Out of the Past: Snoqualmie commits to Ridge development; Mount Si reaches 611 students, goes AA

Thursday, Oct. 15, 1964: Mount Si High School is now officially classified as a Class AA school, Superintendent Gordon McIntyre told the school board. The population rose from 575 last year to 611 on October 1, the date the classification is made. Class AA schools are 600 students or bigger.

October 16, 2014 6:22 pm

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

Thursday, Oct. 12, 1989

• Four years ago, North Bend residents sounded off against a plan to develop Mountain Meadows Farm. The county solved the problem by buying “development rights” to 185 acres. The Open Space Bond Issue going before county voters in November would do the same for 700 acres across the Valley.

• On Monday, five members of the Snoqualmie City Council voted unanimously to proceed with the 1,344-acre Snoqualmie Ridge annexation, proposed by Weyerhaeuser. It nearly doubles the size of the city.

Thursday, Oct. 15, 1964

• Mount Si High School is now officially classified as a Class AA school, Superintendent Gordon McIntyre told the school board. The population rose from 575 last year to 611 on October 1, the date the classification is made. Class AA schools are 600 students or bigger.