Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Over 40 competitors of all ages and experience levels converged upon Jim & Carrin Alley's property in Pipestone to display their balance skills. This is the fourth year the trials have been held in Pipestone, a little known secret to most of Whitehall's residents. Whitehall's lone Whitehall participant, Keith Fortin, also assisted in scoring the balance course contestants....
A Talent Showcase Fundraiser for Kelly Jo Elser and Lily Jensen's trip to ARTS Orlando 2021 will be held at the Madison County Fairgrounds Round Bar in Twin Bridges on May 8th. All proceeds will go towards travel expenses for the girls' trip to he Arts Talent showcase in Orlando, Florida from June 30th to July 4th. Both girls have music in their blood and are working towards futures as professional singers. "Music first really came to me through my mom. Before the three of us Jensens were born...
An exciting off-road motorcycle event is happening this weekend at Pipestone! The Mossy Rock Trials will begin at 10am with classes including novice, amateur, intermediate, advanced, expert & vintage, and pro. The trials, which are not speed or time related, but balanced driven, are unique, said course director Dan Larson. Competitors are given points for each time their foot touches the ground - in that a perfect score would be 0 for the run, and a fail would be a score of 5+. The all natural...
It’s really exciting to see so many events coming up in the next few weeks. Dare I say it? Could we be headed back to “normal”? Honestly, I don’t think things will ever return to what they were pre-March 2020. But in many ways, I don’t think they should. We’ve become much more aware of one another, of illness, of feelings, or how our actions affect those around us, how our political viewpoints may differ from our neighbors. Normal, before, seemed (to me) to mean looking out for #1, for yourself. Now that we’ve experienced a pandemic, and...
After a year of silence due to COVID-19, Beats & Eats is ready to rock your socks off with live music, vendors, local food and more, beginning May 8th. Other dates include June 26, Frontier Days, and dates to be announced in August and September. The music series was created in 2019 by local band Homemade Jam in order to bring music to the area - both professional and amateur. Musicians from around the state are invited to attend; an open mic element is also provided to those who want to participate, with a house band available to back them on...
As a new business owner with no employees in office, I had always wondered what would happen should I fall sick on a Monday or Tuesday when the paper needed to get out to the printers. And this week I, unfortunately, found out. Monday morning my son and I woke up with terrible stomach pains and nausea. I called him in sick to school, where I found out there was a significant stomach bug going around. We also had had some suspect chicken the night before, but that hadn’t affected my husband. Stomach bug, food poisoning - whatever it was, it w...
Hannah Catalino and Lisanne Fear are currently making their way across the United States, plotting their course for this Fall's upcoming "5000 Miles, 5000 Mustangs" on the American Discovery Trail. The two left on Tuesday, April 13 in order to determine whether they were to take the northern or southern route of the Trail and prep their horses for what lies ahead. With their pack of dogs (Kayuh, Zaphyra, and Keiko) they began their 7000-mile road trip to determine the safest 5000 miles of...
It has been a rough Spring for the Town of Whitehall, with much scrutiny by the townspeople in regard to the misappropriation of earmarked funds being discovered earlier this year after. However, a budget resolution brought to the public and the Town Council for approval on April 12th should start to alleviate the money confusion. “The money was never “gone”,” Allissa Christensen, Town Clerk & Treasurer, stressed. “It was just put into the wrong accounts and used for the wrong items.” The Town has made it very clear that no one stole the money...
My editorial this week is in response to the letter below, commenting on my previous editorial from two weeks ago “Holy Cow, Slow Down!” As the author of the letter to the Editor did not sign their note, I can only address it here, in public. We all know what they say about assuming, and there are many assumptions in her letter. I also made my own assumptions in my previous editorial. She assumed I was talking about ALL semi drivers; I assumed readers would understand I was talking about vehicles speeding who need to slow down. If her hus...
"Just before the race the emotion set in as I realized that this was the last cross country race I would ever run as a Blue Hawk. There were tears in my eyes as I stepped up to the line knowing that I had given everything I had to the sport of cross country for 8 years now," Hunter Flynn said, happily recalling this past weekend's National Cross County Meet in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Flynn, a Whitehall alumni who took the Trojan cross country team by storm during his years in Whitehall, brought his...
The cast of Whitehall High School's production of the Importance of Being Earnest is wrapping up dress rehearsals and is excited to present their production to the community, via streaming, on April 8th and 9th. "This play is a classic show, well-known in the theater world. I presented two shows to the kids at tryouts & they read parts for each show. After, the group voted to do The Importance of Being Earnest," said Whitehall Drama Coach Marci Whitehurst. She noted that, since the show is publi...
Over a hundred children ages 0-6 participated in the Whitehall Chamber's Easter Eggs-travaganza Egg Hunt on the Main Street Green this past Saturday. Participants found hundreds of eggs scattered throughout the park, as well as loose prizes. The Easter Bunny made his rounds before the hunt began delighting (and sometimes scaring) the little ones as they waited for the signal to start gathering. After the hunt parents brought their little ones to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap and get a photo...
This past weekend while working on the Whitehall Chamber’s Easter Egg and Scavenger Hunt, I had many people ask how they can get more involved. Such a great question! The need for volunteers gets greater and greater each year with new events added. The Chamber of Commerce is a huge source of events in the area and always in need to volunteers for events such as the Easter Egg & Scavenger Hunt, Frontier Days, Fall Festival and Christmas Stroll. You don’t have to be a Chamber member, or even a business owner, to volunteer your time or res...
