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Youth baseball and softball sign-ups for Baker programs will take place on Monday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 3 this year. Parents and children can sign-up at the Longfellow school gym from 5 to 7 p.m. on both days. Programs are available for boys between the ages of five and 15, and for girls between the ages of 5 and 14. For questions or more information call 406-941-0231 or visit www.bakermtbaseball.com....
I missed the deadline for last week’s paper, and I apologize to people who read my articles. I have a medical excuse, but not the normal one. This time I had pneumonia, but not a bad case. I was having trouble driving my wheelchair in the house. I was lethargic, and when Brice checked, I had a slight fever. That was unusual; my temperature usually runs a little below normal. My husband called the clinic and they sent the phlebotomist to our house to draw blood. When that showed infection, I took the Carter Charter one b...
Hello, If you are in any agriculture business, you have been engrossed following the devastation from the storm 10 days ago. From south central North Dakota, on through South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri, the losses have been devastating. The worst has to be in Nebraska. Dams broke, bridges washed out, roads wiped out, fences gone, stored grains lost, and to me, the livestock losses had to be devastating. So far, I think they say three people lost their lives in the floods. Heartbreaking. I was thinking about those...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, seasons sometimes just seem to slip on by us. Now that it’s officially SPRING, it’s so nice to see green grass springing up all over the neighborhood. When the grass dies, we are reminded once again of how short our lives are. But then when Spring comes, we usually think about birth and since we’re close to some ranches, we know that it is ‘time’ for the birth of new baby calves, little lambs and maybe even baby chicks. The deer that winter near here, usually head off to the Mountai...
Alice, daughter of Fred and Eva Townsend, gives more information on the early day family that homesteaded in the Tie Creek area with the home buildings being just one mile west of the Padden Ranch. She wrote: "My dad got itchy feet again and in 1919 started to Canada-you guessed it-in a covered wagon! They landed in Leslieville, British Columbia, Canada. They stayed there two years and then went back to the old ranch in Tie Creek country." After reading about those...
Delores (Peggy) Volin, age 87, passed away peacefully at home on March 20, 2019. Peggy was delivered by her grandmother at home, on June 15,1931, at Ridgway, MT. She grew up living in the country in Carter County, MT. She used to talk about riding to school bareback on her horse. She moved to town in Ekalaka, MT., to attend high school. She worked for room and board doing domestic chores. She played the drums in her Dad's dance band and kept the beat all her life. At this...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association's Annual Health Fair blood draw is scheduled for April 16, 17 and 18 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Carter County Events Center. The cost for the basic blood draw panel is $35. If men choose to have a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) checked it will cost an additional $25. A Hemoglobin A1C (diabetes) test will be available again this year for $20. Vitamin D3 testing is available for an additional $30. As always, payment is due at the time of...
An amendment attached to House Bill 2 (the state’s budget bill) provides the legislature the opportunity to reduce local government revenues and divert them to the Office of Public Defender (OPD). OPD is a state agency that has nearly doubled in size since the legislature assumed the program from Montana counties. The Legislative Fiscal Division (LFD) reports that public defender system appropriations in 2007 were $18.6 million. The budget request, including supplemental appropriations for the current biennium, are nearly $...
Carter County’s mathletes in grades 7-12 earned top team plaques for Class C competitors in all grade levels at the regional math contest held in Baker recently. Representing Ekalaka on the winning grade 7/8 team were Jaden Pardee, Tyra O’Connor, Codi Melton, Heidi LaBree, Kendall Kittelmann, and Ryker Carroll. Jared Pardee, Darin Schallenberger, and Ryan Rychner topped grades 9/10 on the team test. Wyatt Kittelmann, Mick O’Connor, and Whitney Kittelmann took home the top score for grades 11/12. Individual honors were award...
A March thaw following the third coldest February on record in the area has resulted in excessive runoff again this year. Rivers and creeks were pushed beyond their banks starting last week and continuing this week. Though not as severe as 2011 for many, creeks washed over county roads in multiple locations. Highway 323 closed mid-morning on Monday due to water running over the road. As of Wednesday morning, the water had receded, but the road remained closed. The Little...
