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The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum hosted their Dino Days event alongside Malta's Summer Fest. The event featured a Fun Run/Walk @ Trafton Trail, a Community Breakfast with Malta Kiwanis Club, Kids Dino Day, a showing of Jurassic World: Dominion, and Beverages and Bones. At Beverages and Bones, the PCN caught up with Anne Booth, Vice President of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum's Board of Directors as well as Dr. Cary Woodruff, who had worked for the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum as its...
Malta Kids Club is blasting through space this summer with “Out of this World” fun activities from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Members of Malta Kids Club have been busy with 1st LEGO League Robotics projects and Star Gazer Theatre Camp in the mornings during the month of July. Plans are to host a Summer Showcase sometime at the end of the program with times and dates to be announced at a later time. “Another exciting part of our outerspace programming this summer is the Museum of the Rockies Portable StarLab that we have...
Ernie and Ernest have been best friends for as long as they can remember. As pen pals they eagerly exchange letters almost every day, which travel nearly 5,000 miles between their homes in Montana and London. Though their daily routines are very different at times, they share what is most important: love of family & home and the value of having fun, as they learn about culture, sports, history and food (mainly cheese of course!). The County Mouse and the City Mouse is written by Fort Peck Summer...
Back by popular demand, Always...Patsy Cline will make a return to Fort Peck Summer Theatre, completing the 2022 line up. A runaway hit from Fort Peck Summer Theatre's 2015 season, the musical will perform for two weekends only, July 15 – July 24. Based on a true story about Patsy's friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, the musical is full of down-home country humor, true emotion and even some audience participation. It includes over 2 dozen of Patsy's greatest hits, including '...
A Shepherd man lost his hunting privileges for 16 years and will pay fines and restitution exceeding $6,000 after pleading guilty to 16 state and federal charges of poaching mule deer and leaving some parts at a federal recreation area. Brayden Reed, 19, pleaded guilty in Yellowstone County Justice Court to four counts of unlawful possession of deer, two counts of wasting game, three counts of hunting during a closed season, two counts of unlawful use of equipment, two counts of hunting without a license and one count of killing more than a lim...
1 years ago, Wednesday, July 11, 2012 New Manager at Family Matters She’s new to Malta and now she’s the manager at Family Matters. Avery Sorenson was hired to fill a vacancy in the management of the publicly owned clothing store by its board of directors. She and her husband, Leif moved to Malta in June from Glendive so he could accept a position as a new lineman with Big Flat Electric Cooperative. The public will get a chance to meet Sorenson, who started work last week, at a “meet and greet” Thursday, July 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event w...
If you haven't noticed by now, on the evening of July 1, the light poles in Malta have a new look. I'm talking about the "Hometown Hero" banners. We all appreciate Delsi and Eric Witmer for bringing this to our small town. We are very grateful to Steve Cole and Luke Spencer for letting the crew use their bucket trucks to display the banners. On the 4th of July, there was a special ceremony honoring our most recent fatality to the War in Iraq, LCpl Jeremy Sandvick Monroe, KIA, October 8, 2006,...
On Wednesday, June 29, the curtain went up for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) version of King Lear. Before the show started, tour manager and actor Riley O'Toole, who has returned for his eighth tour with MSIP, greeted the crowd and thanked them for coming out to see the show and help MSIP celebrate its 50th year on tour. He thanked all of the sponsors and businesses that help make the tour possible and then thanked everyone in the crowd. "It is because of people like all of you that...
In a fairly straightforward meeting last Tuesday night, the city council got the first report on the City Pool by new manager Shay Garfield and assistant manager Izzy Siegle. They informed the council that over the first three weeks of the pool being open, they have made $8,614.77. A majority of which is from swim lessons and sign-ups. And another $1,020.72 from concessions. They have five sponsored days scheduled so far and there has been one pool party with another one on the schedule. The...
On Thursday, June 23, the Montana High School Association Executive Board announced changes to their office responsibilities, and along with that came promotions. Greta (Koss) Beuhler, a 1992 graduate of Malta High School was promoted to be an Assistant Director for the MHSA in addition to her previous role as the MHSA Business Manager. She will oversee Basketball and Tennis for the MHSA. “I am excited to be an assistant director, but I know it will be a challenge to learn the ins and outs of m...
Nitrates are an issue to be aware of with our annual forage like hay barley and other small grain that we make into hay. Moisture has not been universal across the landscape and some crops and weeds may be stressed, accumulating nitrate. One early test of lambsquarter (see photo below) showed presence of nitrate. In large quantities, this weed could be a problem in hay. Taking a sample of the plant and bring it to the Extension Office ahead of haying can screen for the presence of nitrate. Also...
The Phillips County Library is sponsoring Curtis Mork, “The Lego Guy” on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at 10:30 am at the Library Basement Meeting Room. This will be a fun and informative activity on Legos for all ages. Curtis has over 800 Lego sets; one of the largest Lego collections in this part of the country. He has traveled thousands of miles to entertain and educate children on Legos in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and now Montana. He will begin giving participants a history of Lego and how...
Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen is proud to announce registration fees for Montana businesses have been cut in half. "Due to increased efficiencies in our office, we are able to lower fees for our Montana businesses. Those businesses are the backbone of our great state and cutting fees in half is one step to help them achieve their goals," said Secretary Jacobsen. "Thousands of businesses will benefit in the estimated savings of more than a million dollars each year." "Montana businesses deserve less government deterrents in their...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $5.7 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to help repair flood damage to roads and bridges in Custer Gallatin National Forest in southcentral Montana. “The recent flooding in the Yellowstone region has washed away roads and bridges that residents rely upon for their livelihoods and tourists rely on during their vacations,” said U.S. Transportat...
1 years ago, Wednesday, July 3, 2012 Prices fall 8.2 cents Montana, July 2, average retail gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 8.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.50/g yesterday. This compares with the national average which has fallen 6.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.37g, according to gasoline price website MontanaGasPrice.com Including the change in gas prices in Montana during the past week, prices yesterday were 13.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. Act for the fair Mission Mountain Wood Band Showing a...
The 2021-2022 winners of the Malta Dirt Daubers Sponsored Smokey Bear Woodsy Owl Poster Contest Winners are: 2nd grade: 1st place Demi Math, 2nd place Reagan Bleth, 3rd place Rio Oxarart. 3rd grade: 1st place Leeila Oxarart, 2nd place Lyla Warren, 3rd place Jackson Tollefson. 4th grade: 1st place Karsten Davis, 2nd place Kalie LaBrie, 3rd place Riya Salveson. 5th grade: 1st place Shelby Snellman, 2nd place Raya Decelles, 3rd place Kade Bleth....
Ernie and Ernest have been best friends for as long as they can remember. As pen pals they eagerly exchange letters almost every day, which travel nearly 5,000 miles between their homes in Montana and London. Though their daily routines are very different at times, they share what is most important: love of family & home and the value of having fun, as they learn about culture, sports, history and food (mainly cheese of course!). The County Mouse and the City Mouse is written by Fort Peck Summer... Full story
After the damage done by the high wind storm on April 5 and 6 of this year, the question of will there be any grandstand events this year at the 107th Phillips Count Fair has been answered. Yes!! The Friday night concert, Saturday derby/AMX races, and the Sunday Indian Relays and chariot races will all be held. PC Fair board member, Eric Wilke, told the PC News that the upper level of the grandstands will not be used. They have been considered unsafe. "We will be able to use the lower section of...
A few weeks ago, Hi-Line Retirement Center administrator Duane Murray wrote a letter in the PCN "Letters to the Editor" section explaining that many nursing homes have struggled to stay open even before COVID-19 was an issue, this week the PCN was able to catch up with Murray to talk about many of the changes that HLRC will be going through in hopes to stop the facility from shutting its doors. Since his letter, Murray said that HLRC has started its change from a CMS (Center for Medicare &...
We are making a bittersweet announcement to our members, partners and community that Dr. Cary Woodruff has left employment with the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum (GPDM) and has taken a new position as the inaugural Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at Frost Science in Miami Florida. This is a very exciting opportunity for Cary and we wish him only the very best in this endeavor. Dr. Woodruff will continue to serve as a paleontology advisor to GPDM on designated projects until we are able to...
The U.S. Navy's newest Virginia-class attack submarine, the USS MONTANA (SSN-794) was commissioned in a traditional ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. This is the second commissioned warship to bear the name MONTANA. Among the several hundred Montanans who were invited to attend the colorful and patriotic recognition of the submarine and its new officers and crew members were current Malta resident Terry Lodmell and former resident retired Navy Commander Mel Sundin. Terry was a member...
The Phillips County Community Foundation (PCCF) is excited to announce grant awards to four local projects totally over $4500. -$1500 has been awarded in support of the Re-Imagining Rural effort and community mural project that will be located on the east wall of the Villa Theatre building on Central Ave. This project, spearheaded by Kari Miller and the SaintLouis family (new owners of the Villa) is a local collaboration to inspire creativity, demonstrate community pride and creating a shared sp...
U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced the “Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act” to restore wildlife habitats, enhance sportsmen opportunities, mitigate wildfire risk, and increase public access to public lands in Montana by removing restrictive Wilderness Study Area (WSA) designations that can hinder land management and public access. The legislation is supported by 19 local leaders and stakeholder groups. “After working with local stakeholders and county commissioners and looking at the science, I’m glad to introduce a bill that would e...
1 years ago- Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Local Athletes do well at Opheim Rodeo Phillips County Rodeo contestants did well at the Opheim Rodeo on Sunday. Guy Simanton of Whitewater, won the Saddle Bronc with a 64, and Alex Burnham of Saco, placed 4th with a 53. Jace Bishop, of Malta, won the Junior Breakaway with a 3.6. Justinn Marshall of Saco, won the Ladies Breakaway, with a 3.6, and Kirsty Stewart, of Malta, was 2nd with a 5.0. Isaac Farcia of Saco won the Bull Riding with a score of 81. Brenna Krueger, of Zortman, won the Junior Barrels,...
