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1 years ago- Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Hi-Line Retirement expansion is almost done Hi-Line Retirement Center’s new $5.1 million expansion project is nearing completion. “The current residents have picked what rooms they want to move into,” said Cheryl Weaver, Chief Operating Officer. “We had one gentleman who said he didn’t care what room he got as long as he could look out and see the cows.” Record number of junior dragsters show up for races; a total of 99 cars raced on Sunday Phillips County Motor Sports’ second race of the year turned o...
The Malta Swim Team competed at the Eastern Divisional in Lewistown last weekend, Saturday, July 24 to Sunday, July 25, qualifying eight swimmers to go on to the state meet in Columbia Falls over next weekend. Swimmer/Coach Darrow Messerly said, "Things went pretty well this weekend. I believe everyone swam the best they have all season. Lessons were learned, just like in every other Divisional meet. But overall, I'd say everybody gave their all, and I'm pretty pleased with their performances."...
The Malta School Board approved the addition of two sports to the athletic program during their regular meeting on July 14. Boys Cross Country and Girls Wrestling were approved by unanimous vote. Both sports are sanctioned by the Montana High School Association. Boys Cross Country will take place in the fall of the year following the same season dates as Girls Cross Country. Girls Wrestling will take place during the winter and will follow the same season dates as Boys Wrestling. Malta High School Principal Shawn Bleth sent a press release...
Kenny and Gayle Stahl are working with Rhonda Dalby and Granny Lou (The Quilting Machine) to give this beautiful patriotic American quilt away to one Phillips County hero. Gayle Stahl said, "I came up with the idea just thinking about all of the tragedies and everything that has happened in the last year or so. We are so thankful for our Sheriff's Department, MCS, Border Patrol, EMS, Fish and Game, Highway Patrol, Fire Department, and Phillips County Dispatch." Stahl said she went into Hardware...
The Malta City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 13, in City Hall at 5:00 PM. The council started off by approving the minutes of the last meeting, the agenda for the nights’ meeting, reviewed the audit committee for payment of claims and approved the June 2021 payroll. Public Works Director Jim Truelove gave his report to the council. Truelove said there has only been one dig since the last meeting, but there will be a couple more coming up. The new ADA-approved stair set has been installed in the City Pool. All reports say t...
1 years ago- Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Smith ties for 2nd in bull riding Malta resident John Smith tied for second place in bull riding at the Vigilante PRCA Rodeo in Butte, July 15-16. Beau Bill of West Glacier and Smith each scored 82 points on their rides and each won $437 in prize money. Schwenke, Ramone 2nd in team roping The team of Shane Schwenke, Zortman, and Spider Ramone, Hays, took second place in team roping at the CM Russell Stampede in Stanford on July 17. They won $798 in prize money with a time of 5.5 seconds. The winning time...
It was a hot weekend in Malta with the temps reaching triple digits on both days, but that didn't stop the race enthusiasts from speeding down the track at the Hi-Line Drag Strip. Even though the borders aren't open yet so that our Canadian friends can come and join in the fun, there was a good number of cars on the track this weekend. 61 cars on Saturday, and 56 on Sunday. Track President Dan Stout said, "We're hoping they (Canadians) can get down here for our races in September over Labor Day...
A fun time was had by all who attended the Summer Festival and Crazy Days this past weekend in Malta. Starting Friday, July 9, at 5 p.m., Veteran's Park was ready to go with craft vendors, inflatable bouncy houses, water slides, and food vendors. Travis Rhodes was set up in the gazebo with his DJ equipment, playing some fun, summer vibe music. And if you were down there, you may have seen two or three grown-ups rolling around on adult-sized tricycles on First Street. Not naming any names, but...
Jessica Domire has come back to Malta and is putting out her shingle as an independent Family Practitioner. She is seeing patients at the Newbern Family Healthcare location. Jessica is the daughter of Roger French and LeeAnn French of Malta and the granddaughter of Bill and Corky French of Malta, and Linda and George Ortner of Chinook, MT. She is married to Randy Domire, who is the Farm and Feed Manager at Equity Co-op. Together they have six children, Brendan and Trenton Domire (of Nevada),...
Chelsea Headley is the new director of the Phillips County EMS replacing Dr. Edwin Medina who had been in that position for the past 20 years. Headley grew up in the Pittsburgh, PA, area and then moved to upstate New York where she went to high school. She went to college at Philadelphia University, which is now part of Thomas Jefferson University, on a five-year program for physicians assistants. Headley said "Between the schools in Pittsburgh and then upstate NY, I have seen both the big city...
At 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 11, a ceremony to open the new National Guard Readiness Center was held. Captain Jacob Pancheau, Commander of the 484th Military Police Company in Malta, welcomed everyone to the ceremony. After the National Anthem and the invocation, he gave a short history of the National Guard and the Armory in Malta. CPT Pancheau said, "On December 13th, 1636, the first militia regiments were organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General...
1 years ago- Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2nd ‘Historic Walk Through the Past’ lets PC residents meet characters from history Colorful characters from Phillips County’s past traveled forward in time Sunday afternoon to entertain history enthusiasts. Kay Hould, president of the Phillips County Historical Society was excited to include the “Historic Walk Through the Past” at the Malta Cemetery in the H.G. Robinson Home and Garden Tour again this year. “It’s the most interesting project we’ve done since I’ve been president,” Hould said. But it...
