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Articles from the September 17, 2014 edition


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  • Antique Modes of Transportation Museum dedicated to Ezzie Ereaux on Sunday afternoon

    Mark Hebert, Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    On Sunday afternoon, nearly 200 people gathered outside the Antique Modes of Transportation Museum and Parking Lot on Highway 2 in Malta to catch a glimpse of Phillips County's newest museum. While the 1930 Model T and the "Mud Wagon" inside the new structure are a spectacular site and played a part in the large turnout, once the dedication speeches for the museum started it was easy to tell that most folks showed up to hear about the man the museum is in honor of, Claude Ezra "Ezzie" Ereaux....

  • History acted out at Historic Walk on Sunday

    Mark Hebert, Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    Some notable forefathers (and a fore-mother) from Phillips County's history were brought back to life on Sunday afternoon as part of the Phillips County Historical Walk held at the H.G. Robinson House. About 150 people flooded into the home and garden of the H.G. Robinson abode and were entertained for nearly three hours as Orvin Solberg, Dr. Jim Curtis, Barry McNamara and Bridgett Ereaux portrayed Fred L. Robinson, Dr. Hamilton, H.G. Robinson and Julie Ereaux Schulz throughout afternoon. Each...

  • Dodson Town Council requests sewer rate to fix town's lagoon

    Mark Hebert, Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    The Dodson Town Council held a special meeting on Thursday evening to discuss a proposed rate increase of $3 per month to the 60 customers of the town’s sewer system – $270.25 per month to school – to help pay for a portion of a $73,000 repairs to the municipal sewer system. Bob Church of Great West Engineering was at the meeting to shed some light on the problems that the sewer system is currently having. Church was the engineer who was brought in to conduct the work done on the city’s sewer seven years ago. The original sewer system in Dods...

  • Malta School Board hears first progress report of 2014-15 year

    Mark Hebert, Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    At the first Malta Public School Board meeting of the 2014-15 school year, enrollment numbers were discussed, upcoming events were publicized and snow removal bids were read and accepted. High School Principal Scott King said enrollment is down a bit compared to the same time last year –152 – but is at two more than it was last spring. King said Malta High School’s Open House was well attended, adding that people were very interested in meeting the new teachers. King said on September 3, the school brought in contraband sniffing dogs throu...

  • Briefly for week of September 17, 2014

    Sep 17, 2014

    Briefly Senior Dinner Meals Thursday, Sept. - 18th - Loaded Baked Potato Friday, September - 19th - Pork Chops Tuesday, September 23rd - Casserole Great Plains Dinosaur Museum The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and from 12:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday. Community Birthday Calendars Malta Middle School is selling the community birthday calendars again this year. If you have not been contacted and wish to purchase a calendar for $10, please call the middle school at 654-2225 or contact a middle school... Full story

  • Well, I had been warned

    Parker Heinlein, Outdoors Columnist|Sep 17, 2014

    I’d been warned. When Barb and I moved to Malta we were given a heads up about the wind, the cold, and the mosquitoes. Longtime Montana residents, we figured we’d already seen it all. Frigid temperatures are a given anywhere in Montana come winter. We used to live in Livingston where on occasion the wind blows train cars of the tracks, and we were also no strangers to mosquitoes. Or so I thought. Then I went hunting yesterday -- a short outing with Ace in search of sharptail grouse -- and end...

  • I've watched a lot of athletes carry the ball, and perhaps dropped it myself

    Mark Hebert, Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    I timed myself this past Friday. It takes me exactly four minutes to get from my back porch to the 50-yard line of the Mustangs football field. The only reason I timed myself on Friday is because for the second consecutive week, I made the walk back and forth, prior to kickoff, because I had left something vital to any reporter at home before the kickoff of each game. Two Fridays ago, said vital important was a pen. A reporter at an event without a pen is about a useful as a fork in a sugar bowl. The item I forgot this past Friday prior to the...

  • Brenda Reynolds new science teacher at Malta High School

    Sep 17, 2014

    Malta High School welcomes Ms Brenda Reynolds, one of its three new science teachers. Brenda comes to us from Kalispell, MT, where she worked on a large ranch and also taught high school science. She reports that she was raised in southern California and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from Humboldt College in Redwood, California. Later she attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where she completed her Master of Arts degree in science education. She completed her student...

