25 Years Ago
MUSIC AND COMEDY
Little pumpkins, pirates, fairies and heroes in the age-5 and younger set will hit the sidewalks of Snoqualmie, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Halloween day, Friday, Oct. 31, for the third annual Downtown Snoqualmie Harvest.
For the far greater part of the year, the once-hopping village of Cedar Falls is a quiet place where workers with Seattle Public Utilities go about their jobs, managing the scenic Cedar River Watershed and power plant.
Get a taste of Germany at an Oktoberfest dinner, Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Sno-Valley Senior Center. Cost is $15 per person. The menu features authentic German Bratwurst, Weinkraut (sauerkraut w/apples), Rotkohl (red cabbage), and Warmer Kartoffelsalat (hot potato salad). For $2, add Kartoffelsuppe (potato soup). Live entertainment will be provided. Call (425) 333-4152 for more information and reservations.
25 Years Ago
Thursday, Oct. 6, 1983
• The sounds of the German language are wafting through the halls of Mount Si High School and Valley homes as 27 teenage students from the Hamburg, West Germany area continue on their five-week cultural exchange here. All 27 speak English to some degree; most speak it fluently. The students are living with local families and attending classes at the high school.
Remlinger Farms in Carnation is honoring the Northwest’s best-known clown this fall, and raising funds for Children’s Hospital and Medical Center at the same time.
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows tells the story of a woman and author who gets introduced to a group of citizens living on the formerly German-occupied Channel Islands off the coast of England. The book is set in January 1946, just months after the end of the second world war, and centers on the author’s interest in learning more about life under the Nazi regime in hopes that it will lead to her next book subject.
Please come join Children’s Services of Sno-Valley (CSSV) and the North Bend Theatre for “An Evening With Don Friesen.” Don has been featured on the “Martin Short Show,” he also plays at the Excalibur in Las Vegas and at the Underground in Seattle.
Volunteers perform nearly every task at the Northwest Railway Museum and all the necessary training is provided.
A look at the arts from Mr Schwartz.
North Bend’s Unity Theater is offering a double dose of comedy and improvisation during the month of March.
The Shanty Tavern is hosting Wendy McDowell and her band at 9 p.m. Saturday, March 19. McDowell is a touring folkrock musician who recently moved to the area and this will be her first performance in North Bend.
