Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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In the fall of 2011, S.A. Neff Jr., loaded up his van and made the nearly 2,000-mile trip from western Pennsylvania to Montana. With a self-professed love of exploring rivers, Neff had heard from a friend about fishing on the Boulder River and wanted to try it out for himself. An angler since 9, Neff visited several area ranches to try and get permission to both fish and camp, but he was initially unsuccessful. Finally, he visited the home of Bob and Connie Sims, who owned a ranch on MT Highway...
While I wouldn't say I'm a gambling man who has a bookie in his phone contacts and will bet everything from the World Series to a horseshoe competition at the county fair, I've been known to make a bet or two over the years. Because I wouldn't mind a nice wager every now and then, I was ecstatic when I first heard about fantasy football. I've always been a huge fan of football and at a time would watch just about as many games a week as possible. I would literally watch awful college games on a Tuesday night just because they were on TV. The...
Delone E. Smith passed away September 20th 2018 at St. James Hospital with her family by her side. She was born September 22, 1939 to John and June (Hunt) Huber in Butte Montana. Growing up, she spent much time having fun with her cousins (Hunts) in Waterloo/Whitehall. She graduated with the Butte High Class of 57. She worked for Metals Bank for some time and later married Ernest M. Smith of Butte in Butte Montana. She then traveled to the western part the states on construction jobs with her husband and later settle in Butte. She started worki...
Elizabeth (Betty) Jean Bersanti Strozzi passed away peacefully at her home in Whitehall, MT on September 28, 2018. Betty was surrounded by her children Wayne, Sandy, Rick and Shawn. She was born in Butte Montana on August 19, 1931 to Kathryn Galetti Bersanti and Arthur Bersanti. She lived in a little shack in Hail Columbia Gulch with her sister, mom and dad until she was 4 years old. Betty and her sister Rosann moved with their mother to her grandmothers ranch, Catherine Matamonia Galetti. Betty went to school in a one room school house near th...
With three games left in the regular season, the Whitehall/Harrison High School football team has their eye on the playoffs. Following a 40-8 set back last Friday night at home against Townsend, the Trojans will need to win two to qualify for the postseason. The Trojans (2-4, 1-2 Southern B) will look to pick up the first of those victories and notch their second conference win Friday night in a rivalry matchup at Jefferson High School (1-5, 0-4) in Boulder. "We need two more wins. The life of...
With the state meet scheduled for October 20, the Whitehall Cross Country team got a sneak peak of the state course at last week's Mountain West Invite in Missoula. Trojan head coach Kerry Sacry said everyone had decent times on what he called a tough course. "I wanted my runners to get a good feel for the course so they could plan their state run," he said. Leading the way for Whitehall was sophomore Dawson Powers. Competing for the first time in 2018, Powers led the team in the boys varsity race with a time of 19:27.8. Adam Williams finished...
This is the last month to view the Kimono exhibit at the Library. For those of you who have already enjoyed this beautiful exhibit, Keiko will be presenting a program on their history as well as showing everyone how they are worn. The program will be on Thursday, October 4th, at 6:30 pm in the Library. Don't miss this chance to see the kimonos before they are sent to the east coast for permanent display. The Library will be closed on October 8th for Columbus Day. Enjoy the holiday with friends...
