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'Tis the season, election season that is. The federal general election will be held Tuesday, November 8 and will be conducted as a poll election in Carter County. While the timing of the election seems so far away, it will be here in no time. Following are some upcoming deadlines: • August 15th: Deadline for candidates to withdraw general election candidacy • August 18th: Deadline for Commissioner of Political Practices to notify Secretary of Sate and Election Adm...
The entertainment for the Days of '85 Gospel Sing this year has local roots. Next Journey Quartet was begun in 2001 by four men with a love for Southern Gospel music and the desire to share the message of the Gospel through music. Through the years, they have experienced many changes in their membership. Cam Larson and Michael Jewell are original members of the group, Aaron Roberts has been with them for 16 years, and Curt McCamish is the newest member. McCamish was born and...
Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) concerns and member protests were not addressed before the release of the final decision for the American Prairie Reserve Change Application for bison on seven grazing allotments. “To say we are disappointed with the final decision would be an understatement. Ranchers have worked diligently for over a century caring for the public land livestock graze. Ranchers are held to the highest standards by federal land agencies in the areas of range management, range monitoring, range i...
My best horse, Tinkerbelle, died the other day, and my heart is broken. I sat down to write a tribute poem to her, but it was still too soon, so I started horse shopping instead. I have bought many great horses for $500 to $1000 so it is really hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that I will have to spend more for a horse than we spent for our first house if I want to get a dead broke bombproof horse befitting my age group. Long ago I learned that I can no longer get bucked off. In fact, this guest column was written...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, sometimes ‘things’ come in bunches like good things, bad things, happy things, sad things – even hurtful things. It’s the hurtful things that are hardest to deal with. We don’t want the attitude of one ‘lady’ who, as she spoke in an unforgiving voice said, “I forgive you but I’ll never forget!” We’ve probably all heard about the ‘lady’ who knew she had a bad gossiping problem. She went to her Pastor and confessed that she knew she gossiped – so, what could she do about it? The Pa...
The Alzada Community Club held a meeting on July 25th at the Alzada Community Hall. Several community members participated in the meeting. With no previous meeting minutes to be read the group jumped into current agenda items. A financial update was given by Miranda Hendrickson, secretary-treasurer, that included current funds available as well as a summary of withdrawals and deposits made so far this year. It was decided that the hall rental fee will be raised from $30 to...
The Waddington Brothers will be performing a free concert during this year's Days of '85 Fair and Rodeo. From south western North Dakota, The Waddington Brothers have been performing together since 2004. They have performed with such notable artists as The Kruger Brothers, Ron Block and Bobby Hicks. The Waddington Brothers spent many years touring the United States and Canada with their family (nine of them in all) as the Waddington Family, performing Gospel music. Music has...
The 43rd Annual Juried Exhibit Traveling Collection will be at Ekalaka Public Library over the Carter County Days of ‘85 Fair and Rodeo. The traveling exhibition this year features a wide variety of mediums photography, digital painting, oil, acrylic, watercolor, soft pastel, porcelain and mixed media. The artists worked on portraying dreams. Some dream in color, some in black and white. The artists displayed exceptional diversity of style, characteristics and perspectives in this year’s exhibition. The artists in this yea...
7-14-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, July 14, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; Rod Tauck, Vice Chair and Mike Watkins, Member; were present. Jennifer Waterland joined the meeting to request permission to use the Bump and Run Track at the Airport. Commission Watkins made the motion to allow the Ekalaka Bump and Run Club to use the track at the airport...
On Tuesday, Governor Gianforte announced meat processed in Montana facilities more than doubled in the last fiscal year. “Montana meat processors continued their strong momentum, more than doubling the amount of meat processed over the last year,” Gov. Gianforte said. “This news is a testament to the Montana work ethic, and it’s a strong signal that our targeted investments in local processing are working.” According to data collected by the state’s Department of Livestock Meat and Poultry Inspectors at state-inspe...
