew 171, 184-500, 198, 179, 175-552, Julie Rodgers 213, 223-596, Jackie Mayer 192-509, Lynette Harada 181-494. High Team Series: Raymond James 1,848. 1st Place: Havre Hardware.

Junior/Major/Prep/Bantam: Chase Mariani 119, 146, Riley Klein 167, 144, Elle Kucera 148, Devin George 145, 138, 152-435, Elly Moore 118, 129, Lacey Huseby 146, Preston Glock 145, 119, Casey Mariani 165, 186-463, Brandon McLain 159, 145, Sterling Shelton 91, 80, Cody Birdtail 59, 63, Andrew Lynnes 102, 99, Ethan Stortz 129, Noah Barrett 115, 131-357, Landon Kinsella 67, 67, Aaron Stortz 57.

Havre Daily News/Colin ThompsonHavre High's Jakob Keller races in the 2016 Havre Cross Country Invitational last year. After a strong showing in cross country this past fall, Keller is now a major part of a strong group of distance runners on the Blue Pony track team, which hosts the annual Lions Havre Invitational Saturday at the Havre Middle School Track. The Hi-Line track and field season kicks off today with the Cal Wearley Invitational. For much more on the spring sports season, see the Havre Daily News' area Spring Sports spe-cial edition.

From Montana Farmers Union GREAT FALLS — Montana Farmers Union representatives joined Gov. Steve Bullock in Helena Friday for the signing of House Bill 342. The bill, sponsored by Ross Fitzgerald, R-Great Falls, and championed by MFU, adds agri-tourism to the list of Montana recreational activities in which participants assume liability for the inherent risk of those activi-

ties. The bill passed the house 78-18 Feb. 10, passed the Senate 43-6 March 16 and was signed into law by the governor Friday. MFU has tried in previous legislative sessions to get such legislation passed and lobbied heavily for its passage. “We have worked long and hard to see this legislation pass, said President Alan Merrill of Big Sandy. “Agritourism has the potential to help Montana’s farm-

ers and ranchers add diversity to their operation and earn added revenue to support their farm or ranch. There is great opportunity for youth particularly to learn about where their food comes from and to see the work that goes into producing local food.” “In a state of 1 million people, we have 12 million visitors each year,” Bullock said. “On the ag side, producing the greatest prod-ucts and the opportunities now for tourists, it’s a great opportu-nity.” MFU lobbyist, farmer and President of Cascade County Farmers Union Eric Bergman said the passage of HB 342 will not only help his family earn

additional income, but also cre-ates the potential for excellent educational opportunities. “This new agritourism law helps by acknowledging that some risks are inherent to being in the world, and do not neces-sarily represent negligence on anyone’s behalf,” he said. “The modest liability protection the

law offers will give some farmers and ranchers a little peace of mind while pursuing agritourism opportunities. Although we haven’t pursued agritourism as an enterprise on our farm, we have hosted many field days, some farm to table meals, and many visits from our customers. With this added legal security, we

are considering more seriously ways we could host more guests.” Colorado and Minnesota have also passed legislation on agrito-urism, which was supported by Farmers Union in those states as well. A PDF of HB 342 can be found on the LAWS website at http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/billp-df/HB0342.pdf.

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Ranch nominations open for Environmental Stewardship Award ProgramFrom Montana Stockgrowers Association Montana’s ranchers, conser-vationists, wildlife biologists, water quality experts, range sci-entists and hunting advocates share an incredible common bond: They each love the land and care about the animals and natural resources that depend on it. “There’s no doubt we have more in common than most of us think,” said Jesse Tufte, the program officer for World Wildlife Fund’s Sustainable Ranching Initiative. Tufte said she’s especially keen on the state’s cattlemen and women who put in much of the legwork to conserve and steward the health of grasslands. “We need to learn from, listen to and understand how we can keep ranchers ranching, because they contribute so much to con-servation,” she said For more than 25 years, the M o n t a n a S t o c k g r o w e r s Association has sponsored and honored ranchers across the state with the Environmental Stewardship Award Program. Today, they partner with the Montana Beef Checkoff and con-servation organizations like the World Wildlife Fund to share the full picture of the impact ranch-ers have with their environmen-tal stewardship practices. The program recognizes the role ranchers and private land-owners play in the stewardship and conservation of healthy eco-s y s t e m s i n t h e s t a t e. Nominations for the award are now open.

