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Articles from the May 26, 2023 edition


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  • CCHS Track results

    Updated May 25, 2023

    RESULTS District 4C Meet Schillinger Field Baker, MT Wednesday, May 10 MENS 100 Meters 5. J.W. Elmore , 12.75, 6. Ethan Frye, 12.78, 8. Avory Matthews, 12.92 10. Zander Ashbrook, 13.11 12. Ronald Bruce, 13.49 200 Meters 3. Zander Ashbrook, 25.69, PR 6. J.W. Elmore , 26.77 8. Ronald Bruce, 27.97 12. Cole Rost, 29.28 400 Meters 7. Ronald Bruce, 1:01.64, PR 8. Avory Matthews, 1:02.64 10. Cole Rost, 1:08.83 800 Meters 6. Ronald Bruce, 2:51.49 1600 Meters 6. Cole Rost, 6:30.35 110m...

  • Field day

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Ekalaka Elementary students competed in various track and field events at the school on Tuesday....

  • In memory of . . .

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Robert & Delores Hammel: Alan & Patty Hammel Haddock grave: Bonnie Keirle Deanna Hirsch: Dean & Gloria Parks Phyllis Purdum: Hollie Hemenway & Rod Purdum Jeanie Tauck: DP & Monte L. Munro, Sue & Johnny Breding, Wanda McInerney, Dale & Helen King, Robert & Gay Arpan, Linda Harpster Family & Friends: Barry & Merrilyn Jones Donna Lewis: Sue & Johnny Breding, Rod & Kay Brown, Tom & Kathy Stieg, Jerry & Betty Cline, Jim & Lois Johnstone, Fulton & Betty Jo Castleberry Leo Sterns: Sue & Johnny Breding, Tom & Kathy Stieg, Donna &...

  • Cooking in the West

    Susan Metcalf|Updated May 25, 2023

    Memorial Day, which originated as Decoration Day, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. During World War I, the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars and expanded into a day of remembrance for loved ones and fallen soldiers. In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees. The change went into effect in 1971. The same law also...

  • Bark awards

    Updated May 25, 2023

    On Tuesday, Ekalaka Elementary School held its May Behavioral BARK awards. BARK is an acronym for Be Respectable, Act Responsible, Remember Safety and Kindness Matters. Each month, students at Ekalaka Elementary work on a specific character trait. During May that trait was ownership. In addition to BARK awards, guidance counselor Carol Spencer also recognized the students with the most accelerated reader points throughout the entire school year, as well as students with...

  • Construction to continue on southeast MT bridge project

    Updated May 25, 2023

    The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Sletten Construction will continue efforts on the Southeast Montana Bridge Preservation project. This project is rehabilitating 11 bridges in southeastern Montana. These bridges impact Montana Highway 39 (MT 39), US Highways 212 (US 212) and 12 (US 12), and Interstate 94 (I 94). Construction will affect Colstrip and neighboring communities, including Forsyth, Lame Deer, Broadus, Ashland, and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Crews have begun work on the East Forsyth...

  • Medicare is not calling you

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Missoula Aging Services (MAS) received information about an active scam targeting older adults in Montana. In the report, several individuals received multiple calls last week from someone claiming to be from Medicare. This could be a trend in other areas and the Agency would like to remind Medicare recipients to be aware: Medicare does not need to verify your information to get you more benefits. If somebody calls you to tell you that, they're lying. It's another Medicare scam. In the reports, the caller asks to verify the...

  • Keith wins Mother's Day drawing

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Michelle Keith was the lucky winner of a $30 gift certificate of her choice from any local business. The Mother’s Day drawing was sponsored by Sagebrush Service Club. Father’s Day is approaching.....maybe you’ll get lucky! Congratulations, Michelle!...

