Week of October 4, 2024
Ekalaka Airport will host the fourth annual 97M fly-in on Saturday, October 5th and Sunday, October 6th this year. Area pilots and all community members are invited to attend. Join for dinner and a hangar dance featuring live music by the Wilder Butte Band Saturday evening. The free will donation barbecue dinner served by members of Ekalaka Masonic Lodge #120 will begin at 5 p.m. Camping overnight is encouraged. The new pilot's lounge has a restroom and shower. A Sunday...
The high temperature on Saturday, September 29th shattered an Ekalaka record that was nearly 120 years old when the mercury reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit. The previous record high for September 29th in Ekalaka came in 1905 when it hit 90 degrees out. The third hottest September 29th day in Ekalaka came in 2021. The high that day was 89 degrees. The record low for a September 29th day in Ekalaka is also over 100 years old - 17 degrees in...
The wheels of justice continue to turn slowly for Isaac Carrier's family as a set trial date for Sterling Brown, the second suspect charged in connection to the murder of the Fallon resident nearly two years ago, is still pending. In December of 2023, a trial for Brown was postponed for the second time after his representing attorney, Lance Jasper out of Missoula, filed a motion to delay the trial. Carrier was found deceased in his Fallon apartment following a fire on Jan....
Montana's major party candidates for U.S. Senate exchanged parting shots Monday in a final debate before in-person voting begins Oct 8. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester characterized Republican Sheehy as a rich out-of-stater who would privatize health care while limiting abortion access. Sheehy said he wasn't lucky enough to be born in Montana because he "couldn't control where my mother's womb was when I crawled out of it." He repeatedly portrayed Tester as someone who has...
Montana PBS will host a debate with Montana U.S. Senate candidates Jon Tester and Tim Sheehy at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30. The one-hour debate will take place live in the Montana PBS studio on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman. It will feature incumbent U.S. Sen. Tester, a Democrat, and Sheehy, the Republican challenger, debating issues and answering questions from Montana PBS journalists John Twiggs and Anna Rau. There will not be a live audience in the studio during the debate. The format will allow Tester and...
Montana lawmakers this month have trained a critical eye on funding for public schools, proposing new enhancements to the state's education funding formula and raising concerns about the handling of federal school funds by Montana's statewide education agency. The latter initially arose last week when state auditors in Helena presented legislators with a scathing report questioning the Montana Office of Public Instruction's handling of $67.5 million in federal money for...
One of the most exciting junior varsity volleyball games in recent memory ended with a Lady Bulldog victory on September 26th at Ekalaka Elementary. The JV girls from Ekalaka dropped the first two sets of the match to the JV Lady Mustangs from Jordan 21-25 and 20-25. In JV action, the final sets of the match are usually played to 15. Ekalaka won the next two sets 15-8 and 15-10. Back and forth action ensued in the fifth and final set of the match, as neither team could get up...
The CCHS Bulldogs held the ball for a large part of the first quarter in their game against the Culbertson Cowboys for homecoming on September 27th at Rowley Field. Blue started the game with a couple of offensive penalties that quickly put them behind the chains. They were forced to punt but Culbertson's return man fumbled the kick and Blue recovered. After that, they chewed up yards on the ground, using 15 plays before punching the ball into the end zone on a Zander...
The Bulldog football team suffered a conference loss to the Circle Wildcats on September 21st in Circle. The Bulldogs had the first possession of the game and started at their own 15 yard-line. They were able to manage two first downs on the ground but eventually turned the ball over on downs at their own 37-yard line. Circle then capped of a six play drive with a 21-yard touchdown run to take the early lead. They never looked back. Over the next three quarters the Wildcats...
The varsity Lady Bulldogs played volleyball matches versus Plevna and at Northern Cheyenne last week, winning both in three straight sets. Versus Plevna, CCHS won 25-17, 25-20 and 25-10. As a team, the Lady 'Dogs had 15 aces, 21 kills, 5 blocks, 11 digs and 18 assists. Danica Shepherd led in aces with 5 and assists with 17, Nasya O'Connor led in kills (7) and blocks (5) and Tracy Wilson led in digs (3). In Northern Cheyenne, Lady Blue won 25-6, 25-14, and 25-13. Kamryn Miller...
Marjorie Mary Seymour passed away on September 16, 2024, at Aspen Creek Assisted Living facility in Soldotna, Ak. She fought a hard battle with cancer the past 5.5 months. A funeral mass is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, 225 S Spruce St., Kenai, Ak 99611 with a reception to follow at the church hall. Marjorie was born December 27, 1937, on the Snow Creek Ranch near Ekalaka, Montana to parents Leonard and Mary...
Susan Metcalf Columnist I really am not a Tweeter. In fact, I did not have a Twitter account nor do I have an X account, since it has been rebranded by Elon Musk. However, I do love to write fake Tweets. In fact, with the explosion of Artificial Intelligence, it is pretty much impossible to know what is real and what is fake. We have one long month to go before the 2024 elections, and I think everyone who isn't off the grid is sick of political ads, texts, surveys, and robo...
September 30, 2024 Well, October comes in two days, but the people on Tie Creek and at Capitol had a temperature above one-hundred degrees, today. Tomorrow’s high is predicted to be forty degrees cooler. We can hope that another big wind is not part of the coming cold front. Dick and Erma Albert had a very normal week. On Tuesday, when they were shopping in the Hills, they picked up some supplies for Bobbie to use for the Senior Citizen dinners. Erma had a chiropractor appointment on Wednesday. They both went to the...
Hello God, it's me, Mara: You know, Lord, just read a bit of praise by an unknown author, stating that we are all important, because we are God's creations and Christ loved us enough to die for us. It reminds readers that You, Lord, know our names and that You hold us fast in Your love. It also stated that when we appreciate the people God make us to be, we don't need the hollow honor the world offers. Oh, Father, thank You for Your unconditional love. It is much more...
As a mother of both a son and daughter who loved sports, I can honestly say I don't think there is anything that tests the bonds of motherhood more than high school football! It has been beautiful weather for the boys of fall this year, but there is one game that many Big Timber Herder fans will never forget. It was a game that tested my mental and physical endurance as a mother, and it took place when our son Bret was a junior in high school. While looking through his...
August, 2024 The first day of August found Virginia was working on the bulletin board, Lois came out to the day room and wondered if a cup of coffee was available and maybe someone to play a game or two of cards. Lois’s daughter Trish happened to stop by about that time, so the two of them played “Kings on the Corner”. After dinner shortly before 1:00 the serious card players gather to play “Oh Shoot” or “Wild 10.” Virginia was able to take a week off and travel to Glacier National Park with family. While she...
September 23, 2024 Tie Creek got about a half inch of rain this week. That is a good amount in a drought summer like this. Capitol got less in this storm, but they had regularly gotten more during previous rains, so it somewhat evened out. Alvin and Marlee Cordell were glad to get a half-inch of rain, on Tuesday. They had bow hunters, this week, from Pennsylvania. They got two antelope, two deer and a cow elk, before going home. On Thursday, Marlee went to the cross country meet at Custer to see Rhys Pearson run. Alvin...
Hello God, it's me, Mara: You know, Lord, a friend shared something 'sweet', like chocolate. Emmy stopped over the other day, saying that she'd been craving something sweet; then remembered the delicious handmade chocolate bar several of her coworkers had given her for her birthday, last week. She'd only eaten part of it, went to retrieve if from the kitchen table where she'd last seen it. Oh! It wasn't there! She began to look everywhere for it – the refrigerator,...