A wonderfully entertaining night was had by over 100 individuals at Montana Shakespeare in the Parks performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. On Wednesday, June 30, with the temperature hovering around the 100-degree mark, a decision was made to move the performance inside to the Malta High School auditorium. Though still a little stuffy, it was a much-welcomed decision by both the crowd and the cast. Anna LaBrie said, "Everything went really well. I'm really happy with the turnout we had. We w...
1 years ago- Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Camper Fire Closes Highway Firefighters from the Malta Volunteer Fire Department work to extinguish a camper fire on Hwy. 2, west of the Malta Airport, at noon last Saturday. The fire closed traffic in both directions for approximately an hour. One incident truck and a tanker, along with six firefighters responded in addition to a Sheriff’s deputy and a Montana Highway Patrol trooper. The blaze was out by 12:45 p.m. Further details of the incident were unavailable at press time. Retiring….. Jan LaFond, ret...
On June 26, Independence Bank and Phillips County Insurance held their first Customer Appreciation Classic at the Marion Hills Golf Course. Ashley Stuart from Independence Bank said, "We had a great turnout. A full field of 72 golfers for the shotgun starts in the morning." The winning team of four consisted of; Kris LaBrie, Gordon Webb, Frank Wiederrick, and Amy Simonson. There was a tie for second place between the teams of Bryan Shores, Jesse Simonson, Leroy Simonson, Karey Bishop and the tea...
The weather was perfect for two full days of points racing at the Hi-Line Dragstrip this past weekend. On Saturday, the strip had 51 cars and two Jr. Dragsters racing down it for trophies in four different classes with a $20 buy-back option, after the first elimination round, just in case the losers of round one wanted another crack at it. Almost, if not all did. In the Sportsman class, the final came down to Craig Shaw vs. Kenda Young. Shaw from Havre pulled out the win with a 7.95 dial-in,...
A good time was had by all ages as the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum unveiled their newest addition at their annual Wine and Dino fundraiser event on Friday, June 25. The Liquor Haven and Blue Ridge Brewery were on hand to disperse the wine and beer, and Smokin' Ox had the food trailer selling their top-notch bbq. The music for the night was supplied by Jonathon Aldrich out of Helena. Cary Woodruff, Director of Paleontology at the museum, did the "unveiling" in the museum a couple of hours into...
During the City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 22, the Malta City Council gave the go-ahead to put in motion the acquisition of the old National Guard Armory with a unanimous vote. Mayor Demarais told the council that there is ARPA money, or "Covid money" that will be available to the city for the purchase of buildings that can become the new city emergency building if and when it would be needed. Demarais said, "I think this building would be a win/win for the city." Councilperson Weiderrick...
1 years ago- Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Phillips County Library Upgrades Services It’s a busy June for the Phillips County Library as they not only begin their summer reading program, they are also increasing their resources and services. The Library received four new Dell computers and wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) access through a grant administered by the Montana State Library. The new equipment was purchased with funds from the U.S. Department of Commerce provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and the Bill and Melinda Gates F...
Phillips County EMS Coordinator Rhei Tharp handed out a few plaques this past week to three well-deserving Malta residents. Misty Murdick won the Phillips County EMS Community Member of the Year award for 2021. Tharp said of Murdick, "We had switched billing companies and had a gap where no money was coming in for a short while. Misty stepped up and held a fundraiser that really saved our bacon!" Patience Wiltse won the Phillips County Dispatcher of the Year award for 2021. "Most counties will...
The Montana Department of Transportation held an open house on Tuesday, June 15, at the Milk River Pavilion. The subject of discussion was the Highway 191 South project. About 25 members of the Malta community were present for the open house. Some just curious, and some with concerns as to how it would affect them and their land or business. Regarding the public open house, Glendive District Administrator Shane Mintz said, "We're always grateful to the people who join us during these open...
The Phillips County Library would like to announce that they were awarded an "Excellent Library Service Award" from the Montana State Library Commission in April. In the letter accompanying the award, State Library Commission Chair, Bruce Newell stated, "I commend you for working toward excellence in a year that tested all of us – our community members, ourselves, and our staff. It was a year when simply completing the bare minimum could be a challenging endeavor, yet you, your staff, and b...
As those of us that work here at the newspaper are working hard to get this weeks issue done and put together, we are without our fearless leader, Pierre Bibbs. He is on a well deserved vacation visiting his family in Illinois. I say fearless leader and I mean it, but he may be shell-shocked, and we can’t blame him for that. The three of us that are here, doing the best we can to get this weeks’ paper put together, have a grand total of a little over a year of experience. I’m not sure how Pierre has kept it together, but he has. He has done...
1 years ago- Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Ulrich honored for 50-years in Chapter AK, P.E.O. Sisterhood Audrey Ulrich was recently honored at the 89th Convention Montana State Chapter P.E.O. Sisterhood, Big Sky, Montana, as an active member for over 50 years. Ulrich received a Certificate of Recognition and other gifts to celebrate the milestone. She is an active member of the local Chapter AK. The P.E.O. Sisterhood raises money for scholarships and low-interest loans for women to continue their education. Locally the chapter gives a $500...
American Legion Riders Chapter 4, Dog Tag Buddies, and Tenacious Dames Riding Club teamed up to spread awareness about suicide in Montana. The Ride for Tomorrow, adding miles to the conversation, was held on Saturday, June 19. It consisted of an Iron Butt challenge and many other summer solstice routes that bikers could ride. The Iron Butt challenge was a 1,000 mile in 24-hour ride circling the state that had about 45 to 50 riders in it, with Malta being one of the stops along the way. The...
