Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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DECEMBER 26, 1996 More than two dozen Whitehall area residents joined their voices in song December 15 at the community Christmas Cantata, “Christmas is Love.” Under the direction of Norm Tebay and accompanied by Mary Brazill, the cantata benefitted the Whitehall library. Soloists were Judy Cox, Cori Choquette, Michelle Tebay, Amy Weldon and Nichole Howard. For most people, the holidays are a special time to give, but for many the giving ends with the ringing in of the new year. One group of Whitehall residents, though, extend their giving yea...
DECEMBER 19, 1996 New ownership has come to the Whitehall Ledger. Glenn Marx, an advisor to Governor Marc Racicot, and his wife Terri, officially purchased the weekly newspaper Friday, December 13, and will formally take over operations on January 1, 1997. Marx said they are looking forward to the challenges and to becoming a part of Whitehall. The couple, along with their two children (daughter Anna, 11, and son Toby, 9) are purchasing a home in Whitehall. Marx said it has been a dream of his to own a community newspaper for years. For the...
DECEMBER 12, 1996 Trojan Educator of the Week is drama teacher Larry Brazill. He was nominated by Mrs. Thronson because he has done an outstanding job as drama coach. The play, Damn Yankees provided success for many students. Trojan Athlete of the Week is junior Travis McClosky. He was nominated by Mark Nelson for winning the Cascade Wrestling Tournament. To win this tournament Travis had to defeat two state places from last year. He is the son of Chuck and Cheryll McClosky. Trojan Student of the Week is senior Rachel Marker. Rachel was...
Whitehall Stroll Events include: Whitehall stores begin welcoming shoppers and strollers. During the day, various businesses will host open houses and a contest to “Stamp Out Holiday Hassles” will be conducted. Santa will be entertaining children of all ages at the Asten Center. The traditional free hayride will organize at Joan’s A&W, departing to pick up Santa. Also, the community tree lighting ceremony will be held. The WBA urges everyone to join the Whitehall High School Chorus with Christmas songs and the lighting of the town tree. Hayri...
There’s a bird of a different feather in the neighborhood. Dana and Terry Sampson, of Whitehall, lived and cattle ranched in South Dakota for two years, but recently returned to the Whitehall area with emus (large, flightless birds native to Australia) in tow. Building a home in the Lower Rader Creek area, the Sampsons are ready to ranch emus instead of cattle. “Terry and I were seeking an alternative lifestyle when we came upon emu. We read about them in ranch magazines and then we found people who owned emus and they delivered the birds to...
NOVEMBER 21, 1996 Their name says it all: Whitehall High School Booster Club, but for some reason many in the community always think sports when they hear the group’s name. Perhaps it’s all of the purple shirts and hats lining the stands at games or the names listed on the sponsor page of tournament programs. Those highly visible signs make it easy to identify the club with sports. But according to Booster Club President Rich Smith, the group does a lot to support the school in ways that people sometimes overlook. Every year the group spo...
NOVEMBER 14, 1996 It may not yet be time to start singing “Jingle Bells,” but it is time to start thinking about how to make the holidays brighter for your neighbors in need. Whitehall area charitable organizations are kicking into full gear, preparing for the holiday season. The Whitehall Coats for Kids drive is on, the LDS Church is getting ready for a turkey dinner and a local business is sponsoring a food drive, both to raise food for the food pantry; the Headwaters Chapter of Hunters against Hunger is collecting food; and the Whi...
Paulette Atencio thinks everyone should know how to tell a good story, how to succeed at being self-employed, and how to cook tempting meals. Atencio was in Whitehall last week, visiting the schools and sharing her wisdom with the students. As part of the Helena Presents program, Atencio was in the midst of a six-month tour to schools all over the country. She spends a week in each town, telling stories and teaching teachers how to do the same. Telling a story well involves much more than keeping things in order, Atencio told listeners. A good...
