Ledger: Looking Back 25 Years

Gail and Topper Giono were recognized Monday morning to 15 years of service to the Deerlodge National Forest above and beyond the call of duty. Topper is a deputy of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and his wife Gail is the Whitehall area dispatcher. “When things go to heck at Delmoe Lake, we give Top a call and he’s up there, even in the middle of the night,” said Jefferson District Ranger Grant Godbolt in presenting a plaque to the couple. “We get Gail up, too,” Godbolt added. . . .

Jefferson County has “a real serious problem,” Game Warden Chad Murphy told the county commission Thursda...