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The 2017 Soil-to-Skillet Program April 22 hosted by Fallon/Carter Extension Office, Little Beaver Conservation District, and Fallon County NRCS was deemed a success by all those that attended. One extension agent stated, "My favorite part of this program is the opportunity to bring a diverse group of people together that have a common interest. The speakers for this year's program shared that desire as well. Whether it be through education, food & drink, or music, we all had...
On behalf of current and future Carter County High School students, I want to thank the community members who came out to vote in support of our school and its students. The confidence and support that was placed in the Board of Trustees and the administration during this past election will not be taken for granted. Every effort will be made to honor your vote by acting in good faith in doing our very best with taxpayer dollars in addressing the facility needs of CCHS. One of the major deciding factors in my accepting the...
Funeral services for Tyler L. Markuson, 55, of Ekalaka were held May 10, 2017, at the Carter County High School gymnasium in Ekalaka with Pastor Steve DeFord officiating. Burial will take place at a later date. Family received friends on May 9, 2017 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka. Visitation continued on Wednesday at the Chapel and prior to the service at the Carter County High School gymnasium. Tyler passed away very suddenly on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Dahl Memorial...
Carter County Rural Fire held their annual refresher course on Tuesday at the Events Center in Ekalaka. Afterwards, several of the trucks were lined up for a picture at the high school parking lot. All trucks will be sporting new rural fire decals this year depicting a bulldog....
Lexie Selting, daughter of Dixie (LaBree) Selting and Jamie Selting, wore a 57 year old dress to Fairview's prom on April 22. Her grandmother, Anna (Heggen) LaBree, wore the same dress to her freshman prom at Carter County High School in 1960. In 1987 her mother wore the dress to her senior prom at CCHS. In that year, LaBree altered the dress for her daughter. She added a lot of ruffles since Dixie had shown her a picture of a prom dress she liked from a magazine. "That looks...
The Carter County High School music department, under the direction of Mr. Brad Wick, has wrapped up festival competitions with amazing results. Every entry performed at District 10 Music Festival in Miles City April 21 and 22 received a superior rating. This includes concert band and concert choir, as well as their sight reading. For sight reading, the conductor is given several songs from which to select a piece for the choir or band to perform. This is a song the group has...
We lived in numerous houses in Carter County and some out of it when I was growing up. Some of them, I do not remember so I will tell you about only the ones I do remember. We do have some writings by my mother called, The Travels and Travails of the Lavell family where she enumerated all of our houses. I am not going by that but by my memory. I was born in my grandparents’ house on Boxelder, near the Belltower store and post office. My grandmother, Lena Coons, was a midwife and helped a lot of women bear babies. She had f...
Ruth Oxford Benson, March 11, 1926 – April 22, 2017 Ruth Oxford Benson was one of eight children of parents who homesteaded in Eastern Montana in 1914. Ruth was born in Ekalaka, MT and spent her formative years in and around Ekalaka and Miles City, MT. Her longest friendship today is with one of her classmates from Carter County High School. Ruth met the love of her life, Leonard Benson “Len”, in Miles City; they were married in 1946. Two sons were born to them during their time in Miles City – Mike and Eric. Ruth stood-b...
Editor’s note: The following was written by Charlene Hayes Elston prior to the Ridge Centennial Celebration in 2009. In 1909, just twenty years after Montana statehood, before World War I, before women had the vote and just as Ford’s assembly line was cranking out Model T’s, Ridge, Montana was established. In the far southeastern corner at the head of Thompson Creek, Joseph Hayes staked a claim and established the Hayes Brothers General Mercantile Store at Ridge. Hailing from the Black Hills, the Hayes family were merch...
Members of Southeast Electric are encouraged to attend the 66th Southeast Electric Cooperative Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held on Friday, June 2, 2017 at Carter County High School in Ekalaka. Registration begins at 4:00 pm. A free roast beef dinner and entertainment will be offered at 5:00 pm. The business meeting will begin at 6:00 pm. Manager Jack Hamblin will update members on cooperative activities. Board Chairman Dave Hayden will call for any questions that members may have. Directors from District 5 and 9,...