OCTOBER 31, 1996 On Wednesday, October 23, the Tobacco Root Girl Scout Service Unit hosted its Annual Investiture and Rededication Ceremony. Approximately 125 people attended, drawn by the Girl Scouting program which has grown 25 percent to include 50 girl members and 13 adults. There were two special presentations at the ceremony. Rosalie Lofftus was awarded the highest honor a cadet can receive, the Silver Award. Rosalie, a senior Girl Scout this year, completed the requirements for this honor last year while she was still a cadet. The other...
OCTOBER 24, 1996 Hannah Warfield-Ruffatto may not look like your typical football player, but she may wind up kicking, passing and punting at a Denver Broncos football game on November 10. She won the 12-13 year old girls age group at the regional Punt, Pass and Kick competition in Bozeman over the weekend, and is now waiting to see how her score compares with competitors from 12 other regions in the Denver section. The five top regional winners from the 13 regions will advance to the sectional competition in Denver. Those competitors will...
OCTOBER 17, 1996 The first Whitehall schools open house in years was held Oct. 9 for an appreciative audience. Dubbed “America Back to School Night,” the event featured more than just a chance for parents to visit with teachers. It also showcased some of the talent housed and fostered at the school. The evening’s program opened with a speech by Pam Callbeck-Harper about Title IX. Callbeck-Harper discussed sexual harassment and the harmful effects of abusing power. Later in the evening, Rob Jackson, President of Internections of Helena, expla...
OCTOBER 10, 1996 With extremely dry conditions in Southwest Montana causing very high fire danger, Forest Service officials were warning that grave problems could be on the horizon. “If things stay as dry as they are, we could have some serious problems when rifle season starts in two weeks,” said Jack de Golia, spokesman for the Dillon Interagency Fire Dispatch Center. In areas around Whitehall, firefighters battled two blazes over the weekend and were facing three more by Tuesday night. For the second consecutive year, the Great Pumpkin is co...
OCTOBER 3, 1996 How much do you know about the national party platforms on which presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are supposedly running? How would you feel if a high school student could tell you more about the issues in the race than you could tell them? Students in the Advanced Placement English class at WHS were recently assigned to write a research paper comparing and contrasting the Democratic and Republican Party presidential platforms on five major issues. At the same time the students were learning about the party...
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 There are changes on the wind at Whitehall High School, Principal Barbara Thronson said Monday night, and she realizes not all of the changes are popular with the students. But, in the long run, the students, their parents and the whole community will benefit from the changes, she promised. Thronson said the changes would be based on the national “America Goes Back to School” program. The program is intended to encourage a wide diversity of people to get involved in education, according to an overview prepared by the fed...
SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 The Whitehall school district is cruising along the information highway and it is going to be a great ride, Whitehall High teacher Al Anderson predicted Friday. “It’s exciting,” Anderson said. Over the summer, the district installed the hardware and connected the schools to the Internet, clearing the way for almost endless possibilities, he said. Already students in Advanced Placement English are writing papers comparing the Democratic and Republican party platforms using the Internet as the primary information source, Ander...
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996 Students returning to Tia Kober Elementary and Whitehall Middle School this fall were greeted by grass, flowers, trees and other landscaping thanks to the hard work of the BY’s 4-H Club. Club leader Charlene Dillon said about 18 young people spent four days leveling the ground, putting in sod, installing railroad landscaping ties, and planting the area near the entrances to the schools. Teachers in the grade school had been working for several years to raise money and gather workers to create a living memorial to former e...
SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 The Yellowstone Trail, a road which provided the way east and west through Whitehall for decades, is the subject of a new book being written by a Wisconsin couple. Alice and John Ridge, retired professors from Altoona, Wisconsin, are spending September traveling the Yellowstone Trail and gathering information. They contacted the Ledger, hoping to locate people with information on the road’s construction, use and effect on the local community. They are also interested in learning about how automobiles changed people’s lives in...
