Looking Back: Food bank’s Munski-Feenan honored
Contributing to the obfuscation of Whitefish motorists was this ditch and another like it a block further along on Second Street that all but severed street connections with the Whitefish business district when combined with detours made necessary by Highway 93 repairs on Spokane Avenue. the ditches will hold new storm sewer mains which will take considerable strain off the city's sanitary sewer system when they are complete. Since they drain only surface water, they will empty into the river, rather than the interceptor line of the sanitary system as the present system does. 1974 photo
A look back at past Pilot articles by Julie Engler
50 Years Ago
Oct. 24, 1974
Residents of the Birch Point area anticipated getting sewer facilities after a two-year wait. A bid from Felton Construction Company of Missoula was received in the amount of $143,857.75 for the basic construction of the system, and two alternate bids were included which involved different methods of crossing the Whitefish River to connect the new line with the city’s interceptor line. The bid was turned over to the sewer and water committee for study, with the power to sign a contract following the study.
40 Years Ago
Oct. 25, 1984
Jerry Reynolds of the U.S. Postal Service’s Regional Office in San Bruno, CA, said if variances by the city are granted, construction should begin next April. The Whitefish City Council voted to deny a request for a zone change from residential. The business for the land on the corner of Baker and Fourth Street. Councilmen said they thought the zone change would have an adverse effect on the adjoining residential area and that the U.S. Postal Service had the right of eminent domain and did not have to follow zoning regulations, anyway. In a phone interview, Reynolds told the Pilot, “As long as [the council] are happy with it there, if they want us to do it by variance, that's fine with us.”
30 Years Ago
Oct. 20, 1994
In the early 1980s, June Munski-Feenan became concerned about the number of North Valley residents in need of food and the amount of food going to waste in the area. Munski-Feenan's efforts formed the groundwork of the North Valley Food Bank, which boasted a very well-organized, all-volunteer staff of 26 and provided 60 to 90 families with a 90-pound box of food and a bag of bread and pastries each week. Her work also earned her recognition from the Montana State Advisory Council on Food and Nutrition and a hug from Governor Marc Racicot.
20 Years Ago
Oct. 21, 2004
The Lady Bulldogs scored three goals against the defending state champions Corvallis. Whitefish’s 3-0 victory over a team that hasn't been beaten in two years would go down as the best game of the season, if not in the history of the program. A tough Bulldog defense held off an early Corvallis onslaught in the opening seconds of the game. Moments later, the tables were turned. Bulldog duo Kari Hendrix and Carmel Johnston applied the pressure and found Corvallis's weak spot. Hendrix tapped a corner kick to Johnston, who returned the favor to set up Hendrix for the first goal of the game.
10 Years Ago
Oct. 22, 2014
A 60-unit apartment complex proposed for U.S. 93 South was a step closer to breaking ground. The Whitefish Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the Whitefish Crossings project with only a few changes. Jeff Badelt and Sean Averill of Montana Development Group were planning to construct five apartment buildings with 12 units per building at a site west of the Naturally Clean dry cleaner on U.S. 93 S.