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Justin Lawrence of Alzada, Montana, captured the All-Around Open National Championship at the inaugural National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance National Championship Show held in conjunction with the Zoetis AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championship Show on June 16 at the Lazy E in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Lawrence showed Mia Lil Pink and the duo also came in third in the American Quarter Horse Association Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships All-Around Horse. On their...
Hello, We lost a neighbor this week. A cowboy. A one in a million kind of guy. Bob Christophersen. In the Dakotas, you don’t have to live down the street or across the fence to be a neighbor. As Garrison Keillor once said, “North Dakota is really just a mid-size town with real long streets.” So when we lose someone we’ve known and loved, it hurts. One of the weekly news shows on Sunday mornings always closes with a segment aptly named “A Life Well-Lived.” That show could be about Bob. Bob was a cowboy. A Hall of Fame cowboy...
The 5th Annual Summit Basketball Camp, named after the legendary women's college basketball coach Pat Summit, was held last week in Ekalaka. This year over 130 campers participated. Organizers are thankful for the ongoing support of the camp, especially for the many sponsors that made it possible, and are looking forward to next year. The following is a list of winners and awards from the camp. High School Girls One-on-One - Jadyn Traub Hot Shot - Heather LaBree Dunk Contest...
If this Universe has a Creator, she must have been having a good day when she created birds. They are colorful and dull, helpful and ruinous. They eat bird seed, harmful insects, even our garbage. They will also ruin your clean car and carry off your cat at night. They nest in trees, on the ground and even underground. Yes, even underground. A friend called a couple of years ago excited that a pair of burrowing owls had taken up residence in an abandoned gopher hole on her...
We had quite a discussion on Facebook awhile back about my grandma, Lena Coon’s, blindness, so let me tell all of you the story about this and other things. My grandparents, Lena and Fred Coons, homesteaded near Belltower around 1910. My mother Mildred was born in Malvern, Iowa in January 1910 and moved to Belltower as a very young baby. Maybe Grandma had sight problems before this, but as far as I know it started in the late ‘30s or very early ‘40s when my uncle Chet Coon ran into a fence with their International picku...
Hello, my name is Jaelee Strangford and I am a local student here at CCHS. Earlier in the year, I got a letter informing me that I had been nominated by my former band teacher, Mr. Brad Wick, to go on a European Band Tour with Voyageurs International. I decided to accept this nomination and will be leaving for the North Dakota State University campus in Fargo on July 5, 2019. I will be touring seven countries in 16 days: England, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. I will get to see the Eiffel...
My hometown had some 8,000 residents, situated midway between Kansas City and St. Louis, on the Missouri River. James A. Michener mentioned the town without using its name in the book “Centennial.” By Missouri standards, we were a small town. A reformatory for boys, ages 10-18, was located on the edge of town, complete with a dairy. Every 4th of July they put on a free fireworks display. When we lived in town, my dad would drive the car to the prescribed parking lot and we’d settle in for the evening. Mom always made lots...
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks beckons thee to the Dahl Memorial Healthcare lawn in Ekalaka on July 1. The theatre company will be performing “Love’s Labour’s Lost” at 6:30 p.m. The free play is sponsored by Sagebrush Service Club. Donations are appreciated for future shows. CCHS Close Up will be serving a free will donation meal beginning at 5 p.m., prior to the performance. The meal includes hot dogs, chips, drinks and dessert. “Love’s Labour’s Lost” is an early comedy of Shakespeare’s, written for Queen Elizabeth I...
To light the celebration’s fuse, the Belltower Community Hall will be having a potluck on July 3. Beef, provided by the O’Connors, will be on the menu. Activities will included cornhole and horseshoes. On Wednesday come out to the triangle in Ekalaka for Fourth of July festivities starting at 5 p.m. Local businesses will host activities and booths until 8 p.m. Independence Day will be capped off by a fireworks display sponsored by the Carter County Chamber of Commerce and launched by the Ekalaka Volunteer Fire Dep...
Mass of Christian Burial for Anna Rehbein was held June 28 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Gillette, WY with Father Cliff Jacobson officiating; interment followed at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation took place on June 27 at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Anna M. Rehbein, age 85, passed away on Sunday, June, 24, 2018 at The Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center in Gillette, Wyoming. Anna Mary (Heiser) Rehbein was born on January 16, 1933 in Belfield, North Dakota. She was the...
There's a lot of noise outside a rodeo chute, but it's a TV playing in the other room, muffled and nonsensical unless you've seen this Eastwood flick before. The chute is tight; the rider and horse intimate, but it's not designed to last. A calm horse is easy to straddle but maybe she's playing coy. There's a faint lull in the other room; the yellow flag is up, the gate man has his rope and the rider leans back and, if he's going to win, makes the only decision he'll get for t...
The Carter County Airport is pleased to announce that it has a new fuel tank installed and 100LL AVGAS for sale. The airport is offering a discount to pilots who reside in Carter County. Pilots will be issued a Smart Card, which will allow them to get fuel at the airport. The airport will then invoice the Smart Card users at the end of every month for the purchased fuel. For more information, fuel prices or to get a Smart Card please contact the Carter County Airport at 406-775-6278....
Mark your calendars: Dahl Memorial Clinic will be providing $30 sports physicals on July 19 and 20. Carla Dowdy PA-C will be offering girls sports physicals on Thursday, July 19 from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Dale Diede PA-C will be offering boys sports physicals on Friday, July 20 from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Forms are available online at www.ekalaka.net or in the front entrance of Dahl Memorial. Please be sure to have the form filled out and signed by a parent/guardian; it is required before a physical can be performed. Call Dahl Memorial...
During the Thursday, June 21 Reading Rocks summer session, kids entered as readers and left as marchers. Valerie O'Connell read "Little Pig Joins the Band" to the six young musicians. "Little Pig Joins the Band" is about Jacob, a pig trying to join a marching band. He attempts drums, tubas, trumpets and trombones but cannot play any because he is too small. The kids thought about times when they were to small to do things like watch PG-13 movies, sort cows, drive a car and dri...
