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Saco painter Todd Mandeville – known in Phillips County for his realistic looking paintings – recently found out that he was one of 102 artists to have their works accepted to the 24th Best of American 2014 Exhibit in Missouri where each painting will be judged in mid-October and the best in show will receive a $9,000 grand prize. Mandeville has found many successes with previous paintings – Swede's Old Truck and A Blanket of Roses have both graced the pages of the Phillips County News in the p...
A party was held for Malta City Clerk and Treasurer Carolyn Schmoeckel last Thursday as she spent her final afternoon at the place she had worked for the past 26 years. Though she said she was happy to be retiring, she will obviously miss her position as when she addressed the crowd of 30 or so well-wishers, she welled up with tears. "This is an emotional day for me," she said. "I never thought I would be leaving this job ... but it is time to move on." She said that perhaps it was time to...
The Head Start Program celebrated its 50th Annivseray on Wednesday of last week and the Malta branch of Head Start celebrated by inviting some family and friends to the facility over the last week to help the organization celebrate. Malta's Head Start program is part of the larger Action For Eastern Montana (as are Glasgow, Glendive and Miles City) arm of the federal program. Malta's Head Start opened in January of 1993 and there are currently 20 students (ages three and four) who participate...
Earlier this month I attended a Leadership Strategic Planning Fly-In in Washington DC September 10 through 12.. The meeting was a gathering of all the National Association of Counties (NACo) leadership to discuss the strategic vision and priorities of NACo. The afternoon of the twelfth the group went to the Capitol to discuss issues that pertained to their committees. Ron Walter from Chelan County Washington, Deborah Cox, NACo legislative director and Robinson had several meetings that...
Briefly Senior Dinner Meals Thursday, September - 25th - Sloppy Joes Friday, September - 26th - Stuffed Peppers Tuesday, September 30th - Spaghetti Great Plains Dinosaur Museum The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and from 12:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday. Community Birthday Calendars Malta Middle School is selling the community birthday calendars again this year. If you have not been contacted and wish to purchase a calendar for $10, please call the middle school at 654-2225 or contact a middle school...
The campground was nearly empty when we pulled in and by the next after-noon, we had the place to ourselves. Our camp was set up in the quakies near an old Forest Service horse barn. Except for its green metal roof, the chinked log building with cedar shake ga-bles looked straight out of the 1880s. I had hiked up the main trail that morning far into the burn with Jem and Ace. We didn’t find a bird. Jem did get stuck behind some downfall and in true hon-ey badger fashion kept trying to jump o...
Alright. I know. Complaining about the mosquitoes in the column is getting redundant. Nobody likes them, why would they? So instead of complaining about these little buggers, I’m going to turn the tables and tell you why I like these rascally bloodsuckers. Having them around is better than at least one alternative. Last night my wife was flipping through her Facebook feed and came to a post about a critter I had never seen or heard of. Ladies and gentleman – and David Rummell – I present the flying fox. Charity showed me a picture of this...
Well, dear readers, how is your day going? Are you a follower of the philosophy of CARPI DIEM or is life a tad tough these days and maybe you should TRY GOD? Readers who are experiencing a GR8DY know we should all LVLOLAF. Years ago when I taught fourth grade, we had a reading book which had a story about personal license plates. Over the years I have kept a list of personal, or sometimes called vanity, license plates. Although our younger generation has been texting messages for the last ten or so years, vanity license plates and their...
Dear Editor, As we enter this election season, I’ve noticed that, regardless of party affiliation, the candidates all talk about the need for less government. As soon as elected they are bombarded by lobbyist and special interest groups to sponsor bills, pass laws. It would appear that the main purposes of the legislators are to find fault with the other political party, argue over money, and pass new laws. How many times have you heard someone say, “There ought to be a law”? Well, I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough of these new laws!...
Congratulations to DeAndre Haag (former Whitewater resident) who won the Homecoming King crown. Wonderful! Sally Austin, Jeanie Green and Kelsey Molloy were guests of the Janice Reichelt family recently. Kelsey recently moved here from Rhode Island. Welcome! Kenny Reichelt was also a visitor at his family home. There are four workers from Minnesota pouring cement concrete at the Mavencamps. Keep working before it freezes up guys. Courtney Hellie’s mom, Pam and stepfather have been here v...
I have never seen the harvest be interrupted so many times by rain! It looks so lush and green up in the north country this year. It hasn’t been conducive for a great harvest with the highest protein, however. I missed the news deadline last week so I am including a few items from then. Keira and kiana Simonson were in Browning over the weekend at the UIRA finals. Keira came out on top to win the year end in lady barrels qualifying for another trip to Las Vegas to compete in the INFR Finals. Kia...
Dora Henry and Polly Solberg were in Havre on Wednesday to have Dora’s car worked on. The Dean Kienenberger’s have been working cattle this past week. Polly Solberg was in Havre on Friday and visited with Betty Munson and Jan McElroy while there. On the way home she stopped at the Sweet Nursing home in Chinook and visited with Gladys Thackeray. On Monday Polly took Tammy Voice to Great Falls for medical appointments. It is good to see some of the mowing in the west side is being done before we...
