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Ekalaka Public Schools Superintendent Daniel Schrock said that forty-five people attended the district's community cross-over event last weekend at the grade school. Those people, including students, staff members, board members, and community members, were split into seven tables for discussion. The groups started off discussing the budget, which, according to Schrock, has remained relatively the same while expenses have continued to rise. State funding has also been cut. Next, attendees...
Carter County High School gymnasium was alive with color on Saturday, February 3, as Bulldog fans dressed to show their support for cancer research. The William C. Rowley Chapter of National Honor Society sponsored their annual “Fight with Bulldog Power” event that afternoon during the basketball games between Wibaux and Carter County. Fans were encouraged to wear bright colors representing the colors of awareness ribbons for various cancers. Breast cancer’s pink ribbon is well recognized, but each type of cancer is represented by a color...
Carter County Commissioners recently received word that the Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) will be closing their office located inside Carter County Courthouse. A letter from the DOR to the commissioners received at the end of January states: “The Department is facing significant budget reductions in the current biennium, which necessitates our reducing and relocating staff.” Current DOR staff will be leaving the office inside Carter County Courthouse on or before February 15, 2018. Similar changes in other counties around the state are...
Members of the VFW Auxiliary to Post 7885 recently sent out coloring contest sheets to students around the county in grades K-3. The picture for the contest depicts praying hands underneath the American Flag. In order to be eligible to win the contest, the students must color the flag correctly. Each entry should be sent back to Jeanette Adams, P.O. Box 507, Ekalaka, MT 59324 by February 12, 2018. On February 16, winning entries from the county will be sent to the state level to be judged. Each winner at the county level will receive a prize,...
Last weekend, U.S. Senator Steve Daines toured Eastern Montana to discuss the impacts of tax cuts, more jobs, and bigger paychecks for Montanans across the state. Daines met with local elected officials, community leaders and constituents in Billings and Sidney on Friday. On Saturday he had breakfast at Wagon Wheel Café in Ekalaka and later met with Griffith Excavating in Baker. The Senator also visited Dawson, McCone, Wibaux and Custer Counties as part of his fifty-six county...
SDSU Extension is partnering with NDSU Extension Service and Montana State University Extension to provide an educational program focusing on beef cattle nutrition. The program will be held on February 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Harding County Rec Center in Buffalo, SD. The day will be a progression of topics, starting with some of the basics on what makes the ruminant animal so unique, moving through body condition score and feed analysis to finally developing rations and analyzing why something may not be working as planned. The day...
Elsie Berniece Walker-Scholten, 99 of Ekalaka MT, passed peacefully to the Lord at Dahl Memorial Hospital on February 1, 2018 on her 99th birthday. Elsie was born on February 1, 1919 near Albion, Montana to Frank and Norine Clem. She attended grade school in the area and completed her education after moving to San Diego at the age of 51. Elsie went on to become a licensed vocational nurse. Elsie married Sydney Walker on December 12,1936 in Valentine, NE and together they ranched in the Albion...
Rosary vigil for Harriet Speelmon will be held February 12, 2018 at 7 PM at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Ekalaka. Funeral services will be February 13, 2018, at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church at 11 AM with lunch to follow at the Parish Hall. Interment will be at a later date. Harriet Speelmon departed this earth on January 14, 2018 at her home in Ekalaka, MT with her daughters Dolly and Sally at her side. On June 20, 1929, Frank and Clara (Berg) Nies welcomed Harriet Ruth, their fifth chi...
Funeral services for Chad Tronstad, 39, of Baker were held February 7, 2018 at Longfellow School Gymnasium in Baker, Montana, with Pastor Scott Kiehn officiating. Burial followed in Bonnievale Cemetery. Chad passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 due to injuries sustained in an accident near Baker. Chad Leroy Tronstad was born September 4, 1978 in Bowman, ND, the son of John L. and Clarice (Niven) Tronstad. He grew up on the family ranch on the 101 Road south of Baker. He attended school in...
Twin Falls, Idaho-Dorothy Remillard, our loving Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, and Friend passed away into God's Heavenly Garden on January 23, 2018. Dorothy Dune Ward Remillard was born in Carter County, Ekalaka, Montana on September 25, 1932 on the family homestead to Leonard Ward and Mary Wheat Ward. She was the seventh of nine children! Being raised on the homestead, Dorothy developed her strengths and appreciation for family and the simple things in life. She attended...
There were a number of colorful characters hanging around Carter County in the early days, probably still are. When I first thought about writing about this I figured that I would have a wealth of persons to talk about but after thinking more didn't come up with many. It is probably because my memory of those days, especially people, is getting weaker. Well, I will do my best. The first person I think about is Ernie Funk; I couldn't come up with his first name but my brother Charles said it was Ernie. He moved from down around Alzada to...
In the interest of communicating with the community, the Carter County Museum has included a flyer in this week's Eagle to share our economic and educational impact in 2017. First, we would like to thank our visitors, donors and volunteers for helping us make 2017 a record year. Thanks to you all, we increased our attendance by 28 percent for a total of 4,895 people. Local attendance – visitors from Carter County – rose by 10 percent. Of that number, 3,444 came to the county from elsewhere, eit...
Hello, We usually take a little vacation in the winter. You know, four or five days. We kind of do it on the cheap. Look for cheap vacation packages. Like driving to relatives and staying for free in their house and eating their food. But, after decades of this, it is getting harder to find relatives that will make our beds and prepare a nice menu for us to choose from. This year we found a relative of a friend that had a house in Cabo. For my non-traveling friends, that is on the southern tip of the Baja. Which, I am sure you all know, is...
Montanans are now seeing the real-life consequences of budget decisions made by the Republican legislators who make up the majority of our state legislature. Over the next year, 28 property assessment offices will be closing their doors in addition to the 19 public assistance offices that have already turned off their lights – impacting thousands of Montanans in rural areas of our state. As many as 14,000 health care providers will have to reduce care for the mentally ill and disabled, some e...
CCHS Girls Basketball won three games last week and are currently in first place in the district. On Tuesday, the girls played Custer/Hysham at home, a game that was postponed earlier in the season. The girls had no problem as they took a 14 point lead in the first quarter while holding the Rebels scoreless. They eventually won, 54-14. CCHS shot 5-7 on free throws, 52% on two-point field goals, and 31% from downtown. Claire Callahan led the team in points (11) and rebounds (5). CCHS 14 14 12 14 - 54 Custer/Hysham 0 5 5 4 - 14 Claire Callahan 11...
CCHS Boys Varsity narrowly pulled off the win against the Custer/Hysham Rebels last Tuesday. The game was pretty close throughout. Both teams had similar numbers in rebounds and turnovers. Shay Adler for the Rebels put up 27 points, slightly out-dueling Caleb Fix from CCHS who had 25. Fix got really hot in the second quarter and continued his shooting partway into the third quarter. He ended the game with five 3's. Mick O'Connor played a very solid game inside, scoring 20. He also went 6-7 from...
Last Tuesday the JV boys basketball team beat Custer/Hysham by 19 at home. CCHS only shot 3-12 on free throws, but won the turnover differential by 5. Turner Tooke finished the game in double digit points with 10. CCHS 13 17 - 30 Custer/Hysham 3 8 - 11 Turner Tooke 10, Ryan Rychner 7, Dylan King 6, Seth Kennedy 5, Cameron Wolenetz 2. Against the Eagles of Norther Cheyenne, the JV boys didn’t fare as well, losing by 22. The Bulldogs committed 27 turnovers compared to just 10 for the Eagles. Tooke again led the way with 14 points. CCHS 6 5 4 3 -...
