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1 yrs ago Mar. 19, 2014 Malta Chamber members held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Robin’s Roost in Malta. The store is owned by Susan Higgins and April Peigneux. Malta High School Supt. Kris Kuehn, calling it “food for thought”, approached the board about asking voters to approve a mill levy that would raise $100,000 a year for each of five years. Malta High School graduate Chad Cebulski, a junior at UGF, wrestled his way to fourth place at the NAIA National Championship in Topeka, Kansas; this helped the Argos to a sec...
Across Montana, there are currently 109 Chapters of FFA (Future Farmers of America) that have 6,684 members enrolled. Malta's FFA Chapter was started in 1938 and the Charter was signed January 27, 1939. The history of the organization is extensive, the Chapter at one point in time had 75-100 members. Today with the issues and challenges facing school districts with trying to hire and retain teachers, the FFA program has had some setbacks on the local level. Yet, there are dedicated individuals...
The County Commissioners were contacted on Monday and asked to provide an update on the grandstand project at the Dodson Fair Grounds. The Commissioners met, discussed the item and made a conference call to the Phillips County News and provided the following information. "No, the grandstand will not be completed in time for the fair this year," said Commissioner John Carnahan. The project has been put out for bids and the bids arrive at the County Commissioners office, sealed, and will be...
Wasn’t it great, after a long week of activities, tournaments, and events and exhausting one’s self out, to wake up one hour earlier! I can hear some sneers and groans as you read this. So many people lost that hour of opportunity to get their life in order…dern it! It slipped away! Wouldn’t it be nice to just decide where the clocks should be and please Mr. Benjamin Franklin, the bankers and golfers…and alleviate the need to reset clocks around the house, then read the manual to set the car clock, or just get used to adding one hour to the ti...
1 yrs ago Mar. 12, 2014 Willis McKeon, 92, a WWII Army Veteran and retired attorney, passed away with his family at his side. Colter Salveson was this year’s Youngest Top Hand winner at the annual Wagon Train Feed. He was awarded the Red Bandana in honor of the late Darci Miller of Canada. The Montana Community Preservation Alliance fundraiser was held at the Lucky Bullet, and the fundraiser took in about $2,800 in donations. The group is still a ways from achieving their goal of providing No Monument / No Free Roaming Buffalo signs. Ron a...
The Chinook American Legion Post 48 hosted the spring meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary on Sat., March 9th. The members convened at the American Lutheran Church. Department Officers from Helena also joined those from the hi-line. The Auxiliary members met and their agenda included Recognition of the POW/MIA with the covering of a chair with the drape of the POW/MIA emblem, silent time in remembrance of those who have passed since the last meeting, and the pledge to the flag followed. The preamble to the American Legion Auxiliary was...
An attentive audience with opinions, thoughts, and preferences were in attendance at the Listening Session addressing the possibility of changing from a five-day to a four-day school week. It was held at the Malta High School auditorium on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. This is the last session of exchanges between the public, the administration and the school board. At the close of the session, Board Chairman Carter Clausen said the board would probably make a decision at the next (on March 13th) meeting. While many individuals have their mindset...
Mayor John Demarais opened the last meeting of the month on Tuesday, February 27th at 5 p.m. with the pledge to the flag. Also present for the meeting were council members David Rummel, Laura Pankratz and Bill Hicks. In attendance were PWD Jim Truelove, Marilyn Taylor and Matt Mudd (Great West Engineering). The meeting was opened for public comment. There being none, the same was closed. Under comments from the Mayor, Demarais stated he would be attending the annual meeting of Bear Paw Developme...
1 yrs ago Mar. 5, 2014 Curtis and Bonnie Starr retired from the PCN after 29 years in Malta. The new editor, Mark Hebert, took over with a “promise to build on the past.” Levi Tatafu joined the Phillips County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy. He and his wife, Julie, are both graduates of Nashua; they have two children. Little Mylle Clark, along with Kenny Clark and Kyle Wasson, were pictured in the PCN displaying prize items for the Loring Volunteer Fire Department Raffle. The Malta Head Start children participated in February’s “I Love to R...
Tuesday, February 13th the Malta City Council met at 5 p.m., in addition to the council members, also present were John Wright, Compliance Officer, and Taylor French. Minutes from the last meeting, agenda for the current meeting and claims were approved following a motion and a second. The motion passed unanimously. PWD Jim Truelove started the reports to the council members. He said the hydrants in Murray Trailer Court were being flushed. This action will hopefully clear up some of the slow...
Last week, word was received from Public Works Director Jim Truelove informing Mayor John Demarais there was a problem with the lagoon not working properly. A state of emergency was declared from the City Office, which gave the Mayor the authority to make it a priority and get on the phone to start making contact with the necessary entities to begin the long and immediate process of fixing the situation. Demarais stated things were going good by the time he was interviewed and said that the...
Steve graduated from Malta High School at the age of four, Janet graduated at age four, as well. Steve is now 17 and a grandfather. Needless to say, these two are indeed special. Steve Baeth and his sister, Janet (Baeth) Veseth are only two of a large number of people, over 5 million, who only celebrate their birthday every four years. Those 5 million are a mere .1% of the population! This is because they were born in a Leap Year, on February 29th. They are known as "leapers" or...
The day after Valentine’s Day, individuals from Phillips County, and one from Blaine County, decided to be a sweetheart and give the gift of life…blood. Fifty-five successful pints were donated by those who would more than likely remain anonymous to the recipient. They gave unselfishly and from one heart to another. Red Cross Blood Draw coordinator, Teresa Hotchkiss was pleased with the turnout, as the goal had been set for 50 units…an extra five units is always welcomed. Held at the Event Center, the team from Great Falls kept the traff...
