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

Thursday, Nov. 1, 1990

• The most signifiant wetland in King County is now a classroom. Two classes of fifth-grade students joined representatives of the state Office of Environmental Education, the Trust for Public Land, King County and the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition, to dedicate the Moss Lake Wetland Interpretive Site on Friday, Oct. 26.

• We will all make a big decision next week. Our vote on Initiative 547 will, for each of us, probably revolve around two questions: Is growth and development out of hand? And can the state be trusted to do something about it soon? The State Legislature responded in the last session, approving the landmark Growth Management Act, HB 2929.

Thursday, Nov. 4, 1965

• A Seattle man and woman who climbed Mount Si last Sunday afternoon, and lost the trail coming down, owe their prompt rescue to their use of a borrowed walkie-talkie. The couple reached the summit of Mount Si at about 3:15 and were frequently in communication with Howard Simpson, manager of the Gateway Cafe and operator of a Citizens Band Radio. At about 5:30, Simpson, on duty at the cafe, received a call telling him that hikers had strayed from the trail and were lost. He advised them to stay where they were and to build a fire if possible.

• Despite the fact that only a little more than half as many people voted in Tuesday’s election as voted a year ago in the presidential election, both the library and street improvement levies on the ballot in North Bend were approved by overwhelming margins The two-mill library levy to raise $2,500 to pay the cost of library services furnished under contract with the King County Public Library had 197 “yes” votes and 28 “no” votes.