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Looking Back: Highway resurfacing welcomed
2025-08-13
A look back at past Pilot articles by Julie Engler 50 Years Ago Aug. 14, 1975 A plan for adding to the Whitefish High School building was considered by the District 44 School Board at its regular meeting. The board reviewed a proposal by Harry Schmautz, Kalispell architect, to add vocational training facilities as well as four new regular classrooms. It would involve construction of an entire new wing, plus additions to the present west and south ends of the high school. Last fall, a request for just under $1 million in bonds to build a vocational technical center onto the high school failed at the polls by a narrow margin. 40 Years Ago Aug. 14, 1985 Highway resurfacing projects on both edges of Whitefish were nearly completed, according to Larry Brazda, area construction supervisor for the Montana Highway Department in Kalispell. On the north, five miles of acres of Highway 93 were resurfaced starting at Lupfer Avenue. Additional shoulder widening was done where necessary. Brazda this said both lanes of traffic had been paved, and they still have to apply the “open graded friction course,” a topping put on with a paver that allows draining. He said that some