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HAVRE FESTIVAL DAYS
September 2017
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HAVRE AREA CHAMBER Welcome from the Havre Proudly serving our members for over 100 years!
"The Havre Chamber ~ putting Havre first" We thank our members for over 100 years of progress American Business Solutions AmericInn of Havre Anderson Appraising Anderson Schubert Agency Anderson ZurMuehlen Andy’s Angel Care LLC Atrium Mall Association Baker Amusement Baldwin Court Reporting Services Baldwin Insurance Associates Bear Paw BBQ Bear Paw Credit Union Bear Paw Development Bear Paw Meats Bear Paw Paint Bear Paw Technologies Bear Paw Veterinary Clinic Bearly Square Quilting Beaver Creek Designs Beaver Creek Golf Course Ben Franklin Crafts Bergren Transmission Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites Better Business Bureau Big Equipment Company Big Sky Images Bill Baltrusch Construction Bing ‘n Bob’s Blue Cross Blue Shield BNSF Bob’s Greenhouse Bosch, Kuhr Dugdale Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Brandon’s Drapery & Floor Covering Budget Rent-A-Car Built Wright Homes & Roofing Bullhook Community Health Center Bullhook Property Management Bullhook Real Estate, LLC CHS Big Sky CK Builders CM Management Cape Air Cavaliers for Men & Women Cellular Plus/Verizon Char’s Family Dining Circle Inn City of Havre Clack Museum Foundation Clausen & Sons Coca-Cola Coffee Hound Cottonwood Cinema 4 Credit Bureau of Havre Crystal City Casino Culligan Custom Collision Repair D.A. Davidson Dairy Queen Destination Travel Diesel Doctor, Inc. Domino’s Down Under Fitness Center Downtown Gardens Duchscher Insurance Duck Inn/Mediterranean Bistro Eagles Club Edward Jones Eight Design Emporium Food & Fuel Enell, Inc. Erickson Insurance Group Evergreen Campground Ezzie’s Wholesale, Inc. 5th Ave Grind 5th Avenue Laundromat Family Connections MT Farm Bureau Financial Services Fifth Avenue Christian Church Finest Boot Repair First National Pawn First Security Bank Fivehead’s Fleet Wholesale Supply Flynn Realty Frontier Electric, Inc. Frontier Lawn & Landscaping Gary & Leo’s IGA Gram’s Ice Cream & Candy Shoppe Great Northern Fair Great Northern Inn-Best Western Gregoire Insurance Agency
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Area Chamber of Commerce Welcome everyone to our 37th Annual Festival Days weekend! We have some great things in store for you this year and there is literally something for everyone to do this weekend! What makes Havre special to me may be different than what makes Havre special to you. But the one thing that brings us all together is the annual Festival Days Parade. From the joy of watching kids gathering candy and seeing the smiles on people's faces riding on floats as they wave at their friends, to the Havre High marching band showing their pride of Havre and everyone else involved in the parade make this the pinnacle event for our town. Be sure to check out all that our local vendors have to offer at Saturday Market in Town Square before or after the parade. Saturday at 3 p.m. grab a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy Rock Lotto with some of Havre’s finest musicians entertaining you with music from yesterday and today. Saturday night, 6 p.m., there is a dinner and street dance at the Eagle’s Club to top off the evening. For the car lovers out there head downtown Friday night and take in the Steve Heil Memorial Car Show. Saturday is the C u s to m C o l l i s i o n Re p a i rs B u r n o u t Competition and the E-1 Towing Demolition Derby which is always exciting. For all the art enthusiasts, check out the Hi-Line Quilt Guild Festival of Quilts at Bearly Squared Quilting and the Crafts and Commercial Products Show at the Holiday Village Mall. T h e K i wa n i s Pa n c a ke B r e a k fa s t Saturday morning at the Eagles Club from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. is a great time to catch up
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce
Welcome to Havre for the 37th celebration of Havre Festival Days, Sept. 15-17
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce
Think about your own life in the last 37 years (if you're that old!). The many events, highs and lows, twists and turns! I'm sure that Festival Days has been through many changes, ups and downs, but has perservered to be a fun-filled, actionpacked weekend for all involved. What a tribute to our great town and its community members to be able to continue this tradition year after year. There is something for everyone this weekend. Book readers, car buffs, athletes, quilters, gnome hunters, foodies, adult beverage partakers, historians, crafters, train hobbyiest, music lovers and dancers alike have a persobal stake in this. Certainly
Joe Ross President
with friends and the special running of the trains at the railroad museum is simply amazing! The Friends of the Library Book Sale always has a great literary treasure to find and the gnome hunt is a great addition to the weekend. For all the active athletes and spectators looking for sporting events, be sure to take in some of the 48-Hour Softball Tournament, the MSU-N college volleyball team playing University of MontanaWestern and the annual Festival days Fun Run/Walk. With these and many other events, there's sure to be something on the Festival Days calendar that will interest you. Don’t forget to purchase a Festival Days button or mug from a local participating business or stop by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce office to get one, while you are there be sure to thank Jody and Shari for all that they do and to make this weekend possible and so special. On behalf of the Havre Chamber and Board of Directors, I invite you to come out and join in all the fun that Havre has to offer during this great weekend. Enjoy Festival Days, Celebrate Havre and take a look around!
