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There will be a hunter safety course for area residents on March 3-4 at Carter County Events Center in Ekalaka. Students must attend both days of the course in order to receive a certificate. Registration must be done online at fwp.mt.gov in order to participate. The deadline to register is February 25. Those who need help registering, may contact MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 7 office in Miles City at 234-0910. Materials for the class will need to be picked up prior to class at Wagon Wheel Cafe. The class is limited to...
Recently, Circle resident Jerry Schillinger filed for the Republican nomination to Montana Senate District 19. District 19 encompasses Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Carter, Fallon and most of Custer and Powder River Counties. Schillinger, a fourth generation McCone County farmer/businessman, cited the importance of preserving individual freedoms and opportunity. With an accounting degree/CPA, extensive farm business career, and having served on many boards including McCone...
The Carter County Spelling Bee has been set for Monday, February 19. It will begin at 1:30 p.m. inside the Ekalaka Elementary gymnasium. Parents and members of the public are welcome to attend. Traditionally, Carter County students in grades 5-8 participate in the oral contest....
School elections are slated for May, 2018. Individuals interested in serving on the school board may file for positions that are up for election. Petitions for Election for Carter County High School or School District #15 positions can be obtained by contacting Lora Tauck at 406-775-8765. Positions are also open for School District #1. To file, contact Joy Price at 406-427-5404. Alicia Olson can be reached for positions open in School District #56. Alicia’s number is 406-828-4554....
SDSU Extension is partnering with NDSU Extension Service and Montana State University Extension to provide an educational program focusing on beef cattle nutrition. The program will be held on February 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Harding County Rec Center in Buffalo, SD. The day will be a progression of topics, starting with some of the basics on what makes the ruminant animal so unique, moving through body condition score and feed analysis to finally developing rations and analyzing why something may not be working as...
In the interest of communicating with the community, the Carter County Museum has included a flyer in this week's Eagle to share our economic and educational impact in 2017. First, we would like to thank our visitors, donors and volunteers for helping us make 2017 a record year. Thanks to you all, we increased our attendance by 28 percent for a total of 4,895 people. Local attendance – visitors from Carter County – rose by 10 percent. Of that number, 3,444 came to the cou...
There were a number of colorful characters hanging around Carter County in the early days, probably still are. When I first thought about writing about this I figured that I would have a wealth of persons to talk about but after thinking more didn't come up with many. It is probably because my memory of those days, especially people, is getting weaker. Well, I will do my best. The first person I think about is Ernie Funk; I couldn't come up with his first name but my brother Charles said it was Ernie. He moved from down...
Twin Falls, Idaho-Dorothy Remillard, our loving Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, and Friend passed away into God's Heavenly Garden on January 23, 2018. Dorothy Dune Ward Remillard was born in Carter County, Ekalaka, Montana on September 25, 1932 on the family homestead to Leonard Ward and Mary Wheat Ward. She was the seventh of nine children! Being raised on the homestead, Dorothy developed her strengths and appreciation for family and the simple things in...
Rosary vigil for Harriet Speelmon will be held February 12, 2018 at 7 PM at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Ekalaka. Funeral services will be February 13, 2018, at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church at 11 AM with lunch to follow at the Parish Hall. Interment will be at a later date. Harriet Speelmon departed this earth on January 14, 2018 at her home in Ekalaka, MT with her daughters Dolly and Sally at her side. On June 20, 1929, Frank and Clara (Berg) Nies welcomed Harriet Ru...
Carter County Commissioners recently received word that the Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) will be closing their office located inside Carter County Courthouse. A letter from the DOR to the commissioners received at the end of January states: “The Department is facing significant budget reductions in the current biennium, which necessitates our reducing and relocating staff.” Current DOR staff will be leaving the office inside Carter County Courthouse on or before February 15, 2018. Similar changes in other counties aro...
Carter County High School gymnasium was alive with color on Saturday, February 3, as Bulldog fans dressed to show their support for cancer research. The William C. Rowley Chapter of National Honor Society sponsored their annual “Fight with Bulldog Power” event that afternoon during the basketball games between Wibaux and Carter County. Fans were encouraged to wear bright colors representing the colors of awareness ribbons for various cancers. Breast cancer’s pink ribbon is well recognized, but each type of cancer is repre...
I've been pleasantly surprised with the enthusiastic feedback the museum has received after posting February taxidermy workshops. Since I moved to Ekalaka last March, many of you have come to me with questions about preserving your own specimens. While I'm always happy to meet with you for one-on-one help, we decided that it would be fun for the museum to host some workshops in which we can socialize, share knowledge and ideas, and just have a generally good time working on...
