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Relaxing is not something that I do well. For the last couple of weeks, I did better than I thought. How could one not relax on a cruise ship? Somewhere around 2010, I cruised the wrong way! I could not relax. It was hard for me to sleep at a decent time, and I averaged only a few hours of sleep a day. Last week, I found myself on my second cruise and heading to the Bahamas for the Fauth Family Reunion, a trip similar to the trip I took in 2011 but vastly different. This time, I was determined t...
The Malta Swim Team competed at the 2024 Montana Federation of Swimmers Eastern Divisional meet in Glendive last weekend, and all four swimmers qualified for the State meet in Sidney this weekend. Due to their size, Malta will compete in the Class C Division at state. “Overall for the amount of kids we had I believe we did a great job,” Malta Swim Team Head Coach Danika Wilke said. “We were the smallest team to compete in the eastern divisional swim meet with only having three swimmers.” The tea...
Phillips County Motorsports held three racing events from Friday, July 12 to Sunday, July 14, at the Hi-Line Dragstrip in Malta. On July 12, racers were able to complete a race that they started on Saturday, June 15, but could not complete due to weather. This time around, the weather was a different extreme. “It was very hot but it went well,” PCMS President Dan Stout told the PCN. “It was the Montana Drag Race Association race. We had about 70 cars of which about 11 were junior drags...
It is an odd feeling when you lose a part of you. Thankfully, what I lost last week wasn’t that big of a thing, in fact it might’ve saved my life. It was most of my tooth. It started with a toothache and ended with a root canal. Well, I suppose now I am waiting for a crown. I did okay, but I would be lying if I were to say that I was completely brave throughout this process. One random weekend, my tooth was in so much pain that it became unbearable. So sore that I couldn’t chomp on anything. I w...
The Malta Swim Team has been busy this summer, and despite not having a pool to practice in until Wednesday June 19, the team of six swimmers have been making waves. The team competed in their second meet of the year, the Harlem Swim Meet on Saturday, June 21, and Sunday, June 22. The team was originally slated to host a home meet, but the pool was not ready to host a meet. One recent highlight is that Kael Young was second in the high-point running in the Boys 15 and Over age group. He had 36 p...
The Malta M-ettes and Mustangs basketball teams hosted their 2024 Youth Basketball Camp last Monday, June 24 through Wednesday, June 26, at the MHS Old Gym. The week featured 61 campers from third grade to seventh grade who were led by Malta M-ette Head Coach Nate Hammond, Assistant Coach Shane Anderson as well as former M-ette Allison Kunze, current M-ettes Denvyr Tuss, and Emree Stuart. and Mustangs Dawson Hammond and Mason Simanton. "Last year we only had 17 for our girls camp, so we kind of...
A newly graduated Saco High School student is heading to Moorehead, Minnesota this fall after earning a scholarship to join Concordia College's track and field team. Jocelyn Brown, most commonly known as Josie, has shined on the basketball court and at tracks around the state of Montana, but she also has another talent, creating beautiful works of art that have been seen in Saco and Malta for years. She has three-and-a-half projects visible in Saco, including one on the side of the building...
On Monday, June 17, the Milk River Project, a 110-year-old structure that provides irrigation to several towns on the Hi-Line experienced a catastrophic failure. Last Thursday, June 20, during a regularly scheduled meeting, the Milk River Irrigation Project Joint Board of Control, was able to take some action to help give local irrigators intel. "The Milk River does not flow for six out of ten years without the water transferred by the St. Mary Project," Marko Manoukian of the St. Mary's Rehabil...
"We want the world to know," Kristy Mooney told the PCN. "A lot of people lose hope... I really hope that our story gives people hope; not to give up because anything is possible." On Thursday, June 6, the Phillips County Sheriff's Office, a Texas Ranger, the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Montana Highway Patrol successfully performed an arrest warrant on Dodson resident Gordon Parsons for a homicide that took place in Refugio, Texas, a small town near...
After the last few years of drought that we have experienced in Montana, the green grass, trees, and foliage has been wonderful to see. We have driven in every direction and it has been extremely encouraging to see. While my eyes love what I am seeing, my allergies have never been worse here. This weekend, it feels like I sneezed more than I have ever sneezed over the course of two days. Energy is zapped. My nose runs, my eyes and ears itch. I have never cracked the code on keeping my allergies...
Last week, a new event for drag racers in the State of Montana named the Big Sky Race Week took place. And one of the stops for this race was the Hi-Line Drag Strip on Tuesday, June 18. 119 cars were registered to reach Malta and the trip was a total of 950 miles. The cars were all street legal, some of them stock and some of them with racing modifications, but all had a big stipulation. Make it from one track to another without any outside help. "Racers in competition can help each other but...
I have a problem. Ok, maybe not the biggest problem. But it is massive! It’s my head. I do not know why the good Lord chose to give me such a massive noggin, but he did and it is a problem! Don’t tell me that it is to hold a massive brain, because if I had a massive brain, I believe that I could use it to become a billionaire. I also think I would be able to remember a lot more things than I forget. For years, I was convinced that I could not find a hat big enough for this dome. For those that h...
The Malta High School volleyball team held their annual M-ette Volleyball Camp last week at the MHS Gymnasium. The camp that worked with students from 4th grade to 9th grade was hosted by Malta's volleyball coaches and athletes on Thursday, June 13, and Friday, June 14. "We did switch it up. We used to be a three day camp that had nine hours of instruction over those three days," Malta High School Head Coach Tasha Hines said. "Then we thought, let's go for two days and do two four-hour sessions....
