One Nation, Under God
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Backrow, Left to Right: Lisa Beus, Katie Erdahl, assistant coaches, Jada Sudbrack, Casity Boucher, Bailey Funk, Karly Santillan, Mickayla Johnson, Larimie Scheffelmear, Kourtney Simonson, Kaycee Howard, Keira Simsonson, Amber Erickson, head coach, Kayla Howard, Tatum Moore, Elena Sudbrack, assistant coach, and Kayleigh Cummings. Front row: Teagan and Jaycee Erickson, team mangers. See story on page 1B. Photo by Heidi S. Johnson, PCN correspondent....
After working on and off for over two and a half years, Saco artist Todd Mandeville finally finished his latest painting, an old Dodge pickup on an old Dodge hubcap. Over that span of time, Mandeville said he often thought or scrapping the project altogether. "There were times where I thought about just quitting the painting," Mandeville said. "It was really difficult and very time consuming. I had to paint with it on my knee with my foot on a toolbox the whole time so it was a little awkward."...
Thursday, March 12th - Chicken Casserole Friday, March 13th - Fish & Chips Tuesday, March 17th - Hot Turkey March birthdays let us know when you check in for dinner - the winner this month could be you! AG Day Pie Contest The PC CattleWomen will be once again hosting their Annual Ag Day Pie Contest. Watch for more information in next week’s paper. Book Discussion Group 3-12. The Book Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, March 12 -- instead of March 5 -- at 7:00 pm to visit about the title “Bound Like Grass” by Ruth McLaughlin. Please come...
Deadlines loom. It’s time to get your ducks in a row. Or more specifically, your deer, elk, fish and bears. Unless you’d like to see yourself featured on an episode of Wardens, make sure you’ve purchased a new fishing license before you make another cast or drop another line. The new license year for Montana hunters and anglers began March 1. And while warmer weather and rising fish are just around the corner, don’t forget that it’s also time to apply for special elk and deer permits. The appli...
Dear Editor, A quick note to the good people of Phillips County about the monthly retirement check I get from Phillips County Hospital that ended up on the front page of the PC News last week. When I came to Malta 20 years ago, the hospital did not have an employee retirement plan at all. The hospital management company (Lutheran Health Systems) I worked for before coming to Malta had one. When I took the job in Malta, I asked the board to consider setting up a small retirement plan for me. The board did that -- public decision, open meeting...
Dear Editor, As a former director of the Hi-Line Retirement Center and after attending the meeting I have a few comments and questions. If the money is raised as hoped for, who will be in charge of how the money is spent? I would hope it would be handled by the full hospital and nursing home boards and not by one person. I have heard a lot of comments by people who have not been to the HLRC or to a board meeting. Go to a meeting. Both sides need to be heard. Does the public know of the services offered? Skilled care, where you get almost total...
Dear Editor, Open letter by Bill Fisher (Traveling Wolf): I was born on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in 1943. I’m sharing my paternal history as taught me by my elders and relatives: 1855 My 3rd-great paternal grandfather, Bear’s Shirt signatory of the United States Treaty with the Blackfeet is the only relevant connection to current inheritance of Belknap water rights. This 1855 Treaty signaled the first written claim to all Fort Belknap land aquifer rights, et al to maintain health, life and hunting. In 1855 the Blackfeet Nation lan...
What could more exciting to a group of high school aged, young adults than a trip to the local newspaper? Watching water drip from a faucet comes to mind. Listening to Grandpa snore would be an option. What about the rip-roaring good time known as insurance seminars? The list goes on and on, but when Malta High School’s Ashley Pankratz -- who teaches English and Creative Writing -- asked if she could bring a group of students to the offices of the Phillips County News, who was I to say “it will bore them to tears?” On March 20, these stude...
The Third Annual NE MT Sing--Middle School Honor Choir event will have schools from our county and beyond participating in this event. Students selected by their Choir Directors will rehearse together Monday, March 16 at the Malta High School Auditorium. Larry Swingen will be directing the choir. Linda DeVries will accompany. We rehearse all day, and sing a concert at 5:30 and the MHS Auditorium. The public is invited to come and enjoy the music made by 100 area musicians. Schedule 9:15-9:30 seating 9:30-11:00 rehearsal 1 11:00-11:15 break...
Celine Crasco, Colt French, Kendall Moore, Carly Garfield, Emilie Carrillo, and Taylor Gilkerson have been chosen as Students of the Second Trimester at Malta Middle School. They have been chosen because they have demonstrated having a positive attitude, manners, politeness to all, doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do, citizenship, and being respectful. Celine, a sixth grader, is the daughter of Brandon Crasco and Sheila Messerly. Colt is the son of Mark and Staci French and is also a sixth grader. Kendall, a seventh...
A baby girl, Kallen Irene, was born at 12 p.m. at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont., on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, to Jarid and Diane Jensen of Glasgow. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19¾ inches long. Her maternal grandparents are David and Susan Renner of Nashua and her paternal grandparents are Paul and Dorothy Jensen of Hinsdale...
Bonnie Lankford accompanied daughter grandson to Mayo Clinic where they successfully operated on his arm that he had previously broken and it was not healing correctly. Terri Cole left with daughter Colleen and granddaughter for Minnesota to check out colleges for the granddaughter. She will also visit Winks 97 year old aunt, living there and who recently suffered a heart attack. The committee planning the all class reunion met and are starting to finalize plans for different events they hope...
