Articles from the June 25, 2021 edition
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A&A Stieg celebrates 50 years
This year, A&A Stieg Wholesale, Inc. of Ekalaka is celebrating fifty years in business. Alfred and Avis Stieg moved back to the area from Washington in 1971 after Alfred completed a two-week agent...
Barbecue hosted by Gumbo Gophers, June 30 at Alzada Hall
The Gumbo Gophers 4-H Club is hosting a community barbecue to support the Alzada Fire Department at 6:30 p.m. on June 30th at the Alzada Hall. Charlie Williams is donating the meat for hamburgers and the club is buying hot dogs and buns. Salads and...
Mid-Rivers supports local EMS and fire departments through annual donation
Mid-Rivers Communications recently donated a total of $19,250 to twenty-one Emergency Medical Service (EMS)/ambulance service providers and 34 fire departments in the Mid-Rivers service area. These local protectors receive annual donations in...
Jesperson's USPS retirement celebration
The community is invited to celebrate Becky Jesperson’s thirty-five years of service with the United State Postal Service on Friday, June 25 at a retirement party. The party will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Ekalaka Post Office. The...
Over 300 attend Southeast Electric Co-op annual meeting
Seventy-five years and counting. Southeast Electric Cooperative’s annual meeting held on June 11 was a huge success. Over three hundred attendees, 155 of which were members, enjoyed steak, hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, beans, cake and ice cream....
4-H news
The Gumbo Gophers 4-H club held their fourth meeting on March 13, at McInerney's. The members present were Selah and Suri Johnston, Natalie and Alivia Foxley, Elizabeth and Grace Hall, Keenan McInerney, Zander Oliver, Tylinn Thomas, and Tanner Wright...
County re-implements Stage I fire restrictions
Carter County is again moving into Stage I fire restrictions, beginning at midnight on Friday, June 25, 2021. The announcement comes after continued high temperatures and drought conditions have...
Letter to the editor
In the Fall of 2020, The Ekalaka Bible Church was approved to become a sponsoring organization for Carter County High School's “School-to-Work Program.” For many years now the Carter County High School has offered a School-to-Work program for...
Cooking in the West
As I sit here today on Father's Day, I find it hard to believe that my father would have turned 102 this July. He has been gone for 24 years, but he still lives large in my memory. He was one of...
Conversations with God
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, a friend mentioned that she and several friends had a difficult time trying to go to sleep. Taking pills didn’t help, neither did going to bed early or working late. ‘J.J.’ smiled and said, “You...
The Corner
Fourth of July at Belltower Hall - back - when growing up, I recall that it was fifty dollars worth - and it may have increased after the initial startup, But it was such a great time for a kid - firecrackers and sparklers - and booms and spark...
Deadline approaching in Montana for SBA working capital loans due to drought
Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in nine Montana counties and neighboring counties in South Dakota and Wyoming of the July 20,...
Eastern Montana Brownfield Coalition receives $500,000 in supplemental funding
On June 16 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $500,000 in supplemental funding to the Eastern Montana Brownfield Coalition which includes Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC), Eastern Plains Economic Development...
Author Howard Seaborne visits Ekalaka
Ever dreamt of flying? Or played the game of picking a superpower? Invisibility or flight? What if one could have both? That's the unexpected discovery of the main character in the "Divisible Man" nov...