Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Nearly a quarter of school teachers and administrators will be new when school starts in the fall. An arbitrator ruled on Monday, June 12, 2000 that Jefferson County did not overcharge Rockin' the Rockies. This means concert promoters must pay the county $19,715 by June 22. WHS Organizer of the Week: Whitehall Kiwanis. The Whitehall Kiwanis Club, a community service organization that focuses mostly on programs for kids. About 15 members strong, the Kiwanis are kicking off their weekly barrel...
June 7, 2000 After nearly 40 years in Whitehall, the Fish, Wildlife, and Parks sign shop has closed its doors. When Jennie McArthur and Carol Elshire closed the door at the FWP Sign Shop at the end of the day on Wednesday, May 31, they closed the door on an era. McArthur and Elshire won't paint any more FWP signs, and the sign shop won't open its doors again. WHS Volunteer/Good Neighbor of the Week: Rural Mail Carriers. When it came time to collect donated food for the Whitehall Food Pantry,...
The Whitehall High School Class of 2000 graduates received nearly $100,000 in scholarship monies to continue their education into college, according to information received from Sharon Peters, WHS guidance counselor. The reported amount does not include the funds Natasha Momsen received through her appointment to the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point. WHS Creative Leader of the Week: Dallice Smith. Dallice, a sophomore, has earned "Creative Leader" Honors for her leadership in English II...
Whitehall and Cardwell Schools will split nearly $634,000 of the nearly $2 million windfall of county mine money. Sam Samson, Jefferson County Commission chair, opened by outlining the legal framework of the Metal Mines Licence Tax and explained how the layoffs at Golden Sunlight Mine earlier this year triggered the release of reserve funds within the Metal Mines account. Samson said Whitehall High School, Whitehall Elementary School, and Cardwell School will receive funds from the reserve fund...
5/27/2000: The Montana state Legislature approved a bill to base the backfilling of open pit hard mines on environmental standards rather than technical backfill feasibility. The passage of the bill could mean Golden Sunlight Mine may not have to backfill its open pit at mine closure. Monday, May 8 saw about 20 home educators meet to discuss the formation of a home educator's support group and plan other activities geared toward the promotion of alternative educational opportunities. The...
MAY 10, 2000 How should the Jefferson County commission spend over half a million dollars locally to ease the economic impacts associated with Golden Sunlight Mine's closure? That question will be answered in the near future because the money is available now. For close to two decades, Golden Sunlight Mine and other hard rock mines in Montana have been paying a mine licence tax designed to soften the economic blow to communities when mines close or start to phase out operations. Golden Sunlight...
MAY 3, 2000 Soil moisture measuring systems hold major potential benefits for ranchers. For over a century, Jefferson Valley and Boulder Valley ranchers have faced some tough questions about irrigation, and most of those questions were answered with guesswork tempered with experience and knowledge. For 17 valley irrigators, the new millennium and the new technology will eliminate irrigation guesswork and wasted water and energy. Many community members - and some guests helped celebrate Spring...
"An Act of Art," the May 6 fundraiser for the Whitehall Lewis and Clark Mural Project, will feature close to 35 original works of art by prominent area artists, and some of the artwork is currently on display in the lobby at Rocky Mountain Bank. The Whitehall Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Renea Cassidy, said the artwork includes original paintings, pottery, bronze and ceramic sculptures, photographs, and functional artwork from various area artists. Some artists have regional and...
Whitehall Town Council and the mayor will search for up to $50,000 from existing budgets to beef up the paving project. The Whitehall Street paving project will begin as early as June 9, and the Whitehall Town Council will soon finalize a plan and a budget that outlines which town streets will be paved or resealed. WHS Creative Leader of the Week: Travis Henningsen. His portrayal of Willy Blossom in the spring play Approaching Zanzibar has earned him Creative Leader of the Week. Travis, a...
APRIL 12, 2000: Two grass fires, both apparently human caused, scorched land east and west of Whitehall on Tuesday, April 4th and 5th, 2000; although the flames burned approximately 220 acres, no homes were lost in the fires. On Saturday, April 8 the Whitehall Senior Citizens Transportation committee held a fundraising spaghetti dinner which was a great success. Prestige Assisted Living from Butte sent a busload of residents to join them. Through all those generous people and businesses who...
A lawsuit has been filed against Lillian rodeo owners Boyd and Georgia McMillian for alleged personal injuries suffered after a rodeo bull owned by the McMillian and allegedly attacked a woman in front of her house. Nicole Salvagni, a former Whitehall resident currently attending school at Arizona State University, won $12,000 in cash and prizes on The Price is Right and just missed winning a lot more. WHS Creative Leader of the Week: Justin Lucas. Director Britta Oliverson says that Justin didn...
MARCH 29, 2000 The Whitehall High School building was burglarized sometime late Sunday night or early Monday morning on March 26-27, and chemistry laboratory equipment, money, and a VCR were among the items stolen. Entry to the school was gained through a broken window, and some doors and locks inside were also damaged. The Whitehall Town Marshal Topper Giono investigated the crime scene, and the burglary remains under investigation. This is the first time the school has been broken into this...
