Articles from the May 16, 2013 edition
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West Plains Clubs and Organizations
If your club or organization’s meeting time has changed, or you currently are not listed in this column, call 235-6184. A complete listings for each organization, including times and place, is available online at... — Updated 5/17/2013
The softer side of veterinary science
Modern veterinary science is a technically advanced field. Some animals receive not just X-rays, but sophisticated scans like MRIs. If you visit a large veterinary hospital you will find cats getting chemotherapy and dogs on the... — Updated 5/17/2013
Churches
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Join us for worship this Sunday, May 19, at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the Day of Pentecost. Please remember to wear red. Christian education classes begin at 9 a.m. Mark your calendars. Emmanuel Lutheran... — Updated 5/17/2013
Looking Back
10 Years Ago May 22, 2003 The Spokane County Sheriff’s color guard raised the American flag at the newly dedicated Cheney police station. Pathways to Progress was celebrating its third year of existence with a new mission, that... — Updated 5/17/2013
Roger Zimmerman
ZIMMERMAN, Roger Alan (age 75) – Born May 19, 1937 in Beatrice Neb. Passed away suddenly of a heart attack, on May 12, 2013 in Cheney, Wash, doing what he liked best…”going fo... — Updated 5/17/2013 Full story
Welcome to Young Life
We people are interesting creatures. You turn around once and somebody has thought of another idea. Welcome to Young Life. Young Life began with a few simple ideas about sharing the... — Updated 5/17/2013
STEP critics decry tribe-funded study
Last Wednesday, local representatives and business leaders opposed to the proposed casino and hotel in the Spokane Tribe Economic Project criticized the tribe’s recent study that... — Updated 5/17/2013
All about Benghazi and Lewinsky
On its face, the murder of Americans in Libya, including our ambassador, has absolutely nothing to do with the inappropriate relationship former President Bill Clinton had with a White House intern. But politically, that’s... — Updated 5/17/2013
McMorris Rodgers' votes in the Congress reflect bad values
We know Mother’s Day is a day in which we honor women for the good they have done. However, some Congressional folks just don’t agree. Ironically, one of those Congressional women is Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington... — Updated 5/17/2013
Airway Heights needs a solution for rising municipal court cases
Airway Heights is stuck between a rock and a hard place with the high number of criminal activity along Hayford Road. Take one glance at the police reports and each week 25 to 50 percent occur between the Walmart shopping complex... — Updated 5/17/2013
Medical Lake School District's website has a new, sleek design
For the past month, the Medical Lake School District has been enjoying a digital facelift following the debut of its new website design. Mary Kay Rolwes, librarian and teacher at... — Updated 5/17/2013
School board votes to surplus Fisher Building
The Cheney School District board of directors voted unanimously to declare the district’s Fisher Building as surplus property. It’s the first step in the process of selling the... — Updated 5/17/2013
Turnbull 'Floods, Flowers and Feathers Festival' Saturday
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge announces the second annual “Floods, Flowers, and Feathers Festival.” This event is open to the public and offers free entrance to the Refuge and free events to families and individuals of... — Updated 5/17/2013
Change orders approved for Airway Heights' Aspen Grove Park
In a short Monday, May 6 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council approved two change orders for the Aspen Grove Park development project, totaling $25,425.80. Included in the change orders is a modification to the access slopes.... — Updated 5/17/2013
Spokane comment delays Airway Heights planning
The journey to finalize Airway Heights’ new C-2 general commercial and mixed-use overlay documents will have to wait one more month. At the Monday, May 13 meeting of the Airway Heights Planning Commission, development services... — Updated 5/17/2013
EWU's annual Books2Eat returns to JFK Library May 22
Calling all cakes and edible confections of all kinds. It’s time for Books2Eat, the annual edible book festival sponsored by the Eastern Washington University’s JFK Library and volunteer friends of the library. The... — Updated 5/17/2013
In pursuit of unbuckled and distracted drivers
After years of taking on driving under the influence and not paying attention to pedestrians crossing roadways, local law enforcement are finally focusing on another issue – distracted drivers, particularly those included to... — Updated 5/17/2013
Candidate filing period ends May 17
Depending on the number of filings, it could be a busy election season for cities and districts on the West Plains. Those interested in public office have until 4 p.m. Friday, May 17, to file an application with the Spokane County... — Updated 5/16/2013
Annual plant sale May 18
Will those plants you see on sale thrive in the Cheney climate? Yes, because they’re locally grown, if you buy them at the Gardeners of Cheney Spring Plant Sale. It will be held from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at... — Updated 5/16/2013
Imperial Styling is open
In the May 9 story “Filling children’s needs” it was incorrectly stated that Cheney’s Imperial Styling was closed. The salon is open for business at 424 First St., around the corner from its previous location on College... — Updated 5/16/2013 Full story
Medical Lake surpluses dozens of scrap items
Dozens of items in the maintenance shop were approved as surplus by the Medical Lake City Council at its Tuesday, May 7 meeting. The shop has become something of a storage location for broken items that don’t work, as well as oth... — Updated 5/16/2013
Electric footwear
Whether her flashy socks helped or not, Cheney senior Janessa Day had a good time at last week’s District 7 track and field championships, winning the 200- and 400-meter dash... — Updated 5/16/2013
Cheney restructures development functions
Cheney planning commissioners found out at their regular monthly meeting Monday that they are now under new management. Two managers to be precise. City Administrator Arlene Fisher told commissioners that the departure of... — Updated 5/16/2013
Lavender landscape
Unseasonably hot temperatures last week helped bring out the area wildflowers, such as this field of lupins along Cheney-Plaza Road. Temperatures have since returned to a more... — Updated 5/16/2013
Council makes mid-course moves
Cheney’s City Council unanimously approved a pair of ordinances Tuesday night, one making changes to some wages and another that paid bills for budgeted projects and services. Human resource manager Mark Schuller explained the... — Updated 5/16/2013