Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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A group of Whitehall community residents met with the Whitehall School Board on Wednesday, August 30; they requested the board adopt a goal of improving school spirit and sportsmanship as one of the board's top goals for the 2000-2001 school year. WHS Organizer of the Week: Civic & Service Organizations. These Whitehall groups do a world of good for Whitehall residents and others. Raising money for the ambulance, sponsoring youth rodeo activities, shaping young lives through Scouting, providing...
Borden's Corner owners Marion and Duane Alberts reopened the restaurant, located inside Whitehall's historic Bordens Hotel, on Monday, August 28. Marion Alberts said Borden's restaurant would offer "a family-style menu of great home-cooked food." She said the restaurant would be offering lunch and dinner specials, and that future plans include a breakfast buffet. WHS Organizer of the Week: Whitehall Masonic Lodge. The Riverside Mystic Tie Lodge 17, the Mason's chapter located in the Whitehall...
The summer of 2000 in the Jefferson Valley will be remembered for drought and smoke, but not for wildfires. Layers of smoke and ash have engulfed the Jefferson Valley for the past month, with the smoke so thick it triggered smoke alarms in homes. Ash covered vehicles, windowsills, and virtually everything else in the valley. The ash flies up on paved roads like dust on a gravel road when vehicles pass. WHS Organizer of the Week: WHS Booster Club. The Whitehall High School Booster Club promotes...
Whitehall has a new town budget, new (lower) garbage collection rates, and will soon have a new townsman and - eventually - newly paved streets, as approved at the August 14 Whitehall Town Council meeting. The Council okayed an $826,000 budget to accomplish these goals. The Whitehall School Board officially approved the 2000-2001 school year budget, hired a new high school guidance counselor, and - again - hired a new head cook in action at the board meeting held on Monday, August 14. WHS...
The Jefferson Valley is shrouded in smoke, but the immediate area has been fortunate thus far and has avoided the spread of any major wildfires. Whitehall's air quality is going from bad to worse. Rockin' the Rockies not only survived a nasty squall of thunderstorms on Friday afternoon and a haze of smoke from area wildfires during the weekend, but it trumped the weather and made the 2000 concert even bigger and better than the inaugural show in 1999. WHS Organizer of the Week: Jefferson Valley...
Half of the Whitehall High School Class of 1950 attended a 50-year reunion in Whitehall during Frontier Days weekend on July 28-29-30, and all the attendees came from coast to coast. A total of thirteen members of the Class of 1950 attended. WHS Organizer of the Week: Jefferson Valley Presents (JVP). JVP has made a lot of progress in the last year toward the production of an outdoor theoretical historic presentation of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. JVP continues to fundraise and make plans for a...
Night Ranger will be motorin' to Rockin' the Rockies; the concert site is in much better shape than last year, promoters said. The Rockin' the Rockies concert announced two additions this week, one to the band lineup and one of a more culinary nature. WHS Organizer of the Week: Whitehall Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is active on many fronts, but the crown jewel of the Chamber's events is Frontier Days. Chamber board members and Chamber volunteers have been working for nearly a year,...
Whitehall must be going to the dogs! The Missouri Headwaters Gun Dog Club is holding an AKC hunt test near Whitehall on July 29-30. Up to 100 hunting dogs from multiple states are expected to participate in the event. It's Frontier Days NRA rodeo time. This year, Frontier Days will feature a carnival, complete with rides such as Octopus, Rounder, Bounce, Tempest, Jolly Frog, and the Clatterpillar. WHS Organizer of the Week: Whitehall Ambulance Board. The Whitehall Ambulance Board has been in exi...
The Whitehall Town Council voted on July 10, 2000, to settle a salary dispute between the Town and Francine Stevison. During their monthly meeting, they also heard an update on the paving project and voted to begin another dredging of the town's sewage treatment lagoons. WHS Organizer of the Week: The Whitehall Saddle Club (WSC). The WSC helps manage the rodeo grounds and rodeo arena, and schedules two major summer events. The Whitehall Saddle Club, composed of about 13 area families, sponsors...
The Whitehall Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Mural Project will receive $10,500 from the Montana Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission to paint several additional Lewis & Clark murals in Whitehall. This Whitehall Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Mural, painted on the First Street side of the former Fish, Wildlife, and Parks sign shop (and garage) has been nominated as one of the "Prettiest Places in America." WHS Organizer of the Week: Whitehall Food Pantry. The Food Pantry board members include Mike...
Frontier Days is shaping up as a beauty! There are now four new events! A carnival, horseshoe tournament, pancake breakfast, and an ATV poker run have been added to over a half dozen traditional events for the annual Whitehall Frontier Days summer celebration. Making a total of 10 teachers or administrators who have left the system in recent months, yet another teacher has resigned from the Whitehall Schools system. Only six new teachers have been hired for the next school year to replace those...
Whitehall's paving project is a go! The Whitehall Town Council awarded the town street paving bid at the June 15 council meeting, voted to fund the project and learned that millings will begin arriving on June 21 and anticipate the paving project starting as early as the first part of July. Silver Star Celebration will include a parade, BBQ in 2000. The town of Silver Star, located about 16 miles south of Whitehall, will host its second annual summer celebration on Saturday, June 24. Montana's...
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...
