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4 Malta Graduate, Anthony Wegner, is living out one of his dreams. He is racing in the HCMA series. (High Country Motocross Association) "Growing up, I kind of always had an interest in dirt bikes, but what really ignited the flame was the freestyle motocross show that came to town for the car show," said Wegner. The HCMA series holds 6 different events over the spring and summer months with many different classes racing at each event. Wegner is currently riding a 2021 Kawasaki 250 and is...
The Malta M-ettes basketball team found some top-notch competition on Friday, June 18, at the Malta Gymnasium. The round robin tournament consisted of four teams including Malta, who finished fourth in last season's Class B state tournament. The other teams were the top three teams in last year's Class C state tourney. Fort Benton, the Class C state champs. North Country, who finished second, and Roy-Winifred who finished third. Malta's Head Coach Nate Hammond said, "We were fortunate to get som...
The Malta Mustangs football team was well represented at the 74th annual East-West Shrine Game held at Daylis Stadium in Billings on Saturday, June 19. Pierce Mortenson played offensive guard for the East team, and Coach Nick Oxarart was an assistant coach for the East. Oxarart said, "We had a great week of practice even though the temperature reached triple digits a couple of the days. The week not only allowed for installation of a defensive and offensive game plan, but it also allowed new...
The Malta City Council held its first meeting of June on Tuesday, at 5 p.m. Attending the meeting were councilpersons William Hicks, James Sintler, and Dave Rummel. Also in attendance were City Clerk/Treasurer Lorie Bond, Department of Public Works Director Jim Truelove, and Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle. Mayor John Demarais was absent due to illness. Councilperson Rummel ran the meeting in his absence. Councilperson Bonnie Weiderrick was absent due to being out of town. The meeting was called to order at 5 p.m. The council first took car...
Reckless Kelly will be the featured band this year at the 106th annual Phillips County Fair. "We are happy to announce that we do have a band booked for the fair finally," said Fair Board member Eric Wilke. "It's later than we normally have one booked. It was just the uncertainty of whether the fairs were going to happen or not this year that delayed things." Wilke said that Reckless Kelly is a band originally out of Idaho, and will be the headliner for the Friday night concert on August 6, at...
The Malta School District held its regular school board meeting on Wednesday, June 9, in the boardroom of the Malta Middle/High School at 7:00 p.m. The Board Chairman, Carter Clausen, called the meeting to order, recognized the visitors to the meeting, and asked if there was any non-agenda public input related to topics under the jurisdiction of the Malta Public Schools. There was none, so the board moved on to the consent agenda portion of the meeting. The board approved the agenda for the nights’ meeting, approved the minutes for the May 1...
1 years ago- Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Courthouse Building Project Underway Clausen and Sons Construction has begun a 1,800 square foot building project at the Phillips County Courthouse in Malta. The project will replace two old buildings, one a lean-to, which had been used for storage and by maintenance workers and groundskeepers, according to County Commission Chairman Troy Blunt. He said commissioners decided it was time to replace the old structures when maintenance worker Willie Hammar fell through the roof of one of the structures this...
With the perfect soundtrack of cruiser hits from all decades being played by Travis Rhoads of Montarctica Productions, the 19th Annual FSB Car Show got underway on Saturday, June 5, at 11 a.m. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, drag racers and tractors were on display for all to see. Altogether, there were about 60 entries. There was food and drink available from many of the area restaurants and bars, and many local vendors were selling their goods along the sidewalks and in Memorial Park. Local Malta...
1 years ago- Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Dog License, Photo Required in Dodson Say “cheese” when applying for a dog license in the town of Dodson. Dog licenses are due and payable by July 1, but that’s not all. Dogs must be brought to the Animal Control Officer, Terri Cole, where they will have a picture taken with their owner for future identification. All dogs must also have proof of rabies vaccination. Those who do not license their dog and it is found running at large will pay a fine of $25 for the first offense. Vicious dogs will not be to...
Malta Parks and Rec held their fourth annual (not counting last years' absence due to you know what) Color Fun Run on Saturday, June 5, starting with a 5K run at 9:00 a.m. followed by a mile run at 10:00 a.m. The run serves as a yearly fundraiser for the City of Malta Parks and Recreation Department. This year the route started at Riverview Park, went back on the M-trail, out by the City Shop, across the hi-way and Short Oil Road, down to the skate park, back onto Central Avenue to go across...
Grades one through five spent the afternoon of Thursday, May 27, burning off some of the energy they had stored up over the winter. They had perfect weather for it, as the rain of the previous two days had cleared away and a nice warm day with a little breeze took its place. The kids had an outdoor lunch, followed by a day of track and field events. The events included; the 100-meter dash, 50-meter dash, 100-meter relay race, hurdles, long jump, and softball throw. Each class had its own color...
PCMS got things rolling at the Hi-Line Dragstrip on Saturday and Sunday, June 5-6. With test and tune on Saturday after the car show, and Sunday the first points race of the season. They ran three classes of cars on Sunday, Sportsman, Box Super Pro, and No Box Pro. There were no Junior Dragsters there this week. PCMS President Dan Stout said, "I'm really happy with how things have turned out this weekend. I wish Canada would open up the border, but we still had 53 cars here. The track is in...
There was a party in the cafeteria of the Malta Elementary School on Wednesday, May 26, at 3:15 p.m. The kids had left school for home, and the teachers started to migrate to the cafeteria to honor four of their co-workers. Some of the family members of the honorees were there as well. Punch and coffee were served with a decorated cake that read thanks for your service. Barb Buechler, Mary Mangis, Jackie Schwartz, and Corey Clark were being honored. The first three retiring, and Mr. Clark moving...
