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Articles from the September 4, 2020 edition


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  • Netters fall to Broadus

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    The CCHS Bulldogs volleyball squad started their season at home last Saturday versus the Broadus Hawks. Broadus won the match in three sets, 18-25, 24-26 and 22-25. Codi Melton, Kenzie Tooke and Tylee Loehding each had one ace for the Dogs. Tooke also had 4 of the team's 17 kills and 1 block. Kari Kittelmann had 15 of the team's 31 digs and Heidi LaBree had all of the team's assists with 13. This Friday, the girls will travel to Terry for a varsity match. On Saturday, they...

  • Dogs start season

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    The Carter County Bulldogs played their first football game of the season in Fairview against the defending Montana 8-Man state champion Warriors last Friday night. On their opening possession, Blue marched down the field and scored on an option play, taking an early 6-0 lead as they failed to convert the two-point conversion. The Dawgs were visibly more physical than the Warriors and ran the ball successfully throughout most of the contest. For the most part, the only thing...

  • Medearis, Reynolds to wed

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    Tristan and Gavin Reynolds and Kaiden Madsen are excited to announce the upcoming marriage of their parents, Jordan Reynolds and Tyler Medearis, on September 26th, 2020....

  • COVID-19 scholarship opportunity for families with specialized in-home needs

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    HRDC 7 announces immediate availability of COVID-19 Special Circumstance Scholarships. These grants are open to families in the 14 county service area, including Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Powder River, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, Wheatland, and Yellowstone counties. The grants provide scholarships for families requiring in-home child care with unique or special circumstances that prevent their child(ren) from returning to school and/or child care. “This grant program...

  • Conversations with God

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, while looking through the book “Your life is in God’s hand,’ by Thomas Lindberg, it’s interesting how he reminds us not to fear, fret, fright, fume or forget. “Don’t fear”, he writes, then gives an example of slipping a piece of paper inside a book, then shutting the book, demonstrating how we’re hidden with Christ. (Colossians 3:3). None can touch us without going through Your caring hand, Lord. Long ago, there was a song; “Why Worry When You Can Pray,” a depiction of “Don’t f...

  • Commerce department sends $123.4 million to over 8,200 small businesses

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    MONTANA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced last week that more than 8,200 small businesses in Montana have now received $123.4 million through Governor Steve Bullock’s Business Stabilization Program, funded by the Coronavirus Relief Fund. First launched in May, small businesses based in Montana with fewer than 50 employees that have experienced a loss in revenue due to the pandemic were eligible for grants of up to $10,000 or three-months of working capital, whichever was less. Governor Bullock announced last week...

  • Cooking in the West

    Susan Metcalf|Updated Sep 3, 2020

    I have tried really hard to find the silver lining in living with Covid, and I think I have finally found it! Masks should be mandated for cattle sorting! If the Governor does not mandate masks for cattle sorting, perhaps some organization like Crazy Peak Cattle Women or WIFE or some other women's ag group will recognize the value of ranching spouses wearing masks during fall sorting and begin to promote the concept. Let me explain my rationale for the cattle sorting mask mandate! Pre-conditioning, weaning, and shipping is th...

  • Things that my grandpa did

    Bill Lavell|Updated Sep 3, 2020

    I have been thinking about my Grandpa Coons and about all of the things that he did that we, his grandkids, loved. I have written a story previously where I called him the greatest man that ever lived and I stand by that. Grandpa was born in 1879, so he was old when I knew him. I have always marveled that it is 2020 and my Grandpa, born in 1879, was a huge part of my life. What a span of years. Grandpa sang me songs and told me stories that related to what the slaves sang and at least one song that went back to the Revolution...

  • Letter to the editor

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    I have been reading with interest the news articles about the disruption of the US Postal Service over the last week. I rely on the USPS to deliver several of my life-saving medications. The latest attempts by Postmaster General DeJoy and the Trump Administration to disrupt our access to the mail may delay my latest delivery of medication. I am terrified of what that may mean for my health and wellbeing. Some of my most important medications are delivered by mail, including my high blood pressure and heart medications. As a... Full story

  • Chamber to meet Thursday, September 10

    Carter County Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, September 10 at 5:50 p.m. inside the Southeast Electric Cooperative board room. The meeting will start with a business news round table. Afterwards, members will give a report on Days of ‘85 events as well as the Mainstreet Project. Plans will be discussed regarding the chamber’s annual Festifall celebration. The potential of a fall community-wide garage sale will also be considered since COVID-19 concerns canceled the annual sale earlier this year. In addition, a sel...

  • Mary Ellen Breitenbach

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    Mary Ellen (Woodward) Breitenbach died in Albuquerque, NM, on July 28, 2020, after a brief illness. Wife, mother, teacher, student, artist, reader, crafter, gardener, seamstress, traveler — she pursued her many interests throughout her life. She was born to Harriet Patten Woodward and George Woodward in Broadus, Montana, in 1930, and grew up in and around Ekalaka. She completed her degrees in Montana and Washington state, and moved to Albuquerque and married James Breitenbach in the 1950s. She taught English and ESL at H...

  • DMHA annual meeting quickly approaching

    The Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association annual meeting will start at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 17 at Carter County Events Center. The meeting will be very informative and will give updates with everything going on at the hospital. Updates will include discussion and progress on the new hospital, progress of the new computer system, a summary of grants and donations DMHA has received for equipment, new services that will be available in the new hospital and the formation of an endowment fund for the benefit of DMHA....

  • Co-founders cancel 31st Annual Alzada Cowboy Poetry, Music and Art Show

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    There will not be an Annual Alzada Cowboy Poetry, Music and Art Show this year according to founders, Gay Arpan and Chris Maupin. The women who have produced the show since 1989 have decided to cancel due to COVID-19 concerns, noting that seating arrangements can not be made to accommodate health guidelines inside the Alzada Community Hall. The show is traditionally held on the first Sunday in October and has always attracted a sizable crowd that fills the hall. When the Alzada Community Club organized the first show to...

  • BLM seeks comments on American Colloid's modification of plan to mine bentonite in Carter County

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments on an environmental assessment that analyzes potential impacts from a modification to American Colloid Company’s existing plan of operations to mine bentonite in Carter County. The comment period will end on Oct. 1, 2020. The proposed modification occurs entirely on BLM surface and mineral estate and includes the potential expansion of disturbance to an additional 95 acres of land within their authorized Montana Department of Environmental Quality Open-cut Permit #190. M...

  • New principal at Ekalaka Public Schools

    Updated Sep 3, 2020

    A phone call out of the blue led Stephen Ely and his wife, Melissa, to Ekalaka for a visit earlier this summer. "We fell in love," the new principal at Ekalaka Public Schools told the Eagle. Mr. and Mrs. Ely arrived in Ekalaka right before the 2020-21 school year started. They made the move across the country all the way from Florida. This is Ely's thirty-first year in education. He has been a football coach, business teacher, and has spent the last 16 years of his career in...