Dear Editor, I just want to extend a personal invitation to you and the community to join Powder River Carter County Farm Bureau (PRCCFB) for our valentine family dinner and jam session. It will be a fun filled evening for all, with door prizes for all ages throughout the evening. We’ll be announcing the winners of the I” Heart Agriculture” photo and drawing contests. We’ll have our own hometown girl Cynde Johnson, Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) Vice President, on hand as well as other federation and financial planner...
by Sherry Farwell, Ned Summers & Marguerite Goeders Rozelle GENERAL POPULATING AND DEPOPULATING FORCES The homesteading era within the Sykes-Belltower area had six major drivers: 1) The Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909 increased the maximum number of acres for a homestead from 160 to 320 acres in order to attract settlers into more marginal lands. 2) The initial 1885 U.S. Government survey in present day Carter County only established approximate township boundaries. An...
I wish to take this opportunity to do two things. First, I would like to announce that I have filed for the republican nomination for the office of Carter County Commissioner, District 3. Along with this, I wanted to take this opportunity, for those who do not know me, to get to know me a little better. I will of course be visiting with many of you during the course of the campaign, and look forward to doing so, but for those who do not know me I will attempt to make this brief and look forward to visiting with all about...
Funeral Mass for T. Boyne Gundlach, 87, of Ekalaka, will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka, MT with Father Phillip Chinnappan celebrating. Burial will follow in Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. with a time of sharing starting at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 26th at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka. Boyne passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at the Hospice unit in Miles City, MT. Theodore...
Fourteen Carter County 4-H and FFA youth members weighed in market steers on December 27th at the Ekalaka scale. All of the youth members choose their market steers from ranches located in Carter County and their weights ranged from 750-1090 pounds. Beef weigh-ins are the first stop on the journey to the Carter County Fair. Youth use numbers from this event to calculate the final weights that their market steers will need to be in order to provide buyers with a quality...
I would like to continue with my memories of our early and special neighbors, but first I want to share about the reminiscing section from the Eagle dated December 15, 2017. In that section, there was an article from 70 years ago headlined "BAKER MEETS BULLDOGS IN OPENER HERE TONITE." It listed the names of the basketball players, all a part of my high school years, and very special friends of mine over the years. Yes, I have a couple pictures of that team, and yes it was a...
The next Ekalaka Community Blood Drive will be held on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Carter County Events Center Meeting Room. Donors may contact Darlene Carter Rose at 775-6431 to make an appointment, or go online at www.bloodhero.com and use sponsor code: Ekalaka....
December, 2017 - December 1st fell on a Friday and the morning activity was group exercise lead by Virginia Rychner. Group exercises are scheduled three times a week with very good participation. Later that afternoon, a going away party was held for Debbie Reynolds. Debbie made the decision to move away from our little town and seek new employment. Wishing you the very best Debbie! Monday afternoon, a "Paint and Sip" party took place in the dining room. The supplies; canvas,...
Montana State University Bozeman recently announced its undergraduate honor rolls for the fall semester of 2017. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s and the Dean’s Honor Roll. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours to be on either list. Students with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher are included on the Dean’s Honor Roll. The Dean’s Honor Roll includes 3,416 students and of those listed, three were former Carter County High School students. The individuals that were listed on the Dean’s...
Funeral services for Florine Cleveland Schell were held January 17, 2018 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka, MT. Burial followed in Beaverlodge Cemetery. Florine passed away on the morning of January 11, 2018. Florine Gail Richards was born on September 7, 1933 to Clarence and Gussie (Burch) Richards in a log house on Cabin Creek, Carter County Montana. She was delivered by her father as the mid-wife did not arrive in time. She was born just in time for the "horse roundup on C...
It is that time of year again for our Annual MSU Extension Winter Ag Series. The Extension Winter Series program is a cooperative effort between the region’s County Extension offices. Each year a series of lectures are presented in each of the Southeast Montana counties providing timely information of interest to our rural population. The Winter Ag Series will be held in ten locations January 22nd through the 26th. The program will be in Jordan and Circle on Jan. 22, Broadus and Ekalaka on Jan. 23, Baker and Wibaux on Jan. 2...
The 2018 election season officially kicks off with the opening of candidate filing on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. Several county positions will be on the ballot. Interested individuals may file Declaration for Nomination at the Clerk and Recorder’s office in Ekalaka, Montana. Questions regarding the election, filing or voter registration can be answered by calling the Carter County Clerk and Recorder’s office at (406) 775-8749. Filing will open at 8:00 a.m. January 11 and close on March 12, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Ple...
In January 2017, Carter County hired Slate Architecture to complete a Preliminary Architectural Report (PAR) to assess the needs and evaluate options for Dahl Memorial Hospital to meet future health care needs of the community. The goal was to select an option for upgrades to the hospital that provides the best value considering a balance between facility needs and cost. The design team completed a kick-off meeting with the county and Dahl Memorial Hospital (DMH) to determine...
