Ledger Looking Back 25 Years: September 12, 1996

SEPTEMBER 12, 1996

Students returning to Tia Kober Elementary and Whitehall Middle School this fall were greeted by grass, flowers, trees and other landscaping thanks to the hard work of the BY’s 4-H Club. Club leader Charlene Dillon said about 18 young people spent four days leveling the ground, putting in sod, installing railroad landscaping ties, and planting the area near the entrances to the schools.

Teachers in the grade school had been working for several years to raise money and gather workers to create a living memorial to former elementary secretary Renee Martinell, Dillon said. Mart...