Friday Havre 75¢ August 4, 2017 Saturday's weather 73° DAILY NEWS 51° Mostly cloudy Complete forecast / A2 Three bands hitting Havre Tuesday Alex Ross will then play a show Wednesday at the [email protected] Do Bar in Great Falls. After playing a show in Bismarck the next night they October Rage, a hard rock band will return to Montana to play Rockin’ from Australia who performed in the Rivers. They will then play a show Havre once before in 2012 will be one at Smiling Doc Records in Billings. of three bands playing at the Havre Roberts said the band was estab- Eagles Club Tuesday while en route to lished in 2008 in Newcastle, Australia. perform at this year’s Rockin’ the They caught a big break when in 2010 FROM HOOPS Rivers extravaganza outside of Three they won a contest to open for Bon Forks. Jovi during three nights in Sydney, TO TENNIS October Rage will perform along- Australia. side Zam Trip from Green River, The opportunity allowed the band to Page A6 Wyoming and Filthy Sweet from Eau connect with Bon Jovi’s crew, who, in Claire, Wisconsin. turn, referred them to an agent who Nick Roberts, October Rage’s singer helped book them on their first U.S. and lead guitarist said in a phone tour. Rock Lotto interview that the three bands have Since then, they have played along- played together several times before. side such well-known hard rock acts as “They are both very entertaining,” Buck Cherry, Sevendust and Saliva. Roberts said. “If everybody gets there Roberts said October Rage now returning for spends about 10 months of the year early they will be treated to a full rock touring throughout the U.S, playing show. and it will be great.” Courtesy photo venues that range from small bars and The stop in Havre will be the first The band October Rage performs at a concert. En route to Rockin’ the Rivers, second gig theaters to stadiums. of several by October Rage in Montana the Australian band and Zam Trip and Filthy Sweet will be playing in Havre Havre Daily News staff this week. The band’s website said they ■ See Music Page A2 at the Eagles Club Tuesday. After a highly popular and success- ful trial run at last year’s Festival Days, Montana State University- Northern’s radio station, KNMC, is Drought spreads hosting its second Rock Lotto, with the drawing to create bands just and intensifies Ready for the powwow around the corner. Dave Martens Jr., who acts as asso- ciate producer of the event with fellow across US KNMC disc jockey Rick Linie, said the drawing will be held at next week’s Northern Plains Sounds on the Square Wednesday, with By MATT VOLZ the performances Saturday, Sept. 16, Associated Press during Festival Days. HELENA — The drought plaguing KNMC rock lotto is an event in eastern Montana and much of North which local musicians put their name and South Dakota came on quickly and in a hat and are randomly placed into is intensifying, leading ranchers to sell bands for a one-ime only performance their cattle and farmers to harvest — although some bands from last early whatever crops that have grown year’s event have done some more so far this summer. performances together since, includ- Just three months ago, no areas of ing Stevie Nixon that now is actively moderate drought were recorded in the performing. Northern Plains region by the U.S. In Rock Lotto, musicians typically Drought Monitor at the University of sign up for one category: vocals, gui- Nebraska-Lincoln. But July’s soaring tar, bass, drums, keyboards or “other.” temperatures and lack of rain quickly ■ See Second gig Page A2 parched the soil and dried up water- ways, creating what climatologists call a “flash drought.” Locals push school Now, 62 percent of North Dakota, more than half of South Dakota and 40 percent of Montana are in severe, supply drive extreme or exceptional drought, Paul Dragu according to the drought monitor’s [email protected] weekly report released Thursday. There are also pockets of drought in School is set to begin in just weeks, the Southern Plain states of Nebraska, and some people are organizing sup- Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas. ply drives to help needy children alle- In Montana, 12 percent of the state’s Havre Daily News/Colin Thompson viate the burden of meeting supply land is experiencing “exceptional Participants enter the powwow grounds Thursday at the Kids Powwow during the Rocky Boy’s 53rd Annual demands. drought,” meaning widespread crop Celebration. The powwow is in full swing, with a tribal and a kids rodeo as well as the kids powwow complete Simone Smith started a school sup- and pasture losses and water-shortage and other major events starting today including the main powwow events and the main rodeo. Look for more ply drive with her former State Farm emergencies, mainly in