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The wildfire that is covering parts of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Phillips, and Blaine Counties, known as the Pine Grove Fire, has been burning now for eight days. The fire was first reported on Monday, August 16, around 11:30 a.m. It is believed to be human-caused, but that is still under investigation. On that Monday night, a voluntary evacuation was requested by the Phillips County Sheriff's Office for Zortman. Later on Tuesday, August 17, that was changed to a mandatory evacuation for...
The Montana High School Association has named the 2020-2021 winners of its NorthWestern Energy Academic Excellence Awards. One academic champion was crowned in each of the four athletic classifications-AA, A, B and C. Billings Skyview, Billings Central, Huntley Project and Whitewater High Schools were named champions in each of their respective classifications. The program was initiated in the school year 1988-89. In making the 2020-21 list, Whitewater High School became the first Phillips County School to receive the award. "It is a true...
Malta schools start back up on Wednesday, August 25, with two new principals and five new teachers. Kelly Cederberg has taught in Malta since the 2019-20 school year. This year, she will be taking on the role of Middle School Principal, as well as teaching. She will teach 7th and 8th-grade health and 6th grade PE, then the rest of her day will be in the administration role. She is originally from Ronan, MT, where she went to high school. She attended college at MSU-Billings. Before coming to...
A carpenter named Hal is fixing up a very, very old house on 4th Street West. He is re-doing the inside of this house. I got to climb up to the special round room and look out of the little windows. When Hal is all finished this will be a really neat old house. We think it was first built in 1909. Some people call this the "Tremblay House." David Veseth...
Publisher's Note: The following is a story ran with permission by the River Press Newspaper in Fort Benton. Logan Krause of Versant Real Estate Group - Powered by eXp Realty in Helena was featured in the nationwide and international edition of Top Agent Magazine this month. Krause graduated from Fort Benton High School in 2008. He is the son of Dale and Lorna Krause of Fort Benton and the grandson of Lorraine Watson and the late Tom Watson of Malta. Top Agent Magazine features the top-producing...
Let’s pray for peace all over. In Montana, sympathy to the victims of the fires burning in Hays, Zortman, Lodgepole and other places. We pray for rain to help put out the fires and save our dry lands. In Whitewater and Phillips County, there is no hay due to the drought. Some ranchers are being forced to sell some of their cattle. It’s sad. Our sympathy to them. Last Wednesday at the Senior dinner, we were glad to have guests. They were Erna Schlieve and her two sisters. One sister is emp...
Rain! Precious rain fell from the skies several times this week. Unofficially, the amount in Loring was 2 inches! Everyone has a big grin on and the grass is even a bit greener! The full moon this weekend was truly beautiful! And the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, were closely dancing for position! Carol Lumsden and I drove to Whitewater where we picked up Lu Besel and on to pick up Lynn Hill and then on to Pat and Roseann Olson’s for a baby shower honoring their daughter Leah. Many of t...
I’m always amazed when celebrities and politicians are forced to step down after a past indiscretion comes to light. Often it’s simply an inappropriate comment caught on tape that spells the end. Mike Richards, the newly named host of Jeopardy!, comes to mind. Shortly after being named to fill the shoes of the late Alex Trebek, it was discovered that Richards made demeaning comments about women and homeless during a podcast seven years ago. Fortunately, I’m technically challenged. I don’t...
Every year, there comes a day that is unlike any of the two hundred and thirty or so days that have come before it. I wake up, get dressed, go outside, and with the first breath taken in my brain automatically thinks one thing. Football. I don’t know exactly what it is. It’s got to be some kind of endorphin. Something triggers my senses. It’s not exactly like how my left knee can tell me when it’s going to rain in four and a half hours. That’s more of an ache. This is a smell, a temperature, atmospheric pressure, I don’t know. But I do know tha...
With heavy hearts, we announce the peaceful passing of Barbara M. Hofer from Loring, Montana, on August 9, 2021, at the age of 77 years. Barbara was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her passing, going into the arms of Jesus, where she was greeted by loved ones who passed before her. Barbara was born June 21, 1944, in Cranford, Alberta. She lived at Spring Creek Colony, SK Canada, for most of her young life. Barbara married her loving husband, Mike, of Loring, Montana, on October 16, 1966, and had five beautiful children, two of...
Juanita "Nita" Jones was born on June 19, 1931, in Turner, MT. She was the daughter of Francis Kramer and Lila Vickhammer. On August 14, 2021, Juanita passed away due to complications of Covid-19. She passed away at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, KS. Nita grew up in the North Wagner MT. and Malta MT. area. She attended grade school at Berg, a country school, and high school in Malta, MT. on December 28, 1946, Juanita married Orville Jones of Wagner, MT. They were married by Rev....
Molly Jo Minugh of Dodson, Montana passed away on August 6, 2021, at 89 years of age. Molly Jo was born to James B. and Ester G. Spencer on August 3, 1932, at Fort Belknap Hospital. Growing up she lived on the Spencer Ranch near Cleveland, Montana, and attended schools in Dodson, Chinook, and Hays depending on who she could board with that year. Molly Jo loved ranching and taking care of animals. She and her beloved sister Sally Ann would care for orphaned wild animals that the ranch hands would...
