10 Years Ago
August 23, 2000
Looking from the front-room windows of Kymm and Laurie Wilson’s rural Enumclaw home, you can see, framed between the trees, a majestic Mount Rainier. And a cannon. Kymm Wilson never served in the artillery. He didn’t even like fireworks much as a kid. So he’s a little hard-pressed to explain why his hobby is restoring and recreating old cannons. But he remembers how he started. Several years ago he spotted the barrel of an old cannon in a military surplus store. Thinking about its more pristine past, he bought it for a few bucks and took it home to restore. He built a carriage under it, restored its luster and thought he had an interesting conversation piece – until someone offered him $500 for it.
Just before dawn sheds it’s darkness across the Plateau, when people half the age of Clink Yonaka are still hitting the snooze button, he is driving to the Enumclaw pool, equipped with swim goggles and trunks. Around 6:30 a.m., the white-haired Yonaka, armed with his kick board, dives into the cool water that energizes him as he swims. The 84-year-old Enumclaw resident has been swimming competitively for the past five years and has more than 50 gold, silver and bronze medals in his home office to show for it. He recently added six more gold medals to his collection, won at the Greater Tacoma Senior Olympics Aug. 4 and 5.
25 Years Ago
August 22, 1985
Enumclaw businessmen involved in the new and larger Larry Royer Les Schwab Tire Center to be located on Griffin Avenue between Cole Street and Highway 410 are shown. These businessmen are Larry Royer, Bruce Buckley of First National Bank of Enumclaw; Roy McKenzie, manager of Les Schwab; Mel Archambeau, an advisor to Royer; Richard Carr, general contractor; and Walt May, designer. The new center will have 8,000 square feet with facilities for large trucks, passenger service and mechanical work. The new center will be completed in December. The Les Schwab store on Cole Street will serve customers until that time.
50 Years Ago
August 25, 1960
The 1960 edition of the King County Fair will open its doors to the public tomorrow morning, and given a reasonable break in the weather, should crack all previous attendance records when the doors close Sunday evening. More exhibitors and more exhibits will be seen this year than ever before in the Fair’s history. Thomas R. Quann, county extension agent, told the Courier-Herald this week that more than a thousand members of 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of American chapters in King County will display their talents as well as their wares at the three day event.
Fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed the A.E. Williams and Son planing mill located seven miles northeast of Enumclaw on August 18, according to Albert Williams, a member of the firm.
75 Years Ago
August 23, 1935
The rejuvenation of the hop industry will make its initial bow locally sometime next week when hop pickers will start to work on the John Morris farm west of Enumclaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Neville Pooley were dinner guests Sunday at the home of the J.C. Dewars who live near Lake Fenwick by Kent The Misses Isabel and Carol Pooley have been spending a week at the camp.
At the Avalon, Clark Gable in “Call of the Wild.”
