Havre DAILY NEWS Friday, April 30, 2021 Bear awareness meeting set in Big Sandy Staff and wire report got into dog food — then outside of People who have any flu- or cold- As grizzly bears move farther out Brady. It got into garbage near the like symptoms are asked not to attend onto the plains, including to this part Chester-Fort Benton highway, Montana the meeting. of north-central Montana, Montana Secondary Highway 223, it killed two FWP ensures that its meetings are Fish, Wildlife and Parks is holding a chickens on a ranch 20 miles west of fully accessible to persons with disabil- bear awareness meeting next week in Big Sandy, it moved to south of ities, the release said. To request spe- Big Sandy, near which sightings have Rudyard and then back to five miles cial accommodations for this meeting been reported. northwest of Big Sandy Sunday. or for more information, people can During the last several years, griz- FWP reported last year that the call 406-228-3700. zly bears have been expanding out of bear moved more than 10 miles a day Area FWP bear management spe- their recovery zones including to the at times, which suggests a young, wan- cialist Wesley Sarmento will give at prairies east of the Rocky Mountain dering male. the meeting a presentation on the Front, FWP said in a release announc- With grizzlies moving farther out background of grizzly bears in ing the meeting. into the plains — they mainly have Montana, how the department manag- “Just recently, a pair of grizzly recovered in the Rocky Mountains es grizzly bear conflict, and the chal- bears were seen about 15 miles north- — FWP is hosting a public meeting lenges of grizzly expansion on the prai- west of Big Sandy,” FWP said in the Wednesday in Big Sandy on how to be ries east of the Rocky Mountain Front. release. Although it’s not expected for bear aware including how to minimize Sarmento also will explain what to these grizzlies or others to remain in conflict. do during a bear encounter, how to the area, sightings may become more The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in Big safely deter a bear using non-lethal tools and how to secure attractants and and more frequent as populations Courtesy Fish, Wildlife and Parks/Copyright Tom Bowler Sandy Senior Center, and will follow prevent a bear from being drawn into expand. Grizzly bear move down a hillside. With sightings of grizzlies in the area, Chouteau County and the center’s agricultural operations and residences. A bear also was seen in the area Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is holding a bear awareness meeting COVID-19 recommendations. Seating last year, first near Conrad — where it Wednesday in Big Sandy. may be limited, the FWP release said. ■ See Meeting Page A2 Havre Public Schools holding New family takes over long-time family business summer learning Mantles buy Hill program County Printing Staff and wire report Pam Burke In the wake of remote learning [email protected] and reduced in-class learning days during the COVID-19 pandemic, Havre Long-time, multi-generational Havre Public Schools is holding a summer business Floren’s Hill County Printing learning program for elementary and has been sold to new owners Stacy and middle school students starting June Bob Mantle — but, in a sense, the busi- 7. ness has stayed in the family. Participating students will have Former Havre Daily News publisher the opportunity to receive breakfast Stacy Mantle, who had worked at the on site and will be able to take lunch newspaper for 20 years starting in in a grab-and-go fashion. graphics design for the advertising Transportation will be provided by department, and her husband, Bob Havre Public Schools if necessary, a Mantle, who works for BNSF Railway, letter to parents from Superintendent purchased the printing business April 1 Craig Mueller said. and renamed it back to the original Mueller told Havre Daily News Hill County Printing. that Havre High School will have its The opportunity came for them to usual summer school, utilizing buy the business at the right time, Montana Digital Academy. Stacy Mantle said. In the letter, Mueller said that in “I wanted something of my own,” order to adequately staff this endeav- she said, “and I liked the idea of still or, the district is asking parents to designing. It fit perfectly.” commit to participating in the enrich- Using a handful of different forms ment program and letting the school of printing and vinyl cutting, the busi- know as soon as possible via email or ness produces everything from busi- phone call to adequately staff the ness cards and stationary to specialty effort. Schools must be notified by forms, flyers, posters, architectural Friday, May 21. drawings, menus, ID tags, specialty Havre Daily News/Colin Thompson Contact information is listed at the advertising on pens, signs and more, The Mantles, Reed, from left, Rylin, Stacy and Bob, pose in front of Hill County Printing, the 60-year-old family end of this article. Mantle said. And is even certified to business they bought April 1 from Raymond and Robert Floren. Students must have prior enroll- print, election ballots. ment in Havre Public Schools to par- “I never thought in a million years years. That’s part of why I kept the Hill the Havre Daily News, which, at that The Florens not only bought the ticipate in the summer learning pro- there were so many things that could County Printing name and didn’t per- time, had a print shop that was sepa- business, Robert Floren said, they also gram, the letter said. The program is print that this place did,” Mantle said. sonalize it, just because I didn’t want rate from the newspaper production hired the print shop staff, so they were only for students currently enrolled in “Every day it’s something different.” to lose any of those customers. It side of the business. able to start producing as soon as grades kindergarten through seven The Mantles liked the idea of having worked, it fits,” she added. “I just The Havre Daily News was located everything was in place. who will be first through eighth grad- their own family business, a place for changed the logo.” in the building where Shamrock’s Bar The big press was a linotype style ers in school year 2021-2022. their kids to start out, and hopefully Hill County Printing was started in and Casino is now located on First that used melted lead to make solid The program will be monitored something to pass along to them, but 1963 by Clyde and Evie Floren, said Street, and the print shop was in the blocks of type that made up each line and supported by Havre Public they also liked that they were getting their son Robert, who had co-owned basement, Robert Floren said. All the of text, and Floren said he used to be Schools’ teachers and paraprofession- into an already well-established busi- the business with his brother Raymond presses and other equipment had to be the helper who melted the lead as als, using the Edgenuity program that ness. since 1991, when they added “Floren’s” brought up out of the basement at the Roger Phillipi typed in the text. will foster a learning environment “We’re busy. People are calling in to the business name. Clyde and Evie back of the building, hauled two blocks “The guy who invented the linotype that incorporates both face-to-face from all over the place, people who Floren bought the printing business to the back of Hill County Printing’s ■ See Summer Page A2 have been customers here for many and equipment from, as it turns out, building at 524 First Street and set up. ■ See Printing Page A2 People can find online where April 2, having said previously it Five vie for two Havre School Board seats vaccines are available in their would not update numbers unless area through https://vaccinefind- they change. April 2 it reported no take the seats. left in the dark in the past year dur- Erin Pulse Pulse said she ing the COVID-19 pandemic. er.org, operated by Boston’s new or active cases and no hospi- w o r k s a t “Several parents attended multiple Children’s Hospital and supported talizations, 794 total cases with 788 by Centers for Disease Control and Independence Bank board meetings, but none of their recoveries. It has had 6 deaths. Tim Leeds Prevention and the United States as a a consumer input was even considered,” she said. Fort Belknap, r e p o r t e d [email protected] Digital Service. department assis- “We need a school board that will Thursday evening, also reported tant and part time take the input from our parents and The total number of cases of Editor’s Note: Havre School Board at Havre restaurant see if there is a way we could use it.” COVID-19 in Montana on the state on either Blaine or Phillips County numbers, 1 new case, 440 candidate Erin Pulse said she did not Bow and Marrow. She added that she has visited with map after today’s update was receive any of the three messages She and her hus- several teachers in the past who felt 108,817 with 156 new cases, 1,045 total, 10 active, no active hospital- Havre Daily News left in attempt to band, Josh, who Pulse as though none of them had any kind active.