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1 years ago- Wednesday, January 4, 2011 Demarais: Player of Year A former Malta Mustang brought some pride to Phillips County when he was named the 2011 Rawlings-NAIA National Football Player of the Year on Dec. 16. Chance Demarais accepted the honor at a banquet before the NAIA championship game in Rome, GA. Demarais, a junior, ran for 1,748 yards on 312 attempts for a 134.5 yard average per game as a member of the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team. Demarais was the fourth Carroll player to earn the honor since it was initiated...
The Phillips County Community Foundation (PCCF) recently secured Covid-19 Funds for Rural Resiliency in the amount of $8800 through the Montana Community Foundation and regranted funds to benefit HiLine Retirement Center in Malta. PCCF contributed an additional $1200 to make a total grant award of $10,000. According to PCCF board member, Anne Boothe "the regranting project has dedicated all funds to the retention and recruitment of workforce at HLRC impacted by Covid-19. Funds will be used to...
The deadline for public comment on the 2022/20223 hunting regulation proposals has been extended from Jan. 14 to Jan. 21. Those interested can view the proposals and provide comment online at fwp.mt.gov/regproposals. Comments also can be submitted by email to [email protected]. This is a second opportunity for the public to provide input on 2022/2023 draft hunting regulation proposals. Earlier this fall, Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists offered science-based regulations proposals that combine some hunting districts, reduce some license and permit...
After the Malta High School Band and Choir kicked off the season on Tuesday, December 14, the bar was set pretty high for the rest of the concerts to live up to. They did. Middle School Concert The Malta Middle School Christmas Concert was held on Thursday, December 16, at the MS/HS Auditorium. The choir, consisting of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders kicked things off under the direction of Mrs. Nancy Murdock and was accompanied by Mrs. Murdock's guitar class. The group started off by singing several...
Friday, December 17, Cary Woodruff culminated his five years of post graduate studies by defending his thesis. He studied for his doctorate at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto under David Evans. Dr. Woodruff has been Director of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station in Malta, since March of 2016. His doctorate work was on pachycephalosaurus, or the head butter dinosaurs. He researched to find if they really were head butters. He came to the conclusion that they probably...
1 years ago- Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Senators nominate French to Us Academies Senator Max Baucus has nominated Jaclyn French of Malta to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. French is a senior at Malta High School. The senator nominated a total of 37 Montana seniors to the various military academies to which they have applied. Sen. Jon Tester also announced that he has nominated French to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs where she has also made application. A nomination, usually from a member of Congress, is the first step in...
It was just less than packed capacity and indeed Elf'n magic and music at the Hi-Line Retirement Center on Sunday afternoon as the Elf of Christmas was joined by members of the Buster Deo VFW Auxiliary. The group sang zesty and gleeful songs as Ms. Penny Mackay tickled the ivories on the piano. The Elf came in dress with bells on her toes and the group voices helped bring cheer and the spirit and joy of Christmas to others. The VFWA wishes the residents and all Veterans a very special and...
The Malta Speech and Drama team got back into action last weekend on Saturday, December 18, in Fort Benton. “It was a fairly small meet,” said Malta Coach Anna LaBrie. “It was run very well thanks to Amy Hanson, the Fort Benton Coach.” The Speech and Drama team has had a lull in competition as this was the first meet since the Malta Invitational back on November 20th. “The girls were a bit rusty after a few weekends with no competition,” said LaBrie. Emily Rettinger took third with her Humorous Oral Interpretation, and Izzie Hallenberg took 4th...
It’s that time of year when ice anglers and other recreationists will be heading out to Montana's “hard” waters for the winter season. Everyone needs to be safe around ice, whether ice fishing, ice skating, hunting, snowmobiling, or just taking a walk. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reminds folks that safety should be the number one concern during a day out on (or near) the ice. For more information, please go to https://fwp.mt.gov/fish/ice-fishing/safety When on the ice, remember: -Plan ahead…check the weather for changing conditi...
MALTA- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would like all folks to be “Bear Aware,” even in northeast Montana. Although bear encounters are rare in most of FWP Region 6, there are known black bears present in the Little Rockies and the Bears Paw Mountains, and more recently, some (likely) black bear sign and sightings have been reported near Malta. Black bears are occasionally found wandering far from their traditional areas, and preventative measures should always be taken to prevent wildlife encounters. In the last month, especially since the...
Mrs. McFadden's Class MES Fourth Grade What Christmas Means to Me By: Jaxon Beck, Age 10 When I think about Christmas, I think about opening my presents. Christmas is special and exciting. My Christmas wish is to make new friends and I want people to know me better. Christmas is easy because I have no school. It makes things easy because there's nothing to do but open presents and have a good day. Christmas is about putting up the tree. Christmas is about decorating the house. Christmas is exciting. Christmas is fun. Christmas is all about the...
