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The Villa Theatre in Malta lights up Central Avenue on Thursday night, the first time the new sign was turned on since being installed over the past week. The lighting of the marquee coincided with the re-opening of the Villa following months of closure due to Covid-19 restrictions. The total cost of the new marquee was approximately $40,000. The Villa will be open this week with two features, one for children, the other for adults. Photo by Mark Hebert....
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to this direct support to farmers and ranchers, USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program is partnering with regional and local distributors, whose workforces have been significantly impacted by the closure of many restaurants, hotels, and other food service ent...
As Milk River water users have been warning for decades will happen, the 100-year-old system that supplies much of the water in the river has suffered a catastrophic failure. A concrete drop structure on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance work washed out and collapsed Sunday. St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group Co-Chair and Montana State University Phillips County Extension Agent Marko Manoukian said Drop 5, which is one of five drops on the St. Mary's project up near Babb and is the last...
On Sunday May 17, the Drop 5 structure collapsed due to its significant age of 104 years old. Since being organized in 2003 by then Lt. Governor Karl Ohs, the 16-citizen member of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group have been regularly meeting to engage congressional and state leaders to start repairing the system before it suffered catastrophic failure. The US irrigation project irrigates 140,000 acres, serves as a water source for 18,000 people and produces enough food for 1 million...
12 years ago May 24, 1945 Dodson veterans will organize Legion post Dodson veterans of World Wars I and II have made an application for a charter for a post of American Legion to be known as the "Gung Ho" post. The application for a charter was signed by 14 veterans of the two wars. The new post will be the third in Phillips County, Saco also having a comparatively new post. Grade School kids have successful sports day The grade school children of Malta, South Wagner, and other various rural...
Saco Public School has announced the Semester 2 Honor Rolls for the 2019-20 year which includes 14 students from grades 7-through 11. Those students are: Superintendent’s Honor Roll List (4.00 to 3.75) Jaycee Erickson, 10; Dylan Brown, 10th; Daeson Salveson, 10th; Teagan Erickson, 8th; Jocelyn Brown, 8th; and Nathan Salveson, 8th. Honor Roll (3.74 to 3.25) Chayten Pippin, 11th; Jaydyn Erickson, 11th; Beau Sudbrack, 10th; Jessa Erickson, 07th; Sandra Sones, 7th; Carter Pippin, 7th; and Blaine Downing, 7th....
Pinochle On Tuesday, May 12, the gang got back together for the first time in a while and Jerry Depute showed no rust with a first-place finish following a 7,010 tally, while Leonard Leader ranked second with a score of 6,7403 Two days later, on Thursday, May 12, the players shuffled up again and this time Lou Olson captured first with 4,560, Barb Stevens played valiantly with a total of 4,340 to take second and the traveling prize was awarded to both Lou and Von Holzhey. Whist On Tuesday, May 19, Lou Stevens scored 53 to out dual Lee Stevens...
5-20. Sympathy to Baptist Pastor Bergess, wife Alyssa, and family on the loss of a family member. The Bergess family left Whitewater for South Carolina for the funeral. Wishing a speedy recovery to Adam Hellie who had an accident recently. Congratulations to Challis Young, my granddaughter, om her recent wedding. They had a small, private ceremony and party due to the COVID-19 virus quarantines. Best wishes to the newlyweds. Children grow up too fast, don’t they? Sad news in Whitewater as t...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue to operate six ports of entry in Montana and one in Idaho at reduced hours due an agreement signed by Canada and the United States to extend the “essential only” travel restrictions through at least June 22, or until the Administration lifts the current travel restrictions. With the “essential only” travel restrictions first imposed on March 21 in response to the COVID 19 pandemic, cross-border travel significantly declined. Reducing the hours of operations at ports of entry along both la...
Graveside services for lifelong resident Edward Solberg will be Saturday, May 30, at 2 p.m. The whole community sends condolences to Polly and the entire Solberg family in the death of Edward. Condolences are also sent to the family of the former Misty Munsinger in her passing. The many little showers we have been having over the past week have really been keeping things green. Thank heaven we missed the hail that part of the state had. I cannot even imagine hail from 2" to 4" in diameter....
Joyce Erickson, Saco School paraprofessional, was recently honored for her 20 years of dedicated service to the Saco School. Joyce will be retiring at the end of this school year....
What ocean does the Red River run into? What's another name for a polygraph test? What side is the port side of a ship? These are a few of the many questions that were heard during Trivia Night at Blue Ridge Brewing in Malta last Thursday, May 21. The event had its second meeting since the brewery reopened it's doors earlier this month. The event, put on by Father Cory Sticha and Brenda Rummel of St. Mary's Catholic Church, originally started at Blue Ridge Brewing in October of 2018. Fr. Cory sa...
On Thursday, May 21, VFW representative Donald Klinko presented winners of the VFW Patriot's Pen essay contest with certificates and medals. The theme this year for the Patriot's Pen was "What Makes America Great". The task was to construct a 300-400 word essay on their thoughts and feelings about "What Makes America Great." The winners of the contest were Carson Ottinger 1st place, parents Eric and Katie Ottinger. Kyann Bergos 2nd place, parents Dylan and Shyla Bergos. Braydon Rhoads 3rd...