Carter County High School track and field standout Tanner Fix recently signed with South Dakota School of Mines. Fix is primarily known for being a hurdler and has been to the Montana state track meet every year of his high school career. He has already qualified this year. Additionally, he was selected to compete in track and field in Australia last summer with the "Down Under Sports" program. On Tuesday at the north/east top ten track meet in Glasgow, Fix posted a personal...
Funeral Services for Betty Ann Hanson, 84, of Texas, formerly of Ekalaka, MT will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka with Pastor Bob Anderson officiating. Burial will take place in Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Visitation for Betty will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 21 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka. Betty passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017, at Angel Bright Hospice in Corpus Christi, Texas. Betty was born on April 20, 1...
Kiplee Cecelia Warden, daughter of Monica Smith of Redmond Oregon and Gary Warden of Kennewick, Washington, and Conner Jay Castleberry, son of Dane and Pam Castleberry of Ekalaka, are proud to announce their engagement. Warden is a 2008 graduate of Evergreen High School, Vancouver Washington and a 2012 Graduate of Northwest College in Clackamas Oregon. She has taken a position with Wells Fargo in Baker, Montana. Castleberry is a 2009 graduate of Carter County High school and...
Mail ballots for the current school election were sent out earlier this week. In order for votes to be counted, those ballots must be sent or delivered to Ekalaka Elementary and received before 8:00 p.m. on May 2, 2017. This year there is one position up for election on the board of trustees. That trustee will fill a three year term for Ekalaka Elementary District #15/ High School District #3. Shay Beyer and Samantha Harris have both filed for the position. Also on the ballot this year are two levies. One levy proposition is...
Todd Ziettlow, a 1990 graduate of Carter County High School, will run in the Boston Marathon for a third time this year. Ziettlow first ran in 2012, finishing the grueling 26.2 miles with an official time of 3:26:32. In 2014, Ziettlow improved on his time and finished in 3:01:36, placing 2,620th overall among 35,671 competitors. This year’s marathon will take place on Monday, April 17. Ziettlow will be wearing red bib number 5463, and will start with the first wave of runners at 10:00 am. More information about the Boston M...
Danielle Kittelmann, a 2015 graduate of Carter County High School, has recently been accepted to Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England where she will attend her junior year of college. Kittelmann is currently enrolled at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT and is majoring in psychology and business. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout her time at Rocky and was named to the 2016 fall semester Dean’s List for academic achievement. Danielle is the daughter of Scott and Kathy Kittelmann....
A cold rain on Sunday forced the annual Easter egg hunt, sponsored by CCHS FCCLA, to be held inside the high school. Local youth didn't seemed to mind, scooping up all of the eggs in a matter of minutes. After the egg hunt, families traveled through the rain to Carter County Events Center to enjoy a family carnival that was put on by Puptown Pioneers Homemakers Club....
Soon after becoming a county in 1917, the Carter County commission reviewed several bids for transcribing and indexing the records pertaining to Carter County from the records of Fallon County. Thus, John Oliver was employed to supervise the transcribing of all county records. He received $7.50/day plus expenses for compensation. On the 18th of May, 1917, a resolution was passed giving Carter County its official existence. However, the county assessor and the county board of equalization could not complete the task of...
I found it very interesting that Bill Lavell shared some thoughts and experiences about Dr. Sandy in the Eagle dated Friday, March 24 and I had another article about Dr. Sandy at the same time. I believe my article answered some of his questions about the “pioneer gentleman doctor.” I would now like to expand on Sherry Farwell’s letter to the editor in regard to Bob Smith. Bob and I played independent basketball together and, as a referee, I worked some of his games. Ken Pulse, who was a barber at the time, and Ted Hanbe...
