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On Thursday, December 4, the Phillips County Museum will be glowing with the beauty of Christmas as this year's Phillips County Museum and Phillips County Historical Society hold the 2014 Christmas Social. On that night, the public is encouraged to attend the PC Museum to bid on Mini Trees in the Live Auction, walk away with a beautiful wreath, table runner or centerpiece in the Silent Auction, or take your chances in the Bucket Raffle! In years past, this event gave out larger trees for...
Turkeys were flying through the air at Malta High School on Thursday night as the 11th Annual Turkey Bowling Family Fun Night was once again hosted by the Phillips County Coalition for Healthy Choices and the Malta Boys & Girls Club. Following a potluck meal in the school's cafeteria, 84 children, teens and adults bowled turkeys against one another in the upper north balcony of the Malta High School Gymnasium. Justine Lamb, a fifth grader student, said that she was attending her third turkey...
Deputy Jerry R. Welch of the Phillips County Sheriff's Office, (PCSO), recently attended and completed a week of SWAT basic training. Deputy Welch has been a member of the Northeastern SWAT Team for over a year and has functioned as the unit's ground commander. The course consisted of five vigorous days of intense training provided by a Washington State SWAT Unit. The Washington Unit has trained many SWAT Teams throughout the country. Through the course Deputy Welch and the Northeastern SWAT Team mastered multiple tactile skills and maneuvers;...
The Annual Phillips County Shopping Guide will be published next week and we have moved the deadline for advertisements in the Shopping Guide and the regular newspaper to Friday, November 21 at noon so our elves can get busy working on layout and design. \The deadline for news and photos for the PCN for November 26 edition will still be at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 24....
Briefly Senior Dinner Meals Thursday, November 20th - BBQ Pork Ribs Friday, November 21st - Salmon Tuesday, November 25th - Chicken Cordon Bleu Tree of Remembrance Kirkwood Funeral Home will be holding its 21st Annual Tree of Remembrance this year. We will be doing an open house from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Families are invited to place an ornament on the tree for a loved one who passed away this past year. We would like to invite families to pick up ornaments that were placed on the...
Hunting season got off to an ugly start last month. According to the Great Falls Tribune, hunters surrounded a large herd of elk on open land east of Helena on the second day of the season killing 30, and wounding an unknown number of animals. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks wardens issued numerous warnings and cited three hunters for hunting without landowner permission. It’s an old story with a new twist. Word of the herd’s appearance apparently spread like wildfire thanks to...
As I sauntered into Albertsons this morning –have you seen the beginning of the remodel? Brilliant! – I ran into Dan Perry up near the front check stands. As always, he wished me a good morning and then asked me “what do you know?” As my nostrils defrosted and my hearing returned I instantly heard the lyrics of It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. “I know there are Christmas songs already playing,” I answered Doug’s Question. “Seems like anymore, we just skip right over Thanksgiving and into Christmas,” was his retort. “That’s bec...
Editor, We want to thank those folks from Phillips County, who have served in our country’s military. We offer special gratitude to those who had combat duty, and we give a tribute to their families, as well. Janice and John Roberts Malta...
During Wednesday night’s Malta School Board meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of a new intercom system to be installed at the elementary school. The motion to approve is contingent on the wiring currently in place at the school bieng adequate. The new intercom will cost $8,005.50 and Malta Elementary School Principal Theodore Schye said the new system will be very comparable to the current intercom system. At the October Malta School Board meeting, it was reported that the current intercom system at the elementary school i...
At Monday afternoon’s Phillips County Commissioners Meeting, the Commissioners passed an amendment to extend the lease the Child and Family Services Office in the County Court House and appointed a new Phillips County Museum Board Member. The lease for the Child and Family Services Office was extended through 2015 paying $10.60 per square foot, according to Commissioner Lesly Robinson. “And then we appointed Sharon Emond to replace Lori Taylor on the Museum Board,” said Robinson. Emond, who recently retired as Curator of the PC Museum, will...
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Violet I. Johnston Violet I. Johnston from Kirkland WA died on September 13, 2014 due to complications after heart surgery. Violet grew up outside Malta Montana as the daughter of Jonas and Malmfrid Undheim who immigrated from Norway and homesteaded near Harb in 1914. She was the 6th in a family of 7 children and is survived by her younger sister Marilyn Christopherson. Violet is also survived, in her immediate family, by her two sons Chris and Ken Johnston. Violet grew up in a two-room farmhouse with her parents, brothers and sisters out on th...
Paula Veseth and George McCargar of Portland, Oregon, announce the arrival of their new tax deduction Alex Veseth McCargar born on September 23, 2014, weighing five pounds and eight ounces. Alex joins sister Hannah age two. Proud grandparents are Janis and Dean McCargar and Mike and Rosemary Veseth. Grandma Rosie predicts that Alex will be entering M.I.T. in 2032....
