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A small treasure was found in the backyard of a local Malta residents’ house. This person has asked to remain unnamed at this time. At least until the “treasure” has been looked at by an antiquities dealer and the item has been deemed authentic. The Malta resident found the item while preparing their backyard for this years’ garden. They have always had their garden in the same place every year, except this year. They had decided to change the area to get more sun due to a tree getting older and bigger and giving more and more shade. They ti...
The Golf Team will get things started this year with their first tournament on April 1, in Wolf Point, at the Poplar Invitational Malta Golf Head Coach Katharine Webb said "It feels great to be getting back into the swing of things." The squad this year consists of nine boys and four girls. Webb said that gives them the ability to compete with two varsity teams and a junior varsity team. When asked how the athletes handled the year off, Coach Webb said, "There are some athletes who were...
Phillips County area Girl Scout Troops, ranging in age from kindergarten to fifth grade, will be taking over Milk River Mocha on three Sundays starting this Sunday, March 28, followed by April 11 and April 18. On each day, the scouts will be at the kiosk from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., to sell Girl Scout cookies. The area troop leaders, Janessa Salsbery, Maci Hould, Jasmine Young, and Mariah Marino, together decided that for the safety of the girls, they wouldn't do door to door sales this year. The...
The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum (GPDM) is very excited to announce the summer arrival of one of the most recognizable dinosaurs in the world. A Triceratops! He goes by the name of "Herb" and he is a cast of the famous Triceratops on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York. This cast is coming to the GPDM by way of the "extreme kindness and generosity" of the Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas. "Herb", named so because the Triceratops is an herbivore, lived...
This Saturday, March 27, at 2:00 p.m., the Villa Theater will be hosting a movie for all former employees of the Villa Theatre and the Valli Drive-In! Free pop and popcorn if the employees can name who their bosses were and what years they worked there. On Sunday, April 4, at 6:00 p.m., the Villa will be having one showing of Godzilla vs. King Kong. Come on out and help celebrate Greg Kirkwoods’ birthday!! Starting on April 6, the Villa Theatre will be starting $5.00 Ticket Tuesdays. On the first and third Tuesdays of every month, the 6 p.m. s...
As the warmer weather gets closer and we are able to do things outdoors again, there are a few things that I have missed due to the pandemic that I am hoping to be able to enjoy again. First and foremost is concerts! I have always enjoyed going to live music shows and have been lucky enough to go to many of them over the years. Mostly rock and metal concerts, but I have gone to a handful of country shows as well. I’ve seen most of my favorite bands, Kiss, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Tesla, but there are a few I would still like to see whi...
As of June 1, 2021, Nemont will be discontinuing TV service and Eagle Satellite, a Montana satellite TV retailer that has been in business for over 40 years, are at the ready to help those customers that will need to find another TV service such as Dish or DirecTV if they wish to continue receiving normal cable channels. As for local channels, customers will need an antenna (if they can get a signal) or Dish Network. DirecTV offers local channels in some areas, but not all. It depends mostly on address. Smaller co-ops like Nemont, are having...
1 years ago- Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Cooler Weather Holding Flood Threat It appears the cooler weather in Phillips County has helped lower the threat of flooding for a week or two. According to Disaster and Emergency Services Director Greg Speer, all of Phillips County has been downgraded to moderate from a forecast of major flooding two weeks ago. Dodson faces the most imminent danger with the Milk River at a current level of 21 feet – one foot over the flood stage of 20 feet. But Mayor E...
The Phillips County Extension office will be hosting a drought mitigation meeting March 31 at 1 pm at the Great Northern Lodge room. Dr. Megan Van Emon, Montana State University Beef Specialist, will be discussing management strategies and trigger dates as well as the impact drought can have on reproductive success for beef cattle. Resources will be provided to help create a drought management plan for your operation. While we can’t make it rain maybe with some planning, we can mitigate the l...
The Malta Chamber of Commerce held its very first annual members dinner on Tuesday, March 16, at the Tin Cup Bar and Grill at 6 p.m. There was a short “Happy Hour” meet and greet at the bar followed by a lasagna dinner. After the meal, the chamber introduced its guest speaker of the night, Rebecca Engum. Engum is the Executive Director at Visit Great Falls Montana. She gave an informative and entertaining speech to the group about prioritizing their time, working together, finding ways that can benefit their business and the community, tak...
The Malta City Council held its bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Malta City Hall Building, at 5 p.m. The meeting got underway with Mayor John Demarais addressing the Council which consisted of Councilpersons Bonnie Wiederrick, James Sintler, William Hicks, David Rummel, City Clerk Lorie Bond and Public Works Director Jim Truelove. The Council started by approving the minutes of the last meeting, approving the agenda, reviewing the payment of claims for the audit committee,...
Owner and manager, Jim Dumas, opened Hi-Line Packing in Malta in early January of 2020. Since then, he has been growing the company steadily. He now has a crew of 10, most of which started out with zero or very little experience, but he says they have come along very well and are starting to pick up speed. His ultimate goal is to have a crew of a minimum of 15. Right now the company is pushing close to 20 cattle a week through the plant. Dumas said he would like to be closer to 30 cattle per week by the end of the year, as the crew gets faster...
