One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
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1 years ago- Wednesday, November 23, 2011 City’s still working on water meter rate system The City of Malta’s move to using water meters for billing its customers likely won’t happen by the start of the new year. That was the initial goal, but Mayor Shyla Jones said Monday in an interview with the PCN that delays in the process of establishing the rates that will be used and the fact that it is going to be hard to hold work meetings in the midst of the holiday system, let alone a public hearing, will likely delay the process. At its first...
The Malta City Council voted last Tuesday, November 9, to hire SK Geotechnical Corporation out of Billings to do a soil evaluation at the site of the proposed new Trafton Lift Station. This soil evaluation is the beginning of a plan set up by the Great West Engineering group that the City of Malta has hired to help prioritize and plan projects needed in the city, and helps with any and all grant applications that can aid in those projects. “The soil evaluation will get the ball rolling on the lift station project as well as help us with our r...
At the Malta School Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, November 10, Supt. Genger stated that “We need to start the conversation on what to do with the Old Gym.” Genger said that additions/improvements are needed throughout the building. Locker rooms, heating system, ADA compliance, eventually flooring, etc. He feels that the district needs to prioritize the current campus sites and determine the needs and value of usage. Then construct a long-term/range plan of improvement for the entire campus area. Genger said the obvious number one pri...
1 years ago- Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Hail damage 100 percent on Malta High School/Middle School, Head Start buildings Hail damage 100 percent on Malta High School/Middle School, Head Start buildings An independent insurance adjuster says the shingle roofs on Malta High School/Middle School and the Head Start building suffered 100 percent damage from summer hail storms. The district also owns the Head Start building. Supt. Kris Kuehn shared the adjustor’s assessment with school board members at last week’s board meeting. The sup...
The Malta High School Band and Choir put on an outstanding show on Tuesday, October 26, in the Malta Auditorium. The Malta Concert Choir got things started under the direction of Nancy Murdock. The 34 member choir started with Exsultate Justi arranged by Cristi Cary Miller and accompanied by Mardy Demarais. It is a song of Psalms 32. A jubilant and celebratory song sung in Latin. The title means "Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just". The next song was called More to Me, arranged by Pink Zebra and...
The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum held a 'Night at the Museum, Let's Raise a Glass' get-together on Friday, November 5, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. It was a chance for supporters and fans of the museum to gather for some drinks, hors d'oeuvres, conversation, and to recognize some people that have helped the museum get to where it is. Museum Board member Damien Austin welcomed and thanked everyone for coming. "Tonight, we'd like to raise a glass and thank some people who have contributed over the years...
The Phillips County Museum received a grant from the Montana Land Title Association Foundation for $1,000. The MLTAF was formed in 1995 and was organized for charitable and educational purposes and to support Montana nonprofit charitable organizations such as local museums with historical preservation. Taylor said, "We don't know who recommended the museum or filled out the application, but it was a wonderful surprise."...
Three Phillips County municipalities held elections on Tuesday, November 2. The town of Dodson had the busiest ballot in the county, with the mayor’s spot to be filled and two council member spots open. A total of 67 ballots were issued to active registered voters with 41, or 61.1% of those ballots returned. At the end of May this year, then-mayor, Terri Cole resigned. A nomination was made, seconded, then passed by a 3-1 vote to make Angel Arocha the Mayor of Dodson for the remainder of the term. Arocha was on the ballot this time, running a...
The City of Malta kicked off the holiday season with its Oktoberfest celebration downtown on Thursday, October 28. Fun was had by all at the Stockman Terrace with a soup cook-off, scarecrow decorating contest, and trivia by Blue Ridge Brewery. In the soup competition, Hi-Line Retirement Center won first place, with Jasmine Crasco and Katie Smith coming in second. Other soups were made by Becky and Amy Bruce, Karey Bishop, Bri Shores, and Suzanna Stenberg. In the scarecrow decorating contest, the Hi-Line Retirement Center came away with the win...
1 years ago- Wednesday, November 9, 2011 City okays 4-hour parking signs at Little White Church Malta city officials hope to solve a parking problem in front of the Little White Church by installing signs limiting parking along the street in front of the church to four hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The city council agreed Tuesday night to give the signs a try, approving a motion by councilman Dave Rummel. Pastor Kent Gordon termed it an issue of “human decency and kindness…” noting that the church has several people between 90-95 years...
After many, many years. And many, many hours of hard work and careful restoration, the Malta-Zortman Stagecoach is back home. At a ceremony at the Modes of Transportation Museum on Thursday, October 28, the stagecoach was unveiled. Jane Ereaux, a spokesperson for the museum, and one of the driving forces behind getting the stagecoach done welcomed everyone to the museum. Mayor John Demarais welcomed everyone to Malta and thanked everyone for coming out to the event. The mayor was dressed in...
Phillips County Sheriff's Department held a seminar on cyberbullying at the Malta High School auditorium on Thursday, October 28th. Sheriff's Deputies Taylor Matthews and Faith Robinson, along with Tina Mord, a juvenile probation officer for Blaine, Phillips, and Valley Counties, held two presentations. One with the high schoolers, the other with the middle schoolers. The presenters kept the students engaged, informing them on the many different types of cyberbullying that can occur and gave...
