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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...
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...
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...
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...
In this article, I will continue writing about the Chuck and Maude Welch family with a thought by their daughter Lucile: “I don’t believe my parents ever regretted coming to Montana although I am sure they did endure many hardships. I guess the good times off-set the bad!” Maude passed away in 1961 and Chuck in 1970. After reading many articles in Shifting Scenes of the Homestead Days I have to agree. What made these “good times?” It had to be then, and today, because of caring, wonderful neighbors and people who were read...
In this article, I will continue on with stories about Charles (Chuck) and Maude Welch. Lucille wrote that her father and mother had many hard times but also many good times and wonderful neighbors; many who gave up their homesteads and returned to their former houses. She lists at least ten families with the statement “just to name a few.” The names listed were not known to me. Maude writes of their “Literary Societies,” social neighbor singing groups and baseball teams. She mentioned that Chuck was quite a catcher. Those b...
Funeral services for Larry LaBree, 76, of Ekalaka were held February 13, 2019 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. Larry passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at his home in Ekalaka. Larry Michael was born April 23, 1942 in Miles City, the son of John Earl and Mary Frances (Jordan) LaBree. He grew up on the family ranch, 30 miles south of Ismay. Growing up he attended grade school in Ismay and Country School and graduated from Carter County High School. Larry enlisted in...
This article is about another neighbor, Bonnie Peabody, who also lived across the street and up the hill from us. I would like to share some information about Bonnie, but first I need to go back a generation on the Peabody family. Charles and Mary Peabody Charles was born in Vermont and moved to Iowa where he met his future wife, Mary Hite. They were married on July 4, 1879. In the summer of 1884 they moved to Rapid City, South Dakota coming overland in a covered wagon, drawn by four horses, trailing their cows and milking...
Jennifer Bird first learned about equine massage therapy while attending Montana State University. "The things that therapists could do for a horse always intrigued me," she said. A 2007 Carter County High School graduate, Bird went to Bozeman to study animal science. She received her bachelor's degree in 2011. After college, Bird thought about taking classes for equine massage, but instead moved to Broadus where she spent three years working for the department of revenue. The...
Wade B. Arledge of Sanco, Texas and Saxon D. Schell of Capitol, Montana recently announced their engagement. Mr. Arledge is the son of Dr. Joe W. Arledge III, DVM, of Sanco, TX, and Annette L. Scarmardo of Bryan, TX. He is a 2005 graduate of Robert Lee High School and presently works on his family's cattle ranch near Mill Iron. Ms. Schell is the daughter of Timothy R. and Jodi L. Schell, of Capitol, MT and is a 2013 graduate of Carter County High School. She currently works...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association will be hosting a heart health awareness event at the Carter County High School Basketball games versus Custer/Hysham on Saturday, February 9. All who wear red to the games that day will be entered into a drawing for prizes. DMHA will also be accepting donations for the American Heart Association. Donating helps fund innovative research for new treatments, provides programs and services for survivors and their families and helps more of our loved ones lower their risk....
Ruth Evelyn Benjamin, age 99 of Miles City, passed away peacefully at the TLC Personal Care Home in Miles City. Ruth was born on April 9, 1919 in Ekalaka. She was the daughter of John Frederick and Sarah Bell (Powell) Johnson. She attended grade schools in Ekalaka and graduated from Carter County High School. Following school, she helped her parents out on the family place until she met Wesley James "Jim" Benjamin. Jim and Ruth were married in 1941 in Baker, MT. Over the...
Ekalaka native Robert Jesperson was recently honored during this year's homecoming at Montana State University by receiving the Alumni Achievement Award. In addition to the award, Jesperson was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at MSU. Jesperson graduated from Carter County High School in 1966 and worked in the oilfield near Belgrade, Baker, Bowman, North Dakota and other locations to pay his way through college. He graduated from MSU with a Bachelor of Science...
In September of 2017, it came to some from the CCHS Class of 1978's attention that they were edging close to 40 years since their high school graduation. Social media made it possible for the group to gather and brainstorm fun ways to observe this milestone. Traveling to Ekalaka for the Days of '85 was decided upon. However, the class didn't know they would be experiencing such a hot weekend. Friday night some were able to chat and enjoy the music provided by the street dance...
A HONOR ROLL (3.5 GPA or higher) Claire Callahan Ryker Carroll Caleb Fix Seth Kennedy Kari Kittelmann Kendall Kittelmann Whitney Kittelmann Wyatt Kittelmann Hannah LaBree Heather LaBree Heidi LaBree Tylee Loehding Codi Melton Mick O’Connor Tyra O’Connor Jaden Pardee Jared Pardee Ella Rucker Rose Rychner Ryan Rychner Darin Schallenberger Jennifer Schmid Grace Tooke Katie Tooke Kenzie Tooke Tori Tooke Turner Tooke Sean Wolenetz B HONOR ROLL (3.0 - 3.49 GPA) Brennen Bonsell Lucy Branson Brayden Bucholz Amaya Coleman Ethan Fry...
This story was written by Heidi Morton, the daughter of Wayne and Deb Yost and a 2000 graduate of Carter County High School. The article was originally published in WiNNING Perspectives, Vol. 10 Issue 1, a magazine created by the National Organization of Professional Women in Natural Resources Conservation Service. I grew up in one of those little "fly over towns." My dad was a District Conservationist in Ekalaka, Montana, which is part of the Carter County Conservation...
On Saturday, Carter County High School hosted the Willa Nies Memorial Volleyball Tournament. Northern Cheyenne, Jordan, Custer/Hysham, Terry, Broadus, CCHS Varsity and CCHS JV all participated. CCHS JV played their first game against Broadus at 9 a.m. and lost in two sets, 4-25 and 15-25. In their second game, they defeated Northern Cheyenne in two sets, 25-17 and 25-20. They lost a close third set to Custer/Hysham, 12-15, in their final match. The varsity Bulldogs played...
Carter County High School Varsity Volleyball won nine straight sets on September 8, securing first place at a volleyball tournament held in Scobey. To place in pool play, CCHS played one set to 25 against three different teams. Blue won all three of those sets and entered an 8 team single elimination tournament in first place. Their first set saw CCHS narrowly defeat Scobey, 25-23. The team had an impressive 23 digs. Hannah LaBree led with 7. Whitney Kittelmann led in assists...
Sagebrush Service Club will once again be sponsoring a Holiday Bazaar in Ekalaka. The annual event will take place November 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Carter County High School. Free babysitting will be provided throughout the day, and lunch, coffee, and pie will be available. Door prizes will be drawn every 30 minutes. Interested vendors may rent a 8’ x 6’ space for $20, or a 5’ x 6’ space for $10.00. Vendors may begin setting up at 8 a.m. on the morning of the bazaar. To rent a space, or for questions, interested individ...
Prior to school starting, Ekalaka Public Schools certified and classified staff underwent an active shooter training. The training was put on by Gordon Hahn, a retired Montana superintendent and teacher who resides in Saco. Over the last few years, Hahn has put on the training at several schools throughout the state. Much of the training was focused on changing old concepts. In the past, trainings mostly taught employees a "lockdown and hide" method. Hahn showed grave...
The Ekalaka Public Schools Board of Trustees approved the FY 2019 Budgets for both the Carter County High School and the Ekalaka Elementary School. Mills went from 22.75 in the FY 2018 Elementary District budget to 21.59 in FY 2019 budget. In the High School District mills dropped from 12.80 for FY 2018 to 12.17 in FY 2019. Mill values are based upon taxable valuation. We are blessed in every sense of the word in Carter County in having a high taxable evaluation; more so in the CCHS District at $52,244,099, compared to that...