  • Save those Box Tops, local schools are collecting them

    Rosemary S. Veseth|Sep 17, 2014

    The students and staff of Malta Elementary School are asking the public to once again help save special coupons, which benefit the school’s activities and programs. For several years, the school has been collecting Box Tops for Education coupons found on such products as Cheerios cereal, Betty Crocker mixes, and many other General Mills products. The Box Tops for Education coupon is about one inch in length and often found on the front of the box and towards the top. The Campbell Soup Company also offers a coupon program to help schools. On t...

  • Eleanor Peaches Ducharme

    Sep 17, 2014

    Eleanor Peaches Ducharme LODGE POLE-Eleanor Peaches Ducharme, 87, a retired rancher, died Friday, September 12, 2014, at a nursing home in Havre. Wake services were on Monday, September 15, at the Medicine Bear Lodge in Lodge Pole. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Medicine Bear Lodge in Lodge Pole. Burial will be in the Kirkaldie Family Cemetery at Lodge Pole. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com Eleanor was born Oct. 9, 1926 at the family...

  • Dorothy Chamberlin Orrey

    Sep 17, 2014

    Dorothy Chamberlin Orrey LEWISTOWN/MALTA-Dorothy Chamberlin Orrey, 94, a retired sales clerk, died Sept. 10, 2014, at a nursing home in Lewistown. Viewing was Tuesday, September 16 at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel from noon until 6:00 p.m. Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 17 at the Malta Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Dorothy was born Sept. 21, 1919 at the family ranch North of Saco, the daughter of Lewis "Rabbit" and Mary...

  • Dodson News for September 17, 2014

    Eldora Henry, PCN Correspondent|Sep 17, 2014

    Terri and Wink Cole went to Pocatello, Idaho to visit daughter Patti and Thom Vaughn and family for a few days. Daughter Kelly and two daughters drove over for one day’s visit. They also had lunch with John and Debbie Hunt and Tyson Hunt’s family while there. They stopped to visit daughters Mary and Melinda’s families in Helena going and coming back and stayed overnight each time. Dora Henry’s daughter Cheryl of Laurel picked her up on Friday, going to Great Falls where she visited Sarah,...

  • Whitewater News for the Week of September 17, 2014

    Helen Austin, PCN Correspondent|Sep 17, 2014

    Guests of Marlene Doney were her son, Alan Dennis of Chinook, and her brother, Clifton Dennis of Walla Walla, Wash. They both race horses and did so in Great Falls and had two winning horses. One was a quarter horse and the other a thoroughbred. Congratulations. Marlene had medical appointments in Great Falls and Washington. Hope you are feeling better, Mar-lene. My apologies to Steve Young. I said he “raced and owns race cars” in last week’s Phillips County News. Actually, they are Corvettes an...

  • Phillips County Sheriff's Report for week of September 17, 2014

    Phillips County Sheriff|Sep 17, 2014

    PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG Sept 5 thru portion of Sept 12 Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. September 5, 14 10:35 p.m. 911 received requesting assistance for a broke down vehicle on Hwy 191 south of Malta; information passed onto local rotational wrecker services. 10:38 p.m. Deputy assisted a local MHP Trooper with a traffic stop. 10:44 p.m. 911 received requesting assistance with a possible assault at a residence on 9th St East; Deputy and local MHP Trooper r...

  • Memories for the Week of September 17, 2014

    Sep 17, 2014

    September 18, 1914 100 years ago Advertisement: Come to Malta’s Big Celebration and Two-Day Street Carnival. Thrilling Balloon Ascension Daring Parachute Descent by Prof. Leon Gage each day. Tent Shows, Merry-Go-Round, Horse Races, Acrobatic Acts, Trapeze Act, Sensational High Divers. Don’t forget the dates: Tuesday, Sept. 30th and Wed. Oct. 1 Additional Locals: Adolph LaFond, Jr., has a telephone in his farm residence and any night you feel like talking just call him out of bed, the colder the night the better. He will like it. September 21,...

  • Galt breaks school passing record with five in win

    Pierre Bibbs and Mark Hebert|Sep 17, 2014

    The Malta Mustangs faced a stiff test going against Roundup's dominant run game and passed with flying colors last Friday, defeating Roundup 33-20 Their next opponents, the Shepherd Mustangs will present the team with an even tougher test this Saturday, a team that can run and pass. Malta defeated Shepherd 41-0 last season and has won each of the four contests dating back to 2006. "We beat them pretty handily last year, but they were young and have matured since last year," said Malta Head...

