Shelter added at fishing pond

A new addition will be quite the asset to the Piedmont Family Fishing Pond.

Last week an all-concrete picnic shelter was delivered and set up at the site two miles from downtown Whitehall.

According to Joe Dillon and Grant Godbolt of the Jefferson Valley Sportsmen Association, they used money from a Community Pond Grant (from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks), and a donation from the family of Bill Gooch to help pay for the project. Dillon said the cost for the shelter was $12,792 and this does not include the cost of prep work getting the site ready. The JVSA received $2,000 from the family of...