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On Saturday afternoon, 15 Malta City and Phillips County Volunteer Firefighters spent their morning in a classroom in the Malta Fire Hall before taking what they learned outside and applied it a mobile burn unit pulled by a semi. "We are teaching them how to effectively manage a structure fire," said Brandon Brunelle of the Montana Fire Services Training School. Brunelle, a firefighter from Glasgow, spent about two hours with the Malta City and Phillips County Volunteers before the crew headed o...
On Wednesday, April 8, at the Annual Women of Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (WELCA ) no host luncheon, Ruth Flansaas was honored as a "Faithful Quilter." Ruth and John moved from their Loring farm into Malta and she started the Hands All Around quilting club in their basement. Her first quilt was made with the help of Grace Simser. It took them two days to cut out a Double Wedding Ring scrap quilt to make a 50th wedding anniversary gift for her parents, Marion & Iva Runnion. Sheila...
Briefly Senior Meals Thursday, April 6th - Hot Turkey Friday, April 17th - Fish & Chips Tuesday, April 21st - Baked Chicken April Birthdays - Let us know when you sign in for dinner if you have an April birthday - you could be the dinner ticket winner. Marian Hills Men’s Golf League Marian Hills Men’s Golf League is holding sign-ups for all interested Men’s League players. Please contact Bob Galt, 654-2340, if you are interested in playing. TOPS meet every Tuesday Tuesdays. Tops (Take of Pounds Sensibly) will meet every Tuesday now at the S...
I have a confession to make. During a recent vacation to the Bahamas, I ran over a chicken with my rental car and didn’t stop. I feared the bird would be worth much more dead than alive, and besides, there wasn’t a house in sight. It’s a good thing I didn’t run over the bird in Oregon. According to the Willamette Week, the Portland bike community is rallying to catch a man who allegedly killed a duck with his bicycle. The suspect, wearing red and white lycra, ran down the duck on his bike, t...
Last week I waxed poetic (AKA blabbered like a dunce) about how we would be black and white with last week’s paper but in the coming future the pages of the Phillips County News would be in color, at least for a spell. Well, the future is now. Unfortunately, Stan, our printing ace in Glasgow, traveled to Billings on Monday morning to get prepped for surgery. He said he is feeling fine, but that spot on his oesophagus turned out to be a cancerous tumor. He wasn’t sure if the doctors in Billings were going to operate, start chemotherapy or exa...
Cecelia E. Lankford DODSON-Cecelia E. Lankford, 101, a homemaker, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Hi-Line Care Center. Rosary was on Thursday, April 9, at Sacred Heart Parish in Dodson. Mass was Friday, April 10 at the Dodson High School. Interment was held in the James Cemetery South of Dodson. Condolences for the family may be left atwww.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com Cecelia (Ereaux) Lankford was born on the Fort Belknap Reservation on November 1, 1913 to Frank and Mary (Adams) Ereaux. She is an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre Tribe given...
Easton Paul Halstead was born on March 9, 2015 in Casper, Wyoming. Easton weighed 6 lbs. 1.4 oz. and is 18 1/4 in. long. He joins brother Hunter John and parents, Laurie and Brian Halstead at home in Rolling Hills, Wyoming. His maternal grandparents are Jim and Grace Pankratz of Opheim, Montana and paternal grandparents, Mike and Delores Halstead of Elgin, North Dakota....
Easter dinner for the public was served at the Dodson School on April 1. Thanks to the school for doing this and Hat’s off to the cooks for a wonderful dinner and the students who had the tables decorated so nice and served the people. Dora Henry spent Easter in Havre with Bill and Marilyn Henry. The community was saddened by the loss of our centenarian and friend, life-long resident Cecelia Lankford this past week. Her funeral was held on Friday, April 10, in a packed gym at the Dodson School....
Tyler and Brit Anthony and sons are moving away this week. We will certainly miss their crazy energy in this community, but wish them well in their new adventure! The Annual Loring Club Card Party was held on Sunday. Tom and Dixie Stordahl traveled to Billings for the weekend. They met up with many relatives of Tom’s at the funeral of Robert Stordahl. It was a time of remembering and sharing memories. Loring Lutheran Church will be at 9:30 on April 19 with Cindy Clark officiating. The D...
Easter Sunday, Whitewater Lutheran Church was packed with many guests. There was a baptism of baby Ryett Francis Anderson and his family attended. A delicious brunch was served before church. Congratulations to Bruce Hill of Whitewater and Mr. Pippen of Saco and others who won awards for the years teaching bowhunting. Lindsay Berg went to Canada to spend Easter with family including relatives from Big Sandy and me (Helen.) After dinner, we went to Sleeping Buffalo; it was awesome as they...
Hope everyone had a Happy Easter. Sally Austin, Jeanie Green and Jackie Cole went to Phillip Sudbrack’s funeral Saturday. Janice Reichelt and Shelly went to Kremlin recently to a Cancer Drive Cook-off named “Men who cook for Women who wine!” Joyce Austin and Denice Donovan’s two sons, Darby and Devon, won the cook-off. Jeanie Green went to Missoula last week to Carol Brown’s daughter’s wedding. Carol is a 1972 Whitewater graduate. Kate Webb and Pat Murdock drove to Great Falls last weekend and took in some art displays. They also visited Mor...
