School receives grant for library

Ekalaka Public Schools recently received a grant in the amount of $898 from the Montana Masonic Foundation for new iPads at the school library.

Freemasons Pat Strickland, Doug Bonsell, and Marty Reierson were at the school on Tuesday to present a check to the district. All three are members of Ekalaka Lodge #120; the latter is also a member of the lodge in Forsyth as well as the grand marshal with the grand lodge of Montana.

Strickland says that one of the basic precepts of freemasonry is education. "We want to do our part to help with local schools," he said.

Present on behalf of the school t...