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The 2020 Alzada Cowboy Poetry, Music and Art Show has been canceled. The show has been held on the first Sunday of October for thirty years, but due to COVID concerns and other family events the organizers felt it would be best not to have it in 2020. Organizers appreciate all the loyal support of artists, performers and the large audiences that have gathered “like a family reunion” since 1989 when it was started to celebrate the Montana Centennial. The show has been canceled once before, in 2013 due to the Atlas Bli...
4 CCHS Homecoming King Seth Kennedy and Queen Tylee Loehding were crowned at coronation on Rowley Field last Friday afternoon....
The CCHS Class of 2022 homecoming parade float was themed after the popular board game "Operation" which was first introduced in 1965. The battery-operated game is a test of hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, an appropriate choice of theme for student athletes during homecoming....
An online GoFundMe page has recently been set up for Ekalaka resident Kate Frye. GoFundMe is an American for-profit crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money in challenging circumstances such as accidents and illnesses. Frye was recently diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. The cancer is currently at the limited stage, meaning it has not spread to other areas. She has already completed one round of chemotherapy and is now starting six weeks of radiation, which will include trips to Rapid City five days a...
On Wednesday morning, the Carter County COVID-19 Task Force announced that the county has its first positive case of COVID-19. The case is described as “secondary to a COVID-19 outbreak in Powder River County. Powder River County is now above the four-active-case threshold for the mask mandate enacted July 15. Powder River County High School will begin remote online instruction beginning on Thursday, September 24th through Friday, October 2nd. They have also canceled all school activities and sports through October 3. P...
Kristen Juras, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Montana, stopped in Ekalaka last Thursday afternoon. Juras was accompanied by fellow Republican Jerry Schillinger who is running for election to the Montana House of Representatives to represent District 37. The two met with a few locals at Wagon Wheel Café and discussed topics including agriculture, meat processing and the current state of Highway 7 and Highway 323. Juras is a fourth-generation Montanan who grew up on her family’s ranch near Conrad. She gr...
Discussion at Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association’s Annual Meeting last week was focused around progress on the new building project. Dahl CEO Ryan Tooke also noted that the association made a profit over the last fiscal year and that financially they are currently “in good shape.” Starting in October, the clinic will have two providers working on days they are open for normal business hours. Information was given about DMHA’s endowment and how donations and gifts can be beneficial to both donors and the endowment. Several...
Mr. Daniel Conley is no stranger to small towns, or Montana, even though the new Carter County High School English teacher was born in New York City. Conley is now in his second year teaching and made the move to Ekalaka just before this school year began. Conley spent much of his youth in upstate New York, in a town about twice the size of Ekalaka. He spent 32 years as a chef before deciding to make a career change to teaching. His first job as a chef was for an...
As the days continue to get shorter and cooler, Carter County Chamber of Commerce members have reflected on a wonderful summer and are currently looking forward to the months ahead. The Annual Community Wide Garage Sale that takes place in June of each year was originally postponed with the possibility of a fall sale. Members at the September meeting voted to wait until next June for public safety. July 4 brought a summer storm followed by a beautiful sky full of fireworks in Ekalaka. The chamber would like to extend sincere...
The Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association Annual Meeting will be held Thursday September 17, 2020, starting at 6 p.m. at Carter County Events Center. There are two board positions open and four candidates on the ballot for these positions. The individuals are Dane Castleberry, Seth Sedgewick, Chris Jardee and Charles Parks. Once again mark your calendars for September 17. The meeting is open to the public. Anyone who is not a member of Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association can...
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The Carter County Conservation District, along with the local NRCS office, hosted a fun and educational event on August 28th focusing on women in agriculture. The tour started off at the Bonsell Ranch. Those in attendance had the opportunity to tour the Bonsell's hoop house, which was in full production. The ladies then focused on weed management and plant identification. Ladies Day on the Range concluded at Carter County Events Center where the group focused on farm and...
The Carter County Predator Board met on September 2nd at the courthouse. At the meeting, the board accepted Garrett Harrington’s August 22nd letter of resignation. Board members would like to thank Harrington for his years of employment and help with protecting the county’s property and livestock from predators, and wish him well in his new endeavors. The predator board is working on filling the position. Questions can be referred to members of the board....
