Out of the Past: North Bend purchase land for city use; Snoqualmie crane causes damage
Published 1:30 am Friday, March 24, 2017
The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:
Thursday, March 26, 1992
With an eye to the future, the city of North Bend has struck a land purchase agreement pacing the way for the city to build a municipal complex combining public works, fire, police and city offices. “The site will be large enough for all of the city’s needs,” said City Administrator Brian Olson as he introduced the proposed project at the city council’s March 17 meeting. The 9.42-acre site lies between North Bend Way and Cedar Falls Way just east of Maloney Grove Road.
Bill Cosby has resurrected “You Bet Your Life” and the producers have seen a fantastic response to auditions held in this area. According to KOMO-TV’s Kym Nyyssela, over 400 people were booked in a record-setting five hours. In auditions held last weekend at the Seattle Center, agents for the Cosby show were looking for people with a unique aspect to their personality or an interesting true experience. Among those scheduled to audition were five Valley residents: Tracey Bailey, John Morey and Alisha Numrich of Carnation; Deava Hitzroth of Snoqualmie; and Mary Mann of North Bend.
Thursday, March 23, 1967
A wayward window in the cab of a 40-ton backhoe at work on Snoqualmie’s main street slammed down on operator Walt Strandin last Monday. The window knocked Strandin into the hoe’s boom controls. The boom and bucket swept in a circle over the muddy street, and toppled a power pole across from Moller Motors. The pole crashed, lines to Moller’s and the Mt. Si Bowl snapped, and a 12,000-volt power line hit the dirt. A customer at Moller’s, startled by the falling wires, promptly left the station, the gas hose still attached to her car.
Record publishers Ken Turay and Lyle Green this week announced the appointment of Kirk Smith, a veteran newspaperman formerly of Seattle, as Editor of the Record. Smith, 38, is a journalism graduate of the University of Washington, and holds a Master’s Degree in journalism from Columbia University. He served in Germany with the United States Army Signal Corps from 1952 to 1954.
