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Dr. Joseph E. McCarthy was a lifelong educator. He held a fierce passion for teaching, and his continued dedication was for ensuring the youth of America had a firm foundation and understanding of finance and higher education as it related to real-world experience. His focus was on Finance, but he had a rounded overall world view of life and was not only an educator, but a student in the fiercest sense ensuring that his mind was always active and he was always learning. In dedication of his years of service to the education of America’s y...
1 years ago- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 New principal to come from within the district A new Malta High School Principal will be selected from within the ranks. That was the decision of the Malta School Board last week. The board met in a special meeting to formally accept the resignation of Principal John Roberts, who plans to retire at the end of his contract at the end of May. Mr. Roberts has served as principal for nine years. Supt. Kris Kuehn said he hopes to recommend a successor at the school board’s March 13 meeting. Supt Kuehn told...
In a paper released on Thursday, February 10, Dr. Cary Woodruff, Director of Paleontology at the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum in Malta, Montana, along with other colleagues, reported that they have found the first bird-like respiratory infection in a dinosaur. The subject of the discovery was a sauropod, or long-necked dinosaur, nicknamed "Dolly". "Dolly" was a herbivore that lived approximately 150 million years ago and was discovered back in 1990 in the Livingston area. The fossil of "Dolly"...
It was another top-notch production put on by the Malta High School Band and Choir to an almost capacity audience on Tuesday, February 8, at the Malta High School auditorium. The concert choir, led by Mrs. Nancy Murdock and accompanied by Jenny Oxarart kicked off the night with a couple of the songs that were performed at the District Honor Band and Choir concert in late January. The first song was a dark, foreboding song called Dies Irae. A song that was sung in Latin, and was originally a poem that dates from the 13th century at the latest....
Twenty-seven of the county's top spellers congregated at the school in Whitewater on Wednesday, February 9, for the Phillips County Spelling Bee. The winner was Finn Witmer, a seventh-grader from Malta Middle School. The runner-up for the competition was Jake Brown, an eighth-grader from Saco. It was down to the two of them after the seventh round. They seemed to be in sync, spelling two words correctly, or misspelling two words for a few rounds. Until the 13th round when Witmer spelled his...
At the last City Council meeting, February 8, the council got a visit from Barry Damchen. He reported that the landfill is looking good. There is a problem with litter from the landfill. He suggested that the city look into shutting the landfill down on days that are supposed to be really windy. Much of the litter that gets airborne happens when the trucks are dumped while it is windy. Mr. Damchen introduced Mary Louise to the council. She is a sub-contractor that is working with Mr. Damchen now that specializes in groundwater monitoring. The...
The Malta Middle School Festival will take place in Malta High School/Middle School - Feb. 22. This will be an all day event with students from Malta Middle School performing solos/ensembles in addition to the 6th Grade Band and 7/8 Grade Band. Students from Lustre Christian School, Nashua, Opheim, Hinsdale, Saco and Whitewater will also be attending. Everyone is invited to listen to music made by these young musicians. The Malta Middle School office will have the performance times of Malta MS musicians....
Do you want your farm or ranch business to remain intact for the next generation? Most do. Do you want the family to get along and come home for gatherings? Most do. What most farms don’t do, according to farm family coach Elaine Froese, is break down assumptions, have robust respectful family meetings, and discover the expectations of ALL family members for the succession or transition of the farm. Froese is an expert in quickly mapping out the family dynamic and identifying the key challenges that need to be unpacked. Froese is a certified pr...
1 years ago- Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Nutrition key to Malta’s Head Start meals Where’s the one place you’re guaranteed a filling, nutritious and wholesome meal? The Malta Head Start Program…Honest! Bonnie Ost has been cooking for the Head Start program for eight years (she’s been cooking since childhood when she was Bonnie Koss on the family ranch). Raising seven children (one a nephew), Bonnie has learned what children like to eat and brings that knowledge to her menus for the Head Start program. “The Child Adult Food Care Program (CAFCP...
Welcoming Veterans and guests to the VFW Club are two benches which have a refreshing and bright appearance with a touch up. The benches are in memory of Veteran Mike McEwen and were recently anonymously treated to fresh paint and upgrading. The VFW extends their appreciation to the skilled and talented craftsman for the time and generosity shared to make the welcome to the Club a warm one. The Club is open at this time on Tuesday to Saturday from 4 til 8. The Club hosts a Jam Session the first...
