Out of the Past: Surveyors look at lowering dam; Pete Whitson named high school principal
Published 5:21 pm Thursday, April 16, 2015
The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:
Thurs., April 12, 1990
• Isaac Gmazel of Snoqualmie, a sophomore at Mount Si High School, claimed a silver medal in the Washington State Science Oympiad.
• Recently, surveyors were at work near Mountain Meadows Farm. The crew was doing floodplain elevation studies for Puget Power, on the feasibility of modifying a dam at the falls to divert more water for power production in low-flow months.
Thurs., April 15, 1965
• The School Board of District 410 begins interviewing applicants for North Bend Elementary principal. Former principal Leslie B. “Pete” Whitson was chosen to succeed Miller Stewart as Mount Si High School principal.
• At a meeting of the Valley Mens’ Club, the Tolt Dam and the advisability of a warning system were discussed. Guests included Fire Chiefs Robert Lawson of Carnation and Dave Harder of Duvall. It was proposed that Fire District 35 contact Civilian Defense about a bull-horn-type warning instead of a siren.
