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On Tuesday, December 18 at 6 p.m., local students will perform at a Christmas concert in the grade school gymnasium. Community members are invited to attend the free hour-long event that will showcase all CCHS and Ekalaka Elementary music ensembles. Ekalaka Public Schools students are under the direction of Mr. Andrew Del Raso....
Have you had any medical expenses so far this this year that weren’t covered by your health insurance policy, a flexible spending account (FSA) or your Federal Health Care Savings Account (HSA)? If so, you can still open a Montana Medical Care Savings Account (MSA) by Dec. 31 and cover those expenses. If you deposit up to $3,500, (the maximum in 2018) you can reduce your Montana adjusted gross income by that amount. Doing so will result in a tax savings of about $242 that is, if you have taxable income above $17,900. This i...
On Wednesday, December 5, I turned 68. It will be the first year since I was in my early 20s when I won’t get a check, worth one dollar for every year I have lived. (It got better the older I turned). My mother started the tradition when I was 25, and we lived in Australia. First of all, you’re not supposed to send checks to another country, where the bank has to deal with the exchange rate. And if that weren’t enough, she made the check to me, using my maiden name! I explained her errors to the local bank where we had a che...
Yes, I know I haven’t had a “Memories” article since Nov. 2, but let me explain. On Oct. 27 we received a telephone call that our daughter Arlene and her husband were cleaning the eve troughs on their house. The ladder tipped and she fell 12-14 feet onto the basement cement entry. She was taken to the Twin Falls emergency room where they found a head injury with some bleeding that required seven stitches. She was airlifted to Boise, Idaho for more treatment. The head bleeding stopped, but she had two broken vertebrates in her...
Wayne was born in Camp Crook, South Dakota on October 28, 1932 to Ida Ewalt Brewer and Wesley Brewer. He was raised on the family ranch between Ekalaka, Montana and Camp Crook. Wayne was a proud third generation Montanan, his grandparents having homesteaded in the Ekalaka area in 1900. As a young man he stayed in the area working on various ranches and farms, eventually working for the rural electric company as a lineman in Medicine Lake, Montana. He married Rita Anne Chandler...
Alice Mae Larsen Horton of Belle Fourche, South Dakota passed away peacefully November 17, 2018 in Belle Fourche at the age of 98, surrounded by love and family. She was born July 3, 1920 in Valier, Montana the second of four children to Howard and Miriam Larson. The family moved to Brookings, SD where Alice spent her childhood. As a young adult Alice took college classes to learn bookkeeping and short hand. After her schooling she took a job working for an attorney and the...
Hello, I’ve always been pretty lucky. At least that’s what Dad says. And I realize that more than ever today. On Friday, I had one of those phone calls that you dream of. I was a winner! A big winner. I had a phone call from, listen to this, a phone call from Publishers Clearing House! I was their grand prizewinner! I was a little skeptical at first. But I’m sure it was a legitimate call. The accent definitely was not from North Dakota. And I know their headquarters is not in either North or South Dakota. The caller asked...
Lambert "Frog" DeMers stalked an escaped black bear over clipped lawns, slinking along the wooden sidings of suburban homes. Every time he peeked around the trunk of a leafless tree, the cub nonchalantly moved out of range of DeMers' lasso. It was a warm, late November, low 40s the previous week, so there was no snow to mold the cub's tiny prints or show its brown fur. But that didn't matter, because a bear wandering between houses in 1920 was an oddity, even in Missoula,...
The general hunting season has ended, but management season archery hunts for antlerless mule deer continue in both Glendive and Ekalaka through Feb. 15, 2019. No bucks may be harvested after the close of the general season (Nov. 25, 2018). The purpose of these hunts is to reduce conflicts with mule deer by reducing deer numbers in and adjacent to urban areas. Glendive has utilized this tool for several seasons, but this is the first year for Ekalaka’s management hunt. Below is some general information about these hunts: B...
The Carter County Museum will be showing two previews of the documentary film "Feek's Vision" on December 19 and 20, 2018 at 6 p.m. This footage will air during the National Finals Rodeo and the museum's showing in Ekalaka will give those who do not have a chance to get to Vegas an exclusive preview of the film. Chandler Earl "Feek" Tooke moved to Ekalaka in 1913 and began raising and training horses on the family ranch. He has been hailed as the "Henry Ford of the bucking hor...
