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Leaders, Legends and Legacies youth football camp had another successful year in 2022 as 115 kids from around the state and nation participated. The camp was held in Boulder, Montana this year and the farthest participants came from Florida and Tennessee. Again, the kids had a unique opportunity to be coached by multiple former and current collegiate and NFL football players. Carter County sent fifteen kids between fifth and eleventh grade to the camp. Ekalaka Public Schools a...
Carter County Museum recently introduced Chloe Chambers as Museum Educator for the summer of 2022. Chambers came from Georgia where she is a high school science teacher. Last week, she spent time teaching atlatl throwing during 4-H camp at Camp Needmore and at Buzzard Days in Makoshika State Park. Over the next few weeks, she will lead a series of pop-up programs as part of the museum's Junior Scientist series, including Coprolite Action, Operation: Fossil ID, Micro-Sort and...
Bella Rae Jensen of Ekalaka was crowned Miss Southeast Montana Rodeo 2022 at this year's Miles City Bucking Horse Sale on May 21st in Miles City. Jensen will be a freshman at Carter County High School in the fall. She plays volleyball, basketball and rodeos. Additionally, she is a member of the Puptown Wranglers 4-H club and the local CCHS FFA chapter. Besides school and extracurriculars, Jensen enjoys helping on the family ranch and anything that has to do with animals and...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2022 were held on Saturday. A large crowd of family and friends gathered inside the gymnasium to wish the graduating class well. Local Dennis Bishop, a United States Air Force veteran who co-owns Wagon Wheel Café and has recently overcame major obstacles after developing Guillain-Barré syndrome late in 2020, delivered the commencement address. Kenzie Tooke gave the salutatorian address and Darin S...
RESULTS Southern B/C Divisional Meet Laurel Sports Complex Friday, May 20 MENS 100 Meters 7. Turner Tooke, 12.00 200 Meters 8. Turner Tooke, 25.30 3200 Meters 8. Brayden Bucholz, 13:54.18 110m Hurdles 5. Ethan Frye, 18.74 7. Ryker Carroll, 19.49 300m Hurdles 5. Ethan Frye, 46.02 8. Ryker Carroll, 48.67 4x100 Relay 5. Carter County (J.W. Elmore, Ryker Carroll, Ethan Frye, Turner Tooke) 49.21 Shot Put 5. Jaden Pardee, 37-10.50 Long Jump 9. Turner Tooke, 17-10.50 WOMENS 100...
The Montana University System has awarded the prestigious Montana University System Honor Scholarship to Darin Schallenberger, a 2022 Carter County High School graduate. The MUS Honor Scholarship is a renewable scholarship offered by the Montana Board of Regents that waives undergraduate tuition for up to eight semesters at any campus of the Montana University System or Dawson, Flathead Valley or Miles community colleges. The scholarship’s average value is $20,000. It is the most prestigious scholarship offered centrally b...
Carter County High School Graduation Ceremony Saturday • May 21, 2022 2:00 p.m. • CCHS Class Flower Light Blue Rose Class Colors Light Blue & Black Class Motto "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers Advisors Ms. Victoria Boyette & Ms. Kayla Olsen...
Funeral services for Larry Tauck, 64, of Ekalaka, will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 19 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka. Burial will follow at Beaver Lodge Cemetery. There will also be a gathering afterwards at Carter County Event Center. Family received friends on May 18 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka. Larry passed away May 13, 2022 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings. Larry Samuel Tauck was born on September 3, 1957 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Lyle and...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2022 will be held Saturday, May 21 inside the gymnasium. This year there will be six seniors graduating: Brennen Bonsell, Emily O’Connell, Zoie Rost, Darin Schallenberger, Kenzie Tooke and Turner Tooke. The ceremony is set to begin at 2 p.m....
When I saw the news that a meat processing plant is being built in Belltower, I was happy, but somewhat perplexed. My first thought was, is Carter County growing? I mean growing in population, of course. Now when I ask that question several things come to mind. The first one is what it used to be like. I was born near Belltower in 1938. The first six years of my life was spent at various places around Ekalaka, although we did go to Washington very briefly when I was too young to remember. In 1944, we moved into Ekalaka and I...
submitted by Johanna Tooke Ekalaka Elementary spent the afternoon celebrating Arbor Day with art. Afterall, without trees, there'd be no pencils for drawing, paintbrushes for painting, paper or canvas for the landscapes to showcase the artist's scene and erasers for fixing mistakes. Granted, now that synthetics have been invented trees no longer are the sole supplier of these staples for an artist. Betty Cline, Jay Hoversland, and Susan Tooke shared their artistic talent with...
The public is invited to attend the Carter County High School FFA chapter’s annual banquet on Tuesday, May 17th, 6 p.m., at the CCHS Tuggle Room. Please join for a meal, silent auction, hired hand auction, and awards. All proceeds from the silent auction will go towards purchasing new picnic tables at the fairgrounds. FFA members will schedule work for auction buyers at a later date....
