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Malta Trails Inc., through grants and community support, have raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars for the first two phases of their trails projects with the hopes that community members will get outdoors to walk and bike their way to a healthy lifestyle. "This all started when I started walking for exercise," said Malta Trails member Laura Pankratz. "Once you get out of the house and into the community, you really start to see things that are needed in Malta. We don't have continuous si...
The Malta School Board met for their final meeting of the summer last Wednesday night and among what they heard was the enrollment for three schools, a pay raise for substitutes and the promise of a district wide Facebook page to keep parents and students updated as to the goings on of the district. During the administrator reports Malta Elementary School Principal Theodore Schye told the trustees that enrollment should be at about 15-to-20 more students at the school with a kindergarten class consisting of just under 40 students making this...
Dwight Pfeifer, a former owner and publisher of the Phillips County News, scratched one of the items off of his bucket list last week when he arrived in Malta and strolled into the offices of the PCN to see how his former newspaper was doing. In 1973 Pfeifer bought the PCN from a family who ran cattle in the county. For the next seven years Pfeiffer was the head honcho in Malta running Phillips County News. Pfeifer, now 72, started in journalism when he purchased his first paper located in...
There is no better investment than that of future investors. The Mustang foundation held it's annual dinner last Saturday at the Stockman Terrace. It was a night to remember full of members who have invested time, money and life with Malta's finest. It's students. The dinner was started off with Darlene Kolczak, President of the Mustang Foundation and it's board members introducing itself to the fifty plus members in attendance. The night was filled with music, prizes and ribs and salads. The...
Briefly Senior Dinner Meals Thursday, August 21 - Cheeseburger Pie Friday, Aug 222- Stuffed Peppers Tuesday, Aug 26 - Picnic Grace Fellowship Fall Hours Grace Fellowship Fall hours will begin on Sunday, September 7. Regular worships at 11 a.m. and Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Welcome back Albertsons Community Picnic 8-20. Albertsons will be hosting their 14th Annual Community Picnic on Wednesday, August 20 from 4:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Stockman Terrace. Enjoy a free meal and sign up for door prizes. Boys and Girls Club 8-21. The Boys and...
As a retired teacher trying to stay out of trouble, Editor Mark Hebert has been kind enough to let me try my hand at journalism. Because the greater Malta-Dodson-Saco area has recently been blessed with several new teachers, I thought it might be helpful to share some community pointers with them. As they have undoubtedly noticed, Malta is blessed with ‘skeeters. Not only do we have our own swarm, but the Malta mosquitoes have invited their Saco cousins to come and take a dip in the large pool located near the corner of Central and 4th S...
Here’s a new twist on bucket biology: Paulo Reservoir south of Glasgow will be drained this week due to an unauthorized introduction of carp. At first it sounded far-fetched. After all, who in the world wants more carp? They already seem to be thriving everywhere. Why plant them in a little bass and bluegill pond in the middle of nowhere? It’s not like the illegal introduction of lake trout in Yellowstone Lake. I can imagine a couple of anglers 20 years or so ago speculating how big lakers mig...
One of the first things I learned in sports reporting 101 was not to be a homer. The professor who taught me this – one Michael Downs – took this so seriously that even when he would attend a game with his wife, on his own time and not as a reporter, he would sit there quietly and not cheer or clap, just observe. This man taught me more about journalism than any one person. I’d say 99 percent of what he taught me I try to apply to my reporting today. Not being a homer...eh, not so much. The idea behind not being a fan of any one team while...
This year the Malta Middle School will switch to a full trimester schedule, doing away with quarters and semesters of years past, according to Principal Shawn Bleth. Bleth said the changes hinges on scheduling conflicts as well as confusion on grading and report cards sent to parents. “Before, we had activity classes that where trimester based and then regular core classes were quarter and semester based,” Bleth said at last Wednesday night’s school board meeting. “Now, whenever a report card goes home, it all means the same thing. A final g...
Olive Hawkinson, age 90, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Louisville Care Center in Louisville, Nebraska. She is survived by her five children, Joan (Vance) Spencer of Malta, Montana, Paul Hawkinson of Erhard, Minnesota, Joseph (Suzan) Hawkinson of Deerfield, Illinois, Faye Jorgenson of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Martha (Don) Gillespie of Papillion, Nebraska; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and other family and friends. A memorial service was held on Saturday, August 23,...
LODGE POLE-Vivian Eileen "Pug" Webb 81, a homemaker died Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Hi-line Retirement Center. Wake services were held Sunday, August 17, at the Enemy Killer Center in Lodge Pole. Funeral services were Monday at the Enemy Killer Center in Lodge Pole. Burial will be in the Messerly Family Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Vivian was born east of Lodge Pole on March 9, 1933 to Glen Messerly and Nellie Kirkaldie Messerly at the...
SACO-Dorothy Broadbrooks, 78, retired custodian from the Saco Schools, died Thursday, Au-gust 14, 2014, in Malta. Visitation was Tuesday, August 19 at the Kirkwood Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 20, at the Saco Assembly of God Church. Interment will be in the Grandview Cemetery at Saco. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Dorothy was born Feb. 11, 1936 in Malta, the daughter of Leo and Barbara (Hyde) Klotz. She was raised...
