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Dear Editor: Some of your readers may not know that if you own a corporation, LLC, partnership, or other entity registered with the Secretary of State, you are required to file a Beneficial Ownership Information Requirement (BOIR) report with the IRS, ostensibly to prevent money laundering or other financial crimes: The report must be filed online by January 1, 2025. Penalties for late filing begin at $500 per day. Go to www.fincen.gov/boi for more information. Kathie Marks, Ekalaka...
Having been elected to the Montana Senate, I wanted to give you a few updates. Even though there’s not a super majority this time, I’m encouraged to say we’ll have a conservative coalition this session and my hope is that we will stick together on the contentious bills we face. I anticipate another busy year with bills. The committees aren’t finalized yet, but the possibilities for me at this time appear to be Business & Labor, State Administration, Fish, Wildlife & Parks, or Energy & Technology. We’ll see whether different...
The Carter County Attorney’s Office has become aware of a substantial increase in the number of criminal attempts to defraud and steal from Carter County citizens, especially senior citizens. Recently, local law enforcement officers have seen examples of the following criminal acts in Carter County: 1) Criminals pose as federal law enforcement or, even local law enforcement officers on the phone and demand payments from victims who are threatened with arrest or prosecution if the victims do not pay. 2) Criminals call as a l... Full story
I wanted to reach out and personally thank everyone for the kind words, prayers, donations, and overall support while I have been going through my recent health challenges. Your kindness and love means more to me than I know how to express and a million thank-yous doesn’t seem enough. When I was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematoses, I had no idea the challenges I would face. After being well-managed for so long, things got a little more difficult in the spring of 2022. After almost two years of working with numerous s...
We have a very important election coming up shortly between Kamala Harris, Democrat and Donald Trump, Republican. Let’s do some comparing. Harris voted to defund the police. Trump wants more police with higher wages. Harris wants abortion until the day of delivery and decide to save it or kill the baby. Trumps is satisfied with the states setting the time of abortion. Harris wants transgender surgery for illegal immigrants or prisoners to have the surgery with government paying for it. We the taxpayers paying Trump says no t...
After reading Jon Tester’s FULL PAGE ads each week for the last month in our local Baker and Ekalaka papers (and I am sure every other Montana newspaper) I feel it important to point out where Jon Tester’s campaign money is coming from. Jon Tester is the highest recipient of money from lobbyists in the ENTIRE United States Congress and has been consistently in this position for years. This man who wants you to think he is just a good ole boy dirt farmer gets a lot of his money from interests not connected to Montana. The dem...
A thank you from the Lucey Family: Abby, Lily, Colt, and I would like to thank the Ekalaka community for all it has done for us. From our arrival, the community has opened their arms and accepted us. This is a special community with people who take care of each other. There are not many places like it. I think Abby sums it up best when she says that we have lived in multiple areas in the country and Ekalaka is where we have made the most friends, felt most of a part of the community, and this was the first place that has...
Tim Sheehy former Navy SEAL and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate It’s clear that Jon Tester is a desperate man doing desperate things, including spreading outright lies, fearmongering, and misleading Montanans—particularly on health care. Here’s the hard truth: our health care system is broken. On Jon Tester’s watch, costs are going up, and access is going down. Because of Obamacare, Montanans face higher premiums year after year. We’ve lost access to doctors and health care plans we were told we could keep. More gove...
As health care providers, hospital leaders, nurses, and support staff who serve or have served rural Montana communities, we condemn the recent television ads and full-page advertisements by Jon Tester's campaign and the absolute lies being told to our fellow neighbors. The ads, some of which use the names and photos of local hospitals, falsely accuse Tim Sheehy of threatening rural hospitals, misleading the patients we serve. Some of us have gotten to know Tim through his and his wife’s philanthropy supporting Montana h...
Recently, our community may have seen an advertisement mentioning Dahl Memorial as being at risk of closure due to proposed healthcare policy changes. This ad has understandably raised concerns, and I want to provide some clarity about our current situation and our commitment to serving Ekalaka and the surrounding areas. Our Focus: Quality Care, Not Politics Dahl Memorial operates independently of any political campaigns. The recent ads are third-party political messages funded by Montanans for Tester, and they were not...
submitted by the Montana Farm Bureau Federation During meetings in Washington earlier this month, the Montana Farm Bureau continued to stress the need for grasshopper control while visiting with Congressional leaders. In talking with Senator Jon Tester and Representative Matt Rosendale, and with the staff of Senator Steve Daines' and Representative Ryan Zinke's offices, Farm Bureau leaders explained the negative impact of the destructive insects and the need for help with...
On the evening of July 13, 2024, a nasty storm came through our territory, damaging a lot of members’ property and taking out numerous Southeast Electric lines. Operations crew members and office staff worked through most of the first night. The few employees out of town cut their leave short and returned to Ekalaka to assist in the restoration process. First, I would like to thank all Southeast Electric employees for their dedication and hard work day in and day out, as well as during the long days put in to restore p...
Dear Editor, Please accept this statement as a formal retraction of my letter submitted in the June 20th, 2024 Edition. Thank you, Libby Barth...