For the second year in a row, the Coyote Den and Dodson School hosted the Dodson Basketball Camp. The event started on Monday, June 10, and concluded on Friday, June 14. The 3rd grade through 7th grade sessions were held from 9 a.m. to noon, and the 8th grade to 12th grade sessions were held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The PCN caught up with Steve Dow, the main coach of Dodson Basketball Camp. Coach Dow brought a group from Tallahassee, Fla. and Amarillo, Texas, to help lead the camp. Coach Dow is...
"We want the world to know," Kristy Mooney told the PCN. "A lot of people lose hope... I really hope that our story gives people hope; not to give up because anything is possible." On Thursday, June 6, the Phillips County Sheriff's Office, a Texas Ranger, the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Montana Highway Patrol successfully performed an arrest warrant on Dodson resident Gordon Parsons for a homicide that took place in Refugio, Texas, a small town near...
I don’t have very many hobbies or things that I absolutely love to do for fun. I do enjoy a video game, but I can’t say that it is something that I would miss if I didn’t have a gaming system. It’s just something I use to decompress. I used to decompress in healthier ways. My favorite hobbies that I used to decompress were drumming and lifting weights. For years I would play music on Sundays, Wednesdays, and on random days that my friends wanted to practice. I have pulled all nighters playing mu...
The regular season for Milk River Baseball is in full swing for students in Tee-Ball through age 13. The teams play games on Monday nights and practice throughout the week at the Trafton Park baseball and softball fields. "This year has been kind of crazy," Milk River Baseball Manager Kenny Murray said. "We started out with a good amount of kids and once we basically had teams made and were ready to roll, Tee-Ball doubled in size after that, and the 7-9 year old group added 17 more." Milk River...
The regular season for Phillips County Motorsports kicked off on Saturday, June 1, at the Hi-Line Dragstip for a test and tune, the weekend continued with the track’s first Point’s Race of the season. The PCMS group will have their next races this weekend, with a points race on Saturday, June 15, and another points race on Sunday, June 16. There will also be a Drag and Drive event on Tuesday, June 18, which will feature a good variety of street legal vehicles from across the state. The fol...
As the U.S Border Patrol celebrates 100 years of operations (officially on Monday, May 20), the Malta Border Patrol Station held their celebration on Friday, June 7. About 70 showed up for the event. "Today we are going to give station tours," Malta Station's Deputy Patrol Agent in Charge Scott Marino told the PCN. "We invited a bunch of stakeholders from the local community, ranchers, the City Council, and people we work with up by the border." The event served as a way to thank those who have...
My wife is amazing. Like many other occupations, I can’t always take a day off on holidays that fall on a Monday. This was the case for Memorial Day. I do however try to hustle and get things done so that my staff and I have the option to go home early. This year, I did get things wrapped up early, and was excited to spend time with my family. I entered the garage to find a lot of things in our enclosed back porch were in our garage or on the backyard. I had no idea what was going on. So I s...
Sebastian Best, who recently graduated from Dodson High School, signed his letter of intent to continue his track and field career at Dawson Community College (DCC) in Glendive. DCC Track and Field Head Coach Dempster Jackson made the trip for the signing and talked to the crowd beforehand saying his goal is to keep recruiting Montana talent and he likes Best's character and drive to compete. Sebastian, the son of Caleb and Jennifer Best, will be competing in long jump and triple jump and will...
The Malta track and field teams competed at the 2024 State B Track and Field meet in Laurel last weekend. The two-day event started on Friday, May 24, and ended on Saturday, May 25. The M-ettes scored three points at the meet and the Mustangs scored one point. "The state track meet was a remarkable experience for everyone involved," Malta Head Coach Shyla Clausen said. "Our goal was to give our best effort and enjoy the experience, and we certainly achieved that." Sophomore Denvyr Tuss led both...
The Dodson, Saco, and Whitewater track teams all saw action at the 2024 State C Track and Field Meet in Great Falls last weekend. The event which ran alongside the Class AA Meet started on Friday, May 24, and concluded on Saturday, May 25. The Saco Panthers, Lady Panthers, and Lady Penguin track teams both saw athletes reach the podium. Saco "Our small-town kids go to these state meets, and those from AA ask where we're from," Saco head Coach Kelly Downing said. "Their only reference point is...
Last week the four high schools in Phillips County including Malta, Whitewater, Dodson, and Saco, held graduation ceremonies for their senior classes of 2024. Dodson started things off with their graduation ceremony on Friday, May 17, at 6 p.m., which featured graduations for the Class of 2024, Class of 2028 (Middle School), and Class of 2036 (Kindergarten). Whitewater started soon after, at 7 p.m. on Friday night, graduating their Class of 2024 and Class of 2028. Saco's graduation ceremony was...
The Malta track and field teams competed at the Northern B Divisional Meet on Friday, May 17 through Saturday, May 18. Five Mustangs and eight M-ettes qualified for the State B Track and Field Meet set to start on Thursday, May 23, and end on Saturday, May 25. At the Northern B meet, the M-ettes were seventh out of the 12 women's teams at the Northern B divisional with 44 points and the Mustangs were eleventh of 12 men's teams with 14.5. "At the divisional track meet, our goal was to go out,...
