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On June 1, Great Falls was the center of our nation's agriculture conversation as I hosted the Montana Ag Summit, a conversation about the future of jobs in our state's number one economic driver: Agriculture. We had two of the nation's top ag leaders at the Montana Ag Summit: the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, and the U.S. Senate Ag Committee Chairman, Pat Roberts. The day before the Summit, Secretary Perdue and Senator Roberts joined me in Cascade, Montana...
Could get worse now that he is 60! Happy Birthday Don!...
Jesse Young and Zebrina Rocha were united in holy matrimony at St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in Rio Rancho, NM on May 13, 2017. Jesse is the son of Bob and Sally Young of the Mill Iron area and Zebrina is the daughter of Rafael and Dora Rocha of Rio Rancho. Jesse is the Natural Resources Manager for the Pueblo of Zia and Zebrina is the Human Resources Coordinator for the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center. The couple makes their home in Rio...
Back in third grade, I remember reading a story about a little boy who grew tired of rain ruining his weekends. So he chanted: Rain, rain go away. And he got his wish. The sky cleared, the sun came out and in a few weeks it was dreadful; too much heat, everything dried up. We have been tempted to repeat the little boy's cry this past month as it seemed our soggy weather would never end. Lawns are out of control, picnics are ruined and rivers run muddy. The first two are inconv...
During the Dec. 21 winter solstice, the sun takes a brief respite on the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5 degrees south latitude. Over the next six months, it journeys north for a June 21 rendezvous with the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5 degrees north latitude. En route, on about March 20, for one brief moment it touches its rays directly over the equator, declaring the spring equinox. In Montana, this pronouncement is merely a promise of something to come, as March's third week...
Cory Lovec and Ashley Hughes were united in holy matrimony on May 13th in Butte, Montana. Cory is the son of Steven and Tricia Lovec of Ekalaka and Ashley is the daughter of Bill and Ruth Hughes of Butte. They are both in their last year of pharmacy school at the University of Montana and will be residing in Billings for their clinical rotations during the next year. Cory is a 2010 graduate of CCHS....
The Southeast Electric Essay Scholarship is a $1000.00 scholarship sponsored by Southeast Electric Cooperative, Inc. This year's recipient is Leah Harrington. Harrington was asked to cite and discuss a quote or passage that has special meaning to her. She chose "Through Perseverance the Snail reached Noah's Ark," stating that she has faced many obstacles in life and by God's grace and determination she has learned to persevere. In 2008, Harrington received a kidney transplant...
Hello, Today, I’m going to talk about health care. It’s talked about on the news every day. It is in every paper you pick up. It’s cause riots and sit ins. It causes elections to be won or lost. But, honestly, many of us take health care pretty much for granted. Unless, of course, you are a pig. Pigs have problems with health care. Oh, if you are a pig in a hog house, I guess pig care is pretty important. But if you are a pig in the human health care system, it’s kind of rough. I just learned this a week or so ago. One of...
Fourth Quarter Honor Roll A HONOR ROLL (3.5 GPA or higher) Tanner Fix Glen Frye Kylee Kennedy Jordan King Whitney Kittelmann Wyatt Kittelmann Hannah LaBree Heather LaBree Mick O’Connor Rose Rychner Ashley Schmid Tori Tooke Jasmine Erickson Kari Kittelmann Tylee Loehding Jared Pardee Ryan Rychner Darin Schallenberger Kenzie Tooke Turner Tooke B HONOR ROLL (3.0 - 3.49 GPA) Grafton Bonsell Lauryn DeFrance Luke Diede Kimberlee Elmore Caleb Fix Joe McHenry Shannon McHenry Jaelee Strangford Kennedy Tooke Brennen Bonsell Katy Ivy Se...
