One Nation, Under God
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The year that Curtis and Bonnie Starr took over the Phillips County News in Malta, Ronald Reagan was finishing up his first term as U.S. President, a first-class postage stamp could be had for 22-cents and Meet me in Montana hit number one on the Billboard Country charts. The year was 1985. In the previous year, the Starrs and another couple purchased the Chinook Opinion and Harlem News from the Johnson family. After running those two papers for a year it became apparent that they weren’t large enough to support two large families (each f... Full story
It was said, a long time ago, that a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, that was said in the day and age before Facebook. Now the saying could be changed to “a picture is worth a thousand words … but if you have a thousand friends on Facebook, the pictures could generate millions of words. On a whim, about two years ago, Malta resident Ken Ulrich posted a few pictures on his personal Facebook page of Malta High School, photos taken back in the early 1960’s when he attended the school. He was shocked to see how many people commented on th... Full story
On Tuesday afternoon, Malta superintendent of schools Kris Kuehn was notified of a bomb threat at the high school. Kuehn said in a press release that the situation was significant enough to reflect a possible imminent threat to the students and staff and canceled school for Wednesday. That choice was the absolute correct one to make for the school and the community. In this day and age, for a variety of reasons, threats like this can’t be viewed as pranks or April Fools jokes. They must be taken seriously. The mainstream media, almost daily i... Full story
For nearly three years the businesses in downtown Malta have been dealing with what Public Works Director John Demarais calls a “phantom smell.” He said that the smell pops up in random areas, lingers for a few minutes and then disappears. “We can’t figure out where it is coming from,” he said. Demarais said that one day about three years ago he got a call from Blades Hair and Nail design, located on the cover of Central Avenue and First Street, complaining about a foul, unexplained odor. He said that the smell was contained to a 15-foot s... Full story
While Phillips County is experiencing a cool spell, drought stricken California and other south western states (38% of the U.S.) will produce less agriculture products in 2014. It also means there will continue to be a beef cattle shortage as herds in those areas will shrink. Early estimates are that food prices may rise 3.5% or higher this year. People on fixed incomes and on the low end of the economic spectrum will be hit the hardest. However, all consumers and companies that are still... Full story
The Alpha Zeta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma hosted an awards program for their annual creative writing contest March 27 at the Malta High School Auditorium. This year's essay topic was "volunteerism" and the students approached the topic from different perspectives. They did all agree, however, that volunteering is important in our communities and the benefits are great for both the recipients and those volunteering. When volunteering, the students felt good about themselves and realized they... Full story
Montana Veteran Affairs in Malta Judy Loendorf and /or Steve Mulonet, Service Offices for Montana Veteran Affairs Division, will be in Malta on Wednesday, April 16, at the Phillips County Hospital Conference Room from 1:30 until 3 p.m. Call 406-265-4225 for more information. Malta Trails Meeting Malta Trails, Annual/Regular meeting with pizza at 6 p.m., April 9th 2014 at Stretch’s. Dirt Daubers Meeting Malta Dirt Daubers will meet at 1:00 pm on Sat. April 12 at Karl ‘s Greenhouse. Patty Simons will a demonstration on how to create a min... Full story
Some folks certainly consider themselves above the law. Troy Carlson apparently does. A Minnesota resident whose family owns property south of Malta in in the Larb Hills, Carlson was ordered to pay more than $2,000 in fines and restitution for allowing his teenage son to illegally kill a 5X5 bull elk during the 2013 archery season. According to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, FWP warden Ben Morin was responding to a trespassing call from the family’s Blue Ridge Ranch when he... Full story
Dear Mark, I once read a comment written by a “writer” which stated: “Seldom will anyone comment on something that you’ve written unless it made them mad.” Now isn’t that sadly the truth. But there is something else woven into that simple, profound statement that I would like to focus on this morning, that ‘something” is the word “seldom.” Here is your “seldom,” Mark: I greatly appreciated you’re the front page article from the March 26 issue of the Phillips County News entitled “Chetto Makes his debut at Malta Elementary.” Excellent huma... Full story
April 14, 2004 – 10 Years Ago Governor Judy Martz presented Malta and Phillips County with the Montana Tourism Community of the Year Award during the Governor’s Conference on tourism in Billings April 6. The award recognizes the efforts of the community in promoting and developing tourism in the area. Accepting on behalf of the Malta Chamber of Commerce were Dave Miller, Board Member of Missouri River Country tourism council and Ann Boothe, director of PhillCo and the Chamber of Commerce. Sta... Full story
Lila Raymond Favorite Snack: Coffee and Rolls Favorite Book: Silver Favorite Meal: Thanksgiving Dinner Favorite Holiday: Christmas What you did before retirement: Teacher at Malta and Dodson.... Full story
Kerry Ann (Minnerath) Ross, 63, passed away of natural causes Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Garden Grove Medical Center in Garden Grove, Calif. She suffered from severe rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and COPD. Cremation has taken place and a memorial services and interment will take place in the Saco Cemetery this July. A date will be announced near that time. She was born to Raymond G. and Ida (Fjeldheim) Minnerath on Nov. 21, 1950, in Glasgow, Mont. She attended school in Saco and Glasgow, graduating from Saco High in 1968. She married James... Full story