Malta Elementary Mrs.Blunt Grade 2 Dear Santa, My name is Aundre Doney and I am in 2nd grade. I am 7 years old. I would like a PS 5 for Christmas. My brother would like a car. How are your reindeer? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Sincerely, Aundre Doney Dear Santa, My name is Kaci and I am in the 2nd grade. This year I would like rollerblades and I Survived book, please. Koulee would like Ghostbuster toys, please. Where do you get your magic from? I hope you have a Merry Christmas! Sincerely, Kaci Knudsen Dear Santa, My name is Connor. I...
1 years ago- Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Snowball Royalty Candidates for the annual Snowball which will be held Thursday, Dec. 29, are as follows: Queen Candidates- Kori Kindle, Tayor Pankratz, Jessie Cole, Lauren Buechler, Heather Mavencamp, and Niclole Arnold. King Candidates- Brett Amestoy and Landon Costin. The ball will be held in the cafeteria from 9 p.m. until midnight. The Grand March will be at 8 p.m. M-ettes cruise to fifth win The Malta M-ette varsity cruised to their fifth win of the young season Tuesday night running over a...
The Malta High School band and choir concert was held this past week to a packed house on Tuesday, December 14. The high school full choir kicked things off under the direction of Mrs. Nancy Murdock, with an acapella song called O Magnum Mysterium by Evan Ramos. The next song was called In The Bleak Midwinter by Rossetti/Holst. The song started with a tenor sax solo played by Isaac Helms. Both of the first two songs were more of the hymnal type of music and were performed beautifully by the...
The Bank of Malta held its Santa Night on its traditional first Monday of December, the 6th this year. "We were really excited to be able to have our Santa Night again this year," said Bank of Malta Branch Manager Jackie Sorlie. "We were sad when Santa couldn't come and meet the kids last year." Santa Night is a tradition that has been going on for close to 25 years according to Sorlie. "I've been here for 19 years, and it was a tradition when I started back then." The bank welcomed between...
Malta Fire Chief Josh Newman brought a couple of items to the City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 14. Newman brought in a new fire monitor, which he explained is just like the high-flow deck guns that the department has on the trucks, only the new ones can be brought down to ground level. “With these, we can hit the fire a lot more directly and hopefully save a few more structures,” said Newman. “The monitors also allow us to move a lot more water with a lot less manpower. With a hose, we would have three guys holding them. With this,...
The Phillips County Library has been having some issues with the MontanaLibrary2Go.org app. The company that the ebooks and audiobooks is purchased from; Overdrive, has been making some updates to its program. Overdrive would like all users to update to the Libby by Overdrive app. It is still free and the company will quit supporting the original Overdrive app. One change that was made recently is a different configuration for the library card numbers. All of the library cards will have to have a minimum of 5 (five) digits. To fulfill this...
TikTok The Phillips County Sheriff's Office has become aware of a concerning TikTok post that promotes violence in “every school in the USA, even Elementary", on Friday, December 17, 2021. At this time,we are not aware of any direct threats to any school in Phillips County but will be monitoring the situation closely and be ready to respond should anything take place. All threats of this nature are taken very seriously and individuals engaged in this type of behavior will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Train Crash On Friday, D...
The Phillips County Ambulance Service has a new vehicle in the arsenal. It was purchased from Richland County on September 9th. It has just finished getting a facelift with all new graphics done by Northern Prairie Design and put on by Paul and Kayla Warren. "We were very fortunate to get this ambulance from Richland County at a very reasonable price," said County Commissioner John Carnahan. Commissioner Richard Dunbar said, "We were lucky that we called them when we did and got our names on...
As the Friday afternoon closed out until the half moon filled the crisp air, the American Legion Commander Vincent Schmoeckel opened the ceremony of retiring of the flag. Miles (Jim) Verhoff of the Boy Scouts and VFW and an inquisitive and receptive group young Scouts assisted with the event. The flag ceremony has not been held for several years. The ritual is conducted to show respect and dispose of flags that are tattered, wind ripped, stained, outdated by age, and basically those who have...
1 years ago- Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Saco marks the end of a $1.3 million water project The town of Saco marked the completion of a $1,350,000 water project last Thursday with a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony. Officials gathered north of town to cut the ribbon with their new 150,000-gallon cement water storage tank in the background. The $477,000 storage tank replaces the now obsolete landmark storage tank tower within the city limits. The project also included laying a 12-inch water main from the storage tank into town, replacement of...
In what has became an annual event, members of the American Legion Auxiliary created and hung ornaments on the tree at the VFW to honor those in the military that have served our country and have passed away. This year 13 ornaments adorn the tree at the Club with each soldier on an individual miniature dog tag with their name and picture recall memories for the families. The record for death of veterans was several years ago when 26 soldiers were laid to their final rest. At the passing of an...
Montana’s Credit Unions (MCU) is thrilled to announce the successful relaunch of their Credit Unions for Kids (CU4Kids) efforts benefiting Shodair Children’s Hospital (Shodair), Montana’s only Children’s Miracle Network hospital. Credit unions from around the state took part in MCU’s inaugural Cats vs. Griz Icon Fundraiser leading up to the rivalry game on November 19, securing over $25,000 to assist with the advancement of care at Shodair. Employees at Shodair Children's Hospital and 28 Montana credit unions participated in selling one-dolla...
