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St. Paul's Episcopal Church All are welcome! The Fifth Sunday of Easter. Holy Eucharist at 11 a.m. Rev. Christine Soule, priest, will preach and preside. Child care is available. Cheney High School Baccalaurate Service is Sunday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at the high school. Our own Rev. Killy Balabanis will be part of the service, playing the cello. Attention college students: Every Monday night at 6 p.m., gather with Rev. Soule for Bible study, short prayer service and dinner in the Parish Hall. Learn of service opportunities....
Looking back at entertainment in our community 125 years ago, the Northwest Tribune advertised that Cheney's Brass Band would hold a grand ball in Mounts Hall. They promised the best music and that a canvas floor had been provided for dancing. Learn more about our area's history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS Jordan Hickert, one of the best junior college 3-point shooters in the nation during the 2010-11 season, has signed a letter of intent to attend Eastern Washington University and play basketball, new head coach Jim Hayford announced this past Tuesday. Formerly from Bunbury in Western Australia, Hickert made 56-of-130 3-point attempts this past season for Neosho County Junior College in Chanute, Kansas. A 6-foot-9-inch, 225-pound forward, his 43.1 percent shooting accuracy from the 3-point arc ranked...
Park board looks to Wren Pierson reopening with new rental fees, policies By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Wren Pierson Building renovation is advancing quickly, with glass installed outside and paint beginning to cover the inside walls. Cheney's community center is expected to reopen late this summer, and the Cheney Park Board looked ahead to the use of the building by approving a new facility rental policy. The new policy, approved with a few changes by the board at its May 12 meeting, will be sent to City Council for fin...
City Council elects to steer clear of taking sides in West Plains casino dispute By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Medical Lake City Council has decided not to take sides in the battle over whether or not the Spokane Tribe should be able to build a casino and mixed-use development just west of Airway Heights. Despite being courted in recent weeks by opponents of the proposed development the city opted to ask Fairchild Air Force Base officials for their perspective on the project before taking a stance. Mayor John Higgins...
Kaley Howard Emerson from Medical Lake has earned a bachelor of arts degree in East Asian Studies from Western Washington University. She was awarded her diploma at the conclusion of the 2011 winter quarter. Maverick Jay Evans-McLanahan from Cheney was named to the 2011 winter quarter honor roll at WWU for earning a 4.0 grade point average....
The Cheney High School FCCLA LifeSmarts team of Jacob Mager, Nash Springberry, James Borchers, David Leong, and Solomon Springberry took first place at the May 3 state competition after tallying the top score in the online Life Smarts competition. LifeSmarts challenges students to gain real-world knowledge and quizzes them on consumer and marketplace know-how. The CHS team will compete at the national LifeSmarts competition in Hollywood, Calif. FCCLA advisor Karlyn Urdahl said the students took the initiative to form their...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter I participated in the Cheney Wetland Trail Run this past Saturday. It was a great first-time event and a sign of good things in Cheney's future. The event itself seemed to be fairly well organized, with plenty of signs and volunteers pointing the way to parking at the Columbia Plateau trailhead off Cheney-Spokane Road. As my friends and I stood stretching and trying to shake off the pre-race jitters, I took a look around. It seemed that almost every local demographic was represented; there were...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Aside from some invasive weeds, erosion and an unfortunate abundance of goose poop, the three miles of Medical Lake shoreline are in pretty good shape. But in order to further improve these areas, and to comply with Washington state law, the city of Medical Lake is developing a restoration plan for all lakeshores within its boundaries, including its namesake and portions of West Medical and Silver lakes. The Shoreline Management Act of 1971 required cities and counties to create a Shoreline...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Cheney Police Department saw an increase in crime last month as it continues to deal with staffing and budget issues. According to the department's Monthly Accountability Review for April, crime rose nearly 60 percent, from 43 incidents in March to 72 in April. Cmdr. Rick Campbell said the increase didn't concern him, because the first three months of 2011 were unusually quiet. “This is getting back to a normal realm,” he said, adding that crime was down 15 percent overall over this tim...
Airway Heights, Kalispel Tribe come together on infrastructure plan that could assist in development of area south of Northern Quest By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter A public hearing was held at the May 16 Airway Heights City Council meeting regarding the relocation and vacation of Sprague Avenue, a project that is being jointly planned by the city and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. The city granted the Kalispel Tribe permission to vacate and relocate a portion of the road in order to benefit future development of the...
