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DODSON- Norman W. Solberg, 78, a retired U.S. Mail Carrier and farmer-rancher died on Sunday April 13, 2014, Norman left this world to be with his lovely bride, Alice. The family will receive friends at 7:00 P.M. Friday, April 25, at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel in Malta. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M., Saturday, at the chapel. Interment will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Dodson. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Norman was born January 24, 1936 in... Full story
The Hikes 'n Bikes started in Malta three summers ago and since then has added a slew of new events fashioned to get people outdoors in order to get people into top physical condition. "There is not really a recreational program around here," said Laura Pankratz, member of Malta Trails, Inc. "So in the summer time we promote people getting out and running, biking, hiking. Our big goal is to get everybody, from every age range, outside and into better shape." Two years ago, when the Hikes n'... Full story
There are just some sayings I don’t quite understand. For instance “The pen is mightier than the sword. “ I get the meaning behind it. I know that communication is better than direct force or violence. But if you took the statement literally, it would be a no-brainer. If I were in a war in which I needed a weapon, my collection of Pilot G-2 pens would be the last weapons I would reach for. If you haven’t tried the G-2 yet, you haven’t lived. I have a few stashed away, including a pink one, just... Full story
At least some of the "phantom smells" that have pestered business owners in downtown Malta were sniffed out by John Demarais and the Public Works team last week with the assistance of smoke bombs. "We found four businesses that had leaks inside their buildings," said Demarais. "And then we found one vent on a building with a little hole, but we don't know if that had anything to do with it, but that is what we came up with." On Wednesday, Demarais and crew lit smoke bombs and dropped them down... Full story
This year’s Phillips County News Easter Coloring Contest was another success with over 40 entries coming in from children aged 3-to-14. While the PCN staff had a tough time picking winners during the contest judging on Friday morning, after much deliberation the entries where narrowed down to nine contestants who earned a cash prize ranging from $15-to-$5. The contest was broken down by age and sorted into three classes. In Class One, Kayla Ottinger, four years old, took the first place prize, Tailynn Wilke, age four, took second and S... Full story
Whitewater hosted the Whitewater Invitational Golf Meet at Marion Hills Golf Course, Tuesday, April 15. In only his second golf meet of the season, Sophomore Keenan VanWichen placed second at the meet with a score of 87. The team was second to Chinook in the meet, who scored 264, while Malta scored 278 and Glasgow 279. "I was golfing pretty good, other than the few out of bounds I had," VanWichen told the PCN. VanWichen's golf game is strong, however he explained there are areas in his game that... Full story
Students from Whitewater Junior High won the Oral Rounds Championship at the Academic Olympics in Glasgow last Wednesday. The team – Hannah Anderson and Bella Lawless, both of the seventh grade, and Trace Simonson and Cody Scheffelmaer, of the eighth grade – defeated eight other schools at the Olympics. During the competition, a four-hour test in math, English, science and social studies preceded the oral rounds. Simonson also won sixth place in social studies and fourth in science while And... Full story
Briefly Malta Driver’s Exam New Schedule The Malta Driver’s Exam Station has changed the days it will be in Malta. The New days are the first and fourth Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon and then from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Friends of the Garden “Friends of the Garden” will be working every Tuesday afternoon at the HG Robinson House and Gardens from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. starting on April 29. Come Join us and get a free hands-on garden lesson. P.E.O. Salad Luncheon 4-23. Malta P.E.O. Chapter AK-Wednesday, April 23- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., L... Full story
I guess it all comes down to dollars. Tom Gignoux wrote recently in the Great Falls Tribune that trapping “is a cruel recreation that drains money from Montana businesses ...” It was an interesting use of the “it’s-costing-us-jobs-and-dollars” argument that I hear most often used in reference to wilderness. Every time I write a column in praise of wild lands I receive letters from folks convinced that wilderness costs us jobs, drains our economy, and is simply part a federal plot to remove hu... Full story
Dear Editor, I am nearly 77 years old and if you sold everything I own I doubt I am worth $1000. When I was born I had the freedom and the right to trap, which I have done since I was 6 years old. Initiative 169 would ban trapping in Montana. To think that in my 77 years on earth we would deny the freedom and the rights to future generation to trap in the state of Montana is unthinkable. Two things must be done to stop this nonsense, do not sign I 169 and amend the state constitution that no one should be denied their God given rights. I have... Full story
Dear Editor, I was disappointed to hear that Judge McKeon had denied the plaintiff’s contention that quarantined Yellowstone Park bison transferred to the Indian Reservations should not be classified as “wild.” I obtained a copy of his decision in an attempt to understand his line of thinking. Unfortunately, it appeared to me that his 26 pages of legal maneuvering primarily dealt with rationalizing and justifying his predetermined decisions. While most of his opinions may have been on solid legal footing, others were a stretch of credi... Full story