It is with great pleasure that the Mustang Foundation will be the recipient of one new scholarship which will be a trades scholarship (makes two of those) and the previous 4 added last year from the Late Michael Veseth and Rosemary Sylwester Veseth. These scholarships will be worth $1,000.00 each and will be awarded each year over the next four years. These scholarships are available to anyone who applies in the county. The applications will be available at the schools in Phillips County or on the Malta High School website under the Mustang...
VFW Auxiliary Post 4067 is excited to announce the kick-off of the VFW Auxiliary’s annual Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. Local students in grades 9-12 have the opportunity to compete for $33,000 in national scholarships. Students must submit an original two- or three-dimensional piece of artwork. Digital art, photography and jewelry are not accepted. The entry must have completed during the current 2021-2022 school year and the application must include a teacher or supervising adult’s signature. Students begin by competing at...
A project that has been in the works since 2018 has come to fruition. A brand new bus barn for the Phillips Transit Authority (PTA) is 99 percent done and waiting for its final inspection from the state this coming Thursday. "We will be moving things over there slowly," said Betty Hasler of the PTA. "I have a few time-sensitive things that I want to make sure I get done while all of my stuff is still here so I know that everything is working right." They broke ground on land donated by the...
Grace O. Albia and Jannet Benitez Zeta have both been charged with Deceptive Election Practices in Phillips County Justice Court. The charges allege that both falsified their voter registration form on October 12, 2021, when they declared on the form that they were United States citizens. Both are citizens of the Philippines here in Montana on work visas. After the Dodson, Montana town election in November 2021, several residents of Dodson notified the Phillips County Clerk and Recorder that Zeta and Albia had voted in the election but were...
According to the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office, two non-citizens received citations related to election crimes during the November 2021 municipal election. According to county election officials, the Dodson mayoral race in Phillips County was decided by only two votes. The Secretary of State’s Office referred the matter to the Montana Attorney General's Office to oversee prosecution. According to the Attorney General's Office, the subjects pled not guilty at their initial appearance in Justice Court. Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen, who...
Fifteen months after making his initial appearance in the courtroom, and following many delays, representation changes, and a change of plea, the case against Ernest Miramon, Jr. has come to a close. On Tuesday, January 25, at 2:32 p.m., District Court was called to order for the sentencing hearing with the Honorable Yvonne Laird presiding via Zoom from Blaine County. Present in Malta was Dan O'Brien, representing the State of Montana, and Lee Pekovitch, legal intern via Zoom. Paul Neal,...
Grasshopper outlook 2022 Unfortunately for most of Montana, the grasshopper outlook is only slightly better than 2021. The Rangeland Grasshopper outlook is developed through surveys of adult grasshoppers in the fall of 2021. The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) conducts the survey and compiles the outlook map. In the state of Montana, 45.8 million acres are forecasted to experience 8-15 grasshoppers per square yard (orange) and 8.6...
The first president, George Washington, and the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, had several similarities: they both wanted to free the slaves; their fathers passed on while the future presidents were quite young; their education was limited to three years or less; both fought wars for their country. Washington was 11 when his father passed away and that was the end of his schooling as the father was his teacher. The family could ill afford young George to attend school in England. As Washington aged, he began to abhor the institution of slaver...
Both members of the Malta Speech and Drama team qualified for the State Meet held at Huntley Project High School on January 28-29. While neither of the girls made it to the finals, Head Coach Anna LaBrie said, “I am very proud of both girls. They have grown so much over the season.” Though senior Emily Rettinger didn’t make it out of the first round, Coach LaBrie had nothing but gratitude for her. “It was a big risk for Emily to try something new, being a senior and this was her first year in speech. She did a great job and got better as the...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education classroom course dates have been set for the Havre area for this year. There will be three regular youth classroom courses offered this spring. The courses will be held at MSU-Northern at Cowan Hall, room 310, and are free of charge. The course dates are as follow: Class 1: Feb. 24, 6-7 p.m.- orientation. Feb. 28-March 4, 6-9 p.m.- class. March 5- field day/live shoot. Class 2: April 21, 6-7 p.m.- orientation. April 25-29, 6-9 p.m.- class. April 30- field day/live shoot. Class 3: May 12, 6-7...
1 years ago- Wednesday, February 6, 2012 She’s back home…as a deputy sheriff After an absence of 11 years, LeeAnn Pekovitch has returned to Malta…but this time she’s packing a gun and a badge. When she graduated from Malta High School, LeeAnn (we’ll have to get used to calling her Deputy Pekovitch) attended Minot State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Forensic Chemistry. She’s currently working on her Master’s Degree in Criminology. Her first job, for five years, w...