During the public comment part of the meeting held on Tuesday, October 26, Willy Hammar, along with his wife Joyce, talked to the council about recent building permits and what rules are being followed. “My concern is how we are going about our building permits,” said Hammar. “About 15-16 years ago, we had some issues happening on 7th Avenue West. So we got together with a lot of people from the community and worked with the planning board. We came up with some rules that we thought would help and not pick on people at the time. Recen...
1 years ago- Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Council takes on trails proposal The Malta City Council meeting started out sedately as the members worked their way through routine departmental reports and moved on to new business. The Council then moved on to the issue of the proposed Malta Trails route circumnavigating the City limits – which became a little acrimonious and lengthy – as proponents of the trail implied the City was apparently blocking the development by citing insurance and easement control concerns. Laura Pankratz displayed a map...
The Malta students put on their orange and held the first-ever Relay for Unity around the track on Wednesday, October 20. The students wore orange to show unity for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion, and to send a visible message that no child should ever experience bullying. Each of the 13 elementary classes made a poster that was displayed on hurdles around the track. The posters represented what Unity Day meant to them. Each of the classes took turns walking/running around the track at...
The city of Malta kicks off the holiday season this Thursday, October 28, with the fourth annual Oktoberfest. Malta’s banks and participating businesses will be open on Thursday till 8 p.m. The Christmas scrip program is available at all three local banks; The First State Bank of Malta, Bank of Malta, and Independence Bank. The scrip program offers up to $1,000 in loans that are paid back in 10 monthly installments. This year, individuals can get scrip from October 28 through December 24. Last year, Phillips County residents invested $... Full story
Willy and Joyce Hammar took the top honors in the 2021 Mixed Couples division of the Walleyes Unlimited Fort Peck Series. "It is quite an honor to have a couple with this kind of an accomplishment from our local chapter," said Chapter President Jay Boardman. "Congratulations Willy and Joyce." The Fort Peck Series consists of three tournaments. Rock Creek, held in early June, The Montana Governor's Cup, held in early July, and Hell Creek, held in late July. The Malta anglers started the season...
1 years ago- Wednesday, October 26, 2011 The message: Don’t close our post office The sentiment was clear and predictable. Residents of Loring and Whitewater don’t want to see their rural post offices close. “Why are we going backward,” said one resident, who pointed out the “our ancestors” worked and fought to get mail service so they wouldn’t be so isolated. The Loring and Whitewater post offices are among 83 in Montana the US Postal Service is proposing to close in a cost-cutting measure. Public meetings were held Tuesday in both communit...
The Phillips County cross country teams assembled one last time in Missoula at the University of Montana Golf Course for the 2021 State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, October 23. For the girl's Class C race, the Whitewater foursome arrived in Missoula on Friday, ready for their walk-throughs at 4 p.m. "The girls were nervous to see what kind of course we were in for," said Head Coach Carly Hammond. "We had heard all week that there was a giant hill in the course. Once we ran the course and saw...
Malta Fire Chief, Josh Newman, visited the Malta City Council at their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 12, to update them on equipment needed. Newman first informed the council that the overall fire call numbers are down for the year at this time. “I was really worried with the weather conditions that we had this past summer,” said Newman. “But everyone was really conscious of the conditions and were extra careful.” He went on to say that the two bigger fires that they did have brought up a couple of things that the department might w...
Allen Williamson, son of Shey and Lesa Williamson, and 2016 Malta graduate has returned home to apply his college degree. After Malta, Williamson went to Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT, where he played football for five years, and majored in exercise science. He graduated this past spring and is now working at Studio Stiles. "We are running different promotional classes every month out of the studio. This week, we are starting a Youth Boot Camp for 8th through 12th-grade students that...
The Malta School Board Meeting that was held on Wednesday, October 13, was standing room only with many visitors that night. The board was visited by two middle school girls that made a proposal for a Middle School Rodeo Team. The girls had a very well, thought-out proposal, pointing out the advantages and positives of rodeo. Such as how rodeo teaches how our ancestors lived back in the frontier days of the old west. It can teach perseverance and determination. How to learn from falling and always getting back up. They said it can also teach...
1 years ago- Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Junky yards are a topic on the next city council agenda The topic of junky yards will be an agenda item on the next Malta City Council agenda. Mayor Shyla Jones requested the agenda item, after a discussion that occurred during the public comment portion of the last city council. Dennis Kuether of Great Falls thanked the city for beginning action to force the clean-up of a neighbor’s property in Malta. He and his wife own her parents’ home in Malta. Earlier in the meeting, Public Works Director John Dem...
The Phillips County Cross Country teams had one last tune-up at the Harlem Invitational Meet at the Harlem Golf Course on Friday, October 15. "This course is all grass and completely flat," said Whitewater Head Coach Carly Hammond. "I love getting meets that include challenging hills, but this course was a great confidence booster before heading to state." "We hadn't been able to run at Harlem in two years, so it was great to attend the meet this year," said Malta Head Coach Thea Solberg. "The...
A recent spike in Covid-19 cases brings community awareness back to the forefront. Just two short months ago, on Monday, August 16, the Phillips County Health Department was reporting zero active cases. On Monday, September 13, that number was 11, and now, as of Thursday, October 7, it's at 42 active cases. In those two months, Phillips County has had 119 new cases, 10 hospitalizations, and 3 additional deaths. These numbers are not huge when you compare them to some of the higher populated...