Faculty and staff members of the Malta School District: Is your classroom white board not cooperating with your lesson plans? Does your computer have a virus and you can't fix it? Perhaps your cell phone has you completely perplexed. If you have these or other such technical problems, then you need to make Mr. Kelly McCann your new best friend. Mr. McCann is our new tech coordinator, replacing retiring Steve Schumacher. Mr. McCann comes to us from Billings where he taught school and also worked...
The Malta Trails is hosting a Walk and Bike to School Day at Malta Elementary on Wednesday, October 8 at 7:30 a.m. before school starts. There will be Malta Trails volunteers one block away, on every block, near Malta Elementary School that day and if students walk or bike to school on that day they will be rewarded with a sucker and a pin. The Malta Trails sponsored Walk to School Day is in conjunction with the International festivity that involves over 40 countries participating in the event on the same day. The program was started in 1997...
Effective October 1, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorized an increase in the Federal Universal Service Charge (FUSC) line item for all telephone subscribers nationwide, except those participating in the Lifeline assistance program. Beginning with the October statements, residential and single line business subscribers who have local phone service with Triangle Communications will notice the FUSC increase from $1.26 to $1.29 per month. Multi-line business subscribers will see the charge increase from $1.92 to $1.96...
The Great Planes Dinosaur Museum recently added two new features to the facility with the addition of an interactive kiosk for Leonardo – the famous duckbill dinosaur – as well as parts of the museum's crocodile, Arrow, that haven't been seen by the public. "The (parts of) our crocodile have been in our lab since 2008 when we got it," said Dixie Stordahl, museum board member. The opening of the two new displays at the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum took place two Saturday's ago with a party fea...
Amanda Mummey is Division Seven Key Club Lt. Governor of the Key Club and Emmy Doucette is Club President. The chairs in the above picture are ones which the club bought and contributed to the Phillips County Public Library for "story hour." The Malta Key Club hosts "story hour" during the summer months while Janeen Brookie host the events during the school year. There are an average of 15 to 30 children who attend the event on a weekly basis....
Gale Simonson was honored with a plaque at the Forks Hall Dance on June 16th for her many years of community service to the Whitewater and Loring Communities. She was also presented a plaque from the Phillips County Ambulance Crew for her 18 years of service as a volunteer EMT. Thank You Gale!...
The Phillips Conservation District is now accepting orders for trees and shrubs for the 2015 spring planting season. In an effort to provide our customers with the most complete and up-to-date information available; the Phillips Conservation District (PCD) is providing interested individuals with website ordering information for the three Nurseries that supply our trees and shrubs. Because the Nurseries have a minimum order requirement, it is advisable for individuals to continue to place their orders through the Conservation District. To...
PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF NEWS LOG Sept 12 thru Sept 19 Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. September 12, 14 11:54 p.m. 911 received reporting a vehicle/deer accident on Hwy 2, near Exeter Creek Road west of Malta; Deputy and local MHP Trooper responded to the location; MHP handled the crash. September 13, 14 12:12 a.m. Deputy advised a juvenile to go home for the night. 8:41 a.m. Local Ambulance reported to the football field for the Football Jamboree. 9:53 a.m. Blaine C...
September 25, 1914 100 years ago Additional Locals: Work was started on a Catholic church in Dodson last Monday, which will be known as the Sacred Heart Church. It is to be a frame structure and is to be completed before Christmas. Henry J. Vermix of Chinook is the contractor. Also: A fellow in Minot has it into a sure scheme for discovering whether it is safe to go into a well or not on account of the presence of gas, by first lowering a live chicken in a cage attached to a rope. If the...
From this point every week counts for the young Malta Mustangs who will take on their first conference opponents, the Plentywood Wildcats in Plentywood this Friday. After losing 22-20 to Shepherd last weekend, Malta is 0-2 against the 3B South, and is likely out of contention for the wildcard spot in the playoffs. Malta will face 2B North opponents for four out of their last five games, starting with Plentywood this Friday, then Glasgow on Friday, October 3, followed by the North's Cut Bank...
The M-ettes volleyball lost a heartbreaker last Saturday against the Plentywood Lady Wildcats in five sets. The loss comes after the M-ettes defeated Glasgow last Thursday in three games. It was a game that started so rough for the M-ettes, that their were murmurs of the team losing the game in three sets. Plentywood looked dominant the first two sets of the game, through the scores would indicate otherwise. Malta couldn't establish a stable defense in those sets. In set three, a game that...
The Saco-Hinsdale Wildfire volleyball team lived up to their name last Thursday as they served up some heat against the Brockton Lady Warriors and defeated them in three games(26-24, 25-17 and 25-18). They dropped a game the following night against Fairview (10-25, 14-25 and 11-25). Of the 24 kills the Wildfire had, both Courtney Capdeville and Alana Malmend had seven a piece, sharing the team lead. Hannah Whitaker had five consecutive aces to start the third set, she had three more throughout...
I am allergic to everything. My life long dream has always been to own a dog that is mine. Not my brother’s. Not my mom’s. Not my band’s. Mine and only mine. I stumbled upon some puppies the other day and everything was going alright, of course until the puppy started yelping for me to put it down. I of course obliged the dog’s demand, because I didn’t want to be a jerk. But good guys do not always win, I found out, because that sweet little pup-pup hurt me more than it will ever know. I g...