Garrett William Bland was born on November 13, 2014 at 8:56 a.m. at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. He weighed eight pounds, two ounces and is 20.5 inches long. His parents are Patrick and Carissa Bland from Saco, Mont. Garrett joins his brother, Jacob Patrick Bland at home. His maternal grandparents are Gary and Sandy Bishop and their hometown is Townsend, Mont. His paternal grandparents are Wallace and Shirley Bland....
Jerry and Beth Welch of Malta have a new addition to their family. Kash Rivers Vincent Welch was born July 14, 2014. He weighed 7 pounds and 3oz. and is 20 & 3/4" long. His paternal grandparents are Vince and Carolyn Schmoeckel, and Jerry and Jan Welch. His paternal great grandparents are Harold and Ethel Schmoeckel. His maternal grandparents are Gary and Donna Young. Maternal great grandmother is Agnes Young, all of Malta....
Skyanne Michelle Schipman was born on November 5, 2014 to Jory and Katherine Schipman of Malta. She weighed Eight pounds and 13 ounces and is 21-inches long. She joins her family with two brothers, Ross and Cody, and two sisters, Lexis and Castielle. Grandparents are Lane and Mary Ann Schipman of Malta and the late Ed and Shirley Elemer of Washington....
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Festival at the Phillips County Museum! Eleven mini-trees are twinkling away just waiting for everyone to come in and vote for their favorite. Bird lovers, candy lovers, “Frozen” lovers, car lovers – we have a tree for everyone! On the more serious side of life genealogy requests continue to come in. Our extensive obituary files help us to answer questions as does our research book library. If you or someone you know needs information send them our way and we will be glad to help with their researc...
What a bad surprise to wake up to snow – three inches – and cold temperatures here in Whitewater. It has been so nice, but in Montana, wait five minutes and it can change. Sympathy to family of Ernie Olson. Get well wishes to George Eklund of Malta. He and Shirley have been friends of mine for ages. Patty Young and Mrs. Ereaux wen to Big Sandy. They said the roads were already icy and snow covered. Drive carefully everyone. Bruce Hill, Jesse Simonson, Wesley Koss and others went to a hun...
The temperatures have really plummeted this week. Some of the low temperatures were below zero, and some days the highs were in the single digits! I think this week will be warmer. We have a nice covering of white, my estimate is about 4 to 6 inches. The wind has blown, of course. Such excitement with the new house coming to town! It went onto the foundation just perfectly on Saturday with the help of two cranes! So exciting for the Clark family! Cindy Clark,Whitney Blunt, Carol Lumsden and...
The Phillips County FSA and MSU Extension have scheduled a Farm Bill meeting in Malta on November 25, to be held in the Phillip County Library starting at 1 p.m. . Agricultural producers are encouraged to attend the meeting and RVSPs are not needed to attend. USDA Farm Service Agency and Montana State University Extension will conduct a meeting to discuss important new programs authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014. These meetings will focus on the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) administered by FSA and the...
Triangle Communications (Triangle) is one of 13 rural communications firms in North America to be honored with the Smart Rural Community Showcase Award by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA). NTCA cited Triangle’s advanced communications services and collaboration with local leaders as some of the keys to its success. Triangle is the only Montana company to receive the award. The other twelve award recipients operate in Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Kansas, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin. At a gathering o...
PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG Nov 7 through Nov 14 Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. Several calls have been received requesting road reports. Please remember to call 511 or 1-800-226-ROAD (7623) or use these websites: www.mdt.mt.gov/travelinfo or www.phillipscountysheriff.org. November 8, 14 3:35a.m. Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from late tonight until Monday morning for all of Phillips Co. 8:24a.m. Female reported a vehicle in the ditch on Bowdoin Road a...
1 years ago November 20, 1914 Additional Locals: The small pox scare in this city is practically over but not however by the good management of the teacher who so liberally exposed from fifty to sixty of the little folks in the primary room. One cannot believe that a teacher in the public schools would deliberately teach school when they knew they had been exposed to such a disease, but it seems to be the case. It is best to give the teacher in question the benefit of the doubt and think it...
My wife and I were watching Chicago PD the other night, only a day or so after making it back home to Chicago Midway through the show, we noticed that there was a little guest in our house that doesn’t pay room and board. No, not PJ... This guest (a mouse) was caught on top of our curtain rod, scaling the curtains in an attempt to watch Detective Voight fight crime with us. It would have been nice to grab that little turd and break it in half with my bare hands, but we found out how fast they ca...
The Malta Mustangs football team put together a pretty good season, going 6-4 and winning a game in the opening round of the 2014 State B Playoffs. In order to have a winning season, not only do you need to perform well as a team, you need playmakers. While Malta is full of playmakers, a few of them, seven to be exact, received All-Conference honors. Senior Quintan Boos, was one of two athletes to receive All State Honors and was a first-team all-conference selection on offense and second-team...
