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Once again, Malta's Blue Vests are on the job at the Basketball Tournaments. To get a better idea about who the Blue Vest are and what they do, Sharon Young offered the following information. The "Blue Vest" program in association with the Malta High School has been in existence for well over a decade. This program is sponsored by the Malta Area Chamber of Commerce and was designed as a community service project to assist Malta High School during tournaments. We assist with crowd control, taking...
The Phillips County CattleWomen served a roast beef, green bean, and cheesy potato lunch with refreshments and dessert for the Veseth Bull Sale held at the Pavilion last Wednesday, February 17th. The P.C. CattleWomen's purpose is to promote beef and to educate individuals about the benefits of beef. This Thursday, February 25th the P.C. CattleWomen will be entertaining youth at the Boys & Girls Club on the benefits of beef, beef by-products, branding and ID-ing along with a cattle roundup game....
The Malta Mason Lodge #57 were a part of a special event at the Hi-Line Retirement Center (HLRC) thanks to a generous donation of a beef by fellow Mason and retired veterinarian Doc Curtis. A cow that Curtis owned had lost her calf last summer and developed a bum leg. Curtis fattened the cow up during the summer and decided to donate the beef to the HLRC. Don Watts and Duane Murray helped to butcher the beef along with other Masons in the processing. Curtis coordinated very closely with Barb...
Not too many would have thought a road trip at below zero would have been fun, but four from Malta bundled up and traveled to Hinsdale; Jim and Gaelen Curtis, John Flansaas and Sarah Osmundson. Jim Curtis and John Flansaas are both Masons of the Malta Lodge #57. Jim & Gaelen Curtis and Sarah Osmundson are members of the Order of Eastern Star, Sacajewea #37 of Malta. They attended to a historical centennial celebration for the Mason’s of the Kyle Lodge #96 in Hinsdale. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 17, 2016 Master Mason Bernie Hart welcomed e...
By January 1, 2017 a Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) will be in place by the FDA for all who handle livestock affecting farm/ranch operations and even showmanship. The FDA is requiring veterinary over sight because our consumers are asking us to. Medically imported ingredients or drugs that cross over to the human side and are used for assuring livestock health fall under a VFD. This way the FDA will know that there’s a veterinarian available for follow up if there is an adverse reaction or issue with a particular case. The VFD requirements w...
Marty Lundstrom What's the best gift you ever had? When my best friend, Jack Weaver of Kalispell, came to my 40th Birthday. How was the party today? (1/14/2016) Awesome! Does 50 feel any different or same? Nope, feel the same. Ready for another 50. Where do you work? CHS Big Sky from Columbus to Malta and Rudyard to Saco for equipment sales and some liquid feed. Locally Turner, Harlem, and Malta. What are your favorite hobbies? My favorite hobbies are hunting, fishing and drag racing and I get...
In November 2015 when Esther Brosseau was visiting family in Ft. Collins, Colorado they had a fifth generation picture taken. In the photo is Great Great Grandmother Esther Brosseau, Great Grandmother Adele Endicott, Grandmother Kim Pinson, Mother Jenee` Hernandez, and Baby Myla Hernandez....
Congratulations to Laura Pankratz as she was recently recognized as the Malta Chamber of Commerce first Person of Influence last Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Pankratz started promoting healthy lifestyles and fitness in Phillips County by establishing Malta Trails, Inc. in 2010. The Malta Trails mission statement is ‘Creating a healthy community, one trail at a time.' In 2011 the first trail was completed with all community donated materials, equipment and labor. The Trafton Trail connects Trafton Park to the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum, the P...
Dara Wilke Black Friday Store: Todd's Technology 8:00 a.m. customers Over 30 and opened at 7:00. Most purchased items: Batteries, everybody likes to stock up. And the Drone Helicopter which Eric Wilke demonstrated. Door Gifts Given: 8G Keychain Flashdrive...
Question A: Are you shopping for yourself or others? Question B: What do you think of Black Friday shopping? Question C: Did you find what you were looking for?...
Since their official visitation on November 14 at the joint meeting of Sacajewea Chapter #37 (Malta) and the Riverview Chapter #80 (Hinsdale), L. Kaye Stam of Polson, Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Montana, has been busy. She was accompanied by Worthy Grand Patron Denny Perry of Choteau at the OES Visitation of the Havre Chapter #30 in Chinook, Mt. Saturday, November 21 at the Masonic Lodge Chinook #50. Worthy Matron Sheila Neuwerth’s theme was Pandemonium with the Panda Bear as a mascot. A...
Talk about a lucky shot! How fortunate Phillips County is to have a Harlequin Books author right here. Barbara Heinlein, aka B.J. Daniels is one of the most friendly people and no wonder this book is dedicated to her close friend, I’ve recently seen them interact and they are bubbly. There are bubbles brewing with the Montana Hamiltons family in the recently released book “Lucky Shot”. Senator Buckmaster Hamilton is running for President of the United States. Buck is not the first Montana rancher in his family who has ran for a political offic...
