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It's time to recognize heroes within the Republican Party To the Editor: It is about time we recognized the true heroes of the Republican Party. They are not the dopey louts who rampaged through our nation’s capital and the moral cowards who still cover for them. They are not the ranting demagogues exploiting the emotions of the resentful. They were the unsung people not seeking attention, but doing their jobs: from poll workers to police officers. They were Republican state legislators and governors who did not bend to pressure to overturn t...
It was 86 degrees when we got to the lake. I hoped to fish the next day, but the wind rose at dusk and howled all night. At first light it was spitting rain, and after wrapping up some work on the cabin we decided to head home. While we were loading the truck Barb said she smelled smoke, and within a few minutes the landscape had disappeared under a blanket of haze. We hung around for a while hoping the source of the smoke wasn’t nearby. If a fire was close it would be here soon riding the roari...
There was Baccalaureate service and graduation in Whitewater on May 14 ,2021. Ceremonies were well attended, with families and friends from out of town. High school grads were: Kelsey Cummings, Beau Simonson, and Kia Wasson. 8th grade grads were: Kinlie Cummings and Shelby LaBrie. Good luck to all grads everywhere! The school will soon be out. “Happy Summer” to all! Jean Green has been “lambing” on a sheep ranch near Lewistown. Did everyone enjoy Mother's Day? I sure did. Challise and Tim Hof...
Education has been one of the most disrupted sectors by COVID-19. The ripple effects of school closures and remote learning have further put pressure on families and our economy. The Legislature responded by giving more flexibility to students, families, and educators to engage in individualized learning. We began the session by providing local school boards with stability as they were beginning their annual budgeting process. House Bill 15 which provides an inflationary increase in school funding was signed into law in February and is...
While pounding through the waves recently on Fort Peck Lake I couldn’t help but recall how many times I’d been here before. Not necessarily on Fort Peck, and certainly not in a boat this big, but for sure in waves large enough to give me pause. Probably the scariest were the trips Barb and I used to take on Yellowstone Lake where if anything happened and we ended up in the frigid water we were toast, or more accurately ice cubes. The wind at that elevation came up quickly and with little war...
I’ve been called a lot of things over the years, but this was a new one. A concerned reader, upset over my opinion in a recent column, referred to me as a self-righteous liberal. I was aghast. Me? Morally superior? I simply point out things I see and state an opinion on them. It’s not always even my opinion. Sometimes I just like to poke the bear. Makes for a better read. I hope my columns on occasion prompt discussion, even if it’s often what a jerk I must be to have written what I did. A colum...
THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE! Phew. I looked in the mirror and saw what I thought was a single gray hair. It was residue from a sauce that I ate earlier. Not that I feel that I have not earned a gray hair or two. I have had a lot more responsibility than I have had a year ago. 2020 was heavy. We have been through a lot. There was a lot of drama. A lot of feelings. A lot of emotions. The older I get, the more I miss my family back home. The older I get, the stronger my young sons get. The shows that...
While working in the yard yesterday I noticed a dark cloud approaching from the west. “It’s going to rain,” I thought to myself. The weather app on my phone affirmed my prediction. “Rain starting in six minutes,” it read, “continuing for 40 minutes.” I welcomed the moisture like I always do this time of year. April showers bring May flowers and all that. I should have known better. It hardly even spit, the dark clouds vanishing by the time they reached town. I miss rain. Especially in...
Have you ever been scrolling along on Facebook and stopped to look at a friends’ post, and as you’re reading the comments for that post, you see one from a friend that you haven’t seen, heard from, or even thought about in years? This is a person you spent years running around with. Maybe even grew up together all the way through elementary school until one of you had to move away. As you read their comment, you’re thinking, “It would be great to get back to talking with them!” You don’t even finish the comment section, you just click on them...
Alas, the ol’ saying often leaves several generations with gaping jaws and wanting to argue that statement! As the saying then finishes off with.... “the best is yet to be.” And it does make one wonder about the “golden years” when it seems more and more daily that our journey through our passage on earth becomes a bit tarnished and rust overpowers the gold and other mineral deposits set into our bones and body. What was once a temple can now be compared to a pit mine ~ we have silver in our hair, and more probable than not we are smiling a...
During the past year, federal employees nationwide and 12,898 active federal and U.S Postal workers of Montana have dedicated themselves to keeping our country running while weathering a global pandemic. They continue to provide essential financial services, processing stimulus payments, tax refunds, small business loans, Social Security checks, mortgages, and student loans to keep the economy churning and households operating. As they do every day, they have kept us safe, tracking cyber threats, protecting the food supply, and alerting...
In the 1980s while hunting on the CMR National Wildlife Refuge I drove into Glasgow to pick up a friend who was arriving on Amtrak. On a bulletin board in the train station was a racist cartoon that caught my eye. Having grown up in southern Indiana I’d seen that sort of thing before, but this was particularly vile, especially in a public space. It colored how I’ve viewed Glasgow ever since, but that was more than 30 years ago, and times change, don’t they? Apparently not so much. Passing throu...
Since starting this job at the Phillips County Newspaper, I have received a lot of encouragement and positive feedback from many of our readers. For that, I am very thankful. I was very nervous taking this job, mainly because it is something that I have never done before. Nothing like it at all. Not since high school have I written so much. And my teachers back then would probably tell you I didn’t write that much then. I did send my high school English teacher a message, telling her what I was about to embark on. I’m pretty sure she fai...
