Fire in Whitehall

Yesterday, March 6th, was a very sad day for Whitehall. Four buildings in our very small downtown burned down and two were badly damaged by smoke and water damage. That is most of our town! One of the biggest losses was the drug store as so many depend on them for their meds. That building didn't burn but with all the water and smoke damage I don't see how they can reopen any time soon. This disaster has affected the whole town. Jobs have been lost and who knows when any of those business will reopen? Link to news story http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2009/03/07/area/hjjajgjcjifihj.txt

I wish there were more the library could do to help but about the only thing I can think of is helping people file for unemployment.

The library did have to close Friday afternoon as the power had been cut to most of the town. We experienced a little collateral damage because of the power being off. All the trout in our aquarium
died because the water chiller was shut down for so long. I'm so glad they were the only deaths due to the fire.