Looking Back: Commissioners approve amendments to lakeshore regulations
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After an RBI triple, Ray Queen of the Glacier Twins shares a laugh with his coach, Julio Delgado, on third base, in 1986. (Bart Smith photo)
A look back at past Pilot articles by Julie Engler
50 Years Ago
May 27, 1976
Sheriff Al Rierson announced that Mrs. Maxine H Lamb, the first female deputy sheriff in Flathead County would be going out in the field June 1 on regular patrol work. She had been a member of the department for three years and attended the Montana Law Enforcement Academy at Bozeman. She completed all the requirements that any other officer was required to meet. She had also attended several other schools including dispatcher schools and radio and communications operations. Maxine was raised and educated in Flathead County. She graduated from Whitefish High School, and attended Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona, for three years. Her husband was Sergeant Don Lamb of the Whitefish Police Department. They had two sons, Frankie and Darin. The sheriff commented, “We feel that in this day and age of many criminal offences committed by women, it would be a great asset to the department to have a woman working in this category.”
40 Years Ago
May 28, 1986
Kevin Holliday, Chris Casazza and Ray Fauth led the Whitefish High School tennis team to second place in Western Class A state meet action last weekend in Hamilton. Holliday placed third in singles play and Casazza and Fauth combined efforts to place second in doubles. The girl's team was not able to put anyone into scoring position. The Bulldogs Western Division Class A championship boys team was second only to the Glendive Netters host team. Hamilton tied for third place with Bigfork. Holliday lost his first match to Carl Rudbeck, who eventually placed second in the tournament.
30 Years Ago
May 30, 1996
In a meeting lasting less than 10 minutes, the Flathead County Commissioners approved a comprehensive set of amendments to the Whitefish Lakeshore Protection Regulations. Steve Kountz from the Flathead Regional Development Office and Betty Nucci for the Lakeshore Protection Committee were the only non-commissioners who attended the public hearing. Many of the changes in the regulations were made to clarify language or include issues which were previously ignored. The new regulations addressed many dock related issues including dock materials and responsibility for rogue docks. It also added an entire section devoted to swimming docks.
20 Years Ago
May 25, 2006
Texas Hold 'em and other card games would continue at Flanigan's Central Station. City Councilor Chris Coughlin casts the lone nay vote for a conditional use permit that would allow a poker table at the downtown saloon. Her motion to deny the permit died for lack of a second and the poker table was approved 3 - 1. Flanigan's request was tabled at the Council's previous meeting until questions could be answered about the interchangeability, under state law, of gambling machines and poker tables, how the city's existing gambling or ordinance would apply, and the after-the-fact nature of the permit application.
10 Years Ago
May 25, 2016
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality was investigating solvent contamination in Whitefish that was likely the result of past dry cleaning businesses that operated downtown. DEQ in 2011 and 2012 conducted an investigation to evaluate chlorinated solvent contamination after a preliminary assessment found the solvent at 214 E. Second St. near the intersection of O'Brien Avenue. Those results found that tetrachloroethene (PCE) were located beneath several structures downtown and may potentially affect indoor air.