Kenzie LaBrie: "It went pretty good. The FFA set up the different color wars during the week. I helped out by serving at the breakfast." Kaden Green: "It was really quite fun; there were a few more older people (& FFA alumni) than in the past; there was more participation. I enjoyed visiting the 7th and 8th graders at the workshop for new members. I'm looking forward to the State FFA meeting in Billings." AJ Marquis: "Things ran smoothly and it was a great way to give back to the community. My...
1 yrs Feb. 26, 2014 Don Nevrivy celebrated his birthday on Feb. 20th by making a donation to the American Red Cross Blood Drive. He donated his 85th unit of blood; community-minded, he donated all his blood at the Malta drives. It seemed like business as usual for the Malta M-ettes who won the conference and district tournament this year. They did so by blowing past the Glasgow Lady Scotties 54-19 in the semi-finals on Friday and defeating the Wolf Point Lady Wolves 53-33 for the championship the next day. Admitting afterward she’d never h...
To accommodate the school schedule, the monthly Malta School Board met Monday, Feb. 12th at 7 p.m. Following the pledge to the flag the meeting was called to order by Chairman Carter Clausen. The first item on the agenda was to approve the minutes from the last meeting, approve the agenda for the meeting, and approve the claims. Board member Scott Meneely made a motion to approve these items, Board member Jessica Oyler seconded the motion, and with a unanimous vote, the items were approved. The Showcase for this month was a video of the Element...
1 yrs ago Feb. 19, 2014 Coming back to Malta from different directions, each having different ties, Anna (Barthelmess) and Cliff Merriman chose Malta and were “Coming home…;” they brought their daughter, Courtney, and son, Beau. Channing Mavencamp of Saco High School was initiated as a new member of the National Honor Society. The sister act in basketball was playing out between sisters, Mercedes and Sophia Stiles, as the Malta M-ettes team up for action on the court. Veteran teacher, Vic Schumacher, after the Malta School Board did not vote...
As the doors closed at 12:58 p.m. to sequester those in the auditorium from any disturbances, or distraction from the hallway, the County Spelling Bee for 2024 was ready to begin. Malta Middle School hosted the event on Feb. 7th, with six Phillips County schools from Dodson, Whitewater, Malta Elementary, Malta Middle School, the Homeschool programs and the East Colony students competing. Instructions were given, rules were announced and the Bee was on. By 1:40 a.m., a new Phillips County...
Rio Oxarart: "I was towel boy at the state wrestling; it was pretty cool watching Chaka Schipman win the state championship. It was pretty cool 'cuz he's a junior and most are seniors." Calvin Squires (also towel boy): "It was pretty cool being down on the mats and watching the older people wrestle and it was pretty cool watching Chaka win. He beat a really good kid that he knew he could beat, he just had to concentrate on the match ." Leslie Schipman (Chaka's mom): "It was awesome, we're very...
What a whirlwind the last couple weeks have been, a lot of happenings and a whole lotta goings on!! We are home to State Champion wrestlers, and sent a lot of strong athletes to Billings to make other kids crank up their level to beat ours. Season 23-24 for girls and boys basketball for regular conference play ended over the weekend and now the slates are clean as District Tournament actions begin (for Malta) on Wednesday in Wolf Point, and finish up on Saturday. Class C begins in Conrad. On occasion, one needs to reflect on general things...
1 yrs ago Feb. 12, 2014 Zach Cole, son of Wink and Terri Cole in Dodson, was promoted to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer, while deployed in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Developer Mark Ereaux has converted the basement of the Marian Hills Golf Course Club House and Tin Cup Restaurant and Bar into an indoor archery range. Archers were invited to use it free of charge through March 1. Local dentist, Dr. Michael Veseth, as part of the “Give Kids a Smile Day,” was offering free dental care. Veseth is president of the Montana Dental Association. Ten...
The local Extension Office honored one of their own with the 35th Annual Jim Schumacher Day last week. Jim Schumacher served as the County Agent in Phillips County for years. Serving in the office for seven years, he was active with the kids in the 4-H program, and a shoulder for a rancher or farmer when support or ideas were needed. To the rest of the community he was a down-to-earth man with a big and generous, tireless heart. Jim passed away in 1989, on Jim Schumacher Day, just before the...
There was no cloud cover or swarm of locust last Thursday, but there was plenty of interest in the workshop providing information on how to eradicate your world of grasshoppers. County Extension Agent Christina Murphy was well pleased with the turnout; she assisted with providing information to facilitate this article. Phillips County is one of the areas in Montana that have been plagued by the grasshopper infestation. Although they seem to be great in numbers, the actual last "locust" in Montan...
Montana Senator Jon Tester (MT) held a call-in conference on Monday, February 5, directed to addressing the issue of securing the border, issue of illegals crossing the borders, and in turn, help reduce the amount of drugs coming into the U.S., in particular, fentanyl. Tester opened the session with, “The situation at the southern border right now is unacceptable. We have the fentanyl crisis back in our state; you don’t have to take it from me…you can take it from Montana Sheriff’s or mayors or families; or Border Patrol Agents I have met wit...
1 yrs ago Feb. 5, 2014 “I had to pinch myself again this morning,” said local volunteer resident, Laura Pankratz. She had submitted a grant that was successful for $495,000 to build a walking bridge across Hwy 2 along the Milk River. Former Malta M-ette Bobbi Knudsen continued to add to her legacy as she was selected for the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team. This is her third year for this honor. Greg Oxarart was appointed by Gov. Steve Bullock to serve as a member of the Montana Grass Conservation Commission. Sonny Obrecht of...