Writing a weekly column is sort of like doing laundry. You know in the back of your mind that it needs to be done, but when it is time to really pull the trigger, isn’t it easier just to wear a T-shirt that is 20 years old and socks with holes in them? That, friends, is an awful analogy. And this is going to be an awful column. I have been wracking my brain all week trying to come up with a topic and in the end I got nothing. Zip and Zero. Nada and less. But I have to fill this space somehow because how many “tell them you saw it in the Phi... Full story
Dear Editor, Thank you Mr. John Degel for opening the Keystone XL debate: The TransCanada ads about the pipeline remind me of the Pegasus Gold scam that Phillips Co. endured. One day Pegasus thanked everyone for helping pass the legislation they had asked for in order to continue providing local jobs. That same day Pegasus announced they were closing their Zortman mine. The cleanup cost more than the bonds Pegasus had put up. Local jobs were created in the cleanup but Montana taxpayers got stuck with the bill. Just a neighborly Canadian... Full story
April 28, 2004 10 Years Ago •Chosen to reign as queen and king at Malta High School’s recent prom were Mandy Bebee and Chase Sanderson. Mandy is the daughter of Jim and Debbie Bebee of Malta. •Kurt Thomas DePuydt, a sixth grade student at Saco Public Schools, received the sixth grade award from the Montana Energy Education Council for his science fair project entered in the Montana State Science Fair held recently in Missoula. •“I’m tired of seeing dead kids who died horribly and needlessly... Full story
Senior Spotlight Ginni Eskildsen Favorite Snack: Cheese and crackers Favorite Athlete: Joe Montana Favorite Holiday: Christmas What you did before retirement: Farming. Favorite Book & Movie: Little Women... Full story
WHITEWATER-Robert "Robin" Donald McMullen, 65, beloved father, husband, grandfather and friend to many went to fish with the Lord on April 17, 2014. The family will receive friends at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 22, at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. The funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, April 23, at the Malta Lutheran Church in Malta. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com. Robin was born in Malta on May 29,... Full story
Summer hours at the Phillips County Museum are 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday & 12:30-5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Groups interested in scheduling a school tour contact the museum at 654-1037 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Like us on Facebook. We have tickets for the Mothers’ Day Style Show & luncheon presented by Family Matters on Sunday, May 4, at 1:00 p.m. at the Great Northern Hotel. This is a fundraiser for the Phillips County Historical Society. There will be a salad buffet lunch, style show, Mother-Daughter pictures by F... Full story
For as long as anyone can remember, May Day has also been Cleanup Day in Malta and this May is no exception. Volunteers will go about town, picking up trash and debris in an effort to our town looking fresh and clean as we head into spring. Cleanup Day in Malta is scheduled for Thursday, May 1, at 4 p.m. – Depending on the weather. If the weather should not cooperate the event will be re-scheduled for the following Thursday. The cleanup crews will meet at the Front Street Memorial Park across the Street from Radio Shack and Family Matters. I... Full story
Dear Editor, In the April 9, 2014, PCN an article appeared on the front page about a popular website entitled Phillips County Montana – Memories. A few of the comments in the article have raised some questions and I would like to offer a few points of clarification. In the summer of 1992, Jeneanne Smith, Elmer Feigel’s daughter, was searching for someone to take ownership of his collection of negatives and prints, dating from 1964-1984, or it was going to be taken to the dump. Colleen Barnard contacted me on behalf of Jeneanne Smith as I was th... Full story
A flurry of information was dispersed at the first Malta City Council meeting of April, including the new museum on Highway 2, City Pool upgrades and changes to departure times at the local Amtrak station. At the meeting, the new Antiques Modes of Transportation Museum – soon set to begin construction near Malta’s other museums on Highway 2 – was discussed. Schmoeckel said that she had met with Jane Ereaux and Kay Hould to talk about the new construction being built in the flood plain. “It’s just a matter of completing the paperwork and getti... Full story
Pictures from the Dodson Junior High Track at Nashua Invite... Full story
On Friday, April 4, Turk Salsbery, a fifth grader from Malta elementary school, had the chance to do something that only three Malta grade school students in the last 22 years have done. Attend the state geography bee. This year's Montana State Geography Bee was held at the Petro Theater, on the campus of Montana State University Billings, in Billings Montana. "It was all expenses paid," Salsbery told the PCN. " We also got to stay at the Quality Inn. There was a pool and the pool was very... Full story
Girls Malta scored 117 total points and was three points from tieing Havre, who won with 120 at the meet. Whitewater finished fifth with 26 points total. Malta was led by freshman standout Sophie Stiles who won three events and placed second in two other events. Stiles was in a close 100 meter race with North Star's Bettie Carlon, ultimately Stiles crossed the line as Carlon looked on. Stiles crossed the tape at 13.24 seconds, while Carlon was a mere .13th of a second behind. Stiles literally wo... Full story
Phillips County Shutterbug April 23 Photographs taken by Phillips County Residents as well as photos that never ran in the paper because of a lack of space or time. Send your Phillips County Shutterbug pictures to [email protected] and include your name, a description of the photo and when it was taken.... Full story