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As I continue my articles about the Mumedy family, I will add a little more information about Andrew and Margaret written by Leona, their daughter. “The Mumedy family came to Carter County from Dodge, Nebraska in the early 1900. They homesteaded two miles north of Ekalaka and lived in a sod house during the early years.” This information came from Shifting Scenes Vol. II. In Vol. III she shares more:. “My father was a fine musician and played the trombone in the Dodge Cornet band. He came to America as a young man to live...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare held their annual blood draw last week at Carter County Events Center. Results of the draw will be available at the health fair review from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, also at the Events Center. The CCHS FCCLA chapter will be serving a dinner and vendors will be in attendance. Carla Dowdy and Michelle Mehling are scheduled to present....
The old, wooden bleachers at Carter County High School have been removed and installation of new ones was completed last week. The bleachers previously posed a safety risk as locking mechanisms were failing. The new, plastic bleachers donned in Bulldog blue have additional handicap areas and hand rails on the stairs. Additionally, they are equipped with a remote and electronics, making "pulling" them out a breeze. The bid for the installation was just under...
As you read this memories article, you will discover that it is a little different from past articles. When reading through some Shifting Scenes, I became interested about the Mumedy family from an article written by Leona Mumedy Miller who begins with her father and mother, Andrew and Margaret Mumedy. She wrote this information in 1981. It includes information about her family, homestead days, school, daily activities, court house clerk for different attorneys, and up through her time at state and federal government...
Edward William Arbuckle, aka "Billy", passed away peacefully on October 16, 2018 in Eureka, CA. His family and friends will miss his humorous storytelling and famous Arbuckle-isms. Born November 2, 1933 in Carter County, Montana on the Arbuckle ranch, he graduated from Carter County High School in 1951. He served in the US Air Force for six years. He then attended the University of Montana in Missoula, graduating with a Bachelor of Art in Mathematics. Here he met and married...
April 15 through April 21 is National Volunteer Week. Volunteers within the local community play a big role by performing services, serving on boards and committees, and even acting as leaders in local youth organizations such as 4-H. Since 1923, Carter and Fallon Counties have had 885 4-H leaders that have volunteered their time to the organization. Interestingly, current Fallon and Carter County leaders have given 7,776 hours of their time to the organization. That is roughly 144 hours per year for each leader. Carter...
Carter County Band and Choir, under the direction of Mr. Andrew Del Raso and accompanied by Mrs. Cathy Frye, competed at district music festival in Miles City last Friday. Both did well, with choir receiving a 'II' and band receiving a 'I' (superior). On Saturday, Katy Bishop, Amaya Coleman and Ella Owen sang a vocal trio accompanied by Mrs. Cathy Frye. The group received a II. Jaelee Strangford, also accompanied by Mrs. Cathy Frye, played a solo on her tenor sax. Strangford...
NC State College of Veterinary Medicine student Amanda Kortum is the recipient of a government fellowship that launches her dream career path fighting the world's most devastating infectious diseases. Kortum joins just a handful of students across the country awarded a National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Scientist Training Program fellowship from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. NBAF Scientist Training Program fellows...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association’s Annual Health Fair blood draw is scheduled for April 16, 17 and 18, from 6 to 10 a.m. at the Carter County Events Center. The cost for the basic blood draw panel is $35. Men can have a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) checked for an additional $25. Hemoglobin A1C (diabetes) tests will be available again this year for $20. Vitamin D3 tests area available for an additional $30. As always, payment is due at the time of service. Please take morning medications and drink at least eight ounces...
Local scholarships are now available through the school counselor’s office at Carter County High School. The staff, students and alumni of Carter County High School thank the many individuals and organizations who contribute to the numerous scholarships that are available to juniors, graduating seniors and alumni continuing their education. CCHS seniors have been given many local scholarship applications, most of which are due May 1. So senior parents, you may want to be checking with your son or daughter to be sure they a...
Since 2012, the Montana History Foundation (MHF) has awarded annual grants to projects and organizations that work to preserve and protect the historic legacy of Montana. This year, the foundation reached a new record, giving away the largest amount ever at $134,451 and bringing all-time grant awards to $843,985. "Awarding grants is the most important thing we do every year," said MHF President/CEO Charlene Porsild. "The future of these history projects relies on grant...
On March 22 the Carter Country FCCLA Chapter competed in different STAR Event projects against other FCCLA members across the state on the MSU Campus in Bozeman. Whitney Kittelmann, Kari Kittelmann, and Tylee Loehding received first place and a gold rating on their illustrated talk on breast cancer. Gracie Tooke received first place as well and a gold rating on her hospitality and tourism project on Ekalaka. Both projects will have the opportunity to compete at the National...
The National Weather Service out of Billings will be instructing a Spotter Training Class in Alzada and Ekalaka. The National Weather Service relies on trained volunteers to supplement Doppler radar information on severe storms and severe weather. Their valuable cooperation is important in the warning process. Weather reports from trained spotters are used along with Doppler data to issue warnings of tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods. Spotter Training Classes will cover topics discussing severe thunderstorms...
