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The 100th Annual Phillips County Fair was presented with a plethora of fine an-imals from the Phillips County 4-H Clubs. Though there were many students and livestock animals that stood out, none stood-out as much as this year's stock of market champions and reserve champions who were: Reserve Champion Market Lamb raised by Danie Rhodes was purchased by Jones Brothers Hay for $6.00 a pound; Reserve Champion Market Swine raised by Carson Ottinger was purchased by Triangle Telephone for $6.00 a...
In District Court in Malta at the end of July, one person was sentenced to three years probation for drug charges stemming from 2014 and another was due to enter a plea on recent drug charges, but became sick while in the courthouse and left to go to the emergency room. State of Montana versus Alexa Whitright On Monday, July 27 in District Court, Whitright accepted a plea deal with the State of Montana which will leave her on probation for the next three years. Whitright was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a dangerous drug, a...
The number of exhibitors at the 100th Phillips County Fair was 100 more than a year ago and paid out nearly $1,000 more than the 99th. "A total of 91 of the exhibitors are new this year," Joy Linn said. "We expected to be up this year since this was the 100th. We are very happy with the turnout." Linn attributed the large increase in the new exhibitors to an influx of Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, Malta Extension participants taking part in this year's Open Class categories. "I would say a...
The newspaper industry has been in decline for some time now. Coincidentally, that decline began about the time I got into the business. Just like fishing, it was another case of you should have been here yesterday. I remember laughing at the concept of folks sitting on the toilet reading the news on computers. I thought of that this morning while perched on the porcelain throne perusing my smart phone for Donald Trump quotes. But while I’ve begun to embrace this new technology and waste way t...
Dear Editor, WOW is just one of the many adjectives I heard this weekend to describe the 100th Fair and the All School Reunion in Dodson. The Reunion Committee did an outstanding job! The food was great, the auction turned out perfect and a good time was had by all at the dance! The janitorial staff at the school had it looking absolutely fantastic. The Fair Board, who always do a great job, outdid themselves this year for a truly wonderful event. The exhibits were up and the midway was just right. Thank you from the Town of Dodson and Alumni...
Dear Editor, Once again our public lands are under siege by the American Prairie Foundation. BLM and State leases are targets to be controlled by the APF for free ranging bison. These are not wild bison. "Wild" is being used as false advertising by the APF to collect money from environmentalists. BLM and DNRC must change "class of livestock" to authorize domestic/hybrid bison on public lands. Bison cannot be authorized on public land period. Bison are destructive to the range resource and to the wildlife habitat we have now. A fence will not...
Dear Editor, FMD is a very contagious viral disease of cloven hoofed animals, wild and domestic. It causes high fever, lameness so severe the animal often refuses to stand, severe slobbering, and refusal of food. Most animals recover after an outbreak, but the disease can lead to permanently unhealthy individuals. The viral strain involved and the species sickened causes wide variations in signs of the initial disease and the lingering after effects. Just like the annual debate about which flu strain will be prevalent this winter, the disease...
To eat one more hand-dipped corndog would risk possible combustion. Another cup of lemonade would surely make my teeth fall out. There is no way I could stomach another cheeseburger – as awe-some as they are – nor does my stomach have room for one more fried onion…well, maybe room for just one. The 100th Annual Phillips County Fair came to a close yesterday after-noon and in my estimation, it was a huge success. Now I don’t have receipts to back this claim. I don’t know if the four day event was profitable (and by profitable I mean it made t...
Stevensville - Yvonne B. Holman passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015. Yvonne Blanche Wheeler was born in Kevin, MT on Christmas Day, 1927 to Laura (Lolly) and Harold Wheeler. She lived in Choteau, MT until 1942 and then moved to Charlo, MT where she graduated from high school in 1945. Her life-long love of music grew from many years of piano and dancing lessons when she was young. In 1947 Yvonne married Earl Morrie Norgon. They adopted two children: a son, John, and a daughter, Maureen Kay. They...
What a great 100th birthday celebration for the Phillips County Fair! A grand thank-you to the PC Fair board for the extra efforts to ensure a fun time was had by all! Congratulations to all the contestants who entered items in the fair. Did you know that Phillips County was winning prizes with its agriculture products as early as 1909? Mr. Geo Kier of Malta was the first place prize winner for his exhibit of “Timothy In Sheaf” at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska in 1909. The PC Museum invites you in to view the “Mo...
The big 100 year celebration of the continuous Phillips County Fair and the Dodson All School Reunion are over after a busy and fanfare laden weekend. It was so nice to see the fairgrounds and the Town spruced up and so many campers, RVs and trailers, (and big pickups). (Cars are going to be outlawed one of these days!) It was really wonderful to see so many of the “older” graduates from earlier years that came back and attended this year. Since I had kids in school during the 50s, 60s and 70s...