Votes were tallied Tuesday night for two recent school elections in Carter County. Unofficial results for the School District No. 15 and High School District No. 3 poll election show that Lisa Borchgrevink and Stefan J. Livingston have both been elected to three-year terms on the board of trustees. Both were already serving on the board and defeated Sarina O'Connor and Samantha Wright in Tuesday's election. Borchgrevink was previously elected to a one-year term in May, 2021...
Tis the season, election season that is. Carter County electors may be a little confused this election season, and hopefully this article will clarify some of the questions that have come up regarding the three active elections that are going on at this time. School District #1, Hawks Home All active voters registered for School District #1, Hawks Home should have received their mail ballots. They were mailed on April 14 and may have been delayed due to recent weather events. If you did not receive a ballot for that district...
Snow is deep — the days long, maybe do an article for you readers. In going through the Shifting Scenes Vol. III, I found two families I had been thinking about for some time. Those two were Chris and Gerda Bentz and Damian (Curly) Culver. “Christian and Gerda Bentz By William Kevin Armstrong Christian C. Bentz, was born December 20, 1891, at Artas, Campbell County, South Dakota, the son of Jacob and Margaret Bentz, of German extraction, one of four sons and three daughters. He attended Northern State College in Abe...
Carter County High School Prom took place on April 9th inside the school's gymnasium. After grand march, royalty was announced....
The junior class is hosting Carter County High School Prom this Saturday, April 9. The public is invited to attend grand march at 8 p.m. inside the gymnasium. Royalty will be crowned immediately following grand march. Prom will then continue for high school students and their guests until midnight....
The junior class will be hosting Carter County High School Prom on Saturday, April 9 this year. The public is invited to attend grand march at 8 p.m. inside the gymnasium. Royalty will be crowned immediately following grand march and prom will continue for high school students and their guests until midnight....
Captain Janet Nies Baker, a 1972 graduate of Carter County High School and Ekalaka native, was the first female to be sworn into uniform for the Montana Highway Patrol on April 9, 1979. She was also the first female sergeant, lieutenant, and captain - the rank at which she retired. "It was an honor to work for MHP and I commend them for being one of the first LE agencies to hire women," she said in a recent email to MHP. "I feel fortunate to have earned the honor of being the...
A celebration of life for Kaden Montgomery, 19, of Ekalaka, will be 1 p.m., Friday, March 25 at the Carter County High School Gymnasium in Ekalaka. Burial will follow at Beaverlodge Cemetery. Visitation for Kaden will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Carter County High School Gymnasium. Kaden passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022. Puddin Montgomery, or as some may know him, Kaden Christopher Montgomery was born on March 11, 2003 to Chris and Courtney Montgomery in...
Memorial service for Erlend Laird, 83, of Ekalaka was held February 25 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka with Pastor Larry Phalen officiating. Burial followed at Beaver Lodge Cemetery in Ekalaka. Erlend Dixon Laird passed away Monday, February 21, 2022 at Saint Vincent's Hospital in Billings after a short illness. Erlend was the son of Frank W. and Margaret (Pritchard) Laird, born at the ranch on November 16, 1938. He grew up on the ranch and graduated in 1956 from Carter...
Funeral service for George "Herb" Kerr, 74, of Ekalaka will be 1 p.m., Monday, February 7, 2022 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka, with Tom Stieg officiating. Burial will follow at Beaverlodge Cemetery. For those unable to attend live streaming will start 10 minutes prior to service at stevensonfuneralhome.com. Visitation for Herb will take place one hour prior to the service. George Herbert "Herb" Kerr died January 31, 2022 at his home in Miles City, MT, surrounded by his...
Nellie Mae Berry was born on April 26, 1934, the second of two daughters to William and Lilly Berry. She grew up in the Sheep Mountains of Carter County helping her parents on the ranch with the household chores and livestock. She was especially fond of herding sheep, riding horses, and spending periods of time at "sheep camp". Nellie attended school at various country schools near Chimney Rock and Belle Tower. She attended high school at Carter County High School, graduating...
David Wayne Rice of Ekalaka passed from this life to the next on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. David was born on December 30, 1958, to Eugene Winfield Rice and Sylvia Jane (Carter) Rice. An older sister Janet was already in the home at that time. The family was living in Marmarth, North Dakota when David arrived. His parents divorced, and after his mother remarried, a half-brother, Shannon Brady was added to the family. David's early life was spent on his grandparent's ranch...
Funeral Services for Douglas Marston 78, of Ekalaka, will be 1 p.m. Friday, January 21, 2022 at Stevenson Funeral Home Ekalaka with Pastor Steve Deford officiating. Burial will follow at Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Doug passed away January 14, 2022 at Benifis Great Falls Hospital. Doug was born on June 15, 1943 in Miles City, Montana to Malcolm Douglas and Lucille (Welch) Marston. His first months of life were spent living in a dugout in the Powderville area and they then moved to...
