Memories for Wednesday, March 30, 2022

10 years ago-

Wednesday,

March 28, 2012

Pavilion re-build draws 10 bidders; Clausen & Sons submits apparent low bid: $1,640,000

Ten companies made bids Tuesday to be the firm that will build the 150’ x 240’ replacement for the Milk River Pavilion.

The apparent low bid was submitted by Clausen and Sons Construction of Havre. They submitted a base bid of $1,640,000 with a bid of $40,530 for open frame bleachers which is included in their base bid.

County commissioners voted to take the bids under advisement so their architect Kevin Nelson of CTA Architects of Billings can review them.

Commission Chairman Troy Blunt said the county has set a tentative target date of April 9 to award the construction contract.

Sheriff’s office apprehends New Jersey felon

On March 19, the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the Sommerville, New Jersey Police Department that a registered sex offender had fled their area while on parole and under supervision, and was believed to be in Phillips County threatening to commit suicide.

Using cell phone GPS he was suspected to be approximately five miles south near Alkali Creek, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

Each time officers searched the area, he was not found.

On March 21, dispatch received a call from a Zortman resident stating that the person in question was believed to be outside their residence. Phillips County Sheriff Scott Moran and Undersheriff Bert Peigneux went to Zortman and arrested the suspect without incident.

The suspect, Paul Timmendequas was convicted of sexually assaulting two girls and sent to prison just nine months after his brother, Jesse Timmendequas, was sentenced for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Megan Kanka, which received national attention, and led to what is now known as Megan’s Law that mandates sexual offender registration, public alerts, and publishes the names and addresses of convicted sex offenders.

Timmendequas is being held without bond, awaiting extradition back to New Jersey.

Showing at the Villa

This Means War Starring Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine

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25 years ago-

Wednesday,

March 26, 1997

Buttrey manager ready for a second stint in Malta

Buttreys’ new manager is no stranger to Malta or the Hi-Line. In fact, Joe Ginalias worked at the Buttrey store here as assistant manager for three months around three years ago before taking an assignment in Harlem. Prior to that, he was a meat buyer at the corporate office in Great Falls.

“It’s good to be back home,” the Great Falls native said after a stint in Williston, North Dakota. “I was born and raised in Montana and it’s nice to be back. Williston wasn’t very far away, but it was a little different.”

Even though it’s been only three years since Ginalias worked here, the recent remodeling at the local store just completed has given it an entirely different look.

“The change is remarkable,” he said. “Three years ago, we had no frozen foods, now the quality is as good as the bigger stores."

County players earn honors in hoop tourney

Dodson senior Wes KillEagle was voted Most Valuable Player in the Chinook Hi-Line All-Star Basketball Invitational last weekend in Chinook.

KillEagle’s team finished second while Malta junior Kirk Stiles’ team was the champion.

Stiles was voted to the all-star team and was the slam dunk champion.

Whitewater’s Leslie Nelson was voted best defensive player while Malta junior Cheryl Keller was also voted to the all-star team.

Showing at the Villa Theatre

Vegas Vacation starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo

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50 years ago-

Thursday,

April 13, 1972

Speech Team State B-C Champs

The Malta Speech and Drama Team won the Class B-C speech sweepstakes trophy at the state speech, drama, and debate tournament in Great Falls last weekend. The Malta team gathered 43 points in winning the speech championship with its nearest competitor Big Sandy receiving 23 points.

Coach Ric Floren was named Class B-C Coach of the Year by fellow speech and drama coaches.

Members of the champion team are Vonda Fredrickson, Holly Southwick, Ruth Smith, Mary Lou Erdahl, Karen Johnson, DeeDee Jennings, Pattie Sue Smith, Laura Nordlund, Ellen Anderson, Jenny Stickley, Brenda Nordlund, Bob Jacobson, Gary Boothe, Dan Dyrdahl, Marc Ivanish, and Kevin Campbell.

Please Observe Parking Signs

City Engineer, Bud Hasler asks that the public observe the parking signs in the downtown area which state that there is no parking on those streets from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. The downtown streets will be swept regularly on those mornings, and in order to do a good job, cars left parked there will be towed away by the police and will be subject to a fine to pay for the towing.

Showing at the NEW Villa

The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight starring Jerry Orbach and Leigh Taylor-Young

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75 years ago-

Thursday,

April 3, 1947

Local Boxers Score Win 7 out of 10 Over Chinook

The Legion sponsored and coached Malta boxers scored a victory over Chinook in their first meeting with outside clubs last Saturday night at the city hall when they took 7 out of 10 fights. Two fights went to Chinook, and one ended in a draw.

Malta’s Billy Fouts topped off the evening for the local fans when he took a decision over Leonard Severson in the final bout of the evening. While both boys were so tired at the end of the third round, they could hardly make it back to their own corners, it was not a case of being out of training, but of being over-enthusiastic. This bout was a slugging match from the word go, with Fouts keeping his opponent off balance and forcing him to tie up at almost every exchange of blows. The boys weighed in at about 155 each.

The best bout of the evening was the semi-finals, matching Duane Simanton with Bud Schubert of Chinook. Simanton took the decision with two counts of nine knockdowns in the second. Both boys tried hard, with Schubert having the edge on reach and experience and Simanton showing a dangerous left hand.

Town Boys Defeat Strater By High Score

The Malta boys defeated an aggregation from Strater 73 to 37 in a special basketball game at the city hall Monday night. Players on both clubs were present and past local high school ballplayers.

Hoagland and Hromas led Malta town boys with 19 and 18 points respectively. Losleben paced the Strater club with 18.

Showing at the Palace

To Each His Own starring Olivia De Havilland

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100 Years Ago - 1922

Nothing listed for the paper this week for 1922.

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118 Years Ago - 1904

- Valley Irrigation boosters were encouraged by word from Washington which said that reclamation service engineers would again go to work on the Milk River Valley survey as soon as weather conditions made it possible.

- Jos. Hale and William Henshaw brought to town the body of Matthew Goggins, 19, another victim of the recent blizzard. Helping tend camp when the storm broke, the boy followed one bunch of moving sheep while the herder went after the other. The body was found several days later, at the bottom of a deep drift.

- Scabby Montana cattle were causing protests in North Dakota and a quarantine was being requested by Dakota stockmen. Dipping vats were being set up along the state line and Montana herds were to be inspected by veterinarians.

- A showboat complete with a troupe of performers was announced as ready to leave Fort Benton for St. Louis, stopping at the various river towns en route. The troupers were boarding a flat bottomed job 60 feet by 12 feet, powered by a ten-horsepower gas engine.

- Remarking that Malta was getting plumb metropolitan, the Enterprise editor announced with some astonishment the first basketball game ever to be played in town. Opposing teams were not specified, but another item mentioned the imminent arrival of the Fort Shaw Indian girls, so it is assumed the first game was a ladies’ affair. The social whirl was getting the editor down. A dance on Monday, a school entertainment on Wednesday, and the basketball game Thursday represented unprecedented activity.