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Articles from the October 2, 2019 edition


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  • Whitehall's Fall Festival next week

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Oct 2, 2019

    For the second straight year there will be a fall festival in Whitehall. The Whitehall Chamber of Commerce and Whitehall Garden Club are sponsoring the 2019 event scheduled for Saturday, October 12. The festival will include a flea market, chili and cornbread cookoff, bingo, pumpkin carving contest, and farmer's open-air street market that will host demonstrations and a scarecrow contest. Whitehall Chamber President Melissa Jenkins is enthusiastic about the upcoming event and hopes to see a big...

  • Tailings project takes step forward

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Oct 2, 2019

    The Golden Sunlight Mine's tailings processing project is one step closer to reality. According to mine general manager Dan Banghart, Barrick Gold recently approved the mine advancing the project with detailed engineering and preparing for a permit application. He added the engineering will take around six months. "We'll still need project funding down the road to start any procurement and construction. Everything remains very positive," he said. At a meeting last month, Golden Sunlight's Steve Lloyd said the TSF 1 project could produce more...

  • Column: Stinky Tiger

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Oct 2, 2019

    I was watching a football game the other day and witnessed a mascot going absolutely bananas on the sideline and it reminded me of my senior year of high school. For the two and a half years of school, I had often watched the "Tiger" at my high school at games and it was usually a very dull performance. Finally, after watching the mascot spend most of the time sitting on the ground at a basketball game, I decided I had enough, and figured out what I needed to do to be the mascot. I was told by the administration I would just need to ask the...

  • Molly May (Howser) McLean

    Oct 2, 2019

    Molly May (Howser) McLean, our treasured Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, sister, friend, and fan, was with family when she was called to be with our Lord September 26, 2019. Born in Havre on June 20, 1932, Molly was the oldest of four siblings and the daughter of Mabel and Ted Howser. After living in Townsend, during her preschool years, her family moved to a ranch outside of Willow Creek, where she graduated from Willow Creek High School. The community of Willow Creek became her home until 2005, when she and Allen moved to Whitehall. D...

  • Margaret Eileen Thompson

    Oct 2, 2019

    Margaret “Eileen” Thompson of Cardwell, Montana passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the age of 88. She was born on March 9th, 1931 to Gust and Margaret Sanderson in Red Lodge, Montana. Eileen married Lyonald Thompson on June 3, 1953 in the living room of her parent’s house in Toston. Eileen was the first of her family to go to college, receiving a teaching degree from Western Montana College in 1951. She continued her education and received an advanced degree from Eastern Montana College in 1979. She taught elementary and...

  • Trojan football hosting rival Jefferson Panthers

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Oct 2, 2019

    Whitehall/Harrison's Friday night gridiron matchup at home against Boulder will not only be a battle of two rivals, but it will also serve as a crucial conference game midway through the season. Following a 42-0 homecoming loss to a high-powered Manhattan team, Trojans (2-3, 0-2 Southern B) head coach Dan Lacey is looking forward to not only getting better as they prepare for the Panthers but to use the game as an opportunity to go "1-0" this week. "We want to be 1-0 on the week and to do it...

  • Whitehall takes down Big Timber

    Jack H. Smith, Whitehall Ledger|Oct 2, 2019

    The Whitehall High School volleyball team picked up their second conference win of the season last Thursday with win over Big Timber. "I was happy that the girls could get a win for Homecoming on Thursday night, especially since it was a conference game," said head coach Kyla Simon. In action Saturday, Whitehall fell on the road 16-25, 16-25, 25-22 to Three Forks. "We played a tough Three Forks team on Saturday. The loss was definitely not because of lack of effort. Our Trojans worked hard the...