Lon and Vicki Reukauf from Terry were one of seven ranches in the nation recently recognized in the award program at the Nat ional Catt le Industry Convention in Nashville. They were t he 2 01 6 Mon tana Environmental Stewardship Award Program honorees and 2017 Region IV winners. “We don’t have a show place for a ranch,” Vicki Reukuff said. “We’re just doing what we’ve always done to take care of the land and make sure this place is better for the next generation. We just realized that if we didn’t step forward to share our story about stewardship and conserva-tion, someone else would tell that story for us, and it might not be accurate.” T h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l Stewardship Program is an opportunity to honor and show-case those ranchers who go the extra mile in the conservation, preservation and enhancement of the natural resources on their land. Ranches can be nominated for the award before May 15 at http://www.mtbeef.org. The Reukauf’s Cherry Creek Ranch was recommended for the award by their Prairie County District Conservationist, a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks coordinator of landown-ers/sportsman relations and their local Bureau of Land Management wildlife biologist. S i d n ey r a n c h e r J i m Steinbeisser chairs the state’s Environmental Stewardship Award Program committee. The committee consists of a team of ranchers with the Montana

Stockgrowers Association who are focused on showcasing how innovative stewardship and good business go hand-in-hand. Steinbasser said the award pro-gram is a place to start an open, honest dialogue in ranching communities and Montana cities about how ranchers care for their land and livestock. “Ranchers in general are just humble people. We don’t want to brag or pat ourselves on the back, but that’s not what this award is about,” he said. “It’s about sharing the facts of envi-ronmental stewardship and the story behind why it matters so much to us. We know it’s impera-tive to our livelihoods that we reach out to our customers and show them what we do and how we do it, and to encourage our fellow ranchers to do the same.” The award nomination pro-cess is an opportunity for county conservation districts, water dis-tricts, wildlife organizations or other local and state agencies focused on conservation and multiple land use to recognize partnerships with ranchers who help them accomplish mutual g o a l s . A n y M o n t a n a Stockgrowers Association mem-ber who is actively working to leave the land better for the next generation would be a candidate. “ T h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l Stewardship Program has now gone far beyond encouraging fel-low ranchers to improve the management of our resources,” Steinbeisser said. “Now we want to focus on reaching out to our customers and consumers so we can share what we do on our

ranches and how we manage our resources to provide safe, healthy food while caring for the land.” Nominations may be submit-ted online at http://www.mtbeef.org before May 15. The winning ranch will then have the assis-tance of a professional writer and photographer to capture their ranch’s story — their fami-ly’s legacy of caring for the land and livestock — to represent Montana in the regional

Environmental Stewardship Award Program. The winner will be recognized at the Montana Stockgrowers Annual Convention and Trade Show in Billings this

December. To learn more, visit http://www.mtbeef.org, or contact Kori Anderson at kori@mtbeef.org or call 406-603-4024.

Photo courtesy Montana Stockgrowers Association

Lon and Vicki Reukauf pose for a photograph on their ranch near Terry. The Reukaufs own and operate last year’s Montana Environmental Stewarship Award-winning ranch and the Region IV winners nationwide.Their Cherry Creek Ranch has grown five fold since 1958, as more land and more cattle are required to make a living. But the Reukauf’s have focused on maximizing efficiencies to keep labor and pasture demands low. Lon and Vicki are the ranch’s only employ-ees, with some seasonal help. The commercial cow-calf ranch focuses primarily on selling light, early-weaned calves each fall. Calves are born after April 1, allowing them to focus on cows’ reproductive nutritional needs when pas-tures are at peak flush in late June. Calves are weaned in early or mid-October, depend-ing on the market and climate.