I’ve always liked a room with a view, and I’ve had a few. The view out the front window of the apartment Barb and I rented on Willson Avenue in Bozeman always reminded me of a Courier & Ives print, especially in winter. The four-plex we lived in, however, was torn down a few years ago. Apparently, it didn’t fit the aesthetic of the neighborhood. The view out of our front window in Malta is somewhat similar. The prettiest house in town sits across the street surrounded by towering trees. The best...
To the Malta Schools Community: The Malta School Board of Trustees determined the necessity to run two (2) levies. A General Fund levy for $23,472.29 and a Building Reserve Fund Levy for $100,000 for ten years for a total of $1,000,000. Because of decreasing enrollments, the General Fund Levy of $23,472.29 will be an increase of $5,083 to next year’s General Fund Budget. Building Reserve Fund: $100,000 levied for 10 years for a total of $1,000,000. To improve all the District’s Buildings and Campus’ and keep them safe and usable, the Board...
Raising a young bird dog is always a challenge. Balancing a pup’s enthusiasm with enough discipline to maintain a handle can be difficult, especially when there are too many birds. That’s not typically a problem. But like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, I found myself peering out the windows at the cabin last week to see if the coast was clear. It wasn’t. There were sharptail grouse feeding under the boat parked outside. There were grouse on the split rail fence across the road. T...
With everything that has happened, and is still happening, in and around this country over the past decade or so, it makes me wonder, what the heck is going on? Is there one thing that has brought us to this state of chaos, turmoil, and division? I think that it is an accumulation of many different things over a very long period. It reminds me of that game some played as kids, and adults I guess, where one person tells another person something and then that person tells someone else, and so on. By the end of the chain of people, the story is no...
Once again we hear of a horrible gun massacre! This time in Colorado. Again, are we ever going to get gun control against assault weapons? This is not directed to those using guns (small guns). Mostly against assault weapons. These horrible shootings strike close to us. (Names have been redacted by the Phillips County News for confidentiality concerns) are in Colorado close to the horrible shootings! It’s time for gun control!! Helen Austin Whitewater. Mont....
Our new governor seems intent on living out a country song. Hardy’s recent hit “Rednecker” comes to mind whenever Greg Gianforte makes the news. “My town’s smaller than your town/And I got a bigger buck and bass on my wall” A New Jersey transplant, Gianforte long ago gave up the silk shirts and gold chains of the Jersey shore for boots, jeans, and big belt buckles. Some might call him a poser, but the software developer seems to be doing everything he can lately to prove he’s just a regular guy...
As I sit here writing this, I’m thinking how nice it was yesterday, Sunday, March 28. It was around 70 degrees out and an absolutely beautiful early spring day. And now, one day later, as I look out the window, its 30 degrees, wind is blowing 50 mph, and it’s snowing! I find myself looking ahead to summertime, and hopefully the summer Olympics. I missed them last year. It’s going to be weird not having Michael Phelps in the pool swimming faster than a dolphin, or watching Usain Bolt make everyone else look like they are running in place on th...
News Item- Little Miss Gray Simanton celebrated her 4th birthday on Sunday March 14th, with a party at her home. Those attending the event were: Mr. Stan Simanton, Mr. & Mrs. Ron Hanson, Mr. & Mrs. Doug Simanton, Mr. & Mrs. Nolan Simanton and family, Mr. & Mrs. Trey Simanton and family, Mr. & Mrs. Lindy Neilson and family, Mr. & Mrs. Allie Olson, great grandmas Clarice Stahl, and Marjorie Olson. Gray said “It was a wonderful day!” (This was submitted by Marjorie Olson.) Since basketball sea...
March 19, 2021 To the Editor and Staff of the Phillips County News I am taking this opportunity to recognize the Phillips County News, past and present, and its contribution to my understanding of early 20th Century life on the Northern Great Plains. Born in San Diego the week World War II ended, I remain a Californian. But my roots are in Montana where both my parents were born and grew up. My mother, Esther Pearl Stine, her sister Hope, and brothers Byron, Kenneth, and Keith were Malta High School graduates, as were my father John McKnight...
At times I wonder what we were thinking. Like when I was getting dressed one day last week and discovered a hole in my sock that wasn’t there when I had taken it off the night before. Or yesterday when I was on my hands and knees in the living room mopping up a coke that had been sent flying after a high-speed collision between a TV tray and a dog bed. Or all the time I’ve spent cleaning up broken branches and tree bark that litter every room as if we’d been running a wood chipper inside the h...
A small treasure was found in the backyard of a local Malta residents’ house. This person has asked to remain unnamed at this time. At least until the “treasure” has been looked at by an antiquities dealer and the item has been deemed authentic. The Malta resident found the item while preparing their backyard for this years’ garden. They have always had their garden in the same place every year, except this year. They had decided to change the area to get more sun due to a tree getting older and bigger and giving more and more shade. They ti...
Get well to Janet Brown (my sis) and all who are sick. “Happy Birthday” to Pastor Nagy, Grey Simonton, again to Jon and Seth Siewing, and all March birthdays and anniversaries. Did you remember to turn your clocks (and watches) forward? I wish they would leave it one way or the other. Remember, soup supper every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and Lenten service at 6 p.m. at Whitewater Lutheran Church until Easter, which is April 4th, 2021. All are welcome. Whitewater Baptist has Sunday School at 10 a.m...
