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Construction in front of Carter County High School and Ekalaka Elementary is completed and the various school offices have moved into their new locations. This week, traffic flow before and after school resumed as normal. In the morning, all students should enter through the doors that used to be the main entrance to the high school. All visitors and late students will need to enter either school through the main offices. After 8:10 a.m., all traffic will need to enter...
Carol (Peabody) Spencer is in her first year teaching in her hometown. The 2009 Carter County High School graduate said that her and her husband, Rusty, made the decision to move back to Ekalaka to be closer to her family ranch and because they wanted to be a part of the community. "Rusty loves Ekalaka too," she told the Eagle on Tuesday. After finishing high school, Spencer headed to Dawson Community College in Glendive to continue her education and compete in rodeo....
Concrete is being poured this week outside the new connecting wing at Ekalaka Public Schools. The project is now in its final stages. Aside from the exterior concrete, the new building still needs glass for one interior window as well as two exterior doors. School officials are hopeful that they can begin moving into the new offices that are a part of the connecting wing sometime in the next few weeks, pending the completion of the last items on the project's checklist. The...
Adam Miller spent a few grades during his elementary school years living in a small town of around 100 people, so he's experienced small town living before. When asked about his experience in Ekalaka so far, the new social studies teacher at Ekalaka Public Schools said that he "really likes the small-town feel of it." Aside from those few years in a small town, Miller spent most of his youth in Canton, South Dakota, a town of around 3,400 people close to the Iowa border....
Wesley Chapman passed away peacefully at home on August 17, 2021 at the age of 82 from complications of PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy). He was a resident of Ashland, Oregon for 51 years and a beloved professor in the art department at Southern Oregon University for 32 years. On May 8, 1939 Wes was born on his family's ranch near Ekalaka, Montana. He was the youngest of nine children born to ranchers Harry and Dora Chapman who homesteaded to Chalk Buttes in 1914 and...
Note: This year's theme for the Days of '85 parade on Sunday, August 15 is 'Hometown Heroes.' Parade organizers chose individuals from five different categories to represent all of the hometown heroes in Ekalaka. The following articles were submitted by the individuals themselves, or their family members. EDUCATION Representative: Lynn Williams I am honored to have been chosen as Carter County's Hometown Hero for Education. My first formal education was at the Tarter School...
Lyle Wallace Babb December 24, 1935 – July 2, 2021 A son, the first male child in the family for two generations, was born on December 24, 1935. He was named Lyle Wallace, born to Harry Babb and Elizabeth (Durm) Babb. Lyle was the only child born in the "house that Harry built" on the Tie Creek. Lyle was raised on the Durm/ Babb family farm/ranch. He attended elementary school on Tie Creek at Plainview, Montana and graduated from Carter County High School in Ekalaka, M...
Last week during a field day at Ekalaka Elementary, local Masonic Lodge 120 donated a Kindle E-reader to four lucky students who enjoy reading. The Kindles for Kids program, sponsored by the Montana Masonic Foundation, is in its fifth year at the local level. Winning names were drawn from a hat. Masons Jeff Venhaus and Pat Strickland were there to present the Kindles....
Kindergarten students were honored with a short graduation ceremony on Tuesday outside of Ekalaka Elementary....
Ekalaka Elementary students competed in various track and field events at the school on Tuesday....
Votes were tallied Tuesday night for the recent school election. Unofficial results show that Lynn Williams and Tye B. Williams have been elected to fill three-year terms as trustees for Ekalaka Elementary District #15 and High School District #3. Lynn Williams received 266 votes and Tye B. Williams received 186 votes. Both defeated incumbents Micheal Ashbrook and Cassidy Jesperson who received 184 votes and 121 votes, respectively. Voter turnout was at 63 percent as 405...
On April 29th, Ekalaka Elementary students celebrated Arbor Day with an afternoon full of presentations and programs. The day's events were put together by fourth grade teacher Johanna Tooke. Students spent time at seven different stations celebrating the holiday, and many of those stations were headed by local volunteers. Phil Cook, Wayne Yost, Lynn Williams, Jenn Hall, Zeb Wright and the Carter County Conservation District all spent time with the students. After the...
Ekalaka Elementary District #15 recently made an offer, which has been accepted, to buy a private property located at 228 Senator Street in Ekalaka. The property consists of Lots 4 & 5, Block 2 of the Cady Addition, next to Rowley Field. The school has not yet taken possession of the property. Discussion over the property began at school board meetings last fall, shortly after the school had a home moved onto land it already owned next to the property at 228 Senator Street....
