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HELENA – The Montana Historical Society's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is announcing $350,000 in Revitalizing Montana's Rural Heritage (RMRH) grant program funding to support the preservation of historic buildings in rural communities across the state. This brick-and-mortar grant comes from the National Park Service's (NPS) Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (HRSP), funded by that agency's Historic Preservation Fund. SHPO is among nine entities nationwide t...
I was so sorry to hear about the death of my classmate, Donna Sjoblom Smith. I started grade school in Ekalaka in 1944 in the first grade; we had no kindergarten then. Part of my class was Donna Sjoblom. Donna was cute as could be and was smart, sweet and nice. She was everyone’s favorite. She was my classmate all the way through school and graduated from high school with me in 1956. Donna’s parents lived on a farm a little west of Ekalaka but I think that she went to town school for her whole school experience. Donna too...
Unofficial results of the General Municipal Election for the Town of Ekalaka show that Raquel S. Williams, David Loudermilk and Jimmy W. Mackay have been elected to the Town Council. Williams, who ran unopposed for a four-year term, received 134 votes. Loudermilk and Mackay were each elected to two-year terms, defeating Micheal John Archer and Patrick W. Strickland . Loudermilk received 117 votes while Mackay received 89. Archer had 48 votes and Strickland received 16. Two hundred fifty-three ballots were mailed to active...
Several Carter County High School classes held reunions over the Days of '85 weekend in Ekalaka. Below are photographs from three of those reunions, including the class of 1977 that held a reunion to celebrate members of the class turning 60 years old this year. A few members of the CCHS Class of 1955 had a small get-together on Monday morning in Ekalaka. Dave Culver, the class valedictorian, was the guest of honor. Culver was in town over the weekend for the Days of...
Funeral Service for Leland Gundlach, 92, or Baker, MT, will be 11 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2019 at the American Lutheran Church, Baker, with Pastor Scott Kiehn officiating. Burial will follow at Beaverlodge Cemetery, Ekalaka, MT. Visitation for Leland will be from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker, with a prayer service taking place at 5:30 p.m. Visitation will continue on Friday at the church from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. In the early...
Dr. Greg Tooke is taking down his shingle after forty-two years of serving Carter County and the surrounding area. In 1975 Greg Tooke came back to Ekalaka to set up the first veterinary practice in Carter County. For around a year or two, he worked out of the old "Grandma McLean" house in town. Ranchers backed up to the door of the house and Tooke worked out of the their trucks. Dog and cat surgeries were performed on the kitchen table, much to his wife Susan's dismay. In...
This year’s General Municipal Election for the Town of Ekalaka will be a mail ballot election. On Wednesday, October 16, the Carter County Clerk and Recorder’s office mailed ballots to all registered active voters who reside within the boundaries of Ekalaka. Active electors will be able to vote in the privacy of their own homes. Each registered elector in the Town of Ekalaka will receive an individual ballot packet. The packet will contain an official ballot. Up for election are one 4-year term and two 2-year terms for tow...
Funeral Service for Clarice Curry, 90, of Ekalaka, MT, was held September 28, 2019 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka, MT. Burial followed in Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Clarice Mary Overn was born August 30, 1929 on the family ranch near Capitol, Montana, the daughter of Clara and Ted Overn. She was the youngest of seven children, with three older sisters: Inez, Carrie, and Lollie, and three older brothers: Jim, Maurice, and Chet. She grew up on the Overn ranch, helping with...
The council has been very busy with several projects this past summer. • The pool was open regularly and swimming lessons went very well. Thank you to Claire Callahan, Max Larson, Emily O'Connell, Melissa Lovec and Amy Walker for all their time spent at the pool. • Mag-chloride was put on some of the heavier traffic streets reducing the dust. • The cement has been poured for the covered area at the park. • Ordinances and policies have been cleaned up as well. Our goal was to...
First year social studies teacher Brett Nielsen loves history. He's also pretty fond of small town living. Nielsen is a Montana native of sorts. He graduated from Westby High School, about 243 miles north of Ekalaka, in 2012. There were four students in his graduating class. Nielsen's childhood home, however, is located just across the state border in North Dakota. His family farms in the area and has land in both Montana and North Dakota. Nielsen not only teaches social...
If area residents have attended a CCHS football or volleyball game this fall, they have likely already met new K-12 music teacher Nate Louisignau. Even if the pep band wasn't playing or he wasn't performing the National Anthem, Louisignau has been there - he's a sports fanatic. Louisignau grew up right outside of Detroit, Michigan in the "small" town of Redford. The youngest of five children by many years, he played several different sports growing up. Though he was home-schoo...
Michael Millward officially started work as the new Fallon and Carter County Extension agent on September 3. Millward grew up in the small town of Bicknell in south central Utah. Growing up he was involved in 4-H and showed sheep and cattle at the county fair. “When I was young, Suffolk sheep were the thing to have,” he told the Eagle on Monday. Millward said that he learned many lessons while working in the mountains with cows and sheep, or working in the fields down in the valley growing hay that was needed to feed thr...
Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation (EPEDC) is excited to announce the creation of a regional Food and Agriculture Development Center that will serve 12 counties in eastern Montana, including Carter County. The purpose of the Eastern Montana Food and Agriculture Development Center (FADC) is to encourage the development of Montana's agricultural resources to ensure that more of Montana's food, agricultural and alternative energy dollars circulate in Montana. The center will focus on adding value to our existing...
