Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right? This appeared to be the case for me last Friday. Boy, did I end up wrong, but it didn't start well. I had made plans to go to a concert in Missoula, but it seemed that everything that could go wrong did. Because our truck isn't working, we decided to rent a car so Melissa would be able to travel around for work or an emergency. One of us would have to stay in town to get pictures. This seemed simple enough. It wasn't. We showed up at...
Students at Whitehall High School have been busy preparing for this week's MHSA District Music Festival. A total of nine choir members and 16 band members will perform at the festival April 20 and 21 in Deer Lodge. High School Musical Director Janet Heilig said she starts thinking about the festival on the first day of school, and the students starting working on their performances in January. She said the competitors who receive a superior or the highest score will advance to the State Musical...
Tom Ressler had heard the naysayers, but he was not deterred. The Whitehall resident had read in the journals of Lewis and Clark about them witnessing Native Americans with beautiful and shiny bows made from buffalo horns. He would also see the bows time and time again in paintings of Native Americans from the 1800's. Despite historians saying they did not exist or if they did none have ever been found, Ressler believed there was enough historical data to try and create one and took on what he...
A shooting Saturday night in Whitehall is currently under investigation. Jefferson County Undersheriff Mike Johnson told the Ledger the department responded to a call of a shooting April 15 shortly after 11 p.m. According to the weekly Jefferson County police log, deputies responded to the call at 601 East Legion Avenue. Johnson said a 24-year-old male with a gunshot wound was transported to the hospital by Jefferson Valley EMS and Rescue. Johnson said the department is still investigating the shooting, and did not further comment about any...
Work continued last week on a project that will give local residents and businesses access to Gigabit Internet. According to Lee Good of TeleSystem Services (TSS), Dustin Laughrey, Jason Good, Shane Good, as well as a several helpful residents along 1st Street in Whitehall pitched in Friday to help install a 3,000 foot 12 fiber cable from near the Flower Shop, all the way to the head end located in the Old Cheese Factory. Good said three other fiber cables were installed Saturday before it...
At a special meeting last week, the Whitehall School Board of Trustees received an audit report for the 2016-17 school year from Debbie Ouellette of Newland and Company. Ouellette reported the Whitehall School Districts not only had a clean audit, but had the highest possible ranking they could receive. Whitehall Superintendent John Sullivan said there were a few little findings they would be taking care of, but it was the best audit the districts have had in years. In the regular board meeting, the Board of Trustees approved a proposal from...
Every April, local residents come together in downtown Whitehall for two worthwhile events geared for the entire community. The annual Jefferson River Rally and Health and Safety Fair are scheduled to take place Thursday, April 20 at the Whitehall Community Center at 11 N. Division. The events sponsored by Golden Sunlight Mine, the Jefferson River Watershed Council, and MSU Extension are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jefferson Local Development Corporation Office Manager Gena Nellis said the events are an opportunity for the whole...
Gena Nellis remembers when Whitehall had what she called a great local music scene. With the hopes of seeing this once again in the future, Nellis and several other local residents have started a weekly open mic night at Legends Bar and Grill located at 13 West Legion in downtown Whitehall. Nellis said there are a lot of very good musicians in the area, and encouraged them to come to the event that starts every Thursday at 8 p.m. Last week was the fourth open mic night, and while Nellis said...
The last week of the month will provide a shining example of some of the great things that happen throughout the year in Whitehall. The annual Town of Whitehall Spring Clean up is scheduled for April 24 to 28 and local residents will be busy sprucing up the town for the summer months. This is an important event for Whitehall because it not only makes the town visually look better; it also allows residents to take pride in their community. During the summer, Whitehall will see an increase in tourists and visitors, and they will be coming to a...
When I was growing up, I would read just about everything I could get my hands on. I would go to the library, prefer to get a book for a gift, and when I was in the bathroom would always have a newspaper or at least read the back of the shampoo bottle. That last part probably sounds weird, but I guarantee I am not the only person who reads this that has done the same thing. We had a bookcase in our house that I grabbed a few books out of from time to time, but there were several hardback books t...
Competing in just their second event of the year at last week's Great Falls Tournament, Whitehall High School tennis coach Kerry Sacry was very happy with the way his team fared. "Everyone played well. Very pleased with the performance," Sacry said. Monica Sepulveda is showing she will be a force to be reckoned with during her senior campaign. Sepulveda was a perfect 5-0 at last week's Great Falls Tournament, picking up wins against opponents from Harlem, Chester-Joplin-Iverness, Simms, Fort...
Thanks to a grant funded by Humanities Montana, students in Whitehall were recently able to take part in a program to learn more about community dances. According to Whitehall teacher Robyn Smith, Mark Matthews made a recent visit to the school for the program that encompasses the gamut of fun and easy to learn community dances such as squares, contras, and circles. Mathews is a writer, historian, dance instructor, officer with the Missoula Folklore Society, and writing instructor at the...
Each year on the Saturday prior to Easter, local children come together for the annual Whitehall Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt. This year's event is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 15 at the Whitehall High School football field. The hunt will start at 10 a.m. and will feature four age divisions. The children will be split up into the up to two years category, three to five, six to eight and a nine to 12-year old division. Kids are asked to bring their own baskets. Chamber Vice...