  • 4-H news

    Suri Johnston|Updated May 25, 2023

    The Gumbo Gophers 4-H club had their April meeting at Sharon Higgins house on the 22nd. Sharon taught us to make tea rings. Members each made their own tea ring and gave a demonstration or talk on related topics as follows: Elizabeth-Making and kneading bread. Suri-Things to put on a tea ring. Grace-Sugars. Selah-Nutritional facts about milk. Daniel-Measuring liquid ingredients. Zander-Measuring dry ingredients. Keenan-Nutritional facts about tea rings. Clancy-Facts about shortening. Colyn-Yeast facts. There were 13 youth...

  • Conversations with God

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, some incidences happen at a most appropriate time! A friend recently shared a ‘story’ about how she and her friend ‘visited’ a favorite spot; after climbing a windswept hill, they crossed a field of wildflowers near a forest of towering pines, then descended into a valley where they paused for a moment. Clouds floated softly above them and a nearby stream trickled by. The only sounds they heard were birdsongs. They stood for about fifteen minutes she said, taking it all in. As it turn...

  • 50 years

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Dave and Lynn Williams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 19th. Family and friends gathered at a celebration held for the couple on May 13th at St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church in Ekalaka....

  • Class of 2023

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2023 were held on Saturday. A large crowd of family and friends gathered inside the gymnasium to wish the graduating class well. Carter County resident Jalyn Klauzer delivered the commencement address. Valedictorian was Tyra O'Connor; salutatorian was Jaden Pardee....

  • Local scholarship winners

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Scholarship, Recipient Friends of FMC Foundation, $250......................Carly Aho Joe Dingfelder Memorial, $150.....................Jaden Pardee Fruit Service and Repair, $500.......................Heidi LaBree Frye Family Memorial, $500.........................Heidi LaBree Cap Keith Memorial, $500......................Cardell Laughery Southeast Electric, $1,000.............................Heidi LaBree Farmer’s Union, $500..................................Sean Wolenetz American Legion #35, $750...........

  • Alzada Community Club to host spring rummage sale on Sat.

    Miranda Hendrickson

    The Alzada Community Club is inviting everyone to attend an upcoming event at the community hall. Saturday, May 27th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be a rummage sale, simple lunch and bake sale. While the club had originally hoped to have a live auction on this date, there were not enough high-dollar items received to warrant an auctioneer. So instead, there will be a rummage sale where anyone can bring anything they would like to sell, like a garage sale. Whether it is som...

  • Students receive awards and letters

    Updated May 25, 2023

    Awards and letters given this year to students from Ekalaka Public Schools included: Heroic 7 Award - Tyra O’Connor National Choral Award - Kendall Shepherd Outstanding Band Student - Weston Strub & Alivia Foxley New inductees into the William C. Rowley Chapter of National Honor Society - Travis Schallenberger, Natalie Foxley, Nicole O’Connell, Kendra Tooke, Christian Ashbrook Academic letters and bars are awarded to students who have been on the honor roll for three consecutive quarters during the school year. This yea...

  • FWP takes closer look at licensing mistake, makes allowances for three license types

    Updated May 24, 2023

    After a closer review of the licenses that were mistakenly over-drawn last week, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is going to allow the drawing to stand for one bighorn sheep license type and two moose license types. For sheep license 482-20 the quota was supposed to be 15, but FWP mistakenly allocated 20 licenses to hunters. For moose licenses 270-50 and 341-50 the quota was two, but FWP mistakenly allocated three. In these three circumstances, the number of licenses drawn are within the quotas set by the Fish and Wildlife Com...

  • Old hospital discussion

    Updated May 24, 2023

    Around thirty residents attended the community meeting at Carter County Event Center on Monday evening. The meeting, hosted by county commissioners in conjunction with TAB (Technical Assistance for Brownfields) and Adaapta, mostly included informal discussions about possible reuses for the old hospital facility in Ekalaka. The building has been vacant since late in 2021. Most of the community members in attendance on Monday agreed that they want the old building to be used for something, but the ideas brought forth on what...