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Phillips County EMS Coordinator Rhei Tharp handed out a few plaques this past week to three well-deserving Malta residents. Misty Murdick won the Phillips County EMS Community Member of the Year award for 2021. Tharp said of Murdick, "We had switched billing companies and had a gap where no money was coming in for a short while. Misty stepped up and held a fundraiser that really saved our bacon!" Patience Wiltse won the Phillips County Dispatcher of the Year award for 2021. "Most counties will...
The Montana Department of Transportation held an open house on Tuesday, June 15, at the Milk River Pavilion. The subject of discussion was the Highway 191 South project. About 25 members of the Malta community were present for the open house. Some just curious, and some with concerns as to how it would affect them and their land or business. Regarding the public open house, Glendive District Administrator Shane Mintz said, "We're always grateful to the people who join us during these open...
The Phillips County Library would like to announce that they were awarded an "Excellent Library Service Award" from the Montana State Library Commission in April. In the letter accompanying the award, State Library Commission Chair, Bruce Newell stated, "I commend you for working toward excellence in a year that tested all of us – our community members, ourselves, and our staff. It was a year when simply completing the bare minimum could be a challenging endeavor, yet you, your staff, and b...
Since it was established in 1898, the Little White Church (LWC) in Malta had had 40 pastors, it's current minister, Kent Gordon, celebrated his retirement on Saturday, June 12. Prior to Pastor Kent and his wife, Sue Gordon, moving to Malta in 1993 to lead the church, the church had not seen much longevity at the position, with some pastors staying only a few months and a couple staying for three years of service. Gordon was a science teacher at Malta High School for 16 of the years that he had...
Smokey the Bear says, “Beware of fires.” There are already fires, mostly in Western Montana. “Get Well” wishes to Gale Young (my daughter), and all who are sick. Congratulations to Whitewaters own Jeremiah LaBrie on the swimming medals he won. Wonderful!! Drivers and pedestrians beware and watchful of each other. Something bad can happen in an instant. This is especially true during summer when people are out. These high winds make it hard for people to stand. Pastor Bob and Julie Nagy went on...
The Loring community picnic was another success! Attendance was down, but there was lots of visiting, cooking, and eating! I found someone who could detail my car! So much dog hair in it and now it looks great! A huge number of relatives and friends came to Loring on Saturday to give Iver Johannesen a final farewell. He had many friends! I had a meeting with the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum board and staff on Wednesday. I had the misfortune of falling on the lawn and injured my shoulder on...
The weather is still changing all the time and keeping us wondering 'what's next?.' It goes from very hot with wind to really quite chilly-with wind. The few days we have had hot have really been hot for June, some have broken records for this time of June. Polly Solberg attended the funeral for Darlene Fauth Boothe in Malta. Terri Cole has had several kids home visiting and helping out, including Zack and Sarah, Matt and Heidi, Melinda, Shannon, and Steve. It was good to visit Melinda as she...
The Phillips County Library has the theme of “Tails and Tales” for this summer’s reading program. Preschoolers through coming high school seniors are encouraged to sign up and earn an award for every five hours of reading, up to 40 hours. Sign-up began the week of June 7. It is important to read during the school break to help avoid the “summer slump”. It is with great appreciation that the library thanks its sponsors who make the summer reading program such a success. The library has a selection of various items for all the readers who make...
I like to fish. A lot. But even though fishing is best this time of year, I can’t help but think it’s only a little more than two months until hunting season begins. And I really like to hunt. It seems only a short time ago that hunting season ended and seven months of waiting began. But the older I get the faster time flies. The once-interminable wait between seasons now hardly offers even enough time to dry my boots before I’m off again. I’m not alone in this. I have friends who are also co...
University of Montana Jenise Amestoy, Bachelor of Arts: Economics, CUM LAUDE Shelby Cole, Master of Science: Cell, Molecular, Microbial Bio Blake Sjostrom, BS in Health/Human Performance: Health & Human Performance, MAGNA CUM LAUDE Sophia Stiles, Certificate: Public Health Administration ------ MSU-Northern Steeler French, BS in Business Administration ---- Montana State University Marley Manoukian, Master of Science in Animal and Range Sciences Heather Ost, Bachelor of Science in Psychology...
Young and dedicated youth of the American Legion Juniors, Samme Gibbs, Denvyr and Lauren Tuss, on both short notice and zero budget worked over five hours for a combined energy donation of 25 hours to create and erect a poster to welcome the bike riders of the American Legion on their 1000 miles in 24-hour trek across the state. With the assistance of two American Legion members, their poster was 20 feet long with the logo chosen by the youth it read: "CHOOSE LIFE". The "i" in LiFE had the semic...
As those of us that work here at the newspaper are working hard to get this weeks issue done and put together, we are without our fearless leader, Pierre Bibbs. He is on a well deserved vacation visiting his family in Illinois. I say fearless leader and I mean it, but he may be shell-shocked, and we can’t blame him for that. The three of us that are here, doing the best we can to get this weeks’ paper put together, have a grand total of a little over a year of experience. I’m not sure how Pierre has kept it together, but he has. He has done...
1 years ago- Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Ulrich honored for 50-years in Chapter AK, P.E.O. Sisterhood Audrey Ulrich was recently honored at the 89th Convention Montana State Chapter P.E.O. Sisterhood, Big Sky, Montana, as an active member for over 50 years. Ulrich received a Certificate of Recognition and other gifts to celebrate the milestone. She is an active member of the local Chapter AK. The P.E.O. Sisterhood raises money for scholarships and low-interest loans for women to continue their education. Locally the chapter gives a $500...