Well, in my last article I wrote about Bob and Grace Renshaw getting married, moving over to the homestead, digging a well, and planting and harvesting a crop. Bob and Grace both taught, and earned money to by material for a barn and a chicken house, other essentials they needed. They had a boy and a girl, filling out their family. Renshaw continued to teach at the Peabody School during the 1914-15 term. With some cash he finished fencing his land and bought a walking plow, a rod-breaking plow, and a harrow to break more sod....
When we turned over the last page on the calendar, we asked ourselves that very question. Wasn’t it just April? Time goes so quickly. School dismissed for summer and the grade school children are running free; older students have jobs in the country or in town. Gardeners ran the risk of frost damage so long. It briefly fell to 29 degrees Memorial Day morning. Tomatoes were delayed, while fruit trees and bushes were left susceptible to early morning lows. Did your plants, trees and bushes survive? Brice did weather readings a...
Leonard Wayne Carter, age 77, passed away on May 31, 2017 at his home in Sierra Vista, AZ after a long battle with cancer. He was born on December 14, 1939 in Ekalaka, MT to Leonard Carter and Kathryn H. (Smith) Carter. Wayne grew up southeast of Ekalaka on the family ranch in the Long Pines and on Jan 11, 1957 enlisted in the United States Army and served until Dec 23, 1958. Then enlisted again from Jan 17, 1963 to May 11, 1964. Wayne honorably served the United States Army...
Harold Allen Smith passed away peacefully at Sheridan Memorial Hospital, in Sheridan, WY on May 20, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was born May 27, 1930 in Gorham, North Dakota to Everett Alton and Thora (Stigen) Smith. Harold was only 18 months old when his father died, so he was raised by his mother, siblings, and a farmhand named Slim. His mother did not like the name Harold, so she always called him Allen. He spent most of his young life on the farm in Gorham, ND. He...
Heavenly Harp out of Phoenix, Arizona will present a beautiful concert to encourage everyone in these tenuous times. Attendees will enjoy a combination of music featuring harp, piano with flute, and vocals on popular and Christian pieces like “What a Wonderful World,” “My Country Tis of Thee,” “How Great Thou Art,” “God Bless America,” and “Just a Closer Walk with Thee.” Everyone will be invited to participate in singing some of these songs as well. Karin Gunderson, author of “Encounters with Heaven - Stories of God’s Surp...
As of June 6, 2017, those who have filed for positions of the town are Pat Strickland for mayor, Jim MacKay for a council position, and Andy Wright for a two-year council position. Additional filings need to be made to fill all of the positions. Those interested in filing will need to do so before 5:00 pm on Monday, June 19, 2017. Paperwork for filing is available at the Town Office or at the Carter County Clerk & Recorders Office and has to be filed at the Carter County Clerk & Recorders Office. If a primary election is...
Carter County Senior Citizens will sponsor a driver safety class called Smart Driver on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. This class is the updated version of the old “55 Alive” class developed by AARP. The driver safety class is designed as a review for senior citizens. There is a work book and a video to go along with it, and open discussion on different segments of the class. Area residents 55 or older can take the class for $15.00 if they are an AARP Member, or $20.00 if they are not. The class is four hours and there is no tes...
It's not every day that a reality television star roams the streets of Ekalaka. It's more of a Tuesday afternoon sort of thing. Tuesday, June 6 to be more specific. On Tuesday, Steve Darnell, the man behind Welder Up, was in town in search of cars and junk. Darnell is originally from Billings, MT and now lives in Las Vegas, NV where he runs his shop. He and his crew customize cars and build rat rods for customers. The shop is featured on Vegas Rat Rods which airs Monday...
Southeast Electric Cooperative held an annual meeting last Friday at Carter County High School. Attending members ate a free roast beef dinner and received a rain gauge for attending. Several who attended were also lucky enough to win one of several door prizes. Two lucky winners even received $500 cash grand prizes. Dave Hayden gave the president’s report. Karen Kreitel gave the treasurer’s report, and Jack Hamblin gave the manager’s report. As of December 31, 2016, the cooperative had $15,092,821 in assets and $15,0...
