Articles from the September 8, 2017 edition
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Governor Bullock welcomes Ekalaka students
Last week, Governor Steve Bullock welcomed Montana students across the state back to school and highlighted growing innovation in Montana schools. "As Lisa and I send our kids back to school this...
Cowboy poetry, music, and art on display in October
The twenty-eighth Annual Alzada Cowboy Poetry, Music and Art Show will be held on Sunday, October 1st at the Alzada Community Hall in Alzada. The theme for the 2017 annual show is “Remembering the Old West.” Five people will be featured at the...
2017 Positive Choices Youth Conference
The 2017 Positive Choices Youth Conference will be held September 19th and 20th, 2017. This year’s speaker is Kevin Honeycutt. Honeycutt is a Technology Integration Specialist in central Kansas, where he researches and designs programs and...
American Legion benefit Sept. 24
American Legion Post 60 will hold its annual pancake supper on Sunday, September 24. The post’s fundraiser will be held at the Wagon Wheel Café in Ekalaka from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. The supper will feature pancakes and sausage prepared by post...
Public invited to promote college choices
Wednesday, September 13, Carter County High School juniors and seniors will attend the college fair at Dawson Community College in Glendive, MT. This is an opportunity for students to visit with recruiters to learn more about the colleges, universiti...
Annual Bazaar, Nov. 18
Sagebrush Service Club will once again be sponsoring a Holiday Bazaar in Ekalaka. The annual event is slated for November 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Carter County High School. Free babysitting will be provided throughout the day, and lunch,...
Upcoming EMT class
Area EMTs will be conducting a class this fall in Ekalaka. Classes will start in late October. More EMTs are currently needed to meet the needs of the community. Anyone interested in joining the class is asked to please contact Judy Wright at...
Blood drive Sept. 12
An upcoming blood drive for the Ekalaka community has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at Carter County Events Center in Ekalaka. Donors can make and appointment for the drive by calling Darlene Carter Rose at 775-6431, or by going...
Annual hospital association meeting
In addition to election of board members at the Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association annual meeting on September 14, there will be discussion and consideration of proposed bylaw changes regarding election of board members and filling vacant board...
Celia Yates
A funeral service for Celia Yates, 89, of Ekalaka, MT, was held September 5, 2017 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka. Burial took place in Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Celia passed away Tuesday, August 29,...
Bright Ideas
Labor Day 1986 was not a long weekend for Brice or me. We rationalized that by saying, Agnes Quam, our employee, was Labor, and Brice and I were Management. With no mail, there was no news except what came in on Saturday. We worked on other things....
Q's Health News
Where did August go? I’m sorry, August got away from me, and I didn’t get an article in the paper. However, now you will be fortunate enough to read two articles from me this month! The kids are back in school, and with the start of school comes...
McCamish celebration
Family and friends gathered at Medicine Rocks Lodge on August 26 & 27 to celebrate Tom & Mary McCamish's 60th Anniversary. They both turned 80 this past year as well....
Hat Tips
Hello, The Dakotas are a good place to live. Oh, we may have a drought. We may have to fight ice and snow for a few months of the year. The wind may blow from the northwest for days at a time. We do get an occasional flood along the Red, the Mouse,...
Dogs show much improved defense
Last Friday night at Rowely Field, CCHS football took on Savage. The Bulldogs played a strong game on the defensive side of the ball, holding Savage to 13 points in the first half. In the second quarter, freshman quarterback Jared Pardee threw a 22...
CCHS wins in Broadus
Bulldog volleyball traveled to Broadus to take on the Hawks last Friday. In the junior varsity match, CCHS dropped the first set 17-25. The set was close until Karli Collins of Broadus went on a scoring streak. In the second set, Blue was...
Pups take on Savage
The Ekalaka junior high football team played against Savage last Friday in Ekalaka. The Pups won the contest....
Praying for rain
Roberta Huether spotted this praying mantis in her day lilies on Saturday evening. There are about 1,800 species of praying mantids around the world. The insect is a carnivore, eating mainly other...