Harvest Fest Parade of Lights Thursday

The annual Chamber of Commerce and Malta Merchants Committee Parade of Lights Harvest Fest on Thursday night and will feature shopping discounts, vendors and the start of the Christmas Scrip Season.

Christmas Script will be available at the three participating lending institutions, First State Bank, First Security Bank and Independence Bank, on October 30. Chamber businesses will begin accepting script at 5:00 on October that day. A full list of participating businesses are listed at the bottom of this article.

The Parade of Lights entrees line-up will begin at 6:30 p.m.  at Hi-Line Retirement. The Parade of Lights will begin at 7 p.m. . Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place entrees.

Also on the 30th, the Phillips County Cattlewomen will be having an open house from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. They will be having taste testing of crock pot recipes using beef.

On Friday the Halloween Kid’s Parade will be held and those who would like to be in the parade will need to meet up at the Front Street / Veteran’s Memorial Park at 3:15 p.m. Also this night, Radio Shack will be hosting a Guess the Pumpkin Weight Contest. Everyone is welcome to submit a guess and Dino Dollars will be awarded to the top three entries.

Merchants participating in this year’s Christmas Scrip Program:

A Fine Line Auto Body, A & J Mobile Fleet Repair, Albertsons, Art’s Furniture & Carpet, Big Flat Electric Cooperative, Bill’s Classic Auto Body & Towing, Blades, Central Avenue Pit Crew, Consolidated Veterinary Services, Darla’s 3 Sisters, Dr. Mike Veseth,, DMD, Equity Cooperative, Ezzie’s Wholesale, Family Matters, Inc, Farmers & Rancher’s Lumber Co, Great Northern Hotel & Maltana Motel, Green’s Sales, Inc., Hanson Lumber, Hardware Hank, Hi-Line Detail, Independence Bank, Kid Curry Lounge, Little Ott’s, Lloyd’s Napa Auto Parts, Lucky Bullet, Malta Appliance, Malta Dairy Queen, Malta Tire Center, Milk River Veterinary Service, P.C., Mint Bar, Moore’s Printing, Phillips County Golf, Inc., Phillips County Museum, Phillips County Hospital/Family Health Clinic, Phillips County Insurance / Tri-County Insurance, Phillips County News, Promises “His” Coffee & Cottage Shoppe, Radio Shack / Todd’s Technology Store, Randy’s Welding & Machine Shop, Sew Sassy, Shear Essence, Spare Change, Stockman Bar, Stretch’s Pizza, The Bistro, The Closet, The Liquor Haven, Valley Drug, Villa Theatre, Westside Restaurant, Westside Self Service, Westside Sports & Malta Marine and Xude Fitness & Robin’s Roost.