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Hello, Those of you that have been following this column over the years know this is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s fair time! Now I don’t get too excited for the State Fair in Minot. Oh, fifty or sixty years ago I would. I loved the rides. I loved the livestock barns. I loved the food and the crowds. As I’ve aged, I started to hate the crowds. I got sick on the rides. I hated waiting in line for cotton candy or a pig on a stick. We were providing livestock for the rodeo there and it was too hot and too conge...
A 90th birthday party was held for Madlon Brence last weekend at St. Joan of Arc Parish Hall in Ekalaka. Above, she is pictured with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren....
Here's nothing new: It's been hot recently. How hot? So hot, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking. So hot I'm being forced to use passive verbs. Okay, for those who suffer from the heat, extreme temperatures are no joke. However, maybe nature can teach us a few tricks to cope. In late summer, prairie amphibians, like the Great Plains toad are underground, waiting out the heat wave. All amphibians begin their lives in water, developing from eggs to swimming...
The First Baptist Church invites all kids to participate in AWANA Clubs. AWANA is a free kids club that provides Biblical teaching and fun for all ages. Cubbies (3-4 year olds) will be meeting from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. SPARKS (K-2nd) and T&T clubs (3rd-6th) meet after school at 3:45 p.m. and continue until 5:30 p.m. For the older youths, youth group (7th-12th) starts at 7 p.m. and finishes at about 8:30 p.m. Each of these clubs, starting Wednesday, September 5, will be meeting every Wednesday at the First Baptist Church...
The swimming pool is going to be closed for the remainder of the season. Cooler temperatures and a lack of attendance make it cost prohibitive to have it open. Thank you and we will see you next year!...
Funeral Mass for Roberta "Bertie" Elmore, 81, of Ekalaka, MT was held August 21, 2018 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka. Burial followed in Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Bertie passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Dahl Memorial in Ekalaka. Roberta was born May 1, 1937 in Douglas, WY, the daughter of Robert Jacob and Arbeulah (Brow) Price. The family was in the grocery business and as a young girl, Bertie moved to Ekalaka with her parents. She attended schools in Ekalaka,...
William "Buck/Stub" Stubblefield Jr., age 90 of Miles City, MT passed away on August 11, 2018 at the Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City. He was born on June 10, 1928 in Vernon, TX, the son of William Stubblefield Sr. and Permalia Estelle Scott Stubblefield. As a young man, he grew up around Henderson, TX and attended school at New London, TX, a place very dear to his heart as he lost a brother A.W. in a boiler explosion at the school. He supported that school charity all of hi...
Challenges in fundraising have led to an adjusted timeline for the release of what may be the most anticipated rodeo film in recent history. Feek's Vision, a revealing new documentary about Chandler Earl "Feek" Tooke and his founding of one of rodeo's most influential bucking horse bloodlines, is an original work by filmmaker Ken Howie (Special Cowboy Moments, Hardship to Freedom). In the 1930s, Tooke foresaw the end of the availability of wild horses as rodeo stock and...
Before World War I, there was no church building in the Medicine Rocks area. Sunday School and Sunday services we held at the Medicine Rocks Schoolhouse. In 1917, George Blake wrote to his friend, Rev. George McGovern, asking him to come or send a pastor to hold revival services. In July of 1917, a tent was set up in the "Rocks" and Rev. J. C. and Mrs. McGovern (parents of former South Dakota senator George McGovern) began a revival meeting. It was during those services, that...