AUGUST 22, 1996 The 13th annual Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo begins Thursday, Aug. 22, with four days of live music, rodeos, parades, exhibits and activities for the whole family. All of the fun will be at the Jefferson County Recreation Park and Fairgrounds one-half mile south of Boulder. Known as “A Fair of the Hear,” the fair is an old-fashioned country fair held in barns and sheds from a bygone era. Highlights of the fair include three days of rodeo and Saturday’s parade sponsored by the Jefferson County Rodeo Association. Seventy firef...
It’s county fair and rodeo time, with plenty of excitement offered in every direction. The Madison County Fair and Rodeo kicks off in Twin Bridges this Thursday, Aug. 15, and runs through Sunday. Then the Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo starts in Boulder Thursday, Aug. 22, and runs through Sunday the 25th. Each event offers four days of music, rodeo action, parades, exhibits and activities for the entire family. A program designed to teach Jefferson County youngsters how to resist using illegal drugs will be expanding this fall. The Drug A...
AUGUST 8, 1996 Jefferson County Health Nurse Paula Anders called the Ledger Friday to ask cooperation in alerting Whitehall area residents to an outbreak of pertussis – whooping cough – in the county. Although none of the latest cases are in Whitehall and most are in the north end of the county, Anders said she is concerned that the disease could spread, especially with school starting soon. A little bit of public education might help nip the spread in the bud, she said. According to an informational flyer from the Center for Disease Con...
If six-year-old Rosie Twomey of Whitehall had any qualms about singing in front of a large crowd of strangers, it didn’t show. Without a sign of nervousness, and with no instrumental accompaniment, she raised the microphone and quieted the crowd with a rendition of “Sweet Molly Malone.” In addition to sweet Rosie Twomey, the crowd heard mellow renditions of Garth Brooks songs from Curt Oliverson, rock music from David Doniza, inspirational singing from 8 ½ year-old Natasha Clements, and a duet on sisterhood from Marie Madsen and Rosalie Lofftu...
JULY 25, 1996 It’s time to kick up your heels and swing into the fun of Whitehall’s Frontier Days. The biggest weekend of Whitehall’s summer gets underway Friday, and there will be events galore throughout the weekend. From the Friday crafts fair and trade show to the Sunday rodeo, the weekend will be jam-packed with activities, most of them free and all of them inexpensive. Whitehall’s senior citizens may have finished growing up, but they are having growing pains, anyway. When the Whitehall Senior Citizens Center was purchased in 1974, t...
JULY 18, 1996 Frontier Days ’96 will feature many of the events people have come to love over the years as well as a few newcomers. The largest “newcomer” will be the NRA professional rodeo to be held at the Whitehall rodeo arena. Featuring professional rodeo contestants from all over the northwest, the rodeo will also host competitors whose names will be familiar as area residents. Besides regular rodeo events on Saturday and Sunday, the rodeo will spotlight a wild horse race both days. Another event new to the Frontier Days celebration will...
Three Whitehall players – Dallice Smith, Hannah Warfield and Amber O’Donnell – proved Monday that their selection to the league All Star team was well deserved. The three were selected from the Whitehall Red Socks team to play on the Longfellow Major Girls All Stars team. In post season play July 8, Amber O’Donnell helped set the pace as the Longfellow All Stars routed the Dillon All Stars, 24-7. O’Donnell got her team off to a great start with a first inning homer which brought Warfield in from second base. In the course of the game, Smi...
This edition of the paper contained the second of a two-part Ledger interview with Harrison area rancher and Montana State Legislator Karl Ohs. Following are brief excerpts from that article. The FBI was looking for Montana State Legislator Karl Ohs. The name of the Harrison area rancher was on a short list of legislators that the Freemen on the “Justus Township” ranch said they felt they could trust. A long-time friend and ranch employee was the father of a young woman at the Freemen ranch. Ohs was prepared to offer his services as a med...
