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Since 2000, the average precipitation in Ekalaka for the month of June is 2.93 inches. That average has fallen considerably in the last two years as Ekalaka received only 0.65 inches in June of 2016, and only 0.91 in June of this year. June was also hot this year. Though not as hot as last year, the average high temperature in June was 80.9 degrees Fahrenheit. That was 5.4 degrees hotter than the average since 2000 of 75.5 degrees. The average high temperature so far this mont...
Tanner McInerney earned the title of All-Around Cowboy at year's end in the Wyoming High School Rodeo Association. He finished fourth in tie-down calf roping, 3rd in team roping, and 6th in steer wrestling. He also earned the governor's award as the top Junior Cowboy in grades and points earned. Finishing in the top four earned him an opportunity to compete on the Wyoming team in tie-down and team roping at the National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) to be held in Gillette,...
The combination of hot, dry weather, drought, and late afternoon thunderstorms on Monday resulted in several new fire starts in Eastern Montana, and prompted existing large fires to increase in size. The Witten and Lee Creek fires located south of Ashland and Lame Deer, Mont., were combined into the Tongue River Complex. A Northern Rockies Type 2 Incident Management Team, with Mike Almas as Incident Commander, is managing this complex. It was estimated at over 26,000 acres as of Tuesday morning. Several new fires have been...
On Monday, The Town of Ekalaka received a $2,000 grant for the construction of a new swimming pool from TransCanada Bison Pipeline. Bison Pipeline entered commercial service on January 14, 2011 and is an interstate natural gas pipeline designed to transport gas from the Powder River Basin to the Midwest market. Bison consists of approximately 302 miles of natural gas pipeline and related pipeline system facilities that extend northeastward from an area near Gillette, Wyoming,...
Tanner McInerney of Alzada, Montana, is competing in the 25th annual International Finals Youth Rodeo held July 9-14 at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. McInerney is participating in the world's richest youth rodeo, hoping to win his share of more than $250,000 in prize money and championship saddles and buckles. McInerney will join more than 800 of the top high school rodeo athletes from around the world for the 2017 IFYR. He is vying for prizes...
June is historically our rainiest month. So, where was the rain? What does this mean, if anything? Is this an effect of global warming? Is it just another dry period like we have experienced before? How many months or years will we be dry? Will summer or fall showers replace the current lack of precipitation? On our way home from Miles City, June 28, we drove through two heavy showers that could have totaled half an inch. When we got home, Brice checked the rain gauge, and it was just a trace. That’s a lot of question m...
When I read in the Eagle about our Ekalaka school lunch system getting an award from the state it reminded me of my experiences with Ekalaka school lunches. Congratulations to all of the workers and to Eric’s mother who heads it up. We didn’t always have what we called hot lunches during my time in grade school in Ekalaka. They kind of came and went according to the money available. We never had anything like that during my high school days. I really don’t remember whether we had to pay for them but I suppose that we did....
Hello, If you haven’t noticed, there is a severe drought taking place across much of the Dakotas. It extends into Montana as far west as Miles City. Maybe further now. I haven’t been to Wyoming. But I just figure it is always dry there. You see people haying some pretty poor stuff. Road ditches that make a bale or two to the mile. Side hills that normally are left alone. Crops that are too poor to combine but may make a bale an acre. Hay is scarce. In North Dakota we have only two seasons. “Putting up hay season” and “feedin...
Warren O. White, 83, of Roseville, Ohio, formerly of Ekalaka, passed away, March 4, 2017 at Fairhope Hospice & Palliative Care - The Pickering House in Lancaster, Ohio following a lingering illness. Warren, the son of Everett O. and Marion C. (Bendure) White, was born 16 June 1933, in Zanesville, Ohio. He graduated Zanesville High School in 1951, attended Colorado A. & M. until 1953, when he was drafted into the US Army where he served active duty with the Military Police until 1956, when he transferred to the US Army Reserve...
Barbara Ann Strait passed away July 4, 2017, at Dahl Memorial Health Care. Barb was born February 20, 1943 to David and Louise (Ness) Mulkey in Ekalaka, MT. She was the third of nine children. Barb attended school in Ekalaka and for a few months in Miles City, MT., before moving back to Ekalaka to finish school. She later attended Beauty School in Miles City, MT. Barb and Francis Strait were married September 28, 1963. To this union two children were born: Rod and 2 years...
Dear Editor, I wanted to drop a note to let everyone know about some upcoming events being sponsored by Powder River/Carter County Farm Bureau. On August 4th Jim Larson will be down to present a MT Ag Safety meeting for everyone’s work comp requirements. Jim has offered to buy breakfast at Powder River Lanes for the attendees at 8:30 a.m. and later that day at 1:30 he’s buying lunch at Little Jaded for those folks who attend there. Space will be limited so please RSVP to Darcia Patten at 406-853-0868 or Gary Hei...
Maternal grandparents Buff and Wanda Brown are proud to announce and welcome into this world their first grandchild. Shawn Alfred Tolman came into this world fighting at five weeks early on July 1, 2017. Parents Sumerlea Brown Tolman and her husband Thomas Tolman reside in Laramie, WY but currently call the Ronald McDonald House in Denver, CO home until their son is released from the hospital. Paternal grandparents Aundrea and Bill Tolman celebrate their 12th grandchild (11...
The next Ekalaka Community Blood Drive is scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Carter County Events Center in Ekalaka. The drive will take place from 1:45 to 5:30 p.m. Persons may contact Darlene Carter Rose at (406) 775-6431 for an appointment. Appointments can also be made online by going to www.bloodhero.com and using sponsor code Ekalaka. As always, walk-ins are also welcome. Donors who plan on attending are asked to bring a photo ID as well as their donor card with them. Free cholesterol testing is available with...
Fallon/Carter Extension, Carter County Weed Department, and Carter County Conservation District invite everyone to attend the Carter County Range Tour on Tuesday, July 18. The tour will start at Camp Needmore at 2:00 p.m. and a meal will be served at the conclusion of the program by the Puptown Pioneers Homemakers. There will be three pesticide applicator recertification credits offered. What can drone technology do for you? Brady Woodard, Moore Engineering, Inc. There is a handful of benefits we can provide via drone...
