One Nation, Under God
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1 years ago- Wednesday, October 12, 2011 He’s back, 23 years later, walking for hospice Twenty-three years ago, Colin Skinner remembers it was cold and snowing hard when he walked into Malta sometime during November in 1988. “The weather’s slightly better now,” he said last Thursday, as he made a return visit to Malta. Twenty-three years ago, someone let him sleep overnight at the Phillips County News. Last Wednesday night, he spent the evening in the Malta Lutheran Church. Skinner, whose home is in the community of Deal, located near the fam...
The Marian Hills Golf Course was the place to be on Saturday, October 9, for many area high school cross country teams, as Malta played host for the Malta Invitational. A total of 85 runners from 14 teams took to the course for one of their final tune-ups before the state meet on Saturday, October 23. Many of the coaches commented that the Malta course is always a challenging one. "I love the Malta course," said Whitewater Coach Carly Hammond. "It has all the components of a challenging and fun...
The 2nd annual Andrew Flansaas Memorial Run for Suicide Awareness and Prevention was held in Loring on Saturday, October 2, at 10:00 a.m. This year's event had 22 runners, almost doubling last year's total, had a 10k run and a 5k run/walk. Event organizer, Carmen Norville, said, "We had a really nice day for the run. It wasn't too windy." The event had prizes given out for 1st and 2nd place in each of the runs, as well as a prize for the 1st place kid in the 5k. Ava Handley took first place in...
There will be only two names on the ballot for this year's Municipal General Election on November 2, 2021. The seat for Ward 1, the west side of Malta, will be contested by incumbent David Rummel and challenger Steen McFadden. Mayor John Demarais and the incumbent for Ward 2, Bonnie Wiederrick, are running uncontested. The two candidates for Ward 1 were asked the same five questions. Below are their answers. David Rummel (incumbent) 1. What is your motivation to run for office? As a...
During the last city council meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, Public Works Director Jim Truelove said, “The crew is currently blowing out the sprinkler lines in the parks. That should be done this week. We will then start on trimming the trees and sweeping up some of the leaves that have already fallen.” PWD Truelove asked the council if it was ok to close the bathrooms at Riverview Park and State Park. The other parks will remain open for now. Truelove went on to say that the painters out at the old armory have been doing a great job...
1 years ago- Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Mayor proposes keeping the base water rate at $21.50 for the first 30,000 gallons per month The Malta City Council is looking at a water billing option using meters which would maintain the current base rate of $21.50 a month and would allow water users up to 30,000 gallons a month without any additional charge. Persons who used over 30,000 gallons a month would be charged $2 for every additional 5,000-gallon increment. The rate applies to households and businesses with a three-quarter-inch service...
On Saturday, October 2, 2021, the Malta cross country teams had an opportunity to attend the first-ever Fairview cross country meet, held at Sundheim Park, just east of Fairview, ND. “The course looked great, with the start on a blacktop trail that looped around the campground and then made its way under the end of a bridge, and then out on to some dirt roads that wind around sugar beet fields,” said Malta Head Coach Thea Solberg. “The varsity girls’ race began with a congested start which meant that you needed to explode at the beginni...
In June, 2021, TC Energy cancelled its Keystone XL Pipeline project. A decision that was ultimately made in January, once President Joe Biden removed the permit it needed to cross into the U.S. from Canada. TC Energy provided details of its plan in an August 14 document filed in Montana federal court. It stated that work to remove the 1.2-mile segment of the pipeline in northern Phillips County, will start September 22. TC Energy will relinquish the last part of its right-of-way over land at the border when the work is complete in November. It...
The Family Matters Crew invites you to their Fall Style Show 2021 on Thursday, September 30, at 7:00 p.m. via Facebook Live. "This will be our fourth Facebook Live style show," said Assistant Manager, Tessa Handley. "With the Facebook Live shows, we can reach a lot of people, and with the pandemic still going on, it cuts down on the number of people we have in the store at one time." "We will have a wide variety of local models to show off all of the new fall styles," said Manager Avery...
1 years ago- Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Three firms interested in doing a study The condition of Malta’s water system, parking, and repair of city infrastructure occupied the Malta City Council Tuesday. Mayor Shyla Jones reported the city received proposals from three engineering firms seeking to do a preliminary engineering report on the city’s municipal water system. On the subject of parking, the council took no action on a request for angle parking on 1st Street in front of 3 Sisters, First Security Bank, and Stretch’s Pizza. Mayor...
The Malta, Whitewater, and Dodson cross country teams headed to Frazer on Thursday, September 23, for the Frazer Invitational. The race was held at Clark's Hill, overlooking the Missouri River, just west of Frazer. The overall winner of the race was Annie Kaul of Plentywood, with a time of 19:53. Second was Iris McKean of Glasgow (20:19), and third went to Mya Green from Scobey (20:43). Kira Beck was the top M-ette at the finish line, coming in 23rd place with a time of 25:58. Kirsta Meisdalen...
The Malta City Council met on Tuesday, September 14, for their first meeting of the month. The council received a visit from Jane Ereaux, a member of the Phillips County Stagecoach Restoration Committee, in which she updated the council on the status of the project. Ereaux informed the council that the stagecoach is done!, and is ready to return to Malta. She said that there is a plan in place to transport it back to Malta, but they will need a place to store it for a few weeks until it is unveiled. Ereaux asked the council if there was a city...
Ernest Miramon Jr. appeared in court at 2 p.m. on Monday, September 20, to accept a plea agreement, and change his plea from not guilty to guilty. Judge Yvonne Laird, in Blaine County, called the courtroom to order. Both the prosecution lawyers, with the primary attorney being Dan O'Brien, and the defendant, along with his attorney, Paul Neal, were present via video from Glasgow. Judge Laird asked the defendant if he understood his rights to a trial, and that by taking the plea agreement, he...
