Board Talks About Loss of Fairgrounds Manager
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Wednesday Havre 75¢ December 21, 2016 Thursday's weather 40° DAILY NEWS 22° Partly cloudy Volunteering in the holiday season Complete forecast / A2 Board talks about loss of fairgrounds manager Paul Dragu “It’s very important, when a person [email protected] takes that position they realize that ATHLETE they basically have six bosses,” McCann During an exit interview between said. “The board is the boss of that PROFILE: chairman of the Great Northern Fair position. Also, it’s a volunteer board, Board and its former manager, the lat- and the board is the source of the man- TYSON ter said his resignation had a lot to do ager to gain knowledge and define with failing to meet expectations during responsibilities and coach, so to speak, SHAMBO his short tenure. that person, that position. “I think his biggest challenge was It’s not that former manager Bob Page A7 feeling like he couldn’t meet the board’s Horne didn’t know what the job expectations,” Great Northern Fair required, McCann said, emphasizing Board Chairman Paul McCann said that he was speaking for himself and Tuesday night after fair board mem- not necessarily the board members. bers met. “It’s hard to do because you But there is some on-the-job training, Trump meeting got grounds and then you have manage- he added. ment, and it’s not all mapped out in an “You’ll have people that probably operating manual.” security adviser won’t know the job until they get into it, Board members spent some portion Havre Daily News/Colin Thompson even though you described it,” he said. of Tuesday’s two-hour meeting tinker- Members of Havre’s Leadership High School work to sort clothes at the Horne may have also thought he after attacks ing with the fair board policy, which Havre Salvation Army Tuesday. Leadership High School students spent could work on something else on the Tuesday morning volunteering at a variety of Havre organizations also McCann would say afterward, is crucial side while being the fairgrounds man- including the Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen and Havre Food Bank, then to helping the incoming manager- abroad having lunch at Pizza Hut before going shopping at Kmart to buy items groundskeeper know what the working ager, McCann said, which is not an By JONATHAN LEMIRE easy task to do. for the Giving Tree. Associated Press dynamic between board members and PALM BEACH, Fla. — President- the groundskeeper will be. ■ See Fairgrounds Page A2 elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with his incoming national secu- rity adviser in the aftermath of vio- lence abroad as the process of filling Death sentences decline sharply as public attitudes shift top jobs in his administration presses By SAM HANANEL 1996, according to a report from the The growing reluctance of juries to drugs needed to carry out lethal injec- on, marked by some infighting among Associated Press Death Penalty Information Center, a sentence defendants to death is one of tion and more robust legal challenges advisers. WASHINGTON — Only 30 people nonprofit organization that opposes several factors contributing to the by defendants in capital cases. Trump opened his day today by were sentenced to death in the United capital punishment and tracks the overall drop in executions. Twenty About half of Americans still sup- boasting anew about his Nov. 8 elec- States this year, the lowest number issue. people were executed this year, the port the death penalty according to a tion victory, tweeting that his win in since the early 1970s and a further “I think we are watching a major fewest since 1991, when 14 people were Pew Research Center poll earlier this the Electoral College was more diffi- sign of the steady decline in use of the political climate change concerning put to death. The high-water mark year, but that is the lowest level in cult to pull off than winning the popu- death penalty. capital punishment and it’s reflected was in 1999, when there were 98 execu- more than four decades. Public sup- lar vote would have been if he had The number is a sharp drop from among reduced death sentences across tions. port for capital punishment peaked in tried. Democrat Hillary Clinton won the 49 death sentences last year and the country,” said Robert Dunham, the Other factors leading to a drop in the mid-1990s, when 80 percent of at least 2.6 million more votes than just a fraction of the peak of 315 in group’s executive director. executions include shortages of the ■ See Death Sentence Page A2 Trump, an apparent sore point for the president-elect. “I would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the Texas gives winner was based on popular vote — Community invited