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Malta's Department of Parks and Recreation started a new session of Karate Classes on Wednesday, July 7, at the Malta City Hall building. Sensai Michael Morser, a third-degree black belt, has been a long time student and teacher of Shito-Ryu, a type of Karate that was made popular in Okinawa, Japan. "The way I look at karate is, you use it for self-defense, but it takes a lot of control," Morser said. "We learn a lot of movements that can seriously hurt people. You have to know when to use it,...
The Montana Pharmacy Association officially selected Kristin Dimond, currently employed at Billings Clinic as the Inpatient Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, as the association's new Chair during their 2023 Annual Business Meeting. Kristin is originally from Malta, and graduated from Malta High School in 2000. She went on to get a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Washington. "There isn't much about my childhood that I would change," Dimond said about Malta. "Growing up in rural...
We are losing too many people to sadness. Like many in our world, I struggle with sadness. I don’t really do or take anything to take the edge off when I am feeling sad or depressed. I like to try to stay grounded in reality and sometimes reality is depressing to me. I try not to judge anyone for what they do to escape their own sadness. The one thing that I do to help deal with the issues going on in my head may seem crazy to most. I try to torture myself through working out early in the m...
The Malta Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited hosted their annual Camp Walleye event on Friday, June 16. "The weather held up and I think that all of the children caught fish, at least one on each boat," Malta Walleyes Unlimited President Jay Boardman told the PCN. "It was a great day." A total of thirteen young anglers and a few extra deckhands attended the event. The group had a total of seven boats. Boardman wasn't able to join in the fishing festivities because he, Darren Demarais, Trevor Simser,...
The Malta Swim Team was represented by a trio of sisters last weekend at the Scobey Invitational, an event that started on Saturday, June 17 and concluded on Sunday, June 18. "They actually did pretty good for their first meet (of the season)," Malta Swim Team Head Coach Darrow Messerly said. "It was their first time in a pool for a while because they have been busy with 4H, camp, and whatever else. This was a test run for them but they did pretty good." The team will head south to Roundup next...
The Malta Swim Team saw their first action of the season last weekend, as a handful of the team’s more experienced swimmers went to Plentywood last weekend. Though only five attended the meet, the Malta Swim Team has a total of 29 swimmers signed up. The Plentywood meet started on Saturday, June 10, and concluded on Sunday, June 11. Malta’s boys team scored 69 points, while the girls scored 22. Silas Young, age 13, led Malta by scoring a total of 40 points. Young won the Boys 13-14 100 Met...
On Friday, May 26, the Williston State Teton Volleyball posted on their social page that newly graduated Malta High School senior Isabel Hansen has officially signed to play collegiate volleyball with the team. The PCN caught up with Hansen, the daughter of Troy Hansen (Malta) and Sarah Emborg (Billings), as well as stepparents Michelle Hansen and Brian Emborg. "I'm very excited," Hansen said. "I am a little nervous but I think that it will be a huge opportunity to play college ball, so I am ver...
Last Wednesday, May 31, the GN Lodge Room became a venue of remembrance of a Malta man, Harry A. Paulson, who tragically passed away while doing his job on August 6, 1970. Several of Paulson's children, their family and family friends celebrated as the overpass two-miles east of Dodson was named after him. The Official name is the Harry A. Paulson Memorial Overpass. Paulson was tragically struck by a vehicle while doing his job for the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), of mowing the si...
The Sixth Installation of Malta Parks and Recreation's Color Fun Run returned to it's normal time slot last Saturday, June 3, at 9 a.m. "It was just fun to have a fun family event and have a lot of participants," Wright said. "It was great." The run had a total of 73 participants, the most that Malta's Parks and Recreation Department has had post-2020. "We had 37 5k runners and 36 mile runners," Parks and Rec Director Sally Wright told the PCN. "We had amazing booth people. We had Head Start,...
A track and field season marred by snow postponements, rainy meets, and smokey conditions, came to an end for Malta's track teams last Saturday, May 27, at the State B Meet. "I think that they performed well," Malta Head Coach Desiree Egger said. "It was super hard. The Northeastern athletes had a hard season as far as weather, then there was smoke, and we don't have an all-weather track to practice on. There are some things that are hard for us in Phillips County, as far as getting out and...
The Saco track teams and Whitewater Track Teams saw success despite the numbers not being in their favor this past weekend at the State C Track and Field meet in Laurel. The three day event that started on Thursday, May 25, and concluded on Saturday, May 27, featured the State A and State C Meet. The meet ended up being a record breaking event for Whitewater students, as each one put their names in the school record books in all but one event that they competed in. Every time or mark was a new...
Last week the four high schools in Phillips County including Malta, Whitewater, Dodson, and Saco, held graduation ceremonies for their senior classes of 2023. Dodson started things off with their graduation ceremony on Friday, May 19, at 6 p.m., which featured graduations for the Class of 2023, Class of 2027 (Middle School), and Class of 2035 (Kindergarten). Whitewater started soon after, at 7 p.m. on Friday night, graduating their Class of 2023 and Class of 2027. Saco's graduation ceremony was...
The Malta track teams competed in the Northern B Divisional last Saturday, May 20, in Great Falls. The M-ettes took third place in the Womens' meet as a team with 85 points and the Mustangs were sixth in the Mens' meet with 43 points. Malta will be sending a total of 17 athletes to the State B Track Meet in Butte this weekend. The event starts on Thursday, May 25, and concludes on Saturday, May 27. "I thought the teams performed really well," Malta Head Coach Desiree Egger said. "To come off of...
