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Sagebrush Service Club is again sponsoring an annual Christmas light decorating contest. This year's judges will be driving around town on Sunday, December 16. Participants who wish to be a part of the contest should have their lights on and decorations up by 6 p.m. The top three winners will each receive a prize! Get those ladders out, untangle all those lights and help make Ekalaka festive this holiday season!...
Demolition started this week on the old Ekalaka Elementary. Above, the 1952 addition is torn down while the original 1942 structure still stands. Current plans are for bids to go out in April of 2019 for the new hospital that will be built on the site....
On a daily basis we are inundated on both the local and national level with news of how the opioid epidemic continues to infiltrate communities across this country. Previously, over-prescription of chronic pain-relieving opioids was believed to be the main cause of this crisis. This lead to state and federal regulations applied to industry and government that have largely controlled the prescription pill abuse issue. However, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid overdose deaths were still 30...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, the word ‘terminal’ sometimes causes a bit of a shock when we think about our own life…. not that any of us really ever figured that we were going to live down here on earth forever. An interesting article had a graph of weeks for us Homosapiens which generously allowed us the total number of weeks of our life on earth should we be granted the 85 years of life that we might live, should You tarry, Lord. If 18, we only have 3484 weeks. If 28, we only have 2964 weeks. If 38, we only ha...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is requesting permission from the Legislature to replace its current Automated License System (ALS). User input is critical to this process. FWP would like to understand where ALS is meeting customer needs and how it can be improved to serve people better. FWP is holding listening sessions in communities across the state to learn more. A session is scheduled in Miles City’s Region 7 on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the FWP office from 6–8 p.m. Miles City will participate via videoconference in a ses...
Hello, A famous quote, probably more famous than Grandpa’s, “Never buy a horse from a guy that sits in the front pew at church,” was Winston Churchill’s, “The only thing we have to fear… is fear itself.” Evidently, Winston did not know Shirley. The Thanksgiving cow sales are over! The sales that men go to while Mom goes shopping on Black Friday. It’s this time of the year that neighbors start meeting at cow sales. Buying a few cows to replace the “opens.” Replacing some of those old girls that aren’t producing the kind of...
Join members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in making the season a little brighter. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites everyone to participate in its annual “LIght the World” campaign. The theme this year is “Give As He Gave” and is an invitation to approach the Christmas season with a renewed focus on service and giving our time, love and resources as Jesus gave. It will kick off on December 1 with a worldwide day of service encouraging everyone to provide simple acts of service...
Gerald Lee Henderson was born in Malvern, Iowa on August 16, 1931. He was the second son of Roy M. Henderson and Georgia (McGill) Henderson. He served in the US Navy from 1952-1955. He was involved in the development of the first C11 Steam Catapult for the US Navy. The C11 Steam Catapult was used on ships to launch aircrafts on take off. He also ran the wrecker to pull airplanes out of the water. He was honorably discharged March 18, 1955. He received the National Defense...
Ekalaka Volunteer Fire Department members held the drawing for their annual gun raffle fundraiser over the weekend at Dawg House Pub. Cindy Quade was this year’s lucky grand prize winner. She received a custom Howa .243 rifle. Mitch Olsen of Sidney won the second place prize, Vortex binoculars. Local Bill Kalstrom won the third prize, a wildlife print. Fire department members were pleased with the number of tickets sold and look forward to next year’s raffle. They are thankful for those who purchased tickets and to Dawg Hou...
Ekalaka native Robert Jesperson was recently honored during this year's homecoming at Montana State University by receiving the Alumni Achievement Award. In addition to the award, Jesperson was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at MSU. Jesperson graduated from Carter County High School in 1966 and worked in the oilfield near Belgrade, Baker, Bowman, North Dakota and other locations to pay his way through college. He graduated from MSU with a Bachelor of Science...