The 7th Annual Dino Shindig is set to take place this weekend in Ekalaka. Visitors will be in town from all over the world to hear lectures from leading paleontologists, partake in kids activities, and dance the night away. Beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, kid's can check out an array of activities on the museum lawn. Some of these activities include a fossil dig pit, face painting, arts and crafts, dino mini-golf, a photo booth, a bat booth and even a live animal booth. At...
Last Friday, a bus loaded with David and Ijkalaka Russell descendants traveled from Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Ekalaka. The trip was part of the Christenot family reunion. The Christenots are kin to Kate Russell, one of David and Ijkalaka's children. The family visited the Brence place out at Chalk Buttes and toured Carter County Museum before attending a luncheon at the Events Center. At the luncheon, they were told stories of their ancestors and given some family...
Tuesday was officially the wettest July day the town of Ekalaka has ever had. National Weather Service data, which is recorded at 5 p.m. each day, shows that between 5 p.m. on Monday and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Ekalaka officially received 2.72 inches of moisture. The previous record high for one July day occurred on July 13 of 1997 when Ekalaka received 2.35 inches. Tuesday tied for the eighth wettest single day ever recorded in Ekalaka. Six June days spanning from 1915 to 2007 have had more precipitation. On May 1, 2008, 2.97...
I think that I might have written before about my mother’s garden when we were growing up in Ekalaka. In a recent Eagle, I saw Lois Lambert’s story about their garden and how it was so late getting in so I decided to write something else. I am sure that in the years we were there we had late springs and early springs. I do remember snow in May, June and even on July 3rd on one occasion. It didn’t amount to much as I recall. It seems as if they talked about getting potatoes in on Washington’s birthday Isn’t that awful ear...
On the morning of June 15, 2019, Jacklyn "Jackie" Washington passed peacefully in her home surrounded by family. Jackie was born August 31, 1932 in Ekalaka, MT to Glenn "Jack" Talkington and Doris Irene Hubbard. The middle child and only daughter; she had an older brother Fallace and younger brother Larry. As a young girl she attended country school through the eighth grade; then boarded out with the Dean family to start high school in Ekalaka. She later graduated from Lodge...
Donna Sjoblom Smith of Sheridan passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. She is now at home with her Savior and family who passed on before her. Donna was born on February 4, 1938 in Ekalaka to Ernest and Beulah Sjoblom. Donna's family had a farm about 10 miles out of town, so she had to board with families in Ekalaka during her school years. She was a very outgoing young lady throughout her school years, playing numerous instruments in the...
The deadline for candidate filing for the town of Ekalaka primary election is Monday, June 17. Three council seats are up for election in this year’s 2019 Municipal Town of Ekalaka Election. Open seats include one 4-year term and two 2-year terms. Anyone interested in filing for any of the three positions may do so by requesting the paperwork from the Ekalaka Town Office. Only active registered voters who reside within the Town of Ekalaka are eligible to file. Contact Kitty Schmid at the Town Office or call (406) 7...
Carter County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Community Wide Garage Sale and Swap Meet is slated for this Saturday, June 1. Warmer temperatures are in the weekend forecast so it should be a good day for shoppers to go out and find great treasures throughout town. This year, out of town residents who have no garage or yard space and area vendors have been invited to set up at Carter County Events Center in addition to residents of Ekalaka who are planning on having sales at their residence. Anyone who would like to set up a b...
To continue the Mumedy family history, I will move on to Leona as she was well qualified as clerk for the different attorneys in Carter County and went on to Missoula, Montana to work for an attorney and also for the CCCs. She reported that in 1941 she was transferred to San Bernardino, California to be secretary to the Commanding General of the Mira Loma Quartermaster Depot. Remember, World War II was in progress and this base supplied all the merchandise for the Los Angeles port serving China, Burma, India, and other...
Take pride in the community and help clean it up. The town is organizing a spring cleanup day for Saturday, June 1. Gather trash, tame the brush and make paths more walkable. Bring a team! Ask friends, co-workers, family members, clubs and athletic teams to help. Transfer site fees will be reduced throughout the day. Up to four tires can be taken for free (not including implement tires) and they cost only half price up to 10. Furniture and mattresses can be taken to the dump for free and the first load of construction...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary to Post #7885 in Ekalaka invites visitors, friends, and relatives who will be in town attending the local Memorial Day Service at Beaver Lodge Cemetery on Monday, May 27 to a picnic and social at Carter County Events Center following the service. Auxiliary members believe this will provide an opportunity for those attending the service to get together afterwards. Locals who plan on attending the picnic are asked to bring a salad or dessert to go along with the meat, condiments and...
Lyla Joyce (Stigen) Dean, 89, residing in McConnelsville, OH passed away on April 18, 2019 surrounded by love. Lyla was born in Fairfield, ND on December 20, 1929 to Alf and Edith (Bird) Stigen. She was the second of four children. Her father, Alf moved the family to Port Orchard, WA during WWII to work in the shipyards. Lyla graduated from South Kitsap HS in Port Orchard in 1948. From there she moved to the Seattle area where she met Brooks Dean. She and Brooks were married June 17, 1950 in Seattle, WA. They had two...
