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Articles from the August 22, 2018 edition


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  • "A Fair of the Heart" kicks off this week

    Staff Report|Aug 22, 2018

    Ponies, parades, pies, puppets and prizes. They are all on tap at the Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo, 'A Fair of the Heart,' this weekend. The fair and rodeo kicks off Thursday, August 22 runs through Sunday, August 26, at the Jefferson County Recreation Park one-half mile south of Boulder. Ponies are the first feature out of the chute Friday. The kids' horse show and rodeo starts at 9 a.m. with local youngsters showing off their horses and skills in contests from lead-line to barrel racing....

  • Zeb Antonioli takes trip to New Zealand

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Aug 22, 2018

    A Carroll College bound Whitehall resident had the opportunity of a lifetime earlier this summer when he traveled to New Zealand with a 4-H Cultural Exchange program. Zeb Antonioli recently took part in the New Zealand Outbound program where he was able to stay in the country 2 1/2 weeks. The 4-H program was in partnership with the New Zealand Young Farmers. Antonioli has been involved in 4-H ten years and said he has experienced both highs and lows during the decade. He originally started with...

  • Firefighters thank store volunteers

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Aug 22, 2018

    The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department took time last week to thank a local organization whose recent donation helped significantly with a recent remodel at the fire hall. The department hosted a dinner Thursday as a thanks to the Volunteers of The Country Store who donated $18,000 in January. The department used the donation, along with $10,000 raised at the annual Frontier Days fundraiser, to complete extensive work on the conference room. The money was also used to build more storage areas...

  • Column: Ham and Fake News

    Jack H. Smith, Ledger Publisher|Aug 22, 2018

    After a decade of showing absolutely zero interest in social media, my mom recently took baby steps and created a Facebook account. While I’m sure this is not the gateway social media step into Instagram or Snap Chat, she is able to get some joy out of it by keeping up with friends and family. On one occasion she shared a picture of a dog that had been going viral on the Internet. There was a message with the picture encourage people to share the picture because it would help raise money for a dog that was badly burned after helping save his h...

  • Peggy Stanton Krause

    Aug 22, 2018

    Peggy Krause peacefully passed away with her family by her side on 8-18-18. Peggy was born on March 13, 1928 in Bell, CA and "lived a wonderful life." Peggy graduated from San Bernardino HS in CA, then married Art Krause (preceded her in death, but now they are together). They built their first house in San Bernardino in 1948, had 2 daughters and then moved to the mountain community of Twin Peaks, CA. Peggy was a stay at home mom while "her girls" grew older, then she worked for 22 years with...

  • Talented Trojans open season Saturday

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Aug 22, 2018

    After two of the most successful seasons in recent history, the Whitehall/Harrison High School football will hope for more of the same when they open the 2018 season Saturday, August 25 in a neutral site game against perennial Class B powerhouse Colstrip.The Trojans had originally been scheduled to open their season August 31 at home against Missoula-Loyola. Colstrip was left without an opponent for their August 24 game after Wolf Point was unable to play. Colstrip officials reached out to...