Farmers Union applauds governor’s signing agritourism bill

Photo courtesy Montana Farmesr UnionAlan Merrill, Montana Farmers Union president, back row, from left, Levi Ostberg, MFU lobbyist, and Chris Christiaens, MFU project specialist, along with, front row, Rep. Ross Fitzgerald, R-Great Falls, from left, and Gov. Steve Bullock pose for a photograph Friday in Helena after Bullock signed House Bill 342 into law.

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Dear Annie: A few years ago, my son "Bill" and his family moved to a new state. They left me behind with no family or friends because they chose my ex over me (because I'm disabled and they needed someone to help with the kids while they were at work). It broke my heart, to the point that I didn't care whether I lived or died. I prayed to God to help me, and thanks to Him, I ended up finding an apartment that I could afford in my son's new town. I was so excited that I'd be close to my grandbabies and my son. I got a Realtor, a moving company and a plane ticket. Things started going badly as soon as I got there. My son and his wife didn't bring my grandbabies to the airport, and all we did was ride past their house. When I asked about going to see his new house, he told me that I was being overbearing and I'd go to his house when he invited me. I started to question why I'd even moved. I have a bunch of furniture I ordered online that is still sitting unassembled in boxes. Bill lives less than five minutes away but always has a reason for why he can't help me around the house -- e.g., his long hours at work, his three children and his housework. My ex-husband also lives with them, and my daughter-in-law has told me that he does the laundry. To me, that is the most time-consuming chore. I don't see how housework could fill all your days off if laundry is already done for you! I just want my apartment to look the way that I envisioned it. I live on disability and can't really afford to pay people to come help. My son and his wife have no problem coming over and borrowing money from me. (I took out a $5,000 loan for them in my name.) I'm feeling alone and depressed. Should I give up on their helping me and including me in family events? -- Brokenhearted Mom Dear Brokenhearted: All the outside help in the world won't help you if you don't first learn to help yourself. Achieving more personal independence will allow you to have a healthier relationship with your family. It will also empower you to have a healthier relationship with yourself. Try getting involved with a local church or community activity to make some friends. Don't give your son any more loans. Instead, save that money for you. As soon as you can afford it, hire a handyman for one day (ask a neighbor for a recommendation) to come assemble the furniture that's still sitting in boxes. It will be well worth the money for you to have the peace and rest that come with a happy nest. Finally, you mentioned at one point not caring about whether you lived or died. Please, if you're ever in such a dark place again, reach out to a counselor, a religious adviser or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255). Do not give up. There is a light at the end of the tunnel; in fact, there's light all around it. You just can't see it yet.

STUDIES SHOW SURPRISING LINK BE-TWEEN DIABETES AND POLLUTIONDear Doctor: A recent study found that air pollution

increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes. How can that

be? Air pollution can't possibly raise blood sugar

levels.

Dear Reader: I can understand your disbelief.

My first thought when I saw this study was that it was

correlative, not causative. In other words, air quality

is simply worse in cities, which are more likely to

have large numbers of people with lower socioeco-

nomic status, who, in turn, tend to have greater rates

of obesity and diabetes. Then I looked more closely.

Air pollutants assessed in the studies include

nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter between 0.1

to 2.5 microns in size (PM 2.5). Early epidemiologic

studies showed a correlation between areas of greater

pollution and diabetes, but did not control for socio-

economic status. Then came a 2010 study that used

census data from three counties in the United States,

and assessed both rates of diabetes and Environmen-

tal Protection Agency data regarding PM 2.5 pollution.

The authors took into account such socioeconom-

ic variables as median income, high school comple-

tion, male sex and ethnicity -- all markers for diabetes

risk. The authors found a 16 to 20 percent increase in

the prevalence of diabetes in the areas that had the

highest amounts of PM 2.5 versus those areas with

the lowest amounts, even with all other factors being

equal.

