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Newly elected, or re-elected, Phillips County Officials were sworn into duty last week in Malta. From left to right: Justice of the Peace Gayle Stahl, Lori Lundstrom, County Commissioner Richard Dunbar, County Treasurer/Assessor Jean Mavencamp, Lorraine Hellie, Phillips County Sheriff Scott Moran, Under Sherriff Burt Peigneux, County Attorney Edward Amestoy, Dan O’Brien are sworn in by the Honorable John C. McKeon. Not pictured are Vivian Taylor and Marian Ereaux. Photo by Mark H...
When Jay and Jessica Weston arrived at work for the first time in 2015 they discovered that they had been robbed. "My little brother got here before me and noticed that the door was already open," Jay, owner of A&J Mobile Fleet Repair, said on Friday afternoon. "The doors to one of the busses out back was open and the keys that were in the bus where on the ground in front of it." The Westsons shut down for business on New Year's Eve at noon, were closed on January 1 and when they opened for busi...
Fire Chief Bill Rock informed the Malta City Council at last month’s meeting that after 32 years he would be retiring as chief. Chief Rock thanked the city for the support over the years and let the council know that he will be an active member of the Fire Department. Malta Mayor Shyla Jones thanked Chief Rock and the entire fire department for everything they have done through the years. During the department reports, Public Works Director James Brown informed the council that he and his crew built a standpipe to improve the process of filling...
Briefly Senior Dinner Meals Thursday, January 8 - Chicken and Biscuit Friday, January 9 - Salmon Tuesday, January 13 - Roast Beef If you have a January birthday - let us know when you sign in for dinner. You could be January’s winner of a 10 meal dinner ticket. Phillips County Museum Winter Closure The Phillips County Museum will be closed January through March. Malta Merchants Meeting 1-7. The Malta Chamber Merchants Meeting is on Tuesday, January 7 at noon at Stretch’s. P.C. Historical Society Meeting 1-12. Phillips County Historical Soc...
The late, great outdoor writer Charley Waterman once penned a story about a big-running bird dog he owned named Murphy. “You may have seen him passing your place at one time or another,” Waterman wrote, “for I have no idea where he hunted when I couldn’t see him.” My dog Jem is a lot like that. I love Jem to death, and still chase him much of the fall, but to be honest, I think Jem would be perfectly content hunting without me. Oh, he’d still need a ride there and back. However, like most o...
Congratulations to Dennis and Michelle Simpson and their opening of Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs. You saw the potential of the site and chose to make it a beautiful facility. Some times it takes "fresh eyes" to realize something that should be saved and to make it a showplace of the community. Thank you for coming to the community. Barbara Schlocker Malta...
The Christmas and New Year’s holidays were a complete whirlwind here at the offices of the Phillips County News. Besides all the advertisements, special inserts and early print deadlines, we found ourselves knee-deep in submissions from the county’s children …i.e. letters to Santa and New Year’s resolutions. A total of 12,000 words were submitted from the area’s schools, each handwritten and one more entertaining than the next. I have heard from a few people that all the letters and resolutions were a bit of overkill. While I admit they were nu...
Date Headline (description) 21-May New owners look to return Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs to former glory 19-Nov 2014 State B football Championship is a family affair for Phillips County's George and Berta Anderson 31-Dec Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs opens on Christmas Day in Saco 23-Jul Young Cole Hould among top placers in heeling after event four 30-Jul I'd rather be wrong than be rude (His own drum) 21-May Skiff makes the most of her Two Minutes (Malta Merchants Mother's Day give away)...
Jeanie Green, Marge and Nancy Olsen, Ree Simonson, Zeena Fox and Bell Murdock were at the Shaunavon Hockey Rink Sunday afternoon to watch 13-year-old Kolt Kornfeld, son of Grey and Brenda Kornfeld, play hockey. Debbie and Brent Anderson were in Billings over the over the weekend to watch their son, Jace, okay basketball for Rocky Mountain College....
If you are outside on a clear evening be sure to look up and see if you can spot the Comet Lovejoy. It's a once in a life time event! Get well wishes to Gracie Wasson who spent a few days in the hospital over the vacation! Dixie Stordahl traveled to Hinsdale to watch the Saco/Whitewater Panthers play the Hinsdale Raiders on Saturday. Many people have gone to the Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs now that it is refurbished and open including yours truly! I found it to be delightful! The grouting that...
Old man winter and bitter cold is paying another visit, reminding us that we are having winter in Montana! Thanks that we do not have some of the deep snow that is being dumped on other parts of Montana. Wink and Terri Cole visited Fort Polk, Louisiana, visiting their son Zack and wife Sarah for Christmas. While there they were witnesses when Zack and Sarah had their marriage blessed and they toured the different offerings of the area. They experienced some problems with the weather during the...
ZORTMAN-Jess Harlin Robinson a long time rancher of Phillips County passed away December 29, 2014. Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan 5, 2015 at Kirkwood Funeral Home, Malta. A wake will be at 7 pm Sunday, Jan 4, 2015 at the funeral home. The reception will be held after Funeral Services at the VFW hall. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Jess and twin brother Jean were born January 4, 1928 in Gillette, Wyoming to Floyd W. and Emily (Colgate)...