The Malta City Council held its regular meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, at City Hall. Present for the meeting were council members William Hicks, James Sintler, Bonnie Wiederrick, and David Rummel. Mayor John Demarais was on a conference call for the meeting due to illness. Also present were City Clerk/Treasurer Lorie Bond, Public Works Director Jim Truelove, Parks and Rec Director Sally Wright and Assistant Director Kristina Benner, and Barry Damschen of Barry Damschen Consulting, LLC, out of Helena. Mayor Demarais called the meeting to...
On Friday, May 14, during one of his many volunteer concerts for the residents of the Hi-Line Retirement Center, it was announced that Warren Taylor has won the Montana Health Care Association Volunteer of the Year award. Duane Murray, of the Hi-Line Retirement Center, briefly interrupted the concert to make the announcement Friday afternoon. He said, "It is a privilege to announce that Warren Taylor has won this well-deserved award." Murray said that the award is usually given out during a...
1 years ago- Wednesday, May 25, 2011 She’s a National Super Saver Kyleigh Schipman, a Malta grade school student, has been selected as a Super Saver in the National Super Saver Contest. She was selected from among more than 4,000 children grades K-8 who qualified for the contest. Children qualified by making 10 or more savings deposits at school during the current year’s school banking program, sponsored by First Security Bank. Schipman was awarded a Super Saver Certificate of Achievement and a $150 gift certificate presented by bank pre...
The Malta High School Choir and Band put on a good show at the pops concert, Thursday, May 13. The night started with the full choir doing three songs. The first was a song called Heros and Dreamers, by Pinkzebra. It's an upbeat song about chasing your dreams, reaching for your goals, and living your best life. The song featured solos by Skylie Lefdahl, Leslie Young, Emma Harms, and Aubri Werk. They followed that with the old classic song Blue Moon, by Rogers and Hart. The song has been...
Phillips County Motorsports held its track clean-up and test and tune on Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16. The track clean-up was held on Saturday, May 15. The grass was mowed, all areas cleaned up and the track was prepped for the season of racing. Retired track manager, and current "water truck driver", John Carnahan said, "We had a really good turn out to help clean up. The way this works is, if they show up and help clean, they get 50% off of the test and tune prices on the next day."...
The Class B State Golf Meet was held on May 17-19, in Shepherd. "I'm super proud of our kids," Malta Head Coach Kate Webb said. "They did such a great job. We had a lot of new kids out and some returning but with our gap year, last year, it was awesome to see kids come back, love what they are doing, and put a lot into it this year." Both the boys and girls golf teams had a great send off to the state meet at the high school Monday morning, May 17. The teams were introduced by Coach Webb. She...
A special meeting was called to order of the Malta School Board on Wednesday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. Board Chair Mark Knudsen called the special meeting to order and asked if there was any public input. With none, he moved on to the action items for the meeting. The first was to canvas the election. Business Manager Jane Knudsen read the results of the election. A motion to accept the results was made, seconded, and passed unanimously by vote. The next action item was the swearing-in of...
The Malta City Council held its bi-weekly meeting on Tuesday night, May 11, in the City Hall, at 5:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Mayor John Demarais. In attendance were council members James Sintler, William Hicks, Bonnie Wiederrick, and David Rummel. Also in attendance were City Clerk/Treasurer Lorie Bond, Public Works Director Jim Truelove, and guest Bob Church from Great West Engineering. Mayor Demarais asked the council to approve the minutes from the last meeting, approve the a...
The Malta High School golf teams were in action on Friday, May 7, in Shelby for the Cut Bank Meet. The M'ettes finished in third place with a score of 488. Shelby won the meet with a score of 392, and Conrad finishing second with a score of 450. The girls were led by Sydney Gibbs who shot a 112, good for 10th place overall. She was followed by Lavida Dalby with a 118, Kennedy Koss with a 123, and Aubri Werk with a 135. The boys' tournament was won by Conrad with a score of 339. They were...
Dodson High School has announced that Sophia Hebert and Ireland Best are 2021 Co-valedictorians. Ireland Best is the daughter of Caleb and Jennifer Best. Outside of school, Ireland enjoys reading, watching movies, and sports. Her post-high school plans are to attend Rocky Mountain College and major in psychology. Sophia Hebert is the daughter of Mark Hebert and Charity Ruiz. Outside of school, Sophia enjoys reading, movies, music, and writing. Her post-high school plans are to attend the...
Malta High School has announced that Erica Smith has been named the 2021 class valedictorian and Sidney Meeks has been named the class salutatorian. Erica is the daughter of Earl and Shonna Smith. In her high school career, she achieved All-State in volleyball, basketball, and track. She was also in student council, National Honor Society, and pep band, all while maintaining the A-Honor Roll. Outside of school, Smith likes to spend time with family and friends, go to the lake, and play...
Whitewater High School has announced that Beau Simonson has been named the 2021 class valedictorian and Kia Wasson has been named the class salutatorian. Beau Simonson is the son of Matthew and Heather Simonson. Outside of school, Beau enjoys going to the lake, traveling, playing sports and hanging out with friends. His post-high school plans are to attend Montana State University in Bozeman and obtain a degree in Business Administration-Finance. Kia Wasson is the daughter of TJ and Char...
