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Trees around your home can increase property value by up to 15% or more. Studies of comparable houses with and without trees place a markedly higher value on those whose yards are sheltered by trees. Arbor Day is Friday, April 29th and the Whitehall Garden Club is planning the second annual Arbor Day Celebration in the Whitehall Community Center from noon until 4 PM. The garden club members will distribute 29 FREE seedling trees to attendees to celebrate our 29th year as a Tree City USA. Trees available this year are Engelmann Spruce, Plains...
The WHS Band and Choir traveled to District Music Festival in Deer Lodge over the weekend and had a strong showing of talent. The WHS Band brought home a II rating of Excellent, while the Choir earned an I rating of Superior. The Golden Quartet, which is comprised of Kyra Oliverson, Payton DuBois, Gabriel Popalis, and Emerson Bourbanis-Carter earned a II rating. Superior ratings were earned by the following students: Kyra Oliverson (vocal), Emerson Bourbanis-Carter (vocal), Emily Smith (flute),...
Whitehall-based non-profit We Are HER (Healed, Empowered, Restored) will be hosted by The Whitehall Ledger on Thursday, May 5 at 6 PM. This informal gathering will be a meet and greet, offering information on We Are HER, gathering ideas on what services We Are HER can provide in the area, and more. Thursday is also the kick-off to Give Big Gallatin Valley, in which The Whitehall Ledger is a matching sponsor for We Are HER. The first $500 donated to We Are HER's annual survivor retreat will be...
Sincerely Paul Feeding His Sheep will begin distributing Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) food boxes on May 12, 2022, to anyone who has filled out an application. Along with these boxes, Sincerely Paul will be distributing 20lb. boxes of produce to families who wish to receive them. Sincerely Paul will also begin helping with the after-school lunch program the Whitehall Community Library is already involved in, as our schools will not be having a lunch program this summer. Sincerely Paul has several agencies participating;...
Gold Junction Presents (GJP) is moving forward with Whitehall Community Theatre, with auditions for An Experiment and The Literati Awards scheduled for 6 PM on Tuesday, May 3 at the Star Theatre. Both of these one-act plays can be viewed on YouTube for character ideas. Please come to auditions with either a brief piece prepared (for those of you who have acted before!) or email goldjunctionpresents@gmail.com for a prepared audition segment from each of the one-acts. If you cannot make the May 3 audition but would still like to participate, plea...
"If I say I want something, the next thing I know, Ron has either put it in my cart or, in this case, found a restaurant for me!" Laurie Stolba said with a laugh on Friday, April 15, the opening day of Cafe 1889 in Whitehall. Stolba says she has always wanted to have her own place, her own cafe, and her husband encouraged it strongly. "I love her cooking. She's great at it. This is a good fit," Ron said. Cafe 1889, located at 14 E. Legion, was previously Frankie's Tex Mex, but the location...
Join the 5K Walk n Talk Fun Run on May 14, a fundraiser for the Whitehall PTSA. Registration forms are available at the Whitehall Ledger and the elementary school front desk. Early registration is requested by Friday, May 6. Registration is $15 per person, $50 for families up to six, and ages five and younger are free. Registration prices increase after May 6. Registrations may be dropped off at either the Whitehall Ledger or the school. This fun run will be an enjoyable 5K for anyone of any age. There will be a marked course, throughout...
The Whitehall Garden Club, in cooperation with the Town of Whitehall, is planning the second annual Arbor Day Celebration. It will be held on Arbor Day, Friday, April 29, in Whitehall’s Community Center from noon until 4 PM. The Town of Whitehall will raise our 29 Tree City USA flags along Legion Street to celebrate our 29th year as a Tree City USA. Mayor Mary Janacaro-Hensleigh will welcome the crowd and read a proclamation recognizing Arbor Day, its history, and its future. The Whitehall Garden Club members will distribute 29 tree s...
Hello, my name is Padraic (Pod) Moriarty. I am looking forward to working with the Whitehall School and attempting to get elected to the Whitehall school board. I have lived in Whitehall for twenty-one years, have a daughter in grade school, and another in high school. While browsing through Elementary Guidance Counselor Carlie Jessop's website preparing for this commitment, I found the website to be a very informative tool for parents with children in Whitehall Schools. I highly recommend paren...
The April meeting of the Whitehall Town Council, held Monday, April 12 in the Council Chambers, was a quiet one, with few action items on the docket. A presentation by Lee and Jason Good of TSS regarding fiber internet brought questions, concerns, and interest from the Council. At the March meeting, AirGrids from the Dillon area had presented to the Council, stating they were working in conjunction with TSS and MTWeb. At this month’s meeting, Good corrected that statement, noting that he was not working with AirGrids and that his company had i...
Whitehall non-profit Gold Junction Presents (GJP), which works to bring arts and cultural events to the community, is creating a Whitehall community theatre group. The community theatre group will be geared towards middle school students to adults of all ages, with or without a theatre background. Don’t miss the first meeting for those interested Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 6 PM at the Star Theatre. All are welcome to come to hear the proposed plays, give ideas, volunteer, and more! For more info, contact GJP at goldjunctio...
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Jefferson Valley Conservation District will host a Local Working Group meeting to gather input from local stakeholders on how NRCS can most effectively deliver conservation assistance in Jefferson County. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, immediately following the Jefferson Valley Conservation District meeting which is at 11:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the conference room at the Borden Hotel, please use the Main Street entrance. Every year, Local Working Group...
