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The table is nearly set, Malta Elementary and Dodson Public Schools will add the final contestants this week, ahead of the annual Phillips County Spelling Bee to be held in Dodson on Wednesday, February 5. Contestants from Saco, Whitewater, and Malta Middle Schools competed at their school spellings bee's last week and Carter Pippin (Saco), Ava Hanley (Whitewater), and Sadie Branham (MMS) all took first place honors and will advance to February's county bee. In Malta, Branham, a sixth-grader,...
Though they were not on the agenda for last Tuesday night's Malta City Council meeting, Hi-Line Future Foundation (HFF) President and Vice President Jenifer Anderson and Mary Oxarart made a big splash by presenting the City of Malta a $40,000 donation to be used for the Municipal Pool refurbishment. "We except and thank you very much," Councilman -David Rummel - filling the mayor's seat on the night as Malta Mayor John Demarais and Councilwoman Bonnie Wiederrick were unable to attend - said....
Rain that falls on the slopes of Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park eventually flows to the Pacific, the Atlantic and which other ocean? Give up? Malta Elementary School fifth grade student Bridger Benton knew, and correctly answered "Arctic" on his way to the 2020 elementary school Geography Bee last Thursday. "I am excited," Benton said in his post win interview. Benton, who studied for the GeoBee much of the previous day and tied for first place in his classes' primary heat of the...
Phillips County residents kept a total of $239,368 of their local dollars in the 2019 holiday season as a result of participating in the annual Christmas Scrip program hosted by the three Malta banks and the Malta Area Chamber of Commerce. The total from 2019 was slightly down $26,312 from the total Christmas Scrip spent in 2018, but reports from some Malta Merchants said the holiday season was great even with the scrip total slightly down. For the past four decades, this low-interest loan program has been available at all three local banks; Th...
The first Malta School Board meeting of 2020 was quick, to the point, and mostly focused on upcoming events at the three schools as well as an update in a room at the elementary school that took place over Winter Break. A newly remodeled dishwashing station was completed in the Malta Elementary School over the winter break and sports new tiles in a blue and white Malta theme and local business Art's Furniture and Carpet donated the tile for the project. "Art's Furniture donated the blue tile to...
Though the classes were announced too late to be previewed on last week’s PCN, six people attended the first of 12 “webinar” lectures classes held in the Phillips County Library Conference Room last Wednesday. The webinars are presented by Destination Development Association, made available for free by the Montana Department of Commerce Tourism (MDTC) Grant Program, locally hosted jointly by PhillCo Economic Growth Council, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, MSU Extension Phillips County and Great...
The 2020 election process is officially underway as of last Thursday, January 9, which was the first day for candidates to file for office according to the Montana Secretary Corey Stapleton, and will continue until 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9 this year. In Phillips County, the County Commissioner District C, a 6-year term currently held by Richard Dunbar, and the Phillips County Clerk of Court position, a 4-year term currently held by Tami Christofferson, are both on this election ballot. (Christofferson had filed for reelection as of Friday,...
What started as a 1,133-word essay penned by Emma Cole, Dodson High School freshman, in her spare time, resulted in a trip to Las Vegas, Nev., and a spot at the largest American Indian Food Growers conference in the country. As the months waned in 2019, a call went out for high school students to submit essays on Agriculture and at the behest of her mother, Jennifer Perez Cole, Emma spent an evening researching and writing a paper titled "The New Old Crop of Agriculture" - an essay on Native...
After a nearly hour-long public hearing on a zoning ordinance to prohibit the licensing, opening, or operation of any medical marijuana business in Phillips County on December 30, the Phillips County Commissioners on Friday, January 3, passed Ordinance Number 2019-102, according to a press release from the Commissioner’s Office. “The Phillips County Commissioners met on December 30, 2019 to receive comment and consider the passage of a zoning ordinance which would prohibit the licensing, ope...
1 years ago December 25, 1919 ♠♠♠ John Bruckner and Ida Johnson of the Harb Community were married at the Methodist parsonage by Reverend Scheneflet. ♠♠♠ About a score of Malta men were caught in a dragnet thrown out by County attorney F.C. Gabriel and 24 complaints have been filed in the district court. A raid was made on a gambling den on 5th Avenue by undersheriff Charles Wolfe, Justice Radar and Gabriel along with two Secret Service men assisting. The men weere caught playing cards in a...
It was a night of "Christmas Memories" at the 16th Annual Phillips County Museum and Historical Society holiday social last Thursday night... as well as a few other memories. As visitors took their seats at the museum with plates filled with various types of food and deserts - and, for some, some stiff Tom and Jerry drinks - Historical Society President Kay Hould welcomed the large crowd and laid out how the night's bucket raffles, silent auctions, and live auctions would play-out, she called...
There are plenty of opportunities around Phillips County for people to give to those that might be less fortunate this Christmas. This Thursday, December 12, Phillips County Title Company is hosting an Open House & Toys for Tots Drive at 318 S. 3rd St. W where people can donate new or like new toys for the Phillips County 4-H program (see more below.) That event will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information call 654-1413. At United Country Northwest Realty and Auction, those looking...