The Malta Girls Golf Team became the latest M-ette team to bring home team hardware last Wednesday, May 17, after placing third at the 2023 State B Golf Meet. The three day event was held at the Marias Valley Golf and Country Club in Shelby. It started with practice rounds on Monday, May 15, continued with day one on Tuesday, May 16, and concluded on Wednesday, May 17. "It feels pretty good," Malta Head Coach Kate Webb said. "The kids worked hard for it and in the short amount of time that we...
The Dodson and Saco Track track teams were both represented at the 2023 Eastern C Divisional Track Meet in Lambert last Thursday, May 18. The Panthers had two athletes punch their tickets to the State C Meet in Laurel this weekend, starting on Thursday, May 25, and concluding on Saturday, May 27. Saco The Saco Panthers were twelfth in the Mens’ meet with 10 points. Lustre won the meet with 87 points, Plentywood was second with 71 points, and Culbertson was third with 62. The Lady Panthers w...
The Whitewater Penguins will be sending five athletes to the 2023 State C Track Meet in Laurel, which starts on Thursday, May 25, and will end on Saturday, May 27. The Lady Penguins were fifth as a team in the Womens' meet with a total of 39 points. The following is a statement from Whitewater Head Coach Charlene Wasson. "To say this year is average is such an understatement," Coach Wasson said. "The Penguins traveled to Sidney Wednesday to spend the night before heading to Lambert Thursday morn...
Ten Malta golfers participated in the B Division 1 Meet in Shelby, on Tuesday, May 9, and despite rain and hail, each golfer punched their ticket to State. The 2023 State B Golf Meet will also take place in Shelby, starting on Monday, May 15, and concluding on Wednesday, May 17. "I am very proud of all of their performances," Malta Head Coach Kate Webb said. "We went into it with some very specific goals in mind. Hit our fairways, hit our greens, keep our putts under three, and knew that if we...
The Malta Track Teams competed in the District 2B meet last Saturday, May 13, in Glasgow. Those that placed in the top six will be competing in those events at the Northern B Divisional meet in Great Falls on Saturday, May 20. At the 2B District Meet, the M-ettes were second as a team in the women's meet with a total of 141 points. Glasgow won the event with 225 points, Poplar was third with 66 points, Wolf Point was fourth with 48, and Harlem was fifth with 31 points. The Mustangs were third...
The Dodson, Saco, and Whitewater Track Teams competed in Glasgow on Saturday, May 13, at the 3C District Meet. At the meet, two Phillips County athletes; Saco’s Josie Brown and Whitewater’s Paige Wasson set 3C District Meet records. Wasson had a record throw of 125-5 in javelin, and Brown ran a record time of 12.67 seconds in the 100 meter dash. The Whitewater Lady Penguins were the highest placing team amongst Phillips County Class C schools, taking third in the womens’ meet with 82 point...
Malta's City Council met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, April 25. Malta Mayor John Demarais, Malta Clerk and Treasurer Lorie Bond were present, as well as all council members including councilperson David Rummel, councilperson William Hicks, and councilperson James Sintler. Councilperson Bonnie Wiederrick was not present. At the start of the meeting, the Little Guy AAU Wrestling team came by to thank the council for the use of the armory or event center last season and hope the city will...
Last Sunday, the M-ette Alumni held a Girls/Boys Basketball Camp for Malta M-ette legend and Montana Lady Griz Hall of Famer Skyla Sisco, in hopes to help with her battle with breast cancer. The event featured former M-ettes as instructors, helped by current M-ettes, as well as speeches by former M-ette Head Coach Terry Lindgren, and former Athletic Director/Principal Scott King. Her mother Marla Sisco and father Dan Sisco also helped with the camp. In all, the camp was attended by 210 students...
All four Phillips County Track teams were represented at the Annual Norm Girard North-East Top 10 meet in Glasgow last Tuesday, May 2. No team scores were kept at the meet, and only the top four in each event were placers. Dodson Freshman Kylee Ball was Dodson's lone athlete and placed ninth in the women's discus with a throw of 86-05. Whitewater's Lady Penguins had two individual champions in the meet. Shelbi LaBrie set personal bests in the 1600 and 3200 respectively. She had a time of...
The Malta golf teams saw action in Wolf Point last week, at the Poplar Invitational on Thursday, May 4, and in Conrad for the Cowboy invitational on Monday, May 1. “The kids did well as a whole in Wolf Point for our last season meet,” Malta Head Coach Kate Webb told the PCN. “Everyone improved and it was a great day! Teams are feeling ready going into divisionals!” In Poplar, scores were combined amongst all golfers male and female. Glasgow’s Riley Smith won the meet with 81 strokes or nine o...
The Malta Golf Team was busy last week, participating in four meets as the offseason fast approaches. These meets included the Glasgow Invitational and the Malta Athletic Club Invitational which happened on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29 respectively. At the MAC meet, the M-ette golfers took first place as a team with a score that was 126 over par. Glasgow was second with 219 strokes over par. The PCN caught up with junior Sydney Gibbs, who was the individual champion and team leader...
The Malta Mustang and M-ette track teams traveled to Glasgow last Tuesday, April 25, for the Glasgow Northeast Montana Makeup Meet. The Mustangs placed fifth out of 14 men's varsity teams with 40 points, and the M-ettes were eighth of 12 women's varsity teams with 23.5. The Women's Meet was won by Plentywood who scored 113 points. Scobey was second with 98 points. Glasgow was third with a total of 81.5 points. Fairview was fourth with 49.75 points and Hinsdale was fifth with 33.75. The Men's Mee...