A quote by Bob Marley says “Without music life would be a mistake”. Music does play a vital part in our lives and in doing research for a music display in the Museum I found some interesting facts. The “Divje Babe Flute” is thought to be the oldest instrument in existence today. It was found in 1995 in a cave in Slovenia and is made from the femur of a cave bear. Moving on in history we find the piano was invented in 1700 by Bartolmeo Cristofori. Several hundred years later we find the first record player in 1985. Then a major breakth...
Malta Senior Center BINGO is every Friday at 1:00 at the Malta Senior Center Retired Teachers Dinner 8-25-21. All county retired teachers and staff members invited to no host lunch get together on Wed. Aug. 25 noon at the GN. Lodge Room. Do come and visit with other retired school friends. Malta Kids Club! 8-25-21. Malta Kids Club School Year after school program begins after school Wednesday, August 25 Malta Legion Auxiliary Meeting 9-2-21. The Malta American Legion Auxiliary will not hold an August meeting. The next meeting is Thursday,...
1 years ago- Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Dr. Veseth busy climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro A Malta resident and his daughter have taken on the challenge of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Dr. Mike Veseth and his daughter, Capt. Katie Veseth, a U.S. Air Force officer, are currently part of a climbing expedition of the famed mountain. “During the summer many people saw Mike in the wee hours of the morning hiking out to the city dump and back with a large backpack filled with gallon jugs of water,” said his wife, Rosemary, an elementary school teache...
Saturday the 21st, Malta hosted the 24th annual Ryder Cup matches against the golfers from Glasgow. 24 players from each team competed for the right to hold the Cup at their respective club until the other is able to take the cup away. Glasgow has had possession of the Cup since 2019, when they defeated the Malta golfers at the Sunnyside Golf Course in Glasgow. This years competition saw 24 golfers from each town compete in three formats, (Bestball, Alternate Shot, and Match Play). The Malta...
The Malta Mustangs Football team started practices on Monday, August 16, but one highlight of the week was day two, a day that featured a college-style combine event. During this event, last Tuesday, August 16, athletes were timed and reps were taken down to gauge where the athletes were heading into the 2021 Class B football season. According to Malta Football Head Coach Nick Oxarart, every Mustang participated. The team was tested in five different events. These events were the bench press,...
Earlier this summer, the Malta M-ette Volleyball team tasted sweet victory as they won the 2021 Missoula Team Volleyball Camp. That taste has the group of spikers hungry for more. "It gave them confidence," Malta M-ette Coach Tasha Hines said. "I feel like they were always chasing the buck with volleyball and it was there. They just needed to own that." Last Monday, August 16, the team started holding their first regular-season practices, and the hunger to perform well has been seen on the...
Malta Boys & Girls Club (Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, Malta Extension) has been renamed to the “Malta Kids Club.” According to Club Director, Sonia Young, “Due to changes in the national organization’s policies, our afterschool and summer program are no longer under the auspices of the National Boys & Girls Clubs of America or the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Hi-Line. We are still an afterschool and summer learning program, only we now have a new name, “Malta Kids Club” and a new logo, “Explore. Learn. Grow.” Malta Kids Club will open for t...
HELP WANTED Part-time Early Childhood Screening Paraprofessional Bear Paw Cooperative is looking for an individual to assist in screenings throughout the school year. Requirements include high school diploma/equivalent, self-starter who enjoys working with preschool age children, attendance at all training sessions. Non-certified salary starting at $11.90/hr or higher, depending on experience. Closing date: until filled. Direct application request to Julie Finley, Administrative Assistant, Bear Paw Cooperative, PO Box 1449, Chinook, MT 59523,...
LEGALS BIG FLAT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING DATE SET FOR OCTOBER 9, 2021 Preliminary plans are being made for the Big Flat Electric Cooperative’s 74th Annual Membership Meeting. The date of the meeting will be Saturday, OCTOBER 9, 2021, AT THE MALTA HIGH SCHOOL IN MALTA, COUNTY OF PHILLIPS, AND STATE OF MONTANA. In accordance with the by-laws, the Board of Directors appointed on July 15, 2021, and have notified the following list of members to serve on the Nomination Committee: District #1 Wallace Beck Bonnie Harmon Gene B...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is beginning the biennial hunting regulations review process, and this year the department is looking to take a fresh approach. In the past, the biennial hunting regulation process typically had few changes to the existing regulations. This year, FWP will tackle more significant changes such as combining hunting districts and simplifying license structures, while still keeping focused on statewide wildlife population management goals. “Hunters have told us for years that our regulations are too complicated,” sai...
Montana State Parks recorded more than 1.5 million visitors from January through June of this year. Compared with same time period last year, visitation increased by 11.1% and increased 44.1% in comparison with 2019 visitation. Of the 45 state parks that were seasonally open during the first half of the year, 27 experienced an increase in estimated visitation compared with last year. “For the second straight year, the state parks system has experienced significant visitation growth for the first half of the year,” said Beth Shumate, state parks...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for Glasgow. An in-person classroom course runs Sept. 13-17, and an optional online field day, for those that completed the online course, will be offered on Sept. 17. All hunter education classes are free of charge. In-person, instructor-led hunter education classroom courses are available to anyone age 10 and older and provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience that can be particularly beneficial for...