Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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There is something special about the heart and determination of the 2016 Whitehall/Harrison High School football team. Facing off against a gritty and talented Cut Bank High School team, the Trojans (9-1) saved the best for last in a thrilling 17-14-road victory in the first round of the MHSA Class B Playoffs. "We knew it would be all of us. We knew it would take every single one of us. I can't say enough about these kids and my staff. We did so much to be able to do what we did today," head...
The 19th Annual Liberty Place, Inc. Festival of Trees will take place Thursday, November 17th from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Best Western Grantree Inn in Bozeman. According to Executive Director Ann Geiger, the event has been one of the area's most beloved Holiday events for nearly 20 years, and is the main fundraiser benefitting Liberty Place, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to serving people with acquired and traumatic brain injuries. Attendees will have the chance to bid on several silent...
The Whitehall/Harrison High School football team will be taking to the road Saturday for the opening round of the MHSA Class B Playoffs. Following a convincing 56-12 victory last Friday over Townsend, the Trojans will face off in the round of 16 against Cut Bank in a game scheduled to kickoff Saturday at 1 p.m. Whitehall Head Coach Dan Lacey said the Trojans fans have been awesome all year and have traveled all over the place to support the team. "Now is the time when we need them the most....
Students in the Whitehall School District have been busy preparing for their annual Veteran’s Day program. The event will take place Friday, November 11 in the Varsity Gym. Local Veteran’s and residents are invited to attend the program. Whitehall School Musical Director Janet Heilig said when preparing for the program, she feels it is important for students to realize they belong to an entire community, not just a school. “They are a part of something bigger than themselves! We talk about what the day means, who our guests will be, and they...
Next February, Whitehall residents Ed and Betty Handl will be making a trip to central Cuba to take part in a mission trip organized by the Methodist Church. The Handls will arrive in Havana February 9 and travel to Camp Canaan, 200 miles to the east in Central Cuba. There, they plan to refurbish a retreat center that serves various missions to the island nation. Both Ed and Betty are excited about not only the mission, but doing so during the current period when relations between the U.S and Cuba are beginning to normalize. Ed said he first le...
The Lower Jefferson River Watershed Council (LJRWC) has invited local political candidates to address key issues at their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, October 27 at the LaHood Park Steakhouse near Cardwell. LJRWC member Bob Sims said after the formal meeting, residents will have ample time to discuss issues with candidates. The LJRWC has invited Leonard Wortman, candidate for Jefferson County Commission; Steve Haddon and Erin Inman, candidates for Jefferson County Attorney; Ray Shaw, candidate for State House District 81; Sabrina...
You can hear the passion in the voice of Ed Handl when he discusses the upcoming Whitehall Rotary Club Harvest Dance. He speaks of the event that will take place Sunday, October 30 starting at 4:30 p.m., as a truly family friendly atmosphere that will have a little bit of something for everyone. The Whitehall Ledger would like to encourage local residents to make their way to the Community Center on Sunday afternoon to spend some time eating, dancing, listening to live music and visiting with their friends and neighbors. While there was a good...
If you’re reading this, the paper has somehow made it out, but at this point I’m not really sure if it is going to happen. I’m writing this on a Tuesday morning, shortly after our external hard drive that we use to store most of our information, quit working. Long story short, all of the work we have done the past several weeks is gone. Everything I had ready to go for this edition of the Ledger is no longer available. The information is recoverable, but will have to be done professionally and I may not get it back for months. So in one day’s...
The voters of Jefferson County will have the chance to vote on whether to continue and strengthen the Jefferson County DES Emergency Radio Broadcast Service on November 8th. Although I am paid a nominal fee to maintain these stations, I am personally convinced that these stations are extremely important to the community in the case of the next future emergency, and that even considering shutting these stations down when we might need them the most would be a disaster in itself. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) states that...
This is Red Ribbon Week at the school. Each day stresses a different theme. Monday was: Drugs are Ridiculous and students were wearing crazy, funny outfits. Tuesday was: Voting for my Future and the kids wore red, white, and blue. Wednesday, Turn your Back on Drugs, day had the students wearing their clothes backwards. Thursday is “Booze is a Snooze” and the kids got to wear their pajamas. Throughout the week poem, picture and poster contests were held as well as, relay races/obstacle courses, a drug awareness video and the school premises was...
The Whitehall High School Cross Country team ended the season with some impressive times at the MHSA Class B State Meet last Saturday in Kalispell. Longtime head coach Kerry Sacry said everyone on the team ran hard, and freshmen Madison Loomis and sophomore Adrian Bright had personal best times. The top individual finisher for Whitehall was senior Hunter Flynn, who earned all-state honors with a fourth place finish. Flynn ended his final race as a Trojan with a time of 16:31.34. Senior Ann...
The Whitehall/Harrison High School football team picked an opportune time to play their best football of the season. With a spot in the playoffs on the line last Friday night at home against Townsend; the Trojans scored 21 points in both the first and second quarters on their way to a 56-12 rout of the visiting Bulldogs. Following the game, Whitehall Head Coach Dan Lacey said it was by far the teams best half of the season. "We executed our game plan to a 'T'. Everything we were doing was...
It's postseason time for the Whitehall High School volleyball team. The sixth-seeded Lady Trojans will open the MHSA District 5B Volleyball tournament Friday, October 28 against third seeded Manhattan. The game is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. at the Belgrade Special Evens Center. Head Coach Lauren McDonald said if the girls put their best effort forward, it could be a very good game. "We've shown that we can compete against some of the best teams in our conference. As with all athletic...
Hi Folks, At last week’s regular meeting Resolution 37-2014 Creating Sunlight Business Park RMD was amended. Resolution 31-2016, Resolution Forming the Jefferson County Mental Health Local Advisory Council was approved. Wednesday and Thursday I attended the Montana Counties Forest Summit in Missoula. It was sponsored by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Montana Coalition of Forest Counties. I was on one of the panels Wednesday afternoon talking about the collaboration process that we...
Julia Ann Christensen Watson, age 65, of Whitehall died October 23, 2016 at Butte, MT. She was born August 13, 1951 at Cleveland, Ohio to Ernie and Annette (Schroeder) Fiscus and as a young girl moved with her family to Iowa. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1969 in Atlantic, Iowa. She then worked for Look Magazine prior to moving to Hysham, MT. She married Arthur Watson December 13, 1980 in Hysham, MT and they later moved to Forsyth where she worked as a CNA at a nursing home, waitressed, and also did house cleaning and home...
Now in its 15th year, the Town Pump Charitable Foundation hopes to raise over $3 million in its annual fundraising campaign for food banks across Montana, including the Whitehall Area Food Pantry and Jeffco Food Share in Boulder. A record 79 food banks are participating in the statewide “Be A Friend in Deed, Helping Those in Need” campaign this year. The campaign has raised over $23 million for food banks statewide in 14 years, including about $4 million in matching grants from the Town Pump Charitable Foundation. As part of this year’s campa...