The Quilt Lady is coming! The presentation is FREE and open to the public! Mark your calendars for Sunday April 26. Sandy Barker will be examining the history of quilting and fabric dating while following two Montana families. Please join us for this entertaining speaker. If you have an antique quilt and would like help with dating it bring it along. Or if you just have an antique quilt you would like to share we would love to display it! Starting time is 1:30 at the PC Museum. The presentation is made possible through the Montana Humanities...
Justinn Marshall competed in the Bozeman College Rodeo this past weekend. In the first rodeo she made the short go in goat tying, with an 8.4. She won the short go with a 7.9, and was 3rd in the average. In the second rodeo she ended up seventh place in goats with an 8.3, and also seventh place in breakaway roping, with a 3.0....
1 years ago April 15, 1915 Headline: Bad auto accident Monday morning about three miles south of town, Al Shaw had the misfortune to turn his auto over with five occupants. They were coming in from the Larb Hills with Alex Doney, who is charged with horse stealing, when the accident occurred. John Survant, on of the passengers in the rear seat, was hurt quite badly, suffering a broken collar bone and some internal injuries and has since been confined to his room. Marvin Jones, another...
1 Years of Phillips County Fair, Past to Present John G. Osmundson, Poultry Judge from Richey, MT traveled to Dodson during the 1920's. He raised turkeys, ducks and chickens. Pictured is John (Russell's great grandfather) holding his grandson Howard Osmundson (Russell's father). Russell Osmundson, of First State Bank, has volunteered weighing in 4H livestock (steers, pigs & lambs) since 2007 to the present. Send your Phillips County Fair Past and Present to Sarah at sarahpc...
Question A: What was your favorite part of spring break? Question B: What are you looking forward to doing on summer break?...
Kelsey Kuehn, a senior at Malta High School, has been selected to receive the Fred L. Robinson Scholarship for 2015. This scholarship has been awarded annually to a Phillips County senior to honor past businessman Fred L. Robinson. The amount of the scholarship this year is $6,000. Kelsey is the Valedictorian of her senior class at Malta High School. She has been very involved with a number of clubs and organizations, as well as being a three sports athlete. She is a member of Key Club, Student Council, FCCLA and the National Honor Society....
Our springs sports season is off to a great start with three M-ettes (Darby, Sophia, and Jada) already qualifying for state in their first meet of the year. Keenan VanWichen knocked down a hole in one in Shelby and the Malta golf team is looking great after their first meet. Track and field doesn’t have the suspense that basketball or football does. The meets are long, cold, windy and sometimes wet, but there are a few great things about the sport. For one, the meet gives each of the athletes a...
The Malta M-ettes had a great week in Havre, taking first place in the Cal Wearley Memorial last Wednesday, April 8, with a total of 99.5 and third at the Havre Lions Meet last Saturday, with a total of 74. Darby Schye (shot put), Sophia Stiles (long and triple jump) and Jada Nicholson (high jump) all qualified for state thanks to the new state qualifying standards that can be found at MHSA.org. The team was led by Stiles who placed first in every individual event she participated in last week....
The Whitewater Lady Penguins track team took eighth place at the Havre Lions Meet last Saturday, with a total of 33 points. Kourtney Simonson is off to a great start this season taking second in the 800 meter dash at the Cal Wearley Meet. She recorded a time of 2:34, which is seven sconds slower than her personal best,, which is 2:27. "I'm happy with it, I just needed a starting point to improve on, so now I have it," Kourtney told the PCN. She admitted that she still isn't in the best running...
PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG Apr 2 thru Apr 7 Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. Please remember to file a new burn permit for the 2015 year. If you plan on doing any burning in 2015, please file one BEFORE you start to burn. These permits are good for all of 2015 and you only have to file one a year, not every time you burn. All 2014 permits will no longer be valid after December 31, 2014. Thank you! April 2 continued 3:36 p.m. MHP Dispatch received a report of a v...
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages are invited to attend the annual St. Mary’s Spring Fling starting at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 26 in the church basement. This year’s event focus is on family fun under the Big Circus Top and everyone is encouraged to join in games, fun and food. A Pasta Bar will be featured for lunch at $5 per person or $15 per family. All games are $1 and winners can select a sweet treat from the Dessert Buffet. All proceeds benefit the annual Care and Share appeal – everyone is welcome. The raffle drawi...
The fundraising committee for the Hi Line Retirement Center is so thankful for everyone who has contributed. We are getting closer to our goal! In fact, we are over half way there at $275,295. to the $500,000 goal. The strength of any community large or small is the people. You in this community make this a caring and giving place to live. Your help would be greatly appreciated in our efforts to help this desperately needed service in Phillips County, our home. Your donation can be left at the First State Bank. These are the groups, businesses...
Though the team is young, Saco track is off to a great start as they took on the Havre Lions Invitational meet last Saturday. The team’s lone varsity athlete, Alana Malmend fared well at the Havre Lions Invitational last Saturday, taking third in both the 200 meter dash (30.03) and high jump (4-06). Participating at the meet at junior varsity, Jada Sudbrack took first in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 57.90. Sudbrack also placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 12-10.25 and s...
March 31 Whist results First was Roger Ereaux, second was Jeanette Heinle and traveling was awarded to Roy Baeth. April 2 Pinochle results First was Jerry PePute, 5670, second was Roger Ereaux. 5570, traveling was awarded to Barb Stevens and Roger Ereaux. April 6 Whist results First was Roger Ereaux 40, second was Ken Ruezka, 39 and traveling was awarded to Clarence Blunt. April 9 Pinochle results First was Sharon Emond 5660, second was Sherman Doucette 5370, and traveling was awarded to Buck Stevens and Clair Waters....