Knox Chase Sorensen was born on April 3, 2014, weighing eight pounds and one ounce, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. His parents are Avery and Leif Sorensen of Malta, Mont. His grandparents are Jeri and Tammi Engstrom of Bosie, Idaho, and David Sorensen of Fort Peck Mont.... Full story
Spring is finally here. We are happy to announce that Sharon is back in town too. Starting Tuesday, April 15th, the Museum will be back to being open daily from 10:00 to 5:00, and open Sunday afternoons 12:30 to 5:00. The next monthly Historical Society meeting is this coming Thursday, April 10th at noon at the Museum location 431 Highway 2 East. Everyone welcome. We will be closed Easter Sunday in observance of the day. School tours are now being scheduled, call to arrange a time with your group. Our phone is 654-1037, and we are on Facebook,... Full story
Apologies to my readers and my contributors, for the last several weeks I haven’t gotten the news in by noon on Monday; therefore, the paper was filled and the article was scrapped. I am sorry for those of you who missed seeing your news in the paper. The deadline is noon on Monday. ELCW will be held at the Connie Wasson home on Wednesday at 7. The Loring Club card party will be held on April 13 at 1:00 in the Loring Hall. Prizes will be awarded and pie will be served! Several Loring residents w... Full story
The University of Montana Western College Foundation presented the Carol C. Sloan Memorial Rodeo Scholarship to Justinn Marshall, in the amount of $3000.00 for the 2014-2015 Academic year. Justinn is the daughter of Dale and Sue Marshall, of Saco. Last weekend, Marshall competed in the Bozeman college rodeo this past She rodeos for The University of Montana Western, out of Dillon. The first rodeo consisted of a long and short go. In the long go, Marshall won first in goat tying, with a 7.7,... Full story
The Phillips County Commissioners held their weekly meeting on Tuesday afternoon in Malta with four things on the agenda for the day. In attendance were County Commissioners Lesley Robinson, Richard Dunbar and Phillips County Clerk and Recorder Marian Ereaux. First up was the approval of seven new motor graders. The bid was awarded to Tractor and Equipment at a cost of $59, 520 each (after a trade-in value of $243,000 on each grader was calculated. The cost of a new 160M2 model of Cat Graders $304,470. ) The funds to purchase the items will... Full story
Members of the Malta Dirt Daubers Garden Club and the Malta Kiwanis worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Malta last week making self-watering plants. One of the goals of the National Garden Club is to encourage recycling. The plant slips used by the children were donated by the members of the Garden Club.... Full story
Last weekend, four wrestlers from Malta attended the State Folk Style tournament in Butte with head coach Ryan Labrie and they fared "very well." Trey Simanton was the oldest of the wrestlers from Malta at the tournament and according to coach Labrie faced the toughest competition. "He ended up finishing fourth," he said. "He wrestled up a bracket against some quality opponents that we have seen this year and the top ranking wrestler in the state won the bracket. "He wrestled phenomenally. He en... Full story
It was a cold and windy start for the Malta M-ettes and Mustangs who were able to participate in the Glasgow Invitational last Saturday. A few team members were missing due to not having the minimum amount of practices, including freshman Sophia Stiles, Jada Nicholson and Sarah Ware. M-ettes The Malta M-ettes scored 64 points on their way to fourth place. Glasgow won the day sweeping both boys and girls team scores. The Lady Scotties scored 147 points, followed by Plentywood and Chinook who... Full story
The Wolf Point Invitational that was slated for Saturday was cancelled due to the course not being ready. However, the Malta golf team had its first meet in Shelby a day prior at the Shelby Invitational and did well. The girls team by Senior Tyanna Dunbar, who shot a 116. Dunbar finished sixth in individual scoring She was followed by junior Kelsey Kuehn, who shot 125, good enough for a ninth place finish. Kristi Grandlund was tenth with a score of 134. Taryn Shores came close to a top ten... Full story
Last week marked the start of the 2014 Major League Baseball season. With that comes countless hours of looking up at my phone and away hoping the little blips on the screen indicate a score from my Chicago White Sox or a strikeout, double or triple play from their defense. Those “blips” on the screen remind me that I do not have cable and I will not likely see a Chicago baseball game, basketball game or football game because I’m not in the Windy City anymore. There are a few things I miss... Full story
Kourtney Simonson fared well in her 2014 debut, winning her flight of the 800 meter run and placing second overall with a time of 2:35.84 at the 2014 Glasgow Invitational last Saturday. The meet featured 13 class B and C schools. “I was really not looking forward to it, because I know how hard of a race it is to run,” said Ky. Simonson. “It was my first one of the year, but I’m glad I came out and got the time that I did. It’s a good starting point of the season.” Through she did well in the event, she knows that there is a major part of the... Full story
Mustang senior Zach Handley and M-ette freshman Sophia Stiles have both been honored for their basketball play this past week in the Great Falls Tribune. Handley has made the 2014 Boys Super-State team. “It means a lot as a player (to make the Super-State team) but it’s more of a tribute to my team and coaches as well,” said Zach Handley. “They helped me throughout the season and my four years.” Handley has been a consistent all around ball player in Malta head coach David Costin’s system sinc... Full story