to Christmas Day dinner but would campaign differently,” he Planned tweeted. Paul Dragu Trump’s meeting with retired Lt. [email protected] Parenthood Gen. Michael Flynn, his choice for national security adviser, will come a Havreites looking for a fresh, hot notice of Medicaid day after Flynn and several other meal Christmas Day are invited to members of the incoming national the annual Community Christmas ouster security team met with Vice Dinner at the Eagles Club. By PAUL J. WEBER President-elect Mike Pence in Event coordinator Tom Associated Press Washington. Farnham, Eagles Club manager, AUSTIN, Texas — Texas put Aides said the meeting was planned said the requirements to attend the Planned Parenthood on notice before the acts of violence in Germany dinner are an “appetite and a Tuesday of plans to soon cut off and Turkey, though they were dis- smile.” Medicaid funds, a move that federal cussed. The Islamic State group has Food will be served from 11 a.m. judges have blocked in other claimed responsibility for the truck to 2 p.m. Anyone who would like a Republican-controlled states, which attack in Berlin that killed 12 people meal but can’t leave their home can are now waiting to see if President- and injured 48. As well, investigators call the North Central Senior elect Donald Trump will strip the searched for clues on whether the Citizen Center at 265-5464 and organization of taxpayer money. gunman who assassinated the Russian arrange to have a meal delivered to Planned Parenthood responded by ambassador to Turkey planned the their home. The deadline to arrange vowing to ask a court to stop Texas attack alone. a home delivery is Friday by 5 p.m. from defunding clinics in January. The gathering with Pence Tuesday Farnham said he’s been helping Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and included retired Gen. John Kelly, Kansas are among the states where Trump’s nominee for head of the coordinate the dinner for the last judges have denied similar efforts. Department of Homeland Security; five years. But it has been happen- Planned Parenthood says its clinics retired Gen. James Mattis, the pick ing for, at least, the last 30 years. serve nearly 11,000 women in Texas for defense secretary; and Rex For some people, it’s not worth each year through Medicaid. Tillerson, the head of Exxon Mobil making dinner for two, he said. For Republican Gov. Greg Abbott pledged and the intended nominee for secre- others, they can’t make it to see to kick Planned Parenthood out of the tary of state. their family for the holidays — and state’s Medicaid program more than a While Trump has assembled his that’s another example of who may year ago, joining other socially con- Cabinet at a quick pace, the process attend the dinner. He said the din- servative governors who took similar to fill out top White House jobs has ner usually draws about 650 people steps in 2015, when an anti-abortion been slowed by pushback among some throughout the day — “all walks of group released secretly recorded vid- advisers. Some of Trump’s earliest life come togethher.” eos that it claimed showed Planned advisers have expressed concern to The meal will include turkey, the president-elect himself that they Parenthood officials profiting from mashed potatoes with gravy, dress- sales of fetal tissue for medical are getting boxed out in favor of those ing, sweet potatoes, corn, cranberry more closely aligned with incoming research. sauce and pie for dessert. Investigations by 13 states have chief of staff Reince Priebus, who has The Community Christmas chaired the Republican National been concluded without charges of Dinner happens because volunteers Committee. wrongdoing, although a congressional and local businesses donate time, Among those whose future is still panel is still investigating. Texas’ money and even food, Farnham in flux is Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s final notice to Planned Parenthood said. first campaign manager, who was comes at a time when the 100-year-old fired after clashing with the presi- More volunteers are always wel- organization is simultaneously fight- dent-elect’s family. Monday, come and anyone interested can ing to stop Congress from also cutting Lewandowski met with Jared Kushner, call Farnham at 265-9551. off taxpayer dollars. Trump’s influential son-in-law, and “Or they can just show up,” he “Texas is a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation. With this action, could still be offered a job in the said. Havre Daily News/File photo administration, though potentially one Volunteers are asked to show up Koolen Schmidt of Havre, 8, gets ready to bite into his pumpkin pie at the the state is doubling down on reckless that would keep him out of the West around 11 a.m.