Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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With Frontier Days "Rediscover Whitehall" this weekend, the Whitehall Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the 2021 event is back in full force and rigor this year! This year celebrates the 37th year of the annual festivities. Here is a quick list of all the happenings this Friday and Saturday. Be sure to grab a 2021 Frontier Days Special Section, available at the Main Street Green and local restaurants. A schedule-at-a-glance is also available on page 5, as well the Whitehall Chamber's...
The Whitehall Veterans and the Whitehall Chamber of Commerce may have bestowed “Veteran of the Year” and “Grand Marshall” titles on Gerry Keogh, but he should really be “Man of the Year.” Keogh embodies the spirit of Whitehall, of a Montana, of a Veteran, of everything you want someone to be. Vincent Gerald “Gerry” Keogh was born May 16, 1935 in Bismarck, ND. Gerry went to school through 7th grade 80 miles northwest of Bismarck in a small town called Beulah, which was about the same size as Wh...
Dan Hagerty is a Montanan through and through. Born in Colbon, where his family has been for generations, he grew up in Jefferson County, attending school at Clancy Elementary and Jefferson High School in Boulder. In his Junior year, he began working full-time in the janitorial department at the Boulder River School and at the hospital in Boulder. This was the jump start to his career in dealing with people and mental health; he worked there for almost nine years. With his father working in law...
Dear Editor, I’m not going to name any names or go into any details, but once again, we have witnessed the lengths that some people will go to in order to soothe their own wounded ego. I’d like to think most people have a good reason for treating others the way they do. But really, there’s no excuse for bad behavior. As a human being, my first reaction is to name names, share the details of the situation with anyone who will listen, and get in someone’s face. Then I realize - that’s my own ego talking! I was talking to an old friend of mine at...
Dear Editor, I loved last week's column by Jo. (Jo is awesome!). She is absolutely right about picking up POO! I do think this attached poo bag and depository is the KEY! It is almost a for sure thing if someone sees this, they will grab a bag! Just a good thing to have in the parks in Whitehall. Sheridan Park in Sheridan has one and everyone I see, uses it. Sarah Smart Whitehall, Montana...
“Something to do” is often hard to find in rural communities like ours so we’ve formed Gold Junction Presents (GJP) to help in the search. GJP is a non-profit recently established in Whitehall whose mission is to bring the arts in all of its forms to educate, to challenge and to culturally broaden the experiences available to people in our area. In collaboration with local restaurants, GJP is presenting Beats & Eats, a music event on the Main Street Green year round. GJP has also created two free movie series: the Summer of Adventure films for...
The Whitehall Community Library has been awarded a Teen Project Democracy grant of $5000. Whitehall, along with the public libraries in Missoula and Billings, are the three sites chosen for this year’s projects centered around Holocaust study. The project will be teen-led and is open to youth 14-17 years of age. The Whitehall Community Library invites Whitehall School District students to participate from September 2021 to May 2022 in this leadership opportunity. The requirements are as follows: each participant must sign a letter of c...
The Whitehall High School Booster Club will be sponsoring a Cornhole tournament at Frontier days on Saturday, July 24. This will be a fun tournament in front of the K-Bar on Legion Street. There will be sixteen teams – the tournament will be single elimination. Check-in will start as soon as the parade is over in front of the K-Bar; look for the Whitehall Trojan Canopy and Banner. Water and raffle tickets for the Whitehall Trojan wooden Cornhole boards will be sold as well. There will be a 45 minute time limit. No tosses from the south side of...
Artists from the Jefferson Valley area are welcome to exhibit their fine art and photography during the Whitehall Frontier Days. Art will be accepted at the Borden Conference Room on Thursday July 22, 2021 between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. An exhibit fee of $15.00 is due at the time of entry. Art should be framed, wired, ready to hang, and priced (if for sale). Exhibit hours are Friday, July 23rd 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday July 24th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Art must be picked up Saturday at 4:30. For further information, please contact...
“Rediscover Whitehall” on Saturday, July 24th at 11 a.m. with a festive parade! Parade entries are still being accepted and the Whitehall Chamber is hoping to make the 2021 parade the biggest yet! Registration forms are available at https://bit.ly/3xDA2XB. The parade will begin lineup at the Country Store east of town; the parade route will proceed West on Legion Avenue from D Street to Stanley, then disband behind Legion Park near the railroad tracks across from Family Dollar. The parade will not make a return trip down Leg...
Whitehall non-profit Gold Junction Presents, whose mission is to present the arts in all of its forms, is bringing back the Whitehall Frontier Days Talent Show and is looking for talents of all shapes, styles, and from all ages! Do you line dance like a pro? Sing in pig Latin? Burp your ABCs? Tell hilarious jokes? We want you to be a part of the talent show! Each act will be given a five minute time slot to show the audience what they’ve got! Prizes will be awarded for best musical act, best weird talent, funniest, and most surprising. The s...
