The following stories made the news in the Valley 50 and 25 years ago, as found in the Snoqualmie Valley Record archives.
• If the massive Snoqualmie Ridge proposal becomes a reality, the local school district will face a bulge in the student population—maybe $26 million worth. That is the estimated cost of finding room for 1,500 new students.
It is midwinter and life sparkles in many guises for the residents of the remote mythical town of Almost, Maine, who are falling in and out of love in unexpected, unusual and hilarious ways.
Valley Center Stage’s new romantic comedy, “Almost, Maine,” is directed by Rich Wiltshire, with a cast of Valley Center Stage regulars.
Wilbur the pig is the smartest of the bunch. Give this micro-teacup porker the chance, and he’ll root in your socks or sneak into the feed can for extra snacks.
With fall in the air, and an apple-themed curriculum on their tables, children at Rooster Valley Farm School in Snoqualmie figured that Wilbur would be the animal to eat the most apples in last Friday’s feeding time.
Birches Habitat’s second annual Fall Fashion Show, a benefit for Mamma’s Hands Houses of Hope, is 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at Boxley’s Place, North Bend.
Birches owner Nancy Wray started the show last year as both a fundraiser for the local shelters for women and children, but also as a way to build community.
Valley Animal Partners hosts its third annual Chili Showdown, Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Snoqualmie Eagles Lode.
Locals are invited to enter their six quarts of their homemade chili into the cookoff. All proceeds from the nonprofit event benefit pets of Valley residents.
A community conversation around clean energy is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Fall City Methodist Church, 4326 37th Pl.
Discuss how to eliminate coal from the Northwest electrical generation mix. Explore cleaner, safer and less risky alternatives and renewable energy systems.
“A Festival of Color!” is coming once again to Duvall’s Main Street. Join the fun on Saturday, September 28, to see a fantastic variety of quilts hung on the fronts, sides, and inside shops in Historic Duvall.
Come to a one-day workshop sponsored by Encompass on childcare and safety skills that will prepare teens ages 11 to 15 for babysitting jobs; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Encompass main campus, 1407 Boalch Ave. N.W., North Bend.
A documentary about Snoqualmie Falls will show several times at the North Bend Theatre, 10 and 11:20 a.m., 12:40 and 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 21
All showings are free and open to the public. The documentary is presented by Puget Sound Energy in celebration of the grand re-opening of the Snoqualmie Falls Power Plant and grounds. The film tells the history of Snoqualmie Falls and the construction of the world’s first hydroelectric plant built completely underground. It features fascinating stories about Snoqualmie Valley, Seattle, and the Northwest Region of the late 1800s.
When a gang of coyotes explored a pond on his property in the Uplands neighborhood, photographer Zach Wolf of North Bend took a picture.
“However, I didn’t actually take it as such,” he told the Record. “We have 12 motion-detecting cameras around our property for the express purpose of getting videos and pictures of the plethora of animals around. Every single day, I get tons of pics of a mixture of deer, elk, bobcats, coyotes, birds, bears.”
SnoValley Tilth sets up a way for people to explore local food and fiber production, complete with a dinner featuring produce from area farms. The annual SnoValley Tilth Farm Tours and Farm Faire take place on Saturday, Sept. 21.
The tour is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes eight farms in the Valley. As the tour ends, the Farm Faire will begin at Jubilee Farm with a country picnic, live music, and family farm games and activities from 3 to 7 p.m.
Sno-Valley Senior Center is hosting a local wine tasting evening, 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at the center, 4610 Stephens, Ave. Carnation.
Meet the vintners and sample up to nine offerings from Pleasant Hill Cellars, Belmonte Cellars and Wm Grassie Wine Estates. Small appetizers will be served and special discounts will be offered for local dining. Wine will also be sold by the bottle and the glass.
The following stories made the news in the Valley 50 and 25 years ago, as found in the Snoqualmie Valley Record archives.
Thursday, Sept. 15, 1988
• A wildfire at Lake Calligan near North Bend claimed 144 acres of young timber over the past week. At its height, 300 firefighters fought the blaze.