Mr. Lee Jones was visited by Lewis (father) and Mark (son) Dehlman from Box Elder, Mont., on Wednesday evening (October 14th). The Dehlmans used to do car business over the years in Phillips County. They collected vehicles for their own personal use. It was good to see them and they are both doing quite well....
The Annual Shareholder meeting and banquet of the Equity Co-op Association of Phillips County was held Thursday, October 8. President Frank Drabbs opened the meeting and Art Solberg blessed the wonderful pork roast meal prepared by the Westside Restaurant. Gary Knudsen read the minutes from the last meeting held July 16, 2014 at Westside. Drabbs stated, “Co-op business was down a little bit this last year. Fuel was down and that makes our margins really tight. CHS cut back quite a bit on the patronage that we got back, the retirement. All in a...
On Wednesday, September 23, the Phillips County Extension and the PC Conservation District hosted a Shelterbelt Workshop. The workshop guest speaker was Dr. Peter F. Kolb, the MSU Extension Forestry Specialist and an Associate Professor of Forest Ecology & Management housed at the University of Montana in the Department of Forest Management. Dr. Kolb has over 30 years of experience and shared with a group of a dozen Phillips County residents' proper shelterbelt choices and care for our area....
If you have ever explored or toured in a cave and were thrilled about the experience, the fascinating story of this fellow Montanan will interest you. The Blacktail Ranch homestead was established by Gus Rittel in the early 1890’s on the South Fork of the Dearborn River north of Wolf Creek, Mont. Before becoming the Blacktail Ranch it was known as the Rittel Brothers Ranch, run by the four sons of Gus Rittel. They were living out the Montanan way of life raising cattle, sheep, horses, chickens and other animals needed to maintain a working ranc...
There have been some reports of scams created to rip people off, but this local was no fool. Cora Maxie brought in the latest issue of the Reader’s Digest that her husband Jim has been getting for 71 years. His sister, Mary Olson, bought a lifetime subscription for him as a High School Graduation gift in 1944. A lifetime subscription of $25 was considered a lot of money back then. The probable scam is this summer they received two renewal notices! Cora stated, “they weren’t falling for that because then Reader’s Digest would have them hooked...
The Family of Betty Kaufman would like the community to know Mom is doing well and has moved to an apartment at Marquis Grand Park, 1221 28th St. W. Apt. #131, Billings, Mont. , 59102. Cards and visitors are most welcome....
Cora Maxie of Malta brought in a 1 1/2 lb Pontiac potato on Sept. 1st. This potato came from one plant along with another potato about the size of a large marble. It will make her and husband Jim a couple of meals. Digger Hanson planted the potato patch for the Maxie's this spring. What a bountiful harvest! Photo and story by Sarah Osmundson....
Robert Plouffe did not grow up in the country raising livestock but he has a lot to do with them after a fair. Robert and Betty Plouffe purchased the grocery and meat market in Saco from Buck and Deb Taylor in 1982. In 2000 they moved into the current Saco Pay-n-Save and by 2001 were handling the butchering for beef, pork and lamb after the county fairs. Livestock is brought from the Blaine County Fair in Chinook, the Phillips County Fair in Dodson and the Valley County Fair in Glasgow. On avera...
Cathy Bear has been in Dodson since 1996 and taken care of the fairgrounds since 2001. "Berta Anderson came to my house in May of 2001 and saw how nice and green my grass was. At graduation time she asked me if I would be interested in being the yard maintenance person at the fairgrounds? I said, Sure. So I took on little spots at a time that year, then the next year more spots. Then I started taking on more mowing, more painting, more of the whole thing of the fairgrounds. There used to be no...
The Kiwanis and Dirt Daubers assisted 3 groups at the Boys & Girls Club on Thursday, June 4 make arrangements for the Dirt Dauber Standard Flower Show. There was a K-2 group, 3rd - 5th and 6th through 9th. Everyone had a choice of using fruits & vegetables depicting "Life on the Prairie", gold nugget items on "Mining for Gold" or old car parts for "Racing into the Future". Each child could enter 2 arrangements. Pictured right. Madelyn Anderson has been entering flower shows since 1963. She was...
Question A: How long have you been a Mason? Question B: What do you like most about being a Mason? Question C: What past Mason here at the cemetery where a marker was placed was most memorable to you?...
Montana Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc is the name of the Montana State Garden Club. On May Day the Saco Garden Club hosted the 2015 Hi-Line District #7 Spring Garden Club Meeting. The theme was “For The Birds” and the meeting was held at the Saco IOOF Hall. All in recognition of the Hi-Line District #7 Club’s accomplishments over the past year. Five clubs were in attendance: Bullhook Blossoms of Havre, Jumping Junipers of Chinook, Malta Dirt Daubers, Nashua Gumbo Gals and the Saco Garden Club. Eight members of Saco Garden Club enter...
Grapevine questions for this week were answered by Hi-Line District #7 Garden Club Members who met on May 1 in Saco, Mt. Question A: What is your favorite plant? Question B: What is your favorite garden tip?...