Out of the Past: Tolt middle or high school?; explosion at North Bend dump
Published 4:53 pm Wednesday, May 6, 2015
The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:
Thursday, May 3, 1990
•For the fifth time in as many years, Riverview School District is putting together a bond issue for schools. One alternative is to build a new middle school and remodel Tolt High/Middle School as a high school. The other option is the reverse: To build a new high school at a new site and remodel Tolt as a middle school.
• Weyerhaeuser employees J. Hansen and J. Andrews used a 6-1/2 foot chain saw last week to cut a few inches from the end of Snoqualmie’s historic log. The cut produced a new surface for people who want to count rings on the 500-year-old log.
Thursday, May 5, 1965
• Detectives are investigating the explosion at the Cedar Falls garbage dump Thursday. The blast killed Harley England of Snoqualmie, injured Kenneth Breeden of North Bend and tore a hole six feet across and two feet deep. The men went to the dump about 8:50 p.m. They tossed some garbage on a burning tire and boxes and, as they turned to walk away, the explosion occurred.
