The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:

Thursday, March 22, 1990

• Former Valley Record publisher Robert A. Soister died at home in Spring Glen following a courageous year-and-a-half battle with cancer. He came to the Valley in 1946 as a photographer, specializing in baby portraits but also taking photos for the Valley Record. One January, when business was slow and then-publisher Ed Groshell was short of help, Bob was invited to try his hand at the printing trade. He worked for the Groshells for several years and continued under the ownership of Ken Turay and Lyle Green. In 1968, he bought a partnership in the newspaper and operated it with Gaillard Buchman until retiring in 1985.

• If you’re in that espresso frame of mind while shopping at Mount Si Village, Terri and Dave Irvine will make you happy. The North Bend couple began offering the rich coffee drinks from an outdoor stand near the Thriftway entrance on March 10, as Cascade Espresso Co.

Thursday, March 25, 1965

• Harmon Colby, superintendent of the Lower Snoqualmie Valley (later renamed Riverview) School District No. 407 for the past five years, has resigned, effective July 1. Prior to his work here, Colby was superintendent of the Riverside School District north of Spokane for six years.

• Trooper Mooers of the Washington State Patrol investigated a one-car accident 1.8 miles west of North Bend on the Golf Course Road at 7:45 p.m., March 22, which involved a car driven by David Anderson, 16, of North Bend. Anderson was westbound when he lost control on the gravel, ran off the road on the north side, rolled over twice, struck some guy wires and went over an embankment. He had minor head and back injuries and Thomas A. Moore, a passenger, escaped with bruises. The 1960 Renault was totaled.