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The National Geographic Society announced via Email last week that all state level GeoBees will be canceled this year due to public health risks related to coronavirus (COVID-19), moving the in-person events attended by students to an online format. “We are doing this out of an abundance of caution regarding COVID-19, and in order to prioritize the health and safety of everyone who attends our events,” the Email states. Locally, Malta Middle School eighth grade student Tova Anderson and Malta Elementary fifth grade student Bridger Benton wer...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to announce and invite the public to comment on a proposal to install updated shoulder rumble strips and new centerline rumble strips on the following highways, US 191 from mile marker 0.8 to 6.9, Montana 24 from mile marker 8.5 to mile marker 25, and MT 39 from mile marker 14 to 22 near Colstrip. Construction is tentatively planned for the summer of 2020, depending on completion of design and availability of funds. No new right-of-way or relocation of utilities will be required. The...
TC Energy, a North American owned company, has announced that they will likely be bringing anywhere from 50-to-70 employees to Phillips County (with a maximum of 100) the beginning of April who will be lodged in the Malta, Saco, Whitewater, and Glasgow communities. The news comes nearly a month after U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a Record of Decision that allows the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to offer a right-of-way grant to TC Energy for a term of 30 years, allowing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline...
Over forty agriculture producers attended the Crop Seminar held by the Extension Office on Wednesday February 26. The daylong program started with Uta McKelvy, Montana State University PhD candidate, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology. McKelvy provided an overview of how fungicide resistance happened in a field crop. Dr. Kent McVay, Extension Cropping Systems Specialist at the Southern Agricultural Research Center near Huntley, discussed computer tools for producers. Dr. McVay has developed the http://www.sarc.montana.edu/php/...
Malta Middle School has announced its 2nd Trimester Honor Roll for the 2019-20 school year which boasts the names of 41 hardworking students, led by the 6th-grade class which had a total of 15 members listed. Those students are: 6th Grade: Sadie Branham, Sonny Gray, Dawson Hammond, Michael Izaguirre, Brooklynn Knowles, Morgan McEwen, Layla Messerly, Alexandria Oshio, Cody Rhoads, TJ Siewing, Straud Sims, Hunter Tremblay, Denvyr Tuss, Ronni Winkel, and Jackson Wright. 8th Grade: Elly Anderson, Tova Anderson, Bradley Brown, Chadon Crnkovich,...
I hope everyone remembered to turn their clocks ahead on Sunday! At least it's daylight now. Monday was overcast — 25 degrees and the wind was blowing of course. There was an open town meeting held on Monday evening on the work that is needed to be done on the town's sewer lagoon. Representatives from Great West Engineering and Bear Paw explained the impact as we are in the 100-year floodplain and/or wet-land. The Town has secured a grant to do most of the work needed but an increase of a h...
Oh, the welcome raucous sound of the geese returning! Spring is on the way! Many antelope gathering up near mile marker 32-35! They look pretty good! The water in the Cottonwood Creek and Little Cottonwood was rising and trying to get by the ice jammed up in the creek bed. I have not seen the snowy owls this week, but lots of hawks are flying in. On Tuesday the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum held an informational barbeque for landowners and board members. Several of the Loring area residents were...
Whist On February 25, Leonard Leader took top honors, Harvey Smith was second and the traveling prize was awarded to Jerry Depute. Pinochle On February 27, Nina Jones took first with 7,260, Jerry Depute was second with 5,970, and the traveling prize was awarded to both Nina and Barb Stevens. Malta Duplicate Bridge Club Monday, March 2 saw Bonnie Millar and Robert Maxie capture first place. Second was awarded to Nellie Ereaux and Cathy Salsbery....
February 7, 2020 10:32 p.m. Deputy performed building security checks in the Malta area. 10:51 p.m. Sheriff performed building security checks in the Sleeping Buffalo and Saco areas. February 8, 2020 1:05 a.m. 911 received reporting a Hit & Run to a vehicle and several power poles near a local business; Deputy responded to the call; case file started. 3:04 a.m. Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 5am Sunday for all of Phillips Co. 8:05 a.m. Female requested a welfare check on a running vehicle with an individual inside of it;...
1 years ago March 11, 1920 W. G. Schneider, F. C. Perry, H. S. Whitcomb, Burt Moylan, B. H. Koke, and E. A. Gronback had formed a corporation known as the Fur Specialty Farm. The new enterprise was capitalized at $100,000. It was planned to breed a certain species of fur bearing rabbits. A building on Front Street was to be used to house the rabbits. *** Harry Conser was elected president of the Milk River Rod and Gun Club. H. M. Kirton was elected secretary, and Joe Hocking of Glasgow was a n...
The following Malta Middle School students were recently recognized by the Malta Kiwanis for Bringing Up Grades (BUG). These students brought up at least one grade in a core class during the 2nd trimester compared to the 1st trimester. They also had to keep their other grades from dropping below a certain level. Not all students on the list were present for the pictures. Those students, by grade, are: 6th Grade: Rose Alexander, Mackayla Bachmeier, MJ Beaman, Kendall Clausen, Sonny Gray, Dawson...
Workers took the wooden blocks out from underneath the home having a new basement built near the Phillips County Courthouse. I also watched workers do some wood cutting for new light outside of the Villa Theatre. When they are done, I will be taking those workers to Dairy Queen for lunch, supper, or dessert. Another thing going on in town is the snow has been melting and it is very muddy near where they are building the new Armory in Malta. Once it dries up a little, I will get out there and...
