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A total of 30 of Phillips County's finest spellers showed up at Dodson School last Tuesday for the 2016 County Spelling Bee. When all the words had been spelled – and misspelled – Malta Middle School eighth grader Ben Costin was crowned as this years champion. "I was a little nervous at first," said Costin, "but I settled down after a little bit and I think I did well. With the victory, Costin will now advance to the Montana State Spelling Bee to be held in Billings. He admitted that he did...
Over the past three months, there have been three deliberate acts of vandalism at the Old Gym in Malta. In December, a new scoreboard controller, donated to the school by the Malta Athletic Club, came up missing. The cost of replacement for the controller was $1000. Sometime just after Winter Break, the lock on the boys' locker door was demolished, and just this past week a solid oak door and lock were destroyed as well as damage to a number of items in the "old wrestling room." For these...
The giggles of children playing during recess at Malta Head Start last week let's anyone within earshot know that the center not only promotes school readiness for the youngsters, it promotes having fun. Not a single piece of playground equipment went untouched by the children during the recess and the apparatus getting the most playtime was the wooden play structure which houses several different floors, a slide, a swing-rope and bouncy bridge. The structure is well used and nearly 20 years...
Apparently Tom Murphy’s still got it. A wildlife photographer from Livingston, Murphy is retracing a solo ski trip he took across Yellowstone National Park in 1985. He’s even sleeping under the old blue tarp he used on his first crossing of the park This time, however, Murphy isn’t alone. When he embarked on the journey Feb. 20 from Flagg Ranch, just south of Yellowstone, he was accompanied by a film crew that will document the trek. Murphy, 64, and his crew of five hope to reach Mammoth Hot Spr...
When Darrell Brenna retired from the barber business Glasgow lost a good hair cutter. 60 years cutting hair with scissors and clippers with a shoulder massage tacked on for good measure. Strangers thought he looked like Kenny Rogers. As far as I know there are no "real" barbers left in Glasgow. I recall when Saco had two barber shops. The old-time shops with the red and white pole out front are rapidly disappearing across the Hi-Line being replaced by "styling salons" and "beauty shops." Some...
Montana has a rising wave of conservationists from near and far choking the interests of our state’s historical and economical foundation. Squeezing slowly, our governor, the American Prairie Reserve and Bureau of Land Management have tightened their grip, choosing the health of bison population over the well-being of one our state’s most important contributors, our farmers and ranchers. The BLM’s recent prefatory approval given to the APR regarding grazing permits for bison is a scary foreshadowing of further decline of the use of priva...
When there is a basketball game happening I am typicaly on the baseline trying to get a few good shots for our newspaper. After being at a couple of games in Malta’s run at the Northern B Divisional Tournament, I decided that I would sit with my wife and son for the first time since I started this job. I was out of sorts because I knew I would be sitting in the crowd this game but my wife was all for it. I don’t know if you were at last Saturday’s game, but she was looking pretty stunning and I...
Malta Shrine Club trip to Spokane Shriners Hospital for Children, February 18-21, 2016 It was 1:25 p.m. on Thursday, February 18 when Nobles of the Malta Shrine Club and their ladies boarded the train in Malta and headed to the Spokane Shriners Hospital for Children. For two days, the Malta Shriners and ladies toured this amazing facility of miracles from top to bottom. They were treated like royalty as the head of virtually every department enthusiastically and with marked emphasis described...
Oh my, it’s Leap Year! Hopefully all the single fellas know about the tradition that a young lady can ask the guy to marry her on Leap Year. Last week I noted that my sister’s grandson went to school at Trinity Lutheran in Billings. I got reminded that one of our own Loringites got her first education at the Trinity Lutheran. When it first opened Debbie Dyrdahl was in the first grade and continued on until eighth grade when she was a cheerleader for the basketball team. She said it was a few...
Dora Henry accompanied her son Bill to Malta one day this week when he was down on business. Wink and Terri Cole were in Glasgow on Wednesday for Wink’s Chemo treatment. Polly Solberg enjoyed the basketball games at the tournament in Malta this weekend, rooting for Choteau. She was happy to visit with her brother Burt and wife Kathy and other relatives that were here from Fairfield for the tournament. A niece was one of the cheerleaders. The Amber Alert out of Wolf Point on Saturday brought e...
Bodie Russell Blunt Bodie Russell Blunt was born February 25, 2016, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee, Kan. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and is 20.5 inches long. His parents are Keenan and Christi Blunt and sister Brylee of Lenexa, Kan. The grandparents are Steve and late Sandy Lodge of Petersburg, Neb., and Ken and Karen Blunt of Malta, Mont. Sage Marie Mahan Sage Marie Mahan was born February 11, 2016 and is nine pounds and one once. Her parents are Kolin and Alanna Mahan of...
Malta Senior Meals Thursday, March 3rd - Sloppy Joes Friday, March 4th - Fish & Chips Tuesday, March 8th - Meatloaf February Birthdays we have - Joan Christofferson, Doris Holman, Carl Kaasa, Ken Ulrich, Bent Waters, Mary Waters, and Don Wombold …Winner is : Karl Kaasa – Congratulations! Dodsn Fish Fry Dinners March. The Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry Dinners will be held on March 4, 11 and 18 at St. Mary’s Church Basement from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. each day. Takeout available, tickets at the door, children five and under eat free. Ameri...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for the Glasgow area. There will be a youth classroom course March 7-12, and an adult field course on March 12. To be eligible to hunt and be fully certified during the 2016 season, hunters must be 12-years old by January 16, 2017. Students aged 10 and 11 can take the course and hunt as an apprentice, but will not be fully certified until the year they turn 12. All registrants for this event must be 10 years of age by March 7, 2016. For the field course, adults must...
