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

Thursday, April 5, 1990

• Gretchen Sorenson of Fall City is leaving her job as public relations director for the 1990 Goodwill Games. She is now on the way to Asia and the new position of public relations director in the Far East for Turner Broadcasting Systems. Sorenson’s new position will make her Turner’s official spokesperson in Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Australia and the Indian Subcontinent.

• Local third-grade teacher Kristin Stephan placed first in the ski event for the 1990 National Para-Ski Meet. Held in Utah, the meet combined the best in downhill slalom racers and skydivers. Stephan came in fifth in skydiving. 

Thursday, April 8, 1965

• Single packs of cigarettes as well as three cartons and assorted bottles of liquor were taken during a burglary at the Duvall Liquor Store. The King County Sheriff’s Department reports the theft was discovered about 6:45 a.m. on April 2, when the front door was found ajar. The intruders pried a padlock loose and split a door jamb to gain entry.

• Mr. Wesley T. Whaley, Assistant Special Agent for the FBI, will speak on Juvenile Delinquency at the April 19 meeting of the Snoqualmie Consolidated PTA.