the northeast- photos on the Havre Daily News Facebook page and website and with a story in Monday’s edition of the Havre co-workers last year. The community ern part of the state. Daily News. response was overwhelming, she said, ■ See Drought Page A2 and she was able to to give to all the schools in the area. She practically cleared out the school supply aisle at Walmart last year, she said. Sessions vows crackdown on leaks of classified information This year Smith is working at By ERIC TUCKER fight their battles in the media by She said: “Well, they may, they may poenas of journalists. Duchscher Insurance, where she has Associated Press revealing sensitive government infor- not.” “This nation must end the culture enlisted the help of her new co-work- WASHINGTON — Attorney General mation. No government can be effec- Trump’s outbursts against media of leaks. We will investigate and seek ers for a similar school drive. Jeff Sessions pledged today to rein in tive when its leaders cannot discuss organizations he derides as “fake to bring criminals to justice. We will Smith said last year that she was government leaks that he said under- sensitive matters in confidence or to news” have led to predictions that his not allow rogue anonymous sources prompted to action after seeing a little mine American security, taking an talk freely in confidence with foreign administration will more aggressively with security clearances to sell out girl in the Walmart checkout line last aggressive public stand after being leaders.” try to root out leaks. our country any longer,” Sessions said year whose father couldn’t buy her in his remarks. the necessary supplies. The pair had called weak on the matter by Meanwhile, a White House adviser Trump complained on Twitter last Media organizations also had an to leave several items at the checkout President Donald Trump. raised the possibility of lie detector week that Sessions was weak in crack- often-tense relationship with the desk. The nation’s top law enforcement tests for the small number of people in ing down on leaks, saying, “Sessions Obama administration, whose Justice “She was so sad,” Smith said. official cited no current investigations the West Wing and elsewhere with has taken a VERY weak position on Department brought more leaks cases Like the drive last year, Smith said in which disclosures of information access to transcripts of President Hillary Clinton crimes (where are than all his predecessors combined she hopes this year will be equally had jeopardized the country. His Donald Trump’s phone calls. The E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leak- successful. announcement, made with other secu- Washington Post has published tran- ers!” and was criticized for maneuvers seen If, however, this year’s drive brings rity officials at the Justice scripts of his conversations with the Sessions said in his remarks that as needlessly aggressive and intru- fewer supplies, she said, she will get Department, followed a series of news leaders of Mexico and Australia. his department has more than tripled sive. in touch with teachers in the area and reports involving the Trump campaign Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway the number of active leaks investiga- That included a secret subpoena of prioritize. Smith said elementary stu- and White House that have relied on told “Fox & Friends” that “it’s easier tions compared to the number pending phone records of Associated Press dents are already priority because classified information. to figure out who’s leaking than the when President Barack Obama left reporters and editors following a 2012 their school supply list is generally In prepared remarks, Sessions said: leakers may realize.” office. He said the department is story about a foiled bomb plot, and the longer. “No one is entitled to surreptitiously And might lie detectors be used? reviewing guidelines related to sub- ■ See Leaks Page A2 Havre Public School Assistant Superintendent Craig Mueller said there are needy students in all grade levels and drives like Smith’s certain- AP source: Grand jury among Mueller’s tools in Russia probe ly help out. By CHAD DAY Russia, a person familiar with the months. demanded in a tweet posted early ■ See Supplies Page A2 ERIC TUCKER probe says. The person who confirmed to The today, a day after he leveled a host of Associated Press The use of a grand jury, a standard Associated Press that Mueller had broadsides against Democrats and WASHINGTON — Special Counsel prosecution tool in criminal investiga- turned to a grand jury was not autho- investigators at a rally in Huntington, Inside today’s Robert Mueller is using a grand jury tions, suggests that Mueller and his rized to discuss the investigation by West Virginia.