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Next weekend, we will again be cooking for the Sons of Norway Christmas party. Although I have been doing it for several years, I still feel like a poser when I am cooking Norwegian food for a traditional dinner. Although it has not been confirmed by Ancestry.com, I have not one drop of Norwegian blood flowing through my veins even though I have lived in a Norwegian community for the past 41 years. When I was first hired to cook for the annual Norwegian Christmas party, several years ago, Carol O'Dell, the chief organizer,...
It’s been a long time since I have written an article for the Eagle, but a short time ago I was going through the “Shifting Scenes” books and came upon a very interesting family. It starts in Volume II on page 746. The names were William and Ruby Rowley. There are three or four pages about them. One of my first thoughts was that every student used the name “Mister Rowley” — he may have been called Bill at Lions Club meetings but never by any student. In my opinion, he was the greatest teacher Carter County High School has...
Contest Highlights Carter County Public Health’s Tobacco Prevention Program recently sponsored a door decorating contest at Ekalaka Public Schools for the second year. This year the theme was “The Great American Smokeout.” The Great American Smokeout is an initiative by the American Cancer Society. Thousands of people mark November 17th as the date to make a plan and start living life smoke free. The local event allows the students to be creative while learning about the harmful effects of tobacco and about programs that...
2-14-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, November 14, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; Rod Tauck, Vice Chairman; and Mike Watkins, member was present. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM. Road and Bridge Supervisor Carl Knapp joined the meeting to request interviews for the applicants for the Road Crew position. Carl left the meeting. County Treasurer...
At its regularly conducted meeting earlier this month, the Montana High School Association announced several notable reclassifications. The Westby/Grenora football program will move from 8-Man to 6-Man next year. The Wibaux football program will move from 6-Man to 8-Man, and the Joliet football program will move from 8-Man to Class B. The MHSA also announced that due to a number of appeals in Class B, 8-Man and 6-Man football, the board will review and take action on...
First Team Offense Quarterback: Bridger Salvevold, Culbertson, Sophomore Beau Beery, Circle, Senior Running Back: Hunter Sharbono, Fairview, Senior Kobe Nickoloff, Culbertson, Senior Justice Bengochea, Culbertson, Senior Gage Hallock, Scobey, Junior Jaron Taylor, Circle, Senior Center: Landen Thompson, Fairview, Junior Guard : Colin Avance, Culbertson, Senior Arley Idland, Circle, Junior End: Payton Perkins, Culbertson, Senior Donavon Gibbs, Circle, Junior Second Team Offense...
On Tuesday, Ekalaka Elementary School held its November Behavioral BARK awards. BARK, a new program this school year, is an acronym for Be Respectable, Act Responsible, Remember Safety and Kindness Matters. Each month, students at Ekalaka Elementary work on a specific character trait. During November that trait was self-awareness....
Carter County Museum will host Montana Conversation "Kid Gloves and Brass Knuckles: The Life of Nancy Cooper Russell" with Mary Jane Bradbury on Thursday, December 8 from 7 to 8 p.m. at 306 N Main Street in Ekalaka. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana's Cultural Trust, and private donations. Against the backdrop of...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know Lord, friends stop occasionally and tell interesting stories about their lives. A gal, we’ll call her Jill, stopped a while ago, mentioned how lovely the Autumn’s Leaves were, some falling, some still attached to their branches. She giggled, mentioning that her Aunt Jane, who lives a WAYS away, had told her that in her small town, she’d noticed a playground by a school with a high fence around it. Both of us thought that fence might prevent deer from hopping over; we giggled…like WHAT woul...
Donna Rae (Griffith) Crow, 75, formerly of Baker, Montana, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2022, at Louisburg Healthcare & Rehabilitation in Louisburg, KS. Burial will take place in the Tuttle Cemetery in Rhame, ND following a celebration of life in June 2023. Final plans will be announced at a later date. Entering this life on December 31, 1946, in Baker, Donna was the fourth of six children born to Ralph and Margaret (Beadle) Griffith. Her mother often teased Donna that...
Funeral service for Homer Harrington, 81, of Ekalaka will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Stevenson Funeral Home Ekalaka Jessie LaBree officiating. Burial to follow with military rites by the VFW and American Legion Post of Ekalaka at Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Family receiving friends will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 2022 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka. Homer F. Harrington was born September 3, 1941 as the youngest of four children to Karola...
Hope Ruth Schell was born November 27, 1984, at Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Robert (Bob) and Ruth (Burmeister) Schell, the youngest of six children. Hope passed away November 19, 2022 at Billings, Montana. Hope faced many health challenges in her life and this last one was just too much for her to overcome. There will be no services and her ashes will be buried next to her parents in a private family service at a later date. Hope enjoyed living on the ranch in the Long...
