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In January, Malta's Casey James Knudsen announced he would run for Montana's 33rd House District Seat and though he has always been interested in politics, he never thought he'd be a candidate at this point in his life. "I always thought about running, but I always thought it would be later in life," Knudsen said. "But you have to take the opportunity when it presents itself. You never know when there will be another open seat." The "open seat" Knudsen references came when Mike Lang, R-Malta,...
Royal Bliss, hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, have four albums under their belt – and are currently in the studio working on a fifth – and, according to those in the know, are a mix between Johnny Cash and Led Zeppelin or Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock. Their music is just the kind of sound that Remote Entertainment owner and Malta resident Greg Smith was looking for when looking for bands to bring to Phillips County. “Whoever I was going to bring to Malta needed to be diverse,” Smith said. ...
First grade teacher, Cindy Christman, of Malta Elementary School and Shyla Clausen, English teacher at Malta Middle School were recently honored as local recipients of the Smart/Maher VFW National Citizen Education Teacher of the Year. Both were nominated by the local VFW Auxiliary. They were notified of their having been selected on February 16 and have since been the District 5 VFW choice to compete at State level as well. The Smart/Maher recognizes teachers who care about America. Teachers...
For almost a year, Malta’s Brandon Nicholson has been writing columns for the Phillips County News and this summer, thanks to a grant from the Montana News Paper Association, he will be a paid intern as a columnist, reporter and photographer. “The Montana Newspaper Foundation is very pleased to award Mark Hebert and the Phillips County News a 2016 internship grant,” said Jim Rickman, MNA Executive Director. Nicolson is a 2013 graduate of Malta High School and the son of Chad and Michelle Nichols...
Montanans worried that the state is going to put bison, wolves and grizzly bears in their backyards should be glad they don’t live in Massachusetts. Wildlife officials there plan to establish a colony of timber rattlesnakes on an island in the state’s largest body of water. According to the Associated Press, the plan has been in the works for several years and has the endorsement of Republican Gov. Charlie Baker. There are only about 200 of the endangered snakes left in Massachusetts. Sna...
I’m not going to name any names but a couple of months ago a gentleman came into our office in sup-port of his friend that is running for a political office. He seems like a cool dood, even a guy that I would hang out with in college but the poor guy had one huge flaw. He reached out to shake my hand after our conversation and to my dismay came the limpest hand-shake I have ever experienced. I know that the point of a handshake isn’t to break someone’s hand but it does say a lot about your...
The Whitewater School contestants were inadvertently left out of the Phillips County Spelling Bee Story Last week. Whitewater School who participated in the bee were as follows: Ben Anderson, Heidi Anderson, Kelsee Cummings, Kora LaBrie, and Luke Lawless. Also, Sidney Meeks of Malta Middle School, also had her name left out of the story. We apologize for the errors....
Linda passed on to her Savior on August 18, 2015, in Fremont, CA. Linda was born to Ray and Margaret Lind on March 16, 1948, in Malta, Montana. She attended elementary school in Malta and high school in Geraldine, Montana. She married Ron Mitzner soon after high school and lived across the US while he was in the Air Force, finally settling in Fremont, California. They had three sons, Pat, Tony, and Steven. They were blessed with nine grand children. Linda was a stay at home mother until she and Ron divorced. She worked as an in home health...
I do declare! I have never had so many insects on my windshield in March before! It sounded like a rainstorm except the sky was clear! I felt the need to have a soak and swim on Saturday so I drove out to the Sleeping Buffalo! I know that many other people had the same thought as I did; the pool was teeming with swimmers! When I returned to Malta, I was just in time for volunteering at Bountiful Basket! That program is very worthwhile! Judy and Danny Simonson took in the state Class C...
Terri Cole was in Billings visiting family and attending grandkid’s activities. Polly Solberg went to Fairfield to watch the M-ettes play at Choteau in the Northern B Divisional Tournament. Her niece is a cheerleader at Fairfield. Fairfield lost out to Malta in their game Saturday night. We had a nice easy rain on Sunday and Monday. Some of the north and east people reported a varied but good cover of snow. The Catholic’s have been serving soup and bread during lent after their service on Mon...
3-2. Congratulations to the North Country Lady Mavericks on their first place finish at Divisionals and all the teams who played. Dennis Anderson has been visiting his parents, Bobby and Pat Anderson, in Whitewater. I went to Malta on the P.C. Transit Bus and visited with Jane Thompson, Harriet Wilke, Betty Simpson and some of the bus drivers including Dale Salveson and Leah Shinner. It’s good to see friends. Dallas and Ashley Green’s family recently visited her family in South Dakota. Jan...
Malta Middle School 2nd Trimester Honor Roll, 2015-16. Sixth Grade: Eion Estill, Emma Harms, Zachary Judd, Oren Mackey, Cash Salsbery and Zachary Ulrich. Seventh Grade: Annabelle Giblette, Kylie Hunter, Kayla Judd, Sidney Meeks, Jaelyn Rush, Erica Smith and Hayden VanWichen. Eighth Grade: Tyler Arnold, Kaylanna Bain, Kaycee Bond, Kelbee Denham, Keith Epperson, Bonnie Jones, Ezra Judd, Callan Mears, Kendall Moore, Jillian O’Brien, Georgia Orahood, Tanner Smith, Rya Soul, Anthony Wegner, Aidan Wiese and Macy Williamson....