Spring's record cold, precipitation have made area snowpack massive By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Did you like that little taste of shorts and sunglasses weather last week? While it seems like a fleeting memory after some recent gully-washing rains, rest assured that warmth will return. Honest. Old Man Winter's grip, which has held on well into spring, is finally loosening. With spring nearly eight weeks late, it may finally be time to get those gardens ready, the bikes out and begin thinking of comfy temperatures that have...
School officials expell high school student A 17-year-old Medical Lake High School student was arrested May 12 after school officials and a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy determined he had been threatening another male student with threats of harm that were racially motivated. Deputy Brian Lawler said he was called last Thursday morning by vice principal Darlene Starr, who explained that she was “emergency expelling” the suspect for calling another male student a racially-derogative name. She requested Lawler's ass...
Marylu Wade used obstacles as motivators in fight against disability By LUELLA DOW Contributor Marylu Wade had hip replacement surgery in February of 2002. She was a teacher. At that time, she said, “I could hardly walk from one end of the school to the other. I was born with a congenital dislocated hip, which is more common in girls. I didn't walk until age two. I wore a cast for six months, and later, a brace.” Even with her disability, as a girl Wade participated in the marching band at school, rode horses and bicycled. Wa...
District, union differ on how much of a reserve fund should be used to offset impacts of expected state cuts By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Nine layoff notices were sent out last week to provisional employees in the Medical Lake School District, although administrators hope to recall most after the Washington Legislature releases a final budget. Superintendent Pam Veltri said the positions are in elementary education, speech language pathology, and high school special education. Provisional employees include those who have...
There's always something new to learn about gardening By LaVERLE McCANDLESS Contributor “No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth…and no culture comparable to that of the garden…But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.” Thomas Jefferson The above quote says to me what he thought of gardening and how much gardening and plants do change over the course of years. When you think about all the things he had done and accomplished in his life and then to call himself a “young gardener” which to me...
CHENEY May 9 Vincent J. Ash, 51, was arrested on the zero block of B Street on a trespassing warrant from Spokane Municipal Court. A red bicycle was found on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. May 10 Edward J. Steetle, 21, was arrested on the 2300 block of University Lane on a Spokane warrant for driving while license suspended. Domestic violence—verbal only—was reported on the 2300 block of University Lane. Tavish J. Jones, 24, was arrested on the zero block of North Sixth Street for domestic violence–related assau...
West Plains schools will join others in Spokane County to celebrate an official Walk to School Day Tuesday, May 24. Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD), law enforcement, Spokane Community Oriented Policing (SCOPE) and various cities' engineers and planners have worked with numerous schools in Spokane County to coordinate the event, encouraging students, parents, teachers, community leaders, and possibly a mascot or two to walk and roll to school on May 24. The Cheney and Medical Lake school district participated recently...
Cheney district gives credit to employees, retirees and volunteers during annual recognition ceremony By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter As another school year nears its end, Cheney School District employees gathered to honor each other at an employee recognition ceremony May 11. The ceremony, held at Betz Elementary and coordinated by Salnave Elementary staff members, honored retirees and awarded select individuals for their work during the school year. Retirees were Rick Hamrick, Linda Arnold, Robyn Anderson and Sandy Lane....
Local results for the 76th Anniversary Junior Livestock Show of Spokane, held May 3-8 at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center are as follows: Beef: FFA Prospect Steer: Grand Champion – Kaylee Oliver – Medical Lake FFA Reserve Champion – Roslyn Swanson – Cheney FFA Swine: FFA Overall Market Swine: Grand Champion – Martin Bliss – Medical Lake FFA, 282 pound hog sold to Wilbur Ellis (Fairfield) and Wagner Show Pigs for $6/ per pound. Heavy Weight: Grand Champion, 282 lbs, Martin Bliss, Medical Lake FFA FFA Swine Fitting and...
The senior all-nighter is viewed by most as a much deserved chance for the graduating class to stay up playing games, eating junk food and winning prizes until the wee hours of the morning after their big day. Some students see it as a rite of passage, while many parents see it as a way to keep their kids out of trouble. But while the event has its merits, we see it as something that has run its course and think that maybe it's time to reinvent this age-old tradition into something less…tiresome. Consider that on the day o...
