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Throughout the month of November, area EMTs Wayne and Deb Yost taught Carter County High School ninth and tenth graders basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). EMTs Jim Pardee and Judy Wright helped the students with the skills test in CPR upon completion of the course. Students who took the class are now certified by the American Heart Association in basic first aid as well as adult, child, and infant CPR. The month-long course was well received by the twenty-two students who...
The local community choir performed a selection of Christmas songs on December 9th at Dahl Memorial and December 10th at St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church. Twenty-three area voices participated in the annual performances which were directed by Mr. Andrew Del Raso and accompanied by Rena Tauck....
Colleen Courtney was honored at the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts Annual Convention as the Teacher of the Year for her work in educating kids about the importance of conservation. "It's a big convention where we pass resolutions, listen to legislators and get to speak with the House and Senate," says Raesha Sell, CCNRD. "There's a luncheon set aside to recognize award winners. There are thirty-four conservation districts within the state and each one of us gets to nominate...
CCHS Close Up members are very close to reaching their funding goal that will send twelve high school students to Washington D.C this coming summer. In an effort to raise final funds, members will be holding a dinner before the Ekalaka Public Schools Christmas concert on Tuesday, December 19th. Parents, grandparents, friends, and family members are invited to attend. The supper, including roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, a vegetable, and cookies, will start at 5:00 pm and will be served until 6:30 pm. At will donations will be taken at...
The Carter County High School basketball season has begun. To ensure the safety and enjoyment of spectators attending games at CCHS, Ekalaka Elementary students were recently reminded of appropriate game attendance behavior. Students are expected to be in the gymnasium watching the games. They are not to be playing or running in other parts of the school unsupervised. Students who are not in the gym will be asked to return to their parents or whoever is supervising them. Students were also reminded to throw away their trash and not to wear...
As we snuggle into our homes during the winter season, Southeast Electric Cooperative shares some safety tips. Use your space heater safely Many people turn to space heaters as a convenient source of warmth in winter months. However, space heaters can be dangerous if not used properly. • Keep the heater at least three feet from flammable items such as curtains, furniture or bedspreads. • Select a space heater with a guard around the heating element. • Read and follow the manufacturer’s operati...
As we move into the holiday season, telephone scammers are growing more aggressive. I received a phone call last evening. Caller ID said "Private Caller" but the man on the other end said he was from "Windows Tech Support", apparently in India, based on the accent. He was most insistent that they had discovered "multiple red flags" coming from my account and needed remote access. I laughed at him, and you should too. I pointed out to him that Microsoft was richer than God, and didn't care about a single customer. He then said, "We're not Micros...
Every year we open gifts for kids and gifts from kids, Katie and Clayton, on Christmas Eve. We did that when I was a kid. We’d go to Grandma and Grandpa’s house, have a meal, and open presents. One year my uncle Donnie had gotten a present for the girl he was going to marry. It disappeared. Grandma probably threw it away. Her sons never made good choices of wives; Grandma never liked them for at least for 15 years. The same was not true of her mother. Mom wanted to stay with her and her husband, my Great Grandparents, until they had a trailer....
To continue on with my memories of our early neighbors including, Frank (Bun) and Margaret (Peggy) Castleberry, who had a home built up the road from us up to the north. Again, Bud Heckman and his crew were the builders, and I was included in a little part of it. Shifting Scenes has some very interesting articles about the Castleberry families, including the Frank and Ida Castleberry family. It was written by Marshall Lambert (Volume I, pages 136-139). Frank (Bun’s dad) came to Montana from Texas in 1885 at the age of 15 and his mother, Ida, c...
HELENA, MONT. - Fifty-four Montana wildland firefighters and 16 wildland engines are headed to California to assist in firefighting efforts. The state of Montana received a request from the California Office of Emergency Services Tuesday afternoon to provide critically needed firefighting resources to support the firefighting effort in southern California. Governor Bullock authorized support for California, charging the Montana Disaster and Emergency Division (MT DES) with the task of recruiting local firefighting teams. "We are working with ou...
Hello, Over the years you hear lots of stories. Stories of jokes that guys have played on one another. I’ve written about them in the past. About Johnny putting the dead calf in Clarence’s pasture. And Clarence buying a pail calf and then unable to find the mother of the dead calf. I’ve written of the night they hauled Terry’s bulls home, and then returned his pickup to where it was parked behind the Buckskin, and left the endgate open. But I don’t think I ever told you the pig story. Oh, I know I’ve told the tale of my experience, or rather S...
Last weekend, Carter County High School basketball teams traveled to Lavina to play in a tournament. In their first game of the tournament—and the season—the Bulldog men took on a more experienced Westby-Grenora team. Although CCHS had six turnovers in the first quarter, compared to only one for the Thunder, they were down only one point at the end of the period. In the second quarter, Blue made only two field goals and the team was held to only six points. The Thunder put up 19, 12 of which came from beyond the three-point arc. After tha...
The CCHS girls basketball team started their season last weekend at a tournament in Lavina. Against Winnett-Grass Range, the girls were down by one going into the half, 17-18. In the third quarter, a low shooting percentage from the field led to Blue being down by eight. They were then outscored by nine in the fourth quarter. CCHS did shoot a better percentage from the free-throw line than their opponent, 63% to 33%. They also kept the turnover battle relatively even, committing 18 and forcing 15. They were out-shot 41-36, and shot only 33% on...