Sheila Noreen Askins, 71 of Meridian, Idaho, formerly of the Hobson and Zortman, Montana area died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 in Meridian near her son Scott’s family. Sheila was born in Anaconda, the daughter of Robert and Shirley (Murray) Scott. She was reared and educated in White Sulphur. She worked as a young woman at various jobs. She met Victor Askins in 1964 and they lived in the Buffalo area farming together. They had a son Scott. After divorcing, Sheila moved to Hobson to stay close to Scott until he graduated from high school. A...
Kathryn (Kay) Lindner Allman. Beloved sister, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Alamagordo, NM on August 8, 2014. Kay was born in Westmore, Mt to Theodore and Jesse (Schultze) Brummer on September 2, 1927. She attended school in South Wagner and graduated from Malta High School in 1946. She received an emergency teaching certificate and taught at a country school north of Dodson where she met Jerry Lindner. They were married Dec. 21,1946. They worked the family farm together u...
Harlan Carl Derifield, 43, computer technician specialist died Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at his home in Wichita. Memorial services were August 11th at 11:00 a.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1400 Kellogg Dr. Interment of his ashes will be at a later date. Harlan was born September 17, 1970, the son of Robert Carl and Barbara Elaine (Kirkwood) Derifield. He was raised and educated in Wichita, graduating from Christian Challenge School in 1989. He recently graduated from W.T.I. with an Associate of Arts majoring in computer technology. He...
Margaret Ann (Henry) Anderson died in her home surrounded by her family on July 26, 2014. Born in Malta, Montana, to Charles and Clara Hen-ry, Margaret and her late husband, Wesley Anderson, moved to Sacramento where they put down deep roots over 50 years ago. Margaret was a devoted wife, beloved mother of Mike, Linda, and Kevin, and cherished grandmother of Meaghan and Natasha. Margaret touched many lives with her friendly and caring ways. She was always quick to share a smile and a cheerful greeting with both strangers and friends with whom...
Lorraine Francis (Moffatt) Stuff, 91, of Malta, MT went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 17th, 2014. Lorraine, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Phillips County Country Home in Malta. Lorraine was born July 17, 1923 in Milwaukee, WI. She is survived by her four children, Colleen Callahan (Otis VanLeeuwen) and Ron Stuff (Elizabeth) -who live in Phoenix, AZ and Tim Callahan (Crystal Koch) and LouAnn Kirk (Richard) -who live in the Seattle,...
Annabelle Elise Drabbels was born on Friday, August 15, 2014 at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and is 19.5 inches long. Her parents are Linsey Drabbels and Tanner Drabbels who live in Malta, Mont. She joins sisters Mariana and Brittalia at home. Her maternal grandparents are Kathy Adams and Ronald Kaario of Butte, Mont. Her paternal grandparents are Donald Drabbels and Shanna Jones of Malta....
The carcass results from the 2014 4-H and FFA livestock show at the Phillips County Fair are complete. Carcass results are eligible to be submitted to the Steer of Merit program, sponsored by the Montana Stockgrowers; Symbol of Excellence program, sponsored by the Montana Pork Producers Council; and Montana Certified Lamb program, sponsored by the Montana Wool Growers. For meeting individual carcass requirements, youth winners and the breeders of their animals receive a certificate from the sponsoring livestock organizations, and 4-H trophies...
Scott King, Tad Schye, Judy Flatt, Glenn Flatt stand for a picture in front of the Malta High School Track and Field Records plaque built and donated by Glenn. Courtesy Photo....
August 20, 1914 100 years ago Local news: the lovers of duck shooting have but eleven more days to wait before they can get out and bag a few of the feathered tribe. Also: The county commissioners of Blaine County were down here the first of the week attending to business matters and talking a little about our new proposed county. Also: we were informed that Malta in the near future will have another picture show. Wallace Coburn is making arrangements to start the second one in the building recently vacated by the Northern Montana Distributing...
Back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I’m not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don’t get in a fight. Ohhhh, back to school. Back to school. Back to school. Well, here goes nothing. For those of you who don’t know, that was a quote from Adam Sandler’s 1995 cult-classic movie Billy Madison, in which was movie about an adult, who had to go back to grade school in order to inherit his father’s hotel business and prove to his father he wasn’t completely l...
On August 2 through the third the Malta swim team went to Conrad for the state meet. The team didn’t place amongst the top teams this year, however there were several swimmers that placed in the top ten of their respective divisions. “The kids swam hard. They put in a lot of effort as Malta kids do,” Malta Swim Team Coach Donnie Lynn told the PCN. “That’s one thing I have no complaints about. They swam hard and to the best of their abilities.” Coach Lynn believed that the team could’ve placed higher as a team if all of their swimmers were...
In today's world, a lot of people might put their nose up to you if they heard you were chopping down trees, because that's the kind of world we live in. There are also a lot of people that would sue a town if a tree fell on them or if they broke a bone from falling from a tree. The truth is sometimes trees simply need to come down. As is the case at Trafton Park. Jim Brown the director of Malta public works and his crew have been cutting down unsafe trees for the past couple of weeks. "The...