What a wonderful week for the 100th Anniversary of the Phillips County Fair! I'm sure that most of you visited with your friends and neighbors who you don't see very often! Dave and Cindy Clark returned from a trip to Minnesota to see Cindy's mom and family. They had a great time! Dixie Stordahl had an appointment in Malta on Thursday. She had lunch with Anjelica FourStar and spent time with Barbara Cowan. The temperatures were cool this week with lots of needed rain at the beginning of the...
Senior Meals Thursday, August 6th - Lasagna Friday, August 7th - Dill Salmon Tuesday, August 11th - Roast Beef July birthdays listed - Frank Bednarczyk, Linda Brown, Darlene Flesche, Leonard Leader, Lew McNamara, Betty Simpson, Ron Soennichsen, Art Solberg, and Lorraine Watson . And the winner is: Lorraine Watson - Congratulations. OK August babies let us know your birthdate when you sign in for dinner. Youth ATV Presentation The Phillips County Farm Bureau will be offering Youth ATV Safety Presentations during the fair. Targeted age group 9...
PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG July 19 thru Portion of July 26 Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. July 19, 2015 1:01 a.m. Female reported receiving threats from another female; Deputy handled the call. 3:45 a.m. Lake Wind Advisory in effect from 11am to 9pm tonight. 4:15 a.m. 911 received reporting someone trying to break into a residence off the Frontage Road; Deputy and local Border Patrol Agent responded to the call; case file started. 7:37 a.m. Male reported s...
1 years ago August 6, 1915 Prizes for women Women of Montana can compete exclusively for $1,600 in prizes at the Montana State Fair this fall. This is in three divisions of culinary, fancy work and fine arts. No bar is made to women exhibiting in other divisions however and if a woman rancher of the state raises the best wheat she is eligible for the $1,500 auto wheat prize. Malta News Tuesday evening Deputy Sheriff Nelson arrested a certain Malta young man for fighting on Front Street and he...
The license plates on vehicles sitting near Dodson School on Friday night ranged from Flathead County to Washington State and from Yellowstone County to Idaho. Nearly 220 past Dodson School attendees and their families converged in Coyote Country this past weekend to attend the 100th All Class Reunion for the school, some sticking around the next day to take part in a parade that coincided with the 100th Phillips County Fair. "This is a really good turnout," said Dodson's Bonnie Lankford. "We th...
Notice of Public Hearings The Malta City Council will conduct two public hearings on August 11, 2015 at 5:35 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. in the council chambers of City Hall. The purpose of the public hearings is to receive public comment(s) on the annual street maintenance assessment and the annual street lighting assessment for 2015/16. Persons and/or agent(s) may appear in person or send written comments to Mayor Jones, PO Box 1300, Malta, MT 59538 no later than 5pm August 11, 2015. Lorie R. Bond Clerk/Treasurer (Published by Phillips County News...
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Opportunity Link has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive $100,000 for a creative placemaking project to support vibrant rural and tribal communities in Northcentral Montana with the arts at their core. Opportunity Link will receive $100,000 to plan a Hi-Line Arts Trail and commission public art. NEA Chairman Jane Chu announced 69 Our Town awards totaling almost $5 million through the Our Town program's fifth year of funding. The NEA received 275 applications for Our Town this year and will make grants ranging...
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If you were fortunate to make your way to the free stage at times throughout the fair you would have seen some pretty astounding talent. One act that was rather impressive and at times suspenseful and other times hilarious was that of Mike and Mitchell of Saskatoon Canada, who go by the name of "Double Vision." I was enjoying the show with my wife Susan and son P.J. when the unthinkable happened. Crowd participation. Typically if you see a guy with a camera, you leave that guy alone because...
Though the track for AMX racing has been the same for years, one man knew the track a little bit better than all other competitors at the 100th Annual Phillips County Fair event and it paid off. Dodson's Travis Anderson had the AMX track looking amazing after an astounding 17 hours of prep work and for his hard work, he took home First Place in the Stock Class Championship last Saturday. He was asked how it felt to win that race. "Like usual," Anderson said with a smile. "At least I finally fini...
Chinook's Powell wins P.C. Fair Demo Derby; Havre's Kultgen shows grit, determination For the first time in five years, the Phillips County Fair hosted a demolition derby and the event holding nearly 900 was a success. The event featured plenty of "rock'em sock'em" action and was highlighted by a win by Chinook's Garrett Powell. Powell won the Calcutta round, which was also the Championship Round of the derby. Among the highlights of the evening was Havre's Ashlee Kultgen, who had the crowd's...
The 100th Annual Phillips County Fair had many highlights including the Milk River Challenge Rodeo, which was the closing Grandstand event held last Sunday afternoon. The event brought many shouts from the rafters as many of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) riders put up eight second rides in both bull and saddle bronc riding events. The bull-riding event was won by TJ Allan who scored a day high 77 points. With over a dozen more riders in the Saddle Bronc category, the top...
Grapevine questions for this week were answered by citizens who were at the Milk River Challenge Rodeo at the 100th Annual Phillips County Fair last Sunday. Question A: What did you think of this year's fair? Question B: What was your favorite thing from this year's fair?...