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. 20, 1990

• Three brave souls out of nearly 200 people voiced their support for a wastewater facility in Carnation at  a hearing on Monday night. Bryce Simons, Wes Larson and Don Shoemaker took some booing for their suggestions to work together on sewers for the city and using the comprehensive plan as the mechanism for controlling growth. But there was no mistaking the strong message from the other 31 speakers: We don’t need it, we can’t afford it, we don’t want it. Many Valley citizens spoke in favor of giving the people the right to vote on such an expensive facility with so many potential impacts.

• The hawk was chosen over the “plaid amoeba” as the mascot for Chief Kanim Middle School. Actually, the plaid amoeba never made the final cut in the selection process. Due in large part to a recognition of the bird’s spiritual significance to the Snoqualmie Tribe, the hawk was chosen over the tiger, osprey, raven and wolverine as the official symbol of the new middle school now being built in Fall City.

Thursday, Dec. 23, 1965

• The days when Mount Si High School athletic teams compete with schools two and three times as large will end after the baseball and track season. Superintendent Gordon McIntire of the Snoqualmie Valley School District No. 410 announced on Dec. 17 that Mount Si will join the Seamount League next fall.

•Warren C. Gonnason, who grew up in the Snoqualmie Valley and who was graduated from Tolt High School in 1943, was appointed King County Engineer Dec. 21 by the Board of County Commissioners. He will succeed Walter F. Winters, who resigned, on Jan. 1 of next year.