Looking back: 4-H kids dig water bars to clear up Murray Lake
Whitefish Pilot | UPDATED 2 weeks, 6 days AGO
Varisty cheerleaders for the 1976-77 sports years at Whitefish High School were Teri Brockel, Linda Kastlein, Lyn Davis, Jill Reiner and Mary Caferro.
A look back at past Pilot articles by Whitefish High School work-based learning program student Isabella Rioto.
50 years ago
Sept. 23, 1976
Enrollment in the Whitefish school system for the new school year stands about 100 below what it was last year with a current total of 1682 compared with 1780 for last year.
40 years ago
Sept. 24, 1986
The list of those who want to be on the Whitefish City Council has grown from zero to nine in the last two weeks. So many have applied, the Council has scheduled two special meetings to interview applicants for the vacant position on Oct. 1 and 2 at 7 p.m.
30 years ago
Sept. 19, 1996
Murray Lake cleared up a bit this weekend with the help of some local kids. More than 20 Whitefish Trailblazer 4-H members spent a wet Saturday afternoon digging water bars to stop sediment from running off into the lake. Group leader Tracie Keister hopes the ditches will divert water from an old road away from the south side of the lake. “It teaches them to be respectful of where they live and camp and play,” Keister said.
20 years ago
Sept. 21, 2006
The Whitefish City Council has agreed to a create a citywide transportation plan in conjunction with a new corridor study for the U.S. Highway 93 project. “MDT recognizes the need to modify the current U.S. 93 plan with a corridor study,” Whitefish public works director John Wilson said. “They will not start from scratch, but they will need to know how the local system will affect U.S. 93. There’s no grid system in Whitefish— only one road crosses the city from east to west, and only on road crosses the city from north to south.”
10 years ago
Sept. 21, 2016
A large land conservation deal in land north of Whitefish Lake will benefit from $2 million in federal funding. “Not only will the project sustain local timber jobs, conserve key hay and scenery, guarantee public access and help to protect the city’s water supply, but it will also ward off development that would make management of the surrounding public lands much more difficult,” the application notes.