Malta High School held their 2020 graduation at Mustang Field in Malta on Sunday afternoon. The event was moved to the field this year because of social-distancing and Covid-19 Virus concerns. There were a total of 31 graduates in the MHS Class of 2020, they are: Tyler West Arnold, Kaylanna Marie Bain, Kaycee Lee Bond, Jimmy Lee Campbell, Blake Michael Chambers, Benjamin David Costin, Kelbee Nicole Denham, Bobby Ray Dolphay, Jakob Thomas Richard Drabbs, Keith Riley Epperson, Jacob Jo French,...
On Tuesday, June 2, Montana's Primary Election will be held and in one race on the Republican ballot, Malta's Casey Knudsen (incumbent) is being apposed by Joyce Stone of Glasgow in Montana's House District 33. What follows are the same four questions asked of the two candidates, answered in their own words, edited only for typos and style, and listed alphabetically by last name. Rep. Casey Knudsen 1. Tell us about yourself My name is Casey Knudsen, and I am a 5th generation rancher from Malta,...
Many changes have and continue to occur at Malta Villa Theatre, but perhaps the most important change at the storied moviehouse is the doors will reopen for film viewing on Friday, May 22 after months of being closed dealing with COVID-19 restrictions. In November of last year, the Villa reopened with new seating, a new concession stand, new bathrooms after closing that summer and management and eventually ownership changed as Greg and Jan Kirkwood purchased the nearly 65-year old Phillips...
For the first time since March, the Malta City Council had an in-person council meeting at which many topics were discussed and voted for, including a stray cat problem and the opening of City parks and the likely shuttering of the Municipal pool for the 2020 summer season. The meeting was held in the Malta City Hall Gymnasium with aldermen David Rummel and Bonnie Wiederrick at a table, Aldermen Bill Hicks and Jim Sintler at a table, Malta Mayor John Demarais at his own desk, Malta City Clerk...
Among the ballot items voters in Phillips County are asked to decide on in this year's primary election, three levies are being proposed by the Phillips County Commissioners; A County Road Levy, County General Levy, and a County Bridge Levy. All active voters receiving a ballot in rural areas of Phillips County will vote on all County levy issues. All active voters receiving a ballot in the City of Malta, Town of Dodson, and Town of Saco will vote on the County General Levy and County Bridge Levy. The Phillips County Commissioners gave their re...
On Monday, April 6, 2020, it was discovered that the east set of bathrooms at Trafton Park sustained substantial damage to them when an unknown vehicle struck the structure. The damage is such that the entire building will have to be demolished. It's unclear when the damage occurred. Anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the suspect(s) may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. You will remain anonymous and will be given a unique identifier to receive any reward issued. If you have information about this...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $900,000 for local governments to host a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction (CCFWR) pilot project for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The cooperative agreements will support projects that develop and test strategies for planning and implementing municipal compost plans and food waste reduction plans. The agreements are offered through USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production....
1 years ago May 19, 1920 Reverend J. R. Bebee was to be the main speaker at the Memorial Day service in Malta. *** H. L. Dorr and little daughter spent the weekend in Helena with relatives. *** The Lutheran ladies aide held a meeting in Trafton's Grove near the wagon bridge. *** The last car of lumber from construction of the new high school building had arrived. *** State Republican chairman John A. Tressler was a business visitor in Billings. *** Mrs. William Mason and children consulted at...
Please be advised: If you are planning on using Trafton Park shelters for an event in the future, please contact the Malta City Office, 654-1251, to reserve the shelters, get the key and pay for the electricity. The Phillips Co Sheriff’s Office will no longer be handling this. Thank you. Check out our website: www.phillipscountysheriff.org and our Facebook page, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. Our Facebook page does give reports of scams and other important information as needed to get to the public. Please remember to file a new burn permit...
Well the time for schools to start on their summer vacations is here and most of the schools were already closed because of the Coronavirus, so everyone was more or less prepared. The Dodson graduation was postponed to a later date this summer, so hopefully can have it at that time. Work is being scheduled to begin on the new bus barn to hold the school's new busses. It will be built near the school on the old Chezik property. I understand the planned school reunion has been cancelled---maybe...
Next month, around Father's Day, I will be treating Ed Dunham to either lunch, supper, or dessert at Dairy Queen. He has been doing a great job working with the marquee at the Villa Theatre and what I heard is the new marquee will begin being installed on Wednesday, June 20 in Malta. Something I learned this week is that the City of Malta Municipal Pool likely will not open at all this year because of COVID-19. One thing I got watch was help shovel pieces broken pieces of cement out of the pool’s bathhouse. I had fun. If the Malta Public W...
Brandings and seeding are the two things going on mainly in our area! Good luck with both. The annual Compton cattle drive from Boulder, MT to Loring has been completed in the modern way by semi trucks with cattle pots! Not as much stress or time or ranch hands needed! The Loring community extends sympathy to the family of Judy Rustad. Judy was a kind person who always had a smile. Also sympathy to the community of Turner on the death of Jim Reed, who owned the garage over there and drove the...
