Out of the Past: Snoqualmie is on leading edge of flood damage prevention; Christmas Club brightens holidays for 52 families, 166 children
Published 1:01 pm Thursday, December 31, 2015
Out of the Past: The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:
Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990
• It may not seem like a lot has been done about the flooding in Snoqualmie, but the city is reportedly unique in having administered a program to elevate houses. “We’ve talked to people who are active across the country and our feedback is that evidently we’re at the leading edge of what we are trying to do to prevent flood damage,” said LeRoy Gmazel, Snoqualmie’s director of community development.
• Last week, King County Executive Tim Hill received a request to participate in a federal program to purchase flood-damaged properties directly from Snoqualmie residents. A number of houses on the east side of Railroad Avenue on the way to Snoqualmie Falls would be prime candidates for this sort of campaign, which stipulates that, once acquired, the properties are to remain in open space.
Thursday, Dec. 30, 1965
• The current holiday season was made happier for 52 Valley families, including 166 children, through the cooperative effort and donations of Valleyites who supported the Snoqualmie Valley Christmas Club. The Christmas Club committee said the needy families received boxes on Dec. 19. Notes accompanying donations read: “We are very proud of the Valley Christmas Club” and “Keep up the good work.”
• The year 1966 will be another tab year for licenses. New this year is the fact that motorcycles will be issued tabs for the first time; in prior years they had been issued new plates every year. House trailers will receive distinctive tabs of their own, yellow tabs with black lettering, whereas regular trailer tabs are black with yellow lettering.
