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The Cheney City Council passed a six-month, emergency ordinance at its Nov. 12 meeting establishing interim zoning and land use regulation that would determine where potential marijuana retailers, processors and producers can locate in the city. City staff told the council emergency measures were needed as a response to final rules adopted Oct. 16 by the Washington State Liquor Control Board, which become effective Nov. 16, allowing the board to begin accepting statewide applications for marijuana distribution Nov. 18....
Lens and Iris were watching trailers for upcoming movies. When the food advertisements started, Iris asked Lens, ”Could you go get us some popcorn?” Lens replied, “Don’t have to; this is a 3-D movie, and the food’ll come floating by any moment.” Have you experienced troubles watching the new 3-D movies at the theatre? Do they make you feel eye strain, double or blurred vision? It’s often due to problems using both eyes together in a coordinated manner. For instance, a need for correction change, especially if one eye needs...
Cheney Auto Care Center is a very familiar place for Travis Gallagher. His dad, Chris Gallagher, owns the business. When Travis was very young, like a lot of boys, he didn’t mind getting a little grease on his hands or fetching a tool to help his dad. When he was in the sixth-grade he began to help in the shop. At age 16, Travis was driving a motorcycle. He said, “My senior year in high school I thought about joining the military, then changed my mind.” Now at age 19 he has been thinking lately about going to Spokane Falls Co...
Old Pinewood Derby cars escaped from dusty shelves throughout the West Plains, as young and old Boy Scouts gathered Oct. 29 to celebrate the 100-year partnership between the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All BSA troops in the region were invited to gather at the church buildings in Cheney and West Plains to commemorate this achievement. Members from troops 318, 322, 329, 356, and 381 had a great time racing cars, playing tug...
CHENEY Nov. 7 Two bicycles, a red Huffy and a dark blue Free Spirit, were found on the 600 block of Chestnut Street. A two-car, non-injury collision occurred on the 100 block of Sixth Street. Nov. 8 Domestic violence–verbal dispute – was reported on the 1800 block of Fifth Street. James W. Carson, 48, was arrested for fourth-degree assault – domestic violence – on the 800 block of West First Street. Nov. 9 Darrin M. Rhoades, 18, was arrested for third-degree theft – shoplifting – on the 2700 block of First Street. Mar...
Congratulations to the Medical Lake boys’ cross country team. I’m proud of the total effort that coach Gene Blankenship and his assistant coaches put in with the team. All summer at 8 a.m. in the morning when I was going to work I would see Coach and his team meeting at the school to start their training. Our young cross-country boys and girls athletes were willing to put in the extra hard work to achieve their goal- to bring home a state championship trophy. When I went down to the school Saturday night to welcome them hom...
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who supported and encouraged me to run for City Council. It was an interesting and valuable experience to learn about the issues of the city, the concerns of our citizens and politics in general. Mr. Taves ran an outstanding campaign and I want to personally congratulate him on his victory. He is a very intelligent, thoughtful, hardworking individual and I believe he will continue to make Cheney one of the best places to live in the state of Washington. Thanks again....
On Oct. 23 our black lab, Enzo, twisted out of his collar and escaped as we were walking him behind the Blackhawk Vet Clinic. My husband was able to follow him for several miles and stopped pursuing him as he watched him enter the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge along Cheney-Plaza Road just past the Columbia Trail. We spent the next 11 days searching for him, posting signs, running ads, passing out flyers, and calling on a friend to bring his tracking dog, Radar, whenever we had a fresh sighting. It turned out that Enzo had made...
Among my many habits, be they good or bad, is an interest in studying numbers and, in some people’s minds, worthless trivia. My wife might argue that knowing and caring about numbers in the checking account, or remembering the names of couples we run into occasionally, are a much more important endeavor than being able to recite various sports statistics or care about yearly data on the flows of rivers across the region. The big difference I’d counter would be my kno...
According to news reports, the recently concluded Washington Legislature’s special session was called to address a $10 billion transportation package and “other legislation” that would keep production of Boeing’s new 777X project in the state. Apparently that “other legislation” was more important. Legislators took just three days to pass a package extending aerospace industry tax breaks to the year 2040 that will be worth over $8 billion to Boeing. Those breaks could be canceled if the aerospace giant moves constructio...
Turkey Trot is Nov. 28 The Cheney High cross country team’s sixth annual Turkey Trot is taking place Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. at the high school track. The two-mile walk or three-mile run is for runners and walkers of all ages. The entry fee is $5 without a T-shirt. Late T-shirt order/entry is $25 day of the trot. Participants also receive a ticket for a drawing to win a turkey and other prizes. To receive a form, email cross country coach Jay Martin at jmartin@cheneysd.org. Portions of the proceeds are donated t...
The Eastern Washington University Jazz Ambassadors, a newly-formed group of 18 music students dedicated to teaching and inspiring others through creative action, debuted with a performance at Spokane’s Shriners Hospital on Veterans Day. The inaugural concert and workshop was held, Monday, Nov. 11, where the Ambassadors not only performed but taught kids some of the finer points of making music. “One of our goals is to inspire children though the arts,” Phil Doyle, an EWU lecturer in music who is leading up the project, said....