Then came this year's study published in the

journal Diabetes that included 314 obese Latino

children in Los Angeles. The authors analyzed where

the children lived; the amount of pollution to which

they were exposed, measured by both nitrogen dioxide

and PM 2.5; and their parents' socioeconomic data.

The children were followed for 3.4 years, during which

time they underwent tests of blood sugar, two-hour

glucose tolerance, insulin and insulin response to

glucose. The authors found that the markers for

future diabetes were much greater in those exposed to

greater amounts of pollutants. This was independent

of socioeconomic status, and even independent of the

level of obesity.

The cause isn't completely clear yet. Studies in

rodents exposed to pollutants have shown increased

inflammation within fat cells, accumulation of cho-

lesterol in the liver and decreased ability of muscles

to use sugar. This leads to both metabolic dysfunction

and obesity. Further, pollutants can lead to systemic

inflammation that in turn leads to insulin resistance,

and thus the inability to bring sugar into the cells of

the body, leaving it to sit in the bloodstream.

What is clear is that there does appear to be an

association between pollution and diabetes, but more

studies are needed to evaluate the degree of the as-

sociation. Regardless, pollution is obviously unhealthy

and needs to be controlled within society. The mea-

surements of pollution provided in these studies come

from the Environmental Protection Agency, whose

existence is to safeguard the health of current and

future societies.

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Support Groups/Health ACOA — Meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at the First Lutheran Church Fellowship Room, O, NS. Adult Bullying Group — Meets at 4 p.m. Thursdays, focusing on coping with, alleviating and elimi-nating adult bullying at the Pollington Healing Institute PLLC, 220 3rd Ave, Suite 411 in the Atrium Mall. Call 406-217-5222. Al Anon Family Groups — Meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Double Winners Al Anon Family Group, Sunrise Alano Club, 2110 Highway 2 E.; and Fridays at 7 p.m. TGIF Al Anon Family Group meets at the Fireside Room of First Lutheran Preschool, 630 3rd St. For more infor-mation, call 262-3931. Alcoholics Anonymous — Iron Horse, daily, discussion, C, N, 11 a.m., 335 1st. St., at Park Hotel; 3rd Step Group, daily, discussion, third Sunday speaker meeting and potluck October through March, C, N, 5:30 p.m., 2110 Hwy 2 E., Sunrise Alano Club, 262-2086; Hill County Jail, Sunday, discussion — need to be pre-approved, 7 p.m., 1452 2nd St. W.; 12 x 12 Study, Monday, discussion, C, N, 7 p.m., 539 3rd Ave., St. Marks Church; Eagles Manor, Tuesday, dis-cussion, C, N, 6 p.m., 20 3rd St. W., main door, turn left; Road to Recovery, Wednesday and Saturday, discussion, O, N, 7:30 p.m., 4th floor conference

room Northern Montana Hospital 30 13th St.; Bountiful Group, Thursday, Big Book study, C, N, 7 p.m., 2229 5th Ave., HRDC Building, west door; Fireside Group, Friday, discussion, O, N, 7 p.m., 303 6th Ave., main park-ing lot, side door, basement; Noon Meeting, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, discussion, C, N, noon, 410 5th Ave., back door, alley. Call 888-607-2000 or visit www.aa-montana.org. American Heart Association CPR/First Aid — Classes are held monthly led by the Havre Fire Department. For information, time and days, call 265-6511. Alzheimer’s Support Group — meets first and third Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. in Chinook, Grand Villa Retirement Apts., 315 Pennsylvania, in the downstairs coffee room. Call Sherry Edwards, 357-4174. Breast-feeding Support Group — Meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the obstetrics department at Northern Montana Hospital. Call 262-4242. Celebrate Recovery — Meets Thursdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. at The ARK Church, 325 2nd St., offering support for all hurts, hangups and harms. Call 265-7337. Compulsive Gamblers Support Group — Meets regularly. Call 265-3621.

