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Out of the Past: Bomb convict gets 23 years, time for decision on Ridge

Published 2:53 pm Thursday, October 9, 2014

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

Thursday, Oct. 5, 1989

• Darrell Raymond Cherry, convicted of trying to kill his ex-wife, Fritzi Davis, with a bomb in her car, was sentenced last week to 23 years in prison.

• Charlotte Paul (Groshell) Reese died of cancer on Sept. 27 in Anacortes. The Valley knew her as a neighbor and friend when she co-owned the Valley Record with husband, Ed Groshell.

• The time has come for each of the five members of the Snoqualmie City Council to give a resolute “Yea” or Nay” on the annexation of Weyerhaeuser’s land to the west.

Thursday, Oct. 8, 1964

North Bend firemen answered an emergency call from the Orville Fischer home Friday morning, Oct. 2. The Fischers’ 2-year-old daughter narrowly escaped drowning following an accident in the bathtub. Firemen revived her with the resuscitator and she was taken to Nelems Memorial Hospital where she was released the next day.