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Unofficial results from Tuesday's mail ballot school election show that Micheal Ashbrook defeated Abbey Bruski by sixty-three votes and will serve a three-year term on the unified board of trustees for Ekalaka Elementary and Carter County High School. Samantha Wright, who ran unopposed, received 327 votes for a one-year term on the board. A total of 374 votes were cast from 668 registered voters. A general fund levy for Ekalaka Elementary District #15 for $12,031 passed with...
The Foundation for Montana History recently announced $222,460 in funding for 29 historic preservation projects across Montana in 2023. Carter County Geological Society will receive $10,000 of that funding. The $222,460 marks the largest amount awarded in one year since the grant program began in 2012 and brings the foundation's total funding for community-based history projects to over $1.5 million to date. "Growing our grant program is at the core of our mission," said...
The junior class will host Carter County High School Prom next Saturday, April 15th. The public is invited to attend grand march at 8 p.m. inside the gymnasium. Royalty will be crowned immediately following grand march. Prom will then continue for high school students and their guests until midnight....
Ekalaka Public Schools School Trustee Election, High School Technology Fund Levy, and Elementary General Fund Mill Levy On April 14, 2023, a mail-in ballot will be sent out to all registered voters in Carter County, MT. The ballot will have the following items to be voted on: School Trustee Election: Samantha Wright is running for a one (1) year term. Michael Ashbrook and Abbey Bruski are running for a three (3) year term, with one position open. High School Technology Fund...
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Debra "Debi" Elaine Kortum passed away on March 20th, 2023 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. We love her very much and we will miss her. She joins her beloved husband of 43 years, Roger, who passed away four months ago. Debi was born on May 1st, 1963 to Jennie Senrud Hutton and Joe "Dude" Hutton in Ekalaka, Montana. Debi was the second youngest of eleven children born to Jennie and Dude. She once bragged that she earned the standing long jump record at Ekalaka...
Funeral service for Leo Sterns, 92, of Ekalaka, was held March 22 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with Pastor Steve DeFord officiating. Burial followed at Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Leo Sterns lived a full life and passed away peacefully on March 15, 2023, at Dahl Memorial in Ekalaka. Leo was born to Louis and Violet (Johnson) Sterns on November 7, 1930 in Ekalaka, Montana. He was raised along with his sister, Joann, on the Sterns homestead that was purchased by his family...
Wauneita Maxine Schallenberger Kane was born August 7th, 1938 to Joe and Marjorie (Powell) Schallenberger. She was the second oldest of five children. She is preceded in death by her husband Ed Kane, both parents, grandparents Frank and Nellie Schallenberger, James Powell, Effie Strain, step-grandfather O.M. Strain, brother-in-law Don Smith, and grandson Zachary O'Neill. Wauneita married Derl Clark in 1955 and graduated from Carter County High School in 1956. They had four chi...
Funeral service for Donna Fae Lewis, 83, of Ekalaka, will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 20, 2023 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with Tom Stieg officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to service. Burial will follow at Beaver Lodge Cemetery in Ekalaka. Mom, 83, cast off the shackles of this world on March 10, 2023, to join God and her soulmate, Lee Lewis, of 55 years. Mom was born February 4, 1940, the second child to Raymond and Aggie Collins in Ekalaka. Mom...
There are, to date, six main reasons why Troy and Mikel Fruit have decided to sell the business they have built together for nearly forty years. In October, 1984 Fruits first started their business in Ekalaka with the purchase of the T & R Standard Station on Main Street. Troy was 20 years old; Mikel was 21. They purchased the business from Tom Carroll and Randy Smith. The couple ran the business by themselves until 1992 when they hired their first employee, Lance Barrere....
It hasn't even been two weeks since nearly two-year-old Eben Whitney was severely burned in an accident at his home in Ekalaka. Now, according to his parents Casey and Seth, he is healing nicely and will be headed home with his family on Thursday. "Eli and I are headed to Billings today," Seth told the Eagle on Wednesday morning. "We fly to Salt Lake tonight and we'll all be headed back home tomorrow." The incident occurred on February 25th when Eben managed to knock a...
Kay Jean (Newman) Babb was born at the Newman home, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Roy and Maxine (Radtke) Newman on August 30, 1941. She left this earth early in the morning of February 22, 2023 at the Powder River Manor in Broadus, Montana. She entered into her heavenly home on what was her youngest son, Calvin's birthday. What a blessed birthday celebration there must have been when she was reunited with Calvin and her beloved husband Lyle. Kay was predominantly raised a...
Ekalaka native Marcell Bruski, 27, was recently named to The Billings Gazette's 40 Under Forty list. The Billings paper has been compiling the list of its community's best and brightest people for decades. The general 40 Under Forty article and the piece on Bruski were published on February 12th on the Gazette's website. The Eagle spoke with Bruski about her career at Big Sky Economic Development, as well as her receiving the honor earlier this week. "Big Sky Economic...
