Looking Back 25 Years

Wed., May 6, 1992

The Valley View and Legion Street projects will be combined as originally planned in the Phase 1 portion of the water line replacement project for the Town of Whitehall, it was agreed during a special meeting of the Whitehall Town Council.

Officials of GSM east of Whitehall hosted an informational tour of the mine property on April 28 for a number of local government and public officials and area news media. The purpose of the tour was to discuss the mine’s operation and reclamation plan, and it’s various environmental programs.

Waste rock dumps will be covered with at least two feet of rocky subsoil, followed by nineteen inches to two feet of top soil. They will then be seeded with a mixture of grasses, shrubs and trees.

Whitehall was recently chosen to take part in the U.S. Forest Service’s tree planting study, noted Ron Roginske who is with the local Forest Service. Whitehall was one of ten Montana communities chosen to participate in the three year experiment.

Former Whitehall resident Gay Selby was recently honored with a special award for her contributions to education and her community. Selby currently resides in Kelso, Washington, where she is the Kelso School District Superintendent. Gay was selected to receive the 1992 Washington Award for Excellence in Education as the state’s top superintendent in an annual recognition program the legislature established in 1986. Gay is a graduate of Whitehall High School.