COPE Support Group for peo-ple coping with a friend or loved one’s suicide or attempt — Meets at 4 p.m. Wednesdays at Pollington Healing Institute PLLC, in the Atrium Mall, 220 3rd Ave., Suite 411. Call 406-217-5222. Early Childhood Investment Team — Meets the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. in the Gardenside Room at the HRDC build-ing. ECIT is a group of volunteers from various community agencies devoted to early childhood issues and promot-ing healthy growth and development in children. Eating Disorder Recovery Support Group — Meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Milk River Motors, 1927 U.S. Highway 2 NW. Call 390-0451. Havre Learning Disability Association — Meets in April and May at the Havre-Hill County Library 6:30-8:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month until summer. Call Sharon Olin at 265-5361 or 265-9639. Hi-Line Al-Anon — Meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at New Beginnings Lutheran Church, 25 2nd Ave. N.E., in Rudyard. Hi-Line Chapter of ABATE (American Bikers Aiming Toward Education) — Meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month in the Havre

Holiday Village Mall Community Center. Call 209-819-6189. Hi-Line Chapter of the Montana Association for the Blind — Meets the second Tuesday of each month, 1:30 p.m., at the Eagles Manor. Hi-Line Pregnancy Resource Center — For information on month-ly meetings, call 265-3255. New members welcome. Meetings open to the public. LGBTQ Support/Social Group — Meets at 5:30 p.m. at Bullhook Community Health Center the first Wednesday of every month. Mindfulness Meditation group — Meets at 4 p.m. Fridays at the Book Exchange - Emporium, upper level of the Atrium Mall, 220 3rd Ave. This is a free group and everyone is welcome. Instruction is provided for those new to meditation. Call 406-217-5222. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Meets 6-8 p.m. second Monday of each month in Northern Montana Hospital Conference Room 4A. NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, support group — Meets the third Tuesday of every month at First Baptist Church, 425 4th Ave. at 6:30 p.m. This is a support group for all people who live with mental illness, including consumers,

family members, friends or co-work-ers. Call Cindy at 265-6409. Narcotics Anonymous — Meets at 7 p.m. every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, and 7:30 p.m. Mondays, at the Sunrise Alano Club, 2110 U.S. Highway 2 E. Call 262-2086. NCM Compassionate Friends — Meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Corder Crop Care, 1312 Front St., Fort Benton, for bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents. Contact Gail Allen at 739-4258 or 781-4354 or ncmcompassionatefriends@gmail.com Northern Montana Health Care Auxiliary — Meets the first Monday of each month at 2 p.m. in the Northern Montana Hospital Conference Room 3B/C. Opportunity Resources Inc. — Provides case management servic-es for adults diagnosed with a devel-opmental disability ages 16 and up. Located at 2229 5th Ave. Call 265-1223. People First, Havre Chapter — A self-advocacy group for people with developmental disabil-ities and their allies. An executive meeting and general meeting are held on the second Sunday of each month in Northern Montana Hospital Conference Rooms 1-3. The general

meeting starts at 3 p.m. Call Rebecca Hargis at 265-1223 or 265-3160. Quality Life Concepts — Quality Life Concepts is an Early Intervention (Part C) service provider, collaborating with local agencies to develop a comprehensive service sys-tem for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or risk of delays. Call 265-2620 or stop by the HRDC building, 2229 5th Ave. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 480 — Meets every Wednesday at 8 a.m. for weigh-in with meetings starting at 9 a.m. at the North Central Senior Citizens Center. Call 800-932-8677 or go to www.tops.org. TOPS Chapter 491 — Meets every Tuesday. Weigh-in is 8-8:50 a.m. and the meeting starts at 9 a.m. at First Lutheran Church, 6th Ave. and 1st St. Call 265-2580 or 265-4244. Veteran Counseling Services — Meets 2-4 p.m., Thursdays, Rocky Boy Veterans Center. This service is sponsored by Great Falls Vet Center and also provides benefits and servic-es counseling. For info or appoint-ment, 406-452-9048. Weight Watchers — Meets at Community Alliance Church, 925 8th St., Mondays with weigh-in at 5:30 p.m. and meeting at 6 p.m. Call 800-651-6000.

