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Articles from the December 27, 2023 edition


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  • Ledger Looking Back What Happened in 2023?

    ELIZABETH PULLMAN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023

    JANUARY (1/4/2023): • The Whitehall Sustainability Committee opened its second grant cycle, with applications due by February 1st. (1/11/2023): • The Whitehall Town Council updates the Rec Complex bylaws, while a Rec Board working session brings in opinionated crowds. • LaHood Park reopened in Cardwell after rebuilding from a fire in 2021. • Obituaries: Patty Strozzi (94), Amy DuBois (44), Loren Shaw (80), and Claire Best (85). (1/18/2023): • The Whitehall Chamber holds First Business After Hours and introduces new goals. • Six WHS students com...

  • Don't Miss NOODLES This Friday and Saturday at the Star

    ELIZABETH PULLMAN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023

    Whitehall Community Theatre, brought to you by Gold Junction Presents, is excited to bring its third production to the Star Theatre. NOODLES will be presented on Friday, December 29th at 7 PM, and twice on Saturday, December 30th, at 2 PM and 7 PM. Admission is $5 and donations to help fund future productions are appreciated. Ned (Jakin Cheuvront) is the 30-ish son of Boo (Sara Cheuvront) and Stu (Kerry Wafer) Boodle whose efforts to introduce girlfriends (Jeannene Armstrong, then Julia McNew)... Full story

  • Thought Provokers: 12/27/2023

    Dec 27, 2023

    To our pets, with their sensitive sense of hearing, we must sound like a battalion of Stormtroopers as we stomp through our houses. Be careful around really funny people. They’re funny because they’ve seen shit and developed a defense mechanism.. Being the only sober person among your friends, you can go from having the least fun to having the most fun in a matter of hours. Most people think things are generally getting worse and yet most people are optimistic about a better future. All light pollution can disappear in a fraction of a sec...

  • Vote For Photo of the Year!

    ELIZABETH PULLMAN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023

    Each week the Whitehall Ledger spotlights a photograph taken by a local resident of the beauty that surrounds our hometown. These photos are placed on the Ledger's Facebook page and, at the end of each year, voted on with "likes" to crown the winner of PHOTO OF THE YEAR. In 2022 this honor went to Sarah Smart, and in 2021 to William Ulrichny. It's time to start voting! Visit the Ledger's Facebook photo album entitled 2023 Photos of the Week (https://bit.ly/485KGsG) and start voting! Likes will...

  • Brought to Whitehall by a Purpose: Meet The Trodicks

    ELIZABETH PULLMAN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023
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    We each have a calling - sometimes it just isn't clear to us right off. We have to learn and we have to live, before we realize where we are meant to be. For Jacob and Brittany Trodick, their calling brought them to God and the church and, more recently, to Whitehall. The Trodicks, along with children, moved to Whitehall earlier this year, taking on the youth director position for ages 5-11 at the Whitehall Assembly of God Church, pastored by Bill Lanes. Jacob and Brittany, who knew (and...

  • Between the Stacks: 12/27/2023

    JEANNIE FERRISS, Whitehall Community Library|Dec 27, 2023

    You may have noticed the pamphlet rack beside the children’s computers and wondered what all those little booklets are. They are a series of information that helps parents of young children on how reading helps their children develop all through their growth from babies to preschoolers. Provided by the Montana State Library (thank you all so much!!) the Ready2Read Project lets parents, guardians, grandparents, childhood educators, and anyone else who works with young children, explore the advantages at each grade level of reading to children a...

  • Ledger Looking Back: 12/23/1998

    RITA BROWN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023

    DECEMBER 23, 1998 The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) continued to internally process possible permit violations and water quality violations against Golden Sunlight Mine, but fines would not be calculated or agreed upon until the end of January 1999. In the meantime, Golden Sunlight reported that its remediation efforts had successfully identified and contained contamination from an apparent leak at a tailings impoundment site within Golden Sunlight property. The Whitehall...

  • Tilden Brings Classic Style to Whitehall

    ELIZABETH PULLMAN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023

    Tilden Yamamoto and his business have been flying under Whitehall's radar for a while now, but with his top-selling wreath with custom jeans selling to Split Diamond Ranch at the 25th Annual Whitehall Saddle Club Wreath Auction making front page news, his days of being inconspicuous are numbered. The custom clothing business is nothing new to Tilden, who has been designing classic silhouettes since 2000. "I started really early sewing, as a kid, just for fun and I ended up going to a state... Full story

  • The Ten Most Popular Stories on NPR.org

    BILL CHAPPELL, National Public Radio|Dec 27, 2023

    7 has been a wild year, and with it we’ve had some truly wild stories. We’ve learned the truth about Fireball, survived some TikTok trends, seen a woman saved by a dead rabbit, honored incredible lives and learned more about aliens. The news cycle feels more frenetic than ever, which can make it hard to remember everything that’s happened this year. Here’s a look back at the top stories that captured readers’ attention in 2023 from NPR.org and across the NPR Network. There’s no whiskey in bottles of Fireball Cinnamon, so customers a...

