Articles from the October 27, 2016 edition
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EMS, property tax revenues up
Cheney’s City Council officially got their budget season underway at their Oct. 27 meeting by following up a public hearing on the city’s 2017 general property and emergency medical services (EMS) levies with the passage of ord... — Updated 10/27/2016
West Plains Police News
CHENEY Oct. 17 Taking motor vehicle without owners permission was reported on the 300 block of Vine Street. The vehicle was recovered on Oct. 21 in Spokane. A 15-year-old male was arrested for third-degree theft on the 2700 block o... — Updated 10/27/2016
Care Cars service seeks volunteer drivers
Care Cars is looking for volunteer drivers in Spokane County. Care Cars, which is set up through Frontier Behavior Health, is a volunteer transportation service for seniors and disabled individuals who cannot use other... — Updated 10/27/2016
SCSO offers women's self-defense course
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is offering an introductory women’s self-defense course, Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. – noon at its training center located at 6011 North Chase Road, Newman Lake. The course teaches basic women’s self-de... — Updated 10/27/2016
Pick Pakootas to improve Congress
I am proud to be a supporter for the campaign of Joe Pakootas for U.S. Representative for the 5th Congressional District. I have volunteered to help campaign for him in 2014 and 2016, by phone work, sign waving, encouraging... — Updated 10/27/2016
Trump's 'locker room talk' is not heard in this locker room
Regarding “locker room talk” I can’t help but comment and share my own experiences. I’ve been using a gym of some kind now for 50-plus years and have heard hundreds of locker room conversations. Not once in 50 years have I ever he... — Updated 10/27/2016
Trump endorsement a deal breaker
Unfortunately, 5th District Represenative Cathy McMorris Rodger’s political ambition has left behind any moral principles. My party and McMorris Rodgers have crossed the line supporting Donald Trump and have abandoned not only s... — Updated 10/27/2016
Holy's interests contrary to Cheney's
Jeff Holy (6th District representative, R-Cheney) must go. Reading his biography in the Spokesman Review convinced me he is not a proper representative for this legislature. He has a positive stance on charter schools, which is... — Updated 10/27/2016
Pakootas would show more concern for 5th District if elected
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, our representative in the U.S. House of Representatives 5th District for over a decade, boasts of three major accomplishments — hydropower, which almost nobody is against, and two bills which benefited t... — Updated 10/27/2016
Clinton, Trump should take a page from Gerald Ford's playbook
It’s D-Day for American voters. With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump carrying unusually low approval ratings and having a deep antipathy for one another, no matter which one u... — Updated 10/27/2016
Priorities for leaders to focus on after election is over
In the 1973 Western classic “High Plains Drifter,” Clint Eastwood’s man-with-no-name character is asked by another what they are supposed to do after the citizens of the town of Lagos kill three cowboys they backstabbed after... — Updated 10/27/2016
Education briefs
Snowdon’s Schlotter earns state honors Catheleen Schlotter, Snowdon Elementary School assistant principal and intervention and re-engagement specialist, was named the “Washington State School Social Worker of the Year” at a recen... — Updated 10/27/2016
Deer sighting
A deer was spotted on a lawn across the street from Hallett Elementary School in Medical Lake, Friday Oct. 21.... — Updated 10/27/2016
U.S. drivers waste more than $2.1 billion annually on premium gasoline
According to new research from the American Automobile Association, U.S. drivers wasted more than $2.1 billion dollars last year by using premium-grade gasoline in vehicles designed to run on regular fuel. With 16.5 million U.S.... — Updated 10/27/2016
Former raceway property to have new development
One of a number of parcels of the former Spokane Raceway Park that are adjacent to Hayford Road is sprouting something other than sage brush and cheat grass. Local car dealer and... — Updated 10/27/2016
Eastern receives grant to research STEM teacher prep in Washington
Eastern Washington University is part of a statewide $3 million collaboration grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help improve the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)... — Updated 10/27/2016
Twister
Senior RJ Viloria attempts to keep his balance in a game of Twister during last Medical Lake High School's homecoming assembly, last Friday.... — Updated 10/27/2016
Medical Lake Middle School working its way out of Focus status
Medical Lake Middle School is in its third — and hopefully final — year of being designated as a “Focus” school. The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction classified the middle school as “Focus... — Updated 10/27/2016
Cheney marching band has another successful year
While in attendance at a Cheney High School football game, it is hard to miss the halftime show: The Cheney High School marching band. The band has started off their year with great... — Updated 10/27/2016
News Briefs
Local authors read for Friends of the Library membership event The Friends of the Spokane County Library District invite the public to come hear local authors, enjoy refreshments from local vendors and find out more about the... — Updated 10/27/2016
Airway Heights TBD funds mostly used for matches
During the Oct. 17 Airway Heights Transportation Benefit District (TBD) meeting, Councilman Doyle Inman posed a question to Public Works Director Kevin Anderson. "Where is the... — Updated 10/27/2016
Yellow is the new green
Photo by John McCallum Fall is bringing its myriad of colors to the West Plains, as looking up at some changing leaves on maple trees in Cheney's Sutton Park ind... — Updated 10/27/2016
Providing stress relief on four legs
Eastern Washington University Police Department's newest officer doesn't carry a gun or drive a patrol car. If she did, that would be a story of epic proportions. What Officer... — Updated 10/27/2016
AH council gives input on upcoming projects
During an Oct. 24 workshop, the Airway Heights City Council had the opportunity to give their input on concepts for the U.S. Highway 2 Revitalization project and 20-year land use plan update. In 2015, the city adopted the Highway... — Updated 10/27/2016
ML begins budgeting process
The Medical Lake City Council took its first step in its 2017 budgeting process. At its Oct. 18 meeting, council held the first readings of ordinances that propose a 1 percent increase to property tax and emergency medical... — Updated 10/27/2016