Five Years Ago
July 13, 2005
Anyone looking for “good, clean fun” will find it next week at the King County Fairgrounds. At least that’s the theme for the 143rd edition of the fair, which kicks off a five-day run July 20 at the county venue in Enumclaw.
Organizers are hoping to provide more entertainment than ever as they prepare for the 30th annual edition of the Wilkeson National Handcar Races.
10 Years Ago
July 12, 2000
If you want to see Judi Rogers at the helm of an Enumclaw High School band, you’ll want to attend the opening ceremony of the Scottish Highland Games July 29. It’ll be your last chance. The popular band teacher and director is leaving EHS for Bellevue High School, swapping a 35-mile commute for a five-mile (“and that’s the long way”) trek that she jokes she can make on roller blades. Rogers has been driving to Enumclaw form her East-side home since she got her first teaching job – in Enumclaw – in 1993.
Jim Boyce was impressed in October to learn he won the prestigious Milken Family Foundation award for educators. He was even more impressed last month when he arrived in Los Angeles for the official ceremony and awarding of the $25,000 prize. “The first thing they did was measure us for tuxes,” said Boyce, a White River High School science teacher.
25 Years Ago
July 11, 1985
Photo: Jim Fugate, left, owner of Enumclaw’s Jim Fugate Ford was honored recently for winning the Ford Dealer Distinguished Achievement Award. Above, Lee Anderson, Seattle District manager, presents the honors. The award has special meaning because it is the 25th year in a row that Fugate received the dealer award. His first was in 1958. Only three other dealers in the Seattle district have accomplished the feat. The dealership award is given annually to a select group whose management actions, merchandising practices, customer services and dealership facilities meet the highest standards of automotive retailing.
50 Years Ago
July 14, 1960
Enumclaw businessmen are planning an exciting and lavish July 29-30 selling event which has been designated as “Thrift Days.” Plans of the businessmen and The Courier-Herald, co-sponsors of the event to bring outstanding talent to the community, include an appearance by the widely-known Gordon Clan Bagpipe Band. The Band has appeared in numerous parades throughout the state.
Photo: Time and changes – If a camera had taken a peek at this spot about 75 hours ago, all it would have glimpsed would have been a tangle of brush and trees. Today the spot has become a large parking lot for Enumclaw Food Center customers. An old landmark, the Rochdale Co.’s decrepit warehouse recently was torn down from its position in the foreground of this photo, thus doubling the space for parking by the Food Center’s customers.
75 Years Ago
July 12, 1935
Just when he thought another Fourth of July had safely passed into oblivion as a safe and sane Fourth, August Cyra of 1001 Cole Street received a rude awakening and that’s not figuratively speaking. He was awakened by a crash that was louder than any firecracker, then he found himself gazing at two lights in the front room of his home, and a Ford automobile with three young men.
Industrial activity in Enumclaw once again hummed with activity as the White River Lumber Company started operations in full swing Wednesday morning as local union members voted unanimously to return to work at their meeting Tuesday evening.
