One Nation, Under God
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Roadie is a ranch dog born from the mind of 1993 Saco High School graduate Scott Haynes. If you look closely at any of the illustrations in the Roadie books, you will quickly be able to see that Haynes pays homage to the area in which he spent his youth as each vehicle he draws has an 11 license plate and many of the humans are wearing Panthers gear. "You will also see Highway 2 signs throughout the books," said Haynes. "That happens all the time, even when I am just sketching. Home comes out,... Full story
For his 90th birthday, which was technically on August 14, Wally Henry's family and friends converged on Trafton Park in Malta on Saturday afternoon for a surprise party for the long-time Malta resident. The party came off without a hitch. The surprise portion on the equation, well, not so much. "It was supposed to be a big surprise, but I kind of caught on," Wally joked. "I've been watching little things happen...her (his wife, Doris) putting hamburger patties together by the bunches. I knew... Full story
The number of entries in the open classes at this year’s Phillips County Fair was up over last year by over 500. A total of 1,916 open class entries were judged this year compared to 1,498 last year and 1,292 in 2012 according to county fair figures provided this week. The total number of exhibitors grew by two with a total of 231 this year. Exhibitors, however, are still leaving a lot of potential premium monies on the table. This year’s open class offered the potential for $17,370 to be paid out in premiums to winners and placers in all of... Full story
Saco will be opening up their doors to students on Monday, August 18th. School hours for students are from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Teachers return on Thursday and Friday August 14th & 15th for orientation and some professional development. Saco will have three new teachers this year. Teaching our 2nd and 3rd grade students is Kaylee Nathe. Mrs. Nathe is a recent graduate from MSU-Northern and comes to us with fresh ideas and strong technology skills. Teaching our 4th and 5th grade students will be Ms. Leann (Pippin) Brown. Ms. Brown is actually... Full story
Senior Dinner Meals Thursday, August 14th - Ham & scalloped potatoes Friday, Aug. 15th - Hot beef sandwich Tuesday, Aug. 19th - Pork chops Phillips County 4-H 8-18. The PC 4-H Council will be having a meeting on Monday, August 18th at the P.C. Library basement at 7:00 p.m. Retired Teacher Luncheon 8-18. First Day of School NOT!!! Retired teachers will meet for a no host luncheon on Monday, August 18, noon, at the GN Lodge. Come and enjoy the day, because we don’t have to go to class! Malta Kiwanis 8-19. Malta Kiwanis will meet on Tuesday, A... Full story
The 99th Phillips County Fair found eighty-five youths competing in 540 projects. With 105 animals filling the barns and numerous indoor projects youth did very well in accomplishing many awards. Please check out page 5A of the PCN for trophy and award winners. The results of the market animal carcasses have not been completed so watch for those results in new weeks PCN. The Phillips County Extension office would like to take this opportunity to thank a few businesses and individuals for helping to make our county fair a success. Without the ma... Full story
Over 50 producers attended four crop plot tours the week of August 4. This is certainly a good showing as crops like peas and winter wheat were ripe and many producers were in the field harvesting. The Loring crop tour is planted by the MSU Havre Research Center and Peggy Lamb. Her data recorded 9.46 inches of moisture in 2013 and the variety plot averaged 60 bushels per acre for the 20 varieties of spring wheat. In 2014 the Malta radio station, KMMR had recorded 6.53 inches of precipitation... Full story
With drought conditions continuing in much of the Western and South Western US and the continued shrinking cattle inventory, L&H Packing Company of San Antonio, Texas closed its doors. The closure will impact the 325 employees. Cattle numbers are still at the 1950 level when the US population was 150 million. Today the US population is 318 million. L&H joins the growing list of victims from the drought. Last week Cargill announced the closure of its Milwaukee beef plant, and in early 2013... Full story
MDA honored MDA members and members of the dental team for their leadership among their peers during the MDA’s Annual Meeting in Missoula in May. Dr. Timothy C. Ballweber of Helena was presented the 2014 Clinical Excellence Award. Ms. Linda Shafer RDH of Bozeman received the 2014 Outstanding Dental Hygienist Award and Ms. Alicia Leukuma of Kalispell was presented the 2014 Outstanding Dental Assistant Award. Dr. Daniel J. O’Neill, who has since passed away, was presented the 2014 T. T. Rider Award at a special recognition luncheon in Butte in... Full story
August 13, 1914 100-years-ago Headline: Division of county has many ardent supporters That it would be wide policy for the people in the Saco prescient to join hands with Malta and Dodson in the endeavor to create the new county of Phillips with Malta as the county seat, was the consensus of opinion of the score or more Saco citizens who yesterday journeyed to Malta for the purpose of exchanging views, making tentative plans for proposed boundaries, and in a way becoming more conversant with the various phases of the situation. -- Saco... Full story
On July 19, local border patrolman and martial artist and sensei Michael Morser did something he hadn't done in 10 years. He competed. "I went down to represent Malta in the state games," said Michael Morser, a 10 year resident of Malta. Not only did he compete in the 2014 Big Sky state games in Billings, he won the honor of the tournament's adult black belt Grand Champion award after winning gold in both "Kata" and weapons, and winning silver in sparring. "I feel good about how I competed, but... Full story
