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The arm of Suzanne Shores simply didn't have enough left. Four games in eight days can take its toll. After pitching five spectacular innings - including the fifth where she gave up a lead-off double, yet kept Deer Park from scoring - the Cardinals' sophomore tired in the final two innings and the Stags took advantage for a 9-2 Northeast A League softball game Monday, May 8 at Reinking Field in Medical Lake. Read the full story here.... Full story
Pastor David Krueger-Duncan believes misinformation is going around about his church's, the former United Church of Christ, Congregational, departure from the national denomination. One reason the church is out on its own - changing its name on April 30 to Cheney Congregational Church - is one many churches have faced the past several years. That is, how to responded to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) community. Krueger-Duncan said the rumor...
See a photo gallery from the event here. For four days this past week, Cheney has been doubling as a small town in Wyoming and Oregon's largest city. A local production crew has been in town at various locations shooting a movie, "The Purple Rose." According to a news release, the movie is based on the first novel in a series of books by Liberty Lake, Wash. author Christi Walsh; books that are based in the Northwest. Walsh - who was born in Pasco - and her husband Jim are...
Blackhawks soccer scored a 4-0 opening-round playoff win against Clarkston May 4. They played their ball-control game to perfection against the visiting Bantams, getting first-half goals from Prophet and Bas Holland and second-half goals from Hunter Plummer and Dylan Newbry. Holland had two assists and Alex Petropoulos had one. Read the full story here.... Full story
Sometimes, you just have one of those days. For Cheney High softball coach Gary Blake, that pretty much sums up his Lady Blackhawks experience last Saturday as Great Northern League leader West Valley blew into town for a doubleheader. The Eagles left with a pair of convincing wins, thwarting Cheney's bid to replace them atop the league standings and in search of a little refocusing. Read the full story here.... Full story
Medical Lake's pivotal Northeast A League baseball game with Deer Park was rained out May 5. Cardinals' head coach Kerry Kelly might have wished the contest, rescheduled for the following afternoon, had the same result following the Stags thorough clubbing of his team 15-2 at Holliday Field. Read the full story here.... Full story
Things are a little different in Sunset Elementary School teacher Terra Boling's fifth-grade classroom. For starters, there are no desks and few chairs. Instead, Boling's students sit around tables on plastic buckets - albeit nicely padded plastic buckets the materials for which she paid for out of her pocket and assembled with her father. Boling said desks for 27 students in the crowded portable at the Cheney School District's Airway Heights school take up a lot of space. In...
1 Years Ago May 10, 2007 The West Plains Community Fair held its "Sweet Social" where the fair royalty were crowned. Amanda Hansen, a junior at Cheney High School was crowned the queen while CHS sophomore Meagan Roberts was named princess. Several moving companies hauled off a house that had been sitting on land behind the Cheney Trading Company. The property the house formerly sat on was the future site of the new Bi-Mart membership store. The Cheney High School boys soccer...
Cheney • May 12, Light Fitness Hour (adults 50+), Wren Pierson Community Center, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. • May 12, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0–18 months), 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • May 12, Friday Late Night (Middle School students only), Wren Pierson Community Center, 6 – 10 p.m. • May 12-13, Fifth Annual Cheney MayFest, Downtown Cheney, times vary. • May 13, Friends of the Cheney Library Book Sale, community library, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. • May 15 – May 18, GED and High School Completion Classes, community library, 4 – 8 p.m. • M... Full story
Thank you for your (In Our) Opinion on not taking a stance...taking a stance (Cheney Free Press April 27). This decision is more than dismaying, it is a disservice to students who expect options in a liberal arts education, an education that provides diverse opportunities and gives them a chance to explore and see something for themselves. Although they can learn in a variety of places, given tuition rates, most students will make every minute count, meaning they’ll do what they get credit for. How sad that Whitworth’s lea...
There was nothing pretentious about Mike Lowry. What you saw is what you got! Lowry was one of Washington’s most colorful governors. He served one term from 1993 to 1997. He died on May 1 at age 78. There was nothing subtle about Lowry. He was not afraid to mix it up publicly nor put his political future on the line when he believed in a cause. For example, in 1993 Lowry pushed legislation dramatically reforming our state’s health care laws. He and his Democrat colleagues jam...
This year, the annual cost of caring for individuals living with Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementias will reach $259 billion, $175 billion of which comes in direct costs to Medicare and Medicaid. Yet in 2016, for every $100 the U.S. government spent on Alzheimer’s Disease research, $16,000 was spent by Medicare and Medicaid to care for those living with the disease. Thankfully, Congress is taking action. Just recently, a $400 million increase in Alzheimer’s disease research funding was approved. I am thankful that senat...
We are only a day away from Cheney’s fifth annual Mayfest celebration (May 12-13). Both Friday and Saturday feature several activities that residents and visitors should enjoy. Mayfest is a huge production and what folks may not realize is most of the work that goes into putting it together is done by a committee of board members and a few worker bees who already spin several plates. Some of these people are having difficulty balancing their work schedules along with the hours they are committing to Mayfest. Community events...
