Five Years Ago
February 16, 2005
Awesome. Amazing. Those are just two words Blaine Larsen throws out to describe his rising stardom in the country-western music realm. Since graduating from White River High in June he is literally “Off to Join The World.” Larsen made a whistle stop in Bonney Lake Feb. 4 to promote his debut major-label album “Off to Join the World.”
The magic number is two. With 18 victories to their credit, the White River High Schools girls need just two more wins to earn a trip to the state Class 3A basketball championships. Having opened postseason play on a successful note – in the form of a 51-45 triumph over highly-regarded Kennedy High Saturday night – the Hornet girls return to work this weekend. Saturday, they will hose either Peninsula High or Sequim at 8 p.m.
Ten Years Ago
February 16, 2000
Some 700 to 750 snowmobile riders are expected to take part in organized rides this weekend at the annual state Snowmobile Association convention, The Gateway to the Next Millennium. Four days of lectures and other events are planned for the King County Fairgrounds.
Six was the magic number for the Enumclaw wrestling team. That is how many wrestlers the Hornets qualified for Friday and Saturday’s Mat Classic state wrestling tournament in the Tacoma Dome. “The realistic goal was to get six,” said Coach Lee Reichert. “And that is what we got. It could have been worse. There are a lot of coaches around the area that wish they had six going.”
Twenty-five Years Ago
February 14, 1985
Photo: Snow in a big way calls for snowmen in a big way, according to Ed Zurhorst and Ralph Myrick, above. On February 5, schools were canceled in Enumclaw and the two spent about eight hours working on the snow giant in the front yard of Myrick’s home on 212th S.E. The “giant” featured a tire hat, bowl eyes, and a big smile.
The Enumclaw city council has formally approved a plan to rename a small park at Highway 410 and Cole Street the Veterans Memorial Triangle and to have installed there a 65-foot flag pole and an oversized American flag. The council, in its action Monday night also approved a bronze plaque on a suitable base with the words Veterans Memorial Triangle. Plans also call for changing the name on the sign Gateway to Chinook Pass to Veterans Memorial Triangle.
Fifty Years Ago
February 18, 1960
In a game reminiscent of the tight defensive battles of twenty-five years ago, the Enumclaw High School Hornets downed Puyallup’s Vikings on the Enumclaw maple last Friday night. The 45 to 43 win moved Coach Ralph Sill’s squad into a tie with the Bikes for fourth place in the southern division of the Puget Sound League.
On March 1, one of Black Diamond’s most beloved citizens will retire from the business which she has conducted alone since the death of her husband in 1935, and will “just putter around my home and get a lot of rest.” Mrs. Alice S. Davies, owner and operator of the Davies Confectionery, hastened to assure the reporter who was interviewing her that the home to which is in Black Diamond.
Seventy-five Years Ago
February 22, 1935
Fire nearly robbed the town of Selleck of its one industry, the plant of the Pacific States Lumber Company’s mill, last Monday morning.
Mrs. Arthur Whitcomb entertained with a Valentine party last Friday for her daughter, Virginia Lee. She was assisted by Mrs. Avery Hash. Prizes were awarded to Dorothy Madison, Jeanne Robillard, Dorothy Engels and Jeanne Gross.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Gronvik, Houston and Milton Allen and Dave McCoy of Wilkeson spent a pleasurable week end on a skiing party at Snoqualmie.