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” says Paul in Romans 8:1. We would agree with nary a dissenter among us. The dispute arises when someone asks, “What must I do to be ‘in Christ Jesus’?” Then there are hundreds of answers! Paul, writing to the church at Corinth, says some cardinal things. We will list a few and then reason to some conclusions. First, he exhorts “that there be no divisions among you” (1 Cor. 1:10). Next, he applies some things figuratively to himself an Apollos (4:6) for their sakes, that...
Bessie Lee Buie, 88, of Missoula passed away from Alzheimer's Thursday, July 1, 2021 at BeeHive Homes. She was born October 29, 1932, in Regina, New Mexico, the daughter of the late Elward and Lena Latham. Bessie was born and raised in Regina, and married James Buie on May 26, 1950. They eventually moved to Montana and lived the majority of their lives in Cardwell. Bessie worked several years making pottery at Clays and Calico in Cardwell. Bessie enjoyed being a homemaker and baking was one of...
Patricia "Patsy" M. White, age 83, of Butte, Montana, passed away on November 16, 2020. A Celebration of Resurrection Service will be held at 1pm on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at St. John's Episcopal Church, 15 N Idaho St. in Butte. A reception will be held at the Finlen Hotel in the Copper Bowl Room, 100 E. Broadway St., following the service. Patsy will be laid to rest at Valley View Cemetery in Pony, MT, during a private service for family. Please visit www.buttefuneralhome.com to offer the...
Howard F Robertson, 74, of Whitehall, MT, passed away of respiratory failure on July 12, 2021 with his family by his side. Howie, also known as “Howard the Duck” was born in Butte, MT to Howard and Marjorie Robertson on May 24th, 1947. His family later moved to Whitehall, MT in the summer of 1968. Howie met Doris Holm in 1965 and they had a daughter Lisa Holm Mihailovich. In 1968 he married Janis Bailey; they had two sons, Howie and Chris Swain. In 1984, he married Ernestine L. Davis. Howie lov...
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...
This has been such a week of giving to the Whitehall Community Library! It started out with Roger Steerman and Jarrin Cheuvront framing the outside space for our new bench. Then 4 Rivers Concrete Products donated the concrete and delivered it last Friday. We had quite the work crew as they smoothed the surface in preparation for the bench and set up protective fencing for it to dry. This week the bench is scheduled to be secured to the concrete and ready to enjoy. Thank you so much to everyone...
Members of the Whitehall Rotary Pond did some sprucing up around the fishpond in anticipation of the Frontier Days weekend....
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Rich and Lonna Johnson are the latest recipients of the Whitehall Rotary Club's Wheelchair Award in recognition of their community service through the Saddle Club and numerous youth activities. Since the Rotary club began the program, more than 75 individuals, groups and businesses in our area have been recognized for their service. Money collected at the A&W/KFC is used for the wheelchair program, youth programs that include scholarships and Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA), and support...
Gallatin Valley's 10U All Stars baseball team became the first Gallatin Valley team to win the State Tournament in the organizations 20+ year history. Ten boys from Manhattan, Amsterdam, Three Forks, Townsend, and Whitehall seized the opportunity and are now headed to Eugene, Oregon on July 21 for the Cal Ripkin Pacific Northwest Regional Championships. The winner in Eugene goes to the league World Series in Florida. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said Zak TeSoro, the head coach....
WHEN A PERSON DIES, WITH OR WITHOUT A WILL, Montana law provides a legal process determining the market value of real and personal property and their distribution to appropriate parties. One procedure, termed probate, takes place in the district court of the Montana county where the deceased person lived. The Montana Uniform Probate Code supplies a flexible and simplified approach to probate administration, according to Kaleena Miller, Madison-Jefferson County Extension Agent. During probate, a person’s will is verified before settling c...
Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park will host a free talk entitled ‘Foragers Dilemma: For All Ages and Expertise’ on Friday, July 23, at 8 p.m. in the park’s campground amphitheater. This talk will cover plant identification techniques to help beginners and experts alike distinguish between different plant species. The presentation will also discuss habitat and foraging ethics. Whether it’s foraging with a gun or a basket, speaker Sam Zeller will cover meat, vegetables, fruits and berries, as well as mushroom foraging. Wild edible plants can be...
Since its debut episode in December 2017, THE CHOSEN has become the most successful crowd-funded TV series in history. According to THE CHOSEN app, which is available on the App Store, the show has over 200,000,000 views worldwide. Several Whitehall residents, "THE CHOSEN Fans", are bringing the series to the Whitehall Star Theatre in August, beginning August 3rd at 7 p.m. Each evening showing will feature two episodes of the series, which are about 45 minutes a piece. Admission is free. "This s...
