Five Years Ago
March 10, 2004
Enumclaw 9-year-old Emily Meeks and her family had pulled into the recreation vehicle campground at Crystal Mountain Feb. 13. Anxious to play, Meeks and her siblings took off for the snow-covered hillside and icy creek that run behind the camping area. “I saw a girl across the creek and asked her who was screaming, and she pointed at her little brother,” Meeks said. The 4-year-old boy was grasping onto an exposed tree root while the chilling water rushed around him. “She said she was going to go in and could I help her,” Meeks recalls. “I said no, but I would get her help.” The family credits the lessons Meeks’ learned in local swim classes for saving the young boy’s life and preventing further tragedy.
Winning the Families First Coalition’s logo design contest in early March hadn’t hit Brandon Bily yet. Even though the White River HIgh School junior had a $50 South Hill Mall gift certificate in his hand, he figured his win would feel real when he started seeing his design appear on the Buckley-area organization’s letterhead, posters and brochures.Ten Years Ago
March 10, 1999
Enumclaw Rotary honored seniors Kristin Poe and Eric Stoneburner as its February students of the month from Enumclaw HIgh School. Stoneburner has been on the board of control for two years and serves as ASB Noontime Commissioner. Poe has been active in athletics and leadership at EHS.
Kim Bevaart of Buckley took second place in a national ecology poster contest sponsored by the modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal life insurance society based in Illinois. Winning first place at the local level allows her to move to the national level.
Twenty-five Years Ago
March 8, 1984
On The Corner: Jon Holmberd heading down Cole Street in Monday’s fine sun… Frank Nanowski in from the Rec Park for a few minutes… Bill Ellision enthusing about the prospects of a new filly… And Bruce Guenther out on 410 with the early morning patrol.
Picture: Joey Gorrell, 8, from Buckley won this new BMX bike courtesy of Safeway and A&W Drive Ins. Gorrell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gorrell of 769 Mountain View Avenue in Buckley. He was the winner in a contest that had more than 1,000 entries.
Fifty Years Ago
March 12, 1959
Two bills affecting the proposed construction of all-weather tunnel at Naches Pass are on the desk of Governor Albert D. Rosellini in Olympia as the State Legislature ends its regular session tonight.
Mrs. Robert Gray, Rt. 3, Box 251, Enumclaw, was unprepared for what took place when she walked into Jay’s Martinized Cleaning Shop last Thursday at 11:08 a.m. and left a coat to be cleaned. As she turned away from the counter, Herb Forler stepped up and handed her a $50 bill as the weekly award winner in the “It Pays To Shop In Enumclaw” program which will continue for several weeks more.
Seventy-five Years Ago
March 16, 1934
Harold Hanson, local transfer man and contractor, was elected to the town council as a “sticker” candidate, with Harold W. Hanson and Owen Merritt also winning their races for councilmen. Walter B. Fountaine running unopposed for town treasurer, was also reelected.
Prospects of the Naches Pass highway being open to Yakima sometime next month appear bright at this writing. Starting this week three shafts will be working with snow plows clearing the highway. With the lightest snowfall in years, the road crew has only two and one-half miles to go to reach the summit.
Charles Runland who up until this week has been running the Runland Service station announces that he will start construction on a new station near his home on the Buckley Highway at 2218 Roosevelt.
From the fine studios of KVI Tacoma, the Enumclaw Community Male Chorus, under the direction of D.G. McIntosh, presented a half hour’s program last Sunday afternoon assisted by Miss Ellen McIntosh, Clifford Whitcomb and Melvin Olene.