Civic/Fraternal Eagles Aerie No. 166 — Meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Eagles Club. New members welcome. Call 265-9551. Eagles Auxiliary No. 166 — Meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Eagles Club. New members welcome. Call 265-9551. Elks B.P.O. Havre Lodge No.

1201 — Meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month — except June, July and December with meetings the fourth Tuesday only — in the Lodge Room of the Elks Club. New members welcome. Call 265-8602. Havre Chapter No. 30 Order of Eastern Star — Meets regularly, but while the group is works to find a regular meeting place, people can get information by calling

Peggy Wenger at 265-3221, Pauline Petersen at 262-9341 or Sheila Neu-werth at 945-0145. Havre Jaycees — Meets the first and third Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the basement of the Eagles Club. Leadership and personal skills are developed in the membership — men and women ages 18-41 — through community service. Call president Chelby Gooch at 390-3074.

Havre Kiwanis Club — Meets regularly, for information and meeting times, email kmaristuen@bkdlaw.org. New members are welcome. Havre Lions Club — Meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Elks Club. New members welcome. Call president Jerad Gillen at 265-3448 or first vice president Craig Tilleman at 265-6384.

Havre Lodge No. 55 A.F. & A.M. — Meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays September through June at the Lodge Room of the Elks Club. Call Sam Clawson at 390-7164 or David Sagaser at 262-4831. Havre Rotary Club — Meets every Thursday at noon at Pizza Pro meeting room. Contact Kaydee Ruiz at 265-2199 or ksnipes@mt.gov. Optimist Club of Havre —

Meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at The Pro at noon. Call Treasurer Byron Ophus at 265-2198. P.E.O. Chapter AZ — Luncheon meeting at 1 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Call Donna Mangold at 265-1442. P.E.O. Chapter V — Meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Mondays of each month. Call Mary Pizzini at 265-6019.

Hobbies/Sports/Activities Bear Paw Bowmen Ar-chery Club — Meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Elks Club. New members welcome. Call Clyde R. Thomas Jr. at 265-4572. Big Sky Auto Club — Meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Havre-Hill County Library Meeting Room for everyone interested in classic and pioneer vehicles. Call Wally Duchscher at 265-7314. Blue Horizons Good Sam Club — Meets the second Saturday of the month to enhance the enjoyment of RV camping, support dogs for the deaf, and other community projects. Call 265-4278. Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club — Meets the fourth Tuesday each month at 2 p.m. at the Timmons

Room of the Hill County Courthouse. Call 265-2133. Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club — Meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at Griggs Printing at 2 5th Ave. They shoot the second Sunday of each month. For more information, call 265-6851 or 265-7431. Annual May Spring Shoot is on Memorial Day weekend each year. New shooters welcome. Cosplay — All day Saturdays, at the Book Exchange - Emporium, 220 3rd Ave. Anyone in costume at the store Saturdays will be entered into a drawing for a weekly prize. This is free, and everyone is wel-come. Call 406-217-5222. Fort Assiniboine Genealogy

Society — Meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting room. New members are welcome. Meetings open to the public. Call Virginia Naber at 265-9641. Havre Garden Club — Meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at a member’s homes. New members welcome. Call Valerie at 265-5072. Havre Rifle and Pistol Club — Meets 7-9 p.m. the first Monday of each month in the Hospitality Room of the Elks Lodge at 321 2nd St. Call Erv Hamblock at 265-4918 or Bing Coe at 265-4087. Havre Striders Running and Walking Club — Has regular scheduled quarterly meetings. Call

president Pam Briggs at 265-1523. Havre Trap Club — Meets to shoot at 5 p.m. Wednesdays and 1 p.m. Sundays at the Trap Club east of the softball complex south of town. Call Jim Bachini at 265-2485 or Doug Erhard at 265-2924. Havre Wrestling Club Board — Meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at Havre High Wrestling Room. Havre Youth Baseball As-sociation — Meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m. at Northern Montana Hospital Conference Room 3. Call Brittnee Zanto-DeLaRosa at 265-4838 or Kelly Compton at 394-2388. Havre Youth Hockey — Meets at 6 p.m. the second Sunday

