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Chris Powell and Libby Hoover were married April 29th in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a product manager and she is a physical therapist. After the wedding, the couple honeymooned in Ireland and Scotland. They will reside in the Atlanta area. Powell is a 1996 graduate of Carter County High School....
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...
Powder River County resident Darcia Patten just returned from Kalispell as part of REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership). For Darcia and other members of REAL Montana Class II, this was the final session in their two-year educational program. The seminar was held May 11-12, and experts presented on the current state of the Montana timber industry, forest health, state and federal regulation, trade, and how timber harvest impacts local economies. The...
Scholarship Recipient After Prom, $200............................Kylee Kennedy Joe Dingfelder Memorial, $150.....Kylee Kennedy Fruit Service and Repair, $500................Glen Frye Frye Family Memorial, $500..................Glen Frye H. B. Albert, $150......................Kimberlee Elmore Dahl Memorial, $500...........................Ellen Guyer Farmers Union, $400.................Kimberlee Elmore Martha Miles Memorial, $1000...........Bailey Fruit American Legion Post #35, $500.........Luke Diede ......
Hello, The third weekend in May brings the Preakness. The second leg of horse racings Triple Crown And it also brings the bucking horse sale. If you live on the northern plains, you’ve probably been through, or in, Miles City. To ranchers and cowboys and rodeo guys, in the spring, Miles City is the Mecca of the North. The “World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale” is held every year in May. Has been for over fifty years. And it brings out people from all over. Our family has been involved in the bucking horse business since...
At the Southern C Divisional Track Meet in Laurel last Thursday, four CCHS track and field athletes qualified for the state meet. The top five athletes from each event punched a ticket to state. Tanner Fix will be competing in the 110 meter hurdles, the 300 meter hurdles, and the 400 meter at state. Claire Callahan will be competing in the 100, the 200, and the high jump. Kyleigh Bonsell will be competing in the 300 meter hurdles. Kimberlee Elmore will be competing in the 100 meter hurdles, the 300 meter hurdles, and the...
Ekalaka Public Schools music students, under the direction of Mr. Brad Wick, put on their spring concert on Tuesday. Mr. Wick was given a standing ovation at the start of the concert as it will be his last in Ekalaka, where he has been the music director for the last four years. "This night is not about me," he stated. "We are here to celebrate the kids." Helping with the music for the evening were Cathy Frye, accompanist, and Chalk Buttes Band who played during a bluegrass...
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...
Its spring time and more of us are outside now then we have been for months. It was a long winter… This beautiful time of year it is more likely for us humans to encounter one of those cute little Disney animals, like raccoons, skunks, foxes and bats. However, those cute little critters could carry a very dangerous virus. RABIES!! Rabies is most often transferred through the saliva of a rabid animal by a bite; whether that’s a human or another animal being bitten. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
Troy E. Elmore, 79, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, passed away May 10, 2017. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, and brother Doyle. He is survived by his wife Audrey, children Debbie (Mark) Santy, Diana (Darryl) Gibbens, Brett (Christina) Elmore, Darlene (Mark) Haskins, step-children Dennis (Cheri) Phair, Cary Phair, Linda (Ron) Warner, Ronald Phair, 16 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, brother, Roy, and sister, Kay Beard. Troy, born in Ekalaka, Montana,...
In this article I need to describe how Bob and Grace got together in Carter County as she had been teaching in Oklahoma and he was on his homestead in Montana. Grace arrived in Ekalaka on April 30, 1912. She came from Baker in an “open car” on a cloudy, windy day. Johnny Johnson, the driver, gave her his fur coat to wear. Late April of 2017 may be similar to April of 1912, but we don’t ride in an “open car.” Times have changed and we should be thankful for outfits with electric windows and heated seats. Read as Bob tells of...
The following students participated in the Southeast Regional MCTM math contest in Plevna in March of this year and/or received an invitation to participate in the American Mathematics Competition: Glen Frye, Tanner Fix, Ashley Schmid , Kennedy Tooke, Joe McHenry, Heather LaBree, Hannah LaBree, Mick O’Connor, Wyatt Kittelmann, Caleb Fix, Tori Tooke, Jared Pardee, Ryan Rychner, Tylee Loehding, Turner Tooke, Kenzie Tooke. MCTM Math Contest Ekalaka’s junior/senior math team placed first at the regional math contest held in Ple...
The Carter County Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring a community wide yard sale. This year it will take place on Saturday, June 3. Locals interested in participating in the yard sale have until May 28 to sign up. Sign up sheets are available at Ekalaka Town Office, Community First Federal Credit Union, and Mainstreet Market. The sheets have a place to write your name, street ad-dress, items for sale, and if you are paying the $10 fee in cash or by check to the Chamber of Commerce. Fees charged by the Chamber of...
Everyone is looking forward to this year’s Days of ‘85 celebration which will be held August 10-13. Friends and neighbors get together to enjoy the plethora of activities and take a break from hard summer work. It is now time to get the activity poster completed and printed for distribution. The deadline to get an activity on the poster is May 31, 2017. If your church, youth group, civic group, business, or class is going to host an activity, please call Marlene Waterland at 406-775-6347 immediately. Waterland will need to...
Awards and letters given this year to students from Ekalaka Public Schools included: Heroic 7 Award - Tanner Fix New Inductees into the William C. Rowley Chapter of National Honor Society - Kimberlee Elmore, Caleb Fix, Tori Tooke Junior High Honor Roll Certificates - Brennen Bonsell, Katy Ivy, Mya Rios, Darin Schallenberger, Kenzie Tooke, Turner Tooke, Seth Kennedy, Kari Kittelmann, Tylee Loehding, Jared Pardee, Ella Rucker, Ryan Rychner, Cole Schmid Academic New Letters - Whitney Kittelmann, Wyatt Kittelmann, Hannah LaBree,...
This year, the Town of Ekalaka has the following positions up for election: mayor, four-year term, currently held by Steve DeFord; council member, two-year term, currently held by Clayton Stieg; council member, four-year term, currently held by Phil Cook; council member, four-year term, currently held by Ella Voise. Several of these officials have indicated that they may not file for another term. As of May 23, 2017, those who have filed for these positions are Pat Strickland for Mayor and Jim MacKay for a council position....
Memorial Day services will begin at 11 AM on Monday, May 29, at Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Veterans performing the services should arrive at 10:30 AM. During the service, members of VFW Auxiliary will place a white cross, and red, poppy covered wreath in the center of the cemetery, honoring fallen soldiers. Members of the VFW Auxiliary will also provide Buddy poppies and receive donations, with all the money going to help veterans. Displays downtown will also offer Buddy poppies, and containers to receive dona...
The Town of Ekalaka is pleased to announce that Annette Lovec, Jordan King, and Claire Callahan will serve as lifeguards this season. After they complete water safety training, swimming lesson schedules will be available; the daily schedule is listed below. Please note that there is a small change to the usual daily schedule. As per a suggestion from the public, the council is opening up the adult lap swim time period to also include adult open swim and adult and tot swim. Thus, Monday through Friday from 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm w...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2017 were held Saturday, May 20. A large crowd of family and friends gathered to wish the graduates well....
