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Both members of the Malta Speech and Drama team qualified for the State Meet held at Huntley Project High School on January 28-29. While neither of the girls made it to the finals, Head Coach Anna LaBrie said, “I am very proud of both girls. They have grown so much over the season.” Though senior Emily Rettinger didn’t make it out of the first round, Coach LaBrie had nothing but gratitude for her. “It was a big risk for Emily to try something new, being a senior and this was her first year in speech. She did a great job and got better as the...
1 years ago- Wednesday, February 6, 2012 She’s back home…as a deputy sheriff After an absence of 11 years, LeeAnn Pekovitch has returned to Malta…but this time she’s packing a gun and a badge. When she graduated from Malta High School, LeeAnn (we’ll have to get used to calling her Deputy Pekovitch) attended Minot State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Forensic Chemistry. She’s currently working on her Master’s Degree in Criminology. Her first job, for five years, w...
The Malta Mustangs went into the 2022 Eastern B-C Divisionals in Colstrip on February 4-5, with the hopes of getting at least half of their eight wrestlers to the state meet. They ended up with seven out of eight. "I am pleasantly surprised that we have seven going down to state," said Head Coach Jake French. "We had talked to the school beforehand about taking a couple of the school cars down to state. Now we need to take a bus. It's a great problem to have." Huntley Project took home the team...
The Malta City Council was presented with Daniel Dahl’s proposal that the City of Malta purchases his +/- 6221 square foot lot located by the Trafton Park Arena for $3,000 by Mayor Demarais during the last council meeting on Tuesday, January 25. After a good deal of discussion about the price and what the city would do with the lot, Councilperson Sintler moved to table the decision until the next council meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilperson Hicks and passed unanimously by roll call vote 3-0 with Councilperson Wiederrick absent f...
1 years ago- Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Quiet benefactor leaves $498,660 legacy to three Phillips County organizations Three Phillips County organizations were handed checks for $166,220.45 each last week thanks to the generosity of former Malta resident Henry Mulfinger. Receiving the checks were the Phillips County Hospital Association, Phillips County Historical Society Inc., and the Malta Lutheran Church. Mustangs host tournament; head off to Divisional battle The Malta Mustang wrestling squad heads off to Conrad Saturday for the Northern...
1 Years Ago – 2012 Malta Speech, Drama takes third at Divisional meet The Malta Speech and Drama team took third place at Divisionals in Cut Bank on Saturday. This weekend, the team heads to the state meet in Billings hosted by Shepherd. Those who placed and are attending state are as follows: Skye McGinty- 1st in Expository, Justine Wright- 6th in Impromptu, Landon Score- 8th in Impromptu, Garrett Giblette- 5th in Memorized Public Address, Justin Paul- 6th in Original Oratory, Kim Perry- 1st in Serious Oral Interpretation, Amanda Mummy- 2...
Malta High School held its first Career Day on Wednesday, January 12. Students from Malta, Dodson, and Whitewater attended and viewed presentations from over 40 businesses and occupations. The presenters gave the students the pros and cons of the profession, the necessary education or training needed, employment potential, and answered any questions that the students may have. Phillips County EMS Coordinator Rhei Tharp said, "We had quite a few students that seemed really interested. They asked...
The Malta City Council elected Bonnie Wiederrick as the Council President at their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, January 11. The Council also approved the one-year appointments for the following: Zoning Administrator- John Demarais; Bear Paw Development Board- John Demarais; Judith River Foundation Board- David Rummel; Law Enforcement Board- William Hicks; Phillips County Transit Board- James Sintler and David Rummel; PhillCo Board- Bonnie Wiederrick; Trafton Park Arena Committee- Kelly Orahood, Guy Simanton, Ken Salveson, Tom Niebur,...
"The Phillips County Fair Board is proud to announce that Ian Munsick will be headlining the 2022 Phillips County Fair Concert on Friday, August 5," said PC Fair Board member Shane Anderson. Munsick is an up and coming country artist from Wyoming. He already has a huge following, and has many songs a lot of people will know. "The Board gets a lot of requests from people in the community on who they'd like us to get, and Ian Munsick's name has come up a lot lately," said Anderson. "I've heard...
The Malta Speech and Drama Team is preparing for the Class B/C Divisional Meet in Choteau on Saturday, January 22. The team last competed on January 8, at the Shelby Invitational. Izzy Hallenberg got 2nd place in the Dramatic Oral Interpretation category, and Emily Rettinger got 3rd place in the Humorous Oral Interpretation category. The team was supposed to compete on January 15, at the Power/Simms Invitational, but the meet was canceled due to a rash of various illnesses at the host school. Coach Anna LaBrie said, “It would have been nice t...
During the last School Board meeting, the board approved the purchase of two new lifts for the Malta High School. The old lifts that the school has now are beyond repair. There are no parts available. Because these lifts are used for cleaning purposes high up in the gym and auditorium, ESSER or Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund money can be used. It was asked how much of the ESSER money was still available. Jane Knudsen said that they are not touching the ESSER III money. That is earmarked for the new HVAC system for the...
1 years ago- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Mortenson 2nd in state VFW contest Riley Mortenson won the VFW Post 4067 local Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest and placed second at the state level. She won with her essay on the topic “Does Patriotism Still Matter?” and will receive a plaque and a cash award. In the event the first-place winner is unable to proceed to the national level, Mortenson will move on to the national level. She is the daughter of Paul and Rachel Mortenson of Malta. The Patriot’s Pen program, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign...
For many agriculture producers an increase in fertilize cost after a year of drought, the fourth largest in the state’s history is like rubbing “salt in a wound”. Many outlets are reporting the travesty. Lane Norland of Montana Ag Network (December 27, 2021 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpvv3UmBpCE) reported the following price increases compared to 2020: -Ammonia - 210% - Liquid Nitrogen - 159% - Urea - 155% -Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) - 125% - Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) - 100%...