of each month at the Havre Ice Dome May-August, and at 6 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Havre Ice Dome September-April. Call Dominique Preputin at 390-1481. Hi-Line Cruz’n Associa-tion — Meets the third Wednesday of each month at the US Bank Hospitality Room. Call Brian Doll at 265-7662 or Barb Salerno at 265-3163. Send all car club correspondence to Hi-Line Cruz’n Association, P.O. Box 98, Havre, MT 59501. Hi-Line Harp Circle — Meets Saturdays 2 p.m. in Grace Chapel of Northern Montana Care Center. Be-ginners to the harp are welcome; small harps are available for use by reserva-tion. Call Mary Stevens 265-8542. Hi-Line Quilt Guild — Meets

7 p.m. at the Holiday Village Mall Community Center on the first Tuesday of each month. Anyone interested in quilting is welcome. Call Suzanne Huston at 265-2941. Hi-Line United Soccer Club — Meets and competes during sum-mer months. Teams are open to middle school- and high school-aged youth along the Hi-Line. For information, go online to www.hilineunitedsoccer.com or call April Snyder, 262-7252. North Central Hangar Association — Meets the second Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Havre Airport Terminal. North Central Senior Center Dance Night — begins at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 2 2nd St. W.

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Bullhook Bottoms Barber-shop Chorus — Meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Call 265-1231. Country Poets and Pickers Club — Meets 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month in the Havre-Hill County Library meeting room. Contact Dale Mailand at 353-2383. Havre Art Association — Meets monthly on the third Monday at 7 p.m. in the Havre-Hill County Library meeting room. Contact Barbara Zuck at 690-1018 or Ginnie Streeper at 265-2005. LAD Project — The Library Art Display Project at Havre-Hill County Li-brary provides a venue for young artists to show their artwork to the public. New artists are featured every two months, and the public is invited to view the artwork during regular library hours. Call Vince Woodwick at 265-4877.

American Red Cross Bears Paw Chapter — Volunteers encour-aged in all service areas. Call the Red Cross at 800-272-6668 for more information or to register. Red Cross community first aid/CPR classes held. Havre’s Helping Haven — with coats, clothes, household items, toys and more for a small donation, at 419 6th Ave. at St. Jude’s Central, is open Tuesday and Thursday each week, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Friends of Beaver Creek

Park — Meets the second Monday of each month, 7 p.m., at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, 410 5th Ave., Havre. Call 945-7315. Havre-Hill County Friends of the Library — Meets the third Thursday of each month at noon in the library’s meeting room. Bring a sack lunch or join friends after the meeting for lunch. October is membership month. Dues are $1. Hill County Search and Res-cue — Meets at regular meetings the third Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Hill County Sheriff’s Office. Call Scott Dawson at 265-6970. Recycle Hi-Line — Meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Hill County Annex Building at 302 4th Ave. Enter through the alley door. They also hold a recycle drive the third Saturday at Pacific Steel and Recycling, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Go online to www.recyclehiline.org for details or call Sue at 265-5703.

District 4 Human Resources Development Council — Monthly board meeting is 7 p.m. the second Thursday of the month, except Febru-ary, July, August and December, in the HRDC Conference Room at 2229 5th Ave. Call 265-6743. Great Northern Fair Board — Meets 5:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month. Call 265-7121 for location. All meetings are open to the public, and interested parties are encouraged to attend. The H. Earl Clack Museum Board — Meets the second Monday

of each month, 5:30 p.m., at the museum at the Holiday Village Mall. Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission — Meets the third Tuesday of every month at 4 p.m. at the Havre-Hill County Li-brary. Meetings are open to the public. Hill County Conservation District Board of Supervisors — Meets the third Wednesday of each month at 5:15 p.m. at the USDA build-ing located at 206 25th Ave. W. Public is invited. Hill County FSA Committee — Meets the third Wednesday of the month at 8 a.m. at the USDA Service Center meeting room located at 206 25th Ave. W.

