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Phillips County Hospital & Family Health Clinic welcomed their newest Family Practitioner last week when Christy Scoggins joined the medical staff. Scoggins comes to Phillips County by way of Alaska but grew up in Coahoma, Texas, where she was raised by her parents who owned a Texaco Station in the area (her father is also a veteran of the Vietnam War as a member of the United States Air Force.) Christy was a fourth-generation Scoggins to the area and lived there until the age of 26 when she...
Members of the Phillips County Hospital and Family Health Clinic Board of Directors confirmed at their monthly meeting in Malta last Tuesday that Hospital CEO Ward VanWichen tendered a resignation letter on Thursday, February 20, which they accepted. The replacement for VanWichen, who took over the CEO position at the hospital in April of 2007, is in its infancy, accoding to the Hospital Board. Members of the board were introduced to the Phillips County Hospital's newest Family Nurse...
It was 116-years ago that Miss Marguerite Moore welcomed five students into her classroom that would be the start of the first school in Dodson. Now, in 2020, Dodson’s Bonnie Lankford and others are organizing a Dodson All-Class Reunion during the Phillips County Fair week this year. “It is an all-class reunion, but we want anyone who ever had anything to do with the school attend,” Lankford said. “If you attended, but didn’t graduate, or you worked as a custodian, come one, come all. The entire community is invited.” Lankford and her assista...
A total of 40 producers listened to four presenters at the annual Jim Schumacher Memorial Livestock Day. Corbitt Wall discussed how the cattle market has evolved from driving herd to market and selling them as only finish cattle pen-side in the stockyards in the 1930s. Currently, we have a feedlot industry in warmer parts of the country. He highlighted that 80% of the cattle are controlled by four major packers and they have control over the price from feedlot to packing plant. This leaves very...
The students left to right are Saco High School's Jaycee Erickson, Dylan Brown, Jaydyn Erickson, Daeson Salveson, and Chayten Pippin and were each inducted into National Honor Society on February 18 in Saco....
Across the country, county and state Farm Bureaus are making safety a priority through the Agricultural Safety Awareness Program. As part of ASAP, March 1-7 has been designated as Agricultural Safety Awareness Week. U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers will join Farm Bureau in promoting the week with its theme “20:20 Vision on Ag Safety.” A different safety focus will be highlighted by Phillips County Farm Bureau and U.S. Ag Centers each day of the week: Monday, March 2 – Mental Health Tuesday, March 3 – Transportation Safety Wednesday,...
The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking applications from growers interested in serving on an Oilseed Advisory Committee. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, March 31, 2020. “Growers from across the state have expressed significant interest in forming an oilseed advisory committee,” said MDA Director Ben Thomas. “Montana ranks second in the nation for canola, safflower, and flaxseed production, so I’m looking forward to forming a committee to advise us on how we can continue to advance oilseed production. Investing in resea...
Monday morning we woke to 27 degrees by the time I checked my thermometer and high winds and a very light snow that was falling from the west. Very stormy looking. Somewhere our spring popped back into winter. Montana weather! If you don't like it today, wait till tomorrow---- it will be different. It snowed lightly all day giving us about an inch of new snow. Rob Bear was down again working on the water and a floor in the Haubrich house so it can be used again. Hope everyone was able to attend the Ash Wednesday Services starting lent. Jack...
1 years ago March 11, 1920 Jesse Giles of Dodson succumbed to a short illness in Malta. *** North Dakota was in the grip of a severe blizzard, the worst in over 40 years, with 60-mile winds, four inches of snow, and heavy livestock losses reported. *** Fire destroyed the Victor Johnson residence in the south part of town. *** Trains from the west were delayed by spring floods in the vicinity of Havre. *** County farmers were waging war on the rapidly increasing gopher population. *** A...
Recently these residents from Hi-Line Retirement Center took a train trip on Amtrak to Glasgow. The Phillips Transit met the train at the depot, transported them to McDonalds for supper, and then returned to Malta. Fun was had by all. Pictured are, back row from left: Thel Ost, Linda Douglas, Leo Woods, Ruth Teske, Joan Christofferson, and John Johnson. Front row; Belle Licht, Emery Myrick, and Jackie Olson....
The Montana Masonic Foundation is a charity established by Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Montana. The charity has a strong commitment to funding grants for public schools. The categories schools can apply for grants include: Music, Arts/Drama, Libraries, and Science. Each school is sent an application packet at the beginning of each year. This year, Joyce Erickson, Librarian Assistant at Saco Public Schools applied for and received a grant to purchase library books to allow students the...
A few days ago, I got to go to the Masonic Lodge on 5th Street. It used to be a Lutheran church, but now it is a lodge for the Masons and the Eastern Star. When I got there I got to see them take out old chairs, maybe from the 1970's. The trailer had new chairs they were bringing in. The new chairs looked a lot like theater seats. I hope they enjoy the new seats. I also watched work being done at the Villa Theatre where they will be installing new lights and a new marquee. A reminder that Malta...