The Westwood Middle School Art Department is proud to announce its 2016-17 Artists of the Year: eighth-grader Eve Reese, seventh-grader Emma Miller, and sixth-grader Katelyn Verstrate. These students have shown exceptional commitment to the arts through their creative experimentation, focus on excellence and unique self-expression. Displaying work from classes and individual projects, a three-person show featuring these artists is now at the Airway Heights Library through...
For LeRoy Mattson his new business has somewhat of a resemblance to his old line of work in that it rests in the service industry. But that’s where the similarities end for the new owner of Fairchild Mini Storage, located on Craig Road west of Fairchild Air Force Base. Mattson’s former career has been in health care, specifically retirement homes. “I’m a licensed nursing home administrator,” Mattson said. Having gone to school in Iowa for his degree work, Mattson worked th...
Medical Lake Middle School honored six students for the Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) award for April. April's trait is trustworthiness. Students received certificates and T-shirts and were treated to a lunch sponsored by the Associated Student Body. From left to right: Sophie Salinas-Sanders, Jeremiah Pullom, Maddie Murphy, Rylie Spring, Isaac Sweeney and LaMar Skinner....
Bullying is down among Medical Lake Middle School sixth-graders, as is marijuana use at the high school. These were a couple of trends the Medical Lake School District learned from the results of the 2016 Healthy Youth Survey, which students participated in last October. The survey, a statewide, collaborative effort between state agencies, including the Office of Public Instruction, Department of Health and Liquor Control Board, is conducted every two years with sixth-, eighth- 10th- and 12th-graders. Many of the questions...
Cheney Public Schools has selected Carla Hudson as the next principal of Betz Elementary School. Hudson is a 1988 graduate of the University of North Texas, received her post-graduate university education diploma from Rhodes University in South Africa in 2000 and completed her masters of education in school leadership at Washington State University in 2011. Hudson has served as the K-12 principal for the Wilbur School District since 2011. During her time in Wilbur, she was president of the Bi-County Principal’s Association a...
During Cheney Mayfest on May 13, Turnbull will be hosting their sixth annual Floods, Flowers and Feathers Spring Nature Festival. The event will also celebrate Turnbull’s 80th birthday and the community will have a chance to enjoy nature and learn more about the refuge itself. “It has been really nice to work with Mayfest,” Sandy Rancourt, the visitor services manager at Turnbull said. “It is a great collaboration with two organizations. We appreciate their efforts.” With how successful the festival has been with Mayfest,...
Forklift rodeo regional tryout in Spokane May 20 Driving a forklift may look easy, but driving one safely requires the right training and experience. Professional forklift drivers from across the state are invited to demonstrate their skills in regional tryouts in Spokane and Seattle. Top finishers will take part in the statewide Forklift Rodeo in September. The Spokane regional qualifying event is on Saturday, May 20 at the Spokane Central Service Center, 915 N. Nelson St. Competitors must pass a written exam and a pre-use...
Spokane County Fire District 10 recently welcomed its new lieutenant of training, Jared Murphy. Although Murphy is learning the ropes like any new job - including remembering the names of the volunteers, personnel and staff involved with the agency - things are working out well for him so far. At Fire District 10, Murphy's role is to oversee fire and emergency medical services training for staff, volunteers and officers. This includes finding quality classes for his crew...
The May 2 Medical Lake City Council meeting was not all summer meeting hours and budget talk. Council approved the application for J&M LLC to operate a fireworks stand at 111 W. Brooks Road, beginning July 1 at 9 a.m., until July 4 at 8 p.m. The application’s approval was recommended by Fire Chief Jason Mayfield. J&M has operated a fireworks stand in the city during the July 4 holiday for the last several years. This is the second stand council approved in 2017, the first being from TNT Fireworks back in February. TNT’s sta...
Production assistant Tim Kippes applies fake blood to an actor lying in a downtown Cheney alley in preparation to film a scene for the movie "The Purple Rose." The thriller, adapted from a book by Liberty Lake author Christi Walsh, was shooting in Cheney last week on May 5-6, and this week on May 10-11....
Sixteen groundwater wells around the border of Fairchild Air Force Base have tested above Environmental Protection Agency lifetime health advisory levels for Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and/or Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination. In April, engineers contracted by the U.S. Air Force found five non-drinking groundwater wells on the base that tested above advisory levels for contamination. Fairchild’s public drinking water system was sampled and all results were “non-detect” or below EPA’s health advisor...
The community has a chance to get out of the house this weekend and enjoy the annual Cheney Mayfest downtown. There are new events this year, with the traditional roots of Mayfest still intact. One of the main new activities is the community corn hole tournament. Mayfest previously had a three-on-three basketball tournament, but they changed it this year to try and get more people involved. "Anybody can play corn hole," Jason Williams, a member of the Cheney Mayfest...