I have a love affair with Ekalaka and Carter County. Compared with my entire life I didn’t spend much time there but it is embedded way down deep in my soul. Every time that I go there it is brought back to the forefront of my mind again. What is it about the area that affects me that way? I think that first of all, it is the area itself. We lived in several places near Ekalaka and I really liked all of them. I think that my favorite was what we called the Opechee Park place. Jesse LaBree referred to it once as the Kinsey p...
Funeral service for Darlene M. Carter Rose, 86, of Ekalaka, will be 10 a.m., Friday, February 17, 2023 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with pastor Llane Carroll officiating. Burial will follow in Capitol Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 - 8 p.m., Thursday, February 16 at the funeral home with prayer service beginning at 7 p.m. Darlene passed away February 11, 2023 in Billings, Montana. Darlene was born to Jim and Charlotte (Gray) Davis of Camp Crook, South Dakota on May...
Hawks Home School District No. 1 has one, 3-year term expiring this year. It is currently held by Meghan Phillippi. Alzada District No. 56 also has one, 3-year term up for election which is currently held by John Courtney. There are two board positions expiring for School District No. 15. The position currently held by Mike Ashbrook, a 3-year term, and the position currently held by Samantha Wright, a 1-year term. A 3-year term to represent High School District No. 2, currently held by Thebea Thomas, is expiring as well....
submitted by Dahl Memorial Healthcare staff November marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of the new healthcare facility in Carter County. Dahl Memorial opened its doors on November 11, 2021, after a 3-day move-in period. The first few weeks were a little challenging, but staff adapted to the new environment rather quickly. Over the last year Dahl has added a handful of new jobs and has grown exponentially. DMHA has increased its patient load and days continue to be...
1-20-2023 I failed to mention last week, we enjoyed a visit to our appropriations subcommittee, from conservation districts across the State. Steve Wanderaas, McCone County and Dean Rogge, Garfield County were among those sharing about all the work districts do to enhance our many natural resources, primarily air, water and land. Doug Bonsell from Carter County was good to stop by the House Floor and say hi, while he was taking care of some legislative business earlier in the...
Catherine Rose Kennedy Whitney, 97, slipped from this life January 8, 2023. Our family lost an amazing lady. She was the last of her generation. Catherine was born on her grandmother's ranch in Carter County Montana to Wilfred and Roselthy Winchell Kennedy on July 16, 1925. She grew up in and around Ekalaka Montana and graduated from Carter County High School. After high school she went to Portland Maine to live with her grandmother while working in the shipyard during World...
In my last article, I wrote about the Rowleys teaching and now I am going to step back a little with more interesting information. In 1956, both grade school and high school boards voted to place one person as administrator and Mr. Rowley was employed. He states he remained in that capacity until 1966. The following excerpt comes from "Shifting Scenes, Vol. II." "In November 1966, Ruby and I moved to the Turbiville Brothers Ranch to live in the house that had been vacated by...
A program honoring all area veterans took place last week at Carter County High School on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The event was originally scheduled to take place on Veterans Day, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather....
Slug was born in Broadus, Montana in 1943, to Jack C. and Margaret (Williams) Mills. He was a large baby and the doctor commented "he's a helluva slug". The nickname stuck. From an early age he worked on his family's ranch. Work was important to Slug. One of his first jobs, away from the ranch, was herding sheep for Lawrence Capra. He earned a hefty 50 cents a day. He also worked for other area ranchers such as Darrold Mraz, Manly Moore, his Uncle George Williams, and Warren S...
Positive Influenza cases have arrived in Carter County | It’s not too late to get the flu vaccine. High Dose and Regular flu vaccines are available. Call to schedule an appointment or with questions, (406) 775-6332. Radar item for parents of school aged kiddos | Smiles Across Montana will be returning to Ekalaka in January. This preventative oral care opportunity is open to all school aged children whether attending home school, country school, or Ekalaka Elementary. Keep watch for more details to come. Check us out also o...
My last article about "Mister Rowley" started at his birth, followed by his education and teaching positions. In 1925 he learned of an opening of the principalship of the schools in Ekalaka, Montana - he applied and was accepted. From "Shifting Scenes Vol. II:" "The Ekalaka Grade School was located just south of the Carter County High School which in 1925 was in the building now occupied by the Farmers' Union. The grade school was a two story frame building with two...
Charles J. Barbero, Sr. was born at the family ranch on Duncan Creek on September 15, 1926. He passed away in Broadus, Montana on December 1, 2022, at the age of 96. His daughter, Patti was by his side when he went quietly of old age. His parents, John and Mary (Chiesa) Barbero were original homesteaders in that part of Carter county. Charlie was the third of four children born on the ranch with Angie (1922), Francis (1924), Charlie (1926) and Lela (1928) completing the family...
