Out of the Past: Citizens Against Flooding group forms; residents take summer-skiing tour of future Alpental resort

Published 8:30 am Friday, August 5, 2016

The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:

Thursday, Aug. 1, 1991

Residents who are disgruntled over government inaction on local flooding issues will meet Aug. 6. After the disastrous Snoqualmie River flood last November, residents Brian and Susan Tate, along with Jim and Vada Simon, have loosely formed Citizens Against Flooding, with the stated purpose “to educate the public and to secure increased commitment from all levels of government to save the Snoqualmie Valley from the destructive effects of frequent flooding.”

Forty-four residents filed last week for 30 seats in the Valley. Positions that are up for election this year include Carnation City Council, Duvall City Council, North Bend Mayor and City Council, Snoqualmie City Council, Snoqualmie Valley and Riverview School District School Boards, Fire Districts 38, 27, 10 and 45, and Water Districts 123 and 127.

Thursday, Aug. 4, 1966

Last May, Robert E. Mickelson of Tacoma gave members of the North Bend Chamber of Commerce a preview of a $10 million resort on Snoqualmie Pass to be known as Alpental. Construction is under way and plans call for the erection of two double chair ski lifts to be in operation by November of next year. That was too long to wait for Dick Cilley, who arranged a ski trip of the area, in June on a hot summer day, with Dr. Ralph Eddings of Snoqualmie, Darryl Kauzlarich of North Bend, Snow Ranger Gordon Stacey, and Karen Nelson of the Seattle Ski Patrol.

The finals of the first annual Western Washington Fire Crew competition held July 28 in Olympia were won by the North Bend District of the Department of Natural Resources. Mike McDonald, Snoqualmie, was a member of the team.

Gladys Offield of Gladys’ Gifts and Apparel, Snoqualmie, escaped injury last Saturday morning when a tire blew on her car, she lost control, spun across two lanes of oncoming traffic and wound up smashing into a bank off the highway. The accident occurred about five miles from Woodland. She was on her way to Vancouver. Gladys said she escaped with nothing worse than a couple of bruises. Her 1959 Pontiac station wagon is probably a total loss, she said.