1 years ago- Wednesday, September 21, 2011 80 show up for Punt, Pass, Kick action The Malta Athletic Club held its 2011 Punt, Pass, and Kick competition on September 13, with 80 youngsters participating. Age 6-7 Girls: 1) Madison Williamson 2) Sidney Gibbs 3) Allison Kunze Age 6-7 Boys: 1) Jonathon Siewing 2) Spencer Gibbs 3) Seth Siewing Age 8-9 Girls: 1) Erica Smith 2) Kia Wasson 3) Haily Carpenter. Age 8-9 Boys: 1) Rex Williamson 2) Hayden VanWichen 3) Colt French. Age 10-11 Girls: 1) Sam Mitchell 2) Kyleigh Schipman 3) Grace Doucette. Age...
The Phillips County cross country teams had two meets last week on two completely different courses. On Monday, September 13, the Malta and Dodson teams attacked a hilly course in Shelby. "The Shelby Cross Country Meet is a fun meet to attend," said Malta Head Coach Thea Solberg. "It's the kickoff for their annual homecoming festivities. Their pep band and cheerleaders came to play some peppy tunes to get everyone in the mood." The M'ettes were led by a duo of runners that finished in the top...
It was the final race weekend of the year for the Phillips County Motorsports track. On Saturday, they held their Big Money race for the Junior Dragsters where Deagan Liedtke from Watford City, ND, beat out fellow Watford City racer Kinslee Hayes in the final for a payout of $450. Also on Saturday, Cole Casteel from Minot, ND, won the Gambler race, taking home $780. He beat David Crossley of Havre, MT, in the final. In the always interesting golf cart race, Jesse Dobson of Scobey, MT got into...
Fight for the Blue and White was the theme for this years' homecoming in Malta. High School Principal Shawn Bleth said, "I was very happy with the choice of the theme this year. Having it more pro Malta rather than against Roundup." The students had Spirit Week with different themes for dress-up each day. Tuesday was Color Wars, Wednesday was Generation Day, Thursday was Athlete vs Mathlete, and Friday was Blue and White Day. On Friday, the school held a pep rally attended by the entire school...
Members of Malta's VFW Post 4067 led a candlelight vigil on Saturday, September 11, 2021, marking the 20 year anniversary of the largest attack on American soil. In that one attack almost 3,000 people were killed. 2,606 in the World Trade Center and surrounding area, 265 on the four planes, and 125 at the Pentagon. Of those that perished, most were civilians, except for 343 members of the NYC Fire Department, 72 Law Enforcement Officers, and 55 military personnel at the Pentagon. The group...
The Malta School Board was informed of the current enrollment for each class at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 8. This year the Kindergarten class is the largest with 52 members in it. The smallest class is a tie between the seventh grade and sophomore class with 30. The total enrollment for this year is slightly higher than last year. Each class totals are as follows: K-52, First-35, Second-43, Third-33, Fourth-42, Fifth-40, Sixth-35, Seventh-30, Eighth-43, Freshmen-44, Sophomore-30, Junior-36, and Senior-38. 245 elementary...
1 years ago- Wednesday, September 14, 2011 City has questions about proposed meter formula, plans work meeting The Malta City Council Tuesday night took a look at a proposed formula for billing water use utilizing meters. Harry Whalen of Montana Rural Water presented the council with a billing system which he developed, and that he said is being used by 80 percent of municipalities in the state. “It’s a fair and equitable way to charge for water,” Whalen said. Whalen said meters are “the only fair way to go,” noting that water users waste a l...
The cross country teams of Malta and Whitewater raced this past weekend in Havre, while the Dodson runners were in Scobey last Thursday. Havre Cross Country Invitational The Havre Invitational was held at the Prairie Hills Golf Course for the second year in a row. Malta Head Coach Thea Solberg said, “Meeting at this beautiful green oasis between farmland and the Milk River has proved to be a boon to our runners who all dropped time from the previous meet.” The top runner for Malta was Kirsta Meisdalen in 22nd place with a time of 24:42. “Ki...
It was a busy weekend for the PCMS crew over the Labor Day weekend. With races on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, as well as the fundraiser banquet on Saturday night. On Saturday, the Quick 16 was run. The quickest eight qualifying door cars and the quickest eight qualifying dragsters. Both sides paired off in bracket racing until it came down to the fastest door car vs. the fastest dragster. On the door car side, it came down to Wayne Solberg vs John Enno, with Enno winning with a .012 reaction time and an elapsed time of 5.8937 vs a dial-in of...
Dr. Cary Woodruff, Director of Paleontology for the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum, has a new book out called Sauropods: The Largest Animals to Ever Walk the Earth. The new book is about Woodruff's specialty, the evolutionary history of the sauropods. This is Woodruff's third kid's book and first book done in collaboration with award-winning author/illustrator Ted Rechlin. Rechlin, the author of his own dinosaur books, is a former comic book artist for Marvel Studios that currently lives in...
If you read the archives this week, you'll see the article that was in the paper 25 years ago on Scott and Gina Simanton purchasing the liquor store. In that article, Gina says that Scott told her he bought her a job. When asked about that now, Gina says, "Boy did he! And he's still adding to it!" As for the Liquor Haven, it is in its third building since they bought it. "The building it was in when we bought it didn't exactly work for what we had planned. So we moved it on the day we bought it...
1 years ago- Wednesday, September 7, 2011 FEMA assistance center to open in Malta Sept. 13 A state and federal Disaster Recovery Center will be opening in Malta to assist individuals, households, and businesses affected by storms and flooding this spring. Residents in Blaine and Phillips counties, and on the Fort Belknap Reservation, are eligible for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The center is staffed by disaster recovery specialists who can provide information and answer questions about...