The Phillips County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 30, at the Phillips County Courthouse in Malta ahead of a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the growth, sale, and distribution, of medical marijuana, and any establishment attempting to grow, sell, or distribute medical marijuana or paraphernalia in Phillips County, outside the incorporated boundaries of the City of Malta, Town of Saco, or Town of Dodson, according to a public notice posted in the “Phillips County News.” The meeting will start at 1:30 p.m...
Last Monday night’s Parade of Lights in Malta was followed by another parade of lights down Highway 2 as a motorist led law enforcement on a highspeed chase which traveled through Harlem, Fort Belknap and ended in a Dodson wheat field. Robert Bear III was arrested for resisting arrest, careless driving, and fleeing from or eluding peace officers following the pursuit on Monday night, December 2. Blaine County Sheriff John Colby confirmed that the Blaine County Sheriff’s office confirmed the chase started near Harlem when Bear, who has a warrant...
Though the Bank of Malta's Santa Open House wasn't slated to begin until 6 p.m. last Monday night in Malta, parents and children were lined up down the block and visiting Saint Nick ahead of schedule and before the Parade of Lights could make its way through downtown. Kim Hinkson, a six-year-old who moved to Malta from Texas a year ago, was one of the many children in line to visit Santa and while she waited, she pondered what she was going to ask for this Christmas. "I am excited because I...
The weather on Black Friday in Phillips County was somewhat frightful, but the smell of coffee brewing coming from Milk River Mocha was oh so delightful. Milk River Mocha owner Janessa Salsbery and employee Jade Melmend worked both sides of the coffee kiosk drive-thru windows as two of the County's newest baristas filled orders early on Black Friday. Milk River Mocha - a stone's throw from the Milk River - is a small beige building conveniently pinched between Westside Self-Service and the...
Three years ago, the Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, the member organization for each of the 50 State Offices of Rural Health leads National Rural Health Day to give recognition and shine a light on those who serve the health needs of an estimated 57 million people living in Rural America. Last week in Malta, staff members on-hand at the Phillips County Hospital & Family Health Clinic (PCH) converged for a group photo of the staff on hand that morning to celebrate National Rural...
Once the leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie have been successfully wrapped and placed in the fridge, the Christmas celebration in Phillips County begins and this upcoming week will feature the annual Parade of Lights, Black Friday, Sunday store openings, a visit from dear old Saint Nick himself and more. Black Friday gets underway in Phillips County the day after Thanksgiving (see this week's PCN Christmas Shopping Guide) and the Malta Area Chamber of Commerce "YOU are the Jolly t...
Nearly 30 years ago, Malta's David Veseth, then living in Laurel, Mont., and but age four at the time, quipped "Mommy, can I unplug some grapes and eat them?" as he looked at a bowl of grapes and thought they looked like they had power cords attached. The memory came up last week after David's mother, Rosemary (herself a Phillips County News Contributor) came into the PCN office to talk about her son's latest Malta Construction Update, a feature he writes for this newspaper on a weekly basis....
"Christmas Memories" sets the scene for the Phillips County Historical Society's Christmas Tree Festival which began Tuesday, November 12, 2019. The Festival Open House is scheduled for Thursday evening, December 5, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Phillips County Museum, Malta. Phillips County businesses, communities, organizations, and individuals will be competing in the "Festival of Trees" event. This year's theme "Christmas Memories" was inspired by the early entry of a beautiful blue and...
Starting December 1, 2019, the use of Malta Public School facilities will be “available to the community for educational, civic, cultural and other non-commercial uses,” as per School Board Policy 4330, which is available on the school website or by contacting Malta Public Schools Superintendent Kris Kuehn. “We have become lax in not following the policy set by the School Board, which is driven in part by the District’s Property and Casualty Insurance carrier,” Superintendent Kuehn told the PCN. “We are not trying to keep the public out...
The Malta City Council unanimously voted to increase the sewer rates in Malta by $4.50 per month, the first sewer rate increase since 2006 when it was raised $6, to help pay back a loan secured to pay for repairs at the Legg Lift Station. A public meeting held before last Tuesday's vote on the rate increase was attended by a few members of the public, but very few questions were asked and the resolution for the increase was passed. Malta Mayor John Demarais said the Legg Lift Station is 40 years old and was recently flooded. He said to pay for...
Lawyers from the American Prairie Reserve (APR), the Phillips Conservation District, and the Southern Phillips County Co-Operative Grazing District and Phillips County Livestock Association spoke in front of the State of Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) in Malta last Tuesday, November 12, at Malta City Hall. The hearing was regarding a petition for a variance from the Phillips County District's Ordinance 2016-1 which was passed in the June 2016 primary election in...
The proof is in the pudding and those in charge of getting the Villa Theatre back up and running saw their hard work pay off last weekend as the movie house held their grand re-opening last Friday night in Malta after being closed since this summer. "The turnout took me by surprise, I don't think I was prepared for it," said new Villa manager Christine Riggs after two successful showings of The Addams Family on the night. "I hope people like the new 'new Villa,' I don't know if I had time to...