Articles from the January 10, 2020 edition
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Dogs down 'Stangs
Last Friday night at home the CCHS Bulldogs overcame an eight point deficit at the end of the third quarter to force overtime and wound up with a four point victory over the Jordan Mustangs. The...
CCHS defeats Jordan, suffers loss at Wibaux
The Lady Bulldogs JV squad suffered a thirty point loss to Jordan at home last Friday. The team is young, and inexperience showed as they finished with twice as many turnovers (31) as points (15). Ken...
Wild game feast slated for next weekend
On Saturday January 18th, the public is invited to a Wild Game Feast that will be held at Carter County Events Center in Ekalaka. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for registration and the meal will start being served at 6 p.m. The supper will consist of...
2020 Election
The 2020 election season officially kicked off with the opening of candidate filling at 8 a.m. on January 9th. Locally, two county positions are up for election. These positions are the county commissioner for District #2 and the clerk of...
Bulldog Fitness Center offering free Yoga class
The Bulldog Fitness Center, located inside Ekalaka Elementary, is offering yoga classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The classes will begin at 6 p.m. and the first class has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 14. These classes will be offered free of...
Flu vaccine still available at Dahl clinic
Influenza has not made its way to Carter County yet, but don’t wait until it’s too late! The flu vaccine is still available at Dahl Memorial clinic any time during regular business hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) Raquel Williams will be staying until 6...
Secretary of State announces candidate filing to begin
Secretary of State Corey Stapleton announces that the candidate filing period for the 2020 election cycle will begin at 8 a.m. on January 9th and will continue until 5 p.m. March 9th this year. Stapleton commented, “The excitement starts tomorrow,...
Arthur "Art" DeGrand
Funeral services for Arthur "Art" DeGrand, 64, of Baker, will be 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 at Longfellow School Gymnasium, Baker, MT. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery. Visitation...
Randy Stubblefield
Randy Allen Stubblefield, age 62, of Miles City passed away in a tragic fatal vehicle accident in the early morning hours of December 27th, 2019 on his return trip from delivering the Gazette to...
Mary Lee Dietz
Funeral services for Mary Lee Dietz, 82, of Baker, will be 11 a.m., Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Stevenson Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Biswell officiating. Burial will follow in the Bonnievale cemetery. Family will be receiving friends from 4 to 6...
Cooking in the West
Since our son Bret bought into our ranching operation when he came back to the ranch after college, I am no longer the right hand man in this operation. I have been demoted back to assistant nobody, which is a great title. I love my life of...
Conversations with God
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, mending day happens to all of us; there are sock, shirts, jeans, you name it and it probably needs mending. Besides clothing, there is upholstery, fences, railings, relationships, and even broken hearts to...
Q's Health News
New federal law raises the minimum age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age. On December 20th, 2019, the President signed legislation raising the federal minimum age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age. According...
Montana Tales and Trails
Some of the hardest questions to answer start with why. Why will fish bite one day and not the next, or even stop biting when they were having a feeding frenzy a minute ago? Why did prehistoric...
Letter to the editor
I am a rancher, registered nurse, past Republican Chair of the Montana Legislature’s Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee and a Senior Citizen. A fundamental conservative principle is to care for our children, our elderly and...
Know the difference between swift foxes, coyotes and red foxes
Do you know the difference between a coyote, a red fox and a swift fox? If you are hunting predators in Southeastern Montana, you need to know, because the swift fox is a species of concern and...
Southwest Montana provides distinctive stories
An important portion of The Corps of Discovery's journey occurred in southwest Montana. On July 19, 1805, Lewis and his men were struggling up the Missouri between present-day Upper and Lower Holter...