Out of the Past: Queen of the Jamboree, rubber raft race down the Snoqualmie

Thursday, June 22, 1989: More than 3,000 people visited the Mountain Man Rendezvous in the Upper Valley Sunday. The aim of the reenactment is to give locals an idea how the original settlers lived. • Running for Northeast District Court Judge in 1986, Will Roarty of Duvall lost to James Kaiser by a single vote. With Kaiser resigning, Roarty is hitting pavement once again.

June 27, 2014 1:16 pm

The following items made the news 25 and 50 years ago in the Snoqualmie Valley, as reported in the Valley Record:

Thursday, June 22, 1989

• More than 3,000 people visited the Mountain Man Rendezvous in the Upper Valley Sunday. The aim of the reenactment is to give locals an idea how the original settlers lived.

• Running for Northeast District Court Judge in 1986, Will Roarty of Duvall lost to James Kaiser by a single vote. With Kaiser resigning, Roarty is hitting pavement once again.

Thursday, June 25, 1964

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• Miss Jane Hawk is Queen of the Snoqualmie Valley Riding Club Jamboree, featuring a parade on North Bend’s main street and a gymkhana Saturday.

• The annual two-man rubber raft race starts Saturday, from Edgewick bridge to a spot on the South Fork near the Snoqualmie-North Bend bridge.

• North Bend’s Town Council defined how the volunteer fire department’s emergency car will be used: To bring firefighters to their duties. Other uses are only in extreme cases of emergency.