Jody Olson
Executive director don't forget about the little children eagerly awaiting the police cars, fire trucks, tractors, horses and candy at the parade. Let's have fun this weekend. Share in the fun with your neighbors. Think about how lucky we are to live in Havre. Thank the businesses and community members who helped pull this off. Special thanks to our sponsors: MSU-N, Cape Air, Triangle Communications, Bearly Square Quilting, Crystal City Casino and to all the volunteers who make Festival Days special every year. And a big thanks to our Lions Club again for sponsoring the Pipe Band.
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Highlights: Activities throughout the area throughout the weekend ■ Continued from page 7 Festival Days weekend. An extra runs of the trains will be set up in the basement, which is far more than visitors usually get to see, said Christy Owens of the museum. The railroad museum offers a brief history of the railroad in Havre complete with model railroad trains running daily. An original hand cart and working block signal are on display. There is no charge to visit the railroad museum. And people can stay and see Havre Beneath the Streets. The museum will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday with the run of special trains set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Steve Heil Memorial Car Show The Steve Heil Memorial Car Show returns as a Festival Day’s tradition this year. Car buffs are invited to the parking lot behind Independence Bank Friday at 6 p.m. to either display or view classic and restored vehicles. The car show is named after Steve Heil and organized by Cassie Albertson, Heil’s daughter. She said that her late father was a “car nut.” A car show had for many years been a part of the Festival Days festivities, but was discontinued several years ago. It was resurrected in 2014.
Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast The Kiwanis Club will be hosting their annual pancake feed Saturday 7 a.m to 1 p.m at the Eagles Club in Havre. The feed, which beggan in 1955 and helps fund the group's community projects. It has since become part of the Festival Days Celebration. As in years past. Kiwanians will be at the Eagle’s Club long before daybreak to prepare for the feed.
Custom Collission’s Customer Appreciation Day Custom Collisions Repair will give members of the public a look at its facilities and provide them with a free lunch and show Saturday, Sept. 16, during its annual Appreciation Day. People will be able to walk around the garage as see the tools and equipment used to repair vehicles and look at entries in the car show. The business, 7110 1st St. NW, will be cordoned off to most traffic, except those who take part in Custom Collision Repair’s car show. The show also features a burnout, another part of the reason for having the area blocked off. Participants will have space to smoke their tires for the crowd. Custom Collision will also announce the winners of rebuilt cars, a tradition it has started and this year upped to having two cars given away.
Off-roading comes to Festival Days Off road enthusiasts have a chance during Havre Festival Days to ride on a 4x4 trail event just outside of Havre. Montana State University-Northern automotive technology teacher Kevin Holzworth said that last fall a group he is with held an off road trail event at the Fresno off-
highway vehicle park, or OHV, 20 miles north of Havre off of Wildhorse Road, and had such a good time they are doing it again. The event starts with people meeting at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at Northern’s Auto Shop at 932 First Street. Participants will travel to Fresno OHV to use the site, which is “home to 120 acres of off-road trail riding,” Holzworth said. All off-road vehicles are allowed to use the park and has a “ride at your own risk” policy.
Magera holds talk on local names during Festival Days Local historian Jim Magera will round out the H. Earl Clack Museum’s “Summer Speaker Series” during Festival Days Friday at 7 p.m. His presentation, “The Stories behind Havre — Bear Paw Names,” will be in the Montana Room at Havre Inn and Suites. Magera will talk about local name origins. The event is free and open to the public and an interesting evening is guaranteed. Light refreshments will be served.