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The 9th Annual Dino Shindig is set to take place next weekend in Ekalaka. Visitors will be in town from all over the world to hear lectures from leading paleontologists, partake in kids activities and dance the night away. On Thursday, July 22 the museum is hosting yoga, beginning at 7 p.m. at Medicine Rocks State Park. Stargazing will follow at 8 p.m. Beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, kid's can check out an array of activities on the museum lawn. Admission is $5 for...
Rita (Babb) Knipfer is the last of Nora (Turbiville) Knipfer's children and spouses alive. Rita is the widow of the late Ernest Knipfer. A gathering of fifty-one of her relatives gathered for lunch, picture taking and much visiting and reminiscing on July 3 at Ekalaka Bible Church. Besides her 3 daughters; Ellen (Keith) Beach, Irene (Jim) Hendricks and Nita (Gary) Schallenberger; her brother Loyal (LaVonne) Babb; 7 grandchildren and spouses; 14 great-grandchildren; she was...
Organizers and planners of Ekalaka Veteran’s Memorial Park thank TC Energy Foundation for donating $3,000 towards the project. TC Energy has been a generous contributor for community development in the area. The park will be located in Perso Park on Main Street. It will have a masonry reflecting wall and a patio with three benches facing the wall. The wall will include the seals of the branches of the military. Solar spotlights will be added to light up the seals at night. EPEDC was thrilled to be able to provide the grant w...
Plans for the Days of ‘85 are continuing as the event draws nearer. The annual fair and rodeo is slated for August 12th through August 15th this year. On Thursday, sheep dog trials will be taking place at Ekalaka Track and Arena. On Friday at noon the pet parade will begin at the fairgrounds. The Firemen’s Barbecue will take place at the fire hall from 4 to 7 p.m., and entertainment has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. A kid’s dance and games will take place at the fairgrounds, beginning at 8:30 p.m. The Bump-N-Run is sched...
This year’s Days of ‘85 parade is quickly approaching. With the fair only four weeks away, now is the time for businesses, ranches, churches, organizations and classes to start brainstorming float ideas. “Hometown Heroes” is this year’s fair and parade theme. The parade is scheduled for Sunday, August 15 at 11 a.m. Entries for the parade are due by Friday, August 13. Late entries may be accepted, but will not be judged. Floats can start to line up at 9:30 a.m. at Fruit Service and Repair and should be in place by 10:15 a.m...
Progress on the connecting wing at Ekalaka Public Schools as of July 14....
Wrangling up nearly 100 Lovecs and getting them to stand still long enough to take a picture is no easy task, as evidenced in the photo at left. The 2021 Emil and Eula Lovec Reunion took place July 1st through July 4th at Camp Needmore outside Ekalaka. Highlights of the reunion included live and silent auctions, a raffle, the family softball game, dancing, a cornhole tournament and a series of eight legged ski races. One ski race had to be re-ran after controversy at the...
The 7th Annual Summit Basketball Camp, named after legendary women's college basketball coach Pat Summit, was held June 21-23 in Ekalaka. The camp is put on each year by Kayla Olsen with the assistance of a large number of volunteers who help coach and organize it. 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....
Piggy-backing off of Summit Basketball Camp, the inaugural Summit Volleyball Camp was held on the same week of June in Ekalaka. The camp was organized by 2017 CCHS graduate Glen Frye, who received assistance from many of the same people that helped put on the basketball camp. Frye hopes to grow the program in the coming years....
Planes in the Air: When asked the first of June what I thought the chances were of the APHIS grasshopper treatment program happening, my response was "10%." On Tuesday, June 22nd, I heard the first plane flying west of Biddle. The next day, I saw a plane returning to the airport at Broadus which I followed in to take a closer look. In speaking with Taelor Anderson and Hannah Lewis, our local Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (APHIS)...
Around three hundred people attended A&A Stieg Wholesale's 50th Anniversary celebration at their shop on June 25 in Ekalaka. Attendees enjoyed a meal catered by Wagon Wheel Café, prizes and live music from Wilder Butte Band. Three lucky individuals won gift certificates to A&A: Doug Marston won a $100 gift certificate, Ernie Melum won a $75 gift certificate and Alice Ward won a $50 gift certificate....
Conner and Kiplee Castleberry of Ekalaka announce the birth of their third daughter. At 8:33 p.m. on June 21, 2021, Kinsey Summer Castleberry arrived at Sidney Health Center in Sidney. She weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 18 inches long. Proud siblings are Kimber, age 7, and KarleeJo, age 3. Paternal grandparents are Dane and Pam Castleberry of Ekalaka. Maternal grandparents are Gary Warden of Kennewick Washington, and Monica Smith of Waikoloa Hawaii. Great-grandparents are...
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' performance of "Cymbeline" was well attended by members of the community on Tuesday evening in Ekalaka. The performance was again sponsored by Sagebrush Service Club and enjoyed on the Dahl Memorial Healthcare lawn. The theatre company travels to rural areas around the state putting on performances that have been a cherished community event for nearly fifty years. The event did not happen in 2020 as Montana State University postponed the...
