5 Years Ago

April 13, 2005

Downtown Enumclaw’s premier corner is hopping again, now that Café Panini has opened for business at the junction of Cole Street and Griffin Avenue. The former home of Sunrise Pharmacy and Hallmark has been sitting vacant while principle restaurant owners Phil and Tammy Porter remodeled the interior to meet their needs. Café Panini opened its doors on April 1, 2005, in its new location.

Reminiscent of the 1950s restaurant Arnold’s from the hit television show Happy Days, the new owners of The Kitchen at 1521 Cole St., have big ideas of making their establishment a local youth hangout and family favorite. “I grew up watching Happy Days and love the feeling of an old fashioned diner like Arnie’s,” co-owner Amy Noy said. “It’s fun and has a hometown, friendly feel and that’s what we’re all about.” With frequent laughter, Noy and Sheri Lundberg bring decades of restaurant experience to their first ownership opportunity and plan to make the most of it.

10 Years Ago

April 12, 2000

White River High School junior Kasee VanWieringen was crowned the 2000-01 King-Pierce County Dairy Princess. VanWieringen, who is also active in the White River FFA chapter, was awarded the honor Thursday during a dinner at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

The White River and Fife soccer teams just can’t get away from each other. For the second time during the Pierce County League season the two teams tied. This time the Hornets and Trojans deadlocked at 1-1 on Thursday night. The tie put White River at 3-2-2 in PCL play and 3-4-2 overall.

25 Years Ago

April 11, 1985

The city’s first motorized fire truck, a 1921 Model T Ford, will be on city streets again this summer in celebration of the town’s 100th birthday. It will be a surprising and well earned comeback for the fire truck which left active service in 1942 – a truck that for the last three years has been in hundreds of pieces stored in several Enumclaw locations.

Tim Kollar of Enumclaw has won a first-place and third-place trophy in the Open Martial Arts Championships sponsored by the Washington Taekwondo Association. Kollar, who graduated from the Enumclaw High School in 1978, took first place in full-contact competition and third place in non-contact fighting. The martial arts championships were held March 30 at Decatur High School.

50 Years Ago

April 14, 1960

Fred Ronharr, teacher and coach at Enumclaw High School, has been named acting director of the Enumclaw Recreation Park, according to A.L. Hoffman, retired Enumclaw automobile dealer and chairman of the King County Park Board.

The opinion of baseball experts that coach Frank Osborne has something going at Enumclaw High School gained a large chunk of credence last week. On Tuesday in their Puget Sound League opener the Hornets romped over the Franklin Pierce Cardinals 5-0. The Enumclaw pitchers gave up only two hits. In a practice game Wednesday against Sumner, which the Hornets won 7-0, the Enumclaw pitchers gave up not so much as a single hit.

75 Years Ago

April 12, 1935

Enumclaw was buzzing due to a would-be fire Saturday evening when an iron at the Enumclaw cleaners establishment burned a hole in an ironing board, causing the shop to become enveloped in smoke. Enumclawites were thrilled by the continual shrill whistle of the siren which had stuck and as it kept blowing local inhabitants thought the entire town must be burning down. A throng of people were drawn downtown to see the excitement.

Mrs. Louie Simonsen entertained on Monday evening in honor of Miss Oradell Allen who has just returned from a visit in California.