The Hazel Padden/Sara Kerr/Minneclair Hoff Memorial Scholarship is available for students who are continuing their education. It will be awarded to one Fallon County recipient and one Carter County recipient. The scholarship application can be found on the Fallon/Carter County Extension website at http://www.msuextension.org/falloncarter/homemakers.html. Scholarship applications need to be turned into the Extension Office by May 1, 2019. For further information please contact the Fallon/Carter Extension Office at...
Carter County Museum Director Sabre Moore had a busy week bringing a portable planetarium, StarLab, to Ekalaka students. On Tuesday, Moore set the StarLab up for CCHS students. High school math, science and FCS students spent time learning about magnitude, math in space and measuring distances. On Wednesday, Moore spent time with grade school students in the StarLab. They learned about constellations, the phases of the moon, what planets are made of and astronomy and Native...
Alice, daughter of Fred and Eva Townsend, gives more information on the early day family that homesteaded in the Tie Creek area with the home buildings being just one mile west of the Padden Ranch. She wrote: "My dad got itchy feet again and in 1919 started to Canada-you guessed it-in a covered wagon! They landed in Leslieville, British Columbia, Canada. They stayed there two years and then went back to the old ranch in Tie Creek country." After reading about those...
Delores (Peggy) Volin, age 87, passed away peacefully at home on March 20, 2019. Peggy was delivered by her grandmother at home, on June 15,1931, at Ridgway, MT. She grew up living in the country in Carter County, MT. She used to talk about riding to school bareback on her horse. She moved to town in Ekalaka, MT., to attend high school. She worked for room and board doing domestic chores. She played the drums in her Dad's dance band and kept the beat all her life. At this...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association's Annual Health Fair blood draw is scheduled for April 16, 17 and 18 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Carter County Events Center. The cost for the basic blood draw panel is $35. If men choose to have a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) checked it will cost an additional $25. A Hemoglobin A1C (diabetes) test will be available again this year for $20. Vitamin D3 testing is available for an additional $30. As always, payment is due at the time of...
Carter County’s mathletes in grades 7-12 earned top team plaques for Class C competitors in all grade levels at the regional math contest held in Baker recently. Representing Ekalaka on the winning grade 7/8 team were Jaden Pardee, Tyra O’Connor, Codi Melton, Heidi LaBree, Kendall Kittelmann, and Ryker Carroll. Jared Pardee, Darin Schallenberger, and Ryan Rychner topped grades 9/10 on the team test. Wyatt Kittelmann, Mick O’Connor, and Whitney Kittelmann took home the top score for grades 11/12. Individual honors were award...
After reading and writing about some of the Carter County Homesteaders, I felt that I should have an article on my Grandad and Grandma Townsend, Fred G. and Eva. I only wish that I knew more of their early life before coming to Montana. Again I read a Shifting Scenes Vol. III article for some history and information. It was written by their daughter Alice. She reports: "In July 1910, my father, Fred G. Townsend, his wife Eva and six children, Bill, George, Alice, Fred Jr.,...
On Monday, Carter County Museum earned a 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world's largest source of nonprofit information. By sharing metrics that highlight progress Carter County Museum is making toward its mission, the organization is helping donors move beyond simplistic ways of nonprofit evaluation such as overhead ratios. "In accordance with our long-held belief in being transparent about our work," said museum...
Congressman Greg Gianforte recently announced that a member of his staff will conduct mobile office hours in six counties, including Beaverhead, Carter, Fallon, Powell, Prairie, and Wibaux counties. Staff member Melissa Dean will be in Ekalaka on Thursday, March 28, beginning at 9 a.m. inside Carter County Courthouse, Area residents are invited to visit with Dean on an individual basis and share their views, questions, or concerns regarding the federal government. These comments will be shared with Congressman Gianforte....
People under 40 aren’t donating like generations before them, so let’s team up to save the humans. When you donate blood, it doesn’t just help people during disasters. From surgery to fighting cancer to giving birth, blood donations are used to save around 12,000 lives a day. A lot of the medical care we take for granted wouldn’t exist without blood donations. Visit Colby the Cat at https://vimeo.com/300402449 for an important and humorous message about giving blood. A blood drive will be held at Carter County Events Center,...
Shirley Laureen (Rene) Frye LaBree passed away on March 8, 2019 at Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City, Montana, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Rene was born in Baker, MT, on January 12, 1947, the second child of Glen Edward Frye and Ethel Marie Arnold Frye. She joined an older brother Richard Alan born June 14, 1945. At an early age the family moved to Canby, California. Glen and his brother Bert went to work in the logging industry to earn money, so that Glen could...
Montana State FCCLA is quickly approaching. It will be held in Bozeman on March 21 and 22. Multiple local FCCLA members are working hard to complete their STAR events. Wyatt Kittelmann and Tori Tooke are competing in a chapter service project about the Winter Wonderland Carnival that was held at Ekalaka Elementary in December. Kari Kittelmann, Whitney Kittelmann and Tylee Loading are competing with an illustrated talk about breast cancer awareness. Lucy Branson and Emily O’Connell are competing in Promoting and Publicizing F...