MacKenna Jones' Fallen Soldier memorial statue at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake was unveiled in a big way this month. "I grew up around veterans and my dad is one, too. He served in the Navy for 27 years. We also recently lost a friend of ours from church who was a Pearl Harbor survivor," she said in a June 2013 Cheney Free Press interview. The memorial statue was unveiled Saturday, Nov. 2 at the veterans cemetery, featuring numerous community groups...
If Eastern Washington University’s debate about moving from quarters to semester systems were scored like a baseball game, the outcome would be obvious: Quarters 2, Semesters 1. Representatives from Eastern’s faculty organization and the associated students presented information against a change to the university’s board of trustees at a town hall meeting last Friday while administration officials offered results from research lobbying for the move. The administration’s report estimates the cost of the move at over $8.4 mi...
West Plains Orchestra musicians William and Elizabeth Fisher, ninth and 10th grade students at Gonzaga Prep, perform for visitors Tuesday night during festivities celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Cheney Community Library. In front of the pair is a time capsule originally sealed when the library was dedicated Nov. 12, 1988....
The Cheney Boy Scout Food Drive delivered some impressive totals to the Cheney Food Bank Nov. 9. The Scouts brought in a total of 2,186 pounds of food, 659 pounds which came from the Latter Day Saints Church troop with the remaining1,527 pounds coming from various other troops. Cheney Faith Center members and friends volunteered Saturday morning to help unload and sort everything that was brought in....
For those residents who thought that some of our sudden big precipitation thunderstorms that rolled through the region throughout the summer might have been out of place, you’re right. “If we’re going to get any thunderstorms, they tend to be in the springtime, in May and June,” Bob Quinn, Eastern Washington University professor of meteorology said. “They are a combination of the North Pacific storm track tapping into that subtropical moisture off of California.” Following 201...
Like the exacting clock one has on their cellphone that automatically changes crossing time zones or when it’s Daylight Savings Time, fall arrived almost as if on cue. Seemingly within minutes of the official entrance of the Autumnal Equinox at 1:44 p.m. back on Sept. 22 a turbulent dust storm, followed by a welcome cleansing rain, rolled across the region. And while the rest of early and mid fall was pleasant and very dry, as Bob Quinn, Eastern Washington University p...
Everyone is invited to the Medical Lake Kiwanis Thanksgiving Bingo Night at Hallett Elementary School Nov. 22 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Come play bingo with a chance to win turkeys and other cash prizes. All proceeds are used to support Kiwanis sponsored activities, with a small percentage used for adminstrative costs....
A near head-on collision on SR 904 sent three people to a local hospital Saturday afternoon. According to a Washington State Patrol press memo, at approximately 4:45 p.m. an eastbound, black, 2002 Volkswagen Golf two-door sedan driven by 47-year-old Curtis R. Cooley of Spokane Valley attempted to pass multiple vehicles in a no-passing lane at milepost 13 near the intersection of SR 904 and Paradise Road. Cooley’s vehicle essentially sideswiped a green, 2000 two-door Honda Accord drive by Raquel H. Caballero, 21, of Cheney, i...
The U.S. Air Force has scheduled numerous public hearings across the country for the public to comment on a draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding the rollout of its new KC-46A fleet. One of those is coming to Spokane, due to Fairchild Air Force Base being chosen as an alternative location for the main operating base. Earlier this year, McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas narrowly beat the West Plains base in the running to station the first set of new aircraft....
Due to incorrect information, it was listed in last week’s West Plains Police Beat that two vehicles at Cheney Public Storage had been broken into and electronics taken. The vehicles were not at Cheney Public Storage but rather located at Roger’s Towing behind the storage facility....
Airway Heights is in the middle of another budgeting season, working to create a balanced budget for 2014. The budget still has a $126,000 gap in the current expense fund, which the city is working to close. Also still hanging in the balance are contract negotiations for public safety guild employees. As a result, cost of living adjustments and medical coverage adjustments aren’t factored in at the moment. This marked the second public hearing regarding the budget, following the first Oct. 21 to discuss revenue sources. A p...
Like all other city departments relying on general fund tax revenue, the Cheney Fire Department is hoping to do at least as much in the way of service in 2014 as they have in 2013 – and with not a whole lot more revenue. The Fire Department is proposing a 2014 budget of $1,581,400, most of which would come out of a combination of revenue resources that make up the city’s projected $6,787,500 general fund budget. Fire Chief Mike Winters said in an email the department’s proposal is $30,100 more than last year, just under...
Members of Medical Lake's 2013 state boy's 1A cross country champions pose in front the sign that will soon add their accomplishment to that of former Cardinal tennis, basketball and wrestling teams. From left to right are: Ryan Spangler, Mark Jensen, Noah Kroeze, Seth Rojas, Domenic Rehm, Tim Chernishoff, Micah Dingfield, Jacob Dingfield and John Pineda....
