Out of the Past: Eagles, Sno-Falls to build at Maskrod’s Corner; Reluctant District 407 school board member, re-elected by write-in, resigns his position

December 23, 2016 7:15 am

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. 19, 1991

• Plans for the new Cedarcrest High School will likely advance next week with action on an annexation agreement by King County and the city of Duvall. The 38-acre school site is within the expansion area worked out by the county and city in the Snoqualmie Valley Community Plan. But because Duvall has not yet fulfilled all of the conditions necessary for the signing of an interlocal annexation agreement covering the whole area (the city has not adopted a sensitive areas ordinance, for instance), the school annexation is being handled by means of a special agreement. The only development to be allowed on the annexed property will be the new high school.

• The Sno-Valley Eagles Aerie 3529 and the Sno-Falls Credit Union are both planning moves to new facilities to be built at the intersection of State Route 202 and Meadowbrook Avenue (Maskrod’s Corner) in Snoqualmie. The Eagles bought 1.9 acres of land from Bill Maskrod eight years ago, according to Secretary Jim North. The Eagles plan to build an 8,000 square-foot facility to replace their existing structure, and the new credit union will look “almost like the railroad depot,” according to President Linda Kleppe-Olson. The planned 3,500 square-foot building will include a drive-up ATM and two drive-up teller windows.

Dec. 22, 1966

• Bob Kosters submitted his resignation as a member of the Lower Snoqualmie Valley School District No. 407, Board of Directors at the last meeting of the board Dec. 13. Kosters, a dairy farmer in the Lower Valley did not file for re-election prior to the last school board election but was re-elected by a write-in vote.

• Boys and girls from the Martha Washington and Luther Burbank Schools are touring their new home, Echo Glen Children’s Center, this week, as they get ready for the move to the new institution on Jan. 3 and 4. Dale Swenson, Superintendent of Echo Glen Children’s Center, said every child who is being transferred will visit the new center before the final move. The children, 100 of them aged 8 through 14, will be moving to a correctional institution which boasts some of the finest facilities in the country. Swenson said it was the only such institution in the nation, so far as he is aware, that has been especially designed as a co-educational institution.

• The King County Sheriff’s office said a 19-year-old man, a burglary suspect found inside the processing and storage plant that was burning at the Walker poultry farm Tuesday night, is being treated at Harborview Hospital, under guard. Lt. Richard Christie said the suspect apparently had been overcome by smoke. He was given emergency treatment at Nelems Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Harborview. The sheriff’s office said farm owner Alvin Walker approached the building, saw a shadow and a lighted cigarette within the building, so he slammed the door and padlocked it. Mrs. Walker called the sheriff and her husband returned to stand guard at the locked door.