MARCH 22, 2000 Frontier Days expands to two weekends! The NRA Rodeo and new event - a carnival - will run July 21-22 with a parade, street dance, and much, much more set for July 28-29-30. JTL Construction was awarded the Whitehall Road improvement project contract during the March 16 meeting of the Montana Transportation Commission. Still, like everything associated with the project, there was some controversy with the bids and contract award. The Whitehall Road construction project, on the dra...
MARCH 15, 2000 The Whitehall Town Council had a busy agenda during its March 13 meeting. By the time the council adjourned, it had hired a town attorney, given initial approval of a community decay ordinance, heard an update on the street paving project, and then decided to get tougher with abandoned and unlicensed vehicles. A decision was made to buy two new doors for the ambulance and police garage. According to information released this week from the Local Government Center at the University...
MARCH 8, 2000 Whitehall area voters may have a chance to create a local recreation district when they vote in the June 2000 primary election. The Jefferson County Commission approved a resolution calling for the ballot measure during its March 1 meeting and will make a decision on whether or not to place the measure on the ballot following the March 22 public hearing on the subject. A new store in Whitehall -Horsefly- will hold its grand opening on March 17-18. The store is owned by Roberta and...
Whitehall Senior Natasha Momsen received a historic telephone call last week when she was told she received an appointment to West Point, an appointment that makes her the first U.S. Military Service Academy appointee from Whitehall in over two decades. Momsen is the first woman ever appointed from Whitehall. The Whitehall Middle School announced the students who will be representing Whitehall at the Academic Olympics on March 16, 200 at MSU in Bozeman. Team One includes Brandon Momsen, Anna...
FEBRUARY 23, 2000 Whitehall Middle School eighth graders interviewed long-time residents for class projects and enjoyed learning what Whitehall residents recall. When did your family get their first television? What did you do on weeknights after homework? What did you do on weekends? What has changed the most about entertainment in your life? These were just some questions the eighth graders asked for their English assignment. Each student interviewed a person of their choice; nine of the...
FEBRUARY 16, 2000: An estimated 185-220 people came to eat and enjoy each other's company at the Sweetheart Breakfast Fundraiser held on Sunday, Feb.13, at the Whitehall Senior Citizen Center. Whitehall Middle School sent a group of "mathletes" to the annual Mathcounts competition, held Feb. 8 in Butte. Eleven teams competed in the event, and the Whitehall team composed of Ben Atkinson, Justin Stratton, Janelle Anderson, Mikael Moore, Jayce Bell, John Burmeister, and Cindy Lofftus, plus Billy...
FEBRUARY 9, 2000 The Whitehall Chamber’s mural committee plans to raise enough funds to complete eight new murals in the upcoming year. The Whitehall Lewis and Clark Murals Project, spearheaded by the Chamber, has planned an ambitious year in 2000. Although a significant amount of behind-the-scenes work is already underway, the first public demonstration of activity will come on May 6 with a community silent art auction. After hearing from students and parents during a Feb. 2 board meeting, t...
Golden Sunlight Mine layoff results in 65 lost jobs. Over half of the laid-off employees are from the Whitehall area. Workers received notices starting Thursday, Jan 27, and by close of business on Jan 31, Golden Sunlight had gone from 163 full-time employees to 98 full-time employees. Employees who had lost their jobs received a severance package, which included eight weeks of salary plus two weeks of pay for every completed year worked at GSM. The Montana Department of Transportation plans to...
JANUARY 26, 2000 Every Tuesday evening for six weeks, a group of about two dozen Whitehall area residents gather in the high school commons to jitterbug, two-step, and even do a little ten-count shuffle. "You see couples who've been married for 20 years and realize they're almost flirting with each other. And they laugh because that's what they're doing. It's kind of neat." WHS Creative Leader of the Week: Lance Briggs. He was nominated by drama director Larry Brazill. He is the son of Dean and...
JANUARY 22, 1999 Local man tries to "shovel" support for multiple uses of natural resources. Bill Seybert wants locally donated shovels to be sent to Nevada to show support for local decision-making and multiple-use management. A 120-pound young male mountain lion was treed near Pipestone Creek about a mile west of Whitehall on Thursday, Jan 13th. Mountain lion tracks were found in the area, and Bill Gooch and his dogs jumped the cat mid-morning by the Miller place West of town. WHS Creative...
JANUARY 12, 2000 Jefferson County gets serious about winning "war on weeds": Nearly 40 Jefferson County ranchers participated in two meetings on Jan. 6, and if everything goes according to plan, they will receive grants to pay for a 50 percent cost share on chemicals and application to fight weeds for the next three years. The Whitehall public library was burglarized on the night of January 6; a computer system, copier, security camera, and a small amount of cash were reported stolen. The...
Who am I? Brooklynn Lanes is a recent Whitehall High School graduate who loves reading, writing, and baking. Fun fact: I have only ever gone to school in Whitehall. I had the privilege of starting Head Start (pre-school) early. That is where I learned of my love of reading through Grandma Joy! Through the years, my love for reading has only grown! After graduating from pre-school, I finally moved on to kindergarten, where I bawled my eyes out for having to leave my mother. Then came first grade, where I gave up a rootbeer float at school to go...
