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Carter County Bulldogs have been busy recently with junior high basketball starting last Monday. Games have already taken place in Ekalaka and Terry. On October 12, the boys and girls played Wibaux at home. In the first game of the evening, the junior high girls B team lost a battle. The first quarter ended 4-5, with Wibaux leading. In the second quarter, the girls managed to pull ahead and end the first half with a 10-9 lead. After halftime, the young lady Longhorns came...
Last Wednesday, October 11, was National Fossil Day, and the Carter County Museum celebrated by inviting classes from Carter County High School. Students from the math, science, and agriculture classes spent time at the museum learning about fossil collections – following a lab plan set up by Chioko Hammel, Sharon Carroll, and Seth Whitney. This collaboration helps highlight the comprehensive nature of the collections here – not only do we have dinosaurs, but we also have an...
Dahl Memorial will be holding a special bylaw election meeting for all Dahl Memorial members, October 24, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Carter County Events Center. Attending members will gather to vote on multiple bylaw changes. The first item on the ballot is a proposed addition to bylaws that would allow the association to conduct absentee type voting for members who wish to vote but cannot be present at the meeting. Currently, anyone who is not present at the...
Every fall, people look forward to the fall colors as deciduous tree leaves change colors and drop in preparation of winter. We expect the leaves of deciduous trees to change colors. What many people are unaware of, though, is that most conifers also drop their needles at this time. Every fall, conifers shed some of their needles. This is a natural process known as Seasonal Needle Drop. The amount of needle-loss is dependent on species and environmental conditions. The occurrence of seasonal needle drop is often mistaken for...
The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public scoping period for an environmental assessment that will address two plans of development submitted by Denbury Resources, Inc., to conduct an enhanced oil recovery project in the Cedar Creek Anticline and install a 110-mile 20-inch pipeline from the Bell Creek Oil Field to the Cedar Creek Anticline Oil Field within the Miles City Field Office. The 30-day comment period will end on Nov. 3, 2017. The Trump administration’s America First Energy Plan is an all-of-the-above s...
Growing up in Ekalaka and Carter County, I always had a lot of chores to do. I first milked a cow and retained the milk, at the age of 4 and that was pretty much my job from then on. We always had a milk cow and sometimes more than one. One time my Dad brought home some goats and I had to milk them. That didn't last long because they were hard to milk and none of us liked the milk. We even had a cow at our first house, in Ekalaka. we kept her in Chapman's pasture. Often, I had to pump water for her from a very hard to pump...
The Board of Public Education has re-elected Sharon Carroll to serve as the Chair of the Board of Public Education. Carroll, appointed to the Board of Public Education in 2007 and again in 2012 is in her 22nd year of teaching math at Carter County High School. She has enjoyed a long-time affiliation with the school's science department. This past year’s collaboration also included the Carter County Museum and the Museum of the Rockies and resulted in a mobile math/science lab that is available for use throughout Montana. T...
The General Election for the Town of Ekalaka will take place on November 7th. Late registrants are able to go to the Carter County Clerk and Recorder's Office, register to vote, and vote until 8:00 p.m. Electors may also drop off their ballots at the Clerk and Recorder's Office up to 8:00 p.m. Following is some information about candidates for mayor and their thoughts on certain topics regarding Ekalaka. VICKI FIX Hi, my name is Vicki Fix. I am a DECLARED WRITE-IN CANDIDATE...
On September 21, 2017 Area II Conservation Districts all met in Ekalaka. Ron Talcott was presented with the President's Award and a plaque by Jeff Wivholm, President of the Montana Association of Conservation Districts (MACD). Ronald Talcott received the award because he has gone above and beyond the duties of a supervisor for 50 years. He became a supervisor in 1967 and is a rock and a wealth of knowledge for Powder River Conservation District (PRCD). He reads and studies...
Carter County Commissioners recently gathered and voted to lift fire restrictions in the county. The first motion was made by Commissioner Steve Rosencranz and was seconded by Rod Tauck. The board voted in favor of lifting the fire restrictions and the motion went into effect on September 28th. Although fire restrictions have been lifted, Sheriff/Fire Warden Neil Kittlemann indicated that Carter County residents must adhere to the regulations set forth by the sheriff’s department. Individuals wishing to burn must first o...
Dahl Memorial Clinic and Carter County Public Health will be hosting a flu vaccine clinic on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the clinic. Cost for the flu shot if paid at time of service is $20; if billed to insurance the cost is $30. No appointment is necessary. For any questions, please call Dahl Memorial Clinic at 775-8738....
September brought the Town of Ekalaka's restricted cash account for the swimming pool to $50,013.60! These funds plus the others of $108,531.43 in pool committee funds, $11,945.20 from the Lions Club, and $12,003.06 from Meadowlark Club bring the total to $182,493.29. When that is added to the $150,000 grant from Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, there is a total of $332,493.29 available to build a new pool in Ekalaka. Also, many community members and property owners have recently...
