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Note: This article is the second in a series about the founders of the Carter County Geological Society and museum. The museum will host a meeting at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month through April, featuring a founder, their story and items they have donated. In the fall of 1954, photographer Ross Madden traveled to Ekalaka to illustrate the Life Magazine story "The Town That Hunts Bones." All his black and white pictures were striking, but the photo of 73 year old...
Saturday, February 8 will be the Fight with Bulldog Power Cancer Awareness Event, as Bulldog basketball teams host the Wibaux Longhorns. Games start at 1 p.m. This year, CCHS will again be honoring all cancer survivors. Fans are asked to pack the CCHS gym in a rainbow of colors by wearing whichever color of cancer ribbon they choose. Lavender ribbons represent the support of all colors. The figure below shows varying colors of cancer ribbons....
The Gumbo Gophers 4-H club met on January 10th, at the home of Lisa Borchgrevink. Special guests were Michael Millward, county agent and Kodie Olsen, 4-H assistant. Other guests were Rhett Borchgrevink; Ashley, Atreyu, and Wyllow Tauck; Staci, Grace, and Elizabeth Hall; Amanda, Joby and Rayna Owens; and Tessa, Grady, and Lily Ann Tauck. Members present were Colin and Clancy Higgins, Natalie and Alivia Foxley and Tylinn Thomas. Leaders present were Terri Raye McInerney, Lisa Borchgrevink, Crystal Higgins and Thebea Thomas. Kod...
Rhett Halvard Lesh was born to proud parents Riley Lesh and Karli Jo Northrop on December 7, 2019. Rhett was born weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches long. Rhett joins excited big sister, Ella....
Matt McCabe was elected as NPGA Secretary by the Northern Pulse Growers Association board of directors January 28, 2020. McCabe graduated from MSU with a crop science degree and has been farming and involved in the industry since 2013. McCabe is also the Chairman of the Carter County Weed Board. He farms with his family outside of Ekalaka. In addition to the election of secretary, Chris Westergard, Dagmar, MT was elected as president and Sam Arson, Williston, ND was elected as treasurer. Additional members of the NPGA board...
The Lady Bulldogs easily took down the Cougars last Friday night in Plevna, 64-11. CCHS shot 53 percent on free throws, 47 percent on two-pointers and 20 percent on three-pointers. They out-rebounded Plevna, 30-16, and had 9 fewer turnovers. Tyra O’Connor shot 50 percent from the field and finished the game tied with Ella Owen for the lead in points with 10. Heidi LaBree led the team in rebounds with 8 and Hannah LaBree led in assists with 7. CCHS 27 45 53 64 Plevna 3 3 8 11 CCHS: Tyra O’Connor 10, Ella Owen 10, Heidi LaB...
The CCHS JV boys left Plevna with a 12 point win last Friday night. Each quarter, the boys slowly took more of a lead. The Bulldogs had 31 turnovers and shot 46 percent from the free throw line. Jaden Pardee led CCHS with 17 points, Sean Wolenetz added 12 and had a pair of three-pointers. Bret Edgell scored 16 for the Cougars. CCHS 11 23 33 45 Plevna 9 17 24 33 CCHS: Jaden Pardee 17, Sean Wolenetz 12, J.W. Elmore 11, Brennan Graham 3, Ethan Frye 2 The JV boys’ basketball game in Jordan on Saturday was close, as it was e...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: Horses were the means of transportation 80 years ago. A family with four girls had a big white horse named Daisy. These little girls loved all of their farm animals but especially Daisy as she was their means to get to their rural school, 3 ½ miles North of their home. Picture them, youngest to oldest, astride Daisy. Occasionally baby sister Donna got to visit school, too, rider number one on Daisy’s back. Prairie scene, besides various grasses, flowers, birds, it might include coyotes, gophers, badg...
February is American Heart Month! Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Every year, the deaths of 1 in 4 men and women are caused by heart disease. The term "heart disease" actually encompasses many different conditions – heart defects you are born with (congenital heart disease), coronary artery disease (plaque buildup in arteries), heart rhythm problems, weak heart muscle, diseases of the heart valves, and others. Heart disease, especially in t...
This spring, Carter County Museum will host a series of Earth and space activities for local children. First, a story hour at Ekalaka Public Library featuring age appropriate activities for kids will take place on two different Thursdays between March and May. The museum will also have board game based activities during International Dark Sky Week, April 20-24, during regular hours and a full lineup of pop up experiments during the Junior Scientist Summer Program (dates...
Mid-Rivers Communications is proud to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Mid-Rivers Fund for Education Scholarship Program. This year, Mid-Rivers is offering $46,000 in scholarship funds for Eastern & Central Montana students. Over the last 20 years, the Mid-Rivers Fund for Education, which is funded by unclaimed capital credits and donations of capital credits from members, has awarded over $380,000 in scholarships to area students. In 2020, Mid-Rivers will award 32 competitive scholarships and 14 drawing scholarships....
People in Montana are being warned of a new telephone scam which is currently sweeping the United Kingdom and could be set to hit the United States. CPR Call Blocker, makers of the best-selling call blocking device in the US and the UK, is urging the public in Montana to beware if they receive a call from an apparent police officer telling you that your bank card has been cloned or that money has been taken from your account. The scam, which has been conning people across the UK, involves the ‘police officer’ then asking the...
The Montana Historical Society (MHS) is now accepting applications for the Centennial Farm and Ranch program. New inductees will receive a framed certificate signed by the governor, recognition at the Ag Day ceremony in the State Capitol during the 2021 legislative session, the ranch/farm history printed online and in our periodic Centennial Farm and Ranch yearbook, and a durable roadside sign. These 24-inch by 36-inch UV-coated metal signs are a new addition to the program this year, thanks to support from the Montana Depart...
As the poets and pickers headed home from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko Nevada this past week, I was sent a poem perfectly timed to the upcoming calving season. Trent Nelson is a cowboy poet who was born and raised in northeastern Colorado in the agricultural community of Yuma. He has worked in farming and ranching his whole life from the Rocky Mountains to the sand hills of Nebraska. He currently resides outside his hometown where he works on a large farm/yearling grazing operation. This poem puts cows and...