The Town of Ekalaka plans to use over $1.6 million in combined funding to replace nearly one mile of aging water lines. Construction is scheduled to take place in the summer of 2022, according to a preliminary engineering report completed by Great West Engineering of Billings. An anticipated bid date is early next spring. The project focuses on replacing old cast iron pipe lines with PVC, starting with sections that are the highest priority. All of the water mains on Munro Avenue, Sandy Street and Senator Street will be...
Ekalaka received 0.55 inches of precipitation in June, the third least on record, according to National Weather Service data. The only Junes the area has received less came in 1933 (0.53 inches) and 1949 (0.49 inches). Ekalaka had 1.14 inches in June of ‘88. The all-time average precipitation for the month of June in Ekalaka is 3.12 inches. The average high temperature this June was also the second hottest recorded at 89.9 degrees. The only year hotter was in 1988 when the average daily high was 91.8 degrees. Scattered t...
There is a new extension agent in town. Amanda Williams comes to the area with a familiarity for the region she is now serving. Williams grew up in Miles City and spent a lot of time on the family ranch near Ekalaka. The graduate of Montana State University-Bozeman, started work as the new extension agent for Fallon and Carter counties on June 21 after working for the past six years at the US Department of Agriculture Fort Keogh facility in Miles City. Fort Keogh is a 55,000...
The 13th Annual Leaders, Legends, and Legacies Football Camp took place last week in Ekalaka. There was an outstanding turnout at this year's camp with nearly 100 kids participating. Campers came from all over the state, North Dakota, South Dakota and even one player from Florida. Coaches shared knowledge and life lessons to the young athletes. This year's scholarship winners showed great talent on and off the field. The $1000 John Wayne True Grit Scholarship, donated by B & B...
Postmaster Becky Jesperson retired from the U.S. Postal Service on May 28, 2021 after thirty-five years of service. A retirement celebration was held for her at the Ekalaka Post Office on June 25. Jesperson started her career in 1986 as a clerk at the Ekalaka Post Office. She continued to work as a clerk until her promotion to postmaster in 2019. At right, she is pictured with three other retired postmasters who still live in Ekalaka. The four retired postmasters have a...
It will be a short week after the July 4th holiday and temperatures will likely be heating up! We encourage everyone to be safe and take care during these hot summer days. Some quick reminders; inside temps of vehicles can very quickly reach 120 degrees so never leave children or pets inside, hydrate with water or non-caffeine drinks and keep an eye out for heat stroke symptoms which can sneak up on someone. A few of the symptoms include throbbing headache, dizziness and light-headedness, lack of sweating and muscle weakness...
The Carter County Community Foundation was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from ONEOK, Inc. for Ekalaka Veteran’s Park, a memorial at Perso Park on the corner of Speelmon Street East and Main Street. Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation (EPEDC) is providing grant writing services to help find funding for the project. This new construction will feature a beautiful stone wall with seals from all of the military branches, a masoned patio and benches for rest and reflection. Solar spotlights will be added to light u...
Seventy-five years and counting. Southeast Electric Cooperative’s annual meeting held on June 11 was a huge success. Over three hundred attendees, 155 of which were members, enjoyed steak, hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, beans, cake and ice cream. Two hundred thirty-one people were served at the co-op’s last annual meeting in 2019. Over thirty-five door prizes were awarded including 2 tickets to the Medora Musical and pitchfork fondue, and (2) $500 cash prizes. For the first time all members who won a door prize were pre...
The Gumbo Gophers 4-H club held their fourth meeting on March 13, at McInerney's. The members present were Selah and Suri Johnston, Natalie and Alivia Foxley, Elizabeth and Grace Hall, Keenan McInerney, Zander Oliver, Tylinn Thomas, and Tanner Wright. The leaders were Sharon Higgins, Terri Raye McInerney, Thebea Thomas, and Lisa Borchgrevink. The guests present were Misty and Melissa Johnston, Staci Hall, and Rhett Borchgrevink. Terri Raye gave each member a bowl to mix ingredients for quick bread. Each member added different...
This year, A&A Stieg Wholesale, Inc. of Ekalaka is celebrating fifty years in business. Alfred and Avis Stieg moved back to the area from Washington in 1971 after Alfred completed a two-week agent training course at a center in Freemont Nebraska operated by the Standard Oil Division of American Oil Company. The couple took over the Amoco from Frank Pelican and named it A&A Standard Oil. Alfred Stieg was an Ekalaka native. He, Avis and their three children made their home in...
The community is invited to celebrate Becky Jesperson’s thirty-five years of service with the United State Postal Service on Friday, June 25 at a retirement party. The party will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Ekalaka Post Office. The party was originally scheduled in late May but was rescheduled to this Friday after a postponement....
Mid-Rivers Communications recently donated a total of $19,250 to twenty-one Emergency Medical Service (EMS)/ambulance service providers and 34 fire departments in the Mid-Rivers service area. These local protectors receive annual donations in recognition of the vital services they provide Mid-Rivers’ members, employees and facilities. Local providers in receipt of this donation include the Carter County Ambulance Service and Ekalaka Fire Department....
