Out of the Past: 04/29/2026

80 Years Ago

If you live in a rural community or small town where there is no city electrical inspection, then you can expect a visitor. He will arrive tomorrow, next week, or within the very near future. This visitor will be your state electrical inspector, employed by the electoral inspection division of the Department of Labor and Industries. You will find him courteous, polite, and anxious to do his job of protecting you. 

Mr. Thompson, buyer for Swift and Co., has been secured to judge the steers which will be shown by boys from this district at the pre-junior livestock show to be held at the fairgrounds in Deer Park. Eleven steers are expected. Awards will be made on the basis of which boy has made the best showing with his entry. 

City Ordinance No. 156 provides that it is unlawful for dogs to run at large in the Town of Deer Park between April 1 and Oct. 1. This is a warning that from this date, April 25, the ordinance will be strictly enforced and violators will be subject to arrest. 

40 Years Ago

The state track meets are a month away and the competitors are beginning to jockey for position with the start of the league season and the end of the invitationals. Riverside served notice to the rest of the Northeast A League with wins by both the boys and girls in league openers against Colfax and Newport last Thursday. 

Led by Omar Lefgren and Ken Olson of the Spokane Economic Council, six representatives of the State Trade and Commerce Dept. toured Deer Park last Thursday to assess the town’s suitability for industrial development. According to Ehman Sheldon, Deer Park’s administrative director, and Russ Pierce, the city’s community awareness chairman, the hour-and-a-half tour included pointing out the schools, churches, parks, and other amenities. It also featured a picnic lunch in Mix Park. 

The Deer Park and Riverside floats, in a precarious position earlier this month, may have righted themselves in time for the parade season. The Riverside float was able to raise the $350 in insurance bonds so as to participate in the Wenatchee Apple Blossom Parade and the Spokane Lilac Torchlight Parade. The Deer Park entry was able to meet the insurance deadline for the Lilac parade with a last minute rush of donations. 

20 Years Ago

Beth Miller may have set a record on getting started on her senior project. Miller was fascinated when Mark Erickson and Jon Vensel painted a giant mural at Deer Park Middle School when she was a seventh grader. So, Miller decided to add another mural to the middle school. She selected a small area near the school’s main entrance. 

Mayor Robert Whisman wants the Deer Park Arts Commission and the Deer Park Civic Center Association to play nice. Unlike what was first thought, the mayor said the Civic Center Association does not have the right of first refusal when the group’s current lease expires next March. He would like to see the association work out an agreement with the Arts Commission, which made overtures earlier this month of making the 80-year-old building its home. 

Loon Lake School Board member Cindy Adams, who was twice cited by the state’s Public Disclosure Commission for failing to file timely candidacy documents, had her fine increased to $670 in a Superior Court judgement.