The Dodson Coyotes have made history by winning the school's first Boy's Divisional trophy since 1966. The Coyotes did so by going 3-1 at the 2020 Eastern C Divisional tournament in Glasgow last week and defeating the Froid-Lake Redhawks 53-50 in the consolation finals on Saturday, February 29. Last season, the team won it's first divisional game since 1966 and this season the team passed the next milestone, showing growth. "They grew because we played as a team and bonded more," Coach Frank...
Despite entering the Northern B Divisional as the third seed of District 2B, the Mustangs were the last 2B team standing last Saturday evening in Malta. The Mustangs went 2-2 at the tournament and were 10 points shy of punching a ticket to the State B Tournament later in March. "We finished the year well and it was definitely our best weekend of basketball and that's all you can ask for," Malta Head Coach David Costin said. "I am proud of the kids. It was a good effort. We did not lack effort."...
The season ended for the North Country Lady Mavericks as they fell in the consolation finals against Froid-Lake, a team they defeated in the opening round. In all, the Lady Mavericks went 2-2 at the 2020 Eastern C Divisional in Glasgow last week. The tournament featured teams from the 2C and 3C District Tournaments. The tournament was won by the Scobey Spartans who defeated the Mon-Dak Thunder 40-36 in the Championship Game on Saturday, February 29. The Lady Mavericks were off to a solid start,...
The Malta M-ettes are heading to Shelby for the 2020 Girls Northern B Divisional with hopes of punching a ticket to the State B Tournament in Missoula. The M-ettes are scheduled to face the Rocky Boy Morning Stars on Thursday, March 5, at 8 p.m. in Shelby. Head-to-head, Malta has won the regular season, sweeping Rocky Boy. They defeated the Morning Stars 63-39 in Rocky Boy in January. The Stars came closer in the second meeting closing the gap and losing 46-36 in Malta in February. If Malta can...
The Malta Middle School Wrestling Team went to the Havre Middle School Invitiational on Saturday, February 29. “I was really proud of our team effort up at Havre,” Coach Nick Oxarart said. “This was a good test to see what each wrestler needs to work on this week at practice. This is the first year of wrestling for many of our wrestlers, so we are striving to get them better each time they step on the mat.” The Malta Colts will head to Lewistown this Saturday, March 7, for the Middle School State Championships. The individual placings for Mal...
Fave Hobby: Traveling. Favorite Movie: Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows. Fave TV Show: The 100. Goal GPA: 3.75. Fave type of food / Fave Dessert: Habachi / Grandma's German Chocolate cakes. Dream Car: A Jeep. Future College: MSU-Bozeman. Dream Career: To own my own restaurant....
Saturday March 14, 2020, the Malta Senior Center will host their fifth annual Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. This was our Vice President Leonard Leader’s idea and has become a popular spring event. The festivities run from 11-1 p.m. at the center featuring the famous meal with sides of potatoes and carrots, biscuits and fabulous desserts. The free will offering will go towards continued building maintenance as there is always something needing attention. The group plans to have a booth at Ag Day, Friday March 20...
Willow Presley White was born on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont., at 3:42 p.m. She weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces and is 22.25 inches long and is the daughter of Alexandra and Chase White of Medicine Lake, Mont. Willow joins her brother Finn at home. Willow's maternal grandparents are Dennis and DoDee Oxarart of Malta, Mont., and Tom and HK Pratt of Bozeman, Mont. Her paternal grandparents are Doug and Kristie Fawcett of Plentywood, Mont.,...
Monday morning we woke to 27 degrees by the time I checked my thermometer and high winds and a very light snow that was falling from the west. Very stormy looking. Somewhere our spring popped back into winter. Montana weather! If you don't like it today, wait till tomorrow---- it will be different. It snowed lightly all day giving us about an inch of new snow. Rob Bear was down again working on the water and a floor in the Haubrich house so it can be used again. Hope everyone was able to attend...
Times certainly have changed. More than three dozen bison were killed by hunters recently just outside Yellowstone National Park. And it was no big deal. The national media wasn’t in attendance. Neither were members of the Buffalo Field Campaign. Protestors didn’t poke hunters with ski poles, as they had in the past, nor did they chain themselves to gates in an attempt to disrupt the hunt. There were no arrests. There were no cries of outrage. Maybe it was because the hunters were all Nat...
Times certainly have changed. More than three dozen bison were killed by hunters recently just outside Yellowstone National Park. And it was no big deal. The national media wasn’t in attendance. Neither were members of the Buffalo Field Campaign. Protestors didn’t poke hunters with ski poles, as they had in the past, nor did they chain themselves to gates in an attempt to disrupt the hunt. There were no arrests. There were no cries of outrage. Maybe it was because the hunters were all Native Americans. Maybe it was because people realize som...
Blue Ridge Brewing along with St. Mary's Parish, sponsored the First Annual Music Trivia Tourney during the month of February. There was a total of six - two person teams that competed during the four Thursdays in February. Each week the teams had ten songs to identify by the title, artist and date released, each worth two points and a tie breaker question. Each week the teams had a chance to earn up to sixty points. The weekly points were carried on to the next week, with a total of 240 points...
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