Twenty-five years ago this week the Clallam Bay High School Choir was planning a trip to Carnegie Hall where they would perform with students from several other outstanding choirs. Michelle Ridout was the first baby born at FCH in 2000. She was the 167th baby born at FCH since OB reopened in July 1997. Tim Fletcher was working on computer equipment donated to QVSD by Washington Mutual (photo). Emergency services had staffed Forks City Hall on New Year’s Eve in the event of any Y2K problems (photo). Gidget Loushin, a mini-dachshund belonging to Jim and Marilyn Loushin, had delivered seven puppies on Jan. 1 – perhaps the first puppies of the new year?

This week in 1975 DNR log scaler Charles Barlow was recognized for 20 years of employment with that agency. He received a pin and a framed certificate. Local guide John Monk had boated the largest steelhead of the season on the Sol Duc River. The fish weighed 32 pounds 8 ounces and weighed just two ounces less than the current state record at that time. In Spartan wrestling, the team had traveled to Montesano. Bechtold, Banner, and Carter had won matches. On the school lunch menu wieners and sauerkraut were on the menu for Thursday.

This week in 1953 Swedish immigrant Anton Johnson had been killed by a tree that fell during a storm. The 51-year-old railroad fireman was returning from Dickey Camp on a speeder when the accident happened. The Chamber of Commerce was voicing its opposition to the acquisition of 48,000 acres of land on the ocean strip of the Olympic Peninsula. President Truman had recently added that land to be part of Olympic National Park.