Esther Elsie Enkerud, age 83, passed away on Friday, January 2, 2015 at the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta, Montana. Esther was born at home in Brockway, Montana on October 27, 1931, the third child, and the second daughter, to Rueben and Elsie Strobel Wagner. She graduated from Circle High School in May 1949. Always wanting to be a nurse, she pursued her dream by riding the bus from Circle to Glendive and then boarding a train to Bozeman and enrolling at Montana State College. During...
T. Bryce Wallis passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in Malta, Mont. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 10 at Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Interment of cremated remains will be in Hinsdale Cemetery. Full obituary will run next week....
My daughter is named Kaylee Marie Tucker. She was born on January 3, 2015 at 2:09 p.m. at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. She weighed six pounds and 15 ounces and is 19 inches long. Her parents are Cassie and Randy Tucker who live in Malta, Mont....
PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG Dec 24 thru Jan 2 Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. Several calls have been received requesting road reports. Please remember to call 511 or 1-800-226-ROAD (7623) or use these websites: www.mdt.mt.gov/travelinfo or www.phillipscountysheriff.org Please remember to file a new burn permit for the 2015 year. If you plan on doing any burning in 2015, please file one BEFORE you start to burn. These permits are good for all of 2015 and you only...
1 years ago January 1, 1915 Headline: Malta Bowlers win A team of bowlers from this place went to Saco New Year's day and started in the new year by beating the team of that city by a good safe margin in three games. Those going from here were Elliot, Murphy and Strucke. They report a royal good time and say that Saco is "there and over" when it comes to showing a bunch a good time. After the game, a dance was given which was one of the big things this season. C.W. Nelson made a big hit with...
Grapevine questions for this week were answered by employees at the First State Bank of Malta. Question A: What do you think of all the snow that has fallen over the past few days? Question B: What is one thing you want to do in 2015?...
Dwayne Simanton Favorite Animal: Horse Favorite Meal: The one at noon. Favorite Holiday? Christmas What you did before retirement: Owned and worked at the Malta Mercantile and was a Maytag Repairman. Favorite Movie: Gone with the Wind Favorite Hobby: Harassing People Favorite song(s): Amazing Grace...
It has finally happened! My beloved Bears have fired their 2014 coaching staff after a subpar season... And their General Manager. Maybe the owners of the team will make it their New Year’s resolution to actually give a poop about who is running the team. God bless them for it. I have a love hate relationship with resolutions. In 2010, I have pledged not to drink pop, minus club sodaor ginger beer for ten years. That ban is scheduled to be lifted on the year 2020. But looking back to when I w...
The Malta M-ettes have anticipated playing the Wolf Point Lady Wolves all season, because the Wolves were supposed to be a tough opponent in 2B basketball. Instead of a close game, Malta pounded the Lady Wolves 55-21 last Friday in Malta. By the time the first quarter was over, Malta had already established a 26-2 lead. One would think the team would be rusty after break, but Senior Guard Rebecca Smith knew why the team came out in rare form. " A lot of blood runs! A lot," Rebecca said. It was...
With a couple of losses last weekend, the Malta Mustangs are experiencing a few growing pains and a lack of leadership. The team dropped games to tough opponents last weekend. They lost 52-42 to Wolf Point Friday and 53-46 to Havre. Both were home games. "We had a total lack of leadership out there," Coach David Costin told the PCN. "Wolf Point made a good run. We didn't step up to it. We just didn't have a lot of direction from things on the floor." In their loss to Wolf Point, Malta looked a...
The Dodson Lady Coyotes were everything they needed and more against the Nashua Lady Porcupines. From out of the gate the team took the lead and never looked back. They won 65-49. They did lose their first game of the 2015 calender year against the Turner Tornadoes, but the fact that they beat Nashua and their pressure defense was impressive. Senior Janessa Henry was all over the court and led the team with 25 points. She was also 7 of 10 from the free throw line. "It feels amazing," Janessa...
The Saco-Whitewater Panthers were defeated 61-27, a score that was identical to when these teams met a year ago. Senior Chance Love led Saco-Whitewater with 13 points. Chris DePuydt added eight points. Channing Mavencamp added three points. Trace Simonson had two points. Layne Engel had one point. The team will face Nashua in Whitewater this Friday at 7:30 p.m. They are also scheduled to play Scobey in Scobey on Saturday at 7:30 p.m....
Up until the second half of their game against the Nashua Porcupines, the Dodson Coyotes have been kept quiet on the few scoreboards they have seen this season. Though the Coyotes lost 67-36 to the Porcupines, the young team put up a great effort scoring 29 points in the second half. Jasper Doney was more than a pleasant surprise, scoring a team lead 16 points. "I was tired of them going after it, so I decided to go after it and just go," Doney said. Doney may have also put the theory that posts...