Malta Duplicate Bridge Wednesday, February 24, saw Les Solberg and Keith Stine capture first place. Second was awarded to Anna Faye Simms and Malcolm Clouse. Monday winners were Keith Stine and Byron Ereaux. Second place was earned by John Norgon and Anna Faye Simms. Hi-Line Whist On Friday, March 4, LeRoy and Anges defeated Mary and Pearl 2-1, 13-14, 16-6 and 15-9. Whist 3-1. On Tuesday, March 1, Malcolm Clouse took first place with 52, Shirley Jones was second with 47 and the traveling prize went to Lou Olson. 3-3. Pinochle On Thursday, March...
Malta Senior Meals Thursday, March 10th - Cabbage Rolls Friday, March 11th - Tater-tot Casserole Tuesday, March 15th - Chicken Cordon Bleu 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. VFW Auxiliary time change 3-9 The Malta VFW Auxiliary has changed its meeting time to 6 p.m. on a temporary basis. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p...
Members of Montana Farm Bureau traveled to Washington, D.C. for the American Farm Bureau Issues Advisory Committee Meetings and Agricultural Advocacy Conference. The meetings, held February 22-25, centered around topics of importance to farmers and ranchers. MFBF members were appointed to serve on five of the 15 committees. Turk Stovall, a rancher from Billings serving on the Animal Care Committee, talked about challenges of the initiative of turning buffalo out onto the rangeland. "I explained...
1 years ago March 9, 1916 Store broken into The B.H. Koke harness shop was broken into last night and a couple of hundred dollars worth of goods stolen. The party, who ever he was, got away with a first class saddle and all the riggings of an old time cowboy. He also went through the cash register and cleaned up all the silver. The articles stolen are all marked with Mr. Koke's name and they will be hard to dispose of. Fifteen years ago (1901) There is talk of a ball between the business men o...
With the recent occurrence of an AMBER alert there have been several concerns that alerts did not reach mobile phones across several counties in northeast Montana. Some phones were not alerted because the option for Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) were turned off on individual’s mobile phones while others that had the service turned on still did not get the notification. While the dissemination process for WEAs continues to be improved, there are a few important things about Wireless Emergency Alerts to learn for not only the next AMBER a...
The first part of the adventure is getting to Australia. It’s a minimum of 24 hour flight time no matter which way you go. I went from Billings, MT to Seattle, WA to Vancouver, Canada to Hong Kong, China to Perth, Western Australia (WA). Once you get past the traveling there, then it’s the time change that really gets you. Australia is 14 to 15 hours ahead of Montana, depending on daylight savings time. I found that the best way to adapt is to stay awake when it's daytime and then go to sleep when it's night. I know, sounds simple enough, right...
Despite the short time to prepare, Phillips County was represented at the state-wide rally sponsored by the Montana Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, joining thousands of protestors nation-wide highlighting the perceived ambush and murder of Robert LaVoy Finicum January 26 in Oregon. Montana's effort was coordinated by John Degel of Malta. Five other country residents including: Phillip and Theresa Hotchkiss, Lorraine Seaford, Cody Mikesell and Robert Kindle. Those six were joined by...
Triangle Communications invites public libraries and nonprofit organizations throughout Triangle’s service area to apply for one or more units (no more than ten per entity) of our retired laptop computer lab. By giving away the laptops, Triangle hopes to increase access to broadband technologies, foster digital literacy and encourage the use of online resources. The lab consists of 20 Dell 15” laptops with power cords purchased in 2009. They have been lightly used for workshops and demonstrations. Laptops come “as is” with no additio...
The “All 60’s Class Reunion” committee has set the date, of June 3-4-5, for our 50th celebration. Our next meeting will be March 15 at 5:30 at the Tin Cup. Everyone is encouraged to attend this meeting and if you have a suggestion, we would love to hear about them. New to us is using social media to connect with all of our classmates. We created a group on face book, “All 60’s Class Reunion”, just go in and ask to be invited and one of your classmates will invite you into the group. You will see many of our plans as we are in the midst of it...
Please be advised the Phillips Co Sheriff’s Office is no longer doing GVW Term permits. These are the yearly permits for the over-width/height/weight that most semi trucks and trailers need. You can access these permits by going to www.mdt.mt.gov, then go to Doing Business-Commercial Motor Carriers-Permitting. Or you can call 406-444-7262, with questions. Our office will still be doing the 3 day trip permits. Please remember to file a new burn permit for the 2016 year. If you plan on doing any burning in 2016, please file one BEFORE you s...
CattleWomen The Phillips County CattleWomen were part of the activities at the Boys and Girls Club of the Hi Line – Malta Extension on March 25. CattleWomen members, Patti Webb and Taylor French, helped the youth learn about beef by hosting two different activities. For the younger youth, they played BEEFO. A beef version of bingo using the by-products from beef. Youth learned about what parts of the cow are used to produce footballs, chewing gum, insulin, china and car wax. Youth used another by-product for marking their cards, miniature m...
To kick-off National Boys & Girls Club Week, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Hi-Line, Malta Extension, invites the community to join more than 4,100 Clubs across the nation in its effort to empower America’s youth by supporting the ‘Youth Bill of Rights ’ on change.org. The effort calls attention to importance of providing children and teens with a place and platform where they are encouraged to express their concerns and engage in community initiatives. “Malta Boys & Girls Club is dedicated to making a positive influence on children and teens in the...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks honored the service of its Region 6 Hunter and Bowhunter Education volunteer instructors at the annual workshop held on Saturday, February 27, at the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow. The workshop is an annual event that invites all the volunteer instructors across the region for a day filled with visiting, updates to the program, demonstrations of new equipment and ideas, and most importantly, honoring years of service. Receiving awards at this year's workshop were...
