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Articles from the November 25, 2022 edition


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  • Year-end tournament

    Updated Nov 23, 2022

    The Ekalaka junior high girls' A basketball team finished fourth at their year-end tournament in Miles City over the weekend, defeating Melstone and then losing to Broadus and Sacred Heart. The 4C Junior High Basketball Tournament took place at Sacred Heart School. Junior high basketball box scores Ekalaka vs. Melstone Ekalaka: 2, 9, 21, 30 Melstone: 12, 16, 18, 24 Ekalaka: Keli Melton 24, Allie Shepherd 6. Melstone: M. Eike 18, N. Metzger 4, H. Myrhe 2. Ekalaka vs. Broadus...

  • Check stations see steady traffic despite wintry weather

    Updated Nov 23, 2022

    Despite the wintry conditions that marked the closing weekend of pronghorn season, a lot of hunters still came through southeastern Montana check stations on November 13. Hysham check station "Check stations provide an opportunity for regional FWP staff to visit with hunters and to better understand what they are experiencing in the field in relation to management prescriptions such as mule deer B license allocation," explained wildlife biologist Steve Atwood. "With the onset...

  • Montana east of the mountains

    Rick Graetz, The University of Montana|Updated Nov 23, 2022

    CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK Plenty of space, minimal human activity and protected lands ensure thriving wildlife and waterfowl population. Together, Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, tucked in Montana's northeast corner and Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge out of Malta make a home for more than 200,000 ducks and geese, as well as lake pelicans. Other havens, such as Half-Breed National Wildlife Refuge at Rapelje, Freezeout Lake near Choteau and War Horse Lake National...

  • It's beginning to look a lot like...

    Updated Nov 23, 2022

    The town of Ekalaka was a busy place on Saturday as a large number of people attended open houses at both Summit National Bank and A & A Stieg Wholesale before signing up for door prizes at Ijkalaka Grocery or heading to Carter County High School for Sagebrush Service Club's annual Holiday Bazaar....

  • Annual lighting contest judged on Dec. 20th

    Updated Nov 23, 2022

    Sagebrush Service Club is again sponsoring an annual Christmas light decorating contest. This year’s judges will be out and about the town on Tuesday, December 20th. Participants who wish to be a part of the contest should have their lights on and decorations up by 5:30 p.m. The top three residences will each receive a prize as will the best overall decorated business! Get those ladders out, untangle all those lights and help make Ekalaka festive this holiday season!...

  • Cultural differences

    Updated Nov 23, 2022

    In the mid-1970s a distinguished group of hunters decided to establish a facility that would combine a museum with a center for the historical, environmental, and cultural contribution of hunting to American society. I was teaching history at Chadron State College at the time. On the basis of some scattered articles on animal rights and hunting I had written as well as teaching a course on hunting's vast social impact in America, particularly in the nation's rural areas, I...

  • Conversations with God

    Updated Nov 23, 2022

    Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, when someone says, “Remember when…” that phrase stirs up all kinds of feelings of warmth and happiness; all five senses seem to partake in the memories. There’s just something about recollecting the past that feels good. We each have a particular yearning to bring back moments in time, moments when life seemed simpler, like remembering that our Dad whistled or hummed while he worked. Reminiscing about Mom, we can almost smell the yeasty scent of homemade bread and hear her hum or sing...

  • Cooking in the West

    Susan Metcalf|Updated Nov 22, 2022

    Every year right before Thanksgiving back when I was teaching English, I would ask all of my junior high students to write poems entitled, "I Am Thankful For..." I always modeled a few lines of an example poem for them, so with a very straight face I would write, "My two delightful children, Bret and Brooke." This line was easier to write without smirking if neither of them had been in the sheriff's report or the principal's office in the past week. Recently I was moaning about my failures as a parent/grandparent to my...

  • Elsie Turbiville

    Updated Nov 22, 2022

    Funeral Services for Elsie Turbiville, 89, of Bowman, formerly of Camp Crook, SD will be 10:00 am, Friday, November 25, 2022 at Bowman Lutheran Church with Terry Bagley officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Camp Crook, SD. Visitation will be one prior to the service on Friday. Elsie passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Fallon Medical Complex in Baker, MT. Elsie was born December 15, 1932, five miles south of Camp Crook, SD in Harding County, the...

  • A list of lucky winners

    Updated Nov 22, 2022

    Last Saturday’s holiday bazaar sponsored by Sagebrush Service Club, Summit National Bank’s Appreciation Day, and drawings by area businesses holding open houses produced a large number of lucky winners throughout the day. Prizes around town included gift cards, cash, and a various assortment of gifts and goodies. A listing of winners from around town is posted below. SUMMIT NATIONAL BANK Adult Cash Drawings Jessica Meyer, Becky Jesperson, Jane Johnson, Misty Johnston, Alan Hutchinson, Stefanie Harrington, Myron Johnston Stu...

  • Annual Advent Tea

    The St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church Annual Advent Tea is coming up on Saturday, December 3. The event will begin at noon with a salad and dessert lunch. Rachel DeFord and her girls will be providing special music for all to enjoy. All are invited to attend this wonderful event to set the stage for Advent, enjoy fellowship and remind everyone of the true meaning of Christmas!...

  • School to host program honoring all veterans on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

    Carter County High School will be the site of a program honoring all area veterans on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The program was originally scheduled to take place on November 10th, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather. The event will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7th inside the gymnasium. The public is invited to attend. After the program, coffee and refreshments will be served by the local VFW Auxiliary. All veterans and acting service members from Carter County and the surrounding area are...