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Members of the Whitehall High School choir and band continued to shine at last week’s State Music Festival in Missoula. School musical director Janet Heilig said they had eleven events at state, four of them receiving the top possible score of a superior rating, and the other seven receving excellent ratings. “They were terrific,” Heilig said. The Women’s Ensemble featuring Iris Heimberg, Bailee Hess, Rabeca Kopf, Madison Lombardi, Alycia Loomis, Alexys Mercer, Ann Russell, Monica Sepulveda and Rachel Smith received a superior rating. The Wom...
This November local residents will go to the polls to vote for five open positions in the Town of Whitehall governing body. Declarations of Nomination are due to the Clerk and Recorders Office or Town Hall by June 19 at 5 p.m. Along with the four year term for Mayor, a four year position for Town Alderman is available in Wards 1, 2, and 3. A two-year unexpired term for Alderman will also be open in Ward 3. The cost to file a Declaration of Nomination is $15....
A total of eight Whitehall High School tennis players will be looking to qualify for state at this week's Southeast B-C Divisional Tournament at Lone Peak. Senior Monica Sepulveda, junior Kyeli Ostler, and freshman Britney Welker and Alyssa Frankenstein will all be competing at singles. The Lady Trojans will also have two doubles teams competing at the tournament. Juniors Amber Murrish and Evelin Ramirez, and freshman Isabel Evans and sophomore Dorothy Mastel will be in the eight-team bracket....
It was another week of tremendous individual performances by members of the Whitehall High School track team. The Trojans opened up last week last Tuesday at the John Cheek Top 8 meet in Anaconda, and walked away with seven first place finishes. Wyatt Alexander (100 meters), Hunter Flynn (800 meters), Braden Larsen (300 hurdles), the 1600-meter relay team (Steven Japhet, Clint Parks, Andrew Simon, and Flynn) and Ann Russell (100, 200 meters) all finished in first place for Whitehall. Alexander f...
This Saturday competitors will descend upon Whitehall for the longest running youth rodeo in the Treasure State. The BY’s 4-H Club Youth Rodeo is scheduled to take place May 6 at the Whitehall Rodeo Grounds. The grand entry is slated to begin at 9:45 a.m. The cost to attend the rodeo is $3. Event organizer Tara Price said this will be the 55th BY’s 4-H rodeo, and they will be giving out buckles to first place and all around winners. She said there will also be a pig scramble at the 2017 event, and this will allow those not registered in the...
Since graduating from Whitehall High School in 1984, Clark Hays has traveled around the world, now finding himself settled in Portland. The co-author of four books in the "Cowboy and Vampire" series with his wife Kathleen McFall, and the soon to be released "Bonne and Clyde: Resurrection Road", Hays not only reflects back fondly on his time in Whitehall, he also uses it as an inspiration for his work. Hays remembers moving around a lot as a kid. His father, Hubert, was in the oilfield so that...
Being a teenager is by no means easy. While it certainly can be a time that comes with memories that will last a lifetime, there are also a lot of social and peer pressures that can make things tough. This is perhaps even more difficult in a day and age with social media sites and instant access to things like Netflix or YouTube. Last week, officials at Whitehall High School provided parents and community members with information about a recent show released on Netflix called “13 Reasons Why”. The show has quickly become a talking point amo...
I spent a few minutes last week looking up plane tickets for a possible trip to watch a University of Wyoming football game this fall. I haven’t been able to go the past couple years and I really want to make it to a game. Until 2015 I had been to at least one game a season since I can remember, but I’m a bit too far away to make a regular trip these days. I was looking a hotels and restaurants in Laramie, WY and I suddenly became flooded with memories of my first year of college. It was a wonderful experience to get nostalgic and think about s...
There were plenty of positives for the Whitehall High School track team at last week's Manhattan Christian Invite in Bozeman. The boys team finished third out of 12 teams with 81 points. They finished just behind second place Bozeman High School, who had 86. Broadwater County High School finished in first place with 115 points. The Lady Trojans also had a great event, finishing fifth of 15 teams with 45.5 points. "I was very happy of how both the boys and girls teams competed over the weekend in...
The Whitehall High School tennis team was able to battle against some fierce competition at last week's Dawg Bite Tennis Tournament. The Lady Trojans, along with Townsend and Boulder hosted the two-day event. Whitehall competed last Friday against Chester-Joplin-Inverness and Granite High Schools, and Saturday against Poplar, Simms, and Lone Peak. Whitehall head coach Kerry Sacry said teams rotated between the three sites, and they got to see teams they normally do not play. In Friday action,...
Local residents will have a chance to eat, drink, and give at next week’s Black Tie Blue Jeans fundraiser. The 13th annual event, presented by the Whitehall Chamber of Commerce and Jefferson Valley Community Foundation, is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 6 at the Whitehall Community Center. This year’s BTBJ will start at 5:30 p.m. and feature a dinner, cocktails, auctions, and a $1,00 Calcutta drawing. BTBJ Committee member Jill Dove stressed the significance of the event for local non-profit organizations, and said it is an inc...
A 24-year-old Whitehall resident pleaded guilty last week to a charge of providing false reports to law enforcement stemming from a self-inflicted shooting incident April 15 in Whitehall. Frederick Webb made an appearance last week in Jefferson County Justice Court in Boulder. After pleading guilty to the misdemeanor charge, he was fined $285. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department had originally responded to the call of a shooting April 15 shortly after 11 p.m. at 601 E. Legion in Whitehall. According to Jefferson County Sheriff Craig D...
