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

Thursday, Sept. 10, 1992

• Mismanagement and the burden of severe debt interest payments may have contributed heavily to the demise of Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, according to Area Health Education Center’s survey results, presented Sept. 2, to more than 30 Valley task force members. According to Rick Krona, Snoqualmie resident and a certified public accountant, the hospital would have broke even without the severe debt payments. “From day one they were collecting interest on debts. It made that vicious cycle so much worse.” Apparently the interest expense was more than $3 million by the end of eight years.

• In preparation of the riding club’s celebration of its 50th anniversary, members of the Sno-Valley Riding Club got together to do a major face-lift on the clubhouse and grounds, including cleaning and painting buildings, reroofing the announcer’s booth, clearing brush, repairing the fence improving the arena, and other finishing touches. Directing this effort was Wade Sutton, a Boy Scout for eight years in Troop 700.

Thursday, Sept. 14, 1967

• Bill Hamerly, 44, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hamerly of Meadowbrook was lost overboard and assumed drowned last week in a fishing boat accident in Resurrection Bay, near Seward, Alaska. “The body has not been located, but we are not very hopeful that he will be found alive,” said his father. “The water there is at freezing temperature and nobody could last in it long.” Claude Hamerly said his son had apparently been caught by a line while playing it out over the boat’s side. Crew members did not see him fall overboard.

• School’s started and there are 248 students enrolled at Tolt High School. The largest class is 77 with the sophomores in the lead. The freshmen are next with 65. The senior class is third with 55 and the juniors have 51.