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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...
Ekalaka Public Schools will hold child developmental screening on Tuesday, October 24 from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. at Ekalaka Elementary School. The screening will be for children aged 0-5 who are not currently in kindergarten. Children whose parents have concerns about their development as well as children who completed the screening last year and were flagged for re-screening should attend. Children with an IEP and children who were screened last year and were not flagged for re-screening do not need to attend. Children between...
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...
A Graveside Service for Gerry Sykes was held on September 27, 2017 at the Beaver Lodge Cemetery in Ekalaka with Loyd Townsend officiating. Gerry passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Dahl Memorial Healthcare in Ekalaka. Gerry was born on January 3, 1931 in Miles City; the eldest son of Edwin and Irene (Thompson) Sykes. He grew up in Ekalaka and went to Ekalaka Elementary completing the eighth grade. He lived in Ekalaka with his parents until after his father's death...
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...
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...
Like so many others around the U.S., Ekalaka Elementary students and their teachers took some time on Monday to view the solar eclipse. Locally, the eclipse started at about 10:26 a.m. and ended at about 1:09 p.m. The maximum eclipse was at 11:46 a.m., when the moon blocked around ninety percent of the sun. To see the total eclipse, Ekalaka residents would have had to travel about 230 miles as the crow flies, or drive 300 or more miles to a town like Casper, WY. All the...
Students who graduated from kindergarten at Ekalaka Elementary this year were: Ella Eide, Holland Lovec, McKinley Frye, Oakley Spring, Trent Poppema, Quinton Kalstrom, Lily Schallenberger, Kira Kratzer, and Jaxen Walker....
Over the past two months, we have had several class groups in to tour the museum. Some have traveled as far as Camp Crook and others include Baker and several grades from our own Ekalaka Elementary and high schools. For Archaeology Month, we featured our atlatl teaching collection, where students were able to use the spear thrower to hunt a mammoth and a saber-toothed cat. This month, we had the fourth grade in from Ekalaka to tour the Lambert Room and handle the Maiasaura...
Today is May 20, 2017, Graduation Day at Carter County High School in Ekalaka. We didn’t even know all the graduates. One is a relative, others we recognize, but don’t always remember their names. We’ve been out of the “loop” that long. We started following graduations in 1986; that was 31 years ago, long before these graduates were born. Brice always covered graduations for the newspaper; I had the pleasure of photographing graduates once, when Gary Tuggle loaned me his wheeled office chair to move around during the proce...
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...
On Tuesday night, votes for the recent school election were counted. Unofficial results show that Samantha Harris has been elected to fill a three year term as trustee for Ekalaka Elementary District #15 and High School District #3. Harris tallied 268 votes. Her opponent, Shay Beyer, had 123. Both levy propositions on the ballot also passed. The levy to finance the high school general fund in the amount of $5416.38, approximately 0.11 mills, had 334 votes for and 180 votes...
Ekalaka Public Schools will be sponsoring a spring art exhibition and family night on Tuesday, May 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The art exhibition will take place inside the grade school gym and will feature works from Ekalaka Elementary students. A hot potato bar with all the fixings will follow at 7:00 p.m. in the CCHS Tuggle Room. Parents and friends are encouraged to attend this enjoyable family evening....
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...
On July 19th, 1920 Letitia (Macrery) Strain gave birth to Clare Eunice Strain on her homestead about 12 miles South of Ekalaka, Montana. The homestead community of Plains Dale is prairie farmland today. On April 1st, 2017 Clare passed away at the Providence Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The 96 years in between these events were well lived and shared. She was always willing to help others even while handling her own challenges that life deals all of us. Clare's parents,...
April is Montana Archaeology Month, and to celebrate, the Carter County Museum will be bringing you a series of articles about topics in the field. Pottery is a relatively rare artifact to find and is often preserved in pieces called "sherds" in archaeological parlance. The museum has a small collection of a variety of sherds that have been traced back to the Mandan/Hidatsa and Crow Tribes. By examining pottery and other ceramics, archaeologists can discover information about...