It's no secret that the Jaynes family has a deep love for auto sports, and after knowing Chinook's Bill Mangold was bringing both his 6,000 pound and 14,000 pound sleds to the 2014 Phillips County Fair August 3, Russell Jaynes wouldn't have missed it for the world. Competing in the stock class, Jaynes' run with the 3 ton sled in the stock class was impressive as it seemed he could have pulled the sled all the way to Malta. He seemed to effortlessly pull the sled the length of the course (around... Full story
Last year, former Malta Mustang football standout Jade Olson participated at Rocky Mountain College after red-shirting his freshman year. The 2012 Malta High graduate was a part of a backfield that utilized three different halfbacks during games in a pass heavy offense. As the team's starting tailback, Olson managed to lead the Battlin' Bears in rushing yards with 454. He also reeled in a few catches, equaling 269 yards receiving. He had five rushing touchdowns and three receiving. Though the... Full story
PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG Aug. 1 thru Aug. 8 Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. August 1, 2014 11:08 p.m. Deputy transported one juvenile to PCSO to be incarcerated on Phillips Co District Court Warrant; juvenile later transported to Cascade Co Juvenile Detention Center. August 2, 2014 4:35 a.m. Male reported his father had passed away at a local residence; Deputy responded to the location; coroner case file started. 9:49 a.m. PC Hospital requested law e... Full story
ArtSpot, a nonprofit arts education organization formerly located in Glasgow, MT, announced today that a new board has been appointed and a new location established. The Malta Business Center, between Hardware Hank and Radio Shack on 1st St East, also home to Bohn’s Bones Art Gallery, is where art classes and lessons will be held along with other arts activities. Bohn’s Bones Arts, LLC, owned by Kathy Bohn-Bagley, is hosting the 3 year old nonprofit Arts Education organization which provides fine art classes and art supplies, and is loo... Full story
Spot bit me last night. I was feeding the dogs elk steak left over from dinner, and in an effort to grab the meat before Jem or Ace could get it, Spot grabbed me instead. The old dog still has sharp teeth, the hole in my middle finger a testament to that. Spot recently turned 11 years old. She still looks good -- fit and trim -- but her enthusiasm for everything except food and sleep is a bit lacking. She only hunted a couple of times last season and those were easy hunts. She’ll probably o... Full story
Dear Fellow Montanans and Americans, Well another summer is coming to a close and school is just around the comer. And with it comes a new way to teach your children. It’s called Common Core. Common Core is touted as a national system of teaching kids. That way if students move from one state to another they’ll be ‘on the same page.’ Common Core isn’t just about teaching national standards, it’s about data mining. They, and they being the US government and big corporations, want information on your kids. And you. The gov’t has suggested 140... Full story
Frances E. Larson, age 89, passed away August 2, 2014 at her home in Yakima, Wash., of natural causes. She was born October 26, 1924 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. The daughter of Aurther and Julia Etta Schlieve. One of seven siblings: Art, Robert, Shirley, Ruby, Lorraine and Gary. She married Art Myron, and had two children, married Jim Larson and they had two children settling in Yakima, Wash. Frances was a World War II Veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy. She worked in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. She loved gardening, playing banjo, t... Full story
Harvest is in full swing up here in the north country! Lots of bales are in the field, winter wheat and peas being combined. We are the ants getting ready for the long cold winter! Dixie Stordahl spent the weekend in Billings with Rocco, Saige and Brentton and their parents, too. They visited the Oasis and Pioneer Park which I don’t do very often. A nice crowd was on hand for the dedication of the bench and trees in honor of Paul Johannesen for all the time and effort he put into the Loring a... Full story
Many people gathered at Trafton Park on Saturday as all nine children and spouses and grandchildren and great grandchildren, other family and friends came to help Wally Henry celebrate his 90th birthday. Coming the farthest were the twin grandsons, Danny and David who came from Florida and Alaska, respectively. David , and Danny, and Shorty Henry and daughter Laura of Augusta stopped to visit Dora Henry and family in Dodson and share ‘growing up times’. Wally, Shorty and Pat Henry are the onl... Full story
Debbie and Brent Anderson are entertaining their two grandchildren, Sienna and Stryker for a few day before school starts. Stryker celebrated his seventh birthday recently in Helena where they and their parents, Jenna and Troy Simonton, now live. Shirley Duncan celebrated her birthday Sunday when her granddaughter, Mary and her husband, Ray Smails of Alder, Mont. Keenan LaBrie celebrated his sixth birthday with friends on August 6 in Malta. Scott Anderson was in Oshkosh, Wisc., last week for an air show. Kate Webb drove her grandpa Jim Murdock... Full story
Our Sympathy goes out to Pat Anderson on the passing of her brother, Marvin Jones of Malta. He had been sick quite a while. My thanks to Patty Young for the bottled drinks and cookies. Cindy Eklund, her daughter, and Gerri Peterson, brought me out from Malta recently, thanks ladies. Sally Austin and Janice Reichelt went to Denver, Co., to visit Justin and family and Kirk Reichelt and Family, Julie Cole, Joyce Donaven and Janet Brown (My sister also met and went to Denver al-so…nobody invited m... Full story
Football has officially started. Well sort of. I’m proud to say I shelled out twenty clams, to watch any preseason NFL football game I want. Though I only care about one team. DA BEARS! It was invigorating being able to watch a game of my choosing live as the Bears took on the Philadelphia Eagles... Yes that team that last year exposed the Bears’ porous run defense that was dilapidated with injuries to nearly every starter late last season. That Eagles team, coached by former Oregon head coa... Full story