The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:

Thursday, Feb. 6, 1992

• Response was largely positive at a public hearing on Snoqualmie’s proposed historic district. Most who commented on the ordinance recommended small changes. “People all seemed to support the idea of a historic district. Most of the changes they asked for were pretty minor,” commented Cristy Dillon, a member of the city’s Historic District Committee. The district would include the downtown core and the Meadowbrook area.

• Two more calls to abandon its Snoqualmie Falls site could be directed at Puget Power. The utility has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for relicensing and some opponents maintain this is an appropriate time to return Snoqualmie Falls to its natural, pre-development, state. Already Native Americans and the Church Council of Greater Seattle have demanded that the utility abandon the site, as the falls play a vital role in the tribe’s creation legend.

Thursday, Feb. 16, 1967

• A Valley “musher,” Mrs. Mary Brickey of North Bend, left last Wednesday for Anchorage, Alaska to begin toughening herself for the two-day 20 mile Fur Rendezvous women’s championship dogsled races on Feb. 18 and 19. Mrs. Brickey reported home Monday and she said she made 27 round trips over the marshes with her team of dogs last weekend.

• The Town Council of North Bend unanimously approved a resolution expressing its opposition to Gov. Dan Evans’ plan for apportioning $25,000,000 biennially among cities and towns in the state at its regular monthly meeting. The motion to pass the resolution was made by Councilman Dick Trombley and it was seconded by Councilman Earl Southworth.