I almost killed someone this morning. How's that for an opener? Terrifying, but true. I was driving back to town from the dump, almost to the four-way stop by the school when a woman and young girl on bicycles came around the corner (from the direction of the fairgrounds), and turned onto the dump road, riding past me without stopping at the stop sign. I was starting my right turn to head down to Main Street, when two young boys on bicycles shot through the same intersection (also from the direction of the fairgrounds) in...
Dear Editor – I have been reluctant to write a letter to the editor, as I know I don’t know all the facts or happenings at Dahl Memorial Hospital. I was very thankful that Dr. Grace Blair wrote a letter. With her knowledge of the medical field, I felt she was able to voice a professional opinion about the situation. Some of what she wrote were things I was concerned about and probably other have the same concerns. The DMH Board of Directors has a thankless task of watching over DMH. Its members have stepped up to vol...
Hello, Carter County Livestock Producers. This is your new Aerial Predator Control Pilot. First, I want to pay my respects to Mark Huseby. Although I never met him, I've heard amazing stories about his skills and dedication. He left big shoes to fill. My family and I send our thoughts and prayers to his loved ones and the community. Now, let me introduce myself. My name is Dustin Drews, I'm 41 years old, and I live in Bison, SD with my wife Jessica and our two sons, Boaz (8) and Isaac (6). I grew up in Wahoo, Nebraska, where...
June 26, 2024 Dear Baker & Ekalaka communities, I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. After careful consideration of my professional and personal goals, I have decided to leave my Primary Care role at Dahl Memorial Healthcare as of 9/1/24. This decision was not made lightly. It has been a privilege and an honor to be part of your healthcare journey. I have truly enjoyed getting to know you and am very grateful for the trust you have placed in me as your Family Nurse Practitioner. Although I will be stepping...
Dear Editor, I grew up in Carter County, graduated from CCHS in Ekalaka, and worked at the Dahl Memorial Hospital evenings and weekends for 3 years of high school. My time in Ekalaka gave me a huge start on my journey to becoming a nationally recognized cardiovascular surgeon and a Stanford University clinical professor. I have been on the BOD of a large general hospital in California, and also a large Agricultural Corporation. Recently I have been made aware of some of the problems and fighting happening at the hospital...
Dear Editor, In prayerfully considering this letter, I’ve tried really hard to remove my personal feelings from the situation occurring at Dahl Memorial Healthcare right now. However, I’ve concluded that it’s impossible to remove emotion while saying what needs to be said completely. I’m a person, after all, and I care deeply for the members of this community…this community that has welcomed me in so beautifully. We, as a community, have been wronged by the leadership at Dahl Memorial. The current administration and many...
Dear Editor, We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the community for your continued loyalty to Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association. Your unwavering support inspires us to provide the highest quality healthcare services to all. Amid recent changes at Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association (DMHA), we understand that concerns have arisen regarding the continuity of our services. We want to reassure everyone that all services, including physical therapy, will continue without...
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to invite you and everyone reading this to get to know a little bit about Montana Farm Bureau Federation. We were established in 1919 to make the business of farming and ranching more profitable and Montana a better place to live. We continue working towards that goal everyday. We are an organization striving for greatness in everything agriculture related in these crazy times we are living in. We treasure all of our members and their thoughts and ideas, and this is where all our policies...
Dear Editor, I write to implore our community to rally behind the upcoming mill levy of $260,000.00 in support of the Dahl Memorial Hospital Association, Inc. This levy is crucial to ensuring the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of our recently constructed facility, which faces daily wear and tear from the harsh weather conditions of Eastern Montana. The Dahl Memorial Hospital stands as a beacon of health and hope in our community, offering essential services to all who seek medical assistance. However, behind the scenes, the...
It is 75 years ago since the winter of ‘49 and the epic blizzard on the days after Sunday, January 1st, 1949 is one I will always remember. I was born in 1935 in South Dakota and lived on a farm/ranch. We did not have a tractor, so for all of our farm and ranch work we used horses. We would not have survived without our horses. I have five sisters and one brother, but only my sister Elsie and I were at home in ‘48-49. I was in the 8th grade and attended a country school 4 miles from home. We had had some snow storms in Novemb...
Starting 1881, the N.P. Railroad came and promoted this country. There were herds of southern cattle driving into the northern U.S. to be fattened, then in turn shipped by rail to the heavier populated country in the east. But, they forgot about one thing — the weather. A terrible, hard winter hit in 1886 and 1887. No hay was put up and the short-haired, thin-hided cattle starved to death by the 1000s. I had one old-timer tell me about 4 and 5 year old steers going down and dying by a spring on Fallon Creek close to where I...
Dear Editor and Fellow Constituents, The United States Congress needs HELP!! The $95 billion foreign aid bill passed by the US House this past week proves: why we need strong, honest, conservative leadership willing to fight the battle for the soul of the Republican Party. Thus far US has sent at least $175 billion to Ukraine. Latest bill: $61 billion to Ukraine; $26 billion Israel which includes $9 billion humanitarian assistance in Gaza; $8 billion to regional partners Indo-Pacific including Taiwan; and TO the US SOUTHERN B...
