Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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The annual Liberty Place Festival of Tree is scheduled to take place November 15 at the GranTree Inn in Bozeman starting at 5:30 p.m. The Festival will feature an auction of beautifully decorated trees at the GALA dinner to held in the Grand Ballroom. Tickets to the GALA are $50/person or $350 for a table of eight. All proceeds from this GALA auction are used to support the specialized programs needed for Liberty Place clients for brain injury recovery. There will be a short program featuring a...
Whitehall High School senior Max Feight has been named The Montana winner for the Wendy's National Heisman award. The national finalists will be announced on November 8. The award was created by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas in 1994 as a way to celebrate the outstanding achievements of youth in America. Wendy's High School Heisman is a joint program between Wendy's and the Heisman Trophy Trust, host and custodians of the Heisman Memorial Trophy. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must...
Whitehall resident and photographer Sarah Smart was recently selected as the first place finisher in the Heritage Foundation photo contest. Her photo taken during the Field of Honor Celebration on July 4 in Butte has been published on the cover of the 2019 Heritage Foundation Calendar. Smart was not notified she had won and said she was so surprised when she opened a big envelope with calendar and saw her image. Pictured above is the award-winning photo by Smart....
A few weeks ago, members of the Whitehall Chamber of Commerce discussed the idea of hosting a Halloween festival. This is not only a great idea, it is something that is very needed for the community. Halloween has changed quite a bit over the past several decades. It used to be that trick or treating was the culmination of events and streets would be lined for several hours with kids eager to fill their bag full of enough sugar to make their parents crazy until Thanksgiving. Things are different now. While there are kids who will still trick...
I really enjoy what I do for a living, but at the same time often think what it would be like to have picked another career. While I certainly love sports about as much as one can, the fact I can barely go up or down the stairs without falling, I knew early on I would never be able to take that path. In fact, the other day I was super excited to take a glass of chocolate milk and a bowl of popcorn down the stairs the other night, slipped halfway down and the mess was horrific. I'm still finding spots of chocolate on the ceiling and was sore...
Gladys Ballard passed away Friday, November 2 at the Madison Valley Manor in Ennis, Montana. Gladys was born September 17, 1923 in Miles City, Montana to her loving parents, Herman and Bertha Shook. She was sister to a much loved twin brother, Glen, younger brother Dude, and sister, Fern. Gladys grew up in the Miles City area, graduated from Miles City High School, and worked at a local department store until she met her future husband, Jack Ballard from Cardwell, Montana. Although she made the move to the mountains, she always remained a flat...
Montana voted against two highly publicized ballot initiatives. In unofficial results from the Montana Secretary of State, voters easily defeated I-186 by a count of 229,072 to 161,440. The initiative would have denied approval to any new hard rock mines in the state unless they can provide “clear and convincing” evidence the mine will not require perpetual water treatment. I-185 was also defeated by a vote of 215,278 to 178,578. The initiative would have placed an extra tax of cigarettes to raise money for Medicaid. In Montana House Dis...