Senator Mike Lang, SD 17, Malta, received the Outstanding Friend of Farm Bureau Award during the Montana Farm Bureau Summer Conference June 7-9 in Great Falls. Senator Lang, who served as chairman of the Senate Ag Committee, gained one of the highest scores from the Montana Farm Bureau in the organization's history. This award is given to the Senator and Representative who had the highest overall scores on MFBF's legislative scorecard; these legislators demonstrated their support of Montana...
A commencement ceremony for Class 44 of the Montana Youth Challenge Academy took place June 12 at Vigilante Stadium in Dillon. Seventy-nine cadets were acknowledged for their completion of the program, including Adrien Oshio, from Malta, MT. Elsie Arntzen, Montana's State Superintendent of Public Instruction was the guest speaker. Other distinguished guests included Major General John (Pete) Hronek, the Adjutant General for Montana, and Michael Reid, the Chancellor of The University of Montana-W...
American Legion Riders Chapter 4, Dog Tag Buddies, and Tenacious Dames Riding Club teamed up to spread awareness about suicide in Montana. The Ride for Tomorrow, adding miles to the conversation, was held on Saturday, June 19. It consisted of an Iron Butt challenge and many other summer solstice routes that bikers could ride. The Iron Butt challenge was a 1,000 mile in 24-hour ride circling the state that had about 45 to 50 riders in it, with Malta being one of the stops along the way. The...
Something peculiar happened last Tuesday, June 8, at the Malta Mustangs Football team's practice field. A trio of Hi-Line teams including the Mustangs, Glasgow Scotties, and Havre Blue Ponies came together for a scrimmage-type camp. Over 40 athletes were in attendance. "It just gives us a chance to run our plays and start finding which guys can fit into which position as well as how they match up with other teams so that we are not always going up against each other," Coach Oxarart said. The...
4 Malta Graduate, Anthony Wegner, is living out one of his dreams. He is racing in the HCMA series. (High Country Motocross Association) "Growing up, I kind of always had an interest in dirt bikes, but what really ignited the flame was the freestyle motocross show that came to town for the car show," said Wegner. The HCMA series holds 6 different events over the spring and summer months with many different classes racing at each event. Wegner is currently riding a 2021 Kawasaki 250 and is...
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, the Dodson Speedway held their first race of the year and it was a benefit race for Michael Jaynes and Corrine Hould. Both families are Speedway racers and the dollars generated are being split 50/50. There were 8 stock car drivers that paid fees to race with the race being sponsored by First State Bank of Malta. The rain received last week left the track with a few well placed water holes and the drivers quickly learned how to navigate around them as to not end up...
The Malta M-ettes basketball team found some top-notch competition on Friday, June 18, at the Malta Gymnasium. The round robin tournament consisted of four teams including Malta, who finished fourth in last season's Class B state tournament. The other teams were the top three teams in last year's Class C state tourney. Fort Benton, the Class C state champs. North Country, who finished second, and Roy-Winifred who finished third. Malta's Head Coach Nate Hammond said, "We were fortunate to get som...
HELP WANTED Dairy Queen Hiring Summer Staffing Current Team Employees will earn an additional $1.50 per hour Summer Incentive. New team employees hired during the Summer, may still qualify for Summer incentive program. This will be determined upon hiring. We offer competitive pay for adults and high school students, Quarterly Bonus Program, Reduced Meal Plan and personalized scheduling of shifts. Please pick-up application at DQ Store. Upon interview, detail of Summer Bonus Program will be outlined. --------------------------- Circulation...
LEGALS The Malta Irrigation District will be shutting down canals and laterals for demoss from approximately June 23 to July 6, 2021. Please contact your ditch rider if you have additional questions. Any other questions, please call Russell at (406) 654-1440 or his cell phone at (406) 654-7380. (Published by Phillips County News 6/16, 6/23/2021) MNAXLP ---------------------- REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES . The Town of Saco is soliciting proposals to hire a firm to provide general engineering and/or grant writing and...
The registration deadline for the 20-mile Boats in the Breaks canoe and kayak race on the Wild and Scenic Missouri River is quickly approaching. The deadline to sign up is June 30. Space is limited, so register now at https://runsignup.com/Race/Info/MT/FortBenton/BoatsintheBreaks or by visiting the Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument website at missouribreaks.org. The race will be held July 17, beginning at Fort Benton and ending at the Wood Bottom Recreation Area. It’s part of this year’s celebration of the 20th birthday of the Upper Mis...
The annual Knghts of Columbus/Shrine picnic was held June 8. It was a rainy Tuesday evening, A small group attended due to the forcast. The Malta Shrine Club took this opportunity to honor Pierce Mortenson and his family to recognize him for being selected to play in the 74th annual East-West Shrine football game. Also representing the Malta Mustangs for the East team will be Coach Nick Oxarart and as an Alternate Player Beau Simonson of Whitewater. This year's game will be played Saturday June...
The Malta Mustangs football team was well represented at the 74th annual East-West Shrine Game held at Daylis Stadium in Billings on Saturday, June 19. Pierce Mortenson played offensive guard for the East team, and Coach Nick Oxarart was an assistant coach for the East. Oxarart said, "We had a great week of practice even though the temperature reached triple digits a couple of the days. The week not only allowed for installation of a defensive and offensive game plan, but it also allowed new...