Editor's note: Mr. Jordan O'Donnell is another new face at CCHS this year. His information will be shared in a future article. School is in session once again at Carter County High and with the new year there are bound to be some new faces among the old. In this case, there have been some sparkling new additions to the high school staff and they have graciously agreed to let the community get to know them: What is your full name? Marvin Vanderpool What do you teach here in Eka...
Olga Marie Loken Freed, 99, died peacefully at home on Sunday, September 17, 2017 after a long and productive life. She was born on December 18, 1917 on a sheep ranch in Southeastern Montana-Carter County; seven years after her father had immigrated to America from Norway. She graduated from Carter County High School in Ekalaka, MT in 1935. She then attended and graduated from Holy Rosary nursing school in Miles City, MT receiving a Registered Nurse degree in 1938. She was...
Belltower is a white outcropping of rock in southeastern Carter County Montana. The formation used to look like a bell tower, but because of many years of erosion, it has worn down to almost a pointed rock. When my grandparents homesteaded near this landmark in June of 1910, it was visible for many miles in all directions. Many homesteaders chose a location near Belltower so they could "find their way home." Many of these homesteaders were Catholic Luxembourg immigrants. At that time, there was no church in the area. My grand...
Prussic acid poisoning can be a lethal problem for cattle grazing sorghum, sorghum-sundangrass crosses and sundangrasses. Other plants that potentially contain prussic acid include white clover, vetch seed and chokecherry. Prussic acid, also called hydrocyanic (HCN), is typically not present in plants. However, some common plants can accumulate large quantities of cyanogenic glycoside. When plants are actively growing, prussic acid levels are low because the compound breaks...
Nearly 90 members attended the Dahl Memorial Healthcare Annual Member Meeting last Thursday at Carter County Events Center. Only forty-five members attended last year. At the start of the meeting CEO Nadine Elmore took a few minutes to explain to members that she has accepted another position and will be stepping down as CEO at Dahl Memorial. Elmore held the CEO position at Dahl longer than anyone else in the facility's history. She then went on to discuss several of the...
The Carter County High School Bulldogs traveled to Bainville for a six-man football game last Saturday. Blue jumped out to an early lead and made a few good stops on defense. Caleb Fix scored three times in the first quarter on runs of 8, 43, and 34 yards. Bainville, though, was able to score two times themselves, and the score at the end of the first quarter was CCHS 20, Bainville 14. In the second quarter, the heat started to take its toll on the Bulldogs. Junior back Caleb Fix had to come out of the game. He missed most...
Texas and Louisiana have received too much wind and rain, as much as 51 inches from hurricane Harvey. It left whole flooded communities that are now trying to move back, clean up, and begin reconstruction. Another hurricane, Irma, flattened the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and then did heavy damage in Florida. The Eagle used to have a subscriber in the Virgin Islands; is she still there? Did flood waters leave mold, bacteria, or dangerous substances requiring masks and suits to protect skin — the kind of suits used for handling h...
On September 9, the Sioux Ranger District of Custer Gallatin National Forest issued an order placing fire restrictions on all National Forest lands in Carter County and Harding County, South Dakota. This order is effective until December 1, unless rescinded earlier. The order prohibits the following acts: 1) Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire. 2) Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site or while stopped in an area at least three feet in...
U.S. SENATE -Last Friday U.S. Senator Steve Daines recognized the Carter County Museum. The Carter County Museum has helped preserve the history of eastern Montana for over eighty years, and was the first county museum in the state. Through his "Montanan of the Week" initiative, Daines each week will highlight a Montanan by submitting a statement of recognition in the official Congressional Record, the document that reflects the official proceedings of Congress. Daines...
The 2017 Positive Choices Youth Conference will be held September 19th and 20th, 2017. This year’s speaker is Kevin Honeycutt. Honeycutt is a Technology Integration Specialist in central Kansas, where he researches and designs programs and trainings with a strong passion for helping students and teachers become successful with educational uses of technology. He has worldwide reach presenting to over 100,000 students and educators each year. Honeycutt has an entertaining and positive message to empower today’s youth to tak...
Wednesday, September 13, Carter County High School juniors and seniors will attend the college fair at Dawson Community College in Glendive, MT. This is an opportunity for students to visit with recruiters to learn more about the colleges, universities, and military opportunities in Montana and bordering states. To create more excitement about college choices, school counselor Cathy Frye invites community members to wear college gear throughout the entire week, September 11 – 15. It could be your alumni college or university,...
Last week, Governor Steve Bullock welcomed Montana students across the state back to school and highlighted growing innovation in Montana schools. "As Lisa and I send our kids back to school this week, I hope every Montana student is equally as excited as they are to return to learning, friends, sports and activities," Governor Bullock said last week. "I want to thank all of the teachers, administrators and staff who work tirelessly to prepare their classrooms and lesson...