  • Variety's Best Movies of 2023

    OWEN GLEIBERMAN, Variety Magazine|Dec 27, 2023

    Looking back, 2023 was a year of wild swings. And two big strikes (if you’ll forgive the pun) — first the Writers Guild and then the Screen Actors Guild took the studios and streamers to task, forcing production to a halt. Yet whatever was going on behind the scenes, Hollywood had a grand-slam year, asserting its audacious cultural relevance with the historic double-header that was “Barbenheimer.” Variety’s two chief film critics agree that Christopher Nolan’s portrait of the man behind the Manhattan Project is one for the ages — a “Lawrence o...

  • RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Sweet Sheep Grilled Cheese

    Dec 27, 2023

    Grilled cheese is a beloved comfort food that can be enjoyed any time of the day. Although there isn't much that needs to be added to cheese to make it delicious, the inclusion of tart strawberries and blackberries in this recipe titled The Sweet Sheep Grilled Cheese from The Reading Terminal Market¨ Cookbook (Camino Books) by Ann Hazan and Irina Smith pushes this sandwich over the edge of deliciousness. An additional cookie butter spread and chocolate chips make this grilled cheese much more de...

  • Just Ask Georgia: 12/27/2023

    GEORGIA|Dec 27, 2023

    Georgia, I have a question, I own my own business and was forced to work on Christmas Day. My boss is a real piece of work - now he wants me to work on New Year’s Day. How do I tell him to kiss my you-know-what? Don’t Wanna Work Dear Don’t Wanna, Let’s start at the beginning...YOU OWN your own BUSINESS? Doesn’t that mean YOU are the BOSS? Are you asking me how do you tell yourself off? Well, if you need someone to tell you to take the day off - I will do that. Take the day off and enjoy the start of the new year - and get on better terms wit...

  • Jefferson County Sheriff Report: Week of 12/17/2023

    JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT|Dec 27, 2023

    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 09:08:36 Traffic Hazard: I-90 10:35:38 Animal: Hwy 55 12:18:30 Animal: S Centurion Way 13:03:46 Traffic Offense: I-90 MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 07:51:32 Fire/Smoke Vehicle: I-90 07:57:18 Animal: Hwy 55 09:15:22 Fraud: Yellowstone Trl 09:45:57 VIN Inspection: Antelope Ln 12:29:12 Traffic Hazard: I-90 12:41:53 Motorist Assist: I-90 15:41:50 Neighbor Dispute: E Viella St 16:23:31 Wrong Way Driver: I-90 17:27:08 Traffic Stop: McKeown Ln 17:33:04 Larceny/Theft: Robbins Ln 17:48:37 Traffic Stop: E Legion St 17:50:45 Medical: Pipestone R...

  • Montana Transparency Project Announces January 2024 Launch

    ADDIE SLANGER, Montana Transparency Project|Dec 27, 2023

    Government transparency is getting another watchdog in Montana with the creation and launch of the Montana Transparency Project (MTP), a non-profit, nonpartisan initiative dedicated to helping organizations and individuals prepare and keep track of public information requests, educating local governments and elected officials on the Right to Know and ensuring the protection of this constitutional provision for all Montanans. MTP is excited to announce its official launch date of Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. The organization is prepared to assist wi...

  • A Whitehall Tradition

    ELIZABETH PULLMAN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023

    For the fifth year in a row, Whitehall resident Pati McLaughlin put together a crew of carolers to visit Meadowlark Manor, as well as spread some Christmas cheer throughout Whitehall on Friday, December 22nd. LEDGER...

  • Editorial: Changes This Holiday Season

    ELIZABETH PULLMAN, Whitehall Ledger|Dec 27, 2023

    When you have a child, that first Christmas is magical...and so is the second, third, fourth, and so on. And then, suddenly, that little bundle of joy is a full-grown adult. This year marked the first Christmas of my son’s adulthood. He’s out on his own, having moved to Manhattan in mid-December, and is working at the Bozeman airport. Being the newbie at work, he had to work both Christmas Eve day and Christmas Day. I texted him mid-day Christmas Eve when he got off work, asking whether he thought he could make it over. for Christmas Eve tradit...

  • Best-Dressed Homes & Businesses This Holiday Season!

    Dec 27, 2023

    BEST DECORATED: The Whitehall Chamber had SO many homes and businesses to judge from this year, all you really need to do is loop through the town to see some of the best lights ever! The best decorated home (top and inset) went to Brent and Sandi Mabbott up at the Sky Park, with an honorable mention (below) to Rich & Celeste Shepard on West First Street. The best decorated business went to Stageline Pizza (above) with honorable mention Jefferson Inn....