Tristan and Gavin Reynolds and Kaiden Madsen are excited to announce the upcoming marriage of their parents, Jordan Reynolds and Tyler Medearis, on September 26th, 2020....
There will not be an Annual Alzada Cowboy Poetry, Music and Art Show this year according to founders, Gay Arpan and Chris Maupin. The women who have produced the show since 1989 have decided to cancel due to COVID-19 concerns, noting that seating arrangements can not be made to accommodate health guidelines inside the Alzada Community Hall. The show is traditionally held on the first Sunday in October and has always attracted a sizable crowd that fills the hall. When the Alzada Community Club organized the first show to...
The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments on an environmental assessment that analyzes potential impacts from a modification to American Colloid Company’s existing plan of operations to mine bentonite in Carter County. The comment period will end on Oct. 1, 2020. The proposed modification occurs entirely on BLM surface and mineral estate and includes the potential expansion of disturbance to an additional 95 acres of land within their authorized Montana Department of Environmental Quality Open-cut Permit #190. M...
A phone call out of the blue led Stephen Ely and his wife, Melissa, to Ekalaka for a visit earlier this summer. "We fell in love," the new principal at Ekalaka Public Schools told the Eagle. Mr. and Mrs. Ely arrived in Ekalaka right before the 2020-21 school year started. They made the move across the country all the way from Florida. This is Ely's thirty-first year in education. He has been a football coach, business teacher, and has spent the last 16 years of his career in...
The Board of Carter County Commissioners in regular session and in consultation with Sheriff Neil Kittelmann recently determined to enter into stage 1 fire restrictions, effective at midnight on Friday, August 28. Stage 1 fire restrictions help land management agencies reduce fire risk and prevent wildfires during periods of high to extreme danger. Conditions in the county and surrounding areas indicate there is a necessity in implementing these precautions. PROHIBITIONS: 1....
Tom and Kathy (Major) Stieg were married May 29,1970, at the Congregational Church in Ekalaka. To celebrate 50 years of marriage, an outdoor open house was hosted by their family on August 7 at the property of the same church in which they were married (now the Ekalaka Bible Church). The party was delayed because the couple's actual anniversary fell amidst the thick of the pandemic. Many family members and friends joined them for the afternoon....
Following is just a few of the new books Ekalaka Public Library has recently received. “American Princess” by Stephanie Thornton: Alice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling. As bold as her signature color Alice Blue, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker-playing First Daughter discovers that the only way for a woman to stand out in Washington is to make waves—oceans of them. With the canny sophistication of the savviest politician on the Hill, Alice uses her celebrity to her advantage, testi...
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Sagebrush Service Club has been informed that they will not be able to hold their Annual Holiday Bazaar this year in the high school. The facility is currently only in use for school activities. The club is hopeful they will be able to hold the bazaar next year....
Summit National Bank is inviting the public to wish Michael J. Quade congratulations on retirement. Quade has spent more than 44 years in banking and plans to start transitioning into retirement on September 15. He will be scaling back hours at the bank significantly while remaining present to aid in training new lender Caleb Duvall. Duvall is a recent graduate of North Dakota State University and is excited about the opportunity to help people in the community. Quade started...
Local baseball and softball supporters have been trying to get a new ball field in Ekalaka since the county elected to fence off the old field that sat between the fairgrounds and high school football field. The baseball field was fenced off in order to make more room for the fairgrounds a number of years ago. Baseball enthusiasts are hopeful that they have finally found a new location. The proposed site sits close to the creek bottom across from the town park at the same...
U.S. Senator Steve Daines was in Ekalaka last Thursday to take a tour of Dahl Memorial Healthcare's new construction project. Afterwards, he grabbed some lunch to-go from Wagon Wheel Café and traveled to Broadus....
Almost all of the regularly scheduled events that take place during the Days of '85 Fair and Rodeo took place in 2020, with only a few changes. High temperatures from Thursday to Sunday were around 90 degrees Fahrenheit and Ekalaka received no rain over the weekend. Some of the action from this year's events can be seen above. More photos and event results can be found throughout this issue....
