Cheney Police tie suspect
to additional break-ins
The Cheney Police Department has tied an alleged member of a Cheney-Spokane burglary ring to two more break-ins in Cheney’s Salnave area.
Matthew J. Horpel, 28, was arrested Aug. 12 in conjunction with burglaries of residences on Dubois Street and Clover Court. Horpel was working with four other individuals, two males and two females who were subsequently arrested by Spokane police on burglary charges.
Cheney Police Sgt. Rick Beghtol said Monday that fingerprints taken from items found at residential burglaries on Cheney’s Gary and Chestnut streets match Horpel’s, linking him to those break ins. Horpel is now facing a total of 11 felony charges in Cheney and Spokane ranging from burglary to trafficking in stolen property.
Zak Open raises $5 million
By raising more than $565,000 at this year’s event, played July 26 – 27, the Zak!Charity Open golf tournament surpassed the $5 million mark for the amount of money it has raised for local charities since its inception in 1999.
“It shows how much you can accomplish when you have so many dedicated people and such a generous community who come together to help kids who need a little hope in their lives,” Irv Zakheim, Zak Designs owner and founder of the event, said.
The money raised this year benefited the Rypien Foundation and its mission to help bring hope to local children who are battling cancer. With this year’s proceeds, the tournament has raised more than $5.2 million to benefit local children’s charities.
Phishing email scam using Better Business Bureau name
Spokane’s Better Business Bureau chapter is warning business owners and consumers not to open bogus emails that began arriving in email boxes Sept. 10.
The emails are disguised to look like BBB correspondence and ask people to open an attached Standard Business Questionnaire (SBQ), a form that BBB uses to gather information from businesses to create or update BBB Business Reviews. Instead, the attachment delivers malware to the user’s computer.
There are three ways to recognize these scam emails: The “From” line is “BBB Accreditation Services
BBB is asking anyone receiving fraudulent emails to forward it to phishing@council.bbb.org.
Former Cheney city
administrator resigns post
Former Cheney city administrator Arlene Fisher has resigned her position as city manager at Mountlake Terrace. Fisher left Cheney in February 2014 after six years with the city to take the position with Mountlake Terrace, located southeast of Edmonds in Western Washington’s Snohomish County in order to be closer to family living in Puget Sound.
Fisher tendered her resignation with Mountlake Terrace Sept. 11. According to a news release, she and her husband “enjoyed their summer vacation in Eastern Washington and have since decided to relocate back to Eastern Washington to be close to family.”
Lack of agenda forces council study session cancellation
The Sept. 14 Airway Heights City Council study session was canceled due to a lack of agenda items, according to City Manager Albert Tripp.
The City Council will next meet Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.
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