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Five Years Ago

November 9, 2005

Skiers flocked to the Crystal Mountain Ski Resort Friday to enjoy more than 30 inches of snow at the top of the mountain, and Crystal’s earliest opening in 28 years. For both skiers and the resort, this year’s forecast of a normal winter snowfall for the area bodes well, according to sales and marketing director Tiana Enger. That’s especially on the heels of last year’s dismal season.

Ten Years Ago

November 8, 2000

Because things don’t line up properly, the newest traffic light on Highway 410 and Warner Avenue intersection might have noticed – a week ago – that the new light was flashing red. Drivers probably noticed, also, that the traffic light quickly went dark. The problem was with engineering, said Dave Standahl, a traffic engineer with the state Department of Transportation field office in Maple Valley. “We ran into a problem with signal orientation.” he said, adding that pole alignment was the root of the trouble.

Twenty-five Years Ago

November 7, 1985

Twelve years ago Margaret Yonkers opened the doors of the new Enumclaw Senior Center at the Calvary Presbyterian Church. On its first day 34 seniors were served lunch, and in the beginning one could hope for a bit of chit-chat and some cards. Today the center continues to serve meals to many seniors daily, offers a wide choice of classes, foot care and blood pressure clinics, a library, a referral service and bus trips. Twelve years ago Margaret had retired for a short time after years as a supervisor of a school cafeteria program. Then was asked by King County to “unretire” and run the Enumclaw Center. Now she is retiring again.

Fifty Years Ago

November 10, 1960

The Horace Cleveland family who lives four miles west of Buckley couldn’t believe its eyes or ears when Gunderson’s Home Furnishings brought out a $350 TV and delivered it into the living room scot free. The family was the winner of a “Heart’s Desire” contest sponsored by Gunderson’s during October.

Seventy-five Years Ago

November 8, 1935

EHS is planning for its first homecoming event in the history of the school.

Next Monday, Nov. 11 is Armistice Day and Enumclaw stores will close. At exactly 11 on Monday morning, the time of the signing of the Armistice, which brought the World War to a close, the fire siren will sound, a bomb will be fired and the VFW bugler will sound “Taps.” All traffic is requested to pause for the duration of one minute. A formal program with a speaker will be held at the high school.