  • Team secures first two district wins

    Pierre Bibbs, Sports Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    In any sport, it is crucial to get wins in your own division or district, not overlooking any opponent or taking them for granted. Last week the M-ettes defeated Harlem and Poplar, while dropping a game against Chinook, who isn’t a district foe. “These games were important because it helps us practice and get better for harder teams that we will meet in divisionals,” said Markelle Lett, who is the M-ette team setter and captain. They will see tougher competition this week as they take on Glasg...

  • Back to basics after dropping two

    Pierre Bibbs, Sports Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    The Saco-Hinsdale Wildfire started the season off with a roar, winning their first two games. This past week was different as they saw tougher opponents Poplar and Nashua and eventually lost the matches. In Thursday’s loss to Class B’s Poplar Indians, Saco-Hinsdale lost close matches with scores of 19-25, 21-25 and 20-25. Mickayla Johnson, who had 7 of 17 team kills, led the team’s offense. Delaney Beil had 10 of 11 team assists, while Courtney Capdeville had nine of 23 team digs and both team...

  • Malta places third at The Malta Athletic Club meet

    Thea Solberg, PCN Correspondent|Sep 17, 2014

    On a blustery chilly overcast day where the mosquitoes were more numerous than imaginable, 135 runners converged on the Marian Hills Golf Course for the running of the 2014 Malta Athletic Club Invitational Cross Country Meet. With the large number of runners, the competition would prove to be fierce, especially in the boy's race. The overall winner of the high school boy's three mile race that took place at the Marian Hills Golf course near Malta was Tristen Belgarde of Rocky Boy with an impressive time of 17:23. Second place honors went to...

  • Stine brings a part of history to the PCN

    Mark Hebert, Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    Keith Stine dropped by the office of the PCN Monday morning after seeing the Phillips County Memories Photo of the 1939 Malta Mustangs Football team photo that ran last week. Keith, a junior on that 1939 team, said that though the team had a good season, it was not as good as the team's season in 1940 (he and Jack Lang were the Co-Captains of the '40 squad.) Back in those days, Class B Football in Montana didn't crown one state champ, but rather four regional champs. After Malta secured the...

  • Mustangs Freshmen/Sophomore football team drops 9-6 game to Poplar in OT

    Mark Hebert, Editor|Sep 17, 2014

    The Poplar Indians football team came to town on Tuesday for the home opener for the Malta Mustangs Freshman and Sophomore squad. The two teams slugged it out to a 6-6 stalemate in regulation, sending the game into overtime. Poplar stopped the Mustangs and four down in the first frame of OT and booted a 20-yard field goal on fourth down to win the contest. Poplar doesn't field a varsity football team this season so their rosters featured 11 upperclassmen (seven seniors) but the young Mustang...

  • Smith appointed to Board of Directors

    Sep 17, 2014

    The Directors of F.S. Banco, Inc. would like to announce the appointment of Larry H. Smith to serve out the remaining board term previously held by the late Carrol Ereaux. Larry is the son of the late Howard Smith and Judy Crowder of Malta. He graduated from Malta High School in 1983 and attended Eastern Montana College for two years. Larry also spent 10 years as a member of the Montana National Guard. In 1988 Larry returned to Malta to assist is father in the day to day operations of the Smith Farm and Ranch. Larry married Michelle Wilson in...

  • Classified Ads for August September 17, 2014

    Sep 17, 2014

    Brew-Fest Malta Trails Third Annual Brewfest will be on Saturday, September 27 at Stockman’s Terrace starting at 6 p.m. Live auction, silent auction and door prizes. Tickets available at all local banks. Help Wanted Position opening : Full-time Receptionist Position Phillips County Hospital which offers a family-oriented, supportive, TEAM-building work environment is accepting applications for a full-time Business Office Receptionist position. Wages – DOE, Benefits – 85% covered cost for health and vision for FTE, accrued PTO/EML + 8 pd holid... Full story

  • Legals for the Week September 17, 2014

    Sep 17, 2014

    We the following duly nominated committee members for the Big Flat Electric Cooperative, Inc., of Malta Montana, i.e.: District Number Three (3) – Loring / Whitewater Area Pete Lumsden Bill Jesson Eric Ottinger District Number Six (6) – Malta Area Bruce Christofferson Warren Taylor Greg Skiff District Number Eight (8) – Missouri River Area Bill Mitchell Francis Jacobs Spencer Simanton After careful consideration, do present the following nominees as directors of said cooperative: District Number Three (3) Alan Wasson District Number Six (6) R... Full story