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The CCHS FCCLA program held their annual Easter Egg Hunt last Sunday at Cayden's Park in Ekalaka. Youngsters had a chance to get there picture taken with the Easter Bunny before searching for not-so-easy-to-find colored eggs scattered throughout the fairgrounds. Although the day was overcast, it seemed most of the kids who attended had a great time and left with a bountiful basket of candy. After the hunt, families gathered at Ekalaka Elementary for a family style carnival...
Several years ago, an old man, who I really didn't know, died and his wife gave me a grocery bag full of his fly-tying material. And for a long time, it sat untouched in the corner of my office. Over the years I've tied a few miserable-looking flies, but eventually my hobby quietly disappeared into a basement corner. Fly-fishing took the next bus out of town. Then, last week I stumbled across a cheap, metal and plastic desk headed for the dump and something clicked. Now, it's...
As I was growing up in and around Ekalaka, coyotes were public enemy number one. Everyone killed them on sight. It was generally believed (and I believe it) that they were a terrible predator of lambs and even calves sometimes. They were shot on sight but they were so skinny and fast that it was hard to get a good shot at them. There was a bounty on them, as I remember it was $15 for an adult and either $5 or $10 for a pup. There was also a bounty on Magpies but I shot at many of them and all I could get them to do was jump...
Hello, We haven’t had it too bad. In fact, since we started calving, it’s been exceptionally nice. If you remember last year, April was a cold son of a gun. We were checking cows at night and grabbing any new ones and keeping them in the tack room overnight. Then in the morning, trying to get them to mother up. If you attended any cattle sales since last fall, you saw a lot of calves that had their ears froze off. And they were the lucky ones. But if you go a few miles south, it has been a trying and often times deadly spr...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, reading 1 Corinthians 15: 13, 14, 20 (TLB) might just help us to understand that You, Lord, are the Lamb of God as it says: “For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ must still be dead. And if He is still dead, then all our preaching is useless and your trust in God is empty, worthless, hopeless… The fact is that Christ did actually rise from the dead…” Long years ago, [date is unknown]; Billy Graham wrote an interesting thought about a faithful witness. Here is h...
5 March, 2019 Dear Patients of Fallon Medical Complex, As many are already aware, I have decided to pursue another opportunity and will therefore be departing my practice as a physician assistant at Fallon Medical Complex as of May 15th, 2019. Those who have chosen to be treated by me during my tenure at Fallon Medical Complex may continue to be seen and treated by the other capable medical providers who work at Fallon Medical Complex to meet your medical needs. If, however, a patient seeks to pursue medical care elsewhere a...
In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote his famous quote, saying the only things true in life were death and taxes. If you were alive on Monday, April 15, 2019, your taxes were due. When we lived in Billings, I did our taxes one year and decided we were due a refund. Armed with that information, we attended an art auction. There was a small watercolor painting I wanted: The Flat Cat, by a Miles City artist. I decided on a bidding limit and was out bid. Lucky thing; we actually owed taxes. Brice has done the taxes ever since. He does...
Edward William Arbuckle, aka "Billy", passed away peacefully on October 16, 2018 in Eureka, CA. His family and friends will miss his humorous storytelling and famous Arbuckle-isms. Born November 2, 1933 in Carter County, Montana on the Arbuckle ranch, he graduated from Carter County High School in 1951. He served in the US Air Force for six years. He then attended the University of Montana in Missoula, graduating with a Bachelor of Art in Mathematics. Here he met and married...
April 15 through April 21 is National Volunteer Week. Volunteers within the local community play a big role by performing services, serving on boards and committees, and even acting as leaders in local youth organizations such as 4-H. Since 1923, Carter and Fallon Counties have had 885 4-H leaders that have volunteered their time to the organization. Interestingly, current Fallon and Carter County leaders have given 7,776 hours of their time to the organization. That is roughly 144 hours per year for each leader. Carter...
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Combat Raider, a military exercise involving various aircraft, is scheduled to begin May 14 in parts of the Powder River Training Complex and Temporary Rushmore Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace, and will conclude May 16. Combat Raider provides joint and coalition training under realistic scenarios that support full spectrum operations against modern threats and replicate today’s combat operations. During this period, people living under the following PRTC military operations areas can...
Carter County Band and Choir, under the direction of Mr. Andrew Del Raso and accompanied by Mrs. Cathy Frye, competed at district music festival in Miles City last Friday. Both did well, with choir receiving a 'II' and band receiving a 'I' (superior). On Saturday, Katy Bishop, Amaya Coleman and Ella Owen sang a vocal trio accompanied by Mrs. Cathy Frye. The group received a II. Jaelee Strangford, also accompanied by Mrs. Cathy Frye, played a solo on her tenor sax. Strangford...
NC State College of Veterinary Medicine student Amanda Kortum is the recipient of a government fellowship that launches her dream career path fighting the world's most devastating infectious diseases. Kortum joins just a handful of students across the country awarded a National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Scientist Training Program fellowship from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. NBAF Scientist Training Program fellows...
HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) recently reminded water right owners that the deadline for filing a claim on their exempt water rights is June 30, 2019. The 2017 Montana Legislature created the opportunity for owners of exempt water rights to file claims when it passed HB 110. Since the filing period began on May 7, 2017, DNRC Director John Tubbs said the Department has received more than 7,000 exempt claim filings. An exempt water right is defined as a water right that w...