It was a beautiful spring morning last Saturday as a large crowd descended upon Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park near Cardwell. The group from around Southwest Montana was on hand for a special Earth Day Trails Cleanup event. Those in attendance spent the day doing maintenance work on trails, as well as removing noxious weeds from the popular state park. Shortly before heading out to lead a group to help eradicate weeds, Brian Turner with the Montana State AmeriCorps was super pleased with the...
It was an amazing weekend for members of the Whitehall High School choir and band. Competing at the MHSA District Music Festival in Deer Lodge, Whitehall had a total of 13 students qualify for the State Music Festival May 5 and 6 in Missoula. “They did a terrific job,” school musical director Janet Heilig said. The Women’s Ensemble featuring Iris Heimberg, Bailee Hess, Rabeca Kopf, Madison Lombardi, Alycia Loomis, Alexys Mercer, Ann Russell, Imanica Sepulveda and Rachel Smith all qualified for the state competition. The Women’s Select Choir f...
A Whitehall Middle School student has been selected as a top ten finisher in a statewide essay contest. Eighth-grader Chloe Brown recently received the news of placing in a Department of Justice Violence Prevention writing competition. Brown will be traveling to Helena in early May to be recognized at the State Capital and a special ceremony at Carroll College. She will also find out if she wins the first prize award that comes with a trip to Washington D.C. for the national competition. Brown said she was very happy, but also surprised to...
As is the case with any small town, there were plenty of rumors floating around Whitehall about what happened during a shooting incident April 15. While some of the information spreading around was not true, some of it was. Even though the story wasn’t what many thought, it is always tough to see crime in a small town. As sad as it is, crime does happen in Whitehall and other small towns across the United States. Nowhere is immune from this. Nobody should turn a blind eye to drug use or violence because it does happen, possibly more than s...
Viral videos are a huge deal in 2017. Everyone has a phone, and everyone is recording just about everything they can to post to YouTube or a variety of other platforms. While there are certainly millions of horrible videos, there are some that are well worth watching. The other day Melissa and I were discussing several “social experiment” videos. The subjects of the videos were homeless residents in various places around the world. A lot of people like to turn a blind eye, but the homeless problem in large areas is a huge epidemic. It’s not j...
As a junior member of the Jefferson County DUI Task Force, Whitehall High School senior Catelyn Stone is very aware of the dangers of alcohol. With April being designated as Alcohol Awareness Month and after encouragement from Task Force Director Barb Reiter, Stone wanted to share some of the knowledge she has learned with her fellow students. Among the facts learned by Stone during her time on the task force is that 16 people under the age of 18 die every day in America because of alcohol....
After several days off for spring break, there was little rest last week for the Whitehall High School track team. The Trojans stayed busy with road meets April 18 in Columbus, April 20 in Livingston, and April 22 in Belgrade. "This week was really good for us having a lot of competitive meets and seeing the eastern side of he state," head coach Dan Lacey said. According to Lacey, some of the performances that stood out during the week were Max Feight qualifying for state in the 100 meters with...
After spending the first several weeks of the season on the road, the Whitehall High School tennis team will open their home schedule this week. Local fans will have the opportunity to watch the Lady Trojans three times in five days. Whitehall will be one of three locations hosting this weekends DAWG B.I.T.E. Tournament. The tournament will start Friday, April 28 at 11 a.m. with the Lady Trojans hosting Granite and Chester. On Saturday, April 29, Whitehall will host Granite, Lone Peak, and Fort Benton. Action is set to begin Saturday at 9 a.m....
The Golden Sunlight Mine submitted an application March 31 to amend their operating permit, with the possibility of extending the life of the mine up to three years with the proposed underground Apex Project. According to the BLM, the current workforce predictions for the project are for 50 mine employees and 100 contractors, a slight increase from the existing workforce. The amendment would allow Golden Sunlight to conduct underground mining north of the Mineral Hill Pit. A legal noticed published in this edition of the Whitehall Ledger...
The state of Montana is not immune from the dangers of aquatic invasive species. At a meeting last week, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wildlife Biologist Vanna Boccadori discussed the dangers of zebra and quagga mussels, and stressed the importance of cleaning boats after use. Boccadori discussed recent findings in water samples that found that AIS were present in the Tiber Reservoir and possibly in the Canyon Ferry Reservoir. Boccadori said this is a huge deal, and if the mussels get into...
After three and half years as the Cardwell School Clerk, Dawn Lewton has stepped down from the position. Despite leaving the job, she will still have a direct impact on the school. At their regular meeting in May, Lewton will be sworn into take the place of Mike Mastel on the Cardwell School Board of Trustees. “I love the Cardwell School and this seemed like a good transition,” she said. Looking back at her time at the school, Lewton said it has been a good experience, but it was also a very hard job. Lewton said she didn’t know how much went i...
For the second straight month, the production numbers were above target at the Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine. At the Community Transition Advisory meeting last week, Mine General Manager Dan Banghart reported the production for the month was 4,992 ounces, well above the target of 4,100. In February, the mine reported production of 5,076 ounces, compared to a target of 4,484. The productions numbers may however drop in April. Banghart said they will start a shorter six-day mill run April 20, and the numbers should be lower. He said this would...
During a comment period at last week’s Community Transition Advisory Committee meeting in Whitehall, Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine Safety Director Jim Loomis reminded those in attendance about the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. Loomis said that every day in the United States, 15 people die as a direct result of using a phone while driving. He said everyone has phones, but encouraged everyone to think of the consequences and to not use them while operating a vehicle. I was very encouraged to hear what Loomis had to say, and I think...