Hill County Democrats — Meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Eagles Club. All meetings are open to the public. Call Karen Datko at 265-3280. North Central Pachyderms — Meets the first and third Fridays of each month at noon at the Duck Inn Vineyard Room. No-host lunch is served while different guest speakers give presentations on topics of interest and concern to the community. Call Gail Rader at 265-9263. Republican Central Commit-tee — Meets the second Thursday of the month at GOP Headquarters, 673 1st St. W. at 7 p.m. Contact Andrew Brekke at 265-1490.

Bear Paw Educators Asso-ciation — Meets every third Monday at noon at the Antique Room of the Duck Inn. For more information, call Frank Hayes at 265-9576. Hi-Line Child Care Associa-tion — Meets September through May from 7 to 9 p.m. the first Monday of each month in the HRDC conference room. Call Debbie McCormick at 265-7946. Montana Land and Mineral Owners Association — Meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Hill County Electric Hopitali-ty Room. Call Herb Vassuer 357-3563. Montana Landlords As-sociation — Meets the second Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September and November at 7 p.m. at the Havre-Hill County Library. New members are welcome. Call Maggy Doll at 265-2140.

Catholic Daughters of America — Meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at St. Jude Parish Center. Call Sue Swan, 265-5703. Child Evangelism Fellow-ship — Meets during the school year and summer, with other ministries. Club is a Bible-centered organization com-posed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize. Contact Nina Brown, 1104 Cleveland Ave., Havre, MT 59501, or call 265-3385. Kidz Express — Meets the first and third Thursday of the month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Havre Christian School. No charge. Call Barb Fell at 390-8045 or Janet Rodgers at 390-

6804. Presbyterian Women’s Association of Havre — Meets at 11 a.m. the second Wednesday of October through April. The September and May meetings are at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday, with no meetings during the summer. Meetings are in the Social Room of the church at 701 4th Ave. and open to all women. Call the church office at 265-6923. Van Orsdel United Method-ist Women — Meets the second Thursday of each month at noon at the church. Call 265-4232.

American Legion Post No. 11 — Meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the Eagles Club. American Legion Auxiliary — Meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Club. VFW — Meets at 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Elks Club. Any veteran who served overseas, or any wife, mother, sister, daughter or granddaughter of a vet who served overseas may join. Call 265-4917.

Boy Scout Troop 1438 — Troop meets every Tuesday in the First Lutheran Church Basement at 7 p.m. Contact Bill at 399-4609. Boy Scout Troop 1438 Parents — Meets the second Tuesday of every month in the First Lutheran

Church basement at 7 p.m. Contact Bill at 399-4609. Boy Scout Troop 1492 — Troop meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church. Call Charlie at 265-2246. Boy Scout Troop 1492 Par-ent/committee — Meets the last Sunday of every month at Messiah Lutheran Church. Call Charlie at 265-2246. Cub Scout Pack 4426 — Pack meets every Tuesday at HRDC Fireside Room, except the third Tuesday of each month which is at St. Jude Parish Center. Call Bill at 399-4609. Cub Scout Pack 4426 Parents/leaders — Meet the first Thursday of each month at St. Jude’s Parish Center at 6:00 p.m. Call Bill at 399-4609. Havre Elementary Parent/Teacher Organization — Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. Call 265-1719 for the location of the meeting. Day care is provided. Havre Girl Scouts — Service unit meetings are the second Thursday of the month 6-7 p.m. at the Havre Girl Scout House, 420 5th Ave. Call Sherri Simonson at 399-5672. Havre-Hill County Library Story Time — Meets every Wednes-day at 10:30 a.m. in the library meet-ing room. HELP Committee — Meets once a month at 500 1st Ave. Call 265-6206. Hi-Line District Scouters — Meets for a district meeting and round tables at 7 p.m. on the second Thurs-day of each month at the LDS Church. Call Bill at 399-4609.

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