Congratulations to the family of Everett Blunt on his baptism. Cindy Clark officiated and Tyler and Brittney Anthony are the God parents. The Lutheran church in Loring was almost brim full with the Blunt families and the Lumsden families! A delicious meal was served at the hall after the services! Many from this community traveled to Missoula for the Montana Girls Class C Tournament! The Saco Whitewater Hinsdale team did very well taking second place! Of course most of the community traveled to...
Congratulations to all teams for their games. Congratulations to Saco-Whitewater-Hinsdale teams for their great games. Best of luck at state. Remember, “it is no whether you win or lose, it is how you play the games” I’ll let the sports writers write about the scores and logistics. Thanks to KMMR for the coverage as I listen to the games. The Lumsdens went on a cruise to tropical paradise islands. (I forgot the island’s names.) They had a great time (they farm-ranch in Loring and Carol teaches...
Whist High – Terry Stiles 54, Second Leonard Leader. Traveling Prize – Jeanette Heinle. Pinochle High – Roger Ereaux, 8470, second Jeanette Heinke, 7630. Traveling Prize, Kenny Jensen and Helen Gderjuhn. Roger Ereaux had 800 kings. Malta Duplicate Bridge Club On Wednesday, February 25, Byron Ereaux and Margo Rush came in first. Second place was awarded to Malcolm Clouse. The following Wednesday saw John Norgon and Les Solberg capture first place. Second was earned by Margo Rush and Bonnie Millar....
Producers are reminded that testing small grains seed for germination is a must, especially if you are holding seed back from last year. Sprout and germination of a seed from last fall’s moisture will affect the seed's ability to germinate this year. Producers can count out a representative 100 seeds and place them on a wet paper towel on a cookie sheet. Place the seeds on the cookie sheet in rows evenly spaced. Cover with plastic wrap and place the cookie sheet in a window where the sun s...
Phillips County Saddle Club is seeking public comment on what we should do with the saddle club barn at Trafton. The barn is in need of some TLC. A new tin roof is needed because the shingles are getting really weathered, leaks are starting to show up and the snow load has caused the trusses to sag. The electrical all needs to be updated. The drainage around the barn creates a sheet of ice in the barn in the winter time. The toe of the flood dike is about four feet up on the back wall of the barn. The leaf and vegetation debris against the...
Members of Malta's Boys and Girls Club recently spent a busy afternoon completing arts and crafts projects provided by the Malta Dirt Daubers Garden Club. Under the direction of member Toni Ziegler, and with volunteer helpers from Malta Kiwanis, the children completed both sparkly sun catchers and yarn designs called God's eye. Throughout the year, the Dirt Daubers and Kiwanis have participated in various art activities with the children....
The Saco-Whitewater-Hinsdale (SWH) Lady Panthers ended the season on the same note that got them to the 2015 Class C State Championship game in Missoula, and that's with ferocious defense. The team faced a 13 point deficit against the eventual champion Gardiner Lady Bruins, and brought it down to one point late in the fourth quarter. Ultimately a lack of fast break points and foul calls cost the team as they fell 55-48 to the Bruins. On the way to the championship game, the Lady Panthers...
The undefeated M-ettes won’t be the only undefeated team at the 2015 State Girls B Tournament in Great Falls this week. In fact they aren’t even the only undefeated team on their side of the bracket. If the M-ettes make it to the semi-final round, they will have to face Forsyth, who is champion from the Southern B Tournament last week. Forsyth became champs in their division by defeating Manhattan who was undefeated prior to their clash. Forsyth defeated Manhattan 48-29. In order for the M-e...
For the first time in a few years the Mustangs (15-10) will miss the state tournament after losing 53-40 to the Rocky Boy Northern Stars in the Northern B challenge game last Monday. The Stars previously lost the Northern B Championship 86-59 to Choteau on Saturday night. The challenge game was a continuation of the 2015 Northern B Division Tournament that started in Shelby last week. Losing their opening game 56-55 to the Shelby Coyotes on Thursday night, the Mustangs clawed their way back into the state question after defeating Plentywood...
On February 17, 47 students from the Malta Elementary School participated in the science fair. Students were judged by Doc Curtis, Anne Booth, Pat Hickey, Fritz Prellwitz, Dan Wiederrick, Cody Oxarart, Thea Solberg, Darrin Demarais, Kayla Elkins, Marko Manukian, Russ Osmundson, and Colleen Barnard and scored in the areas of Physical, Life, Chemical and Earth to qualify in one of the following Divisions Gold, Silver, or Bronze. Medals were presented to 17 students on February 18 at the awards...
PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG Feb 27 thru Mar 5 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 do-ing any burning in 2015, please file one BEFORE you start to burn. These permits are good for all of 2015 and you o...
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...
Wozek Chandler is a senior at Dodson High School. She is the daughter of Sean and Lynette Chandler. Wozek has proven to be a great leader. She is respectful, kind, motivated and cooperative. She is willing to go the extra mile for herself and others. Lane Walling is a junior at Dodson High School. He is the son of Luke and Angie Walling. Lane has great attendance of school. He has a great attitude and a commendable work ethic....