The Malta Mustang grapplers were in Miles City last Friday and Saturday, January 14-15, for the 63rd Annual Cowboy Invitational. “That is a tough tournament,” said Head Coach Jake French. “It’s an all-class tournament, so we’re going to get some really tough competition.” The Mustangs were led by Wrestler of the Week Spencer Gibbs. Gibbs went 4-1 over the weekend and placed 3rd in the 170 lb weight class. Gibbs won his first match by pinfall over Tommy Predonzan of Hettinger/Scranton, ND. His second match was a win by major decision 11...
A group of about 50 of our local veterans and their families enjoyed a wonderful dinner and good company at the eleventh annual Military Dinner at the VFW Club on Saturday, January 8. As the guests showed up, they put their names in for some door prizes that were donated by many of the local businesses, and throughout the night, tickets were sold for a 50/50 drawing. Prime rib and beef ribs were the main courses with a salad, mashed potatoes, and corn as sides. If you still had room after all...
It was a quiet and quick City Council meeting on December 28, 2021, as Councilman Sintler and Mayor Demarais could not make it in for the last meeting of the year. Councilperson Bonnie Wiederrick called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. The only new business at the meeting was to have Malta City Clerk Lorie Bond administer the oath of office to Ward 1 Councilperson Elect David Rummel and Ward 2 Councilperson Elect Bonnie Wiederrick. In the department reports, Clerk Bond informed the council that City Custodian Lesa Williamson reported that her...
1 years ago- Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Speech team third at Fergus meet The Malta Speech and Drama Team competed at the Fergus High meet in Lewistown last Saturday, placing third in the Class B speech competition. The team brought home three individual firsts as D’Andre Haag placed first in Humorous Oral Interpretation; Skye McGinty was first in Expository and Garrett Giblette was first in Memorized Public Address. Justin Paul placed second in Original Oratory. Kim Perry was fourth in Serious Oral Interpretation; Landon Score was seventh in...
A good set of speakers lined up for the Annual Jim Schumacher Memorial Livestock day January 27, 2022 at the Great Northern Hotel. Below is a short description of the topic and speaker. 10 am: United Property Owners will discuss their suite against Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks regarding their bison EIS. 11 am: CHS nutrition consultant for our area Baily Hagedorn will be here to discuss feeding the cow during the last 1/3 of pregnancy and preparing for calving. With producers forced to feed...
The Mustang Wrestlers got back on the mat after their Christmas break this past weekend with the CJI mixer in Chester on Thursday, January 6, and the Cut Bank Invitational on Friday and Saturday, January 7-8. “Our practices went really well over the break,” said Mustang Head Coach Jake French. “We picked up the intensity after Christmas, and the kids are starting to realize this last month is where we need to focus more and improve.” The Cut Bank Invitational was won by the host team Cut Bank with 226 points. Havre took second with 198, an...
After the Malta High School Band and Choir kicked off the season on Tuesday, December 14, the bar was set pretty high for the rest of the concerts to live up to. They did. Middle School Concert The Malta Middle School Christmas Concert was held on Thursday, December 16, at the MS/HS Auditorium. The choir, consisting of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders kicked things off under the direction of Mrs. Nancy Murdock and was accompanied by Mrs. Murdock's guitar class. The group started off by singing several...
1 years ago- Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Senators nominate French to Us Academies Senator Max Baucus has nominated Jaclyn French of Malta to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. French is a senior at Malta High School. The senator nominated a total of 37 Montana seniors to the various military academies to which they have applied. Sen. Jon Tester also announced that he has nominated French to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs where she has also made application. A nomination, usually from a member of Congress, is the first step in...
The Malta Wrestling Team had a dual meet with Glasgow on Tuesday, December 21, in Glasgow. Their last meet heading into the Christmas break. The Mustangs had a rough outing, dropping the JV dual 27-12 and the Varsity dual 46-21. Highlights for the Mustangs in the varsity meet were Shawn Gilkerson with a win over Michael King by pinfall (3:03) in the 145 lb. class, and Camryn Mears getting a decision (12-5) over Austin Hughes in the 182 lb. class. In the JV dual, Kohner Shipman pinned Shalynn...
The Malta Speech and Drama team got back into action last weekend on Saturday, December 18, in Fort Benton. “It was a fairly small meet,” said Malta Coach Anna LaBrie. “It was run very well thanks to Amy Hanson, the Fort Benton Coach.” The Speech and Drama team has had a lull in competition as this was the first meet since the Malta Invitational back on November 20th. “The girls were a bit rusty after a few weekends with no competition,” said LaBrie. Emily Rettinger took third with her Humorous Oral Interpretation, and Izzie Hallenberg took 4th...
1 years ago- Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Snowball Royalty Candidates for the annual Snowball which will be held Thursday, Dec. 29, are as follows: Queen Candidates- Kori Kindle, Tayor Pankratz, Jessie Cole, Lauren Buechler, Heather Mavencamp, and Niclole Arnold. King Candidates- Brett Amestoy and Landon Costin. The ball will be held in the cafeteria from 9 p.m. until midnight. The Grand March will be at 8 p.m. M-ettes cruise to fifth win The Malta M-ette varsity cruised to their fifth win of the young season Tuesday night running over a...
The Malta High School band and choir concert was held this past week to a packed house on Tuesday, December 14. The high school full choir kicked things off under the direction of Mrs. Nancy Murdock, with an acapella song called O Magnum Mysterium by Evan Ramos. The next song was called In The Bleak Midwinter by Rossetti/Holst. The song started with a tenor sax solo played by Isaac Helms. Both of the first two songs were more of the hymnal type of music and were performed beautifully by the...