Treasure State Truck & Auto Repair's construction is nearly complete and the newest business on Legion Avenue is open for customers. Owner Ryan Strozzi, of Whitehall, is also the owner of Treasure State NAPA next door, but the businesses are separate entities. "We got the permit to build in August and now we're ready to go," Strozzi said, adding that the building is 100' x 56'. Thankfully, the global pandemic didn't affect Strozzi's plans to build; he saw a need in town and decided to rectify...
Whitehall High School alumni Hunter Flynn is preparing for a weekend to remember! Flynn qualified individually for the National Cross Country Meet by placing at the North Star Conference Cross Country Meet last fall. For Flynn, who will be graduating from Dickinson State University next month, this will be his third appearance at Nationals. The meet, which is usually help the weekend before Thanksgiving, had been delayed due to COVID-19, giving Flynn a few extra months to prepare. In his spare...
With COVID-19 came working remotely, with little to no in-person contact. Zoom and other video meeting apps have become a way to communicate not only in the business setting, but in the personal setting as well. "Zooming" should probably be the word of the year for 2020, as few don't know what that means. Jefferson Local Development Corporation (JLDC) saw the change in how we need to communicate and meet and created their recently finished Zoom Conference Room. JLDC received approximately...
Bring the little ones, bring the big ones, bring the "kids" of all ages out to the Easter Eggs-travaganza Easter Egg Hunt and Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, April 3rd. The fun begins at 1 p.m. for those 0-6 years of age at the Main Street Green Park next to the Star Theatre. Little ones will have the opportunity to find lots of prize filled Easter Eggs, meet the Whitehall Easter Bunny and even take their pictures with him! The hunt starts promptly at 1 p.m., so be ready and please bring a basket...
Something has got to be done about the speeding on Legion Avenue. There has got to be some creative ideas out there that will make the semis slow down and still appease the Montana DOT by keeping Legion Ave a functional part of the highway system. Two days in the past week I came into my office, which sits on Legion Ave, and found my frames, which hung on the back wall of my office, shattered to pieces. I laughed it off the first time – wow! The K-Bar got crazy last night and must’ve had a humdinger of a bar brawl. But then it happened again. I...
Several weeks ago Shirley Baustian received an envelope with the below artwork in it. The envelope was mailed from the Whitehall Post Office to Baustian's PO Box. No name was given, nor a return address. The drawings depict two owls, named Hoot and Holler, and their friends, a duck and a hedgehog. The below picture says: "Hi! My name is Hoot that is my big brother Holler and he does a lot of stuff. We live in this place with lots of old people. I know there is a big world out there. Holler says...
When describing Jefferson County, it's hard not to mention how large and spread out the county is. The county is expansive and lacks several amenities that other counties enjoy - such as a hospital and urgent care facilities. There's no doubt our Whitehall Medical Clinic goes above and beyond to assist the community, but now a new program has been created in hopes to assist the Clinic, as well as other primary providers. Kamrie Smith is the new Jefferson County Community Integrated Health (CIH)...
This week has been loaded with decisions, big and small, important and mundane for me. Do I get the COVID-19 shot? Do I dye my hair to cover that little stupid gray strand?’ Should I check my oil today or can I make it one more trip to Bozeman without worrying about it? Do I make the paper bigger by four pages each week, and if I do, can I handle that? So many decisions, so little time. Wouldn’t it be great if the voices in our heads guiding us to make the decisions could also foretell the future and all the problems that come with the dec...
When the Dysfunctional Quilt Shop opened nearly fifteen years ago on Sowden Lane in Whitehall, it was a small garage in Chris Proffer's backyard. Now, it is a booming business with an expansion added about five years ago and loyal customers that travel from around the state (and country!) to visit. On Saturday, March 20th the shop hosted its annual Customer Appreciation March Madness sale and the shop couldn't have been more packed. At 9:30 a.m. customers were wrapped around the perimeter of...
At this time last year, the world went into lockdown in fear of COVID-19. We didn't know what the virus could do, would do, or where we would be in a year. For the residents of Meadowlark Manor, it has been a long year. Because of COVID-19, the Manor shut its doors to visitors – the family and friends of the residents – and the residents were only permitted off the premises for medical appointments. The residents were allowed visitors outside on their patio in the warmer months and family mem...
The Ledger recently received an anonymous letter with information regarding a potential story to cover. After looking into the supplied information, I was able to get to the truth of the matter. However, with an anonymous letter - how do you let them know you did your job, investigated, but will not be pursuing further for the newspaper? You can’t. I also received information and documentation regarding a story from last week’s paper about the Town’s tax issues. The person who gave the information wanted to remain anonymous. A few weeks ago,...
I’ve heard that Jo’s mysterious identity is driving many a soul in Whitehall a bit crazy with guesses! I thought I’d give a bit of insight into this intriguing figure of etiquette wisdom. Yes, Jo is a Whitehall resident - your questions are being answered by someone right here in town. You’ve probably stood beside Jo in line at the Post Office, been parked behind Jo at the A&W/KFC drive through; you’ve probably waved at Jo as you drove by. Is “Jo” this person’s real name? Absolutely not! I’ve heard guesses that Jo is JoLynn Fleege (who does...