Malta Public schools held their monthly school board meeting on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. To start the meeting, the board approved the minutes from their regular meeting on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. The Administrative reports were then given. The School Board then addressed action items. The first of which was passing the resolution for SB307. (See Graph on Page 4A) With this passing, the Malta Board of Trustees estimates zero changes on any levies that have been imposed for the next school fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2021. They then...
Andrew Riggin took over the CEO position at the Phillips County Hospital in the beginning of February. He says that things have gone very smooth so far, but that he is still transitioning. “With any administrative role, it takes a good six months to really start to understand how things go, and a year to really understand what the facility is all about,” Riggin told the PCN. He said he heard about the opportunity here in Malta from the two gentlemen that were doing the interim job at the hospita...
The Health-Care Foundation of Phillips County, along with the Lucky Bullet, will be holding their eleventh Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament Calcutta on Tuesday, March 16. The event will start at 6:30 PM at the Lucky Bullet. The Health-Care Foundation is a non-profit organization that started in 1992 with the goal of assisting the Phillips County Hospital, Nursing Home, Clinic, and Ambulance. They don’t help individuals, they help the community as a whole. The foundation’s President, Craig French said, “The last item that we assisted the hos...
Why have the ratings of award shows dropped so much in the last few years? I can remember watching the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, and all of the music awards with my parents as a kid. We would watch them because they had great hosts and were very entertaining. Take the Oscars for example. When I started watching, Johnny Carson was a regular as the host. He was funny and nobody was safe from anything he would do or say. The next host I really remember on a regular basis was Billy Crystal. The beginning of the show when he was hosting, was a...
The Malta City Council held its meeting this past Tuesday, February 23, at 5:00 pm in the City Hall. The council started the meeting by approving the minutes of the last meeting, followed by approving the agenda for the meeting. Both were voted on and unanimously passed. They then went on to review the audit committee for payment of claims and to approve the January 2021 payroll. Both motioned to approve and seconded. The head of the Department of Public Works, Jim Truelove, then went on to give...
I recently read an article that the Illinois legislature is trying to pass a bill prohibiting the sale of the video game Grand Theft Auto (GTA), saying that it was a direct cause of the escalation of carjacking incidents happening in and around the Chicago area. The article stated that the offenders are getting younger and that this game is making it seem ok to do this. It reminded me of the attack on hard rock and heavy metal music that happened when I was growing up. It was assumed that listening to those kinds of music led to devil...
On March 11 at 2 pm Dr. Kent McVey, Montana State University Cropping Specialist will be discussing new varieties that are becoming available and variety selection tool pages on the internet. Dr. McVey has included a section on sawfly and winter kill (for winter wheat). Dr. McVey will be presenting by zoom. Dr. Jason Cook, Montana Stata University Spring Wheat Breeder will discuss the spring wheat breeding program. The meeting will be held in the basement meeting room. For further information...
Th The Rural Communities and Agricultural Neighbors or RCAN held its first Ranch Rodeo Scramble Finals Qualifier of the year this past Saturday, February 27 at the Milk River Pavilion in Malta, MT. The ranch rodeo scramble consists of a four person team competition. Teams have up to eight minutes to complete all five events. These events are more of the basic, day to day things that will happen on the ranch. These five events consist of; getting one steer in a trailer with the door shut,...
Twenty livestock producers were able to avoid frozen livestock waterers and got their chores done in time to hear from agriculture industry specialist. "With the cold weather I knew it was going to be tough for people to get a way, but those in attendance had a great meal and great information," Phillips County Extension Agent Marko Manoukian said. Starting off was Dr. Megan Van Emond discussing nutrient requirement of cows and heifers in the last 1/3 of pregnancy and post calving. Cow nutrient...
The Malta Mustangs Wrestling team had divided results in their two mixers last week, going 2-9 at Fergus on Tuesday, February 16, and then 14-13 in the two-day mixer at Choteau last weekend, for their final prep match of the regular season. The Mustangs will head to Glasgow on Friday for the two-day Eastern B/C Divisional Meet scheduled to start on Friday, February 26, and end on Saturday, February 27. When asked about how the team is feeling heading into divisionals, Malta Head Coach Jake French said it’s going to be interesting to see how the...
The annual Jim Schumacher Memorial Livestock will be held February 10, 2021 at the Pavilion. The list of programs are as follows: 10:00 am Dr. Megan Van Emon, MSU Extension Beef Specialist will discuss feed the cow and heifer during the last trimester and post calving. With a more normal dry July and August and an influx of millions of grasshoppers may have left pastures and cows in tougher condition than normal. Calf growth in the last trimester represent 70% of the fetus growth. Dr. Van Emon w...
On Thursday, January 21, at 2pm the following program will be offered. Pre-registration is required. You can participate in person at the Extension Office or remotely by Zoom. Space is limited so call 406-654-2543 to participate. Deadline for participation is January 19, 2021. 2021 Crop Seminar Phillips County Private pesticide applicators can receive 2 recertification credits for attending. Presentation Title: “Healthy Crops from Foot to Head: Management strategies to prevent root and crown r...
Many farmsteads may have lost trees or shrubs in their shelterbelt in 2020. The State Nursery http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/forestry/forestry-assistance/conservation-seedling-nursery has an online catalog and order form. The Extension office can assist with species selection for our area and help complete the order form. It does look like some selections are limited so ordering early is recommended. If you order through the Extension Office, the order will come in mid-April of 2021. The state...
