Yesterdays: Finberg scores 40 in this classic photo
Craig Finberg put up a school record 40 points in the Wildcats' divisional championship victory against Whitefish, 90-80. There was no three-point line back then, either. (Mel Ruder photo)
70 years ago
Feb. 25, 1955
There were plans being made to re-route about 5.6 miles of U.S. Highway 2 at Nyack. The road used to wind up into the mountains. It would now be either close to or between the Middle Fork of the Flathead and the railroad tracks. At the time the old route, parts of which are still noticeable today, was considered the most dangerous stretch of highway in the Flathead.
60 years ago
Feb. 26, 1965
Montana State University at Missoula would change its name to the University of Montana and Montana State College in Bozeman would become Montana State University. The name change was dictated by the state Legislature. “While confusing, the name change is fitting,” editor Mel Ruder wrote in an editorial.
50 years ago
Feb. 21, 1975
The Louisiana Pacific mill in Columbia Falls was expected to reopen with about 25 men returning to the mill. The mill had closed in October due to poor lumber prices.
40 years ago
Feb. 28. 1985
Lenora Palmer of Columbia Falls was shot by an apparently stray bullet that entered her house and hit her in the stomach area. The bullet came out of her skin and she was taken to the hospital for treatment of a minor wound. Police determined it was shot from a passing vehicle on Highway 2. Palmer was staying at the Columbia Villa apartments with family.
30 years ago
Feb. 23, 1995
President Bill Clinton’s proposed budget would boost Glacier National Park’s budget by about $325,000 for maintenance at the park. The money would hire three more maintenance workers and improve maintenance at Many Glacier and other areas of the park which had been understaffed.
20 years ago
Feb. 24, 2005
Tim Baker, the new Montana Wilderness Director, was advocating for 171,000 acres of the Flathead National Forest up the North Fork of Flathead. While it is proposed wilderness today, it has never been codified into law.
10 years ago
Feb. 25, 2015
Gov. Steve Bullock endorsed the idea of placing the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Plant on the Superfund list, joining Sen. Jon Tester and Columbia Falls city leaders. The plant would formally be placed on the list in early 2016.