1 years ago March 2, 1916 Malta hotel partly destroyed by fire Shortly after seven o'clock Tuesday evening smoke was discovered issuing from the roof of the Hotel Malta and, it was only a short space of time before the entire east roof of the structure was ablaze. An alarm was turned in and the local fire laddies were promptly on the scene, but the fire had gained such headway that it was thought at first the entire north side of the town was doomed. After the water was turned on it was not...
Grapevine questions for this week were answered by the M.O.I. Cardboard Collection crew during Monday's snowy weather. Question A: What weather do you prefer to work in (Hot or Cold)? Question B: What is your favorite thing to do outside of work?...
The American Red Cross held the February 18, 2016 Blood Drive at the Malta Lutheran Church and had successful number of donors. The quota was 47 and that was met with 58 presenters and 53 usable units of blood accepted for donations. The April 30, 2015 Blood Drive yielded 53 usable units of blood. Every unit is a gift of life. Donors were from Malta, Saco, and Dodson. Again, the event saw a two first time donors and pins were given to a one gallon donor; two six gallon donors. The next blood drive is April 28, 2016 at the Malta Lutheran...
Preparations are being made for a Preschool Screening for children from the ages of birth to 5 ½ years old. Screening tests are not diagnostic. They identify individuals who are suspect and therefore may require a diagnostic follow-up. The Denver II is used for screening children from birth to three years of age. The DIAL-3 is used for ages 3-5 1/2. Malta Public Schools Child Find Policy is to screen children from Birth to 21 years old. The District's normal procedure is to screen ages 6 - 21 through the school. The preschool screening is sched...
The following Montana Tech students have been placed on the Honor Roll, Dean's List and Chancellor's Honor Roll for the fall semester 2015 at Montana Tech in Butte, Mont. A student who earns a 4.0 GPA is placed on the Chancellor’s Honor Roll. Those earning a 3.5 GPA will receive recognition for being listed on the Dean’s List. A full-time undergraduate student (enrolling in and completing a minimum of 12 credits) who earns a 3.25 GPA during the semester is listed on the semester Honor Roll. Heather Mavencamp, Malta, was placed on the 2015 Mon...
Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) officials are raising concerns over the increased use of electronic cigarettes by Montanans, in particular the rise in usage among high school students. Latest statistics show that 50 percent of Montana high school students report having tried an electronic vapor product and 30 percent report currently using them. Health officials also add that poison control center calls in the U.S. related to e-cigarettes have increased significantly; from 460 calls in 2012 to over 3,000 in 2015. The...
Increase your Ranching Income using Conservation Credits Ranchers Stewardship Alliance will be hosting a free listening session presented by KCoe Conservation which is one of the leading agricultural accounting and business consulting firms in the U.S. The topic is Developing and Selling Conservation Credits. Come to the First State Bank in Malta located on Front Street at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. Information will be presented on how to generate income through the sale of conservation credits to developers such as oil and gas companies,...
Malta Speech and Drama concluded their 2015-16 season with the state meet in late January as six members of the squad made their way to Ennis where Bella Mackey nabbed a second place finish and the Serious Duo of Daphne Johnson and Kari Koss earned a fifth place nod. Coach Kara Bates, a first year teacher with the Malta Schools – who filled in for Coach Anna LaBrie this season – said that overall, she was happy with how the season progressed as the students performed over the four-month sea...
The Malta Mustangs put forth their strongest effort this past weekend but things failed to go their way as they lost in the consolation finals to the Shelby Coyotes who Malta also lost to in the opening round. Prior to the 2016 Boys Northern B Tournament held in Malta this past weekend, Malta defeated the Coyotes twice this season, but each time these teams met this past weekend, Shelby played disciplined basketball which ultimately pushed them past Malta. As for the Mustangs, the team was disci...
The season for the North Country Lady Mavericks ended in Wolf Point last Saturday in the consolation final round of the 2016 Eastern C Tournament. "I was very proud of my girls," Lady Mavericks Head Coach Amber Erickson told the PCN. "I felt they competed very hard at the divisional tournament. I thought it was the toughest divisional tournament I've coached in since I've been here." Despite its youth, the team played valiantly, and nearly clinched a berth in the 2016 State C Tournament in...
Cassity Boucher Sophomore, Hinsdale High School Second Favorite Hobby: Hanging out with friends. Define yourself as an animal: Mongoose Favorite pre-game meal: Chicken Alfredo Favorite class: History Favorite superhero: Superman Wild/Domestic pet: A puppy. One thing on a desert island: Water. Goal GPA: 3.95...
Sharon Kay (Sandvick) Wombold was born on April 8, 1943 in Malta. She was the youngest of five children of Martin and Hazel Sandvick. She grew up on a ranch near Fourchette Creek in Regina, Montana. She attended schools at Fourchette and Second Creek School, being the only student at the school in the 8th grade. She attended Malta High School and graduated in 1961. After graduation, she attended Kinman Business University in Spokane, Washington. Upon returning to Malta, she was employed by...