Phillips County Hospital & Family Health Clinic welcomed their newest Family Practitioner last week when Christy Scoggins joined the medical staff. Scoggins comes to Phillips County by way of Alaska but grew up in Coahoma, Texas, where she was raised by her parents who owned a Texaco Station in the area (her father is also a veteran of the Vietnam War as a member of the United States Air Force.) Christy was a fourth-generation Scoggins to the area and lived there until the age of 26 when she...
Members of the Phillips County Hospital and Family Health Clinic Board of Directors confirmed at their monthly meeting in Malta last Tuesday that Hospital CEO Ward VanWichen tendered a resignation letter on Thursday, February 20, which they accepted. The replacement for VanWichen, who took over the CEO position at the hospital in April of 2007, is in its infancy, accoding to the Hospital Board. Members of the board were introduced to the Phillips County Hospital's newest Family Nurse...
It was 116-years ago that Miss Marguerite Moore welcomed five students into her classroom that would be the start of the first school in Dodson. Now, in 2020, Dodson’s Bonnie Lankford and others are organizing a Dodson All-Class Reunion during the Phillips County Fair week this year. “It is an all-class reunion, but we want anyone who ever had anything to do with the school attend,” Lankford said. “If you attended, but didn’t graduate, or you worked as a custodian, come one, come all. The entire community is invited.” Lankford and her assista...
A total of 40 producers listened to four presenters at the annual Jim Schumacher Memorial Livestock Day. Corbitt Wall discussed how the cattle market has evolved from driving herd to market and selling them as only finish cattle pen-side in the stockyards in the 1930s. Currently, we have a feedlot industry in warmer parts of the country. He highlighted that 80% of the cattle are controlled by four major packers and they have control over the price from feedlot to packing plant. This leaves very...
The students left to right are Saco High School's Jaycee Erickson, Dylan Brown, Jaydyn Erickson, Daeson Salveson, and Chayten Pippin and were each inducted into National Honor Society on February 18 in Saco....
Across the country, county and state Farm Bureaus are making safety a priority through the Agricultural Safety Awareness Program. As part of ASAP, March 1-7 has been designated as Agricultural Safety Awareness Week. U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers will join Farm Bureau in promoting the week with its theme “20:20 Vision on Ag Safety.” A different safety focus will be highlighted by Phillips County Farm Bureau and U.S. Ag Centers each day of the week: Monday, March 2 – Mental Health Tuesday, March 3 – Transportation Safety Wednesday,...
The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking applications from growers interested in serving on an Oilseed Advisory Committee. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, March 31, 2020. “Growers from across the state have expressed significant interest in forming an oilseed advisory committee,” said MDA Director Ben Thomas. “Montana ranks second in the nation for canola, safflower, and flaxseed production, so I’m looking forward to forming a committee to advise us on how we can continue to advance oilseed production. Investing in resea...
Monday morning we woke to 27 degrees by the time I checked my thermometer and high winds and a very light snow that was falling from the west. Very stormy looking. Somewhere our spring popped back into winter. Montana weather! If you don't like it today, wait till tomorrow---- it will be different. It snowed lightly all day giving us about an inch of new snow. Rob Bear was down again working on the water and a floor in the Haubrich house so it can be used again. Hope everyone was able to attend the Ash Wednesday Services starting lent. Jack...
1 years ago March 11, 1920 Jesse Giles of Dodson succumbed to a short illness in Malta. *** North Dakota was in the grip of a severe blizzard, the worst in over 40 years, with 60-mile winds, four inches of snow, and heavy livestock losses reported. *** Fire destroyed the Victor Johnson residence in the south part of town. *** Trains from the west were delayed by spring floods in the vicinity of Havre. *** County farmers were waging war on the rapidly increasing gopher population. *** A...
Recently these residents from Hi-Line Retirement Center took a train trip on Amtrak to Glasgow. The Phillips Transit met the train at the depot, transported them to McDonalds for supper, and then returned to Malta. Fun was had by all. Pictured are, back row from left: Thel Ost, Linda Douglas, Leo Woods, Ruth Teske, Joan Christofferson, and John Johnson. Front row; Belle Licht, Emery Myrick, and Jackie Olson....
The Montana Masonic Foundation is a charity established by Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Montana. The charity has a strong commitment to funding grants for public schools. The categories schools can apply for grants include: Music, Arts/Drama, Libraries, and Science. Each school is sent an application packet at the beginning of each year. This year, Joyce Erickson, Librarian Assistant at Saco Public Schools applied for and received a grant to purchase library books to allow students the...
A few days ago, I got to go to the Masonic Lodge on 5th Street. It used to be a Lutheran church, but now it is a lodge for the Masons and the Eastern Star. When I got there I got to see them take out old chairs, maybe from the 1970's. The trailer had new chairs they were bringing in. The new chairs looked a lot like theater seats. I hope they enjoy the new seats. I also watched work being done at the Villa Theatre where they will be installing new lights and a new marquee. A reminder that Malta...
Saturday March 14, 2020, the Malta Senior Center will host their fifth annual Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. This was our Vice President Leonard Leader’s idea and has become a popular spring event. The festivities run from 11-1 p.m. at the center featuring the famous meal with sides of potatoes and carrots, biscuits and fabulous desserts. The free will offering will go towards continued building maintenance as there is always something needing attention. The group plans to have a booth at Ag Day, Friday March 20...
