Looking Back for Dec. 15
A sleigh ride at the Whitefish Christmas Stroll in December 1985. (Pilot archive)
A look back at past Whitefish Pilot articles by Whitney England.
10 years ago
Dec. 21, 2011
The Whitefish School Board of Trustees was asking the City Council to up the amount of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) money they were willing to put toward lowering a bond request to build a new $19 million high school. Instead of the $1.75 million first suggested by Council, the district wanted a $2.5 million commitment. The Board believed if they were able to lower the figure down to $14 million they’d have a better chance of passing the bond with Whitefish voters.
20 years ago
Dec. 20, 2001
A Whitefish woman who had asked to remain anonymous had established a charitable trust with the Whitefish Community Foundation, naming the foundation as the beneficiary of a 10-acre parcel of land near City Beach that was valued at $325,000. The owner was a longtime resident who wanted to leave something for the community. The recent trust had pushed the foundation’s planned gifts to about $3 million and the foundation had just been established two years prior.
30 years ago
Dec. 19, 1991
That week City Council had planted the seed for a new library as it voted to dedicate $100,000 toward a new building. Library funding had been included earlier that year on a list of six projects to receive tax increment funding, but no amount had been specified. The Flathead Library Council said the City’s money was not needed immediately but glad to have the City’s support.
40 years ago
Dec. 17, 1981
The Flathead County Commissioners planned to soon view the site of the proposed Lakeview Estates as they mulled whether to approve the development. A developer was wanting to carve 78 building lots out of a 29.5-acre site on the lower part of The Big Mountain; the tract was 2 miles north of the Big Mountain Turnoff. The developer’s plan called for 13 four-plexes, 11 duplexes and four single-family homes.
50 years ago
Dec. 16, 1971
A northern regional forester announced the publication of a fluoride pollution study report, the study was two years long, that concluded fluorides emitted from the Anaconda Aluminum Company were the primary cause of the injury and damage to vegetation in Glacier National Park and the Flathead Forest. Varying degrees of visible fluoride injury were found on vegetation over an area of more than 69,120 acres.