Dear Editor, I wanted to take a minute and explain why I have decided to run for another term on the Ekalaka Public Schools School Board. Let me start by saying how thankful I am for the support and votes for the last nine years while I have been serving on the school board. To say it has been a learning and educational experience is a true understatement. The three terms I have served have brought about many changes and challenges: • Building the new elementary school building • Learning school finances and how monies are al...
In February of last year, Ekalaka Elementary District #15 was selected for a $750,000 grant. The money, awarded by the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Division, was granted "for the construction of a connecting wing between the elementary and high school buildings to secure the entrance and playground security," according to a letter from the governor's office that notified the school. The project to connect the two schools officially began last Friday....
Ekalaka Public Schools will be hosting a developmental screening for children aged 0-5 years on Tuesday, April 6, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the elementary school gym. This screening will help parents gain information about their child’s development and how to support the child’s progress. Children aged 3-5 years will be screened in the following areas: Concepts/Thinking Skills, Motor Skills, Speech/Language Development and Hearing. Children under 3 years will be screened by DEAP (Developmental Educational Assistance Pro...
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2nd, 1904. Widely known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, the writer is recognized for his popular children's books. Dr. Seuss died in 1991. On March 2nd, 1998 the first National Education Association Read Across America Day, or "Dr. Seuss Day," was celebrated nationally. The focus of the day is to get involved with children's reading. Locally, Ekalaka Elementary students celebrated Dr. Seuss on March 4 by participating in Seuss themed games,...
Funeral services for Betty Loken, 90, of Ekalaka, were held November 6, 2020 at the Camp Crook Area Community Center, Camp Crook SD with Pastor Mike Smith officiating. Burial followed at Little Missouri Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation for Betty took place on November 5 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka. Stevenson Funeral Home of Baker is in charge of the arrangements. CDC guidelines for COVID-19 will be encouraged. Betty passed away October 29, 2020 at Dahl Memorial Nursing...
A phone call out of the blue led Stephen Ely and his wife, Melissa, to Ekalaka for a visit earlier this summer. "We fell in love," the new principal at Ekalaka Public Schools told the Eagle. Mr. and Mrs. Ely arrived in Ekalaka right before the 2020-21 school year started. They made the move across the country all the way from Florida. This is Ely's thirty-first year in education. He has been a football coach, business teacher, and has spent the last 16 years of his career in...
Earlier this spring, students from across Montana submitted entries to the 2020 Montana 'Ag in Color' design contest. The annual contest is hosted by the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. Normally, the winners of the contest earn a fun day in Helena to be honored, to spend the day with state dignitaries and to celebrate Montana agriculture. This year, that event couldn't happen. Kimber Ross of Ekalaka was this year's statewide kindergarten drawing contest winner. Her teacher thi...
Parents of prospective kindergartners at Ekalaka Elementary should contact Lora Tauck at: [email protected] for more information. To enroll, parents will need to provide immunizations records and birth certificates. Enrollment papers will be available online or can be picked up at the school after contacting Tauck....
Mid-Rivers Communications is proud to announce the award of 31 Scholarships to students from the Cooperative’s service area. Six $1,500 scholarships were awarded to students planning to attend Dawson Community College or Miles Community College, and 25 $1,000 scholarships were awarded to students planning to attend a four-year college or university, community college or tech school in the fall of 2020. Preference was given in the scholarship award selection process to students who plan to live and work in Eastern and C...
The CCHS Class of 2020 will be having a graduation ceremony at Rowley Field next Saturday, May 16 at 4 p.m. Each graduate is allowed to bring immediate family members only, which includes siblings, stepsiblings, parents and stepparents. In the case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held virtually or postponed until weather cooperates. The general public will not be allowed to attend the ceremony in person. However, the graduating class has invited the public to join...
As the coronavirus spreads throughout the world and country, the threat of the virus has made significant local impacts. Last Thursday, Montana Governor Steve Bullock declared a state of emergency. On Friday night the Montana High School Association (MHSA) announced that the remainder of all state basketball tournaments would be canceled, ending the Carter County High School Lady Bulldogs' season after a semi-final loss at the Class C Tournament in Missoula where several fans...
School officials learned last week that Ekalaka Elementary District #15 was selected for a $750,000 grant. The money, awarded by the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Division, is to be granted “for the construction of a connecting wing between the elementary and high school buildings to secure the entrance and playground security,” according to a letter from the governor’s office notifying the school. In the grant application, Ekalaka Public Schools Business Manager Lora Tauck explained that the origi...
