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  • Ledger Looking Back 25 Years : 1/26/2000

    BROOKLYNN LANES, Whitehall Ledger|Jan 29, 2025

    JANUARY 26, 2000 Every Tuesday evening for six weeks, a group of about two dozen Whitehall area residents gather in the high school commons to jitterbug, two-step, and even do a little ten-count shuffle. "You see couples who've been married for 20 years and realize they're almost flirting with each other. And they laugh because that's what they're doing. It's kind of neat." WHS Creative Leader of the Week: Lance Briggs. He was nominated by drama director Larry Brazill. He is the son of Dean and...

  • Ledger Looking Back: 1/22/1999

    BROOKLYNN LANES, Whitehall Ledger|Jan 22, 2025

    JANUARY 22, 1999 Local man tries to "shovel" support for multiple uses of natural resources. Bill Seybert wants locally donated shovels to be sent to Nevada to show support for local decision-making and multiple-use management. A 120-pound young male mountain lion was treed near Pipestone Creek about a mile west of Whitehall on Thursday, Jan 13th. Mountain lion tracks were found in the area, and Bill Gooch and his dogs jumped the cat mid-morning by the Miller place West of town. WHS Creative...

  • Ledger Looking Back: 1/12/2000

    BROOKLYNN LANES, Whitehall Ledger|Jan 15, 2025

    JANUARY 12, 2000 Jefferson County gets serious about winning "war on weeds": Nearly 40 Jefferson County ranchers participated in two meetings on Jan. 6, and if everything goes according to plan, they will receive grants to pay for a 50 percent cost share on chemicals and application to fight weeds for the next three years. The Whitehall public library was burglarized on the night of January 6; a computer system, copier, security camera, and a small amount of cash were reported stolen. The...

  • Who is the New Face at The Ledger?

    BROOKLYNN LANES, Whitehall Ledger|Jun 26, 2024

    Who am I? Brooklynn Lanes is a recent Whitehall High School graduate who loves reading, writing, and baking. Fun fact: I have only ever gone to school in Whitehall. I had the privilege of starting Head Start (pre-school) early. That is where I learned of my love of reading through Grandma Joy! Through the years, my love for reading has only grown! After graduating from pre-school, I finally moved on to kindergarten, where I bawled my eyes out for having to leave my mother. Then came first grade, where I gave up a rootbeer float at school to go...