The Whitehall Food Pantry will hold its monthly food distribution before Easter, on Friday, April 15 at 2 PM. The Whitehall Food Pantry is located at 110 S. Division Street in Whitehall....
Save the Date! Save the Date! SAVE THE DATE! One of The Whitehall community's most exciting events is fast approaching! The Whitehall Chamber of Commerce and Jefferson Valley Community Foundation are truly pleased to invite the entire community to the Eighteenth Annual Black Tie and Blue Jeans Dinner and Auction. This event is open to all and will be held May 21, 2022 at 5:30 PM. The theme this year will be, "Wear your Boots, Get Back to Your Roots." Because of tremendous enthusiasm from last...
A benefit raffle drawing will be held on June 1, 2022, to assist Mindy Bowman in her fight against breast cancer. Bowman, a Whitehall resident, recently underwent cancer surgeries and is working hard to beat the disease. This is exactly why her friends and family began the "Fight Like a Butte Girl" benefit raffle in her honor. Raffle tickets are $25 each or five tickets for $100. Tickets are available at 406 Roots (2.5 S. Lincoln Street), the Mint Bar (1 E. Legion), the Two Bit (123 W. Legion),...
Bring the little ones, bring the big ones, and bring the "kids" of all ages out to the Easter Eggs-travaganza Easter Egg Hunt and Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, April 9th. The Easter Egg Hunt begins at 1 PM for those 10 years of age and under at the Main Street Green Park next to the Star Theatre. Little ones will have the opportunity to find lots of prize-filled Easter Eggs, meet the Whitehall Easter Bunny, and even take their pictures with him! The hunt starts promptly at 1 PM, so be ready and...
Whitehall non-profit Gold Junction Presents (GJP), which works to bring arts and cultural events to the community, is creating a Whitehall community theatre group. GJP founding member Elizabeth Pullman is excited about this opportunity and hopes to have auditions for the first one-act play offering in late April or early May. “Some may say live theatre is a dying art, but I disagree. Right now, especially after dealing with the last two years of the pandemic, we need interaction,” Pullman said. “We need to see live performances, whether it be...
The Whitehall Ledger will be interviewing candidates for the Jefferson County Commissioner seat in the upcoming weeks. Candidates vying for the seat are Dan Hagerty, Jim Buterbaugh, Mary Janacaro-Hensleigh, and Jon Stone Goff. While the Ledger has plenty of questions planned for the candidates, the most important question might come from you. What questions do you have for them? What would you like to see for our county? Your questions will also help develop the questions for the Candidates Forum being held May 26 at 6 PM i the Borden’s C...
The annual meeting of the Jefferson Valley Museum will be held on Thursday, April 7th in the Star Theater at 7:00 PM. Doors will open at 6:30 PM. A short business meeting will be conducted before the program starts to update museum members on the current status of the museum and to accept nominations for and vote on two museum board member positions. The program this year will be presented by Ron Hunt and will last about one and a half hours with a short intermission at the mid-point. There will be more than 50 photos of the Waterloo area...
The Whitehall High School class of 1972 is planning to gather for their 50th reunion in Whitehall on the evening of July 23rd at the Jefferson Valley Museum. There is no dinner planned at this time, but there will be refreshments available. For those who cannot make the trip to Whitehall, there will be a Skype session held that evening where out-of-the-area classmates can join in the 50-in-5 session. This session will give class members five minutes to review what they have done over the past 50 years. A Facebook page has been set up to help...
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal food distribution program that supports food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, and other emergency feeding organizations serving low-income Americans. Federal assistance takes the form of federally purchased commodities-including fruits, vegetables, meats, and grains-and funding for administrative costs. Food aid and funds are distributed to states using a statutory formula that takes into account poverty and unemployment rates....
OLYMPIANS: Whitehall Middle School Academic Olympians (Top photo) Lillian Schober, Kady Chadwick, Miles McLean, Zane Downey, and Dixon Koenig secured 5th out of 41 teams at the competition in Bozeman on March 15. Zane Downey and Dixon Koenig (above, left) also tied for fifth place in the individual competition....
Tensions were high from the beginning of Fire Chief Joe Granvold’s report to the denial of his request for CIP funds at Monday’s March Whitehall Town Council Meeting. Granvold had requested about $5700 in CIP funds for new turn-outs for the volunteer fire department. When Council chair Roy McBride called in to question his over expenditures of budget, voices rose, with McBride noting that if the Town has to work within their budget, so does the Fire Department. McBride also requested a breakdown of how many of the fires services were rural fir...
When Pamela Polachi talks about something she is passionate about her eyes twinkle and there is no end to her enthusiasm. Her recently acquired gem, rock, fossil, and mineral collection is her biggest passion to date, and her enthusiasm can not be denied. The show, with the collection of Polachi (owner of Settings by All Things Montana, is sponsored by the Western Legacy Center and began Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at the Whitehall Community Center. The show runs from 10 AM to 4 PM, Monday - Saturd...
Meeting with students at Whitehall High School on Friday, March 4, 2022, Governor Greg Gianforte promoted the importance of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in empowering students with in-demand skills and providing a highly-skilled, highly-qualified workforce for Montana. "Everybody wins when Montana schools, like Whitehall High School, offer personalized work-based learning paths for students to prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow," Gov. Gianforte said. "We will continue to p...
