Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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There was a record number in attendance at the 19th Annual Festival of Trees event that took place last Thursday night at the GranTree Inn in Bozeman. According to Festival of Trees Chairman and Liberty Place Executive Director Ann Geiger, over 290 attended the fundraising event. Geiger said the fundraiser is hugely important to Liberty Place, as it helps them meet costs throughout the year. "This helps to fund things like all of our Brain Injury Specific Programs, Music Therapy, Gardening...
Kountz Road, in the vicinity of Big Pipestone Creek, will be closed for ten days beginning Saturday, November 26 at 8 a.m. Northwestern Energy will be installing a barricade across the road immediately south of Sugar Beet Row, and approximately 200 feet south of the existing Big Pipestone Culverts. According to Don Jeffrey of Northwestern Energy, the road will remain off-limits to all except for local residential traffic and Town of Whitehall traffic throughout the duration of the closure. Areas located south of Big Pipestone Creek will be...
Through the assistance of two recent grants, the Partners United For Life Saving Education (P.U.L.S.E.) was recently able to donate a Power Load Cot System to Jefferson Valley EMS and Rescue. P.U.L.S.E. was the recent recipient of a $3,000 Northwest Farm Credit Services grant, and the $2,500 Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine grant from the Jefferson Valley Community Foundation. P.U.L.S.E. Board member Denise Bausch said the mission statement of the non-profit organization is to support the Jefferson...
Last July, a herbicide was placed in the Jefferson Slough in an attempt to knockout Eurasian watermilfoil prior to a planned relocation of the Slough. According to Jefferson County Weed Coordinator Jill Allen, Dr. Ryan Thum of Montana State University and students from the School’s Plant Science and Plant Pathology Department did the monitoring of the application. Dr. Thum recently released the team’s results. In the report, Dr. Thum said they sampled the slough for pre-treatment and abundance on both July 10 and 11. Dr. Thum stated they qua...
It’s once again that time of the year for local residents to show their creative sides at the 18th annual Whitehall Christmas Stroll Wreath Auction. The popular annual event sponsored by the Whitehall Saddle Club, will take place during the Whitehall Christmas Stroll starting at 7 p.m. at the Whitehall Community Center. Saddle Club President Lonna Johnson reminded residents to start getting their wreaths ready for the fundraising event. Read more about the upcoming auction in the next issue of the Ledger....
The first time I walked into the office of the Whitehall Ledger in February of 2015, I quickly noticed a framed issue of a newspaper hanging on the wall near the entrance. I quickly glanced at the paper, and realized it was the first issue of the Ledger. For reasons I'm not quite sure of, the issue does not have a date on the front page, but it was published sometime in the spring of 1984. The headline for the lead story reads, "Whitehall area has newspaper", and discusses how the paper came to...
Monday, Nov. 14 7:50 a.m. - VIN inspection, 150 Burt Lane, Whitehall 3:33 p.m. - traffic accident/1 vehicle/non-injury, I-90 eastbound, MM 237, Whitehall 3:39 p.m. - animal-cruelty/neglect, 275 McKeown Lane, Cardwell 5:25 p.m. - animal problem- road killed, Hwy 69, MM 10, Cardwell 9:54 p.m. - traffic stop, North Whitehall Street, Whitehall 10:45 p.m. - suspicious/person/vehicle/circumstance, 306 East 1st Street, Whitehall Tuesday, Nov. 15 12:12 a.m. - traffic accident/1 vehicle/injury, Hwy 41, MM 68, Whitehall 5:12 a.m. - traffic accident/1...
Wednesday, November 27, 1991 Schools plan special program for National Drugged and Drunk Driving Week. To dramatize the high death rates in teenagers due to alcohol-related accidents, the local DUI Task Force, the Sheriff’s Reserves and student organizations are hosting a “Ghost Out” in early December. Students chosen at random will be removed from the classroom by the “Grim Reaper” at the rate of one every ten to twelve minutes. That rate coincides with the frequency of DUI fatalities, DUI Task Force member Leonard Wortman said. The faces of t...
The 2016 season will go down as one of the best ever in the history of Whitehall High School football. The Trojans, who finished the season with a 10-2 record and a spot in the MHSA Class B Semifinals, were well represented on the District 5B All-State and All-Conference teams. Whitehall had four players who earned both All-State and All-Conference honors. The Trojans had another four who earned All-Conference honors. Seniors Braden Larsen and Andrew Simon, and juniors Wyatt Alexander and...
The Whitehall Drama Department entertained local residents earlier this week with two evening performances of "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring. The students also performed one act of the play in front of students Monday afternoon. The cast included Rachel Smith, Katie Smith, Hunter Flynn, Jess Hays, Allee Scafani, Brynn Welker, Dorothy Mastel, Erik Reinschmidt, Adrian Bright, Garrison Shaw, Maggie Whitehurst, Jack Racicot and Brandon Gipson. The stage crew included Monica Sepulveda,...
Top of the list this week is November 8th. It was not only historic to the news media, but Cassidi Shaw finished her Cosmetology Schooling, voted in her first presidential election and best of all, Lane Brush proposed and she said ‘Yes’!!. Cassidi is already employed in Bozeman where Lane is a student at MSU and will continue his studies. The first quarter of the school year has ended and the honor roll has been announced. In the 5th and 6th grades Samantha Clay, Blake Ritz, Levi Whitehurst, Shawn Huss and Cyrus Tebay are on the ‘A’ Roll. Wesle...
I hope everyone has a wonderful few days off for Thanksgiving. The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday this week so the staff may enjoy the holiday with friends and family. Saturday will resume regular hours from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This is new book season in the publishing world and the collection is receiving new works from favorite authors almost every day. I wanted to share some of the new titles which arrived just in this week. Many popular mystery authors are releasing new works in time for the holidays. Patricia Cornwell has a...
The Speech, Drama, and Debate team attended their first meet on Saturday November 19th in Townsend. The team did well with tough competition from schools in classes AA, A, B, and C also attending. Whitehall had one finalist, but head coach Cathy Kopf said it was a great meet for introducing all the competitors to the sport. Evelyn Frankenstein placed seventh in Spontaneous Oral Interpretation. Also competing were Iris Heimberg in Spontaneous Oral Interpretation: Catelyn Stone, Bradley Morrison,...
Hi Folks, At our regular meeting last week, we held a Public Hearing and approved Resolution 34-2016 which amends our Budget. This became necessary after the Department of Revenue reached a last minute deal with Northwestern Energy to resolve some assessment issues. We requested the DOR recertify all of our values for this year. We were able to absorb most of the change by reducing some of our cash reserves. As a result, the tax bills went out late so the due date changed from November 30th to December 9th. We approved Resolution 35-2016 for...
The first case of influenza in a Jefferson County resident was confirmed last week. The adult was not hospitalized but did seek medical care for the illness. Influenza (“the flu”) is a highly contagious illness that is often recognized by its sudden onset of fever, cough, body aches, and fatigue. Statewide in recent weeks much influenza activity has been reported in Missoula County, as well as some in Flathead, Gallatin, and Park counties. Six people have been hospitalized and 50 infections confirmed since October 1st in Montana. Influenza A (...