Later this month, the Ledger will be publishing the annual Destination Whitehall special edition. If you’re not familiar with the publication, it has a wide variety of stories about some of the events and places that make the area a truly wonderful place not live and visit. There is detailed information about some of the great fishing, backcountry opportunities, the Lewis and Clark Caverns, the Lewis and Clark Murals, the Brooke Barn, Frontier Days and the history of the area. It is distributed not only in Whitehall, but also throughout S...
The Whitehall High School track team had some strong individual performances at their season opening meet Saturday at the Sheridan Invite in Dillon. Leading the way for Whitehall was junior Braden Smith who placed in all five of his events. Smith finished third in the triple jump and 200 meters, fourth in the high jump and 100, and fifth in the long jump. “That’s a full load and he competed very well,” said head coach Dan Lacey. Sophomore Cade Briggs was also strong for Whitehall with a second place finish in the long jump. Lacey said Brigg...
In 1996, Ken and Tina Bates opened Stageline Pizza restaurants in Dillon and Anaconda. They would later decide to sell both businesses to spend more time with their children and pursue other opportunities. Now over two decades since they opened the two Montana stores, they have decided to get back into the pizza business and will be opening a Stageline next month in Whitehall. Along with the popular pizza and breadsticks featured in Stageline franchises across Montana, Ken said they would also b...
Barring any last minute write in candidates, the scheduled May 2 mail in election for three open school board trustee positions in the Whitehall and Cardwell districts will not take place. Jeff Briggs was the lone candidate to file by the March 23 deadline for the three-year position that will be vacated by Angie Davis in Whitehall School Districts 4 and 47. Incumbent Paul Shaw was the lone candidate to declare for the Whitehall District 2 (Cardwell) position. This is also a three-year term. If there are no write in candidates filed by March...
It’s once again the time of year for the Whitehall Knights of Columbus Fish Fry. The 12th annual event is slated to take place Friday, April 7 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Teresa’s Hall in Whitehall. Knights of Columbus member Jim Stearns said they would once again be serving Alaskan Pollock, a fish people really seem to enjoy. The cost to attend the popular event is $9 for adults, $6 for children 4 to 10, and $27 for a family. Stearns said the proceeds would go to charities in Whitehall and Ennis. He said some of these include Coats for...
A total of 11 individuals and four teams were inducted last Saturday night to the Whitehall High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Among the teams that were honored at the second annual ceremony in front of a packed house at the high school was the 1997 state runner up volleyball team. Hall of Fame Board member Shane Shaw said 100 percent of the team made it to the ceremony. The team was inducted by head coach Brent Mabbot, who discussed working with the girls from the time they were in seventh grad...
Next week Whitehall High School students will be taking local residents on a trip to the backwoods of the American Bible Belt, where things are rarely tidy and always done with a sense of humor. The high school drama department will be performance of "Dearly Departed" is scheduled to take place Thursday, April 6 and Friday, April 7 in the multi purpose room. Both of the performances will begin at 7 p.m. According to Drama Director Cheri Shaw, the play is something really different than what...
Next Thursday and Friday students at Whitehall students will take to the stage for the annual spring play at the high school. The performance of “Dearly Departed” is scheduled for April 6 and 7 at 7 p.m. in the high school multi purpose room. The students have put in numerous hours of work for this play and I really hope there is a great turnout. Under the direction of Cheri Shaw, the high school performances are always great, and it also gives local residents something different to do. Along with the daily duty of going to school and hom...
I just could not get ahead last week. While I certainly had things going on that I could not control, I did not make things easier with some really genius mistakes. I usually get up at 7:30 for work, and am out the door by 8. I hate morning, so I just try and rush through what I need to do to get ready as quickly as possible. Last Wednesday I went through the same morning routine as normal. Things were going smoothly till I went to put a little bit of product in my hair. I thought I had put gel in my hair, but realized a few seconds later I...
It was quite the season for the nine girls on the Whitehall Elementary girls basketball team. The team recently wrapped up their season with a perfect record in the Butte Elementary 5th grade Basketball League. The team was led by fifth graders Lindsay Briggs, Ellis Mastel, and Charity Nieskens. Fourth graders on the team were Hope Nieskens, Kari Ellison, Lainey Ellison, Maddi Seccomb and Hope Moriarty. Third-grader Julia Hoagland was also on the team. Gina Ossello and Kelly Nieskens coached...
It will be an equal mix of youth and experience for the Whitehall High School tennis team when they open the season March 31 in Livingston. According to head coach Kerry Sacry, the team will have six returning players, five of them with varsity experience. The team will also include seven freshmen players. Sacry is very pleased with the high number of freshmen, and said while they do not have experience, he has high hopes. He also has tall expectations for the returning members of the team...
While their season may have officially ended earlier this month at the MHSA Class B State Tournament in Billings, members of the Whitehall High School boys basketball team were not quite done. Since finishing the season with a fourth place finish at state, the Trojans have several players and coaches taken part in All Star games throughout the state. Last weekend, senior Braden Larsen, head coach Zach McLean, and assistant coach Kelly Nieskens participated in the 31st annual Hi-Line Invitational Basketball Tournament in Havre. Larsen and...
