Markeeta's Million

Many of us here have seen Markeeta Little Wolf on her frequent walking excursions around Waitsburg. Of late she has been out and walking more than usual. Her husband, Mike Hubbard, tells The Times that she has just completed her goal of walking a million steps in a month – actually doing it in 28 days, a million and change. Mike, who has been sitting in a chair, supporting her effort from the sidelines, adds that Markeeta would cross streets diagonally or sometimes circle in order to gain more steps because there is only so much of Waitsburg to walk. He added that if Homeland Security has been tracking her, no doubt they are on High Alert. But Markeeta says this million-step walk, which worked out to about 14.5 miles a day, is just something she decided to do for the exercise and the joy of being outside and exchanging waves and (brief) conversation with those she met along the way.