The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:
Thursday, May 2, 1991:
It didn’t take Jack Ernst long to start acting like the Riverview School District’s new superintendent. At last week’s school board meeting, he eagerly offered suggestions for the district’s list of goals for the 1991-92 school year. “I don’t know if it’s proper for me to comment just yet,” he said, “but I’ve really got a lot to say.”
The big parade to welcome home those residents who served in the Persian Gulf war will be held this Saturday, May 4. The event, organized by local VFW and American Legion veterans, will stat at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and king Street in Snoqualmie. As of Monday, there were close to 20 parade entries, including veterans riding the big red radio float from I-107.7 Radio.
Most of the state’s teachers are back in the classrooms in spite of legislators’ “retreat mentality and a total lack of leadership on the central issues of the eight-day strike. The term was used by Carla Nuxoll, president of the Washington Education Association, in describing her disappointment that an immediate special legislative session had not been called for further work on education.
Thursday, May 5, 1966:
Detectives with the King County Sheriff’s office are still investigating the explosion at the Cedar Falls garbage dump last Thursday, that took the life of Harley A. England of Snoqualmie and injured Kenneth (Jack) Breeden of North Bend. Debris is being sifted in an effort to determine the cause of the blast, which tore a hole six feet across and two feet deep.
Judge Richard Holt of the Sno-Valley District Justice Court, North Bend, told the Record Tuesday that he would not seek re-election when his present term expires Dec. 31, 1966. On April 29, King County Commissioners consolidated the Sno-valley and Northlake District (Kirkland) Courts. Judge Holt, a resident of North Bend, has been an advocate of the consolidation since 1963 when he was first appointed judge.
