The following items made the news 25 and 50 years ago in the Snoqualmie Valley, as reported in the Valley Record:

Thursday, April 13, 1989

• Carnation receives good news: Groundwater at the city dump is clean and free of contaminants. The Department of Ecology ordered tests last year. The city is researching the cost of closing the city dump, and may install a recycling or transfer center.

Thursday, April 16, 1964

• Three sites are under consideration for a sewer plant in Snoqualmie. The town must have a site, or an option on one, before it can apply to the Housing and Home Finance Administration of the federal government for a planning loan.

• Stirring up a lot of interest is the Mustang, now being sold at Fred Lewis dealership.

• Valley Kiwanians this week began selling tickets for their Baseball Night at Sick’s Seattle Stadium in May.