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It has been an amazing few weeks for the Whitehall Schools Music Department. Along with receiving a $250 "One Class At A Time" check from Montana Tech and KXLF TV Station (Butte) and hosting a middle school music festival, the department received more incredible news last week when they were notified of a GRAMMY Signature Schools Award. Whitehall High School was one of 100 schools nationwide awarded $2,000 to benefit their musical programs. The award is an education initiative of the GRAMMY...
Nearly one month after voting down a resolution that would have terminated the buy/sell agreement for the purchase of the former ambulance barn, the Whitehall Town Council reversed its course of action at their regular meeting Monday night. The Town Council voted 4-0 to approve Resolution 2018-2, which terminates Resolution 2017-8 (Approved November 20, 2017) for the buy/sell agreement to Western Veterinary Services for a price of $288,000 for the building located at 207 E. Legion. Council members Montina Rawson, Francine Giono-Janik, Barbara G...
Members of the Christensen School of Dance entertained the crowd at a recent Whitehall High School basketball game. The performance included dancers and tumblers from the school located at 23 West Legion in downtown Whitehall....
Barrick Gold Corporation Vice President for Permits and Closure Patrick Malone was a special guest at the Community Transition Advisory Committee meeting last week. Malone discussed current work being done to update the closure plan for the Golden Sunlight Mine, and the legacy the company wants to leave in the area. Malone said Barrick wants to be a company that local residents can not only rely on, but to make sure they have a good cradle to the grave plan for the mine. Malone added while they are hopefully the current Apex Project will...
The Town of Whitehall is hosting a public hearing later this month to obtain public comments regarding overall community development needs. The meeting is scheduled to take place February 20 at 5 p.m. at Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain public comments regarding the Town of Whitehall’s overall community development needs (public facilities, economic development, and housing needs), including the needs of low and moderate-income persons. Mary Janacaro-Hensleigh said the town has entered into an agreement with the Department o...
For the second straight year, the Whitehall School Districts have received a $1,000 grant from Northwestern Energy. At a school board meeting last week, Superintendent John Sullivan said they could possibly use the money for a new press box at the school. Sullivan stated the money last year was used for the project to replace the bleachers at the football field. Sullivan also gave the board an update on the new activity bus that was purchased in the April of 2017. Sullivan said the bus could be delivered as soon as mid February. Once the bus ar...
The Whitehall Chamber of Commerce is continuing to seek renewals and new members in 2018. At the monthly meeting last week, Chamber President Jan Thorne said there are currently 65 renewals and 10 new members and the board is still working to increase this number. “Hopefully it will be an increase over last year,” she said. The Chamber is also looking for more donations for the Black Tie Blue Jeans event scheduled for April 28. Thorne said they would like to have donation forms returned to them at least one week prior to the event. Pre...
Often times the pages of a small-town newspaper are full of articles and pictures for high school sporting teams and this is certainly the case in the Ledger. I also feel it is very important to recognize some of the other great things going on at local schools and there is no better place to start than with the Whitehall Schools Music Department. Last week was a phenomenal one for the department. Not only did they host seven teams at a middle school music festival, the high school music department was notified they were recipients of a $2,000...
While I was in college, I always dreaded summer coming. It would mean I would have to stop the laidback lifestyle of being a student and have to work my butt of to raise money for tuition. This was certainly different than being a kid and counting down the days for the school year to end which always meant a long summer of riding my bike in the desert without a care in the world. In my hometown there were always a ton of college kids who also wanted to raise money and there were always a few...
Monday, Feb. 5 7:43 a.m. – traffic accident, I-90 westbound, MM 235, Whitehall 5:40 p.m. – mental crisis, 460 Hwy 2 West Whitehall 7:12 p.m. – mental crisis, 460 Hwy 2 West Whitehall 8:49 p.m. - suspicious/person/vehicle/circumstance, Homestake Lake Road, Whitehall 8:52 p.m. – civil assist, 107 South Main Street, Whitehall 9:47 p.m. - traffic/ reckless, 415 North Whitehall Street, Whitehall Tuesday, Feb. 6 6:47 a.m. – mental crisis, 460 Hwy 2 West Whitehall 7:03 a.m. - traffic & roads-moving, Hwy 69, MM 19, Cardwell 7:39 a.m. – stolen vehi...
The Whitehall High School wrestling team wrapped up a strong 2017/18 season with two Trojans placing at the State Wrestling Tournament at the Metra Park in Billings. Senior Dawson Hoerauf ended his storied career with a second place finish at 285 pounds, and freshman Dawson Powers ended his first year with the team finishing fifth at 103 pounds. "We had a good finish to a great year. It's fun to look back over the struggles and accomplishments of the wrestling season. The athletes have...
The Whitehall High School girls basketball will get another shot at rival Jefferson High School (Boulder) when they open the District 5B Tournament Thursday. The sixth seeded Lady Trojans will play the third seeded Lady Panthers Thursday at the Belgrade Events Center with tipoff set for 4:30 p.m. The two teams have met twice this season, with Jefferson picking up a 46-37 victory December 16 in Whitehall, and a 49-32 home victory in January. "As a team I think we match up well with Boulder. In...
With a 57-51 win last Friday night over Townsend, the Whitehall High School boys basketball team clinched the third seed in the this week's District 5B Tournament in Belgrade. The game was tied at half before the Trojans (12-6, 5-5 5B) outscored the Bulldogs 14-8 in the third quarter on their way to the six-point victory. "This was a big win for us, definitely one we needed," senior Braden Smith said following the game. "Winning this game put us at the third seed which set up the way we want for...
Pencil in February 17, 2018 for making plans to attend the benefit concert being held for Sunny Kay McDowell. Sunny Kay has been faced with major back problems for many years, with the last three leaving her on the disability list. It has been a long road to finding the best doctor that is able to address and correct her back issues, but finally she was referred to a doctor in Seattle that is world renown for helping fix these types of back problems. Sunny Kay will be headed for Seattle and scheduled for a major back surgery in early 2018. A be...
Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park starts off our 2018 events February 17 with a walk for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Now, more than 160,000 people of all ages and walks of life worldwide join the four-day count each February to create an annual snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds. This is the second...
The Whitehall High School football team had three players sign letters of intent to play college football. Pictured are Braden Smith, Wyatt Alexander, and Dawson Hoerauf. Smith and Alexander signed to play at Montana Tech, and Hoerauf will play at Minot State. Pictured below is Hoerauf signing a National Letter of Intent last week to play football at Minot State University. He is pictured with his parents Bob and Jennifer....
Jean M. Burnett of Whitehall, passed away on January 31, 2018 in Butte. She was born to Oscar and Blanche Rood in Valley City, N.D. Jean was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dale, son Steve, and grandson Brady. Jean married Dale Burnett in LaMoure, N.D. and they had five children together. The Burnett family moved to Montana in the early 1950’s and Jean began what she enjoyed most in life, taking are of her kids and eventually spoiling her grandchildren. Jean was always involved in church functions, and very proactive in local uses. N...
