Five Years Ago
February 9, 2005
Saturday there was good news on both fronts for family and friends of 4-year-old Olivia Medici. On the home front in Enumclaw, a Heart to Heart Benefit Dinner and Auction in Olivia’s name raised $100,000 that will be used to help her family meet uncovered medical expenses and fund a foundation to aid in research… In North Carolina at Duke Medical Center, Olivia’s body seems to be accepting the umbilical stem cell blood transplant she received in January that will hopefully save her life by halting a rare and terminal genetic disorder she inherited.
Buckley’s Michael Zaffee knows his way around an engine. And now he knows his way around Daytona International Speedway since Team Seattle/Synergy Racing tagged him as a “tech” or mechanic for Saturday’s 43rd running of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, North America’s premier sports car racing event.
Ten Years Ago
February 9, 2000
The wind storm of Feb. 3 caused no injuries, except to a few trees, power lines and The Mint Tavern’s diamond shaped sign hanging on the front of the building was broken in half by the high winds. No one in the restaurant noticed the actual flight of the sign because of music playing inside.
The White River girls clinched their second straight Pierce County League title and ran their league winning streak to 30 in a row with a hard-fought 55-53 win over the Washington Patriots Friday night. The win moved the third-ranked Hornets to 12-0 in the PCL and 17-1 overall.
The Enumclaw Hornets are back on top of the South Puget Sound League North Division. The Hornets officially wrapped up at least a tie for the SPSL North title with a hard-fought victory over the second-place Kent-Meridian Royals Saturday night.
Twenty-five Years Ago
February 7, 1985
Photo: A heavy snowfall came to this area Friday and for many it was a major inconvenience. But for these children it gave them a chance to build a snowman called “Herman.” The youngsters are (l-r) Jenny Walker, Maria Petellin, Nikki Crawford (with her dog “Nipper”) and Melanie Bell. The snowman was built at Jenny’s home on Kibler Avenue.
Enumclaw High School won the Seamount League sub-regional wrestling title Saturday at Chuck Smith gym. But Coach Shelly Thiel still sees room for improvement. The Hornets scored 167.5 points, topping runner-up Tahoma by 30 points.
Fifty Years Ago
February 11, 1960
An 18-year-old youth from Yugoslavia not only has reached the end of a beautiful rainbow, but he has found the fabled pot of gold awaiting him there. When a giant airliner toughed down at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday night, Peter Chorak, Enumclaw businessman, was at a concourse gate peering sharply at each male passenger. Soon the object of his search came along with the other passengers. Elderly Peter Chorak, waiting at the gate, threw his arms around youthful Peter Chorak who had just deplaned, and a short time later the two were speeding by automobile toward Enumclaw the end of the rainbow and the jingling pot of gold.
Photo: John Wahl, retired logging manager of the Weyerhaeuser Company and an active Enumclaw Cattleman, was honored by the Colllege of Forestry at the University of Washington and by the Pacific Northwest Loggers Association. Wahl was presented the logging safety award in recognition of “his vigorous leadership during a decade of safety progress.” The plaque was presented to Wahl by Gordon Markworth, dean of the college, at a luncheon at the university last Friday.
Seventy-five Years Ago
February 15, 1935
The Enumclaw Garden Club held their monthly meeting in the city hall with a splendid attendance. The main objective of the club this year will be an endeavor to have hawthorn trees planted in every parking strip in town.
C.J. Breier, nationally known merchant and president of the C.J. Breier Company operating upward of 35 dry goods stores throughout the west, was a business visitor in Enumclaw Thursday. He paid high tribute to Enumclaw, naming this city as one of the finest he has ever visited.
William Sorenson, sophomore at the College of Puget Sound, is a member of a newly organized symphonic orchestra started by a few members of he college band under Prof. Roland Truitt, bandmaster.
Up to Thursday of this week only two citizens had filed for the two positions up for election on the school board, Donn Wyllys and Petrus Nelson.
